The Legend of Rebirth of the Demon Empress

Chapter 15
A maid was about to light the candles in the hall, but Chen Yuqi stopped her and said, "The second prince is a little thirsty, please serve your highness a cup of tea first."

Seeing that Xie Yao was puzzled, Chen Yuqi said: "Your Highness, Second Prince, we are weak, and bandits may not find our Zhuangzi under the darkness of night. If there is one thing that can be missed, one thing will be missed."

Xie Yao is not an idiot either, when Chen Yuqi mentioned it, he immediately understood, nodded and said, "That's right, what Miss Chen said is true."

There was a burst of people roaring and neighing outside the gate of the courtyard, and the farmer who was guarding the gate of Zhuangzi ran into the hall out of breath.

The farmer couldn't care less about greeting the eldest princess and the prince, so he said tremblingly, "Second...Second Young Master, the bandits have already arrived outside the village, and they said...that's right...open the door and surrender, and let us go, or else...or else Just slaughtered Zhuangzi..."

A few people heard that surrender would save their lives, they were all moved, but after looking at Princess Yong'an and the two princes, they finally stopped after a few murmurs.

Xie Xi has always looked like he doesn't care, as if the arrival of the bandits has nothing to do with him.

After listening to Zhuangke's report, he stood up and looked out the door, and said with a light smile, "This rogue is so worthless, he can't even imitate a man's manners before being a soldier."

Since meeting Xie Xi for the first time in this life, Lin Zisu has never had a good impression of this fourth prince.

Seeing that everyone else seemed to be facing a big enemy, but he was the only one who acted nonchalantly, Lin Zisu felt annoyed, and said, "The thieves and bandits are clearly here to demonstrate on purpose, so how can they be polite before fighting?"

These words were not polite, but Xie Xi looked calmly, looked Lin Zisu up and down again, and said, "Oh? Look at Miss Lin like this, do you want to beat the bandits back? Today is different from last time, It’s better to be more cautious.”

Lin Zisu heard Xie Xi bite the word "last time" very hard, obviously alluding to what happened at Zhuangzi last time, and also seemed to be warning herself not to overestimate her own strength, but it was such a nonsensical tone .

Lin Zisu's ears turned red from embarrassment, but she still raised her eyebrows and said, "I have always been self-aware, Your Highness, you should leave this kind of heart with Yingyingyanyan in your family!"

Xie Xi took advantage verbally, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, seeing a few young men huddled in a corner of the hall, and said: "Sir Shen and Mr. Zhang Liu, they are just a bunch of rogues, why are you so frightened?"

The rogues outside Zhuangzi were obviously impatient. Xie Xi had just finished speaking, and then he heard the sound of wood hitting the gate outside Zhuangzi, like thunder.

More than one person in the hall screamed, and for a while, countless people's eyes were on Chen Yuqi's face. Chen Yuqi showed no panic on her face, and said loudly to the guards: "Everyone, don't be impatient, listen! I give the command to shoot the arrow again!"

Zhuangzi's wooden gate couldn't withstand the tossings of the rogues, but within the time of a cup of tea, the rogues broke open the gate of Zhuangzi and poured into the courtyard like a tide.

The originally pitch-black main courtyard was brightly illuminated by torches, a rough man let out a long laugh in the courtyard, and said, "Brothers, we traveled hundreds of miles from Luyuan to the capital, and we encountered a lot on the way. Sin, I heard that this is the Zhuangzi of the nobles in Beijing. There are all kinds of money and beauties here. Everyone search around, and whoever finds gold and silver treasures will belong to them. If you find a woman, hehe... then It's time to start the meat!"

All the thieves applauded loudly, and then someone rushed towards several rooms.Chen Yuqi's face was calm, but her palms were full of sweat. When the bandits were more than a foot away from the hall, she shouted, "Shoot the arrow!"

The distance between the two sides is very close, not only does it not need to be aimed accurately, the arrows are also powerful, and immediately a row of thieves fell to the ground in response to the arrows.

All the rogues in the courtyard thought that there would not be too many people in the village, but unexpectedly they were ambushed, and they immediately became a mess, scurrying around and shouting and cursing.

"There is an ambush in the courtyard!"

"His grandma, there are people hiding in the west wing!"

"Boss Li has been hit by an arrow! Brothers, protect Boss!"

This group of rogues was originally a group of vagrants, most of them became rogues because of their livelihood, and they didn't have too many opinions. When they heard that there was an ambush in the courtyard, some people retreated to the gate in panic.

Boss Li was shot by an arrow in his left arm, and he leaned against the screen wall and roared angrily, "How many people can be hidden in this room? Let me rush in! Which son of a bitch dares to take half a step back, I will kill him!" !"

Boss Li endured the pain and cut down two of his retreating subordinates. He also had blood splashed on his face, and his face looked ferocious under the firelight.Under his coercion, all the thieves and bandits had no intention of retreating, and rushed towards the main hall in unison.

Although the power of the bow and arrow is great, but after all, bow and arrow need to be intermittent, and the bandits will come one after another, and in the blink of an eye, someone will arrive under the eaves of the main hall.

