The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 1035

Chapter 1035: 497 Defend the City! (Second Update)_2

The city gate was left with just a sliver of a gap.

Gu Jiao nimbly rolled through, tumbling to safety behind the city gate.

With that, the city gate was shut.

Tang Yueshan, mounted on a steed, sword in hand, faced the onslaught of four thousand Zhan Country cavalry with an air of resignation to death.

The Zhan Country cavalry’s archery was not particularly excellent, but should a volley of thousands of arrows be released, a few were bound to hit Tang Yueshan.

"Release arrows!"

A sweeping barrage of arrows flew towards Tang Yueshan, dense as a rainstorm. With no shield to protect him, he had only his long sword.

Just as Tang Yueshan was about to be turned into a sieve, an agile figure leapt down from above. With a crack of a whip, it wrapped around Tang Yueshan’s waist.

"Pull!"

Following Gu Chengfeng’s command, soldiers on the City Tower heaved the ropes, pulling both men up to safety!

Almost at the same instant, hundreds of arrows pierced through the spot where Tang Yueshan had just stood, striking the city wall en masse!

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This battle wasn’t about individual life and death; it was about the survival of all the citizens and the fate of Zhan Country’s lands.

In the face of national hatred, any grudges were personal and trivial.

Gu Chengfeng and Tang Yueshan descended from the City Tower and met with Gu Jiao, who was treating the wounded in the hastily established barracks.

Gu Jiao was unaware that Tang Yueshan had been rescued.

The city gate had closed right after she entered;

It was Tang Yueshan who had sacrificed his chance at life to throw her inside. She understood this but would not allow herself to be overwhelmed by the emotions it stirred.

She quickly shifted into battle readiness.

Her composure and decisiveness astounded Tang Yueshan once again.

Had he not witnessed her earlier actions, he might have mistaken her for a person without a shred of compassion.

Tang Yueshan and Gu Chengfeng, seeing she was unharmed, did not approach to disturb her.

Tang Yueshan took charge of Yuegu City’s defenses. The two thousand infantrymen and five hundred archers he brought back from Ye City, along with the city’s own five thousand troops, amounted to a total of seven thousand five hundred men, with nearly six hundred wounded.

All the wounded requested to rejoin the fight, but only those assessed by Gu Jiao as fit for battle were allowed to re-enlist.

Furthermore, nearly half of Yuegu City’s five thousand troops were temporarily conscripted from the citizenry; these untrained folks were spared from being sent to the front lines to face certain death.

Tang Yueshan selected those with martial skills to join the reserve forces. Those without martial skills were stationed atop the City Tower, primarily in charge of aiding military equipment attacks, such as stone-throwing.

Additionally, there was a shortage of weapons and armor.

Tang Yueshan ordered his men to summon the city’s blacksmiths to forge weapons and armor through the night.

"Wait."