This battle was extremely perilous. Ten thousand elite soldiers entered the fray. Each of them was strong and full of vigor, instantly reversing the situation.
Seeing that the situation was turning against him, Helian Zhen immediately intended to retreat. However, instead of withdrawing, Chen Tingfeng advanced. He directly led the charge with Chen Xuan and lunged at Helian Zhen with his long spear aimed straight at his face!
Helian Zhen was startled and quickly spurred his horse to dodge. The two of them exchanged several moves as they chased and evaded each other.
The clash between the long spear and the scimitar sparked bursts of fire. Through the gaps in the fire, Helian Zhen looked up and suddenly met a pair of cold eyes.
There was no trace of fighting spirit in those eyes, only a determination to kill the opponent.
He had fought with Chen Xuan for a long time and had exhausted a great deal of his strength. Now, facing Chen Tingfeng, he was no match for him at all.
Gritting his teeth, he made a deliberate blunder. The long spear, like a swimming dragon, instantly pierced through his shoulder blade, leaving it bloody.
Helian Zhen's veins bulged on his forehead, and his face turned bright red. But he endured the blow forcefully. "Retreat!!"
He didn't linger in the fight. He grabbed the long spear and yanked it out of his shoulder blade. He took a deep look at Chen Tingfeng, then turned around and galloped away on his horse.
The elite soldiers climbed onto the city wall and beat the drums. The soldiers on the battlefield were in the heat of the battle. Suddenly hearing the drumbeats, they were a bit slow to react.
Chen Tingfeng led his men and almost charged all the way to the Xiongnu's doorstep. Then he whipped his long spear to shake off the bloodstains on it and commanded in a deep voice, "Cease the attack!"
Helian Zhen didn't expect him to be so audacious. He almost gritted his silver teeth to pieces, and the taste of blood filled his mouth. Suddenly, he yanked on the reins. The horse neighed, and he quickly picked up his bow, pulled it to full strength, and in the blink of an eye, shot an arrow fiercely in Chen Tingfeng's direction!
The nomads were always skilled with bows and arrows. They were strong and natural archers.
But he had underestimated Chen Tingfeng's strength. Although Chen Tingfeng was arrogant, he wasn't a fool. He had been keeping an eye on Helian Zhen from the corner of his eye. Seeing him turn around and draw his bow, he immediately threw his long spear backward and then nocked an arrow on his own bow.
The two of them, separated by the vast battlefield, aimed their arrows at each other.
Three, two, one.
They both released their arrows at the same time. The two arrows whistled through the air. From afar, they were like two fierce birds flying towards each other from opposite sides, even forming a straight line horizontally in the air.
The trajectories of the arrows were almost identical.
The two men stared at each other from a distance and saw the malice in each other's eyes.
The deep malice to kill the other.
The two arrows collided, just like two birds crashing into each other, sparks flying everywhere.
They seemed to freeze in the air for a moment. In the battle between the two birds, Chen Tingfeng's black iron arrow proved to be superior. In an instant, the black iron arrow pierced through the other arrow and split it in two, then continued to fly towards Helian Zhen at an extremely fast speed!
Helian Zhen was greatly startled and barely managed to dodge.
"Your Majesty, be careful!"
In the blink of an eye, a brave warrior rammed into him forcefully, knocking Helian Zhen off his horse. He rolled on the ground several times.
The arrow instantly pierced into the warrior's chest. He let out a muffled groan, his vision blurred, and he also fell off his horse.
"Natulu!" Helian Zhen roared. He almost thought the warrior was dead. He rushed over and felt for his pulse. There was still a heartbeat, and he immediately felt relieved.
Looking up again, Chen Tingfeng had already ridden his horse into the city.
Tens of thousands of soldiers behind him followed his figure and streamed into the city like a flock of sheep. The leader of the flock had won the battle but didn't linger. He knew when to stop and retreat in time.
