Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress novel Chapter 863

Chapter 863: Chapter 860: Surprise Troops

"Wait a moment, Fifth Sister!" Bai Jinhua called out to stop her. She gazed at the soldiers attacking like a massive black wave in the distance and said, "Eldest Young Lady is far away in Daliang. Judging by the time, it’s impossible for her to return so quickly! We don’t know friend from foe. This might be Li Mingrui’s trick to lure us into opening the city gates! So, Fifth Sister... it’s safer to defend Shuoyang City to the death!"

Gasping for breath, Bai Jinzhao felt that Bai Jinhua was right. Her passionate spirit calmed down, and she nodded.

Bai Qingping, upon seeing the black sail and white python flag, almost lost his head in excitement. After listening to Bai Jinhua’s words, he hurriedly called out, "Beat the drums! Be on guard!"

Quickly, the first row of archers got back in position on the city wall, aiming at a distance, while the second and third rows of archers squatted below the wall, ready to replace them at any moment.

The soldiers and civilians of Shuoyang took advantage of this breath of relief to transport more supplies to the city wall in preparation for the next fierce battle.

Li Mingrui led his troops northward to flee. The soldiers attacking Shuoyang, under the leadership of the one-armed Ji Tingyu, turned direction like a vast river, surging northward to intercept and kill Li Mingrui’s imperial guard.

Tightly gripping her bow and arrow, Bai Jinzhao watched the unknown army outside Shuoyang City surround and hunt down Li Mingrui’s imperial guard with swift and fierce momentum, annihilating them. The scene was profoundly stirring. This was the battlefield!

The battle outside the city continued. The archers squatting on the city wall had sweat the size of beans dripping down their foreheads, but not a single person dared to slack off.

The suddenly emerged army’s combat power was so fierce that if they attacked the city after destroying the enemy troops, they couldn’t be unprepared.

Until sunset, Bai Jinzhao and Bai Jinhua saw someone leading a small team of cavalry riding towards Shuoyang City. Bai Qingping raised his hand and shouted, "Archers, prepare!"

Only to see a one-armed general leading the charge. He rode to the city wall, looked at the ground covered with arrows and imperial guard corpses, reined in his horse, took off his helmet, and shouted, "Ji Tingyu, leading troops to aid Shuoyang, has annihilated the enemy. Captured the enemy commander Li Mingrui alive. Please open the city gate!"

Bai Jinzhao widened her eyes. Watching the one-armed, dark and thin Ji Tingyu below the city wall, her eyes suddenly welled up with tears, "Ji Tingyu! It’s Ji Tingyu! Open the city gate!"

Bai Qingping didn’t know who Ji Tingyu was, but seeing Bai Jinzhao so excited, he looked to Bai Jinhua for confirmation. Bai Jinhua’s eyes were also red, and she said to Bai Qingping, "Quick, open the city gate! It’s the Bai family army! Truly the Bai family army!"

Ji Tingyu trained soldiers under Bai Qingyan’s orders. Upon hearing of King Liang’s rebellion in Dadu City, he originally planned to lead troops quietly near Dadu City. If Eldest Young Lady and Fourth Young Lady couldn’t return in time... he would take the initiative to attack the city and control Dadu City once chaos ensued.

Unexpectedly, King Liang sent Li Mingrui to attack Shuoyang. Second Young Lady had Yuanping’s army available and had already started attacking Dadu City.

Ji Tingyu made a decisive move and led troops to aid Shuoyang.

Once entering Shuoyang City, Ji Tingyu did not dare to delay and headed straight for the Bai Mansion.

Mrs. Dong, upon hearing that Ji Tingyu led troops to relieve Shuoyang’s distress, her eyes suddenly became moist. It turned out... her daughter had already made arrangements for Shuoyang before leaving.

She never expected the one who relieved Shuoyang’s distress would be Ji Tingyu... the one who once sacrificed his life for the Bai family’s honor, who nearly got silently killed by his mother-in-law, the Eldest Princess.

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