Rebirth of the Demon Queen

Chapter 15 Stalemate

A maid was about to light the lamps in the hall when Chen Yuqi stopped her and ordered: "The second prince is a little thirsty, please give His Highness a cup of tea first."

Seeing Xie Yao's confusion, Chen Yuqi said: "Your Highness, Second Prince, our power is weak. Bandits may not discover our Zhuangzi at night. If we can save one thing, there will be one less thing."

Xie Yao is not a stupid person. After Chen Yuqi mentioned it, he immediately understood and nodded: "Yes, Miss Chen is right."

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

The villager did not bother to greet the eldest princess and the prince, and said tremblingly: "Second...Second Young Master, the thieves have already arrived outside the village, saying...saying...open the door and surrender and let us go, otherwise...else...

So he slaughtered Zhuangzi..."

Several people were moved when they heard that surrendering would save their lives, but after looking at Princess Yong'an and the two princes, they finally murmured a few times and stopped.

Xie Xi always looked nonchalant, as if the arrival of the bandits had nothing to do with him.

After listening to Zhuang Ke's report, he stood up, looked out the door, and said with a chuckle: "This gangster has no future. He can't even imitate people who are polite before fighting."

From the first time she met Xie Xi in this life, Lin Zisu had not had a good impression of the fourth prince.

Seeing that everyone else was facing a formidable enemy, but he was the only one who acted as if nothing had happened, Lin Zisu felt angry and said: "The thieves are clearly demonstrating deliberately, where is the courtesy first and then the soldiers?"

Chen Yuqi chuckled and said, "You're a stupid kid and you haven't even reached the top yet, yet you dare to reprimand your cousin for coming!"

However, there were a large number of thieves. When one group fell, another group surrounded them. After about half an hour, the guards gradually became tired and worried about the people in the hall, so they could only guard under the eaves to protect them.

Doors and windows.

According to Xie Yao's idea, although the dozen or so guards under him could not guard everyone, they were more than enough to protect a few people from breaking out.

The eldest princess Yong'an is the biological sister of her father. She is of great use both out of filial piety and for her future accession to the throne. In such critical moments, it is natural to protect her aunt.

Xu Wentao smiled contemptuously and said, "Have you ever thought about it, if the bandits attack, we will all die without a burial place."

She gritted her teeth and was about to walk outside the hall to throw a torch. Lin Zisu pulled her sleeves, pointed out the window, raised the bow in her hand, and said with a smile: "Sister Chen doesn't need to do anything for such a small thing.

Leave it to me to do it."

Chen Yuqi looked out the window and saw that the tung oil barrels placed in the courtyard had been knocked to the ground by the bandits. Tung oil was flowing all over the bluestone floor, shining in the light of the fire.

At that moment, Xu Wentao said no more, picked up the Yanling knife in his hand and strode out of the court.

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

His son was fighting outside, but Xie Yao kept these guards with strong martial arts skills by his side. Princess Yong'an had long been holding back anger in her heart, and said coldly: "I have my own son to protect me, so I don't dare to bother.

The emperor's nephew. In the future, the empire of Dayan may have to be managed by the emperor's nephew, how can there be any mistakes?"

Chen Yuqi didn't know what kind of medicine Lin Zisu was selling in the gourd, so she looked at her with confusion. Lin Zisu smiled and said nothing, picked up the small bow in her hand, nocked the bow and arrows, and shot at the bandits holding torches outside the window.

The originally dark main courtyard was brightly illuminated by torches. A rough man laughed loudly in the courtyard and said: "Brothers, we traveled hundreds of miles from Luyuan to the capital. We encountered a lot of things along the way.

Sin, I heard that this is the village of the nobles in the capital. There are all kinds of money and beautiful women here. Let's search around. Whoever finds the gold and silver treasures will belong to them. If a woman is found, hehe... then...

Just open up the meat!"

As expected, the bandits took a short break outside the hospital and then came back again.

Lin Zisu heard that Xie Xi used the word "last time" very seriously, which was obviously alluding to what happened at Zhuangzi last time, and seemed to be warning herself not to overestimate one's abilities, but it happened in such a non-committal tone.

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The situation in the hospital was obviously extremely dangerous. Seeing Chen Yuqi's anxious look, Lin Zisu walked to Chen Yuqi's side and said softly: "Sister Chen, please be patient. Don't we have some backup plans?"

The guards fought and retreated, and retreated outside the hall.

Boss Li endured the pain and chopped down two of his men who retreated. His own face was splashed with blood, and his face looked ferocious under the firelight. Under his pressure, all the thieves gave up the idea of ​​retreating and all turned towards him again.

Rushing from the main hall.

They had just suffered a big loss, but this time the thieves learned to be smart and knew that the front yard was small and could not take advantage of the number of people. The leader, Boss Li, commanded two to three hundred people to rush in at the main entrance, while the others scattered in all directions.

