Thousand Miles of Bright Moonlight

Chapter 154: reinforcements

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Black smoke filled the air, the sea of fire roared, and half of the sky was red. A reinforcement soldier with the banner of the Western Army suddenly rushed out and rushed into the Beirong camp.

The screams of the horses neighed everywhere, and the Beirong cavalry fell sharply and hurriedly retreated.

The languid defenders on the top of the city immediately cheered up and shouted, "Let's go out of the city to meet them!"

"and many more!"

Yaoying stopped Bodhidharma, her voice trembling, "How can you be sure that the reinforcements are ours?"

Bodhidharma was stunned: "Isn't it ours?"

Yaoying said: "The tactics that the Beirong people are best at are encircling, feigning retreat, raiding, attacking their hearts, charging wave after wave, hunting, driving slave civilians to break through our fortifications, and clearing the way for their cavalry. We all use these methods. I see...they're the only ones who aren't good at siege."

"We have to prevent them from retreating, and first find a way to confirm the identity of the reinforcements."

In the book, the army led by the old Haidu Aling conquered the city and conquered the land. After he conquered various places, he promoted a group of skilled craftsmen who were good at making instruments. Those craftsmen were not only highly skilled, but also proficient in mathematics. The siege weapon broke through the gates of one city after another.

When Yaoying was in the Haidu Aling camp, she picked up sheep dung, managed wool, fed horses, and carried heavy weapons. She not only cared about the horse breeds Haidu Aling cultivated, but also the craftsmen he collected. After escaping to the royal court, she asked Lao Qi to help her keep an eye on those experienced craftsmen, as long as they had skills, no matter where they were, she would want them.

There are not enough craftsmen in the current Haidu Aling tent to help him make siege equipment. Even if there are craftsmen, Beirong is torn apart, and he can't raise so many military supplies.

Yaoying even suspected that the food and forage of the Beirong army outside the city would not last long.

"We are not strong enough, and we are not good at balancing cavalry. We cannot confront Beirong head-on. We must stick to the city and cannot send troops rashly. If the reinforcements are a trap, we will go out to meet them, just in the middle of the plan."

Bodhidharma calmed down and said, "What if the reinforcements are real?"

The guard on the side said: "I also don't think it's appropriate to send troops to respond. You can send scouts to take a look first."

When the scouts were dispatched, Bodhidharma was so anxious that he stood at the top of the city to watch the battle in the distance.

The reinforcements that suddenly appeared were still fighting against the Beirong army. The Beirong camp burned down more than half in a blink of an eye. The Beirong army's flag fell to the east and west, while the western army's flag came towards Gaochang and fluttered in the wind.

Yaoying's palms were sweating.

If the reinforcements are real, if they don't send troops to support them, they will lose the best opportunity to attack Beirong from inside and outside... But the appearance of Beirong outside the city is too strange, and they can't take the risk.

Bodhidharma was nervous, pacing back and forth.

The soldiers were sweating profusely, staring intently into the distance, their fists clucking.

After a long while, a scout rushed back to the city: "I can't see the main reinforcements! Beirong has been retreating..."

Bodhidharma's heart sank: "If you can't hold on to it, continue to investigate!"

The scouts who were able to rush over to rescue all knew him. He said that he couldn't see the main general, so it must be the other party who did it on purpose, so that they could not tell which tribe the reinforcements came from.

The guard was ordered, and more scouts jumped down the city.

Bodhidharma gritted his teeth: "The Beirong people are really cunning. They burned the camp and deliberately lured us out of the city. Are they trying to lure our chief general? Shake our military heart and force us to surrender?"

Yaoying's face was solemn: "If only it were this simple..."

Bodhidharma broke out in cold sweat: "Isn't their target us?"

Yaoying sighed, dipped her fingers in water, and wrote and drew on the mud bricks: "Now that Gaochang is surrounded, the surrounding Xizhou soldiers will definitely come to rescue, the Beirong army only needs to hold the main road and let the reinforcements think that we have fallen. They can set up an ambush, and the reinforcements that come will definitely be caught. Then they pretend to be raided by the reinforcements, retreat urgently, and lure us out of the city. If the defenders in the city pursue them, they will most likely be cut off by them, and the defenders will be besieged by them. , How long can we hold it? We can't hold it, aren't the other reinforcements coming in more panic?"

