Chapter 272: Unwavering

The Tian Ce army armored soldiers looked up at the figure holding a knife at the top of the stairs, assuming it was just another Yu Lin army soldier. They lifted their knives and rushed up the stairs.

On the narrow stairs, the Tian Ce army armored soldiers swung their knives upwards, aiming for Chen Ji's knee. Chen Ji lightly lifted his knife and parried, turning the Tian Ce army armored soldier's blade back. The Tian Ce army armored soldier's eyes blurred, and the knife in his hand seemed to be stuck, turning a circle and chopping his own left arm. He looked up in astonishment, momentarily unable to understand what had happened!

The Tian Ce army armored soldier pulled the simple knife from his left arm, his face flushed red as he roared angrily, and swung his knife at Chen Ji again! But this time, just as he lifted his hand, Chen Ji's five-chi five-cun long whale knife had already pierced through his neck like a long spear!

The whale knife slowly withdrew, blood sprayed from the Tian Ce army armored soldier's neck, flowing down the wooden stairs. The corpse rolled down the stairs! Chen Ji stood at the top of the stairs, holding the whale knife inverted, not saying a word!

The next moment, the Tian Ce army armored soldiers rushed up the stairs again, valiantly and without fear of death! Because the stairs were too narrow to allow more than one person to fight at a time, two Tian Ce army armored soldiers quickly leaped onto the stair railings, one on the left and one on the right, and approached Chen Ji like tightrope walkers!

The wooden handrails of the stairs were only a palm's width, yet they walked steadily and smoothly, as if walking on flat ground! One person on the stairs, two people on the railings, three people like a sharp arrow!

Just as they were about to reach Chen Ji, the armored soldier on the left railing leaped several chi high, chopping down with a knife directly. Then the armored soldier on the right railing leaped forward, chopping at Chen Ji's chest and abdomen. The armored soldier on the stairs crouched low and swung his knife horizontally, chopping below Chen Ji's ankle! This three-person coordinated attack was fully displayed. As long as Chen Ji retreated and opened the stairs, regardless of whether this strike succeeded or not, their colleagues behind would follow closely and rush in, and Chen Ji would no longer be able to block this narrow staircase!

But at this moment, Chen Ji lifted his foot and stepped on the horizontal knife coming from below, stepping on it dead still! The armored soldier on the stairs, unable to pull out his knife, instinctively looked up, but Chen Ji didn't even look at him, and had already swung his whale knife horizontally!

They heard two crisp clangs, and the simple knives of the two armored soldiers who had leaped from the stair railings broke inch by inch! Chen Ji's momentum did not stop. He used his arm strength to forcefully twist the blade back and chop, hard-born chopping the two armored soldiers in mid-air!

Chen Ji's foot loosened, and the armored soldier who was pulling his knife with force was caught off guard and leaned backward, rolling down! With two thuds, the corpses of the armored soldiers who had leaped forward fell, fresh blood spraying from their bodies and trickling down the stairs. Chen Ji swung his knife and smashed the stair railings. The narrow stairs suddenly became like a high-hanging single-log bridge!

In the main hall, the armored soldier who was like an iron tower was wiping his heavy sword and silently looking up at the stairs. He saw Chen Ji's long whale knife dripping with blood, not retreating a single step.

"There's actually a tough guy in the dandy army," the armored soldier who was like an iron tower said casually after just one glance, then lowered his head to wipe his heavy sword again. "Whoever chops down this person will be rewarded a hundred pieces of silver."

The Tian Ce army armored soldiers looked at each other, and then rushed up like mad, wanting to use their lives to fill and kill Chen Ji!

In the Di character room, Zhang Xia and Xiao Man pried open the window crack and looked outside. They only saw Da Da restlessly stamping his hooves in the stable. Downstairs was a black mass of Tian Ce army armored soldiers rushing into the inn! Zhang Xia's gaze went far, searching for a glimmer of hope, but the Tian Ce army iron cavalry were rushing and crashing horizontally in the city, the lives of the border army and common people were being harvested like grass by the Tian Ce army. There was still no sign of reinforcement troops in the city!

Chen Li Qin paced back and forth in the room. He struggled for a long time, finally rolled up the bed sheet, threw it over the room beam, and tied a dead knot! He hesitated for two breaths, then looked at Liang Shi: "If the Jing Chao bandits rush in later, you..."

Liang Shi said sorrowfully from the side: "Old master, are there no other ways? Why has it come to this, why has it come to this ah!"

Chen Li Qin was silent for a moment: "When the city is broken, being able to die with dignity is already great luck!"

Liang Shi cried out: "Earlier Master Zhang advised you not to come to Gu Yuan, you were stubborn and wouldn't listen, now what should we do!"

Chen Wen Xiao said to Chen Li Qin tremblingly: "Father, they want to capture the Crown Prince alive, they don't intend to kill people. Why don't you reveal your identity, they certainly won't kill us!"

