Chapter 869 The Seven Sons of Xuanyuan! (Second Update)

In October, the border region is swept by a cold, bleak wind.

After formulating the complete battle plan, Shangguan Yan stayed behind to wait for Wang Man's army, while Gu Jiao and Marquis Xuanping led their troops ahead.

Just as the two mounted their respective warhorses, a majestic and imposing figure galloped towards them with overwhelming force.

"Hey! You two are so disloyal! You went out to fight on your own and left me all alone in the wounded soldiers' camp! That's not fair!"

It is Tangyue Mountain.

"You're injured," Gu Jiao said.

Tang Yueshan retorted irritably, "Is that even considered an injury? It was just a mosquito bite!"

Gu Jiao looked at him with a dark expression.

Hey little punk, watch your tone of voice, or I'll give you a shot!

Tang Yueshan coughed lightly and said, "Once the poison is neutralized, I'll be fine. I don't care, I'm going too!"

He's a natural-born fighter; he won't stand being idle in the wounded soldiers' camp!

“Then you will come with me,” said Marquis Xuanping.

Tang Yueshan hesitated...and looked disgusted: "You already have Chang Jing, what do you need me for? Being with you prevents me from unleashing the full power of the Grand Marshal of the Army—ugh—"

His reins were pulled away by Marquis Xuanping.

...

Pucheng, the city lord's mansion.

Early in the morning, Yue Liuyi went to the courtyard to tease her newly acquired Black Valiant Cavalry. Not all Black Valiant Cavalry are black; for example, the lord's are dark brown, while hers are chestnut.

She rode her new mount and happily strolled around the city lord's mansion.

Seeing Gongsun Yu return from the military camp with Zhu Zhangkuang and several generals, she jumped off her horse with a smile: "My lord!"

Gongsun Yu nodded slightly. She was a young girl, so Gongsun Yu was inevitably more lenient with her than with those rough old men.

He said, "It's still early, why don't you sleep a little longer?"

"No! I want to ride a horse!" she said mischievously. "I heard that the lord has arrested a few more prisoners. I wonder... if I could be rewarded?"

Gongsun Yu generously replied, "I'll give it to you after I've finished asking the questions."

Yue Liuyi laughed and said, "Great! Another new person is testing the mechanism!"

Zhu Zhangkuang shuddered inwardly.

Looking at this girl's innocent smile, I thought she was a pure and harmless little girl, but I had seen her use traps to torture living people to death.

This is a little devil.

Thinking of something, Yue Liuyi stamped her foot and snorted, "Why hasn't Jie Xingzhou returned yet? He's been wasting so much time with just three hundred ghost soldiers, he's really useless! My lord, I'm going to help him!"

"Okay," Gongsun Yu agreed.

Yue Liuyi smiled broadly, mounted her horse, and was about to gallop out of the mansion when a guard suddenly rushed in, bowed to Gongsun Yu, and said, "Reporting to the General! Our scouts have spotted the movements of the Yan army on the official road! A large number of cavalry are surging towards Pucheng!"

Before Gongsun Yu could speak, Yue Liuyi chuckled, "The Yan army? Are they that bold? They just killed their General Xuanyuan yesterday, and today they dare to come for revenge! They're really not afraid of death!"

Gongsun Yu asked calmly, "How many troops do you have?"

“Approximately... thirty thousand!” the guard said.

Yue Liuyi scoffed disdainfully, "A mere 30,000 cavalrymen? My lord! Give me 20,000 men, and I'll go out of the city and kill them!"

Gongsun Yu didn't rush to agree, but instead asked the guard, "Are they the Black Wind Cavalry of the Xuanyuan family?"

“It seems so!” the guard said. “They are carrying the Xuanyuan family’s flying eagle flag!”

Yue Liuyi said excitedly, "My lord, I'm going to cut down their Flying Eagle Banner!"

Gongsun Yu said calmly, "There's no need for my Jin state's troops to do this. The Han family has always wanted to compete with the Black Wind Cavalry, so let the Han family prove it to me!"

...

Gu Jiao and Liao Chen's 30,000 troops arrived at the grove near Pucheng in a single day.

Gu Jiao said, "We will rest here for the night and attack the city at dawn."

"Okay." Liao Chen thought it was feasible.

Gu Jiao was not worried about their whereabouts being exposed and attracting the Jin army's siege. Based on her understanding of Gongsun Yu, she believed that Gongsun Yu probably didn't care about these 30,000 troops and wanted to keep the Jin army to deal with the main force of the Great Yan.

Gongsun Yu will most likely send the Han family to deal with them.

To ensure maximum combat strength, the Han family will not choose to launch a night attack outside the city.

Gu Jiao sat on the ground, leaning against a big tree, holding a red-tasseled spear in her arms, and said with her eyes closed, "They will wait for us in the city."

The trees are large enough that two people can lean against each other without feeling crowded.

Liao Chen sat down beside her, glanced at her, and said, "I've always had a question in my mind."

"What's your doubt?" Gu Jiao asked.

Liao Chen asked in a low voice, "Do you... have some connection with the Xuanyuan family?"

Gu Jiao asked, "Why do you ask that?"

Liao Chen looked at the tree branches above his head and said, "I know it's a coincidence that my uncle's red-tasseled spear is in your hands, but I always feel... it seems that it was destined to be yours."

Gu Jiao remained silent.

Liao Chen said, "The battle armor you are wearing belongs to the first Shadow Lord. The armor is a reforged version of my uncle's armor, but that set of armor was originally given to him by the first Shadow Lord."

So that's how my battle armor came about.

There was actually one more thing that Liao Chen didn't say.

