Chapter 270: Massacre of the City

Whistling arrows pierced the ear.

On the long street, two Tian Ce army iron cavalry followed the whistling arrows, pulling iron chains towards Chen Ji to strangle him. Iron hooves raised yellow dust, and armor rubbed with a roaring sound.

When the iron chains came before him, Chen Ji did not avoid them. He grasped the chains with both hands and pulled with force, alive, pulling the two heavily armored iron cavalry down from their horses. The riderless warhorses ran off into the distance.

The two iron cavalry did not panic after being pulled down. They loosened the chains, drew out their waist knives, and flipped up in one breath, chopping towards Chen Ji from the left and right. The Tian Ce army were veterans of a hundred battles, fierce and not fearing death. Wherever the whistling arrows reached, they executed without pardon, no matter who they killed, whether old or weak, or even officials!

Chen Ji’s wrists shook, and the two ends of the iron chain in his hand, like venomous snakes with eyes, simultaneously lashed fiercely at the helmets of the two Tian Ce army soldiers!

The iron helmets caved in, and the two Tian Ce army soldiers were lashed by the chains and fell to the ground, unable to rise!

The divine archer saw that the iron cavalry’s encirclement had failed and immediately shot an iron-tipped arrow. Its timing was treacherous, precisely at the moment when Chen Ji was exerting force and couldn’t rest!

Chen Ji’s eyes widened as he watched the iron-tipped arrow approach within inches. He was about to be forced to use his sword to block this cold arrow, yet a flash of knife light suddenly appeared from the corner of the wall. Wu Yun, hidden where the divine archer couldn’t see, chopped down the iron-tipped arrow!

Wu Yun meowed: "The Jing Chao divine archer is difficult to deal with. How about I sneak over and kill him?"

Chen Ji said in a low voice: "Don't go, it's too far."

Wu Yun said "Oh!"

At this time, the divine archer had already decisively changed to three whistling arrows and shot them towards this spot together!

A sharp whistling sound rang out. The hundred-plus iron cavalry nearby, who had just been slaughtering the city, solemnly stopped and silently watched the three whistling arrows soar across the long sky!

The next moment, the hundred-plus cavalry simultaneously pulled their reins tight, turned their horses, and hurried towards where the whistling arrows fell!

Chen Ji heard the rumbling of horse hooves and immediately flung out the iron chain, wrapping it around the neck of a warhorse running far away, letting the Tian Ce army warhorse drag him north!

As he passed a corner, he bent down, picked up Wu Yun, and stuffed him into his embrace!

Chen Ji pulled the iron chain with both hands, and his whole body soared up, lightly floating onto the back of the warhorse!

The warhorse, realizing it wasn't its master, shook its body anxiously and uneasily!

But Chen Ji only pressed his hand on its spine. The spot pattern inside instantly boiled. The warhorse he was sitting on trembled and settled down, allowing him to drive it!

Chen Ji lay low on the horse, urging it forward. Along the way, he circled around a small alley, only to see the war fires burning in Gu Yuan city, and the living reduced to charcoal!

Wu Yun asked: "Do you want to save people?"

Chen Ji was silent for a long time: "We can't save everyone!"

Having said that, he urged his horse towards the Dragon Gate Inn!

At the Dragon Gate Inn, the Crown Prince, Li Xuan, Chen Li Qin, Qi Jian Zhe, and others stood together in the third-floor "Tian" character room, silent.

The Crown Prince stood by the window, gazing into the distance, only to see a man with a child in his left hand and leading his wife with his right, running madly, yet still being caught up and stabbed to death by the Tian Ce army iron cavalry!

The wife fell to the ground. In her panic, she crawled forward a few steps with her hands and feet, protecting the child under her body!

The Tian Ce army iron cavalry urged their horses over her back, trampling her to death along with the child in her embrace!

Several men holding knives on the street, angry and wide-eyed, saw that the Tian Ce army didn't even spare infants. They angrily cursed and lifted their knives to kill, but before they could engage the cavalry, an iron-tipped arrow shot from a distance, actually piercing two people with one arrow. Blood splattered on the spot!

Ruins and broken walls, blood flowed like a river!

Several streets away, the border army, re-donning their vine armor, hastily pulled up roadblocks of tables, chairs, and benches in Duo Hun Street and Mo Street, setting up a defense line to mend the thousand wounds of Gu Yuan!

But one defense line only lasted for the time it takes to burn one incense stick before being overwhelmed by the Tian Ce army!

The border army soldiers could only fight and retreat, pulling up roadblocks again in the rear Xu Wei alley using tables, chairs, and benches from the homes of commoners to block the path and openly obstruct the Jing Chao cavalry!

