vrcanaries Chapter 503: The King Does Not Accept!
Chapter 503: The King Does Not Accept!
At Chu Ning's command, the palace gates opened wide.
Immediately, Xue Huaide led the Zhou army to charge out.
At the same time, Ran Ming behind also arrived with the White Horse Cavalry and the troops of the Great Zhou.
Li Long, who was caught in the middle, looked very unhappy: "Hurry up and stop them. As long as we hold them off for a while, the soldiers from the noble families will surely come to rescue us."
Until now, he still didn't understand what happened.
But the rebels who retreated from the city gates and the streets knew that it was the soldiers of the wealthy families at the city gates who closed the city gates, which gave the soldiers of the Great Zhou the opportunity to cut them off.
Someone immediately shouted, "Prince, let's retreat quickly. The aristocratic families will not come to rescue us!"
Li Long was furious when he heard this: "How dare you disrupt the morale of our army?"
The soldiers shouted: "They are the ones who closed the city gates and deliberately isolated us from the city."
After hearing this, Li Long was dumbfounded.
Hadn’t the aristocratic families already rebelled against the Great Zhou and joined him?
Why are we closing the city gates now?
At this moment, Li Long's brain froze and he was unable to react for a moment.
But he had no time to think, as the troops of the Great Zhou had already come to attack.
"Come on!"
"Kill!"
"Capture the traitor alive and reward him with a thousand gold coins!"
Amid Xue Huaide's roar, the Zhou army rushed towards the rebels with great momentum, like a tiger descending from the mountain.
Ran Ming's face was even more ferocious. He wielded the spear in his hand and charged into the camp as if there was no one there, killing the rebels and making them scream in pain.
On the other hand, the rebels’ retreat route was blocked and they were unable to retreat. Although they were still fighting desperately, signs of defeat were already apparent.
For a time, the rebels were attacked from both sides and were forced to flee in panic, unable to form an effective defense or counterattack.
When the situation became critical, some cowardly rebels began to flee.
Someone took the lead, and others immediately followed, and like a snowball, more and more rebels began to leave the team.
The two sides were fighting fiercely in the streets of the city, and there were houses everywhere around. It was easy to escape in such an environment.
This also resulted in the rebels' troops becoming smaller and smaller as the fighting went on.
In just three quarters of an hour, the rebels lost more than half of their men.
Most of them escaped secretly!
Noticing that there were fewer and fewer people around him, Li Long's face turned red with anger: "Damn you guys, I've always been nice to you, why are you running away at this time!"
Deputy General Wu Chao said gloomily, "Your Majesty, now is not the time to talk about this. Let's retreat quickly. It will be too late if we are late!"
But Li Long was determined: "No, now we must delay time and let the Yan army attack!
Now most of the main forces in the city are here. As long as we hold them back, the Yan army will be able to break in!"
Until now, he was still fantasizing that the Yan army outside the city would come to rescue him.
Because when he was trapped just now, he had already sent a distress signal outside the city.
Yan Yucheng is not a stingy person, and it is impossible for him to hold a grudge against him for not telling the other party about his plans for tonight.
As long as Yan Yucheng attacks fiercely, he still has a chance to break in.
But Wu Chao's face changed drastically after hearing this, and he quickly advised: "Your Highness, we can't wait any longer. If we wait any longer, before the Yan army can break in, we will be dead!"
But Li Long was very determined and said in a cold voice: "General Wu, I have made up my mind and must stick to it to the end!"
These words made Wu Chao very angry.
He immediately shouted to the surrounding guards: "Come here, take the prince away!"
At the command, the surrounding guards immediately escorted Li Long to retreat.
"Let me go, please let me go!" Li Long was furious and shouted while struggling.
But Wu Chao did not give him a chance and immediately ordered his troops to retreat.
Now is not the time to let Li Long act recklessly, we must preserve our strength.
Now they are at a disadvantage and there is no strategic location to defend around them, so they can't hold out against the Yan army.
This is Luo City. If it were so easy to break in, their hundreds of thousands of troops would have rushed in long ago. How could they wait until now?
But Wu Chao underestimated Xue Huaide's command ability, who had already blocked the surrounding retreat routes before the attack.
After all, this is the imperial palace. Xue Huaide knows the terrain here very well and will not give Li Long any chance to retreat.
When the rebels retreated, they discovered that all the surrounding roads were guarded by soldiers from the Great Zhou.
Although they charged hard, they were soon caught up by the troops behind them and a fierce battle broke out between the two sides.
At this moment, the rebels had lost their spirit and were defeated by the troops of the Great Zhou.
Ran Ming was even more excited about killing. He rode his horse into the rebel camp alone and headed straight towards where Li Long was.
Although Ran Ming didn't know that was where Li Long was, when he saw so many people gathered together, he concluded that there was an important person over there.
He killed the rebels alone, making them scream in pain. No one could match him. He broke through their formation in just a moment.
Seeing Li Long in royal robes not far away, Ran Ming's eyes lit up: "Hahahaha, so you're hiding here, come and die!"
Wu Chao's face changed drastically when he saw this: "You protect the prince and retreat, I will go and stop him!"
This man was loyal and rushed over with the spear in his hand.
"Go away!"
When Ran Ming saw someone blocking his way, he shouted angrily and smashed down with his spear.
Wu Chao snorted coldly, rode his horse to avoid the attack, and stabbed with his spear in the opposite hand.
The two men exchanged moves and eventually started fighting.
At this moment, Li Long was retreating quickly under the protection of his personal guards.
Unfortunately, they were stopped by the Zhou army before they had gone far, and Xue Huaide arrived in person with his troops.
"Humph, traitor king, let's see where you can escape to!"
Xue Huaide snorted coldly, then charged forward with his Fang Tian Hua Ji in hand.
The soldiers of the Great Zhou behind him were in high spirits and rushed forward, killing Li Long's personal soldiers and forcing them to retreat step by step.
Even though he tried his best to resist, he was outnumbered and his personal soldiers were soon killed, leaving only Li Long who was surrounded.
"Damn it! How dare you ruin my good deeds!"
Li Long was furious and swung his sword to kill Xue Huaide.
But Xue Huaide showed disdain on his face, and he swung his Fang Tian Huaji, and actually let the long sword fly, and then he hit Li Long with the halberd in his backhand.
"Ugh...Puff!"
Li Long was knocked back five meters and fell to the ground, spurting out a mouthful of blood.
"Take down this traitor king!"
At Xue Huaide's command, the surrounding soldiers rushed forward and tied Li Long up.
"Let me go, let me go quickly!" Li Long roared regardless of his injuries.
Xue Huaide stared at the man coldly: "Since ancient times, the victors have been kings and the losers have been bandits. Since you have lost, you should accept it. It is beneath your dignity to make such a fuss!"
"I don't accept it, the king doesn't accept it!"
Li Long stared at Xue Huaide and roared, "I almost took over the palace, why did it turn out like this? I don't accept it!"
Xue Huaide sneered: "Not convinced? You should go and tell His Royal Highness the King of Chu. I believe he will answer your doubts."
"Come here, take him to see the King of Chu!"