frightfiction Chapter 531 Reinforcements Arrive
Chapter 531 Reinforcements Arrive
For a moment, the situation was tense and it seemed that war was ready to break out at any time.
However, the garrison leader did not immediately start shouting for war and killing. Instead, he said calmly, "Your Highness, you have so few men. I urge you to refrain from any futile resistance and release Lord Du and Madam Du."
Guo Ziyi felt that he was being arrogant, so he said, "Boy, what are you talking about? Don't look at our small number, but we are all veterans of the battlefield, and each of us is a skilled fighter who can fight ten enemies at once. I see that you only have a few hundred people, and the outcome is still uncertain."
Upon hearing this, the garrison leader didn't take Guo Ziyi's words seriously. He just said, "This lord is just talking nonsense, isn't he? You have less than a hundred people, and we have a thousand. And your men are injured, right? And you're fighting ten people alone? Hahahaha."
Seeing them fighting back and forth, Madam Du lost her patience and said to the garrison leader, "Why waste your time talking to them? They are truly top-notch masters. They even killed all my secret guards. If you delay any longer, once they recover, you may not be able to defeat them!"
Hearing this, the garrison leader finally believed what Guo Ziyi said might be true, so he stopped talking nonsense and ordered: "Except for Lord Du and Madam Du, no one else will be left alive!"
After all, they were numerous and powerful. Li Chu looked at Xunfeng in the crowd, and Xunfeng sent a signal when no one was paying attention.
The flare was launched into the sky, emitting a unique light in the dark night.
Dugu Xin and his men were waiting anxiously. The moment they saw the fireworks rising, the soldiers scattered in four directions quickly gathered and rushed towards the east gate.
The moment the garrison saw the fireworks, they knew they had reinforcements. So they quickly sent a soldier back to call for help. However, since they weren't sure how many reinforcements there were, they told the soldier to call for two or three thousand, which was enough. If there were too many, their men would notice.
Of course, they couldn't wait for reinforcements from both sides to arrive before starting a fight. The garrison leader wanted to kill these people quickly, so that even if reinforcements arrived, they would only see the corpses of Li Chu and others, and it would be too late.
So he led his men to charge, and the two armies began to fight. Lord Du and Madam Du wanted to take advantage of the chaos to escape, and they didn't even want to take the other side with them, but Li Chu and Guo Ziyi saw through their intentions and quickly tied the ropes on their hands to their own.
Because the garrison leader ordered not to harm Lord Du and Madam Du, they were somewhat restrained when they met Li Chu and Guo Ziyi.
The Dugu family army had just experienced a small-scale battle, and their physical strength had decreased, so they were gradually at a disadvantage.
At this critical moment, the Dugu family army arrived one after another, which surprised the garrison leader. Judging from the number of troops, there were at least 4,000 to 5,000. How could they defeat them? Moreover, the garrison was still some distance away. By the time the reinforcements arrived, they would probably have been killed in the battle.
So he didn't care about Lord Du and Madam Du anymore. It was more important to save his own life and the lives of his soldiers, so he immediately ordered a retreat.
Originally, the Dugu family army wanted to catch up with them, but Dugu Xin said, "Don't chase a desperate enemy." Then he slowly drew his bow and shot an arrow, which accurately hit the horse of the garrison leader among the crowd.
The horse, sensing pain, raised its hoof, throwing the garrison leader to the ground. The soldiers nearby tried to help him up. Perhaps due to the tacit understanding among the Dugu family army, the archers unleashed several arrows, which landed around the garrison leader and scared the soldiers away.
Seeing that the garrison soldiers did not dare to move forward, Dugu Xin and Li Chu ordered Feng Shengyi and Xunfeng to capture the garrison leader.
Before being captured, the leader told the other soldiers, "Go back and find a new camp or place to stay. I'm afraid this time is going to be very dangerous."
The soldiers were reluctant to leave and even wanted to fight Feng Shengyi and Xunfeng. But the leader knew that they were no match for Feng Shengyi and Xunfeng, so he said, "This is a military order, return quickly!"
A group of people bowed and said, "We will obey your orders." Then they left reluctantly.
Even Xunfeng couldn't help but sigh: "Tsk tsk tsk, the general is really loyal! It's a pity that he helped the wrong person!" After saying that, he took the man back.
Li Chu said to Dugu Xin, "Father, now that we have captured the people we are supposed to capture, we will continue our journey. However, since some of them are injured, you will take care of them and they will not have to travel with us."
Dugu Xin nodded and said, "Yes, that's fine. However, I think we should ask the injured to stay and select the corresponding number of people from the team I brought with me to make up the number. You are escorting so many people back to Chang'an, and you don't know what problems you may encounter on the way."
Li Chu also agreed deeply and said, "Then I'll have to trouble you, father."
Dugu Xin waved his hand and said, "Hey, don't be so polite. We are a family now. If I hadn't informed His Majesty that I dared not lead the army to Chang'an without permission, I would also like to go to Chang'an to see my son, daughter-in-law, daughter, and grandson."
Li Chu said, "If father really wants to go to Chang'an, I will send a pigeon to A Yao and ask her to come to the palace to explain the situation to father."
Dugu Xin shook his head and said, "Forget it, forget it. I won't bother with this anymore. I still have things to deal with when I return to Yunnan. Plus, I'm worried about Yue'er being alone at home. At least you two can look after each other in Chang'an. I can't favor one over the other."
Li Chu followed Dugu Xin's words and said, "In that case, let's hurry forward a little and rest when we are a little further away from Jinling to prevent those garrison troops from catching up."
Dugu Xin heard this and said, "Okay, I will take a thousand soldiers to escort you to the next town. The remaining soldiers will rest here for the time being. If we find any garrison troops pursuing us, we can intercept one or two of them."
Li Chu bowed and said, "Thank you very much, father."
Of course, in order to prevent these people from trying to escape again, Li Chu also put some medicine in the water they drank and let them sleep for a while to avoid trouble.