bookcurios Chapter 133 Suddenly,
Chapter 133 Suddenly,
Mu Yunxi came to her senses after hearing a loud "bang." She knew it was Jin Yubin launching an attack. She avoided the enemy's sight and went to the place where the signal arrow had been fired. She quietly observed the enemy's movements. But she only saw the enemy fleeing in panic. The elderly, women, and children were left unattended, hiding under the city wall with their heads in their hands.
Just now, seeing Zhao Ming approaching with his army, Li Hu and the others were about to take hostages and negotiate with Zhao Ming. Jin Yubin, however, told Zhao Ming, "No more talk, just start fighting." He then ordered the cannons already aimed at the Qingxue City gate to fire. With a single shot, the Qingxue City gate shattered and collapsed. Seeing the gate fall, Jin Yubin smiled and shouted to Zhao Ming, "This thing Mu Yunxi tinkered with is really useful!"
Zhao Ming glared at him angrily: "Why don't you take out this good stuff sooner!" Then he ordered his men, "What are you all standing there for? Charge at me~"
Then, there was a burst of shouts of "Charge! Charge!" Before the hostages were even brought to the tower, the gate had already collapsed. Witnessing the power of the previous cannon, Wang Shoujun, Li Hu, and others standing on the tower were all shaken by the sound. Seeing that Zhaoguo's cannons were already aimed at the tower, they turned around and ran without even shouting retreat. Seeing the leader flee, the other enemy soldiers, having been frightened enough just now, didn't care and followed suit.
The elderly, the weak, the women, and the children who had been left behind were also frightened by the artillery fire, and some were temporarily deafened. Mu Yunxi approached them and asked them to follow her, but they just looked at her blankly. Seeing that the enemy had fled, Mu Yunxi waited at the city gate for the army to enter. After meeting Zhao Ming and Jin Yubin, Mu Yunxi informed Zhao Ming of all the information she had learned and asked them to send people to settle the hostages.
He told Zhao Ming, "They haven't held this place, and I've already had Ma Liu burn the boats that could take them back. Now they can't go back. They should go to the prison, where the magistrate of Qingxue City and some civilians are being held. I guess when they realize they can't go back, they'll go to the prison and use the magistrates as hostages to threaten us. Fortunately, I've already sent An Qi and Xu Linlang to rescue them. I just don't know what the outcome will be..." Then, she looked at Zhao Ming and said, "How about this? Give me a team of men, and I'll go and meet up with them now, and you go and outflank this group of enemy troops. What do you think?"
Zhao Ming pondered for a moment before responding, "Okay!" Although Mu Yunxi and he were both of the second rank, Mu Yunxi was a civil servant, so naturally her rank was higher. He gave Mu Yunxi two teams, and the two of them split up. Mu Yunxi went to the prison to rescue the people, while Zhao Ming went to outflank the enemy.
With a command, the two teams rushed towards the prison like arrows from a bow, following Mu Yunxi.
The army led by Zhao Ming was like a tiger descending from the mountains, unstoppable. They launched a sudden and fierce attack. Suddenly, the shouts of killing shook the earth, and the flashes of swords and sabers intertwined into a web of death. Zhao Ming led the charge, wielding his spear, each strike precise and accurate, demonstrating the demeanor of a great general.
On the other side, two teams led by Mu Yunxi also rushed to the gate of the prison, and happened to meet Xu Linlang and his men who were rescuing people. At this time, Li Hu and others also rushed here with a large group of people. In order to allow the people to leave first, Mu Yunxi took two teams of soldiers to cover their retreat and buy them time to escape. Just after the people left for more than ten breaths, the two groups officially faced each other. After a fierce battle, after watching the people disappear, Mu Yunxi ordered a quick evacuation. But more and more enemies rushed here, and they could only be temporarily trapped at the gate of the prison. Just as the two sides were in a stalemate, a cry of "Kill!" was getting closer and closer. Looking at their own people running towards them, they took a closer look and found that it was Kim Woo Bin.
Seeing this, Li Hu and the others knew they had no escape route and decided to fight. Mu Yunxi, sensing his intention, met his attack head-on. Mu Yunxi dodged Li Hu's powerful blow with a single swift movement, simultaneously swung his sword, unleashing a streak of sharp energy. Li Hu dodged sideways, his broadsword tumbling, slashing at Mu Yunxi. With a swift leap, Mu Yunxi dodged the blade, then swung his sword, piercing Li Hu's vitals like a venomous snake emerging from its lair. Li Hu reacted instantly, severing Mu Yunxi's thrust with a single swing of his broadsword.
Jin Yubin arrived with reinforcements and joined the battle, fighting Li Hu together with Mu Yunxi. They cooperated tacitly, their swordsmanship was sharp, and the flash of their blades forced Li Hu to retreat again and again.
Mu Yunxi displayed her unique skill "Liuyun Sword Technique", and her sword moves were as smooth as flowing clouds and water, unpredictable.
With the two of them working together, Li Hu gradually fell into a disadvantage. Finally, Mu Yunxi pierced Li Hu's chest with a sword, ending this fierce battle.
At noon, as the sun pierced through the clouds, illuminating the land that had just experienced a bloody storm, Mu Yunxi had already reunited with Zhao Ming and his men. Looking at the enemies, or rather, foreigners, crawling on the beach, speaking an incomprehensible language but constantly kowtowing, clearly begging for mercy, Mu Yunxi was also thankful that she had sent Ma Liu to burn their boats first; otherwise, these people would have already rowed away.
Looking at these men, women, young and old, the elderly, the weak, women and children, Mu Yunxi couldn't tell what she felt in her heart. She felt sympathy and pity, even though she knew they didn't deserve it.
Although they looked pitiful at this moment, the people of Qingxue City were also innocent. These people had also been the beneficiaries of this war and had indeed harmed the people of Qingxue City.
Mu Yunxi had initially requested to come to Qingxue City in order to see if she could understand the language of these people. However, she found that she could not understand what they were saying at all.
At that moment, a sharp shout rang out: "Bring up those we captured last night!" It was General Zhao Ming who had given the order. Shortly after the words were spoken, Mu Yunxi saw several burly men being shoved and escorted to the front by a group of soldiers. Each of these men was covered in wounds, their bodies crisscrossed with bloodstains and horrifying whip marks, clearly having endured extremely brutal torture.
"See? These are your people." Zhao Ming pointed at the group of people lying prostrate on the beach. "If you don't want me to treat them like you treated my people, then tell me the truth. Who are you? Where are you from? What's your purpose?"
Xiao Wu and the others didn't say anything. Seeing that they were stubborn, Zhao Ming didn't say much and directly ordered: "Take them all to the city wall!" Then he invited Mu Yunxi to go to the city wall together.
This unfinished wall is large enough for people on the beach below to see clearly what is happening above.