Song Yu widened his eyes in terror, watching helplessly as that sliver of cold light aimed at the road ahead of him, and at this moment, there was no time to turn his horse around.

Just as the cold light was about to shoot from Shang Ruyi’s fingertips, suddenly, a figure rushed onto the battlements.

It was Nie Chong!

He leaned closer to Shang Ruyi’s ear, whispered something unknown, and instantly, Shang Ruyi’s eyes widened in disbelief as she turned to look at him.

All of this happened in a flash.

Just as Song Yu saw this scene, before he could fully react, another Longxi Soldier chased up from behind, wielding a spear and nearly knocking him off his horse. Meanwhile, Shang Ruyi turned her head to him again, her strong bow once more drawn like a full moon, the arrow on the bowstring flying like lightning towards the ground below.

It’s over!

Song Yu nearly closed his eyes in despair.

However, with a swoosh, the arrow flew over his head, hitting directly the soldier pursuing him, causing him to fall from his horse, giving Song Yu a glimmer of hope.

In front, the soldiers had shut the gate, leaving only a crack, shouting desperately to him—

"Lord Song, hurry!"

"Come inside quickly!" 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

"Prepare to close the gate."

Song Yu gritted his teeth, urged his horse, and without the hindrance of flying arrows, his steed galloped without hesitation, rushing swiftly into the gate.

In the instant he entered the gate, it slammed shut with a thunderous sound!

That heavy sound, as if the heavens and earth were about to collapse, sent a shiver through Song Yu, he turned to look, cold sweat pouring out, drenching his clothes, and suddenly, he fell from his horse.

Everyone hurried to catch him.

"Lord Song!"

"Quick, take Lord Song away, seal the gate fast!"

In the bustling chaos of voices and hands, the massive bolt fell, sealing the door tightly, and two teams of soldiers brought several thick pillars to brace the heavy gates, even though they hadn’t seen Xue Xian’s men bring a battering ram, they had to be prepared.

When everything was ready, the soldiers held their breath anxiously, listening for any sounds outside.

While chaos reigned below the battlements, on top, Shang Ruyi’s heart pounded fiercely like the war drum she herself had struck that day, she took two deep breaths to calm herself.

Then slowly turned her head to look at Nie Chong beside her.

In her eyes was still the lingering blood-red killing intent that had just risen, making Nie Chong’s heart tremble. He heard her say in a deep voice, "Are you sure?"

Nie Chong, panting, nodded solemnly, "Rest assured, Young Madam, I am sure, and it’s already secured."

"... Good."

Shang Ruyi took a deep breath, then said, "You go down, it’s not over here yet."

"Yes."

Nie Chong didn’t say much more, nodded, and turned to descend the battlements.

At this moment, hearing the gate closing below, the archers on the battlements also stopped, but even though they had just successfully repelled a wave of the Longxi Army’s attack, everyone’s eyes showed disappointment and even defeat.

Because, more than twenty water carts were almost all left outside the gates.

They had been busy almost all day, and it was all for nothing at this point, and in the city, the common folk, watching the gates close from afar, seeing no water carts brought in, couldn’t help but let out disappointed sighs.

"How could this happen?"

"Without water, how can we fight?"

"We’re all going to die of thirst."

Hearing those sighs, the soldiers on the battlements became even more dejected, glancing at each other dispiritedly.

For a moment, everyone fell into a mood of defeat.

Although the order had been given to cease the attack just now, seeing the soldiers’ dejected expressions, Dai Junliang, who was coming up from the side, couldn’t help but frown. He knew very well that morale was sometimes even more important than weapons. If morale broke, winning this fight would be hard.

Thinking of this, he couldn’t help walking over to Shang Ruyi’s side, softly saying, "Young Madam..."

"Don’t rush,"

As if seeing the anxiety in his eyes, Shang Ruyi slowly lowered the bow and arrows in her hand, still gazing down from the battlements, speaking deeply, "It’s not yet time for us all to be downcast."