Chapter 412 - 173: Mo Armor Qilin, Masked Gentleman, Known by All Under Heaven!
Li Guanyi had safely placed the young miss in a secure location within Guan Yi City and then mounted an exotic beast, charging towards the gate of the outer city. For an ordinary fool, this would have sufficed to break out.
However, he was facing Chen Country’s top city-guarding general. As expected, he encountered round after round of resistance. General Lu Youxian’s methods were not limited to the elite troops sent to demand a person from the Xue Family.
"Kill!!!"
Loud cries of attack kept resonating.
The citizens had already been driven back to their homes, doors and windows shut, listening to the continuous galloping of horses outside. The sound of hooves on the bluestone slabs thundered like bursts of muffled thunder, with light cavalry swiftly moving to and fro, shouting:
"By the order of General Lu Youxian!"
"Whoever discovers Li Guanyi, regardless of whom he carries, draw your swords, ready your crossbows, do not let him escape! Do not let him escape!!!"
"Do not hold back, remember, no need to hold back!"
After Li Guanyi and Xue Shuangtao had left the Xue Family, just as the youth had predicted, the general known as ’Old Turtle,’ immediately issued a ruthless military order upon receiving the news. He was a city-guarding general; even Yue Qianfeng had struggled to breach his defenses.
Even when Xue Daoyong and Yue Qianfeng were fighting outside, he would choose to ensure the city’s safety by not sending aid. Just as it was then, he would not place the life of a mere commandery princess above the safety of the city.
In the City Lord Mansion, someone with connections to the Xue Family came to rebuke this decision, saying: