After rebirth, the Prime Minister's wife married the living devil

At the hour of Yin, in the hazy blue night, the sentry on the South City Gate saw a dark torrent approaching from afar.

"Here we go! Light the beacon! Light the beacon!"

In an instant, beacons were lit everywhere, and archers set up their bows and arrows on the rafts, ready to shoot.

Soon, one could hear the sound of thousands of horses galloping outside the city gate, and the sound of killing shook the sky.

The rockets outside the city cut through the night like heavy rain with ominous tails. The archers on the city walls also drew their bows and shot arrows towards the city. For a while, screams were heard from inside and outside the city gate.

The enemy's arrows were flying everywhere, and the archers around Li Yanqi fell one after another.

He was wearing a silver light armor, with his lips tightly pursed, and he kept repeating the action of drawing the bow and shooting arrows. Every arrow hit its target. Every time a feather arrow flew into the night, a person fell to the ground.

But the longer time went on, the more anxious he became.

His eyes wandered in the misty night, but the target he wanted kept hiding in the back and never appeared in his sight.

Li Yanqi paused as he was reaching behind him for the arrow, his brows slightly furrowed. He didn't know when, but there was only one feather arrow left in the quiver.

Suddenly, his brows relaxed again, and his dark eyes, like an eagle, stared at the man who appeared on horseback below the city wall.

He knew this person, who had been Liu Ping's right-hand man for ten years. Although he was not Liu Ping's Han Guang, he was not a small shrimp either.

The man was directing the soldiers at the rear to push the ladder. The moment he looked up at the city wall, a face of contempt appeared from his armor.

Li Yanqi pulled the corner of his mouth, sneered, and said, "You're looking for death."

The bowstring in his hand was pulled to his chest, and the moment he let go, the feather arrow, with a gust of wind, pierced the opponent's forehead with a "swoosh".

The man fell to the ground without making a sound, raising a cloud of dust.

Li Yanqi ignored the commotion downstairs and turned around and shouted, "Get ready with rolling logs and rocks!"

Both sides had run out of arrows at this point. Several ladders were placed on the city wall, and the rebel shield soldiers were climbing up quickly with their hands and feet like locusts.

Chen Ermu lifted dozens of kilograms of rocks and smashed them down the ladder, knocking down a section with each smash. Wang Zhenlong moved a rolling log and rolled it down the ladder. Ma Ben led his men holding steel knives and hacked and killed the rebels who climbed up in the gaps.

As more and more rebels climbed up, Zhang Wang, who was in charge of the transport team, ran up the wall, hacking and killing the rebels while shouting, "Sir, we have run out of logs and stones."

As soon as he finished speaking, there was an earth-shaking crash from under the city wall.

Li Yanqi clenched his back teeth, he had already expected that the city gate could not be defended.

I just finished a battle yesterday, and now I have to deal with Cai Zhang and Qian Sanwen.

Time is really too tight. If he is given two more days, he will definitely have a better chance of winning.

Even if the two sides have equal military strength, he is not afraid.

But Liu Ping and Han Guang had 100,000 soldiers under their command, while the Chongzhou army had only 40,000 people, and they were led by that loser Cai Zhang, so there were not many of them who could fight.

Now the only one who can fight is the patrol battalion.

Among the more than 20,000 soldiers in the patrol battalion, 90% of them have an irreconcilable blood feud with the Maozhou army.

The power of hatred is immeasurable.

No matter what I say, today, we must defend it if we can, and we must defend it if we cannot!

"Ma Ben, Zhang Wang and his men guard the city wall!"

Li Yanqi was as swift as the wind, leaping a few steps and floating into the city on the ladder.

Accompanied by the loud noise of battering rams hitting the city gate.

He jumped on his horse, his eyes fierce as he drew out his long sword from his waist, and shouted: "Brothers, behind us are our wives, children, elders, and fellow villagers! They are the people of Chongzhou who don't want to be enslaved! If we take a step back today, there will be tens of thousands more refugees who will be displaced and sell their children!"