The battle armor and black armor were inseparable to begin with, and now they have finally come together, just like... they have finally found their true master.

A gentle breeze swept by.

Liao Chen turned to look at her again and found that she had fallen asleep quietly, clutching the red-tasseled spear.

Black Wind King silently approached, bit off a warm cloak from the supply wagon, and gently placed it on Gu Jiao.

Liao Chen closed his eyes enviously.

In a moment, he felt something added to his body.

He opened his eyes and saw that Black Wind King had also bitten something and covered him up.

—A tattered sack.

Liao Chen: "..."

...

The next day, at dawn, the sky was overcast, and an invisible sense of impending doom permeated the gloom.

The Black Wind Riders and the Shadow Clan are at the city gates.

Pucheng was not as easy to defend as Quyang City, for two reasons. First, it had been in disrepair for many years, and the original city lord had embezzled the allocated funds, which delayed its repair.

Secondly, when the Jin army captured Pucheng not long ago, they had already destroyed the major city towers once.

After the Jin army entered the city, they enslaved a large number of able-bodied men to repair the city walls, but unfortunately the south side was not yet finished.

Gu Jiao and Liao Chen rode their horses to the forefront of the 30,000-strong army, looking up at several figures on the city wall who seemed vaguely familiar.

"They really are from the Han family." She had guessed correctly. She introduced him to Chen, "That silver-haired man is Fifth Master Han, and the man next to him is Han Lei, the eldest son of the Han family, who is also Han Ye's father."

Liao Chen looked at them.

They also looked towards the dust.

Han Lei said thoughtfully, "I know that boy. He's the one who took Xiao Liulang's identity, was adopted by the Duke of Anguo, and became the commander of the Black Wind Cavalry. But who are the people around him? I don't think I've ever seen them before."

Han Ci remained silent.

He stared intently at Liao Chen, and Liao Chen stared back without flinching.

Han Lei glanced at Han Ci and asked, "Fifth Brother, do you know him?"

Han Ci said, "I don't recognize them. But those eyes seem familiar."

Gu Jiao raised her red-tasseled spear, pointing it arrogantly towards the city wall, and said with utter arrogance, "You dog of the Han family, do you dare to come out of the city and fight your grandfather?"

Han Lei's lips twitched with anger!

The city gates swung open in the next instant, and a young man in silver armor, wielding a long sword, charged out on horseback.

Gu Jiao looked closely.

Huh?

Han Ye.

Gu Jiao raised an eyebrow, slung the red-tasseled spear over her shoulder, and looked at him leisurely: "Your Achilles tendon is healed? You won't only be able to fight while sitting on horseback, will you?"

Han Ye gets angry just thinking about it. He suffered so much and endured so much pain before he finally stood up again!

It's all Xiao Liulang's fault!

He wanted to kill him to avenge himself and his second uncle!

Han Lei frowned: "Why did Ye'er open the city gate?"

Master Han said calmly, "We can't hold out anyway, so we might as well go out of the city and fight."

The Black Cavalry's strength lies in offense; they can only unleash their full combat power when they are below the city walls.

Besides, he had been waiting for this day for a long time.

He had always wanted to know whether the Black Valiant Cavalry he had trained could defeat the Black Wind Cavalry of the Xuanyuan family!

A steady stream of Black Valiant Cavalry charged out of the city walls, engaging in fierce battles with the Black Wind Cavalry and the Shadow Tribe.

The confrontation came faster and more fiercely than expected.

In the blink of an eye, dozens of cavalrymen had fallen, some from their own side and some from the enemy.

Han Ye's target is Gu Jiao.

"Why didn't that Gu Changqing come with you?!"

"You're not worthy to fight him!"

"You've been spouting nonsense! Take this!"

Han Ye swung his sword towards Gu Jiao's head!

Gu Jiao swung her red-tasseled spear to block, and the spear and sword made a crisp clash. Han Ye's murderous aura was overflowing, almost filling the entire world.

Han Ye was very surprised.

The last time we fought, this kid was no match for me. Why is it that today, after more than ten moves, this kid is not even out of breath and looks very relaxed?

Whoosh!

Gu Jiao killed a Han family cavalryman with a single spear thrust, then retaliated by thrusting her spear into Han Ye's waist and abdomen!

This angle is extremely tricky; you can't block it or pry it open.

Han Ye gritted his teeth, used his lightness skill to leap up, perfectly dodging the attack. Then he swooped down from above Gu Jiao's head and thrust his sword at Gu Jiao's Baihui acupoint!

"Are they trying to make me jump up? Dream on!"

Gu Jiao stared straight at him, then suddenly leaned back and lay down.

Han Ye's spear clattered into Gu Jiao's armor.

However, it did not pierce through!

Han Ye's eyes widened in surprise.

Gu Jiao slashed his thigh with her spear.

Han Ye couldn't understand why the kid's armor was so tough, and it was too late for him to retreat—

Just as Han Ye's leg was about to be severed by Gu Jiao, Fifth Master Han suddenly rode his black demon horse and quickly arrived behind the two of them. He deflected Gu Jiao's spear with a single sword stroke.

Two against one, Gu Jiao was attacked from both sides.

Han Ye said, "You attack her arms, I'll kill her horse!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than Liao Chen arrived from mid-air and forced Master Han off the Black Demon Horse with a single palm strike!

Master Han steadied himself with a somersault, then turned around and looked incredulously at the man who had forced him off his horse with a single move: "Who are you! State your name!"

Liao Chen's killing intent was like a knife: "The Seven Sons of Xuanyuan, Xuanyuan Zheng!"

It's really almost the end of the month, don't waste your monthly pass!

(End of this chapter)