After My Mind Was Read, I Shocked the Emperor's Family

Mu Nanyan transmigrated into a book, becoming the villainous female supporting character who was forced into a political marriage with the male lead. Later, due to her schemes against the female pr...

Chapter 223 A Fight to the Death

The soldiers of Nanzhao broke through the city wall, and suddenly, shouts of killing rang out, and the city wall was filled with the sound of swords clashing.

The blood-thirsty soldiers ignored the blood on their faces and kept waving their blades, rushing towards the enemy camp. The soldiers of Cang'ao were defeated and fell one by one in a pool of blood.

In an instant, the air was filled with a disgusting smell of blood, corpses were everywhere, and the ground was devastated, like a hell on earth.

A soldier saw this scene with despair in his eyes. He was not paying attention and the knife next to him instantly pierced his chest, and streams of hot blood spurted out.

"General, it's bad. People from Nanzhao are attacking." The soldiers shouted anxiously outside the door, waking Yuwen Hao from his sleep.

"What? They're calling?" Upon hearing the news, Yu Wenhao was in disbelief.

Before going to bed, he was still full of confidence. They set up an ambush on the city wall, and even if the enemy came, they would never return.

But now he was told that the enemy was attacking and was about to break into the city.

Yuwen Hao hesitated for a moment, then immediately stood up, picked up the long sword he often used, and rushed to the city gate with a group of people.

When he arrived, he looked up and saw the city wall in a mess, with people from Nanzhao killing soldiers from Cang'ao.

Seeing this scene, Yu Wenhao's eyes were filled with hatred, and his face was gloomy and terrifying, as if he was going to tear the person apart in the next second.

He just made a shooting gesture, and the archers behind him lined up, raised their bows and arrows, and shot towards the opposite side.

As early as when Yuwen Hao arrived, the Nanzhao soldiers were already prepared. As soon as they saw the archers, they picked up their shields in a well-trained manner to block the flying arrows.

Mu Qingyun, who was in the lead, held a long sword in his hand and waved it continuously, shooting down the arrows flying towards him.

Seeing the man giving orders opposite him, he was sure that man was Yuwen Hao, the general of Cang'ao State who occupied Anyang City.

It's time to meet him.

He cracked his whip, urged his horse forward, and shouted: "Soldiers, the time has come for a fight to the death."

The horse rushed quickly towards the enemy camp. Mu Qingyun, holding a long sword, attacked Yuwen Hao with an indomitable momentum.

Yu Wenhao was furious and swung his long sword to block the oncoming sword. He fought back hard, trying to knock Mu Qingyun's sword away.

Mu Qingyun sensed his intention, dodged flexibly, and when the other party was not paying attention, he stabbed the other party's shoulder with a sword at lightning speed.

Then, he quickly drew back the sword, and blood gushed out from the opponent's shoulder and splattered on his face.

"Boy, you have angered this general." Yu Wenhao only felt a pain in his shoulder and gritted his teeth as he stared at Mu Qingyun opposite him.

Mu Qingyun ignored his words and sneered, "Oh, really? I was careless just now. You won't be so lucky next time."

These words made Yu Wenhao's face turn dark quickly. He quickly approached Mu Qingyun, waving the long sword in his hand and attacked fiercely.

The two men fought together, their swords clashing with each other, and both of them kept attacking and dodging each other, one of them attacked at an extremely fast speed, while the other one fought back without showing any weakness.

Gradually, Yuwen Hao was at a disadvantage. Without waiting for the other party to react, Mu Qingyun took the opportunity to stab the other party in the heart.

With a "puff" sound, the sword pierced Yu Wenhao's heart.

Seeing this, Mu Qingyun knocked him off his horse. Yu Wenhao's body flew out like a kite, hit the ground, and almost fainted.

The worried voices of the soldiers came from beside the "general". They surrounded Yuwen Hao and a soldier grabbed him and helped him up.

After Yuwen Hao spat out a mouthful of blood, he said to the soldier, "Hurry up and leave."

The soldiers followed his instructions and, under the cover of everyone, took him away from the brutal battle scene.

"Damn it, he actually let him escape." Mu Qingyun pursed his lips and said hatefully.

The ensuing fight showed the cruelty of war.

After Yuwen Hao escaped, the morale of the soldiers who stayed behind was low. After a long time, the soldiers of Cang'ao Kingdom were killed by the troops brought by Mu Qingyun.

This battle lasted for a long time until the sky gradually brightened.

Afterwards, Mu Qingyun led the soldiers into the city from the city gate. He ordered that the civilians should not be disturbed and only the people of Cang'ao Kingdom should be captured alive.

The people in the city had been hiding in the corners because of the war and did not dare to come out until the war was over.

After Mu Qingyun defeated the people of Cang'ao Kingdom, he sent a pigeon to send the news to Mu Fan.

Mu Fan was very happy for him when he saw the letter.

Qi Yu frowned and said in a rather dissatisfied tone: "Isn't it just a victory? What's there to be proud of?"

When he won the battle, Mu Qingyun didn't even know where he was.

When Mu Fan heard this, he looked at him disapprovingly: "Yu'er, it's fine if you say this in front of me, but don't say it in front of others."

"His Highness won the battle this time. We should be happy for him instead of saying something to spoil his mood."

"I know." Qi Yu said he knew, but he was actually very unconvinced in his heart.

On the other side, when Mu Qingyun was counting the number of people, he found that some soldiers had escaped.

Running away from the battlefield was a big taboo, so he sent people to look for the deserter, and they actually found him.

Now that he is a general, he cannot disobey military orders. Since he has made a mistake, he must accept the punishment, otherwise how can he win the support of the people?

In the afternoon, Mu Qingyun gathered all the soldiers.

He walked to a high place and cast his eyes on the people below.

The soldiers below lined up and looked at Mu Qingyun on the stage, waiting for him to speak.

Mu Qingyun cleared his throat and said loudly: "Soldiers, after the battle last night, we defeated the Cang Ao Kingdom and drove them out of Anyang City."

"This victory is inseparable from the hard work of all of you. It is worth celebrating. This general will reward all of you soldiers generously. Soldiers will be rewarded with 10 taels of silver, and deputy generals and above will be rewarded with 30 taels of silver."

When the soldiers below heard that there was a reward, their faces were filled with smiles.

Mu Qingyun glanced at their expressions and continued, "We fight to protect the people of our Nanzhao Kingdom from being oppressed by the enemy country, and also to achieve merit and bring glory to our family."

"The battlefield cannot be unorganized and undisciplined, otherwise it will be a mess. However, this general found that some people ignored military regulations and fled on the battlefield."

"Bring the person up to this general." Mu Qingyun said in a deep voice.

Everyone was talking about it, wondering who had the guts to run away. They craned their necks and looked over.

The soldiers escorted a dishevelled man onto the stage. The man lowered his head and his true face could not be seen.

"His name is Wang Sheng. Last night when everyone was climbing the ladder, he sneaked away when no one was paying attention." Mu Qingyun pointed at the man.

"It turned out to be him. We fought hard but he tried to escape. This is unforgivable."

"If everyone was like him, no one would be able to win this battle."