Especially when she saw Xu Xu shoot an arrow at her.

She thought it was Canglan's tacit approval.

Even if they rebelled and succeeded in taking the throne later, what would it have to do with her?

He could not enjoy the glory and wealth, but in the end, he was treated as a prisoner and killed.

She, Xu Yue, had been glorious for the first half of her life and would not allow herself to die in such a humiliating way.

The yelling continued.

The soldiers on the tower were also roaring.

"Your prince is a mother-killer. How can you believe that he will treat you well after his rebellion succeeds? Our general is kind and wants to spare the life of the dead queen, but unexpectedly he himself wants to kill his mother!"

"If Lord Gu hadn't stopped the arrow just now, Empress Wu would have died just now! Think about it, don't you have a mother? Don't you have a family? Is it worth charging into battle for such a person?"

···

Sure enough, within a short while, the enemy army was completely defeated.

Canglan gritted her teeth.

"withdraw!"

If we continue to fight, we will suffer heavy losses.

Xu Xu objected: "No! Prince, we must capture this place today, otherwise it will be delayed for another day..."

The prince interrupted Xu Xu's words, his tone a little angry.

"Do you want to listen to me or do you want to listen to me?"

Cang Lan shouted to the front again: Say it again, withdraw your troops!"

"yes!"

The drums sounded again, and the enemy troops retreated one after another.

Tie Xiu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the enemy retreating.

After all, there are only 10,000 Black Cloud Riders, and together with the reinforcements sent by the royal family, there are only more than 40,000 in total.

They are now at the end of their rope.

If reinforcements don’t arrive in these two days...

I'm afraid this city won't be able to be defended.

Tie Xiu sighed lightly, cupped his fists and thanked An Ning and Gu Qingzhao: "Thank you both very much. If it weren't for you two today, I'm afraid this city would really be unable to hold on. Now it's already at its limit."

If psychological tactics had not been used today, if Cang Lan had insisted on attacking the city, no one would have been able to stop him.

"May I ask Mr. Gu how long it will take for General Qi Hu from the rear to arrive? If they attack the city again tomorrow..."

"Five days at most."

Tie Xiu frowned.

Five days...

Too long.

Tie Xiu gritted his teeth and said, "Even if I die, I will definitely defend this city!"

Gu Qingzhao looked at An Ning in a daze and asked, "What's wrong, An Ning? Don't worry, we will definitely hold on for five days."

Tonight, he planned to take people by surprise and lead people to burn food and grass.

An Ning frowned, and finally sighed softly and said to Tie Xiu: "Chief Tie, can you find some saltpeter?"

"Saltpetre?"

"Yes, with these, we can defend the city."

Although Tie Xiu was confused, he still believed in An Ning.

"Okay, I'll have someone look for it right away."

An Ning's brows still tightened and didn't loosen.

Once you start making explosives, it means that the era of cold weapons will be completely gone.

Daye will also become a favorite of other countries.

Gu Qingzhao raised his hand to smooth Ning Ning's brow, and said in an extremely soft tone:

"If you feel embarrassed, don't do it. I promise that I will not let the city be broken."

An Ning looked into Gu Qingzhao's eyes.

It's worry and distress.

Such eyes that could not see the whole thing at a glance were filled with her figure at this moment.

An Ning shook his head and showed a smile.

"Even if you are 80% sure, what about the remaining two levels?"

She knew Gu Qingzhao's plan, but there were certain risks in this move.

"This time, I will protect you."

Gu Qingzhao smiled and said "Okay".

Then a dark color flashed in his eyes. In fact, he was 90% sure.

Judging from today's wind direction and Canglan's geographical location, if it were unexpected, it would still take some time.

It’s not like An Ning doesn’t know, it’s just that caring about it will lead to chaos.

The best way is to make gunpowder.

This can not only reduce your own casualties, but also deter the enemy.

Although gunpowder is a double-edged sword, as long as it is used well, it will bring Daye to a higher level.

Tie Xiu moved quickly and collected a lot of saltpeter by the afternoon.

An Ning spent the whole afternoon making gunpowder.

We chose some trustworthy soldiers to go with.

She doesn't want too many people to know about the process of making gunpowder yet, lest someone take advantage of her.

By the morning of the next day, hundreds of percent had been produced.

The gunpowder An Ning made now was not very powerful and could only blow up three or four people at one time.

But it was enough to persuade the enemy to retreat.

Sure enough, Canglan came again with his troops early the next morning. This time he was ready to take over Linlan County.

Above and below the city tower, a dense crowd came.

Canglan saw An Ning on the tower and deliberately shouted: "An Ning, surrender. As long as you are willing to surrender, when I ascend the throne one day, I will make you my concubine."

A coldness flashed in Gu Qingzhao's eyes.

He took an arrow and put it on the neck of the dead man who was hanging on the city wall, and said to Canglan: "Surmit the traitor and spare your biological mother's life."

For a moment, Cang Lan's face turned extremely ugly.

Last night, his mother was hung up in the city all night, and he tried to send someone to rescue her.

But Xu Xu refused to give in, saying that this was Gu Qingzhao's plan.

Humph, he just wanted to give it a try. It would be best to save people. If he couldn't save them, he would just lose some people.

Whatever he does now, that old guy is always there to stop him.

Xu Xu was giving orders from the side: "Enter the palace!"

The sound of war drums instantly sounded on the battlefield.

But at this time, no one came out from the city gate to meet the enemy.

Just when everyone thought there was no one in the city to defend the city, there was a sudden explosion.

“Bang bang bang!”

Instantly, screams rang out from the battlefield.

Canglan asked in shock: "What is this?"

A flash of surprise also flashed in Xu Xu's eyes.

He had never seen anything that could kill people.

Seeing that there are fewer and fewer people, the thing keeps being thrown away.

"Xu Xiang, withdraw your troops. If you continue to fight like this, you will be alone..."

Xu Xu said firmly: "No! We can't retreat! If we can't attack today, we won't have time. Qi Hu's army is already approaching the rear."
To be continued...