Chapter 46: The Beautiful Woman - Zhen Jiang

The person who was speaking was wearing a bright red cloak, had a graceful figure, delicate features, eyes like stars, long hair like a waterfall, and skin whiter than snow.

This woman is Zhen Yi’s 28-year-old eldest daughter Zhen Jiang.

In addition to her beautiful appearance, she is also kind-hearted. Almost every year, she gives out porridge in front of the Zhen family's house to do charity.

Many people in Wuji County have benefited from her kindness.

At this moment, her beautiful face was filled with anger, and her beautiful eyes were staring at the people who had just shouted at her.

"Chen Liu, when your father died, your family owed gambling debts and didn't even have money for the burial. You knelt down and asked the Zhen family to take you in, and only then did they bury your father. Did the Zhen family mistreat you?"

The strong man whose life was threatened showed a look of shame on his face and fell to his knees.

"Miss, I."

Zhen Jianglian moved again: "Song San, you fled from the north back then. If it weren't for the Zhen family giving you food, would you be alive now?"

"Miss, I was wrong, I am not a human being"

Every step Zhen Jiang took, he would call out a person's name. Most of them came from poor backgrounds, but most of them had received favors from the Zhen family.

Zhen Jiang said loudly again: "Although my Zhen family is rich, we have never done anything bad. My father even distributed grain to provide disaster relief during years of famine."

"If you don't repay a favor, how is that different from an animal?"

Most of the people on the city wall were of ordinary origin. If Gao Sheng hadn't just bluffed them outside the city, how could they have had any other thoughts?
At this moment, they were severely scolded by Zhen Jiang. They were all ashamed and wished they could dive into the ground.

"Whoever says something bad about Master Zhen again, I'll kill him!"

"The Zhen family has been very kind to us in the past. If it weren't for Master Zhen, how many of us would have died?"

"Even if the city gate is opened, can we survive?"

"I am the fish and they are the butchers. How they want to treat us is up to them, isn't it?"

Seeing the morale of the soldiers on the city wall rising, Zhen Jiang's beautiful face showed a smile: "Don't be afraid, everyone. Wuji is not far from Zhongshan. My cousin Ye Feng has trained thousands of caravan guards there, and the leader is a warrior at the level of Zhongtianjiang."

"In less than a day, he will lead his troops to rescue us. By then, these rabble will definitely not be our match."

"Besides, they are just like the Yellow Turban rebels we eliminated before. They are just a mob and don't even have decent siege equipment. How can they break into the city?"

“Don’t be afraid!!”

"Defend Wuji to the death!"

"I swear to protect the eldest lady of the Zhen family and the master of the Zhen family until my death!!"

A cry of allegiance rang out from the city wall. Gao Sheng, who had originally wanted to watch a dog-eat-dog drama, now looked extremely ugly.

He looked at Zhen Jiang on the city wall with burning eyes, his mind full of obscene thoughts.

"Blow the horn and prepare to attack the city!"

"woooooo"

The charge horn sounded, and more than ten thousand Yellow Turban soldiers swarmed towards the city wall.

"Bow and arrow, shoot!!"

"kill!!"

A fierce offensive and defensive battle began, with both sides fighting each other like weaklings. Although the defenders had the advantage of the city walls, except for the initial wave of heavy damage to the Yellow Turban Army caused by stones, kerosene, and hot water, the defenders did not have much advantage when the real hand-to-hand combat took place.

Even though morale was not low due to Zhen Jiang's encouragement, the gap in numbers was too big.

After a morning of fierce fighting, there were less than a thousand people left on the city wall. Although the strong men who were summoned did not have the courage to take Zhen Yi's life and open the city gate, they all fled in the chaos.

The already stretched defense of the city walls was made even worse.

If Zhen Jiang, a beautiful and weak woman, had not been on the city wall, the defenders would have scattered in all directions long ago.

The brutal fighting continued. Soldiers from both sides fell to the ground every minute and every second. Looking down from the city wall, all one could see were corpses lying all over the place.

The blood dyed the earth red, and even the air was filled with the strong smell of blood.

Zhen Jiang is like a red dot on the battlefield, still insisting on standing at the highest point.

Zhen Yi looked at his eldest daughter, who looked weak on the outside but strong on the inside, with pity in his eyes: "Jiang'er, I'm afraid we can't defend this city!" "There will be two more attacks at most, and the few people left will be wiped out. You should take your mother and sisters away quickly."

"It's all my fault for being so arrogant and not listening to your aunt and uncle's advice. Otherwise, how could I have fallen into such a desperate situation?"

Zhen Jiang smiled bitterly: "No one has the ability to predict the future. How could we know that the situation would deteriorate so quickly?"

"Mother, arrangements have already been made for the four little sisters. As soon as the city gates are breached, they will immediately disguise themselves as peasant women and leave Wuji, seeking refuge with my aunt and uncle."

"how about you?"

Zhen Jiang said: "How can we give up until the last moment?"

"I believe my cousin will definitely come to rescue us."

"Just as he promised me."

Zhen Jiang is one year younger than Ye Feng. The two families have close contacts and they can be considered childhood sweethearts.

Although Ye Feng at that time had not awakened his past life memories and did not have extraordinary understanding, he had a good personality and a handsome appearance, so naturally, feelings developed between him and his cousin.

This also explains why Cai Yan knew everything about Ye Feng when she was a guest at the Zhen family. This was naturally the credit of Zhen Jiang.

Of course, the vague feelings between Ye Feng and Zhen Jiang had never been revealed. After awakening the memories of his past life, Ye Feng had too much preparation to do, so he naturally had no time to recall these things. As a result, he accidentally put Zhen Jiang, the stunning beauty, aside.

The attack continues.

There were fewer and fewer people able to stand on the city wall.

Zhen Yi finally couldn't bear it anymore.

"Jiang'er, go!"

"We have done enough for the people of the city."

"There's no need to sacrifice in vain here."

Dozens of servants beside Zhen Yi also spoke up: "Miss, I'm afraid this city can't withstand another attack."

"Those people claim to be doing justice for the people, but in reality they are worse than bandits."

"If you fall into their hands, I'm afraid you'll be worse off dead than alive."

"Hurry up and leave with the master!!"

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

The charge horn sounded again, and Zhen Yi even hurried forward to pull Zhen Jiang.

Although Zhen Jiang looked calm, how could an unmarried young girl not be afraid?
Suddenly, a clear shout was heard.

"Attack from five directions, each fighting on their own, and end the battle as quickly as possible."

The voice was loud and deafening. Even though it was hundreds of feet away, Zhen Jiang could still hear it clearly.

And this familiar voice belonged to no one else but the person in her heart whom she had been waiting for day and night.

"Father, listen!"

"My cousin is here!!"

"Ok?"

"Feng'er?"

Zhen Yi was stunned and was about to ask his daughter if she was confused, but his eyes subconsciously looked into the distance.

But the rear of the Yellow Turban Army was in chaos, with countless Yellow Turban soldiers wailing and screaming, completely devoid of the arrogance they had just shown.

"We are saved!"

"My nephew is here!"

"Hahaha!!!"

(End of this chapter)