The beauty raised by Lord Hou is a black lotus

Chapter 163 Just Like Our City
After giving Yuan Chengbi the medicine, He Yao turned around and joined the fight.

Under the leadership of the old general He Qu, the surviving soldiers of Luoyang City gathered into the new He Family Army, using the palace as a stronghold to resist the invasion of the Beidi barbarians.

Seeing that ammunition and food were about to run out, on the eighth day, Yuan Wang led an army of hundreds of thousands and finally arrived in Luoyang.

Just before dawn, the shadows of peony flowers are mottled, and the voices of people in the deep palace are lonely.

He Yao was sitting on the porch holding the red-tasseled gun, looking up at the crescent moon at the end of the sky.

Her armor was badly broken, and the iron seams were filled with condensed dark blood stains.

She hadn't been able to rest well or eat well in the past few days, and she had become much thinner. The plump baby fat on her cheeks gradually faded away. As she raised her hands to comb her hair, she showed the natural charm of a girl.

Through the double fan, He Chenzhu was lying on the bamboo couch, holding the round fan in one hand, without any sleepiness on her face.

She stared at the tent roof and whispered: "If there are no reinforcements today, the food stored in the palace will be exhausted. When I bandaged the wounds of the soldiers yesterday, I noticed that they were not in a high mood, and some even had a mental breakdown and could no longer continue. Fight. Sister, I look at it, I’m afraid we have to make preparations early.”

He Yao pursed her lips.

In my mind, what Yuan Wang said before leaving came to mind:

——If Empress Zhang represents a disaster, then I assure you that I will never stay in Langya just to protect myself.He Er, when I have soldiers and horses in my hands that can compete with Luoyang, I will definitely come back.You wait for me, okay?

She thought about the boy's promise, and said seriously: "Sister, someone will come to save us, for sure!"

He Chenzhu was silent for a moment, then got up and picked up the pipa.

She sat upright and touched the strings with her fingertips.

Although she has such slender and delicate hands, the music played by her hands is particularly majestic and inspiring, which is completely different from the soft music she often played in the past.

He Yao listened with pricked ears: "Sister, what song is this?"

"The Music of the King of Qin Breaking the Array."

He Yao nodded: "Yes, I heard it before when I was in the army."

The palace city is completely silent, only the moonlight before dawn dances alone in the shadow of the wind and trees.

With the sound of He Chenzhu's pipa, the tired and exhausted soldiers slowly opened their eyes.

They listened attentively, and it seemed that a little strength was injected into their originally sad and desperate hearts.

As the pipa music gradually reached its climax, suddenly the sound of drums came faintly from the distance. At first, it was just audible, but gradually, the sound of the drums shook the heaven and the earth. It was the purest form-breaking music in the Central Plains!
The soldiers were so excited that they stood up instantly: "It's reinforcements from other places!"

"Rescue is here, rescue is here!"

"..."

Yuan Chengbi stood on the highest pavilion.

He was wearing a black brocade robe embroidered with gold dragons that symbolized his status as an emperor. From a distance, he saw countless soldiers and horses crossing mountains and rivers with torches in their hands, rushing towards Luoyang like swimming dragons.

It can be vaguely seen that the white horse running at the forefront of the army is carrying a young man.

He smiled and picked up the drumstick: "The mountains and rivers will be safe, and the future will be peaceful!"

Beat the drum and meet the enemy!
The soldiers in the palace city shouted one after another with tears streaming down their faces, "Protect the mountains and rivers, and restore peace to the ages" one after another, shaking the world and inspiring people.

They put on their armor and took up weapons one after another, and rushed to the palace gate to meet the reinforcements.

He Yao said goodbye to He Chenzhu, and bravely followed the army out of the palace to kill the enemy.

The city was full of fighting.

The withered peonies bloomed again on the ruins, and it was no longer the soldiers and horses of the Central Plains that fell, but the cavalry of the barbarians.

The moment He Yao speared like a dragon and overthrew the barbarian general, he saw Yuan Wang who was fighting bloody in front of him.

His sword skills are excellent, with a domineering sneer on his thin lips, he cut off the opponent's general with a few strokes!
He wielded his sword gracefully and proudly, looking at He Yao from afar across the killing field.

He Yao raised her sleeve to wipe off the blood splattered on her cheek, remembering the first time she saw him.

At that time, the young man had just arrived from Liangzhou, standing on the bow of the boat and looking at the pier in Luoyang curiously. He stepped on a pair of dusty old straw sandals, wore neat black bunt clothes, and tied his high heels with goose-yellow willow branches. High ponytail, slightly curly forehead hair, rebelliously holding a piece of dogtail grass.

That little thief who pretended to be her fiancé...

Now it has become indomitable.

Her eyes gradually turned red.

Yuan Huang raised his chin arrogantly and provocatively: "Hey, what kind of young lady is this, she was born so handsome? From now on, can you be my daughter-in-law?"

Tears welled up in He Yao's eyes.

She didn't want to shed tears in front of the three armies, so she choked up and wiped away her tears: "Grandma is the second daughter of the He family. If you want to marry me, it depends on whether you have the ability..."

"Let me make a bet with you, if I kill more enemies than you, you will obediently be my daughter-in-law. If you kill more enemies than me, I will marry your He family. The young master is so good-looking, it is not wronged about you!"

Yuan Wang clamored, and beheaded two more thieves.

He Yao was amused by him.

If he dared to enter the He Mansion, the Eldest Princess might be so angry that she would rush into her house with a knife in hand!
She got on her horse and said boldly, "Okay, I'll bet with you!"

Deep in the palace.

He Chenzhu was sitting on the porch, playing the pipa seriously.

It was dawn and the sun was rising.

Yuan Chengbi followed the sound of the piano, passed through the burned and collapsed palace all the way, and appeared in front of He Chenzhu.

Under the light of daylight, he pointed to the corner of the palace courtyard: "Sister, look."

In the corner of the wall, the formerly luxuriant peony flowers were destroyed by the war, but at this moment, new shoots are emerging to meet the light, green and clean, like a emerald gemstone.

He Chenzhu smiled: "It's like our city."

--season finale--

(End of this chapter)