Xie Yao had never seen such a battle before, and he was really flustered, but after all, he was the dignified prince, and when he saw the enemies swarming, he shouted in a deep voice: "Stop them!"

Xie Yao's words were naturally heard by the people he brought here. Several guards were guarding under the eaves, but when they heard Xie Yao's words, they all rushed towards the bandits.

These few guards were all Jin Yiwei on duty in the palace, and they made a killer move as soon as they made a move, and immediately a dozen of the bandits who rushed in front of them were killed on the spot.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the guards lying in ambush in the east and west wing also rushed out from both sides, attracting a lot of attention from the thieves.

However, there were so many thieves, when one group fell, another group surrounded them. About half an hour later, the guards gradually felt exhausted, and they cared about the people in the hall, so they could only stick to the eaves and protect them. doors and windows.

The two waves of guards in the east and west rooms were all trapped in the room, and could no longer go to the courtyard to support them.

The situation in the courtyard was obviously extremely dangerous. Seeing Chen Yuqi's anxious face, Lin Zisu walked up to Chen Yuqi's side and said softly, "Sister Chen, please be safe, don't we have a plan?"

Chen Yuqi looked out the window and saw that the tung oil barrels placed in the yard were knocked down by the bandits, and the tung oil flowed all over the bluestone floor, shining brightly under the light of the fire.

She gritted her teeth and wanted to go out of the hall to throw a torch. Lin Zisu grabbed her sleeves, pointed out the window, raised the bow in her hand, and said with a smile, "Sister Chen doesn't need to do such trivial things, just do it." Leave it to me to do it."

Chen Yuqi didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Lin Zisu's gourd, so she looked at her inexplicably. Lin Zisu smiled but said nothing, picked up the small bow in her hand, drew the bow and set an arrow, and shot at the thieves holding torches outside the window.

"嗖", "嗖", "嗖", these arrows either hit the thief's eyes, or hit the thief's palm.Chen Yuqi praised: "Sister Lin's arrow skills are so handsome!"

Xu Wentao was originally killing the enemy under the eaves, but when he saw Lin Zisu showing off his skill, his eyes lit up, and he nodded approvingly at her.

There were a few screams mixed with the clashing of weapons in the courtyard, several torches fell to the ground, and the tung oil ignited instantly, but within a few breaths, the courtyard became a sea of ​​flames!
Just now, all the thieves rushed forward in a single mind, and many of them had a lot of tung oil splashed on their bodies. At this time, the fire broke out on the ground, and burned along their clothes in an instant.

The thieves couldn't care less about fighting anymore, they all put out their hands to extinguish the flames that were rushing towards their bodies, and retreated towards the door, howling.

Several thieves were slow to react, flames were already burning on their bodies, and they rolled on the ground wrapped in pain.

In an instant, the courtyard became a purgatory, accompanied by screams one after another, and a disgusting burnt smell filled the air.

Lin Zisu couldn't bear it in her heart, but thinking that if she fell into the hands of these thieves, her fate would only be worse, her sympathy decreased a little, and she looked away.

The boys and girls in the hall saw the thieves retreat from the front yard under the pressure of the fire, and finally felt relieved.

Although the guards brought out by Xie Yao from the palace took a breath, they still frowned.

Most of these guards have experienced many battles, seeing that there are many thieves and bandits but few on their own side, they just took advantage of the bows and arrows, and now the arrows are almost exhausted.

The fire in the courtyard only lasted for a cup of tea at most. When the fire subsides and the thieves attack again, it is impossible for these dozens of guards to stop hundreds of thieves.

Chen Yuqi had read a lot of military books, and had followed her father on the battlefield, but after all, she was too young to do anything, and when the situation was critical, she thought it was wrong to have a few ideas in her mind.

Why didn't Xu Wentao know the pros and cons of it, and immediately shouted: "How can a man shrink back here! Who dares to go out with me to kill thieves?"

What he said was impassioned, but there were very few people who responded, and the few young masters who had a good relationship with him on weekdays all huddled in the crowd and did not dare to speak out.

Xu Wentao smiled contemptuously and said, "Everyone, have you ever thought that if bandits invade, we will all die without a place to die?"

At that moment Xu Wentao didn't say any more, he raised the Yanling Saber in his hand and strode out of the court.

Chen Yuqi hesitated for a moment, and followed Xu Wentao out of the hall.

Princess Yong'an stared at her son's back with a stern face. Seeing that her mother had no words to explain, Xu Fang said eagerly, "Second brother, be more careful..." It's just that she is not good at expressing, so she didn't know what to say after halfway through the sentence. How to go on.

Lin Wenjing also wanted to follow Xu Wentao to kill the thief, Lin Zisu hurriedly held down his brother, and said in a low voice: "Second Master Xu and the others are fighting each other with their lives, brother, don't make trouble."

Lin Wenjing felt that what his sister said was very reasonable, and he took back the steps he had taken, and said with a tight grip on the tasseled spear in his hand, "Yes, I will stay here. If bandits rush in, I will fight to the death." Take good care of you."