, find another entrance to Zhuangzi.

The bandits cheered loudly, and some rushed towards several rooms. Chen Yuqi's face was calm, but her hands were full of sweat. When the bandits were more than ten feet away from the hall, she shouted "Fire arrows!"

The boys and girls in the hall finally felt relieved when they saw the thieves retreating from the front yard under the force of the fire.

He spoke impassionedly, but very few people responded. The few young masters with whom he was usually close hid in the crowd and did not dare to speak out.

Dozens of thieves who were originally on the wall were still watching, their eyes flashed, and they all jumped into the yard, shouting: "The ideas are out, let's join together!"

Lin Wenjing felt that what his sister said was very reasonable. He took back the steps he had taken, tightened the gun in his hand and said, "Yes, I will stay here. If the thieves break in, I will fight to the death."

Keep you safe."

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

After waiting for about a quarter of an hour, a "cracking" sound reached everyone's ears. It turned out that several torches were thrown on the west wing, igniting the roof and setting fire to the doors and windows of the west wing.

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Chen Yuqi, on the other hand, was walking around holding a long sword. When she saw Xu Wentao struggling to hold on, she raised her sword and joined the battle group.

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

Some of the thieves reacted slowly, and the flames were already burning on their bodies, and they were rolling on the ground in pain.

The sound of weapons clashing in the courtyard was mixed with several screams, several torches fell to the ground, tung oil ignited when exposed to fire, and within a few breaths, the courtyard became a sea of ​​flames!

Just now, all the thieves were rushing forward at once, and many of them had a lot of tung oil splashed on their bodies. At this time, fire broke out on the ground and burned along their clothes in an instant.

"His grandma's, there's someone hiding in this west wing room!"

Xie Xi took advantage verbally, and with a smile on his lips, he saw several young men huddled in a corner of the hall and said, "Young Master Shen and Young Master Zhang are just a group of bandits. How could they be so scared?"

The two waves of guards in the east and west wings were all trapped in the room and could no longer go to the courtyard to respond.

The thieves no longer cared about fighting, they all used their hands to extinguish the flames that were rushing towards their bodies, and retreated out the door wailing.

Mr. Li was hit by an arrow in his left arm. He ignored the bandage and leaned against the screen wall and roared: "How many people can be hidden in this room? I'll rush in! If any turtle dares to step back even half a step, I'll kill him." !”

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

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

These guards were all the royal guards on duty in the palace. As soon as they made a move, it was a killing move, and more than a dozen thieves who rushed in front of them were killed on the spot.

How could Xie Yao not hear the sarcasm from Princess Yong'an? He said sarcastically: "Auntie is joking."

Xu Wentao led a group of guards from Zhuangzi and guards from various families to guard the entrance of the courtyard. Seeing that it would be difficult for the thieves to swarm up in a short time, the thieves cut down dozens of trees nearby and set them up on the courtyard wall. Then some agile thieves followed The tree trunk climbed onto the wall and jumped into the yard.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the guards who were ambushing in the east and west wings also came out from both sides, attracting a lot of attention from the thieves.

Xie Yao's words were naturally heard by the people he brought here. Several guards were originally guarding under the eaves. When Xie Yao said this, they rushed towards the thieves.

Xu Wentao was fighting with four bandits. His blue clothes were stained with blood. After a fierce fight, he encountered several ruthless bandits. Although he injured more than a dozen bandits, the weapons on Zhuangzi were still Ordinary grade, after successive slashes, there are several gaps on the blade, and the power is greatly reduced.

Thinking of his great responsibility, Lin Wenjing's heart was so excited that he didn't notice that he had taken down the tasseled gun. The tip of the gun rested on the ground, leaving a few extremely obvious marks on the mirror-like floor tiles under his feet.

The two sides were very close to each other. Not only did it not require accurate shooting, but the arrows were also powerful. Immediately, a row of thieves fell to the ground after being struck by arrows.

As soon as a dozen thieves jumped down, they were immediately chopped down to the ground by the guards. Several other thieves shouted loudly on the wall: "Don't rush in, shoot arrows in! Throw torches!"

However, there were many bandits. Chen Yuqi had just stabbed two bandits, and then several more bandits surrounded them.

Most of the bows and arrows carried by the thieves were homemade, neither powerful nor accurate, and the guards did not take them seriously. However, the fire in the courtyard was not extinguished, and there was still some tung oil accumulated. Dozens of torches were thrown into the courtyard, and another fire started on the ground. There were several fires.

The gangsters in the courtyard originally thought that there would not be many people in Zhuangzi, but they were unexpectedly ambushed. They immediately became a mess, scurrying about and yelling at the same time.

There were bandits pouring in in front of them, and they had to guard against the fire above and below their feet. The guards were exhausted, and several guards were injured to varying degrees.

