Chapter 16 Are you a piece of shit? Still waiting to be picked.
"In the 23rd year of the Honghe era, the person sitting on the dragon throne in the imperial court was still the late Emperor Jiagan.
A locust plague ravaged Liangzhou, leaving the fields barren and devastated. Unable to bear the plight of the people, the governor of Liangzhou spent all his wealth to purchase grain for disaster relief. At the gate of his mansion, he rescued a dying child. Because he was close in age to his daughter, the governor took pity on him and brought him home to serve as a servant, providing companionship for his daughter.
As time passed, the two children grew up together, and unknowingly, they began to develop feelings for each other. It should have been a story of envy, but who knew... it all turned into a complete nightmare. The Xiling army seized the opportunity to attack. Liangzhou City was always heavily armed and would not be easily conquered. But who could have predicted that after only three days of siege, the defenses would completely collapse.
It turned out that the servant had secretly colluded with the Xiling Army, stealing intelligence from the palace and handing it over. Because of his humble status and the bullying he endured as a child, the resentment in his heart had accumulated over time. He had a perverse temperament, and his low self-esteem fostered a morbid arrogance. He valued reputation above all else and was intolerant of any injustice. Anyone who knew of his disgraceful past was killed.
The governor's family was slaughtered, leaving only his young daughter. The traitor shamelessly attempted to marry her. With her father's murderer so close before her, how could she surrender to this traitor who sold his country for personal gain? With no one to defend her, she willingly sold herself into the Red Mansion to put an end to his hopes.
Fortunately, the madam, knowing her tragic past, took pity on her and took her in, caring for her daily. Taking advantage of a moment of slack in the city defenses, she managed to get her out. From then on, she lived in hiding, lingering on. The unrequited hatred of her family hangs like a sharp knife in her heart. "If I don't take this revenge, I will die with regret."
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Seven years into the business, winter is approaching, and there are only two months left until Fang Yilan's death.
The Ruining army was divided into three groups, each group led by 50,000 soldiers, and marched towards Liangzhou in a mighty force, with an aura that shook the heavens and the earth.
At daybreak, 50,000-strong troops assembled at the west gate of Dingzhou. Their iron armor gleamed coldly, reflecting the early morning sun. The soldiers, armed with spears and carrying shields on their shoulders, formed neat square formations, waiting for the order to attack the city.
Wang Ben, not wearing any armor, personally visited the Liangzhou city gate. He played with his folding fan, tapping it against his palm. He looked at Fang Yilan below the city gate and let out a chuckle. "I've overestimated the Fang family. Instead of concentrating their superior forces to attack a key point, they dispersed them in an attempt to defeat them one by one. You really think I'm as easy to deal with as that idiot Wen Wanshu."
Fang Yilan rode his horse and stood in front of the army. His long hair was tied under his helmet, a few strands of hair fluttering in the wind, as he looked at the city ahead.
After a while, she tilted her head and nodded, then glanced at Zhuang Gu beside her.
Zhuang Gu's face was bitter, like an eggplant hit by frost, and he muttered timidly, "General, do you really want to do this? This... is so cheap."
The only response he got was a murderous look, which scared Zhuang Gu so much that he swallowed all his complaints.
He swallowed his saliva, and reluctantly called out a few burly soldiers, and started shouting at the top of his lungs.
"Listen up, all you grandsons of Dingzhou City! That Wang Ben standing on the city wall, your commander, is a traitor who sells out his country for personal gain! He's a heartless, unfaithful man!"
"The former governor took pity on him and took him in, but ended up inviting a wolf into his house and slaughtering his entire family. Is that what a human being would do?"
Zhuang Gu's curses grew more and more intense. "How did the city gate get breached back then? Don't you have any idea? Your family and friends died there, all because of that shameless bastard. He's a cannibalistic bastard!"
Hearing the vulgar words coming from the Ruining army one after another, the Xiling soldiers who had been solemn on the city wall looked at each other with surprise and confusion on their faces.
Suotai held his stomach with his hands, laughing so hard he fell backwards. He spoke in a half-fluent Chinese accent and said, "It's really interesting to see you Ruining people fighting among yourselves."
Wang Benpi forced a half-smile, his eyes sinister, and coldly ordered, "Don't listen to that Bangzi's nonsense. Have General Kangla lead his troops out of the city immediately to meet these wild guys. Don't pursue them any further."
As he spoke, the hand hidden in his sleeve actually broke off a sharp corner of the parapet, and the broken stones rolled down and disappeared under the city wall.
The war drums sounded, the gate of Liangzhou slowly opened, and the Xiling army rushed out of the city gate.
"Baited."
When the Xiling army rushed to the front, Fang Yilan blew the whistle hanging on his chest. The two thousand-man cavalry teams that had been dormant at the end of the team, like arrows from a bow, split to the left and right to attack the enemy.
The movements of these two cavalry units were strange and unpredictable. They did not engage the enemy head-on, but harassed them along the flanks. When they saw an opportunity, they would kill the enemy with their swords. If any enemy soldiers tried to encircle and suppress them, they would turn their horses around and flee far away.
The Xiling Army was furious at being played like this, but they were helpless. They couldn't catch up, and they couldn't see the enemy. Before they could attack, the Ruining infantry rushed in front of them, blades raised, forcing them to hastily turn around and resist.
