Hou Ye's palm heart is a black lotus

"What!?"

Xiao Chengqi suddenly stood up.
"Weren't they saying the rebels were going to attack from the east gate?! Why are they going to the west gate instead?!"

The soldier hurriedly said, "Your Majesty! According to our intelligence, those people outside the west gate are not rebels, but the garrison of Guchang!"

Guchang is located west of the capital, across the moat, and is one of the closest garrisons to the capital.

Who knew that now—

"Guchang has rebelled?!"

Several ministers found it hard to believe.

"Has Guan Chun gone mad?!"

Shen Yanchuan immediately asked, "How many people did they send?"

The soldier swallowed hard and said nervously, "Approximately... over seventy thousand!"

Guan Chun brought all the troops stationed in Guchang with him!

"Is he going to support the rebels?!"

Chen Songshi was furious.
"His Majesty has treated him well, yet he dared to do such a thing!"

Shen Yanchuan said, "It's too late to say these things now. If they attack from the west gate, the capital will fall soon! With 30,000 rebels and 50,000 from Guchang, they might very well be able to break in."

The most important thing now is to defend the city!

Shen Youyan clasped his hands in a fist salute, "Your subject is willing to lead the troops!"

Xiao Chengqi's face was cold and stern.

He ultimately underestimated Xiao Chenglin.

This guy even managed to turn Guan Chun against his own side!
Who knows how many others have secretly defected to the enemy?

Xiao Chengqi looked at Shen Yanchuan, "Yanchuan, have all the spies in the capital been identified?"

Shen Yanchuan's dark eyes were calm and composed.

"Your Majesty, don't worry."

……

The rebels are attacking, and the entire city is on high alert.

All shops on the street were closed, and people stayed home.

Squads of soldiers clad in armor and carrying swords at their waists were deployed to the various gates of the capital, doing their utmost to defend the city. Catapults were set up on the city walls, and archers stood in rows guarding the crenellations.

The suspension cables over the moat have been lowered, but the river surface is now covered with a thick layer of ice.

Outside the west gate, Guan Chun led his troops and ordered his soldiers to advance along the ice and launch a forced attack on the city!
"put!"

At a command, countless stones flew from the city wall and crashed heavily into the attacking rebel army.

Some crashed onto the ice, leaving deep dents, while others struck soldiers, their screams echoing everywhere.

However, there were too many of them, one after another, as if they could never be killed!
……

The Ye family's gates were tightly shut, and everyone inside waited anxiously.

Several maids and servants huddled together, their faces full of worry.

"The rebels have actually reached the capital?!"

"They shouldn't be able to break through, right?"

"Who knows? They said the rebels only numbered 30,000, but I heard the garrison in Guchang has also rebelled!"

"May the Bodhisattva protect them, they definitely won't be able to break in!"

A low sound drifted into the room.

Ye Jingyan frowned. "That Crown Prince of the Great Zhou is quite capable. He even has such strong reinforcements. No wonder they dared to head north directly."

With both sides having roughly equal numbers of troops, it's really hard to say who will win or lose now.

Ye Chutang sat to the side, and only stopped writing after finishing the last word.

"He only has this one chance, so naturally he has to go all out and fight with everything he has."

Ye Jingyan glanced at it and asked, "Sister, what are you writing?"

Ye Chutang said, "The prescription."

Ye Jingyan asked, puzzled, "Prescription? Who's sick?"

Ye Chutang folded the prescription in half, put it in an envelope, and then turned around to explain to him.

"It's freezing cold, and this battle is likely to last a long time. Even if the city has enough food and supplies, it can't withstand such a long fight. I've written down a prescription and brewed it into a medicinal soup that can dispel the cold and warm the body. I'll distribute it to the soldiers so they can suffer less from the cold and illness."

Ye Jingyan was stunned for a moment, "Sister...did you foresee this day all along?" (End of this chapter)