Chapter 1702 - Chapter 1702: Sieging the city (3) (1/2)

Chapter 1702: Sieging the city (3)

“She is Xu Qi ‘an’s mother.” Nangong qianrou explained.

Yang Yan came to a realization.

………..

“Bang Bang Bang!”

The blazing phoenixes spat out flames, and the thunderous sound of bowstrings reverberated. Pellets and arrows harvested wave after wave of enemy soldiers who tried to break through the formation.

On the streets of the outer city, sandbags and debris were piled up to form fortifications to block the cavalry’s charge. Zhu guangxiao and song tingfeng led the night watchmen and 50 Imperial saber guards to hide behind the fortifications.

In front of them were the corpses of the civilians and the enemy.

They had already repelled the third wave of attacks, and their arrows and pellets were almost all used up.

Zhu guangxiao leaned towards song tingfeng and said in a deep voice, ”

I’m running out of arrows and pellets. I can only withstand one more wave at most. Next, I’ll have to play with my life against this group of rebel soldiers.

“Risk what life, risk what life?” Song tingfeng turned around and spat on his face.

“Pig brain, with your way of fighting, even ten lives wouldn’t be enough. When we run out of arrows and pellets, of course we have to retreat. Lord Wei has set up nine lines of defense in the outer city, so we can fight and retreat at the same time.”

The city wall was only the first line of defense. Behind the city wall was the outer city, and behind the outer city was the inner city wall. Even if the rebel army reached the inner city, they would have to face the Imperial City, which was more tightly guarded.

Song tingfeng and Zhu guangxiao were in charge of the second line of defense in the South of the outer city. Out of the four gates of the capital, only the south of the city had fallen, and the rebel army had swarmed in.

Just … He was very unlucky!

Although song tingfeng had never read military books, he was smart. Even if the city gate was lost, he would not panic. The capital had enough strategic depth. There were defense lines one after another. They could completely fight a war of attrition with the Yunzhou Army.

He scoffed at Zhu guangxiao’s honest way of fighting, where the tower was still there, and where the tower was broken, the people died.

On the battlefield, the most important thing was not to kill the enemy, but to survive.

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The Imperial Palace.

In the underground palace of the West Garden, the concubines and the families of the officials were settled in this sanctuary.

This place was sixty feet deep from the ground, and there were aura-concealing magic tools set up here. Even a high-grade Warlock would find it difficult to observe the abnormality in this place in a short time.

Like the other womenfolk, the aunt was as scared as a quail. Her face was pale, and her beautiful face was filled with fear and uneasiness.

Xu lingyue stayed by her mother’s side in silence, holding her hand and comforting her, ”

“Mother, don’t be afraid. We’ll be fine.”

Aunt had never experienced wind and rain, and was just an ordinary woman. How could she not be afraid?

the rebel army has already reached the capital. They might even enter the Imperial Palace. The more Auntie thought about it, the more afraid she became.

Mu Nanxi waved his hand.

“Wei Yuan is alive. With him around, we won’t lose the war.”

With a calm expression, she said, ”

besides, there are so many powerful people in the capital. It won’t be easy for the rebel army to reach the palace. Even if we are in danger, half of it will be from Xu Pingfeng.

Jian Jia thought to herself,”that dog is the most cold-blooded and heartless. He only kills his loved ones. Looks like I’m going to die today.”

“Where’s ningyan? Is ningyan in the capital?” The Auntie grabbed her daughter’s hand and said, ”

“Mother won’t be afraid if ningyan comes.”

The eyes of the concubines and female officials brightened when they heard this, and they felt much more at ease.

They were used to Xu Qi ‘an’s legend in their boudoir. He was a man who wiped out 300000 troops of the wizard God religion by himself with a knife.