Reincarnation and Rebirth

When Su Wan'er arrived, a fierce battle had already broken out at the city gate. She spotted Xiao Yun Shen in the crowd at a glance and silently breathed a sigh of relief. It was worth feeding them the royal-grade pills earlier. It seemed that Xiao Yun Shen's power had greatly increased in this life. Would the course of this life change? And Su Yang, it turned out, was a member of the Xiao family.

"Young Master, be careful!" Su Yang suddenly turned around and stood behind Xiao Yun Shen, taking a sword for him.

"Su Yang!" Sun Cheng's expression changed, and he rushed over to catch Su Yang.

Xiao Yun Shen's expression tightened. From the first time they met, this man had been calling him Young Master instead of General. Moreover, he was clearly different from the people of Black Tiger Stronghold. Could it be that...

"Are you one of Yun Ting's men?"

Sun Cheng, holding Su Yang, replied, "Young Master, it was our master who ordered us to join the Black Tiger Stronghold and find the list of officials who colluded with the Black Tiger Stronghold."

"I see, he's injured. Take him away quickly."

Su Wan'er flew directly down from the city wall and heard everything that had just been said.

When Xiao Yun Shen's people saw someone approaching, they quickly assumed a defensive stance. Xiao Yun Shen looked at the familiar figure. Although she was wearing a mask, he was certain that it was Miss Su from that night.

"One of our own."

Su Wan'er smiled at him, then said to Sun Cheng, "Take him with you and come with me."

Sun Cheng glanced at Xiao Yun Shen, and seeing him nod, he quickly carried the unconscious Su Yang back into the city.

At this moment, Wu rushed over without regard for anything else, crying out, "Yang'er, Yang'er, please don't get hurt!"

Su Hao also cried with tears and snot streaming down his face.

Su Wan'er said in a calm voice, "Old man, don't touch him yet, let me take a look."

Upon hearing this, Madam Wu quickly turned around, "Who are you?"

"doctor."

After saying that, he took Su Yang's pulse directly.

The sword pierced his chest, just a hair's breadth away from damaging his heart. Su Yang is truly lucky to be alive.

Su Wan'er took out a few ginseng slices, some hemostatic powder, and gauze from her cloth bag. She had Su Yang suck on the ginseng slices before calling to Sun Cheng, "Hold him down for me. I need to remove his sword."

The treatment went smoothly. After the bandaging was finished, Sun Cheng found a quiet place for Su Yang to rest. Wu Shi refused to leave and stayed by his side to take care of him.

Outside, Xiao Yun Shen, leading the remaining Thunder Army and a group of untrained Black Tiger Stronghold members, was still no match for the Purple Flame Kingdom.

Just as Su Wan'er decided to go down and help, the first, third, and fourth leaders of Black Tiger Stronghold arrived in a hurry with the remaining members of Black Tiger Stronghold, and they directly sided with the Purple Flame Kingdom.

Su Wan'er narrowed her eyes. It seemed that the others in Black Tiger Stronghold had been bribed by Zi Yan.

Given the disparity in strength, Xiao Yunshen looked at Su Wan'er, then at Shunlei, and ordered, "Shunlei, cooperate with her and lead the people to evacuate through the north gate."

The leader, however, burst into laughter, "General Xiao, do you really think my men are only stationed at the South Gate?"

Xiao Yunshen's brow twitched. "You, a citizen of Ziyun, actually colluded with foreign enemies."

"Bah! If it weren't for the emperor's incompetence, we wouldn't have fallen to this state. Brothers, I don't care whether you were misled by the second leader before. As long as you wake up in time, I still welcome you all back to Black Tiger Stronghold."

Some of the Black Tiger Stronghold members on Xiao Yun Shen's side began to hesitate. They had already lost their families and had no worries about the future.

Seeing this, Sun Cheng angrily said, "He can betray Ziyun today, and he can betray you one day. Can you believe what he says?"

"Sun Cheng, stop spreading alarmist rumors."

Xiao Yunshen said coldly, "Today, we are outnumbered and outgunned. If you want to be enemies with Ziyun Kingdom, I will not blame you. Whether you are friends or enemies is your choice."