The Beirong people can use this trick repeatedly, using the city as bait to ambush the reinforcements, and using the reinforcements as bait to lure the defenders in the city. As long as the reinforcements and the defenders have a plan, they can take advantage of the situation to annihilate the Xizhou soldiers.

Yaoying was very worried: "We just have to hold on... but the reinforcements can't wait..."

She was worried that the reinforcements would be tricked.

Dharma was sweating profusely.

Yang Qian and Li Zhongqian's rescuers have been delayed. Could it be that they have already been ambushed

Outside Gaochang City, Dahai Road.

Li Zhongqian galloped overnight with several thousand soldiers from Xizhou, across the gravel and grassless sea road.

His subordinates advised him not to rush all night: "General, the sea road is full of quicksand, and if the horses are slightly careless, people will fall into the potholes in the quicksand, and we have not rested all the way, and more and more people are left behind!"

Soldiers left behind in the desert are likely to lose their way.

Li Zhongqian waved his whip and pointed at the rumbling black smoke on the beacon towers set up every tens of miles in the direction of Gaochang, his face gloomy as water: "It's not too late, don't wait for those who are left behind, everyone must speed up and arrive before dawn. Gao Chang!"

After speaking, the long whip fell, a whistling sound, and the horse flew out like a sharp arrow.

The subordinate sighed helplessly and ordered the soldiers to follow.

They cast off the weak soldiers, and finally galloped out of the sea the next day. They saw a small oasis in the distance. The soldiers were so thirsty that their throats were smoking, and they rushed towards the gray village in the oasis.

Suddenly, there was a sound of hooves, like a shower beating on the roof tiles. In the jungle outside the village, dust is flying, and yellow clouds are surging.

The lieutenant was frightened and quickly reined in his horse: "There is an ambush!"

Following his screams, hundreds of iron riders with long knives rushed out of the dense forest with murderous aura.

Li Zhongqian raised his head, a sharp sound of breaking through the air roared, and iron arrows that were densely packed like a rain of locusts shot out in volley, covering him.

"Aron!"

The soldiers screamed in horror.

In Gaochang City, Bei Rong feigned to retreat dozens of miles and left the main camp, but the defenders still did not leave the city.

At night, the defenders and the strong men in the city took the time to dig deep trenches outside the city, pulled up the ropes and briars, and buried gunpowder.

The generals gathered in the council hall to discuss countermeasures and quarreled.

Some people think that we should risk sending troops to break through.

More people think that defending the city is more secure. Before Yaoying collected food and grass for the Western Army, the city was full of food and supplies.

Bodhidharma asked Yaoying for her opinion.

She did not directly express her thoughts, saying: "First of all, we don't know where the cavalry outside the city came from. Before we decided to attack Izhou, Duke Wei and I sent scouts to investigate the military situation and confirmed that the Haidu Aling Department was blocked. Outside Baicheng. How did he bring his troops and horses through the blockade of Baicheng? The cavalry outside the city has been attacking the city again and again in the past few days.

"Wakhan Khan is dead, Haidu Aling should preserve his strength and make a comeback instead of bringing all Xizhou soldiers to Gaochang."

Yaoying frowned lightly, "The Bei Rong soldiers outside the city have no food and grass supplies, but they are not in a hurry - this army has put their life and death aside, they have not left a way for themselves, Haidu Aling is only the Wakhan Khan's. Adopted son, will he risk his life and death to avenge Wakhan Khan?"

Bodhidharma sneered: "Haidu Aling will never do anything to avenge Wakhan Khan."

Yaoying said: "So, we have to be careful, we are facing a group of dead soldiers, they are likely to be the remnants of the Northern Rong fleeing all over the country, Haidu Aling left his soldiers and horses and led them to besiege Gaochang, there must be others. intention."

Bodhidharma nodded: "If they are really the remnants of the northern army, they have no food and grass, and they won't last long. We just need to defend the city, and we are not afraid that they will not retreat."

He paused, looked at Yaoying, and understood why her face became more and more ugly these two days.

She wasn't worried that Gao Chang couldn't hold back, but she was worried about the reinforcements.

The reinforcements will be fine, right? Dharma was secretly worried.

The next morning, Dharma's hunch came true.

He was exhausted from consoling the officers and men in the city. He just hid in the back hall and squinted for a while, and was woken up by a scream. Several soldiers rushed into the council hall carrying a large suitcase, "The reinforcements coming back from Izhou are ambushed, The whole army was wiped out! Wei Guogong swore to die, but unfortunately he died!"

