Yang Ruxin’s eyebrows still furrowed for a mont. Such a bloody situation made her sowhat uncomfortable, but she quickly cald down. This was a good thing to deter Yuan Country’s army—their leader’s death would shake their morale.
Gu Qingheng grasped her hand.
"I’m fine, let’s go." Yang Ruxin smiled.
The soldiers guarding the south gate were in a pretty good mood. After all, once they finished their shift, they could enjoy their ti with those won.
"Sir, sothing’s wrong..." Just then, a Yuan soldier ca running, speaking in Yuan Country’s language, "The General Residence is on fire..."
The commanding officer of the guards widened his eyes in alarm: "Go put out the fire."
"We did, but many were choked by the smoke and collapsed. So, I ca to seek reinforcent..." After Gu Qingheng finished speaking, he turned and ran back, "Hurry, sir, I still need to go rescue Lord Alatan."
The officer frowned, and at that mont, another person ran over to report that the General Residence was indeed on fire.
Only then did the officer believe it was true and hastily gathered so n to put out the fire, reasoning that with the gates secure, it wouldn’t be an issue to have a few n less.
However, those n had been gone a long ti without returning.
The gate’s guard began to feel uneasy, quickly dispatching more people to check, but what he saw from afar was only thicker smoke rising from the direction of the General Residence. He even faintly heard the sound of buildings collapsing, causing his heart to skip a beat. He turned to his deputy, "Keep a close eye on the gate and make sure there are no issues. I need to go see what’s happening..."
However, that guard, too, had been gone for a long ti without returning. The deputy, increasingly nervous, could only keep sending people to investigate, but eerily, none of those who went ca back.
"Sir, it’s not good, my lord is injured..." At this mont, soone dressed in Yuan Country’s uniform ran over, "Hurry for reinforcent, there are spies over there..."
The deputy turned his head and gathered his n to rush towards the General Residence.
Gu Qingheng, however, dashed straight for the tower’s winch.
The city gates were surrounded by the Hucheng River, and there was a drawbridge over the river. The drawbridge was pulled by thick steel cables and ropes, and the winch worked sowhat like a water-lifting windlass, rotating to retract or release the cables and ropes, thus raising or lowering the drawbridge.
It must be said that the ancients were very clever, having understood the use of pulley systems early on.
A long whistle suddenly sounded, followed by successive cries of eagles in the sky.
The Yuan soldiers on the tower hadn’t even had ti to react to what was happening when they felt a dark cloud overwhelming them. Then so were seized and thrown off the city wall, while others had their eyes clawed out.
Gu Qingheng swung his sword and cut the device that secured the ropes to the winch. The winch began to spin rapidly, the ropes unraveling with a swoosh, and the once upright drawbridge slowly lowered.
At the sa ti, a blue flare shot skyward.
Actually, ever since Yang Ruxin and Gu Qingheng both entered the city, the atmosphere inside the Xuan Army Camp had been tense.
Qi Jingchen had always been steady, but now he beca restless, constantly sending people out to scout the enemy’s situation.
But as the night grew darker, there was still no movent from within the city.
"They won’t run into trouble, right?" Qi Jingchen looked anxiously at Qi Jingyi, "You said that Xinxin is very capable, so..."
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