After I disguised myself as a man, I became everyone's white moonlight

Chapter 287: I didn’t even have time to write a suicide note

The South Gate was broken, and the soldiers of Western Chu wanted to rush in all at once, but the city gate was so small that it was not easy to squeeze in.

The soldiers of Western Chu wanted to break in, but the soldiers of Great Zhou stayed at the city gate and refused to give up an inch of land.

The fighting continued on both sides, and more and more people fell down.

Even though Han Ziyu, Han Yaojun and others had good martial arts skills, they couldn't fight their way out in front of so many people for a while.

Chu Xi grabbed the gun barrel with his left hand and pulled it hard. He quickly leaned forward and instantly moved in front of Qi Minsong, less than three inches away.

The sword in his right hand turned a circle, and the hilt pressed hard against Qi Minsong's chest. This series of actions was completed so quickly, in the blink of an eye.

Before Qi Minsong could react, Chu Xi's sword handle hit his chest hard. He took several steps back and felt a dull pain in his chest.

Chu Xi had already taken advantage of this opportunity to loosen his gun, and at the same time, he stepped on someone's shoulder and used his lightness skills to fly out of the encirclement where he was fighting with Qi Minsong.

After getting out of the encirclement, she drew her sword and rushed straight towards where Zhou Yichen was.

With skillful and ruthless movements, he cut off the necks of several Western Chu soldiers.

These people were the outer soldiers who surrounded Zhou Yichen and encircled him in the innermost circle.

With Chu Xi's help outside, Zhou Yichen's pressure was greatly reduced. His martial arts were not as good as Chu Xi's, his swordsmanship was not so exquisite as to be impeccable, and his hand speed could not reach the level where others could only see afterimages.

If he were on the city wall, his martial arts skills would be enough to protect himself.

But in this situation where he was surrounded by enemies from all sides, his martial arts could not last long.

When Qi Bai was surrounded before, his arms and thighs had been scratched several times. If this continued, even if these Western Chu soldiers had no tacit understanding and just stabbed randomly, they would be in great danger.

It was enough to kill Zhou Yichen under their stabbing.

Chu Xi raised his leg and kicked at the right leg of the Xichu soldier. The soldier felt pain and knelt down uncontrollably. Chu Xi saw the opportunity and immediately stepped hard on the soldier's shoulder, using the force to fly into the encirclement.

He landed beside Zhou Yichen without stopping the sword in his hand, and killed the two people closest to Zhou Yichen.

"Your Highness, let's go." She put her arm around Zhou Yichen's narrow waist.

When two Western Chu soldiers stabbed at him with spears, he aimed at the opportunity, stepped on the tips of the spears, and flew up to escape from the encirclement with Zhou Yichen.

Zhou Yichen was slightly stunned, but before he could think more, Chu Xi led him out of the encirclement, pushed him to an open space where there were relatively fewer Western Chu soldiers, and then let go of his hand.

"Your Highness, the South Gate has been breached. The situation is not good now. Let Zheng Hao and your guards take you out of Xi'an first."

Chu Xi was not sure how long they could hold out given the current situation, and whether they could hold out until reinforcements arrived, so the best way right now was to let Zheng Hao take Zhou Yichen and retreat first.

Zhou Yichen has a noble and special identity. He is the prince of the Great Zhou. Qi Minsong had previously followed the Western Chu delegation to Beijing and had met Zhou Yichen. He could recognize his identity at a glance.

We must not let the people from Xichu capture His Highness, otherwise, no one knows what they will do using Zhou Yichen's identity?

Given Your Majesty's dislike for Zhou Yichen, even if Zhou Yichen was really captured by the people of Western Chu and used as a threat, Your Majesty would never agree to Western Chu's conditions, nor would he compromise to get him back.

Maybe he would give some death order, telling all the soldiers to ignore it and let Zhou Yichen be sacrificed by Western Chu in front of the two armies.