Saying that, he took out a long sword, a bloody armor, and the bronze talisman of Duke Wei from the box.

There was an uproar.

Bodhidharma froze for a while, like five thunders pounding the top, and looked at Li Yaoying. She looked at the blood-stained sword and armor on the ground, her face was as pale as snow, and she was shaking all over.

The guard said bitterly, "Princess, condolences..."

Yaoying raised her eyes. For the first time in several days, she had a blank look on her face.

Everyone in the room couldn't help but turn their eyes away.

"The Beirong people are calling for the formation again!" Footsteps sounded outside the hall, and the soldiers' voices trembled, "They are going to hang the body of Duke Wei in front of the formation!"

Everyone was furious, Yaoying's face was pale, and she rushed out of the meeting room.

The North Rong army lined up outside the city, threw out several burnt flags, and shouted in unison that Duke Wei was dead.

Several Han soldiers with their hands tied behind were brought to the front of the battle, and the Beirong people untied their shackles, and the soldiers hurriedly ran towards the city gate.

Behind them, more than a dozen Beirong cavalry surrounded the golden armored Haidu Aling and rushed out into battle. Haidu Aling looked towards the city head, bent bows and arrows, fired five arrows in a row, swish a few times, how many A dashing Han soldier collapsed screaming.

Yaoying stood on the top of the city, the wind was blowing, her hands and feet were cold, and her body shuddered.

All the personal soldiers were stunned, grabbed their weapons and rushed down the tower.

"Stop!"

Yaoying clenched her hands into fists, her fingertips sank deep into her palms, and her voice trembled.

The soldiers turned back, their eyes blood red.

Before the battle, Haidu Aling sat on the back of a horse, holding a long bow and looking at the city head in the distance.

It was so far apart that other people couldn't see the situation on the top of the city at all, but his eyesight was extraordinary and he could see more clearly.

In the past few days, no matter day or night, he looked at Gaochang City again and again, and across the sea of corpses and blood, he saw that familiar figure standing between the blue sky and the solid city wall. She was a woman, not tall, although in military uniform , is still graceful and slender, but her face is blurred, and her expression cannot be seen clearly.

He wants to get her.

It's a pity that he looked down on the woman and didn't take precautions against her. He even told her to escape to the royal court, and he was tricked by her again and again unknowingly.

Fortunately, there was a Han man beside him who knew her well and knew what her biggest weakness was.

Haidu Aling hooked her lips, "Bring it here!"

A soldier came out on horseback and dragged a corpse behind the horse. The corpse was a tall man, stripped of his clothes, naked, his hands tied with ropes, and dragged on the sand.

On the top of the city, the soldiers burst into tears and cursed.

"Princess, I went to fight with them!"

The soldiers rushed out.

Yaoying fell into an ice cellar, her teeth chattering, she raised her hand suddenly to stop her soldiers, "Stop!"

Her voice trembled and she closed her eyes, forcing herself to remain calm.

"Listen to the princess."

Bodhidharma said softly, walked to Yaoying's side, and winked at the people around.

Everyone looked at each other with admiration, pity, and pain, and did not dare to make a sound.

Under the city, Beirong soldiers dragged the corpse around in a large circle, and began to trample on the corpse. The soldier leaned over and used a long knife to draw bloodstains on the corpse, while laughing at the cowardice of the city guard. .

The generals at the head of the city were enraged, and they burst into anger. Several young generals couldn't bear it anymore and stepped forward to fight.

"The last commander asked to bring 200 people out of the city and take back Duke Wei's body!"

Yaoying looked blank and stood still, suddenly staggered and fainted.

All the personal soldiers were shocked and rushed forward to support her in a hurry.

The top of the city panicked for a moment, and the soldiers looked around at a loss.

Bodhidharma glanced around, knowing that the army's heart was in chaos, and sighed: "I will send the princess back to the room, you remember, don't act rashly!"

Everyone exchanged a look, and the blue veins jumped.

Under the city, Beirong scouts rode back to the front of the battle: "There's a riot in the city!"

The corners of Haidu Aling's lips raised, and a ferocious smile flashed in his pale golden eyes.

The sun was sinking, and the twilight was dark.

The subordinates clasped their fists happily and said, "The prince has a good plan! We only need to set up an ambush to cut off Gaochang's reinforcements! Now that their army is in chaos, can we gather our troops to attack the city tomorrow?"