Chen Wen Zong said angrily and unrestrainedly: "Life can be lost, but absolutely not integrity. How can you have the thought of surrendering to Jing Chao? When did my Chen family produce such a disloyal, unfilial, shameless bastard!"

Chen Wen Xiao also retorted with a flushed face: "It's better to live a bad life than to die a good one. Brother, you and father have studied diligently for decades, could it be that you want to be slaughtered like beasts in this border?"

Chen Wen Zong said angrily: "The Jing Chao bandits haven't even killed their way in yet, and you're already panicking to this extent!"

Chen Wen Xiao said urgently: "There are so many Tian Ce army armored soldiers downstairs, how can Chen Ji alone block them? It's only a matter of time before they kill their way up!" Saying this, the people in the room realized something was wrong!

They had originally thought that the Tian Ce army would kill their way in very soon, but they had been waiting nervously for a long time, and the shouts of killing outside the door still hadn't stopped. It was as if thousands of troops were blocking the door, sheltering them from the wind and rain! For so long, not a single Tian Ce army soldier had killed their way up.

Chen Li Qin's eyes brightened: "Could it be that Master Li led the Yu Lin army back and is fighting with these Jing Chao bandits?"

He quickly took a few steps and opened the room door to look. Suddenly, he saw Chen Ji blocking the Tian Ce army armored soldiers who were rushing in batch after batch! From beginning to end, the only person blocking at the stairs was Chen Ji!

Liang Shi looked at Chen Ji's back, shocked beyond words: "This..."

Chen Li Qin looked at Chen Ji with a complex expression, then looked at Chen Wen Xiao. For a moment, his heart was filled with mixed feelings. He braced himself and said to Chen Wen Zong: "Find whatever is handy and help Chen Ji!"

Zhang Xia stood by the window, his head not turning back, and said: "Master Chen, don't cause trouble, and there's no need to panic! Today, if Chen Ji can block the Tian Ce army, we can live. If he can't, at most we die together!"

At this time, in the Tian character room, the Crown Prince stood by the window, gazing at the setting sun in the distance. His fingers gripped the wooden window sill tightly, his knuckles turning white! He saw the Yu Lin army arriving at Xu Wei Lane, getting entangled and fighting with the Tian Ce army! But although the Yu Lin army had many officers, they were still being pushed back step by step by the Tian Ce army! Fortunately, Li Xuan was guarding, so they were not killed through by the Tian Ce army immediately!

The Crown Prince sighed: "The Yu Lin army indulges in honor and enjoyment in the capital, they've become useless!"

Qi Jian Zhe, who was behind him, immediately felt ashamed. He cupped his fists and said: "Your Highness, the Yu Lin army is unable to protect you completely. This humble official will not decline to die ten thousand times!"

The Crown Prince turned to look at him and said with a smile: "Vice Envoy Qi, there's no need to blame yourself. I think it's my shallow fate, unable to bear this thousand jun of national fortune! Trouble you pour me a cup of tea, I want to take medicine!" Saying this, he took out a white porcelain bottle from his sleeve and poured out a black pill!

Qi Jian Zhe was stunned in place: "Your Highness, this is..."

The Crown Prince sighed: "Now that the Jing Chao bandits have received the news and want to capture me alive, I can't just be caught back by them like a pig or a dog, right? Then I wouldn't just become an eternal joke, it would also completely shame my Ning Dynasty! As the heir of the country, how can it be like this?"

Qi Jian Zhe hesitated for a moment: "Your Highness, isn't there still one on your side..."

The Crown Prince shook his head: "No matter how fierce he is, can he withstand these tens of thousands of Tian Ce army? There's no escape!"

Qi Jian Zhe said solemnly: "The Crown Prince must not be shortsighted. This humble official will certainly protect you completely here!"

The Crown Prince laughed: "Vice Envoy Qi, if you can truly live back, you must change the flaws in your body!"

Qi Jian Zhe lowered his head in shame! However, just at this moment, he suddenly looked up: "That's not right, Your Highness. According to what they said, the Tian Ce army should have killed their way up early, but until now the shouts of killing still haven't stopped, and not a single Jing Chao bandit has killed their way up to the third floor! Could it be that there are still experts hiding in this inn, guarding against the Jing Chao bandits' offensive?"

The Crown Prince's expression changed, and he immediately went outside the room: "Let's go see." He quickly walked down the stairs to check!

But the next moment, the Crown Prince and Qi Jian Zhe were both stunned on the stairs. Qi Jian Zhe exclaimed in a low voice: "Chen Ji!"

They only saw Chen Ji swinging his knife like rain, defending airtight against the Tian Ce army armored soldiers' sword light! Corpses lay horizontally on the stairs, blood dripping down the sides of the stairs like a water curtain! The shouts of the Tian Ce army shook the heavens!