Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress novel Chapter 1195

Chapter 1195: Chapter 1189: Coming in Person

"Your Majesty! Even if you are not willing to leave the city now, you should be at the residence! In case the Xiliang army attacks, after all, this residence is safer than the city walls!" Wei Zhong, chasing after Bai Qingyan, tried to dissuade her.

"If Jiangzi City is breached, how can this small residence withstand the Xiliang army?" Bai Qingyan did not stop her steps and caught a glimpse with her peripheral vision of the tense Chun Zhi following beside her. She turned to Chun Zhi and said, "Chun Zhi, you don’t have to follow!"

Whether capturing her as the Emperor of Zhou alive or to entrap and annihilate the Zhou army coming to rescue, General Cui would not choose to attack the city at this time.

Firstly, General Cui may not have had enough time to ascertain the number of Zhou soldiers within Jiangzi City, and cannot rashly attack the city.

Secondly, if it’s to set a trap for the Zhou army, they should instead surround but not attack.

Chun Zhi heard Bai Qingyan’s words, paused for a moment, then hurriedly caught up and said to Bai Qingyan, "The maid knows the maid is useless and can’t fight, but... the maid wants to stay by the side of the eldest lady, and in necessary times, the maid can lay down her life for the eldest lady!"

While saying this, Chun Zhi was trembling all over. Having been suddenly surrounded by a massive army, how could she, a maid who has always lived in the prosperous capital, not be afraid?

But her master wanted to climb the city walls, and as a maid, how could she hide behind her master? She knew she was of no use, unlike Sister Chun Tao who could take especially good care of the eldest lady, nor like Miss Qingzhu who was so skilled in martial arts that she could protect Bai Qingyan on the battlefield, and sometimes she even became a burden to the eldest lady.

However, with the enemy army surrounding the city, she wanted to stay by her master’s side, even if it meant sacrificing her life to take an arrow for her master, it would be considered fulfilling her duty as a loyal servant!

Outside the Government Office, there were soldiers holding torches, hurrying orderly towards the city walls, and the civilians who had just entered the city were busy pulling their children to run home, turning the street into chaos.

Bai Qingyan stepped out of the residence’s gate, turned to look at Chun Zhi, who was tearfully weeping, as if seeing a younger Chun Tao. She mounted her horse and said to Chun Zhi, "Wait at the residence!"

Finishing her words, Bai Qingyan squeezed the horse’s belly and charged out, followed closely by Wei Zhong...

Chun Zhi hurriedly chased after the horse, but there were panicked people running everywhere and soldiers shouting for the civilians to go home. Chun Zhi hadn’t yet chased out of the main street when she lost sight of them, was knocked down, and could only pray tearfully with hands clasped for Bai Qingyan’s safety.

Bai Qingyan was the first to reach the west city gate, and just as she had expected, there were many Xiliang soldiers at the west gate.

From her many years of military experience, Bai Qingyan could see that the Xiliang army was adopting a strategy of surrounding without attacking, which made her feel a vague sense of relief.

Not long after, the horn at the south city gate also sounded. When the general defending the city sent someone to inform Bai Qingyan, she was already on the west city wall observing the distant enemy for some time.

Hearing that the Xiliang army had already surrounded the south city gate, Bai Qingyan turned to ask the messenger who delivered the news, "Did the Bai family guards leave the city?"

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