With several "swish", "swish" and "swish" sounds, these arrows either hit the thief's eyes or the thief's palm. Chen Yuqi praised: "The Lin family's sister has such handsome archery skills!"

As soon as the thieves saw the people coming out of the hall, all of them dressed in rich clothes, they immediately knew that these young ladies were probably the nobles of the capital.

Xu Wentao was originally killing the enemy under the eaves. When he saw Lin Zisu showing off his skill of hitting the target with perfect accuracy, his eyes lit up and he nodded to her approvingly.

The bandits outside Zhuangzi were obviously impatient to wait. As soon as Xie Xi finished speaking, he heard the sound of wood crashing against the door outside Zhuangzi, like thunder.

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

Princess Yong'an stared at her son's back with a stern look on her face. Seeing that her mother had no words to explain, Xu Fangruo said anxiously: "Second brother, be more careful..." However, she has never been good at expressing herself. She didn't know what to say halfway through the sentence.

How to go on.

The fire in the courtyard would only last for a cup of tea at most. When the fire subsided and the bandits attacked again, it would be impossible for these dozens of guards to stop hundreds of bandits.

The imperial guards brought by Xie Yao from the palace were all protecting Xie Yao. Seeing the fire starting, a guard leader saluted Xie Yao and said, "Second prince, I'm afraid I can't stay in this hall any longer."

Although the bow and arrow are powerful, after all, it takes a pause to draw the bow and shoot the arrow. The bandits came one after another, and in the blink of an eye, someone was under the eaves of the main hall.

Lin Zisu's ears turned red with embarrassment, but she still raised her eyebrows and said, "I have always been self-aware, Your Highness, your heart should be reserved for the Yingying Yanyan in your family!"

The wooden gate of Zhuangzi could not withstand the torment of the bandits, but after just a cup of tea, the bandits broke open the door of Zhuangzi and poured into the courtyard like a tide.

Lin Zisu felt a little unbearable, but thinking that if she fell into the hands of this group of thieves, her end would be even worse, so her sympathy diminished slightly and she looked away.

Chen Yuqi had read a lot of military books and had gone to the battlefield with her father, but after all, she was still young. Under the critical situation, she turned around several ideas but felt they were inappropriate.

Xu Wentao tried his best to cut down a bandit, jumped to Chen Yuqi, and shouted at her: "Chen Yuqi! This is a matter for men, why are you joining in the fun!"

This group of bandits was originally a group of refugees. Most of them became bandits because of their livelihood, and they did not have much independent opinions. When they heard that there was an ambush in the courtyard, some people retreated towards the gate in panic.

At the entrance of the courtyard, Xu Wentao was leading a group of guards to fight against the bandits. Under the constant siege, more than 20 guards had been killed or injured. The guards with minor injuries had no time to heal their injuries and were still struggling to hold on.

The west wing is next to the main hall. Look at the intensity of the fire. It will only take a quarter of an hour to reach the main hall. Xu Wentao shouted loudly: "Everyone, back off!"

This was said without politeness, but Xie Xi was calm. He looked Lin Zisu up and down again and said, "Oh? Looking at Miss Lin like this, do you want to fight back the bandits? Today is different from last time.

It’s better to be cautious.”

Xie Yao had never seen such a battle before, and he was really panicked. However, he was a dignified prince after all. When he saw the enemies swarming towards him, he shouted in a deep voice: "Stop them!"

More than one person in the hall screamed, and countless people's eyes were on Chen Yuqi's face. Chen Yuqi showed no panic on her face and shouted to the guards: "Everyone, please be patient, listen.

I’ll give you the command to shoot again!”

Xu Wentao didn't know the stakes, so he shouted loudly: "How can a man cower here! Who among you dares to go out with me to kill thieves?"

Lin Wenjing also wanted to follow Xu Wentao to kill the thief. Lin Zisu quickly held down his brother and whispered: "Second Young Master Xu and the others are fighting for their lives. Brother, please don't go and cause trouble."

"There is an ambush in the courtyard!"

Most of these guards had experienced hundreds of battles. They saw that there were many bandits and few of their own. They had just taken advantage of the bows and arrows, but now they were almost exhausted.

As she spoke, she used two swords to force the two thieves away. The two cousins ​​joined forces to increase their power, but the thieves were helpless.

Most of the guards led by Xu Wentao were guards from high-end mansions in central Beijing. They looked tall and strong, but only a few of them knew martial arts.

That is to say, this group of bandits was gathered together by hungry people. They suffered a lot in terms of strength and weapons, and they did not know tactics such as outflanking. This made it difficult for the guards to stop them for a while.

After a while, the leader of the thieves, Boss Li, also figured out the way. He pointed at a group of boys and girls at the entrance of the hall and shouted loudly: "Come in, grab those people inside!"

(End of chapter)