Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress novel Chapter 1270

Chapter 1270: Chapter 1265: Ambush

Just now, when Li Tianjiao learned about the fate of their kingdom, he held back his tears and did not cry. But upon hearing the old general speak, he couldn’t hold back any longer, his throat ached with grief, choking up.

General Cui Shanzhong drew his sword from his waist and shouted loudly: "Soldiers of Xiliang, we were born and raised in Xiliang. Xiliang’s water and Xiliang’s food have nurtured us! Xiliang’s God has protected us! Our Emperor is determined to fight to the death for our country! Can we soldiers of Xiliang retreat?!"

The grand hall resounded with General Cui Shanzhong’s powerful voice like a ringing bell.

"We cannot retreat!"

"We cannot retreat!"

"We cannot retreat!" 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

The soldiers inside and outside the hall shouted aloud, their voices mighty and deafening.

"If the God favors us Xiliang today in this battle, we will be heroes sworn to defend Xiliang! And if the God’s will is for Xiliang to cease existing, we will have fought for our country, our home, and our Emperor! Though dead, we would be honored! Though dead, we would have no regrets!" General Cui Shanzhong looked around, seeing the morale of Xiliang soldiers had been greatly boosted, his gaze fell on Li Tianjiao, "Emperor, give the order!"

Li Tianjiao tightly gripped the sword in his hand, raised it high, and shouted with all his might: "Warriors of Xiliang! For Xiliang... Charge!"

"Charge!"

"Charge!"

"Charge!"

Amidst the soldiers’ cries of "Charge" thrice, Li Tianjiao and General Cui Shanzhong, along with the soldiers, rushed toward the direction of the front hall.

Li Tianjiao’s eyes were steady, suddenly fearless!

Death holds no fear, so many Xiliang soldiers were with him!

But, even in death, he would want to kill more Zhou traitors, more Yan dogs, if he could take down the Emperor of Zhou’s brother and Yan’s Ninth Prince, that would be best!

In the front hall, when Li Tianjiao and General Cui Shanzhong led the soldiers there, the originally clean stone floor both inside and outside was piled with Xiliang army corpses, from the white jade steps of the front hall to inside the hall, all were covered. Rivers of blood flowed down the jade steps slowly.

To call it mountains of corpses, a sea of blood wouldn’t be an exaggeration.

"Crap!" General Cui Shanzhong exclaimed, not having time to explain, a rain of arrows came whistling toward them.

General Cui Shanzhong swiftly turned and protected Li Tianjiao behind him, shouting loudly: "Retreat! Retreat! Retreat into the hall!"

Li Tianjiao looked up and saw flames suddenly lit up on the eaves of halls around them, enemy troops wielding bows and crossbows, constantly shooting arrows at them!

Cui Shanzhong and the rest protected Li Tianjiao in the middle, even though they knew there were no archers ambushed in the hall area, Zhou and Yan were deliberately trying to force them into the hall, but now they could only retreat into the hall because the enemy occupied the higher ground... They had little choice!

Retreating into the hall still offered space, standing there without cover, they couldn’t escape the fate of dying under the enemy’s rain of arrows.

Cui Shanzhong couldn’t comprehend, meeting the enemy head-on was a decision taken temporarily by him and Li Tianjiao, how did Yan and Zhou know they would come and lay an ambush ahead of time?!

No time for General Cui Shanzhong to ponder more, they protected Li Tianjiao, continuously retreated...

Therefore, Xiao Rongyan was willing to give this eighty-year-old man a peaceful old age, a natural end.

Because, Bai Qingyu, as a child of generals, also showed some mercy towards old generals like Cui Shanzhong.

No response was heard from inside, Yue Shi turned to glance at his master, seeing Xiao Rongyan stepping towards the stairs, shouting at Cui Shanzhong inside: "General Cui, the fifth son of Zhou, thinking of General Cui also coming from an ancestral family of generals and scholars, facing the same suspicion from the Emperor as Bai’s family, leading to family destruction, therefore... offering a chance for survival."

Upon hearing these words, Bai Qingyu looked at Xiao Rongyan, suddenly understanding Xiao Rongyan’s intention...

Xiao Rongyan might intend to give Yunjing to Zhou.

His palm clenched tightly, why is that?

If Yan held Yunjing, during future discussions between the two nations to decide the world’s ownership through diplomacy, they’d have a better chance of victory.

Last time when his sister was trapped in Jiangzi City, Xiao Rongyan abandoned Yunjing to rush to Jiangzi City for her rescue, out of deep affection and concern for his sister, and the child’s safety.

Then what about this time? Why is he willing to give up Yunjing to Zhou?

To Bai Qingyu, Yan’s Ninth Prince, apart from facing his own sister, is absolutely not someone who would be swayed by sentiments of love, has another purpose?

Inside the hall, Li Tianjiao hearing these words, looked toward Cui Shanzhong.

Only Cui Shanzhong laughed and spoke: "Yan’s Ninth Prince compares me with Bai’s family in Dadu City; I’m honored! Bai’s family army once had a military song that said... Fight to death and do not remove armor, a country’s good sons! Though I am over eighty, my heart for protecting the nation remains young, I also vow not to remove armor unless I am fought to death! Yan’s Ninth Prince and Zhou’s Fifth Young Master need not say more, go ahead, the old man will face your challenge!"