Peace Order
Chapter 412 - 173: Mo Armor Qilin, Masked Gentleman, Known by All Under Heaven!

Chapter 412: Chapter 173: Mo Armor Qilin, Masked Gentleman, Known by All Under Heaven!

Li Guanyi had safely placed the young miss in a secure location within Guan Yi City and then mounted an exotic beast, charging towards the gate of the outer city. For an ordinary fool, this would have sufficed to break out.

However, he was facing Chen Country’s top city-guarding general. As expected, he encountered round after round of resistance. General Lu Youxian’s methods were not limited to the elite troops sent to demand a person from the Xue Family.

"Kill!!!"

Loud cries of attack kept resonating.

The citizens had already been driven back to their homes, doors and windows shut, listening to the continuous galloping of horses outside. The sound of hooves on the bluestone slabs thundered like bursts of muffled thunder, with light cavalry swiftly moving to and fro, shouting:

"By the order of General Lu Youxian!"

"Whoever discovers Li Guanyi, regardless of whom he carries, draw your swords, ready your crossbows, do not let him escape! Do not let him escape!!!"

"Do not hold back, remember, no need to hold back!"

After Li Guanyi and Xue Shuangtao had left the Xue Family, just as the youth had predicted, the general known as ’Old Turtle,’ immediately issued a ruthless military order upon receiving the news. He was a city-guarding general; even Yue Qianfeng had struggled to breach his defenses.

Even when Xue Daoyong and Yue Qianfeng were fighting outside, he would choose to ensure the city’s safety by not sending aid. Just as it was then, he would not place the life of a mere commandery princess above the safety of the city.

In the City Lord Mansion, someone with connections to the Xue Family came to rebuke this decision, saying:

"How audacious of you, Lu Youxian!"

"That is the young miss of the Xue Family, the princess of the nation, and now she has been taken hostage and is charging out. You not only refrain from rescuing her but also order your soldiers to draw their swords and ready their crossbows. What are you thinking? Aren’t you afraid of injuring the princess?!"

Lu Youxian said:

"Li Guanyi’s great escape, the Xue Family’s exotic beast carriage, ramming into Guan Yi City at night."

"There must be a change."

The official in the city, in great anger, said: "Just because of this reason, you dare to give such an order, Lu Youxian, I tell you, aren’t you afraid I will report this and have you stripped of your official cap?"

Lu Youxian replied: "To protect the city, to protect the nation."

The official went out to incite other officials who had received favors from the Xue Family to come and make a ruckus. Lu Youxian was silent for a while; then suddenly he gripped his sword, swiftly drew it, and its blade chillingly cold, he beheaded the leading official stirring up others to order Lu Youxian to cease the military action. The official’s head fell to the ground, blood and a pungent smell filling the air.

Thus, the officials who had been talking incessantly went silent instantly.

Lu Youxian lifted his sword: "To protect the city, no more talk of ceasing the military action and releasing people."

"Should there be such people."

He continued with a dismissive sneer: "If it wasn’t for me guarding the city, how could any of you take money from the Xue Family and boldly chatter here?"

The expressions of many aristocratic family leaders and officials turned sour. This general, who appeared never to lose his temper, finally revealed his resolve and tenacity, which had enabled him to hold a solitary city against the cavalries of Ying Country for three months without surrendering.

"Prepare to close all the city gates!"

Someone exclaimed: "That cannot be!"

Lu Youxian’s gaze swept over them and he said:

"Trapping a turtle in a jar, how can it not be done?!"

Thus, that person fell silent, unable to speak.

Lu Youxian snorted coldly, gripping his sword as he marched out. The entire city locked down, Guan Yi City’s tens of thousands of soldiers donned armor and carried swords, searching and fighting relentlessly, as he judged, for the traitor who surely stirred catastrophic trouble in Jiangzhou City.

Heroes of the world galloped through this battlefield of the great festival, though already having moved away from the center, still, Chen Country’s undefeated city-guarding general instantly penetrated the turbulent situation. Immediately, Guan Yi City transformed into the battleground of a street fight.

The peak-period general, his gaze icy cold, commanded his soldiers to encircle and kill a mere youth.

Before Lu Youxian lay the entire topographic map of Guan Yi City.

He was clad in armor, his expression calm, his left hand pressing the seal of the Great General of Guan Yi City, which lit up with streaming light. Through the connection of qi fortune by the Dragon Vein, he initiated contact with Jiangzhou City, reporting that he had spotted Li Guanyi but was unsure how to proceed.

At the same time, he picked up a chess piece representing the cavalry in his right hand, pushing it forward on the area representing alleyways.

A resounding clang.

A long spear slashed down from above.

Li Guanyi blocked it with his Frost Battle Halberd, using the small branch of the Battle Halberd to trap the spear’s blade. Though riding an exotic beast, in the terrain of the city, Li Guanyi lacked the beast taming skills of Zhao Dabing, and even the exotic beast could not reach its maximum speed. A squadron of cavalry charged from the side, wielding long spears 7 feet long, holding them steady at the elbow, furiously stabbing forward.

Li Guanyi clenched his teeth, summoning his bravery, and managed to knock down the two colonels who were blocking him off their horses.

With his right hand holding a weapon, he swept horizontally, his left arm stretching out.

In a single move, he trapped the two incoming long spears under his arm.

With a ferocious shout, he snapped the two long spears.

Another sweep.

The handles of the spears, along with their steel blades, flew back.

One of the colonels was directly pierced in the face by the spear blade, shouted loudly, and fell off his horse, while the other swayed his body, hiding under the horse’s belly, avoiding the attack. But at that moment, a rank of crossbowmen appeared atop the opposite building.

With a buzz, the crossbow arrows fell like flying feathers and locusts.

Li Guanyi squeezed the horse’s sides.

The exotic beast roared like thunder, breaking through the barrage of crossbow arrows.

Li Guanyi swung his Battle Halberd, shattering or flicking away the crossbow arrows he couldn’t dodge, mere moments after leaving the young miss. His battle robe was layered with fresh and old blood.