Chu Xi's instinct to save Zhou Yichen was already unsure whether she was doing so to maintain the development of the plot or because of the time she had spent with Zhou Yichen these days, she couldn't bear to see him end up in a bad way.

Therefore, she must save Zhou Yichen and must not let him die in Xi'an City or at the hands of the Xichu people.

Zhou Yichen was about to object, but Chu Xi ignored him and gave an order to Zheng Haofeng.

"Zheng Hao, take His Highness away. Immediately escort His Highness and dress him up and hide until the crisis in Xi'an City is resolved."

"As long as the mountains remain green, there will be no shortage of firewood. Your Highness, you are different from us. We can die in battle, but you cannot die here."

Upon hearing this, Zheng Hao hesitated for a moment, his eyes lingering on Zhou Yichen, as if worried that Zhou Yichen would disagree.

But before he could hesitate for too long, Chu Xi decisively raised his hand, made a machete gesture, and knocked Zhou Yichen unconscious.

"His Highness is now entrusted to you. You must protect His Highness!"

Zheng Hao caught the unconscious Zhou Yichen and nodded solemnly, "Don't worry, Your Highness. Zheng Hao will do his best to protect Your Highness. As long as I am still alive, no one will be able to hurt Your Highness!"

Chu Xi nodded. She never doubted Zheng Hao's loyalty. Zheng Hao was Zhou Yichen's confidant. Whether from her observation or from the plot, Zheng Hao was 100% loyal to Zhou Yichen.

Moreover, the first requirement for the ancient nobles in training secret guards and followers was loyalty. Even if it meant exchanging their lives for theirs, they had to protect the loyalty of their masters.

Zheng Hao brought dozens of royal guards they brought from the capital, lit it, then took a deep look at the chaotic battlefield and shouted loudly.

"Walk."

As dozens of them squeezed into the city, the battlefield became more and more chaotic.

There were corpses everywhere, and it seemed that the wind was mixed with a strong smell of blood.

Chu Xi and nearly 7,000 others fought at the city gate for another two hours. The city gate was wide open, but in just two hours, nearly a thousand people fell and the others were injured.

The only difference was the degree of their injuries. Under the current circumstances, they didn't dare to leave the city gate at all, let alone have time to bandage their wounds.

Chu Xi felt that even if he returned to the modern era, his lifestyle would be very different from before. The action of wiping the sweat off his face had a casual and heroic look.

"I'm afraid we won't be able to wait for reinforcements." Bian Hangqing's hands were weak, and every time he swung the sword it felt as heavy as tens of millions of pounds, and he couldn't help feeling despair in his heart.

His right hand lost strength and he almost dropped the knife in his hand.

Fortunately, Chu Xi, who was standing by, noticed this quickly and kicked the knife handle, kicking it upwards.

Bian Hangqing grasped the hilt of the knife again and hurriedly blocked the spear that was stabbing at him.

Chu Xi sighed, "The battlefield changes rapidly. Even if arrangements have been made long ago, no one knows what arrangements the other side will make. The reinforcements' advance has been blocked, and there is nothing we can do."

Doing your best is the only thing you can do.

"I just feel sad. After guarding for so many days, the city gate was still broken." Bian Hangqing had been mainly responsible for guarding the granary.

He did not participate in the battle at the North Gate until the pressure at the South Gate became greater and the number of uninjured soldiers became fewer and fewer. Only then was he replaced and the troop deployment was adjusted.

Chu Xi didn't know how to comfort him because she couldn't even comfort herself.

I thought I had a heart as hard as a rock, but when the crisis came, I realized that I was just an ordinary person after all.

Bian Hangqing was in low spirits and felt mixed emotions.

"I am the only one left to my parents. If I die in battle and cannot return home, I won't even have time to write a suicide note. I don't know how sad they will be."

Chu Xi patted his shoulder and wanted to say that he was still an orphan.

But before he could say anything, he realized that he was no longer an orphan and quickly changed his words.

She smiled with ease, "I didn't write it either."