Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress novel Chapter 1087

Chapter 1087: Chapter 1081: Unjust Death

The Bai family guard, who attempted to charge at the blade with his neck, missed his target, collided with the chest of a Xiliang soldier, and fell to the ground...

With the body of a Xiliang soldier as a cushion behind him, the Bai family guard, resolved to die, lay on the ground looking up at Bai Qingyan through the vast snowfall, but could only see the silhouette of Bai Qingyan drawing a bow under the lantern, his eyes warm with emotion.

"Protect the Emperor!" the Xiliang soldiers roared as the giant elephant carrying Li Tianfu hurriedly retreated, the heavy shield troops rapidly advancing, adopting a battle-ready posture.

"Bai Qingyan! How dare you kill my Xiliang soldiers!" Li Tianfu tightly grasped the armrests of his seat, almost standing up, shouting loudly at Bai Qingyan.

Shen Kunyang, seeing Li Tianfu pointing at Bai Qingyan, wished he could crush that woman’s claws, gripping the sword at his waist tightly, his deep voice rising, "Archers ready!"

The archers and crossbowmen of Zhou, crouching closely against the city wall, upon hearing the command, dipped their arrows into the flaming oil buckets, strings drawn, aiming straight at the surrounding Xiliang and Tianfeng armies below the city wall.

The wind howled as the oil-drenched arrows dropped with the snow, setting fire upon landing, causing the Xiliang heavy shield troops to retreat continuously as they saw the burning objects dropping from above the city wall, still ablaze upon hitting the ground.

The sudden illumination of countless fires atop the city wall outlined its majestic form, unmoved by the fierce wind and snow for a century, instilling an overwhelming sense of pressure in the Tianfeng Kingdom commander seated upon the back of the giant elephant.

As a soldier, his inherent sensitivity to battlefield danger made him feel as if there was a threat nearby... like a venomous snake silently approaching through tall grass, its tongue flicking, ready to strike and bite his ankle at any moment...

He felt this was an omen given to him by God, inclined to retreat, yet he couldn’t help but be swayed by Li Tianfu’s earlier words, thinking that capturing the Emperor of Zhou alive would be a significant achievement, as he was the general chosen by God for the Tianfeng Kingdom, and the Tianfeng Kingdom was sworn to die for God. God would surely protect him!

The Tianfeng Kingdom general, with his face marked by the warrior’s tattoos of the Tianfeng Kingdom, displayed a struggling expression.

Li Zhijie had just set foot on the city wall when he heard Li Tianfu’s shouting and Shen Kunyang’s resonant, powerful voice.

Li Zhijie, who had just exchanged a few words with Liu Rushi before being brought to the city wall, saw Tianfeng Kingdom and Li Tianfu besieging the city with the Elephant Army, making his palms clench tightly...

On the way here, he had already heard that the Tianfeng Kingdom and Li Tianfu actually surrounded the Zhou army returning with Lord of Gaoyi on the way back. It was the Bai family guards who fought desperately to carve out a bloody path for Lord of Gaoyi to escape back to Pingyang City.

Looking down from the tower now, Li Tianfu’s Xiliang soldiers even captured the Bai family guards alive to threaten Bai Qingyan. It was a clear act of war! Has the Tianfeng Kingdom gone mad, following Li Tianfu blindly like this!

He admitted that he indeed intended to use his entry into Pingyang City to provoke hostility between Zhou and Tianfeng, so they could have the opportunity to restore Li Tianjiao to the throne.

But after all, now is the time of the Four-Nation Alliance. How could he have imagined that the Tianfeng Kingdom would declare war in such a forceful posture during a winter unfavorable to their Elephant Army, demanding his handover from Zhou!

Li Zhijie’s sight fell on those Bai family guards... and the Xiliang soldiers shot dead by Bai Qingyan’s arrow, making his hands sweat with stickiness in the cold wind.

With orders from Bai Qingyan to lead soldiers to evacuate the people, transferring them to the north gate... so as to prevent the Jiang Army of the Tianfeng Kingdom and Xiliang from attacking the city, Liu Rushi ran all the way down, calling aloud to gather soldiers and evacuate the people. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

Li Tianfu spotted Li Zhijie, and the anger which had already surged to his head was suppressed again, coldly smiling at Li Zhijie, and then loudly said, "Li Zhijie... you think that by escaping to Zhou’s territory, I am helpless against you? Bai Qingyan, the Emperor of Zhou, is still afraid of the Tianfeng Kingdom’s Elephant Army, prepared to surrender you!"

Li Tianfu deliberately provoked, wanting to force Zhou to make a move.

Li Tianfu’s words indeed infuriated the soldiers of Zhou, but without orders from Bai Qingyan and Shen Kunyang, they dared not shoot arrows no matter how much they wished to.

For the safety of the Bai family guards, Bai Qingyan held back her anger, needing to wait a bit longer... giving General Cheng and A Yu time to act.

She coldly looked at Li Tianfu, instructing Shen Kunyang, "Take Li Zhijie away, exchange him for our Bai family guards back..."

"Yes!" Shen Kunyang followed the command.

Bai Qingyan then looked at the ashen-faced Li Zhijie, smiling faintly, "You brought them here. My Bai family guards are in the hands of Xiliang and Tianfeng Kingdom. I can only use you to exchange for the safety of my Bai family guards. As for whether you can survive, that depends entirely on your fate!"

Li Zhijie’s face turned increasingly ugly. Indeed... Bai Qingyan knew everything clearly in her heart. He bowed deeply to Bai Qingyan, "I’m sorry, I just... feared that Zhou wouldn’t dare to go to war with the Tianfeng Kingdom, so I thought..." thought to push the two countries into a confrontation.

Bai Qingyan, unwilling to hear Li Zhijie’s explanation any longer, turned to Shen Kunyang and said, "Take him away!"