Madam, please listen to my explanation.

Chapter 80 Saving the Emperor!

Qu County.

County Magistrate Meng Qi was pacing back and forth on the city wall with his hands behind his back.

His eyes were sunken, his hair was disheveled, and his already thin body was exhausted.

Ever since Bianzhou fell, he couldn't sleep at night and practically lived on the city walls.
But what can we do?
Urgent reports arrived almost three times a day, sent to the capital by fast horses.

Several days passed, but there was still no sign of reinforcements.
boom!
He slammed his fist into the city wall, and his wrist instantly bled profusely.

That damned An Qing!
Despite having 300,000 iron cavalry, they allowed the enemy to advance unimpeded without sending out a single soldier!
He has completely disgraced the Great Yan!

But it's different from Kyoto, which is thousands of miles away.

If Bianzhou falls, my small Qu County will become the first line of defense directly facing the armies of Qi and Zhou.
No reinforcements have arrived yet.

The man surnamed Meng is already considering how to surrender the city.
Although there are still over a thousand soldiers in the city, what can they do?

Rather than putting up a stubborn resistance and suffering total annihilation, it would be better to surrender voluntarily, which might at least reduce the casualties among the city's inhabitants.
"Report! My lord! Someone outside the city requests an audience!"

Meng Qi's tiger-like eyes glared: "Who goes there!"

"It's a woman!"

Meng Qi's newly ignited hope vanished in an instant.

woman?

At a time like this, which foolish woman would risk her life to come to a place like this?
"Get her out! Get her as far away as possible."

Before the words were finished, a loud shout suddenly came from below the city wall:
"Magistrate Meng Qi! Where are the garrison troops?!"

"Zhao Wuji's seventh daughter, Zhao Ruoxi, has come to lend her support!"

The sound traveled clearly to the ears of everyone on the city wall.

Meng Qi was about to unleash a torrent of curses when he suddenly realized something was amiss.
"What did she just say?!"

Meng Qi stared incredulously at the guard beside him, feeling his heart skip a beat.

She claimed to be the daughter of the late emperor.

Meng Qi suddenly leaned over the edge of the city wall and looked down.

Outside the city gate, a rider stands ahead, his horse neighing.

On horseback, the woman held a long, narrow sword. Her silver armor was dazzling, and her heroic aura was like that of a seasoned general, making her difficult to look directly at.

Although Meng Qi had never met any royalty or nobility, he was already seven-tenths convinced by the other party's attire alone.

But how is that possible?
He had naturally heard of Zhao Ruoxi's name.

However, following the sudden death of the late emperor, the adult princes and princesses successively committed suicide by hanging.
Why did this 'Seventh Princess' have to appear at this moment?
"Whoever you are, get out of here immediately!"

With a wave of his long sleeves, Meng Qi instantly drew his bows to their fullest extent, aiming them at the woman below.

let's go
Don't stay here and get yourself killed.

If she truly is a princess, then consider it as this humble subject doing something final for the Great Yan.
Zhao Ruoxi remained calm despite the dense barrage of crossbow bolts.

Behind her, the grass and trees trembled violently, and birds in the forest soared into the sky.

Anyone with a modicum of knowledge could see that the enemy army had finally finished resting and was heading this way!

Zhao Ruoxi turned her horse around and headed straight for the center of the official road.

Standing alone before Qu County, she suddenly swung her long sword, carving a deep trench in the ground.

Then, she raised her longsword high, pointing it towards the sky:

"The Great Yan Dynasty has existed for over seven hundred years without losing an inch of territory."
No matter who comes, as long as I live, I will not allow any foreign enemy to cross this line even half a step!

The thunderous sound of horses' hooves grew closer and closer, and in the distance, the dust kicked up by the enemy's march could already be seen.

Zhao Ruoxi remained standing in the same spot, refusing to budge an inch.

One and a half days left
Logically speaking, even if the advance force is used for probing, its number would not be too large, but it would certainly not be something that one person could defeat alone.

But she absolutely could not hide in the back and watch Qu County be trampled under the iron hooves of others! Just now, she stood under the city wall and announced her name.

Even if she dies, someone will still spread the word about her bet with that person!
An Qing, let's take a gamble!

Let's see if you can bear the insults and curses that come at you as I die on the battlefield!

As the two large banners of Qi and Zhou fluttered in the wind, an army of about three hundred men drew ever closer.

Zhao Ruoxi placed the last Divine Speed ​​Talisman on the horse's back and reached out to rub the mare's mane.

"My horse, are you afraid?"

"Sigh~"

In the sky, a black dot is rapidly approaching.

Zhao Ruoxi knew perfectly well that it was the Qi army's signature reconnaissance tactic, using gyrfalcons to survey their own troop deployments and ambush positions.

At such a distance, with her fourth-grade cultivation level, trying to kill him was nothing short of a pipe dream.

The Imperial Night in his hand seemed to sense something and began to tremble on its own.

Unconsciously, surging dragon energy burst forth from the sword, flowing ceaselessly along the limbs and bones.

Suddenly, a bright golden light shone in Zhao Ruoxi's eyes.

She suddenly raised the long sword in her hand and swung it towards the sky!
'锵——'

The roar of the dragon echoed across the land.

A dazzling sword aura shot upwards, striking the bird high above with pinpoint accuracy.

A few feathers fell in the wind, and even the enemy's speed seemed to slow down.

Zhao Ruoxi stood alone in front of the city wall, her phoenix-feather cloak fluttering in the north wind.

The enemy troops surged in like a tide.

As the general waved his flag atop the central chariot, the more than three hundred cavalrymen suddenly accelerated!
In an instant, iron hooves shook the earth, and a rain of arrows blotted out the sky.

She simply raised her eyes slowly, a cold glint in them.

With a squeeze of his legs, the horse immediately bolted forward!

"drive!"

"Follow me and take the enemy general's head!"

Before she finished speaking, she had already transformed into a bolt of silver lightning, charging forward without hesitation!

An invisible force enveloped him, and the rain of arrows that came his way crackled, yet not a single one could penetrate the defenses of the silver armor.

The enemy was momentarily dumbfounded.
High-level martial artists are not unique to the Yan Kingdom, but...
It's normal for advance troops to probe each other!
Where have I ever seen an enemy send out a top expert to charge into the enemy's formation alone after just one encounter?

The silver lightning tore through the battle formation without warning, as if it were entering an empty field!
Wherever the longsword passed, blood and flesh flew everywhere, and no one could stop it even for a moment.

On the carriage, the general stared wide-eyed as the bolt of lightning drew ever closer.

Has she gone mad?!
Not far behind him was a cavalry force of about a thousand men!

Then a flash of cold light appeared—

The centurion of Daqi watched helplessly as the long sword sliced ​​across his neck.

A head flew high into the air, blood splattering everywhere.

Zhao Ruoxi leaped into the air, caught the head, hung it around her waist, and landed steadily back on the horse!
The surrounding soldiers instantly erupted into chaos, rushing towards the center like madmen.

They knew that as long as they slowed down the female general for even a moment, their follow-up troops would be able to engulf her, leaving not even a trace!
Suddenly, a rumbling sound came from Qu County, not far away, and the city gates opened!

A thin man in crooked armor raised his halberd and charged out of the city gate first.

Behind him, a dense multitude of soldiers followed closely.

"My lords, save the emperor!!!"

(End of this chapter)