Chapter 79 The ambush
In fact, under normal circumstances, Chen Hui could completely pretend to be unconscious as originally planned until Li Youde takes her back. However, the situation was special…The Xi people came for an attack again!
Chen Hui wouldn’t have been so nervous if this was the first time Xi people attacked. After being beaten, they came back. No matter how you look at it, it seemed fishy! It was better to stay further away from the city gate at this moment, lest she didn’t know what to do if something happens.
All these thoughts were just between the sparks and fire. Chen Hui exerted her greatest acting skills, opened her eyes with difficulty to look at Li Youde and said weakly, “Lord…”
“Where do you feel uncomfortable?” Li Youde asked with concern while he glanced outside anxiously and ignored the glances of others.
He naturally heard that person report to Lang Yu. However, he was in a dilemma whether to go back or brace himself and go up the wall of the city. He had just been scolded by that one with the surname Xue. He couldn’t let people underestimate him. He had to prove himself. However, the word battlefield sounded a bit terrifying to him and he couldn’t make a decision easily at this time.
“The head is a little dizzy…,” Chen Hui pretended to be trying hard to sit up. She shook her head and finally settled on the ground.
Li Youde nodded, “Let’s go back and rest first.”
He told himself that it wasn’t because that he was afraid that he didn’t climb the city wall. Instead, it was because Lady Chen felt unwell and he couldn’t leave her behind.
“Yes,” Chen Hui replied. She straightened her body with the help of Li Youde. Half her weight was still placed on Li Youde. The group left the room, boarded a temporarily borrowed carriage and headed to their temporary residence in the center of the city.
After walking for a while, a strange noise suddenly came from afar and was getting closer.
Li Youde hurriedly asked, “What’s the matter?”
“Lord, something doesn’t seem right in the front,” The person who answered was brother Lu who Chen Hui had seen before. He looked solemn at the moment and the carriage had stopped.
This group of people was now at a four-legged intersection. One end of the relatively horizontal street not far away in front of the carriage leads to the West Gate.
Suddenly, there were neat footsteps at the west side of the carriage. A short while later, a large group of armored soldiers rushed over from the west. The group passed by the people near the carriage like tides and went to the east side, that is the direction of the west gate.
“What is this?” Li Youde was panicked.
Brother Lu immediately rode in that direction to inquire.
Chen Hui also didn’t care about the authenticity of pretending to be dizzy at this time. She poked her head out of the carriage. She was dumbstruck.
Apart from the marching of the army, she hadn’t seen so many people walk so neatly in one direction. No, to be precise, they were rushing. These well-trained soldiers ran over from a distance one by one and rushed towards the west gate. The young faces were full of excitement about killing the enemy.
Brother Lu returned quickly. His complexion wasn’t good and he hurriedly said, “Lord, a lot of Xi people entered…from the west gate!”
“What?” Li Youde was so flustered that his tone changed, “The gate has been captured?”
Not to mention Li Youde, Chen Hui was also very panicked right now. Wasn’t this city secure as a city protected by a wall of metal and moat of boiling water? How could it be captured like this? That is not reasonable!
Brother Lu said hesitantly, “It doesn’t look like it.”
Li Youde said angrily, “What is, it doesn’t look like it? The Xi people already entered!”
Brother Lu also couldn’t figure out what was going on. At this time, he could only say, “Answering lord, it is too chaotic at that side. This subordinate also doesn’t know what is going on.”
Because it was unclear what was going on, the group of people froze here and were unable to move forward or retreat. It wasn’t until the soldiers on the street were gone and there were shouts of killing in the direction of the west gate that Li Youde was busily urging others to leave here.
After the carriage started to move again, Chen Hui looked in the direction of the west gate. The shouts of killing were very loud and she could see some figures vaguely. Although, it was unlikely that the fight would reach here for the time being, the effect of it being more real than watching a real movie, made Chen Hui tremble slightly.
The real battlefield was very terrifying. People incapable like her didn’t even qualify to be a cannon fodder.
Everyone trembled all the way. Fortunately, no more unexpected events occurred. They returned safely to their temporary residence.
They just anxiously waited for two hours and it got dark before Li Youde got the specific battle report.
It turned out that the Xi people had spies that guarded the west gate, but their movements were relatively big. So, the reinforcements arrived there and the Xi people didn’t cause any trouble.
To Lang Yu and the others, this was indeed a more scaring than hurting battle. However, because of the Xi tribe’s abnormalities today, they wouldn’t have a peaceful sleep tonight. They must send people to guard the city.
Chen Hui followed Li Youde and just ate something. When she went to bed at night, she seemed to be arranged outside of Li Youde’s room. She didn’t want to think about anything and dazedly fell asleep. Before, she heard the sound of Li Youde’s turning from the inside. She thought that he was presumably also disturbed by the war…
The next day, when Chen Hui got up, Li Youde’s spirit seemed almost the same. He seemed to have more things on his mind. After eating breakfast, he suddenly stood up and walked out hurriedly.
Chen Hui followed quickly.
Li Youde went to find Lang Yu. Of course, he wouldn’t continue on the matter of deputy general Xue. When he went there, he had long forgotten about the matter of general Xue. In short, he wanted to flee back to Fanyang.
This was naturally summed up by Chen Hui. Li Youde would naturally not say that. He spoke very fast, but in fact everyone understood. Whatever the problem is, he would first go back to Fanyang to oversee the situation and guard the back for Lang Yu well.
Lang Yu would naturally not tear down Li Youde’s loincloth. In fact, it was better for him if Li Youde was not at the frontline. There would be fewer troubles. Hence, he also said some polite words, saying that he handed over Fanyang to Lord Li and that he was relieved with Lord Li being there. And what the effect would be if he goes back.
- Loincloth here means the excuse Li Youde used to keep face.
Therefore, under the agreement of both parties, Li Youde was escorted satisfied by a hundred Brocade Armed Guards. They left from the south gate and headed to Fanyang.
And when Qi Shengwen got to know that they were leaving, he gave her a thumbs up. He presumably thought that she succeeded in persuading Li Youde to return to Fanyang…
Seeing that they were getting farther away from Jianbei, Chen Hui faintly calmed down. As long as they return to Fanyang, she could always make trouble for Li Youde crazily, and Li Youde could also wait safely for sir Lang Yu to beat the Xi tribe and return to the capital.
Probably because she didn’t sleep well last night, Chen Hui got sleepy after getting in the carriage. Seeing that Li Youde had the same conduct, she leaned against the wall of the carriage and slept with ease.
Chen Hui woke up when the carriage stopped suddenly. At the same time, many noises entered her ears. At the beginning, she thought that those sounds meant that they were nearly there. She jumped up suddenly and looked. She saw Li Youde appear in her eyes, who was also in a confused state from having just woken up.
“Lord, there is an ambush!” Someone outside shouted hoarsely.
Now, both Chen Hui and Li Youde had woken up. When they looked out, Chen Hui was a bit confused. They were on a suitable place for an ambush that she had told Li Youde about before. At that time, she had a small discussion with Li Youde. The result of the discussion was that it would be impossible to have an ambush. Now, a steady stream of rocks was falling from above blocking their way and arrows were flying down.
Li Youde also remembered the conversation of that time and glare at Chen Hui. Chen Hui quickly said, “I’m not a spy!”
“Who said that you are a spy?!” Li Youde reprimanded, “You are the crow’s beak! Quickly get out of the carriage. Why are you still crying in a daze?!”
- Crow’s beak: a person who makes an inauspicious remark.
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