Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress novel Chapter 1523

Chapter 1523: Chapter 1518: Welcoming His Majesty

"Please give us a way to survive! I beg you, officer... this old man kowtows to you here!"

"Stand up, we, the people of Yan Kingdom, will never beg these Zhou dogs!" A hot-blooded man of Yan Kingdom pulled the old man up and shouted loudly, "They won’t care about the life and death of us Yan people! Rather than waiting to die in this city, it’s better to fight our way out with our lives!"

"Exactly! Fight our way out! Once we return to the cities of Yan Kingdom, we’ll have medicine!"

The cries of the people grew louder and bolder, daringly linking arms as they moved toward the city gates.

The soldiers guarding the city gates, having never seen such a desperate scene from the people, drew their swords. Yet, they were soldiers of Zhou, and their blades had always been against enemy armies, never once raised against unarmed civilians. Even drawing swords was meant to scare the people, and they dared not actually swing at them.

Outside the city.

Xiao Ruojiang arrived swiftly on horseback, showing his token, and shouted to the commander on the city wall: "The Emperor of Zhou personally delivers herbs into the city, quickly open the gate!"

The general guarding the city walls, hearing "The Emperor of Zhou personally delivers herbs into the city," opened his eyes wide in excitement and looked into the distance...

At the edge of the vast earth, the rising sun appeared, the morning light gradually prevailed, and the world brightened from afar to near.

In the early morning, the fierce black sails and white python flags seemed to be embroidered with a circle of holy golden light, emerging from the increasingly dazzling golden light.

Xiao Ruojiang’s horse paced back and forth, impatient without seeing the gate open, and angrily shouted: "His Majesty has arrived, why haven’t you opened the gate to kneel and greet him immediately!"

"Be calm, General!" The strong guarding the city clasped hands toward Xiao Ruojiang from above, "Listen, the city’s people are trying to storm out, if we open the gate... we won’t be able to hold them back!"

Xiao Ruojiang looked at the ancient and weather-worn city gate, indeed hearing chaotic noises from inside.

"Tell the people inside! His Majesty has arrived with officials and herbs! Open the gates to welcome him; the Anping Army guards His Majesty, and anyone daring to collide with him... will be killed without mercy!" Xiao Ruojiang’s voice was stern, with an air of absolute authority.

"Yes!" The general guarding the city responded, turned, and ran to the other side of the wall to find the people continually approaching, seeing the soldiers already drawn swords being forced to retreat by the crowd of people. Not heeding the warnings of the Zhou soldiers, the people pressed on, taking advantage of their unarmed state.

The general guarding the city shouted loudly: "Everyone be quiet, our Emperor is here with doctors and herbs to save you!"

But under the city gate, a noisy chaos ensued, soldiers shouted for the people to retreat, while the people shouted for the Zhou dogs to get lost, causing utter disorder.

Urgently, the general guarding the city turned to glance east, seeing the army nearing, but the city’s chaos was like a tangled mess, gritting his teeth: "Damn it! Go... bring me a few buckets of cold water! Quickly!"

"Yes!"

Upon the general’s command, ten soldiers immediately went to fetch water.

Seeing that the soldiers could no longer retreat, the sword tips almost touching the civilians, the ten soldiers burst onto the scene panting, holding water buckets, and said: "General, the water is here!"

The soldiers were unsure of their general’s intention with the water.

"You all, stand atop the city wall and pour this water... onto these troublemaking rascals for me!"

The general’s voice was hoarse, shouting so loud it broke.

Soon, the ten soldiers stood on the high walls, exerting themselves to pour the water down below.

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