Thinking of his heavy responsibility, Lin Wenjing's heart was agitated, and he didn't notice that he took down the tasseled spear, and the point of the spear rested on the ground, scratching a few extremely obvious marks on the mirror-like floor tiles under his feet.

As expected, the thieves rested outside the courtyard for a while, and then made a comeback.

It was a big loss just now, this time the thieves learned to be smart and knew that the front yard was narrow and could not take advantage of the number of people. The leader, Boss Li, commanded 300 people to rush in at the main entrance, while the others scattered. Find another entrance to Zhuangzi.

Xu Wentao took a group of guards from Zhuangzi and guards from various families to guard the gate of the courtyard. Seeing that it was difficult for the thieves to swarm up in a short time, they cut down dozens of trees nearby and put them on the courtyard wall, and then some nimble thieves followed The trunk climbed up the wall and jumped into the yard.

Just as a dozen thieves jumped down, they were immediately knocked down by the guards. Several other thieves shouted loudly on the wall: "Don't rush in, put arrows in! Throw torches!"

Most of the bows and arrows carried by the thieves were self-made, with neither strength nor accuracy, the guards didn't care.But the remaining fire in the courtyard was not extinguished, and some tung oil had accumulated. Dozens of torches were thrown into the courtyard, and several fires were ignited on the ground.

There were thieves rushing in in front of them, and they had to guard against the fire above their heads and under their feet. The guards were tired of coping, and several guards were injured to varying degrees immediately.

After watching for about a quarter of an hour, a sound of "cracking" reached everyone's ears. It turned out that several torches were thrown on the west wing, and after igniting the roof, even the doors and windows of the west wing were also burned. .

The West Wing is next to the main hall, seeing the flames, it only takes a quarter of an hour to reach the main hall, Xu Wentao shouted loudly: "Everyone back!"

A group of guards fought and retreated, retreating outside the hall.

The brocade guards brought by Xie Yao from the palace were all guarding around Xie Yao. Seeing the fire gradually rising, a guard leader saluted Xie Yao: "Second prince, I'm afraid we can't stay in this hall any longer."

Xie Yao nodded silently, and said to Princess Yong'an: "Auntie, the fire is fierce outside, nephew will protect you out now."

According to Xie Yao's thinking, although the dozen or so guards under him could not guard everyone, it was more than enough to protect a few people to break out.

Princess Yong'an is the elder sister of the royal father, whether it is out of filial piety or for future enthronement, it is of great use.At such a critical juncture, it is natural to protect this aunt's integrity.

His own son was fighting outside, but Xie Yao kept these guards with strong martial arts by his side. Princess Yong'an had long been simmering with anger, and said coldly: "I have my own son to protect me, so I don't dare to trouble you." Imperial nephew. In the future, Dayan's country might depend on the imperial nephew to take care of it, so how could there be any mistakes?"

Xie Yao couldn't hear the sarcasm of Princess Yong'an, and said embarrassingly: "My aunt is joking."

While talking, the fire in the west wing room had already spread, Xie Yao led a large group of people in the hall, and followed the guards to the courtyard.

When the thieves saw that all the people coming out of the hall were dressed in rich clothes, they immediately knew that these young men and women were nobles in Beijing.

Dozens of thieves who were on the top of the wall were still watching, all of them with bright eyes, jumped into the yard, and shouted: "The idea has come out, let's go together!"

Xu Wentao was leading a group of guards to fight against bandits at the gate of the courtyard. Under the continuous siege, more than 20 guards were killed or injured. The guards with minor injuries had no time to wrap their wounds and were still struggling.

Xu Wentao was wrestling with four thieves, his blue clothes were stained with blood, just now he had a hard fight, and met a few desperate thieves, although more than a dozen thieves were injured, but the weapons on the village are after all Fanpin, after repeated slashing and killing, there were several gaps in the blade, and its power was greatly reduced.

Chen Yuqi was walking around with a long sword in her hand. Seeing Xu Wentao struggling to support herself, she raised her sword and joined the battle group.

However, there were a large number of thieves. Chen Yuqi had just stabbed two thieves, and then several more thieves surrounded him.

Xu Wentao tried his best to cut down a thief, jumped to Chen Yuqi's side, and shouted at her: "Chen Yuqi! This is a matter for men, why are you here to join in the fun!"

Chen Yuqi sneered, and said: "You have not reached the crown yet, you dare to reprimand your cousin for coming!"

She said, swiping two swords to force the two thieves away, the power of the cousin and brother joined forces greatly increased, the thieves were helpless.

Most of Xu Wentao's group of guards are guards from the Gaomen Mansion in Beijing. They are tall and powerful, and there are only a few who know martial arts.

That is to say, this gang of rogues was assembled by hungry people. They suffered a lot in terms of strength and weapons, and they didn't know tactics such as outflanking and outflanking.

After a long time, Boss Li, the leader of the thieves, also saw the way. He pointed at a group of boys and girls at the entrance of the hall, and shouted loudly: "I'll rush in and catch those people inside!"

(End of this chapter)