He was both brave and resourceful, much like Chen Xuan.
Helian Zhen pounded the yellow earth in frustration but could only watch helplessly as the heavy city gate closed in front of him.
It also completely humiliated him.
After riding into the city, Chen Xuan could no longer hold on. His eyes rolled back, and he fainted.
Chen Tingfeng immediately reached out to catch him and carried him back to the house. He felt Chen Xuan's pulse and knew how badly he had been abusing his body during this period.
He took a deep breath, took out a pill for nourishing qi and replenishing blood from his bosom, and fed it to Chen Xuan. Then he took off Chen Xuan's armor, asked someone to fetch water, and carefully treated all his wounds with wound medicine before he was satisfied.
He walked out with a solemn face. His adjutant immediately stepped forward, looking anxious. "My lord, how is the marquis?"
"He's exhausted and asleep. You stay here and guard the marquis. Come back later tonight." His face was as cold as ice. After giving these brief instructions, he headed towards the meeting place.
"Yuan Bao," he ordered, "go to the city and invite a doctor to treat the seriously injured soldiers first. Give him all the medicinal materials we brought. If there aren't enough, come and report to me."
This was a time of weakness after a great battle. Yuan Bao didn't waste any time. He replied crisply and withdrew.
Chen Tingfeng called another person's name and carefully gave all the necessary instructions.
By the time he had finished dealing with all the trivial matters, it was already evening. The sun was setting in the west, and the setting sun was like molten gold.
No matter how the world changed, the sun still rose in the east and set in the west, diligently illuminating the world.
Only the afterglow of the sunset showed a hint of its reluctance to leave the world.
Chen Tingfeng stood under the corridor, looking up at the fading afterglow in the sky. In his heart, he thought of the person in the capital.
She always liked to watch such a beautiful sunset.
He wondered what she was doing at this moment.
Fu Zhen wasn't doing anything. When the news completely spread throughout the capital, she immediately realized that there was someone behind it.
Almost instantly, she fixed her gaze on Xie Guang and the queen.
Apart from these two people, who else would be so concerned about the marquis's mansion at this time?
There was no news from the border, and she didn't know how Chen Tingfeng was doing.
Fu Zhen frowned slightly and thought carefully for a moment. She took off the jade pendant from her waist and gave it to Bi Yu. She said softly, "Take this jade pendant to the owner of the Yongchun Courtyard and tell him that I have an urgent matter and would like to have a meeting with a noble person. I hope he will do me the honor and meet me at a quarter past seven in the evening."
This was the method Chen Tingfeng had told her before he left. The owner of the Yongchun Courtyard was a subordinate of the second prince. If she wanted to invite the second prince, she should give him the jade pendant; if she wanted to see the eldest princess, she should give him a hairpin flower.
He was always so considerate and could arrange everything properly.
Fu Zhen watched Bi Yu's retreating figure, and suddenly her longing for him deepened.
She took a deep breath to suppress the inexplicable longing in her heart and asked Cui Huan, "Have you sent the visiting card to Lord Chu?"
Cui Huan nodded and replied in a low voice, "Yes, I have. We've made an appointment to meet at the Yongchun Courtyard at two o'clock tomorrow afternoon."
Fu Zhen nodded. She took one last look at the darkening sky and then turned around and walked back into the house.
While Chen Tingfeng was fighting on the front line, all she could do was to stabilize the rear for him and never let him worry.
In the palace.
Xie Yan was extremely angry. He shouted at Fu Yun, "Those useless fools can't even block a single piece of news!"
Fu Yun trembled in fear and shrank his neck, not daring to say a word.
When he noticed something was wrong, Xie Yan immediately sent someone to keep an eye on Xie Guang. Sure enough, he saw someone riding out of the city at night. He ordered his men to intercept and kill the person. However, the person was very skilled. The men he sent didn't watch closely enough, and the person managed to escape.
When they went after him, the person had already disappeared without a trace.