After several rounds of fierce fighting, the physical strength of the Xiling soldiers was quickly exhausted, their steps became heavier, and the trend of defeat soon became apparent.
Seeing that the situation was not good in the battle, Kangla had no choice but to grit his teeth and withdraw the Xiling Army to avoid the sharp edge temporarily.
Xiao Yue, brimming with killing rage, saw the Xiling army showing signs of retreating and wanted to chase them down and slaughter them again. However, Fang Yilan swung his spear horizontally and abruptly stopped them.
Then she nodded to Zhuang Gu again.
Zhuang Gu's face was wrinkled into a bitter gourd, and his reluctance was about to overflow: "General, are you...coming again?" But facing Fang Yilan's unquestionable gaze, he could only obey orders obediently.
The rows of cavalrymen behind him could no longer hold back their excitement and turned their heads away, their shoulders shaking uncontrollably.
Zhuang Gu took a deep breath and roared at the top of his lungs, "You bastards from Xiling, is this all you can do? You run away when you can't win. You haven't learned any other skills in your daily life, but you've mastered the art of running away!"
"You're a bunch of weaklings! Look at the way you're running away, trembling like bears. Are you in a hurry to go back and change your diapers?"
When many Xiling soldiers heard this, they were so angry that their faces turned blue, and some of them were so impulsive that they turned around and attacked back on the spot.
As expected, as soon as they rushed over, they were surrounded by the Ruining soldiers who had been prepared for this. However, Fang Yilan did not order them to be killed, but simply escorted all the Xiling prisoners back.
The army returned to the barracks in a mighty procession. Xiao Yue rode up on horseback and complained with a hint of disdain, "This is too unfair a victory! Your tactics are even dirtier than those used by us bandits."
Fang Yilan rolled her eyes at him unhappily: "This is called winning without bloodshed, understand?"
Zhao Huaixu smiled and added, "What can he understand? His brain is only good at counting the moon at night."
"you!"
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At dawn the next day, one could see from the Liangzhou city wall that the prisoners of war from Xiling who had been captured the previous day were tied up on a row of conspicuous wooden racks below the city wall.
They all shouted at the top of their lungs, cursing in the direction of Liangzhou, repeating the same obscenities as yesterday.
If someone refused to speak, the soldier supervising the execution would raise his whip and beat him hard.
It is not very harmful, but extremely insulting.
Kangla couldn't sit still this time. Thinking of the humiliation he suffered yesterday, he had to fight back fiercely. This time he would never suffer in silence like yesterday.
This time, he did not rush forward rashly. Instead, he rode his horse in front and shouted loudly: "Fang Yilan, don't use those dirty tricks. If you don't agree, come and fight us one-on-one. If you are capable, fight us with real swords and guns."
Fang Yilan raised a finger and taunted calmly: "Are you a piece of shit, waiting to be picked?"
Although Kangla couldn't understand it, he could roughly guess that it was not a friendly meaning.
His cheeks puffed up with anger, and he yelled at Fang Yilan, "Fang Yilan, don't be too complacent. This is just the beginning, and it's still uncertain who will win!"
But after all, he is a veteran who has been on the battlefield for a long time, and he is not so impulsive as to launch an attack without regard for the consequences.
Fang Yilan's main attack was: If the enemy doesn't move, I won't move either. Thus, the two sides just faced off in the air, neither willing to make the first move.
It was unknown how long this lasted before urgent reports began to arrive from Liangzhou City, both from the north and south. A messenger shouted anxiously, "This is bad! The enemy is attacking simultaneously from the north and south, and those two strange cavalry units from yesterday have also arrived in the north and south to provide support."
"This group of cavalry is too difficult to deal with!" The messenger sighed heavily, "We have lost a lot of troops on both sides."
Suo Taimei's expression was no longer as content as it had been during the first battle. He glanced at Wang Ben and sneered, "Who underestimated who? I thought I could control the other person, but I ended up falling into a trap set by someone else."
Wang Ben's face turned gloomy as he listened to the unbearable curses coming from under the city wall.
After pondering for a long time, he snorted coldly, "Provocation? Is Fang Yilan the only one who can use it?"
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Inside a deep mansion in Liangzhou City, Wang Ben lay drunk and limp in a woman's arms. His eyes were hazy, as if lost in a dream, and he murmured endlessly, "Chuci, Chuci... are you finally willing to come back to me?" He raised his hand as if to touch a priceless treasure, and affectionately stroked the woman's brow.
When his eyes fell on the woman's lips, he suddenly pushed her away and staggered to his feet: "No, you are not Chuci."
With a flick of his body, he hugged the other woman next to him, locking her body tightly and staring at the lower half of her face, as if he had lost his soul: "Chu Ci..." His palm slowly slid down along the woman's neck, all the way to the side of her neck. At first, it was just a gentle caress, but gradually, the strength in his hand became heavier. "Why are you running away?"
The woman's neck was clamped tightly, and a broken sound came from her throat. Breathing became increasingly difficult. The instinct for survival drove her to open her eyes wide, and she used her hands to pry open the iron-like palms, sobbing and begging for mercy.
The five or six remaining women in the room were so frightened that their faces turned pale, their bodies trembled like sieves, and they knelt down to beg for mercy.
What’s strange is that the appearance of these women all vaguely reveals the shadow of Chu Die.
"If I catch you again, I will definitely lock you in a cage."
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