C368 Repeated withdrawal

Ye Jiaze looked at the endless flow of corpses of the Army of Chu s falling from the city gate tower, and then looked at Xie Qingrong who was calmly watching the battle from the top of the city gate tower.

Her lips were tightly pursed, and the anger in her heart began to burn.

Yan Yi still had not returned to report to him!

Could something have gone wrong?

He whispered a few words into the ears of a small general beside him. The small general immediately understood and quietly left the Army of Chu's team.

After a while, the general returned and told Ye Jiaze everything that he saw in the West Side Tower.

After Ye Jiaze heard this, his face turned pale.

Yan Yi was actually dead?

Then how was he going to explain it to Gongsun Heng? After all, Yan Yi was Gongsun Heng's trusted aide!

Her unreconciled and furious gaze immediately locked onto the graceful lady on the city gate tower, and the hatred in her heart became deeper and deeper. If not for Xie Qingrong, how would she have fallen to such a state?

Who would have thought that the elite person who owned fifty thousand Army of Chu s would actually not be able to match up to Xie Qingrong, who only had ten thousand soldiers and horses!

What went wrong between them?

He scanned his surroundings and suddenly discovered that there seemed to be less people at the end of the line. He rode his horse to the end of the line to check, and found a floor full of corpses.

The hand holding the reins became more and more forceful, and the traces of the reins were tightly squeezed into the palm of his hand.

When and who did these people do it?

He actually didn't know about it at all. Could it be that there was a traitor within the Army of Chu?

No, these Army of Chu s died quietly, it should be some underhanded assassination methods, it seems like they were done by the Dark Guard. I heard that Xie Qingrong has a group of dark guards under her command that can't be exposed. All of them have great abilities and a body of killing skills.

He suddenly had a plan.

The sound of a horn resounded through the sky.

When General Lin An who was on the city gate tower heard the sound of the horn for the retreat, he was startled. Could it be that the Army of Chu was about to withdraw?

Immediately after, the Army of Chu's troops left the main city gate tower. General Lin An was overjoyed, and heaved a long sigh of relief.

After fighting bitterly for an entire day, the Army of Chu finally retreated.

A kilometer away, Shen Haoxuan's ears twitched as he heard the sound of a horn coming from the wind. He quickly walked out of the haystack, and in the distance, a large crowd of people gathered.

Su Yun thought for a while, then said: "Army of Chu has already withdrawn his troops, we should not stay here any longer, everyone hurry up and leave."

When the garrison soldier on top of the city gate tower saw the retreating Army of Chu, some of them even started dancing in joy. Some of them excitedly hugged their brothers and fiercely kissed them, and some even ruthlessly threw Xie Qingrong into the sky to catch him and continue tossing him into the air.

They had fought bitterly with the Army of Chu for a whole day now, and finally had a chance to catch their breath.

Xie Qingrong counted the remaining troops; there were still seven thousand left.

The bright firelight added some color to Xie Qingrong's peerless complexion, making people unable to resist the urge to flatten the space between her eyebrows.

No wonder she could become a general under Gongsun Heng's command. Fortunately, she had already killed Yan Yi in West Side Tower today, otherwise, there would be endless trouble in the future.

After arranging the remaining troops, Xie Qingrong returned to sitting in front of the torch.

Shen Haoxuan sprinkled some salt on the already roasted pork and handed it over to Xie Qingrong. He asked softly: "Crown Princess, how are your injuries?"

"Nothing serious." Xie Qingrong said indifferently, she took a bite of the roast meat and slowly ate it.

Shen Haoxuan nodded, but in his heart, he was already suspicious. When Xuanyuan Chen was injured, he wanted to cover up the wounds on his body, precisely because he had the same expression as Xie Qingrong. He was even more curious to know how the injuries on Xie Qingrong's back were.

Xie Qingrong seemed to have felt Shen Haoxuan's hesitation and suspicion. She indifferently glanced at him, and said helplessly: "There really isn't any serious problem.

She had deceived Shen Haoxuan, if the news of her severe injuries were to spread, it would definitely cause her morale to drop.

Unless it was absolutely necessary, she didn't want to reveal her injuries.

Seeing that, Shen Haoxuan could only give up, for things that Xie Qingrong did not want to say, no matter how hard she tried to question and doubt him, she would not tell him.

It's just that it's a bit hard to explain to Xuanyuan Chen.

Xie Qingrong seemed to have understood what Shen Haoxuan was thinking, and she opened her mouth to promise, "There's me over there in Chen, so you don't have to worry."

Shen Haoxuan laughed bitterly, he knew that there was no point in talking about it. He then quietly ate the roast meat in his hands.

After Jiang Yizhou finished everything that he had been told by Xie Qingrong, he sat down by Xie Qingrong's side and reported, "Crown Princess, everything has been arranged."

"Yes." Xie Qingrong responded indifferently, she glanced at Jiang Yizhou, and saw that he was a little green, his lips were pale white, and had a gloomy and pale appearance.

"Lord Jiang has eaten dinner, let's rest early." Xie Qingrong said with an expressionless face. Even the caring words she said were made cold and indifferent by her words.

Jiang Yizhou shook his head, and said: "This place still needs me, how can I rest."

"It's precisely because the Jiang Prefecture still needs Lord Jiang s that Lord Jiang s need more time to rest. If the Lord Jiang were to fall, those civilians, who would be able to pacify them? " Xie Qingrong explained lightly.

With that, she put down the roast meat in her hand and walked to the edge of the city wall. Her slim and graceful back had a sense of loneliness and desolation.

Seeing that, Shen Haoxuan also stood up and followed Xie Qingrong, standing by her side, following her distant gaze and looking into the distance.

The night was dark, and the moon was hidden in the clouds. Even the starlight was nowhere to be seen, as if a huge black cloth was covering the entire sky.

The night wind was even colder, and when it brushed against his face, it felt as if a knife was slicing at his face.

Shen Haoxuan sighed, and said faintly: "Is there something on your mind, Crown Princess?" Xie Qingrong's expression was cold, a thick layer of ice seemed to have formed around her eyes, he had already noticed it from the beginning, but with the many people around, he did not bring it up.

Xie Qingrong caressed the scar on her palm, it was a slight scar caused by the violet-gold whip using too much strength, her mind continued to resonate the scene of the blood dripping onto the ground, of the knife hitting the blood.

He who kills is cruel.

But he didn't expect that the war would be so cruel. In a battle between two armies, he couldn't afford to make any mistakes. He couldn't afford to make even the slightest mistake. He was already used to the smell of blood, but today, he almost became possessed.

"Haoxuan, have you ever seen a battlefield before?" Xie Qingrong did not answer Shen Haoxuan's question. Instead, she asked another question.

Shen Haoxuan smiled, but Xie Qingrong could understand the bitterness behind her smile.

"I have." Shen Haoxuan turned around and leaned against the city wall. The night wind blew past his hair, "I grew up with His Highness, and during the years of His Highness' expedition, I followed by her side, never leaving him."