Haidu Aling's face sank, he glanced at the soldiers behind him, and sneered: "With this little strength, we are exhausted, how can we attack?"

"You remember, our purpose is to lure reinforcements with this group of remnants and try to delay the time as much as possible."

The subordinates should be respectful.

After nightfall, Ming Jin from Beirong withdrew his troops and returned to the camp with the corpse that was no longer in human form.

The night was thick, starless and moonless, and the atmosphere in Gaochang City was heavy.

Bodhidharma walked around outside Yaoying's room, sighing again and again, and frowning.

In the middle of the night, with a creak, the door was pulled open, Yaoying stepped out of the threshold, still dressed in military uniform, her face pale.

Dharma didn't know what to say.

Yaoying was silent and walked towards the tower, Yuanjue and her personal soldiers followed her, looking nervous.

The crowd didn't dare to make a sound, and surrounded her to climb the tower. The night was windy, and the ribbon on her head was lifted high by the wind.

Bodhidharma instructed the soldiers to take good care of her, and took people to patrol around the place. They were busy, and when they boarded the tower, it was already early morning, and the sky was white with fish belly, which faintly illuminated the outline of the rolling hills in the sky, Yao Ying said. He was still standing in front of the tower, his body exuding cold air.

"Princess, go back to your room and rest..."

Damo advised.

Yaoying shook her head and said nothing.

Bodhidharma couldn't bear to say more, turned to talk to the guard, and suddenly there was an exclamation around him.

The soldier with the best eyesight pointed in the direction of the Beirong camp and shouted, "It's burning!"

Dharma was startled and raised his head.

In the sky, black smoke billowed, and fire was rising into the sky.

Dharma was stunned for a moment.

"Beirong people repeat their old tricks?"

He Yaoying looked.

Yaoying shook her head, "Maybe not this time."

The fire is getting bigger and bigger, and there is no tendency to slow down. The Beirong camp is in chaos, and the horses are screaming.

Haidu Aling drew his sword and rushed out of the camp and jumped on the horse. Several of his personal soldiers quickly gathered around him, and the others rushed like headless flies.

The urgent horn sounded loudly in the northwest corner, the dust was raised, and thousands of soldiers came in a mighty manner, like wolves and tigers, with a majestic momentum.

Behind them, the banner of the Royal Court's army and several handsome flags with Chinese characters written on them stretched out in the wind.

The sound of hoofs was thunderous, and the leader of the general was wearing a mask, and with a knife, the soldiers of the North Rong fell off their horses.

Haidu Aling's face was gloomy, and he led the soldiers to resist for a while. However, the morale of the other party was like a rainbow. The Beirong soldiers hurriedly fought and lost the opportunity. The gate of Gaochang opened wide, and the defenders in the city came roaring to help the reinforcements. Soon the back road of the Beirong army will be cut off, and the Beirong soldiers will be surrounded slowly. If they don't escape, they will all be wiped out.

"Walk!"

Haidu A Ling roared decisively, and rushed out of the siege with a few personal soldiers, looked back at the Wang Ting army, wiped the blood on his face, and twitched the corner of his mouth.

"Everything that should be here is here, and the reinforcements from the royal court are here too... Tamara, you also have weaknesses!"

The Buddhist son who is high above and has no worries, also has a good plan one day.

He couldn't help laughing, and a few swoops passed by unexpectedly. The archers of the Royal Court drew their bows one after another, and the arrows were fired at once. and die.

Then there were several sharp noises, the pain came, and two iron arrows penetrated the armor on his body.

Haidu Aling was dripping with cold sweat, and he didn't dare to be careless.

The Beirong camp was in chaos, Haidu Aling ran away again, and the remaining soldiers were quickly surrounded by Wang Ting's army and Gaochang defenders. They refused to surrender and fought to the death.

At the head of Gaochang City, Bodhidharma watched as the reinforcements and defenders attacked and wiped out the Beirong soldiers. His frantic heartbeat could not calm down for a long time.

The battle continued until evening, the setting sun was like blood.

The whining horn finally sounded.

The defenders at the head of the city cheered, and Bodhidharma burst into tears.

The reinforcements and defenders returned to Gaochang together.

Yaoying ran down the city tower, rushed out of the city gate on horseback, and ran towards the three generals who were riding the horses at the front.

When the three saw her, they urged their horses to run away, wiping off the sticky blood clots on their faces.

Yaoying ran to one of them first.

"Brother!"

