Why My Domineering Prince Regretted Filing for Divorce?-Chapter 553 - 461: Hell on Earth, Exists Only in the Human Heart

"...!"

Yu Wenqian’s gaze flickered slightly, a look of surprise and bewilderment crossing his eyes.

But eventually, the ripples of these emotions transformed into a trace of a smile, flowing down from the corner of his eyes, condensing at his lips, and he said, "Of course."

Shang Ruyi glanced at him again.

She wanted to say something more, but suddenly, a piercing sound of gongs came from below the city wall, causing everyone to quickly turn their heads and look forward. It was Xue Xian’s troops that had already started to sound the retreat.

This time, he couldn’t care about attacking the city or even the people still struggling in the fire. This blaze had completely shattered the formidable prestige accumulated from winning over ten battles in Longxi. He had not expected to suffer three defeats in Fufeng, each more disastrous than the last. At this moment, he could only leave here quickly to preserve his main forces.

Thus, the sound of retreat echoed throughout the Little Forest River.

"Go, hurry up!"

Xue Xian, along with his deputies, raised their arms and shouted loudly, and the rest of the troops could no longer afford to linger in battle. They were covered in soot and dust, fleeing desperately from this fiery field.

And seeing this scene, Shang Ruyi’s eyes reddened a bit more.

She said in a deep voice, "Keep firing arrows, pour the water, pursue them!"

Around her, everyone was taken aback again.

Everyone had just been caught up in the wild joy of victory, especially hearing the retreat sounded by Xue Xian’s Army; they initially thought this was their great triumph and that the battle was over, but little did they know—

This General’s wife was truly "fierce"!

Even Yu Wenqian revealed a sliver of surprise as he looked at her.

But by this time, no one questioned the words of the General’s wife anymore. Dai Junliang and Yin Changyue, who were both cheering along with the soldiers, only exchanged a glance before immediately ordering loudly, "Quick, archers keep attacking, get ready with the buckets, pour water to put out the fire!"

The soldiers below quickly sprang into action.

Once again, arrows like heavy rain shot through the darkened sky, hitting the Longxi Army below who had not yet managed to flee, causing cries of pain to rise sharply; and large buckets of water were brought up from below the city walls, with archers shooting arrows while allowing soldiers to splash water down in between.

Cold water poured onto the almost red-hot ground below, the sizzling sound incessant, and the scalding steam rising burned the injured Longxi Army, causing them to scream miserably.

After all, without fuel, the raging fire finally began to subside gradually.

And at this moment, with a low, hoarse long howl, the Fufeng City Gate slowly opened.

A gust of hot wind hit them in the face. 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

The soldiers standing in formation at the city gate felt their skin burning, as if their hair were about to ignite, but at this moment, not only did the scorching temperature not force them back, it further fueled the anger in their hearts. The humiliation of several days and the rage of earlier days when Fufeng suffered a major defeat and over eighty thousand soldiers were slain combined with the hot wind blowing past them, igniting the fire in their hearts. And seeing the Longxi Army fleeing in front in a panic, that fire finally erupted.

A command rang out from the city wall—

"Attack!"

The soldiers immediately surged forward like raging tigers, roaring as they charged ahead, with the ground still scalding hot, and even with small flames yet to be extinguished, nothing could stop them. These men wielded their swords and knives, stepping over the red-hot ground and the charred bodies of the Longxi Army officers, rushing to slash at the retreating troops ahead.

In an instant, the Longxi Army fell into chaos. They had been burnt into disarray by the fire and pinned down by a rain of arrows, thinking they could escape the predicament by retreating, yet they never expected that the Fufeng commanders would give them no respite at all, pursuing them even now.

But they could no longer organize any coordinated resistance.

These men scrambled desperately to flee, exposing their backs entirely to the enemy. Blades flashed cold in the night sky, followed by sprays of blood and continuous cries of agony.

They fled into the Little Forest River.

And this time, they were truly at a dead end.

The floating bridge for crossing the river was built several miles away, which was why Fufeng’s dispatched soldiers couldn’t detect it, allowing them to cross the river smoothly and hide in this dense forest. But now, it had become their path of doom. The soldiers fleeing into the river had nowhere to escape, struggling and floundering in the icy waters. Those behind couldn’t see the path ahead and ended up trampling the ones in front into the river, blocked by those struggling in the water, trying to turn back, but the blades from behind were already close at hand.