Chapter 78 Luring the Enemy [Bonus Chapter]
Guan Zhiwei did not participate in the Yuan army's first attack on the city.
Zhi Fang led his generals to guard the four city gates. The fighting was fierce, and the battles came and went like a tide, leaving only corpses scattered on the ground.
The Yuan army set up camp outside the city and cooked meals.
Inside the tent, Yuan Chi asked, "Did you see it clearly?"
"Look closely, only Zhi Fang and his son are leading generals to guard the city, and the female Grand Tutor is nowhere to be seen."
Yuan Chizhong laughed loudly: "The court really has no one left, actually using such a coward. At least find a man."
Wei Fuzhi remained silent; he felt something was amiss, a gut feeling that came from being the commander-in-chief.
"Young Master, we must be cautious. This woman is no ordinary person. She holds the position of Grand Tutor, yet none of the court officials object to her."
"General Wei, there's no need to worry. What are high-ranking officials? My ancestors were willing to serve the court. Of the ten families that produced high-ranking officials, nine came from my family. My family grew tired of the corrupt court and left in anger. The rest are nothing but worthless scoundrels." Yuan Chizhong chuckled.
Others chimed in, “Those who sit and discuss principles are called kings and dukes; those who put them into practice are called scholars and officials.”
This caused a burst of laughter.
Wei Fuzhi remained silent. He was only the deputy general in charge of this troop deployment; the commander-in-chief had already made the decision.
"Zhifang is experienced and composed; he won't easily come out to fight. He's definitely planning to wear us down. This young woman might not listen to any harsh words! Send a small team to the door to challenge them!"
"A young woman like Guan is as timid as a chicken. She should hurry home and do her embroidery."
The deafening roar outside the city gates was followed by shouts and curses from the front lines, showing their impatience.
Guan Zhiwei did not rush to leave the city; she wanted to let the other party make a further effort.
Just as Zhi Fang said, to conquer a city, you need at least ten times the military strength.
The Yuan army was said to number 200,000, but half of them were civilian laborers. From the moment they set up camp, they were constantly assembling catapults. The initial siege was just a test to find out how many people were inside the city before the real battle began.
Guan Zhiwei felt that it wasn't enough for him to draw my hatred; I also needed to draw his hatred as well.
"I need to write him a letter and scold him."
"I'll do it for you," Gao Huan offered.
"No need, you are an educated person after all, too refined." Guan Zhiwei waved for him to grind the ink.
She wrote four characters in one stroke.
—Your mother is dead.
Gao Huan hesitated: "Will this work?"
Guan Zhiwei thought for a moment, "It's a bit too few. Let two more die."
—Your whole family is dead. They were hit by a boulder falling from the sky. Your father was smashed into a pulp, his intestines were squeezed out, and your mother's face was shattered, leaving only a thin layer of skin. Her brains flowed out from the cracks and splattered all over you.
"It's like a curse."
"That bitch insulted me first. I hope she's plagued by bad luck, that everything goes wrong, and that her death is imminent."
Guan Zhi smiled and asked, "Are you satisfied with my letter of provocation now?"
"...Are you satisfied?"
Guan Zhiwei dried the paper, handed it to the messenger, and said, "You must tell him that I wrote it myself."
In war, envoys are not to be killed.
But the messenger quickly put down the things and ran away, saying as he ran, "This was written by our Grand Tutor Guan himself."
The people inside the tent burst into laughter.
"Could it be that she saw how handsome the eldest son is and wants to become your concubine?"
"Ha ha ha ha."
Yuan Chizhong opened the letter with a smile on his lips, then his smile froze.
"I'm going to kill her! I'm going to kill this vile woman!"
After he finished cursing, he smiled and said, "She couldn't help but talk back, and she's about to become a victim of my blade."
Guan Zhiwei sneezed twice that evening.
First think, then curse, then mutter.
She felt that the matter had been settled.
Armor and spears were all prepared, and the warhorses were well-fed. The next day, as soon as the attack on the city began, while Zhi Fang and his son were leading men to defend the city, Guan Zhiwei led his personal guards out through a small gate.
The sudden attack caught the soldiers, who were focused on attacking the city, completely off guard.
Guan Zhiwei was like a fish in water, charging back and forth without anyone being able to stop her, and she was able to lead her people back into the city.
Her flag was raised, and the banner with the character "Guan" fluttered in the wind.
She slashed down several siege soldiers who tried to climb the city wall, stood atop the wall, and shouted triumphantly, "Yuan Chizhong! Who do you think you are! I'll show you how brave I am! You're just a good-for-nothing who talks big but doesn't know how to fight! Your mother has to suffer my humiliation because she gave birth to you! How unfortunate!"
Seeing the surging wall of people closing in on her, Zhi Fang drew his sword and charged to her left and right, saying in a deep voice, "Grand Tutor, the city wall is in danger!"
Having said that, he struck out, and an arrow shot forth.
Guan Zhiwei drew her sword and cleaved the arrow in two.
"What's so dangerous? A sledgehammer can kill a chicken, but a chicken knife can't kill a sledgehammer."
The battle ended on the second day with the sounding of gongs.
Yuan Chi slammed his fist on the table and killed her! He had to kill her!
As they began their siege, catapults rained down on the city, creating deafening roars and billowing smoke. Against this backdrop of deafening explosions, the mournful cries of the dying seemed less clear.
Yuan Chi was watching the small door, and then the small door opened!
Guan Zhiwei is out!
"Charge forward and kill her! Whoever kills the Grand Tutor will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold!"
A huge crowd surrounded Guan Zhiwei, who led her personal guards, killing and fighting her way through the crowd.
The view ahead was poor, and it was difficult to see clearly in the Yuanchi Pond, but all that could be seen was that the people's banner had not fallen.
He started to panic. These useless people should have killed her as easily as killing a chicken; why had it dragged on until now?
He spurred his horse to hurry forward.
"Young Master, you must not venture deep into the enemy camp!" Wei Fuzhi hurriedly stopped him, blocking the enemy's horse.
"If she, a woman, dares to rush out like this, why shouldn't I! Don't stop me, I want to personally cut off her head and bring it back for my mother to drink with!"
Yuan Chizhong was the kind of person who would get more excited the more others opposed him. He impatiently waved Wei Fuzhi away, mounted his horse, and charged forward with his spear in hand. His golden saddle and white horse were particularly eye-catching in the crowd.
Guan Zhiwei was also keeping an eye on him. As soon as he approached, she pretended to be exhausted and shouted for a retreat, but in reality, the horse didn't move an inch.
"Give me your life!" Yuan Chizhong grinned maliciously as he charged forward.
The guards surrounded Guan Zhiwei, ready to fight like a cornered beast.
Guan Zhiwei calculated the distance and felt it was about feasible.
She charged forward.
Exclamations arose from the crowd.
In a single encounter, amidst a crowd of thousands, Guan Zhiwei stabbed a man off his horse with a single spear thrust.
The guards in the pool tried to stop them, but even after sacrificing their lives, they couldn't stop them. Guan Zhiwei then casually slit their throats and stabbed them in the kidneys.
With a flick of her whip, she accurately caught Yuan Chizhong, and with a single arm's strength, flung him into the air. The Yuan soldiers were about to kill Guan Zhiwei, and she instinctively used her human shield to smash him, immediately regretting it.
When they lifted Yuan Chi out of the pool, they found that he was already dead.
She originally wanted to capture him alive, but now look what happened, he's rotten.
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