The man dressed as a sergeant Wang Ting raised his mouth in a white robe with a shawl. He stopped his horse, swept his long legs, got off the back of the horse, and hugged Yao Ying, who had dismounted and ran over.

The other two approached on horseback and got off their horses, silently watching the siblings.

Yaoying let go of Li Zhongqian and looked at the man wearing the mask.

The man lifted his visor, revealing a young and handsome face with curly hair and brown eyes, and a scar on his cheek.

Yaoying was startled, "Prince Mobido."

Moviduo breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "I can finally breathe a sigh of relief when I see that the princess is safe and sound."

Yaoying looked behind him, and his subordinates followed, all of whom seemed to be from the Ujiri tribe.

"Aron!"

"Alang is still alive!"

Surprise shouts sounded, Yaoying's personal soldiers rushed up, recognized Li Zhongqian, and shouted together.

Bodhidharma and the others greeted them with smiles all over their faces. Seeing Li Zhongqian, they were dumbfounded and amazed for a while. They greeted Mobido, and their eyes fell on the other man who had been standing beside him with a pair of phoenix eyes looking directly at Yaoying. Lu puzzled, Qi Qi looked at Yaoying.

"Princess, who is this?"

They saw a Wei Chao commander flag appearing among the reinforcements. Could this man be the reinforcement commander sent by the Wei Dynasty to support the Western Army

Yaoying took Li Zhongqian's arm, turned around, glanced at the man, and met his eyes.

Among the thousands of troops, he stared at her, phoenix eyes surging undercurrents.

Yaoying frowned and said lightly, "This is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Everyone stayed for a while.

Guard Gao Chang was ecstatic. The prince is here, which means that Ganzhou, Suzhou, Guazhou, and Shazhou have all recovered, and they can join hands to recover Izhou!

After the rejoicing, the soldiers stayed behind to clean the battlefield, and everyone went back to the city to talk in detail.

Bodhidharma was full of questions: "How does the princess know that Duke Wei is still alive? Do you know that Duke Wei, Wang Ting's army and Liangzhou army will come to the rescue? The princess fainted at that time!"

Yaoying smiled, looked at Li Zhongqian, and said slowly, "When the armor and bronze talisman were sent back, I knew that Brother A was still alive, but I didn't know Brother Brother could bring back reinforcements."

When she saw the long sword, it was like a blast from Jiao Lei's head. Yao Ying could hardly bear it, but when she thought of the detailed description on the battle report, she felt something was wrong. When she saw the armor and bronze talisman again, she calmed down.

The bronze talisman of Duke Wei is here.

She thought of two possibilities: Li Zhongqian was trapped, and in order to escape, he let his personal soldiers pretend to be him, and the person Haidu Aling caught was not him. Or he joined other reinforcements to see through Haidu Aling's tricks and deliberately confuse Haidu Aling.

Either way, it means that Li Zhongqian may not be dead.

So she decided to plan, deliberately fainted in the city, and then summoned her generals to get them ready to fight. Li Zhongqian was not dead, and he would definitely bring reinforcements to attack the Beirong camp.

Having said that, Yaoying glanced at Moviduo.

"Why did Brother A and Prince Moviduo attack Beirong together?"

Li Zhongqian let out a long breath and patted Yaoying on the head.

"It's a long story. When I was about to arrive in Izhou, I found that there was no trace of the Beirong remnants along the way. I quickly turned around and walked halfway, knowing that the Beirong remnants were besieging Gaochang, and I rushed back overnight. Beirong's ambush, fortunately the Royal Court army came to rescue..."

He paused for a while, then continued, "The Buddha saw that Haidu Aling deliberately besieged Gaochang, set up an ambush to lure reinforcements, and asked Mobido who was closest to bring troops to come to the rescue. When scout Cheng Beirong went back to report the news, Haidu Aling believed it to be true, thinking that the corpse was me. While he was relaxed, Mobido and I would reorganize our troops, approached quietly, and destroyed their armaments at night before launching a surprise attack."

Everyone was shocked when they heard it.

Mobido smiled at Yaoying, his eyes burning brightly, and said: "Gong Wei and I were worried, because I was afraid that the princess would believe it and be taken advantage of by Haidu Aling in her sadness. Du'ering has been tricked, and the defenders in the city responded quickly, so we can surround these remnants of the Northern Rong, and if we let them run away, I really can't explain to the king."