There was a crisp sound from the city gate bolt.

Li Yanqi raised the long sword in his hand and shouted: "We cannot retreat even a single step! Defend Chongzhou to the death! Fight to the bitter end! Kill!"

The city gate opened...

*

At one o'clock in the morning, the sky was about to dawn and a few roosters' crows broke the night.

The girl sleeping in the green bed curtains had a frown on her face and a thin layer of sweat on her forehead. She suddenly screamed and woke up from her dream.

Lin Yanyu sat up, covered her chest with her hands, and gasped for breath. After a moment, her misty eyes gradually became clear.

She breathed a sigh of relief, then murmured, "Fortunately it was a dream...Fortunately it was a dream."

She dreamed again of the scene where Li Yanqi took her to escape.

Rebels with hideous faces were everywhere, holding bloody steel knives and chasing them. The soil and bricks on the ground were dyed bright red, and corpses were lying on the ground in all directions.

Li Yanqi pulled her with one hand and ran with the other hand, fighting against the rebels who were chasing them. They kept running and running, and the satin shoes on her feet were completely soaked with the blood on the ground.

Suddenly, the scene changed to a reed marsh. She knew where this was and she resisted this scene.

Her soul was screaming, "No, no! I promise you everything! I promise you everything, please don't die."

The moment the hand slowly slid from her lips, she woke up from the piercing pain.

Lin Yanyu's tense body relaxed and she raised her hand to wipe the cold sweat from her forehead.

Suddenly, she stopped and looked to the side.

On the flat mattress, nothing is left

She reached out her hand and touched the silk surface with blue-green bird-and-flower patterns. It felt smooth and cool.

Where did Li Yanqi go?

She had a lot of things she wanted to ask him last night, but in the end he made her so upset that she didn't get to ask anything and passed out. Was he really punishing her, or was he doing it on purpose?

Lin Yanyu was filled with panic and could not wait any longer.

Her hands were shaking as she opened the bed curtains. She put on her clothes with trembling hands and feet, and ran out of the house in a pair of slippers.

The sound of the door opening startled Ma Xigui, who was dozing against the door frame. He stood up holding a long sword.

He was stunned for a moment, his eyes filled with surprise, and in the breaking light of day, he looked at the girl with disheveled hair in front of him.

"Sister-in-law, you..."

"Where is your elder brother?" Lin Yanyu pursed her lips, her eyes red.

Seeing Ma Xigui hesitate, she could no longer hold back her tears and asked him with a sob, "Where is your elder brother? Please tell me."

Ma Xigui's thin face was full of struggle. He tightly grasped the scabbard in his hand and said through gritted teeth: "I'm sorry, sister-in-law, I don't know. Big brother just asked me to protect you."

If he had a choice, he would like to be like Ermu, staying with his eldest brother, living and dying together, and in the next life he would also like Li Yanqi to be his eldest brother.

but……

Ma Xigui glanced at the person in front of him with tears streaming down his face. These were his eldest brother’s wife and children, the most important people to him.

Ever since he started following his elder brother, he knew the name Lin Yanyu.

Whenever the girl goes out, the eldest brother follows her secretly.

He never appeared in front of the girl, but behind her back he dealt with the hooligans who disrespected her.

The girl grew up day by day and became a young lady who was sought after by many families.

At that time, he also understood the hidden thoughts behind his elder brother's eyes. When they got married, he was happy for his elder brother from the bottom of his heart, as he finally got what he wished for.

Before leaving, the man said to him: "At 3:30 am, if no one comes back to report, take your sister-in-law away directly. You know the route out of the city. If your sister-in-law doesn't want to leave..."

He hesitated for a moment, "Just knock him out and take him away, little ghost. You are always smart. I'll leave Big Brother's wife and children to you."

He will never let his elder brother down.