Xie Nanxiao's spirits lifted. Peering closely, he indeed saw the glow of fire at the city gates. The signal matched their pre-arranged movements, gesturing a total of three times.
His eyes lit up. He vaulted onto his horse with swift, fierce movements, pointing his long spear toward Gefeng City. Brothers, charge!
Before his voice even faded, he was already galloping madly toward Gefeng City.
Lu Ping and the soldiers refused to fall behind, mounting their horses and closely following his lead.
Up on the city walls, the remaining enemy soldiers shouted as they drew their blades and charged at Jiang Jin and her group.
Jiang Jin slashed out with her blade.
Clang! The soldier's sword was cleaved in two. Without losing any momentum, her blade sliced across the soldier's neck, severing his blood vessels.
Blood spewed from the soldier's mouth. Unable to utter a single word, he collapsed to the ground moments later.
Expressionless, Jiang Jin pulled back her Tang sword and thrust it backward in the opposite direction. Piercing flesh, the blade ran cleanly through a soldier who had been preparing to ambush her from behind.
Before he could even cry out in pain, Jiang Jin withdrew her sword and spun around, slicing the Tang sword forward across his throat...
Yun Yu and the others were equally formidable, either driving their blades into throats or cleanly decapitating their foes.
This was the result of their earlier discussion: eliminate the soldiers at the south gate as quietly as possible.
The south gate was over 500 meters from the county magistrate's office and about 700 meters from the military barracks. As long as there were no blood-curdling screams, nothing would generally be heard from such a distance.
Jiang Jin's main concern was that if the Quzhao people realized what was happening, they would take the ordinary citizens of Gefeng City as hostages. Those barbarians were absolutely capable of such atrocities.
Therefore, speed was of the essence. They had to wipe them out before the Quzhao people could react.
Jiang Jin and her companions were all warriors capable of fighting ten men at once. Against the unprepared, ordinary Quzhao soldiers, it was an absolute slaughter.
Well, there was one weak link: Luo Aman.
She stood far away, focused on watching the spectacle. She was slowly adapting, adapting to this life of flying heads, severed limbs, and spraying blood.
The remaining two soldiers sprinted toward the war drums, intending to sound the alarm for the soldiers inside the city. They shouted, Ene...
Before he could finish, Jiang Jin dashed forward a few steps, gripping her sword with both hands for a horizontal sweep.
With a sickening slicing sound, the soldier's throat was cut so deeply that only a layer of skin remained intact. His entire head instantly slumped over, and due to his momentum, his corpse ran a few more steps before crashing heavily to the ground.
The other soldier was splattered with thick, warm blood. Catching sight of his companion's nearly decapitated state out of the corner of his eye, a chill shot straight to the top of his skull.
He opened his mouth to scream but found no sound would come out. Extreme terror left his body somewhat numb.
His mind went completely blank, and he instinctively ran toward the war drum. Closer, closer, he was almost there.
Before relief could flood his heart, he only felt a sudden coldness across his neck...
Jiang Jin withdrew her Tang sword and flicked off the blood. Her small, bloodstained face looked utterly cold in the night.
When Yun Chengxuan came bounding up the steps, he arrived just in time to see Jiang Jin finish off the last man. He looked a bit disgruntled. Auntie, why didn't you leave one for me?
Jiang Jin replied, ...My hand slipped. I'll save one for you next time.
As she spoke, she entered the gate tower. Sure enough, there were bows and arrows inside. She casually picked up a bow and slung it over her back, while Yun Chengxuan and the others each grabbed one as a spare.
At that moment, the sound of galloping hooves came from outside the city. Joy flashed across Jiang Jin's face; she knew Xie Nanxiao and his men had arrived.
The group quickly hurried downstairs. Just as they reached the city gates, they saw Xie Nanxiao's forces pulling up.
Jiang Jin immediately issued orders: Zhou Sui, take your men to the military barracks.
Qiu Wu, Xie Nanxiao, you two lead your men to the county magistrate's office.
Yun Yu, take your men to the horse ranch.
Xia Chanyi, you are responsible for the archer towers on the east wall. We will rendezvous at the north gate.
Lu Ping, you are in charge of guarding the south gate. If you encounter any patrol squads, wipe them out immediately.
Everyone looked excited as they replied in low voices, Understood.
Jiang Jin added further instructions: Spare their lives if you can. They are all strong laborers.
Quickly, the respective leaders dispersed with their men. All of them advanced on horseback at lightning speed.
The horses belonging to the soldiers Lu Ping and his men had killed at the south gate were now riderless, perfectly accommodating Zhou Sui and his team.
Watching the others depart, Lu Ping immediately directed his men to raise the drawbridge. Only after closing the city gates did he head up to the gate tower.
Jiang Jin teamed up with Yun Chengxuan and headed toward the western city wall. She needed to eliminate the guards in the western archer towers before heading to the north gate to meet up with Xia Chanyi and clear out the northern gate's defenders.
Today's update is split into 3 short chapters, darlings, so remember to turn to the next page! It really bothers me to end on an odd number every day. Asking once again for your love, support, and reminders to update! Love you all