Everyone remembered the thrilling days of these days, and they all felt like the rest of their lives. They breathed a sigh of relief and laughed.

Yaoying frowned slightly, let go of Li Zhongqian, and walked to Mobido: "What the hell is Haidu Aling planning? Where is the Buddha now? Is there anything wrong with Wang Ting?"

Moviduo's face was slightly red, and he whispered: "Don't hide the princess... Most of the 10,000 Beirong remnants outside the city escaped from Shahai Road. I chased Wakhan Khan in Shahai Road and watched it with my own eyes. The khan fell from the horse... I didn't expect that the khan was not dead, he was rescued by his youngest son Jinbo, mixed into the slaves, and wanted to quietly escape to Samadang."

Yaoying was shocked.

"Haidu Aling made such a big battle and brought all the reinforcements to Gaochang just to cover the old Khan?"

"Yes, he can't change the overall situation with these people." Mobido nodded, "It's all because I underestimated the enemy and let the Beirong elite cavalry escape from Shahai Road... In order to cover the old Khan, all Beirong The remnants are all coming towards Gaochang, and the king saw Haidu Aling's plan and ordered me to bring thousands of people to solve the danger in Gaochang and destroy all the remnants of the Northern Rong."

Yaoying's heart was beating like a drum: "Where's the Wakhan Khan?"

If Wakhan Khan escapes, Haidu Aling's strategy will still succeed!

Mobido said: "Don't worry, princess, I only brought a few thousand people to go to Gaochang, and the regent went to chase Wakhan Khan with a large army. I was careless and almost made a big mistake. The regent himself will be able to kill him. Kill Wakhan Khan."

Yao Ying stood there for a while and was fascinated.

Sultan has gone to kill Wakhan Khan.

The last time he led the army to defeat the Wakhan Khan, because he was afraid that Haidu Aling would break the holy city, and he had to disperse as soon as possible, and the guards could not leave the royal court for too long, so he hurriedly led the army back to the holy city and ordered Mobidodai. He pursued the remnants of the Northern Rong. This time the Guards stayed behind in the royal court, and he took Mobido's troops to pursue Wakhan Khan, so he didn't have to worry about trouble in the holy city, and sent reinforcements to help her, all aspects were considered.

Yuanjue heard the conversation between the two and opened his mouth: "The regent has gone after Wakhan Khan himself?"

Mobida nodded.

Yuanjue was in a cold sweat, and was secretly anxious: the interval is too short, Wang forced the medicine and exercise, it will not happen, right

A few of them stood aside and spoke quietly, while Bodhidharma and the others surrounded Li Xuanzhen and asked questions.

Li Xuanzhen frowned, unable to escape, her eyes kept following Yaoying, the big stone in her heart slowly fell to the ground, her body was in severe pain, the wound collapsed again, and blood soaked the gauze under the armor.

The pain made him wake up and realize that all this was not a dream. She stood in front of him well, whispering with Li Zhongqian and General Wang Ting, looking at him with a cold expression.

Fortunately, he came just in time.

Yaoying glanced at Li Xuanzhen and asked Li Zhongqian, "Brother, how did you meet Li Xuanzhen?"

Li Zhongqian said lightly: "Mobido and I quietly rushed back to Gaochang, and we met him on the road. He was about to attack Haidu Aling with two thousand people."

Yaoying frowned: Why did Li Xuanzhen come so quickly

There were cheers and laughter everywhere, Yuanjue was secretly shocked, and after thinking about it, he still felt uneasy, and decided to write a letter to Bi Suo. Now that the remnants of Beirong have been annihilated, the letter can be sent out.

He wanted to go to the front to watch over Tamara.

Yuanjue and Yaoying said a word, and hurried out of the council hall and returned to his room. Just as he was about to close the door, heavy footsteps sounded.

A shadow flashed past and followed him into the house.

Yuanjue was about to scream when there was a bang when the shadow fell to the ground, the cloth covering his face slipped off, revealing a scarred face.

A thick smell of blood permeated.

Yuanjue was dumbfounded, unable to speak for a long time, and his eyes almost popped out of his sockets.

"Regent!"

He exclaimed, trembling and lifted up Tamara, who had fallen to the ground.

Tan Moraga's eyes were tightly closed, her consciousness was hazy, and there was a murmur between her lips: "Don't say anything..."

Yuanjue agreed, helped him lie down, and tore off his clothes.

A thick gauze was wrapped around his shoulders, and the gauze had just been dyed red after a battle.