The Crown Prince turned towards the door: "Lord Li, assemble the Feather Forest army and block the Tian Ce army in Xu Wei alley."

Li Xuan pulled him back, saying anxiously: "Your Highness, these four hundred-plus people of the Feather Forest army cannot block the Tian Ce army. Look at the city gate, more cavalry are killing their way in!

Earlier! It was only the vanguard, but now even the main force of the central army has come. The Feather Forest army is just a drop in the bucket."

The Crown Prince said solemnly: "Lord Li, if you want to avoid war and surrender, you can hand over this孤城 to Jing Chao in exchange for a way to live! Is it that after marrying into the Qi family, you don't even have the courage of blood?"

Li Xuan's face sank: "What words are you saying, Your Highness? My Li family has served the Wan Sui army to the death for generations. Where is there a person who is timid in war? I am just assembling the Feather Forest army to go and kill the enemy, but Your Highness, you cannot go."

The Crown Prince shook his head: "Although I am not a military officer, I am not a weak scholar with no power to even tie a chicken!"

Li Xuan said in a condensed voice: "You are not going, you are not going... Qi Jian Zhe, you lead people to guard Your Highness here. I will go and kill the enemy!"

Qi Jian Zhe hurriedly said: "Brother-in-law... Lord Li, I will follow you to kill the enemy."

Li Xuan said angrily: "You want to disobey orders before the battle? Believe it or not, I will deal with you according to military law now."

Having said that, he pulled Qi Jian Zhe to one side and pressed his voice low: "Shortly after I lead the soldiers away, you immediately knock out the Crown Prince and seek the inn's secret path to leave! When your sister left the capital, she entrusted you to me. I can die, but you must live well!"

Qi Jian Zhe was anxious: "Why am I not in the Feather Forest army? I am not a coward."

Li Xuan grabbed his collar and said in a low shout: "Don't be so childish! Normally, I tolerate you because of the Qi family's face. Now is a moment of life and death, and this old man has no time to mind you! You keep saying you want to compare with Chen Ji, you keep saying you want to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy. Are you worthy?"

Qi Jian Zhe was startled. Li Xuan had never said such harsh words to him before: "Brother-in-law, you..."

Li Xuan said fiercely: "My Li family's reputation was built by killing. If the Qi family hadn't pressed step by step, why would I even join the Feather Forest army to play with you? Remember, go back and resign from your official position. Just be a good-for-nothing young master."

Having said that, he pushed Qi Jian Zhe open, pressed his hand on the sword at his waist, and went downstairs: "Where is the Feather Forest army?"

The Feather Forest army downstairs responded together: "Here!"

"Follow me and kill the enemy."

Li Xuan left thirty people to guard the inn and then led the Feather Forest army out of the inn gate, rushing to aid Xu Wei alley!

Qi Jian Zhe stood in the room like a wooden chicken, unable to recover for a long time!

At this time, Chen Ji had just urged his horse and turned into Gui Zi Street. He saw Li Xuan leading several hundred Feather Forest army soldiers walking out and immediately pulled the reins tight, stopping the horse and asking: "Where is Lord Li going?"

Li Xuan's eyes lit up, and he immediately cupped his fist to him: "This general's duty is here, leading soldiers to kill the enemy! Right Si Wei, Your Highness is still in the inn. His safety is entrusted to you. You absolutely cannot let His Highness fall into the hands of the Jing Chao thieves!"

But Chen Ji sat on his horse and did not answer!

Seeing the situation, Li Xuan was silent for a moment before sighing and turning to leave: "Give up. Great disaster is upon us. We can't force it."

Chen Ji watched Li Xuan lead the Feather Forest army out of Yu Zi Street, flipped off his horse, and hurried up to the third floor of the inn!

He didn't bother with the Crown Prince. He pushed open the door, lifted his whale knife, and shouted to Zhang Zheng, Xiao Man, and Zhang Xia to run downstairs!

Zhang Xia asked in a low voice: "What do we do now?"

Chen Ji replied in a small voice: "Leave through the secret path behind the counter. That secret path should be real."

Several people hurried down the stairs. As they passed the second floor, Chen Ji hesitated for a moment, rushed into the "Earth" character room, pulled Zhang Wen Zong, and left!

"Where are we going? My father and mother are still in the room." Zhang Wen Zong wanted to struggle free from Chen Ji, but he couldn't!

Chen Ji didn't say a word and went down the stairs, but he had only gone halfway when he suddenly stopped, his gaze fixed on the inn's main hall!

Everyone followed his gaze and saw that the wooden board behind the counter was lifted open from below. Immediately after, a black-armored Tian Ce army soldier actually emerged from inside: "Capture the Ning Chao Crown Prince alive."