Chapter 85 Dying peacefully in one's sleep
"Bang--"
When a boulder falls, houses collapse and loved ones perish.
There were only a thousand or so people guarding the city, and the common people were conscripted as laborers to defend the city walls.
Let them watch helplessly as their homes are destroyed and their families suffer, let them not be able to defend this city!
Defending the city is pointless; it's better to surrender as soon as possible and save ourselves from this suffering.
"Hang in there, just a little longer, Doctor Guan will be back soon!"
In popular culture, Guan Zhiwei had a more resounding title than Grand Tutor: Divine Physician Guan.
Her medical skills were superb; she could bring the dead back to life. The people of the capital had all drunk her soup that could revive the dead and restore flesh to bones.
Dogtooth firmly believed that Xiao Guan would come back to save them. He charged forward with his knife, seemingly left behind by a fallen soldier.
He picked it up; he used to be too afraid to even look at dead people, but now he dared to kill.
The first person he killed wasn't a strong soldier, but a poor man from a nearby village, with a full head of white hair, about the same age as the old woman.
Her family was captured by the Yuan army and shoved like animals to the battlefield. They were then forced to climb ladders and ascend the city wall. She climbed up crying.
In a moment of desperation, Dogtooth stabbed her. Only after she fell to the ground did he realize that she was an old woman, like a grandmother.
Before he could even feel regret, guilt, or fear, the next soldier weaving through the civilians came charging at him with a menacing dagger. If it weren't for Captain Liu blocking the attack, he might have already lost his life.
Fear did not scare him away, nor did guilt drive him away.
He stood guard against the wall, knife in hand, without even a decent suit of armor.
Like the Xiao Guan he admired, he was a man who could hold off ten thousand men.
Until an arrow pierced him.
Guan Zhiwei led his troops to Shangjing. It was an afternoon, dusty and dark, and the drumbeats seemed to beat incessantly in his heart.
The Yuan army was attacking the city and gathering troops.
Her eyesight was excellent, and she could see very far. People crawled up the city wall like cockroaches, surging in densely. On the city wall, a few soldiers and laborers were still waving their weapons in resistance.
A hail of arrows rained down from below the city walls, killing countless people.
The city gate was being rammed repeatedly by the giant log, and it looked like it was about to be broken open.
The city is about to fall from the inside out.
With so many Yuan troops, the next step was a direct confrontation.
"I led the vanguard in the charge."
When Guan Zhiwei led his troops, the soldiers were always the most passionate and the most daring to charge into battle.
Because she was right at the very front.
"Knowing that you are far away, you two will each lead a cavalry unit to stand on the two flanks."
"yes!"
The two of them led strong cavalry to protect the flanks, waiting for an opportunity to strike.
"Wei Fuzhi, you lead the heavy infantry, form a square formation, and follow closely behind."
"yes!"
The vanguard is there to wear down the enemy forces; after that, the heavy armor troops move in.
"Brothers Zhai, you two will be in charge of the rear guard, each leading a unit of heavy cavalry and infantry."
"yes!"
The massive army arrived with astonishment.
The Yuan army quickly changed direction and faced the enemy head-on.
There's no command, no design, no traps here; it's a completely head-on confrontation where it comes down to who's stronger.
The vanguard was equipped with bows and crossbows, and in battle, they would fire their bows and crossbows first to wear down the enemy.
Then, from the spear formation, the sounds of clashing spears and halberds filled the air.
The vanguard dispersed, and the central army engaged the enemy. Guan Zhiwei fought until she was sticky all over. She charged in and out of the enemy's camp seven times, unstoppable.
Seeing that the battle was stalemate and he was at a slight disadvantage, Yuan Chizheng quickly dispatched Qi Tianle's cavalry to sweep towards the rear from the side where Guan Zhiwei's army was slightly weaker in defense.
He encountered someone who knew how to defend himself.
Zhifang deliberately created a flaw.
The two sides clashed, with their commanders facing off, and their formations were completely in disarray, with only the sounds of fighting remaining.
The Zhai brothers led their rear guard to seize the opportunity and cut off the enemy's reinforcements, directly shattering the Yuan army's entire formation.
Guan Zhiwei was oblivious to everything else; all she cared about was killing, killing, killing.
The fight reached a point where there was no space in front of her, and no one dared to rush towards her.
The genius has just gotten dark. If it gets even darker, the ordinary people's vision will be more limited, and she can kill even more fiercely.
She was the commander-in-chief, she was charging forward, she led her soldiers on an unstoppable advance.
Yuan Chi, huddled under layers of protection, watched as the battle spiraled out of control, searching around: "Where's Qi Xie?!"
The strategist has disappeared without a trace.
Yuan Chizheng surrendered, bringing a large number of soldiers with him. Given the current food supplies, there's no way to accommodate such a large number of soldiers. Fortunately, Yuan Qiuhe will come to ransom his son, and will also ransom these soldiers along the way.
Guan Zhiwei didn't concern herself with the subsequent matters; that was a matter for logistics to handle.
Gao Huan and his generals all smiled from the bottom of their hearts, for they had won. He wanted to celebrate with Guan Zhiwei, but found her quickly climbing up the city wall. Puzzled, he immediately followed.
Zhi Junyuan quickly followed.
She climbed the city wall step by step, her expression solemn.
Her eyesight was excellent, like an eagle's. She saw that when the arrows were fired in unison, one arrow was aimed at Dog Tooth. She didn't know how Dog Tooth was doing.
But she arrived as quickly as possible.
The city walls were piled high with corpses, making it impossible to distinguish friend from foe.
She kept searching, and the two of them helped her look too. Finally, they found the dog tooth in a corner.
He was wounded by an arrow and was breathing heavily.
"Dog teeth".
Those somewhat cloudy eyes darted around and spotted Guan Zhiwei.
His pupils suddenly dilated, and tears streamed down his face—"I was prepared to die silently there, but I was able to see you before I died. Thank God."
"Xiao Guan."
I see you.
"You are so brave!"
"The person following behind you is also very brave."
Zhi Junyuan cupped his hands in greeting, his face serious: "Young brother, you are very brave too."
Dogtooth was a little embarrassed; he couldn't really call himself brave. He looked at Zhi Junyuan with envy, "I wish I were as capable as you. It would be so nice to be by Xiao Guan's side and be able to help her."
Guan Zhiwei ran over and hugged him tightly, unable to ignore the arrow that pierced right through his chest, grazing his heart.
He brought his mouth close to Guan Zhiwei's ear and whispered, "Little Guan, I hid three thousand one hundred and twenty-two copper coins in the stove of your room..." He was so anxious that his blood was churning and he kept coughing up blood, which splattered onto Guan Zhiwei with his internal organs.
He tried with great effort to wipe it off.
Guan Zhiwei squeezed his hand. "It's alright. Keep this money for Grandma."
"Grandma is dead." Dog Tooth smiled happily, his little face as red as an apple. "She passed away peacefully in her sleep before the war, without suffering. My second brother and Sister Feng helped me arrange the funeral. All the neighbors came to pay their respects, and they bought a coffin and buried her in a good place."
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