"Fight for the Queen Mother!"

When Zhao Cuo saw the female devil showing off her power, of course he would not miss this opportunity to boost morale. As expected, under his encouragement, the charging soldiers became even more brave.

Now even if the nominal emperor of the Yu Dynasty stands on the palace city, they will not stop attacking. A puppet emperor has not shown favor to the sergeants.

The reality is that whoever has his cronies in high positions in the army has military power.

"Fire the arrow!"

King Huainan ordered angrily from the top of the city. Although his face was extremely ugly at this time, he still remained calm.

After giving the order to defend, he still stood on the palace wall and seemed not to want to escape.

This is because he knew that the defenders would inevitably give up resistance and surrender as soon as he left.

"Is Your Majesty ready?"

King Huainan asked in a low voice to a general who came forward.

"Mr. Gu wanted to take the Holy One away directly in the palace, but was stopped by the fire-raiser who was suspected to be the Queen Mother of the East Palace. They fought in the right garden of the palace."

"Send half of the city's troops to escort the emperor to Upper Sioux City as planned. Those who raise fire will not take action against ordinary people. Now you go and escort the royal family to evacuate!"

"The last general takes command!"

King Huainan looked at the menacing army under the palace with a calm expression. His hands hidden under his sleeves were trembling slightly, as he had already recovered from the panic just now.

He was confident that he could leave before the city fell, but the losses this time were immeasurable. After the first step of their plan was severely damaged, the road ahead would be difficult.

This was all because of the young man among the armies who was supposed to be his son-in-law.

"The Queen Mother came to Huainan Kingdom in person, so she must have known about my king's ambitions in advance. Where did the incident leak out?"

King Huainan muttered to himself with some annoyance.

"Is it the time I asked Anle to bewitch Zhao Cuo before? But she said her identity was not exposed, how could it be like this..."

They originally wanted to capture Jiangnan without any blood. If they could succeed, their confidence in conquering the world would be greatly increased, but now the situation has taken a turn for the worse.

"General Wu."

Zhao Cuo stared at King Huainan standing on the palace wall for a while, then turned to look at Wu Chongxing beside him, and asked in a low voice:

"How long will it take for this palace city to be conquered? There is one person in the palace who must not escape. This is the order of the empress."

"With this momentum..."

Wu Chongxing said confidently as he looked at the soldiers who were brave and fearless of death.

"It will take less than half an hour at most to break through the Huainan Palace and capture the thief king."

"How many troops did Nanmen send?"

He frowned and continued to ask.

"A hundred cavalry and a thousand foot soldiers."

Although the imperial court had 10,000 troops stationed in Huainan Kingdom, it only had less than 1,000 war horses. Of course, it was more than enough to build a palace.

"Report!"

This is a young general riding a fast horse.

"Report to General Wu and the Imperial Envoy!"

He got off his horse and knelt down on one knee.

"The south gate was breached, and five hundred cavalry broke out of the palace and headed towards Upper Sioux City! Please give the general an order."

"Where did the King of Huainan come from with so many horses?"

Wu Chongxing was stunned for a moment, then slapped his thigh and ordered:

"I will give you five hundred horses to chase after you!"

"I'll go there myself."

Zhao Cuo said with a stern face, he knew that the rebels who broke out at the south city gate must be escorting Emperor Yongzhao, and they must not let him escape.

"Then I will go with the imperial envoy. I will leave this place to General Yue. He is best at siege warfare."

Wu Chongxing, sensing an opportunity to make greater contributions, said quickly.

"Walk!"

Young Master Zhao flicked his whip and led five hundred cavalry around the palace towards the south gate, followed by two thousand infantry in a rapid march.

At this time, the sky had completely darkened, and the biting cold wind kept hitting his face, which reminded Zhao Cuo of the conversation he had with Emperor Yongzhao Chu Rong a few hours ago.

His face suddenly became gloomier.

"There are still rebels fighting with our army at the south gate. They should have just broken through and haven't gone far yet. Everyone is chasing me at full speed!"

Zhao Cuo came to the south gate of the palace and took a look at the chaotic battlefield. The smell of blood that hit his face made him feel a little uncomfortable in his stomach. He suppressed the strange feeling and gave orders to the sergeants.

"Hurry up and chase!"

Wu Chongxing roared at the cavalry behind him, his face was full of excitement! Although he didn't know who the person he was chasing was, and he didn't dare to ask, catching that person would definitely be a greater achievement than capturing the King of Huainan alive!

Zhao Cuo led 500 horsemen and ran desperately in the night. He didn't care what the horses thought. He just wanted to catch up!

Finally, about a quarter of an hour later, they saw their target. About three hundred fully armed cavalry escorted a four-horse carriage. These people had also noticed the arrival of the pursuers and sped up.

"The whole army shoots arrows!"

Zhao Cuo shouted with a ruthless face. Under his command, these soldiers who were good at riding and shooting immediately drew their bows and arrows, and a dense rain of arrows quickly flew up and fell down.

Unfortunately, this round of volleys had little effect. Only a few of the rebels in front were killed, and they ran even faster.

Suddenly there was movement in the carriage at the front, and Zhao Cuo saw with all his eyes a figure leaping out of the carriage and landing on a horse pulling the carriage.

"What is Chu Reng going to do?"

Zhao Cuo was stunned for a moment, and then his face gradually turned ugly because the speed of the rebels in front suddenly slowed down.

"They are coming back to stop us. It would be very dangerous for us to split up our forces and pursue them now. We can only fight the rebels first."

Wu Chongxing said with an ugly expression.

"Then use the fastest speed to break them up and keep that person at all costs! No matter what method you use!"

Zhao Cuo said urgently.

"But……"

Wu Chongxing sighed helplessly.

"The road ahead is Shangsu City. If we are delayed by the rebels for a while, that person may have already entered the city by the time we catch up."

"Is it possible for the garrison to capture Upper Sioux City?"

Young Master Zhao asked.

"cannot."

Wu Chongxing shook his head.

"Upper Sioux City is a famous fortified city in history. The rebels should have spread the news by now. As long as there are thousands of defenders there, we won't be able to defeat it."

"Then we must chase him before he escapes into Upper Sioux City!"

During the brief exchange between them, the two murderous armies were in close combat, with sounds of killing and wailing coming one after another.

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Fortunately, these rebels had been reduced in number when they broke through the south gate of the palace, and the hundreds of people who escaped were also injured. It was naturally difficult to compete with the unscathed officers and soldiers.

Zhao Cuo took the soldiers with high morale and directly dispersed the remaining troops. He ordered to pursue only and not to fight, but even so, it was delayed for less than half an hour.

"hateful!"

Wu Chongxing broke through the siege, looked up at Shangsu City where the towering city walls could be vaguely seen under the night cover, and couldn't help but curse.
Chapter completed!