Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress novel Chapter 1563

Chapter 1563: Chapter 1558: Gate of Life

"I accept the order!" Liu Pinggao received the order and immediately gave the command, but because he was in the middle position, it was not easy to rush to the front.

"Eldest Young Lady! I’ll lead the Bai family army to strike the left side!" Bai Jinzhi clenched her fists tightly, unwilling to stay cooped up in her sister’s carriage during battle.

"Bai Jinzhi..." Inside the jolting carriage, Bai Qingyan’s deep eyes looked at her as she pressed firmly on Bai Jinzhi’s shoulder with one hand and untied her iron sandbag with the other, speaking quickly yet steadily, "The attackers are here for me! I, your Eldest Young Lady, command you to stay alive and break through to get reinforcements! All the cities in Zhou’s Yan territory are filled with our Dasheng warriors, all can be used!"

Hearing this, Bai Jinzhi’s hair stood on end. How could she not understand her sister’s meaning: "Eldest Young Lady, you can’t divert the enemy forces! You are Dasheng’s backbone, I will go! Eldest Young Lady, you go for reinforcements!"

Bai Qingyan knew this carriage couldn’t last much longer, and being such a large target, nearly all arrows were aimed at it. Not to mention, the carriage would soon catch fire, and although the horses pulling it were clad in chain mail and less likely to be hit by arrows, fire-tipped arrows could blind the horses, causing them to go berserk... Once the carriage lost control, the people inside might not survive.

"Do you not understand what I’m saying? These people are after me! Only I can lead them away!" Bai Qingyan clutched Bai Jinzhi’s shoulder forcefully, "Xiao Si, how likely your Eldest Young Lady can survive depends on how quickly you break through and bring reinforcements! Xiao Si, don’t disappoint your Eldest Young Lady!"

Bai Jinzhi’s eyes were filled with tears. The curtains in the carriage were already ablaze, and the blazing fire illuminated her pale face in an amber hue. She didn’t nod, but trembled as she helped untie her Eldest Young Lady’s iron sandbag.

Perhaps because the Bai family army charged forward, the ambushers were suppressed and couldn’t shoot arrows. Taking advantage of the halted arrow rain from the right, Bai Qingyan grabbed Bai Jinzhi’s collar, pushed open the carriage door, and leapt out of the still-moving carriage.

Having removed her iron sandbag, Bai Qingyan shielded Bai Jinzhi, while an arrow aimed thoughtlessly from the left hit her arm... and struck one of the horses’ eyes pulling the carriage. The horse reared and collided, causing even the trained horses to stampede wildly.

Thanks to Wei Zhong pulling Bai Qingyan and Bai Jinzhi aside, they avoided being hit by the swerving carriage as the horses lost control.

Bai Jinzhi had been on battlefields before, but it was the first time she felt trapped. Her Eldest Young Lady held her down and shielded her, filled with rage and helplessness, she could only see the Bai family soldiers drawing swords and raising knives to protect them, with arrows aflame underfoot and the bodies of her fallen comrades.

The Bai family army had always been invincible in battle; wherever they looked, even though there were bodies of their comrades, there were always more enemy dead. This time, however... there were only the bodies of comrades, no enemy in sight.

This was the first time Bai Jinzhi felt both angry and powerless on the battlefield. Seeing the Bai family soldiers’ corpses filled with arrows, she couldn’t help but think of how her grandfather’s generation was trapped in Lingchuan Canyon back then, just like pieces of meat waiting to be slaughtered.

Bai Jinzhi’s palms were covered in sticky sweat, entirely unlike the normally passionate Gaoyi King whenever there was a battle!

Because her Eldest Young Lady was here!

And these attackers were precisely targeting her Eldest Young Lady!

She wanted to protect her Eldest Young Lady but was helpless. For the first time since her glorious years, Bai Jinzhi felt overwhelmed, tears almost forcing their way out.

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