OBS Chapter 281 The reinforcements were tripped
Chapter 281 The reinforcements were tripped
If other people heard these words, they would probably take this opportunity to make a big fuss about it!
Chu Xi was not frightened by Jiang Zhenyao's rude remarks.
He even showed some admiration for her "bold" idea that was not in line with the times.
"I knew that you would never be scared when I told you these words!" Jiang Zhenyao also admired Chu Xi's calmness.
“You’re telling the truth.” Chu Xi was speaking to her as he elbowed a Western Chu soldier in the abdomen who was trying to attack from behind.
The other hand caught the spear that the man was stabbing at.
The soldier felt a pain in his abdomen, but before he could react, Chu Xi turned the sword in his hand and the tip of the sword ruthlessly pierced the man's neck.
Her voice was calm and gentle, but firm, "When the sky is overcast, it's time to change the weather!"
It’s just that this change of date does not mean overthrowing the royal family of the Great Zhou in one fell swoop, as that would only cause more chaos.
No matter how foolish the current emperor is, he is after all the orthodox royal family, and there are still some loyal ministers left by the previous emperor. It is impossible to overthrow him in one fell swoop.
Any rash attempt to overthrow him would only plunge the entire Great Zhou into chaos, thus benefiting others.
For example, the countries that are eyeing us covetously.
Western Chu, Japan, the Tartars outside the Great Wall, and... the hostage who has been hiding behind the scenes and ignored by everyone, Zhou Jialiang!
Jiang Zhenyao gave Chu Xi a look that showed that they saw the same thing as the heroes. "If it were someone else, they would have already scolded me for being a traitor and a traitor!"
"But in fact, aren't there many people who changed dynasties in history?" Jiang Zhenyao said with a calm expression, and his words shocked all the officials in the court of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
"Someone has to be brave enough to be the pioneer!"
"That's right." Chu Xi curled his lips meaningfully, "Some people have the same idea."
Just like the Eighth Prince.
His original plan should have been to use the external forces of Western Chu to transfer out several useful people among the princes in the capital, and then cut off their arms one by one.
Finally, he would use a trick to switch things up and put the charge of treason against the Seventh Prince or Zhou Yichen.
Taking advantage of the internal strife in the Great Zhou Dynasty, he would find a way to seize the power, capture the crown prince...or even directly ascend the throne.
Jiang Zhenyao was a little confused at first, but then she thought of the Great Zhou army under the east and west gates of the city, and seemed to have guessed something.
She chuckled, "Yeah."
What they can think of, others can think of too.
Some people intend to kill three birds with one stone while the mantis stalks the cicada and the oriole is behind.
"He thinks so. Isn't he underestimating you?"
She didn't need to know who was the mastermind behind this, she just needed to know that this person must have ulterior motives.
As the saying goes, people with different ideals cannot work together. She doesn't want to meet such a person with such character even if he is in front of her.
Chu Xi raised an eyebrow and looked at Jiang Zhenyao with a little surprise, "Are you flattering me a little bit?"
"With so many soldiers in the city, including Han Yaojun and all of you, it's not just my credit that we were able to defend Xi'an from being breached."
This sentence also implicitly affirmed Jiang Zhenyao's efforts and contributions.
Jiang Zhenyao had plenty of time to escape at the beginning, as only the north gate was surrounded in the beginning. As the battle at the north gate started, it was only after a few hours that attacks from the east and west began!
Even if the east and west gates were attacked, there was still a chance to escape through the south gate.
However, she never escaped, but chose to stay in Xi'an, sharing life and death with the soldiers in the city, and fighting against the Western Chu army.
No matter from which angle you look at it, Jiang Zhenyao's behavior makes her worthy of admiration no matter what era she is in.
Chu Xi's affirmation was a comfort to Jiang Zhenyao.
She used to be extremely disgusted with the constraints and stereotypes that this era imposed on women, and she hated men's fickleness and harshness towards women. Now she suddenly understood.
This era is certainly wrong. Men have been educated and are particularly demanding of women, but this is not something that one person can control or change!
Men are not the "crows" in her inherent perception. Even though all crows are black, there are always some unexpected people.
It was not known whether Han Yaojun and the others heard their conversation, but the two of them did not deliberately avoid other people.
After this battle, a life-and-death fight in Xi'an City, Jiang Zhenyao saw through a lot.
She was once hindered by the secular perspective and the constraints imposed on her by her family, so she was inevitably a little cautious and did not want to stand out too much.
This will prevent the outside world from misunderstanding the Jiang family and doubting their family education.
Now, she suddenly felt that in the face of life and death, these rumors were nothing!
Jiang Zhenyao smiled and stopped exaggerating.
Her choice of words before was indeed inappropriate. There were 50,000 defenders in the city and 20,000 reinforcements. They all paid a huge price to defend the city of Xi'an. Some died and some were injured.
The attack under the city suddenly weakened. Not only that, but after half an incense stick of time, the attack stopped.
Not only were the siege equipment moved back, but some Western Chu soldiers who had already climbed up the ladders also retreated like a tide.
As for the ladder, of course it was carried back.
Their unusual actions made Chu Xi and his group on the city wall feel confused.
Han Ziyu frowned.
"Major General, what's going on?"
"...It's so unusual, there must be something fishy!" Yuan Qi had also participated in many battles with the eldest prince. Although they were not large-scale, he could still be considered "battle-hardened".
Han Ziyu had a bad impression of the princes, especially the incident in Xi'an City this time. It was obvious that there was an internal traitor who collaborated with Xi Chu from inside and outside to sell out the garrison troops who had been fighting for years at the border.
Naturally, he could not have a good face towards Yuan Qi, who was a member of the eldest prince's party.
"Nonsense, with such a strange reaction, we also know that something is wrong!"
Han Yaojun and Chu Xi ignored their bickering. In such a tense situation, it was a good thing for them to have a quarrel.
Their noise could at least ease the tense atmosphere on the city wall.
Han Yaojun glanced sideways and asked Chu Xi for his opinion, "What do you think?"
Chu Xi's elegant and handsome face seemed to be coated with a layer of light golden halo under the reflection of the sunset, and his profile was glowing.
She tapped the side of her thigh with her fingers a few times, thinking about the problem slowly.
"According to the current situation, our reinforcements may arrive at any time. If we don't speed up the siege, they may fail at any time. There is no reason to suddenly retreat now!"
Unless there is some reason for them to withdraw from the battlefield, or they are sure that reinforcements will not arrive in a short time.
So there is no need to be so tense about your tense nerves.
"Unless, they don't need to be so nervous anymore." Chu Xi's expression was solemn, "The reinforcements were blocked!"
"You mean the Eighth Prince is likely to continue to send people to cooperate with Xi Chu to stop the reinforcements?"
Han Yaojun really didn't understand why Zhou Hanjin, who was of noble status and the eighth prince, was willing to cooperate with Xi Chu at all costs?