After her mind was read, the spoiled brat became the darling of the whole group.

"The Iron Cavalry of the Southern Kingdom." Jun Lanjin's expression turned solemn.

"Surround them from behind?" Xie Xing's eyes widened slightly.

Isn't this like making dumplings?

Jun Lanjin lowered his eyes, kicked a pebble under his foot, and with a swift kick, the pebble flew out and struck the last cavalryman.

The stone struck his pressure point, and the iron cavalryman on horseback froze, then fell off his horse.

The second pebble struck the horse's leg silently.

The horse neighed and immediately knelt down.

Jun Lanjin put his arm around Xie Xing's waist, and with a light step, he quickly jumped down and stood next to the iron cavalry.

The troops in front were running fast and had no time to pay attention to those behind them, nor did they notice that one of their cavalrymen had already been hit.

Xie Xing looked at Jun Lanjin in astonishment.

She looked Jun Lanjin up and down for a long time before finally speaking, "Aren't you weak and powerless, unable to lift anything?"

She dragged Jun Lanjin along that long stretch of road.

Jun Lanjin turned her head innocently, blinked her long eyelashes, and stared at Xie Xing with her clear and beautiful dark eyes for a long time before saying, "Effort should naturally be used where it matters most."

"Now it's proving useful."

Jun Lanjin removed the sword and bow from the cavalryman's body, casually pressed his pressure point to knock him unconscious, and turned to Xie Xing: "Strip him of his clothes."

Xie Xing: "..."

“Me?” She pointed to herself.

Jun Lanjin tilted his head to look at her: "Then what about me?"

Xie Xing: "..."

Fine.

She resigned herself to her fate and began to strip the clothes off the iron rider's body.

The cavalryman was wearing a heavy suit of armor.

Jun Lanjin lowered his eyes and looked at Xie Xing, who was struggling to carry the iron cavalry armor. After a long while, he said, "Put on this armor and take the token on his body."

"Me?" Xie Xing looked up at Jun Lanjin.

Jun Lanjin met her sincere eyes and chuckled, "I'm delicate and frail, I'm afraid I can't wear this armor."

Xie Xing: "..."

Okay, okay.

She silently put on her armor.

However, the armor was too big for her, and it hung loosely on Xie Xing.

Jun Lanjin turned around, grabbed the reins, stepped onto the horse, and reached out to Xie Xing: "Get on."

Xie Xing looked at him and then extended his hand.

Jun Lanjin pulled Xie Xing onto the horse with a forceful tug, then spurred the horse to catch up with the people in front.

……

the other side.

Song Ci'an led his men into the city from the south. The south city was poorly guarded, and Song Ci'an easily led his army into the city.

The first thing Song Ci'an did upon entering the city was to go to the city lord's mansion to rescue Xie Xing.

He was unaware that Xie Xing and the others had already left the city, and assumed that Xie Xing was still in the mansion, or even that he had been captured by Chao Le.

"kill!"

After rushing into the city lord's mansion, Song Ci'an's long face turned grim, and with a single command, the soldiers behind him swarmed forward.

The main force had all gone to the north city, and the guards in the city lord's mansion were only a small number. Song Ci'an led his elite troops and stormed into the city lord's mansion in no time.

Just as Song Ci'an was about to go find Xie Xing, he happened to run into Xie Mingzhu, who was being forcibly brought into the mansion by guards.

Xie Mingzhu was so frightened that her face turned pale, but when she turned her head and saw Song Ci'an, her eyes suddenly lit up.

"Save me! Save me!"

Xie Mingzhu quickly shouted loudly towards Song Ci'an.

She recognized the Chu army.

Upon hearing the sound, Song Ci'an turned to look at Xie Mingzhu.

Xie Mingzhu broke free from the restraints of her guards and ran towards them.

“That’s…” The soldier beside Song Ci’an recognized Xie Mingzhu and hesitated for a moment before saying, “Isn’t that the young general’s sister?”

"Xie Mingzhu?"

Soft, rustling sounds came from all around:

"I heard that Xie Mingzhu reported the Grand General's treason to His Majesty."

"My God? Isn't this an ingrate?"

"Who can argue with that? The General and the Young General have been so good to her, yet she falsely accused the General of treason."

"As expected, they're not your biological children; you can't raise them to be docile."

"If I had known I had such a daughter, I would have strangled her when she was a child."

The sound of soldiers talking behind me came from behind.

This army consists of people who have served the Xie family for a long time, including Song Ci'an, who is also part of the Xie family's army. Naturally, they know some things about the Xie family.

"How did she end up in the city lord's mansion?"

"Could it be that she's the one who betrayed us?"

"That's not unreasonable. After all, the general is loyal and devoted, how could he betray us?"

"..."

The soldiers harbored some resentment towards Xie Mingzhu, so without Song Ci'an's permission, no one rashly attempted to rescue her.

In their eyes, Xie Mingzhu was an ingrate.

Everyone stared coldly at Xie Mingzhu.

Song Ci'an gripped his sword, glanced coldly at Xie Mingzhu, then turned around and shouted, "Search!"

"Kill all the Southern soldiers in this mansion, and capture the rest alive!"

"Yes!"

After he finished speaking, the soldiers behind Song Ci'an all scattered, and none of them paid any attention to Xie Mingzhu.

Xie Mingzhu: "..."

She stood there, stunned, watching helplessly as Song Ci'an and the others left.

Including the guards who were holding her: "..."

The two guards looked at each other, then immediately stepped forward again and restrained Xie Mingzhu.

"Look where you're going!"

Guard A: "Where are we going?"

Guard B: "...Isn't anyone going to do anything about us?"

"Go find His Highness!"

Guard A slapped Guard B on the head. "Are you stupid? There's a battle going on up ahead. Wouldn't we be sending ourselves to our deaths if we went?"

Guard B: "Right, so where do we go now?"

The city lord's mansion was obviously not an option; Song Ci'an had already completely captured it, so going there would only be suicide.

Just then, while the two were discussing, Xie Mingzhu bit one of their arms, and as he cried out in pain, he turned and ran away.

"Eh!"

Just as the two guards were about to give chase, they saw Xie Mingzhu running in the direction of the city lord's mansion.

The two paused, then exchanged a glance, and dared not go any further.

The maids and servants in the mansion were running around everywhere.

When Song Ci'an arrived at the courtyard where Xie Mingzhu used to live, he did not see Xie Xing. His eyes turned cold, and he turned to leave, but then he saw the twelve beautiful concubines that he had tied up earlier.

The two looked at each other.

The beautiful concubine was so frightened that her face turned pale and she turned to run away.

Song Ci'an gathered his strength, leaped forward, and arrived in front of his beautiful concubine. He grabbed her by the collar, lifted her up, and asked, "Where is Xie Xing?"

The beautiful concubine trembled with fear, crying out, "No, please don't kill me!"

Song Ci'an, growing impatient, pressed on, "Where's Xie Xing?!"

He emphasized his words again.

The beautiful concubine looked at him blankly: "Who, who is Xie Xing?"

Song Ci'an closed his eyes briefly and said patiently, "It's the one in this room, that Jiao'er."

The beautiful concubine suddenly realized: "Her...!"