One of the bandits from Black Tiger Stronghold suddenly shouted, "Although we have been reduced to bandits, we are not cowards who fear death, nor will we collude with outsiders. We followed our second leader because he was loyal and righteous. Anyway, I would rather die than surrender to Zi Yan. Even if I die here today, it will be to comfort my elders. When I go down to see my father, I will not be scolded for being disloyal and unfilial."

The other bandits looked at each other in bewilderment, but in the end, none of them left.

Xiao Yunshen nodded with satisfaction, "Alright, in that case, you protect the people in the city and evacuate first. Leave this place to our Thunder Army."

Weng Bingchang laughed loudly and said, "Xiao Yunshen, with your remaining tens of thousands of troops, you dare to think you can contend with our 300,000-strong army? You are simply overestimating yourself."

Xiao Yun Shen smiled and said, "Even if we all die here today, we will not let you barbarians enter Sunset City."

"court death."

Xiao Yun Shen turned to look at Su Wan'er, "Please take Shun Lei and the people and leave here. The North Gate has been taken over by my men, so don't worry."

Su Wan'er shook her head, "Have your people take them away, I'll stay and help."

"Girl, you mustn't!"

"Cut the nonsense."

Inside the city, the people of Suhe Village were furious when they heard that Su Yang was the second-in-command of Black Tiger Stronghold. But when they heard that Su Yang was a hero who had joined the bandits to collect evidence against Black Tiger Stronghold and had just been seriously injured while saving General Xiao, they all regretted their ruthlessness towards the Wu family.

The village chief sighed, "Back then, I advised you not to treat the Wu family this way, but you wouldn't listen."

“Village chief, I didn’t know that Su Yang was actually a hero. We were indeed wrong in this matter.”

Grandma Su curled her lip, "Hmph, who knows if he was involved in those bandits' robberies down the mountain?"

Su Dewang glared at her and said, "Grandma Su, if Su Yang hadn't ordered the city gates to be opened just now, do you think we would still be standing here safely?"

Everyone was silent.

Shunlei descended the city wall and led the people to retreat through the north gate. Su Yang was still unconscious and unable to move, so Su Dewang walked to Shunlei's side and said, "I'll take a few strong men and carry Su Yang away."

After thinking about it, Shun Lei agreed. In case Sunset City really fell, he should be the Second Young Master's man, and it would be a good thing to be able to deliver the news from here to the Second Young Master.

Xiao Yun Shen looked at Su Wan'er and asked with certainty, "You know my second brother?"

Su Wan'er didn't know how to answer and was struggling with her thoughts when Xiao Yun Shen suddenly smiled kindly, "Second brother is truly blessed."

That sounds a bit strange.

However, she had no time to think further. The Purple Flame Army had completely surrounded the Thunder Army. Xiao Yun Shen's face darkened. "Miss, you should leave first."

"Is General Xiao really that insecure?"

Xiao Yun Shen gave a bitter smile, "The fact that my Thunder Army has been able to hold out for so many days is already the limit. I'm afraid this is fate."

"Is General Xiao truly content with the way the Emperor has treated your Xiao family?"

Xiao Yun Shen's expression suddenly changed, and he looked at Su Wan'er with hostility, "Who exactly are you, and what is your purpose?"

Su Wan'er looked ahead and said calmly, "Just an outsider, General Xiao. I have no ill intentions towards you, otherwise I would not have saved you time and time again. This time, I can still save you and these tens of thousands of Thunder Army soldiers."

Xiao Yun Shen stared at Su Wan'er's profile and said coldly, "What's your purpose?"

"I hope that if the Xiao family becomes powerful in the future, they can protect me."

"Haha, are you kidding, young lady? Are you sure you need the protection of the Xiao family?"

"Then consider it repayment of a debt. General Xiao, order your men to retreat back into the city."

Xiao Yunshen was incredulous. "Miss, do you know what you're saying?" If this girl hadn't saved him and he hadn't investigated her, Xiao Yunshen would have really suspected that she was sent by that person.