Dayu Execution Officer, begins to torture the demon girl's fiancee

Chapter 182 Chasing and Killing
"Fight for the Empress Dowager!"

Seeing that the female devil was showing great power, Zhao mistakenly would not miss this opportunity to boost morale. Sure enough, under his encouragement, the charging soldiers became more brave.

Now even if the nominal emperor of the Dayu Dynasty stood on the palace city, they would not stop attacking, and a puppet emperor never showed favor to the soldiers.

The reality is that whoever's cronies hold high positions in the army will control the military power.

"Fire arrows!"

King Huainan ordered angrily on the top of the wall. Although his face was extremely ugly at this time, he still remained calm.

He still stood on the palace wall after ordering to defend to the death, as if he didn't want to escape.

This is because he understands that the defenders will inevitably give up resistance and surrender as soon as he leaves.

"Is Your Majesty ready?"

King Huainan asked in a low voice to a general who came forward.

"Mr. Gu wanted to take away the Holy Majesty directly in the deep palace, but was stopped by the fire-raiser suspected of being the Empress Dowager of the Eastern Palace. They confronted each other in the right garden of the palace."

"Just send half of the troops in the city to escort the emperor to Shangsu City as planned. Those who raise the fire will not attack the ordinary people. Now go and escort the king's family to evacuate!"

"The last general takes orders!"

King Huainan looked at the menacing army under the palace with a calm expression. His hands hidden under his sleeves were trembling slightly, and he had already reacted from the panic just now.

He was confident that he could leave before the city was broken, but the loss this time was incalculable. After the first step of their plan was hit hard, the road ahead would be difficult.

It was all because of the young man in the Wanjun who was supposed to be his son-in-law.

"The Empress Dowager must have known about this king's ambitions in advance when she came to Huainan Kingdom. Where did the matter come out?"

King Huainan muttered to himself with some annoyance.

"Could it be the time when An Le was asked to cast a Gu on Zhao Cuo? But she didn't reveal her identity after she said it, how could it be so..."

They originally wanted to take Jiangnan without bloodshed. If they can succeed, their confidence in taking over the world will be greatly increased, but the situation has taken a sharp turn for the worse now.

"General Wu."

Zhao Cuo stared at King Huainan standing on the palace city for a while, then turned his head to look at Wu Chongxing beside him, and asked in a low voice:

"How long will it take for this palace city to be breached? There is one person in the palace who must not let him escape. This is the order of the empress."

"According to this momentum..."

Wu Chongxing believed in himself when he looked at the soldiers who were not afraid of death.

"At least half an hour will break the Huainan palace and capture the king of thieves."

"How many troops did the South Gate send?"

He frowned and continued to ask.

"A hundred cavalry and thousands of infantry."

Although the imperial court has [-] garrisons in Huainan, but only less than [-] war horses, of course it is more than enough to fight a palace.

"Report!"

This is a young general riding a fast horse.

"Report to General Wu and the Imperial Envoy!"

He got off his horse and knelt down on one knee.

"The south gate was breached, and five hundred riders rushed out of the palace and headed towards Shangsu City! General, please give an order."

"Where did King Huainan get so many horses?"

Wu Chongxing was stunned for a moment, then slapped his thigh, and ordered:
"I will give you [-] rides and go after them!"

"I'll go myself."

Zhao Cuo said with a sullen face, he knew that the rebels who broke out at the Nancheng Gate must be escorting Emperor Yongzhao, and he must not be allowed to escape.

"Then I will go with the imperial envoy, and leave this place to General Yue, who is best at siege warfare."

Wu Chongxing, who smelled the opportunity to make greater contributions, said quickly.

"go!"

Young Master Zhao flicked his horsewhip and led five hundred cavalry around the palace towards the south gate, with two thousand infantry marching hurriedly behind him.

At this time, the sky had completely darkened, and the bitter cold wind kept hitting his face, which reminded Zhao Cuo of the conversation he had with Emperor Yongzhao Chu Feng several hours ago.

His face became even more gloomy for a moment.

"There are also rebels fighting our army at the south gate. They should have just broken through and have not gone far. Everyone is chasing me at full speed!"

After Zhao Cuo came to the south gate of the palace, he glanced at the chaotic battlefield. The smell of blood on his face made his stomach feel a little uncomfortable. He resisted the strange feeling and gave orders to the soldiers.

"Come on!"

Wu Chongxing roared at the cavalry behind him, his face was full of excitement!Although he didn't know who the person he was chasing was, he didn't dare to ask, but the credit for catching that person must be greater than capturing Huainan King alive!
Zhao Cuo took five hundred riders and ran desperately in the night, regardless of what the horses thought, he just wanted to catch up!

They finally saw their target after a quarter of an hour or so. About [-] heavily armed cavalry escorted a four-horse carriage. These people also noticed the arrival of the pursuers and accelerated their speed.

"The whole army shoots arrows!"

Zhao Cuo shouted with a ruthless face. Under his order, these soldiers who are good at riding and shooting immediately drew their bows and arrows, and a dense rain of arrows flew up and down quickly.

It's a pity that this round of volley had little effect. Only a few rebels in front fell off their horses, and they ran even faster.

Suddenly there was movement in the front carriage, and Zhao Cuoji saw a figure jump out of the carriage and land on a horse pulling the carriage.

"What is Chu Feng doing?"

Zhao Cuo froze for a moment, and then his face gradually became ugly, because the speed of the rebels in front suddenly slowed down.

"They are going to turn around and stop us. It is dangerous for us to divide our forces to pursue them now. We can only fight the rebels first."

Wu Chongxing said with an ugly face.

"Then break them apart with the fastest speed, and keep that person at all costs! No matter what method is used!"

Zhao Cuo said eagerly.

"But……"

Wu Chongxing sighed helplessly.

"Shang Sioux City is ahead, and if the rebels delay him for a while, that person may have already entered the city by the time he catches up."

"Is it possible that the garrison will break through Shangsu City?"

Zhao Xiaogong asked.

"No."

Wu Chongxing shook his head.

"Shangsu City is a famous fortified city in history. The rebel army should have passed the news by now. As long as there are thousands of defenders there, we will not be able to take it down."

"Then we must catch up with him before he escapes into Shangsu City!"

During their brief exchange, the murderous two armies had already engaged in hand-to-hand combat, and the sound of killing and howling came and went one after another.

Fortunately, these rebels had already reduced their numbers when they broke through the south gate of the palace, and the hundreds of people who escaped were also injured. It was naturally difficult to fight against the unscathed official army.

Zhao Cuo wrapped up the morale-high soldiers and directly dispersed the remnants. He ordered that they should only pursue and not fight, but even so, it was delayed for less than a quarter of an hour.

"hateful!"

Wu Chongxing broke through the siege, raised his eyes to look at Shangsu City where the towering city walls could be vaguely seen under the night, and couldn't help cursing.

"still have a chance!"

(End of this chapter)