The night raid by the Mu siblings tonight seemed like a childish scuffle. They stormed into Huang Xin's camp under cover of darkness, killing a few dozen soldiers and burning a few tents and some rations, but they didn't seem to cause much damage to Huang Xin's troops.
"Damn it!" Enraged, Huang Xin grabbed a teapot from the table and smashed it to the ground, sending shards of porcelain flying.
His eyes widened, and he roared furiously, "How dare you ambush me in the dead of night! If you've got the guts, come and fight me fair and square!"
The adjutant standing to the side quickly advised, "General, calm down! Why bother with these remnants of the Mu family? It's not good for your health! Tomorrow, once we've reorganized our troops, we'll storm the East Gate and teach them a lesson!"
After saying that, he quickly had someone bring a cup of tea and handed it to Huang Xin, saying, "General, have some tea to calm down!"
Huang Xin took the teacup and drank it all in one gulp, then slammed the teacup down on the table. His chest heaved violently, clearly showing his inner rage.
Because of his extreme emotional state, the ear that the army doctor had just bandaged started bleeding again. Coupled with his furious expression, he looked particularly ferocious and terrifying, making it difficult for anyone to look directly at him.
"I'll put up with them for two more days!" Huang Xin said. "Tomorrow, take another thousand elite soldiers to the East Gate and curse their ancestors for eighteen generations!"
The lieutenant nodded and bowed, agreeing, "Yes, sir! I'll take men there first thing tomorrow morning!"
The first rays of sunlight shone on the Dongyue military camp in the early morning. The rain that fell last night made the air exceptionally fresh today.
The cooks were already used to getting up early, and just after dawn, they began to busy themselves with preparing breakfast for 20,000 soldiers.
As usual, breakfast today was a simple bowl of thin porridge with a coarse cornbread, but for the soldiers of Dongyue, this was considered quite a feast.
However, a full half hour after they had eaten breakfast, the soldiers who had been standing on the training ground with high spirits and great vigor suddenly seemed to have lost all their strength and fell to the ground one after another.
Although a small number of soldiers have not yet had breakfast, they are only a very small minority.
At this moment, seeing the bizarre scene of people lying haphazardly on the ground, some soldiers realized what was happening and decided to head to Liangcheng, about fifty miles away, to request reinforcements.
However, just as they approached the camp gate, they were blocked by the Mu family army.
Seeing this, what did these Dongyue soldiers not understand? They had fallen into the Mu family army's trap. Their only options now were to either die or surrender.
When Huang Xin's camp had been mostly cleared out, the Mu siblings once again leisurely stepped into Huang Xin's camp.
At this point, all 20,000 soldiers in Huang Xin's camp had been captured.
Huang Xin, the former general of Dongyue who used to lord it over the army, was dragged to the Mu siblings by two Mu family soldiers like a dead dog.
"Hey~ Jin, why does this person look so familiar?"
Mu Jin sneered, "Brother, you have such a bad memory. Isn't this Huang Xin, the brat who was inferior to you since childhood? Last night, he was barking at us and was scared so badly by your arrow that he peed his pants."
"Oh, it was him. He didn't seem as imposing as he did last night. I thought I had mistaken him for someone else."
This time, Mu Jin put a muscle-softening powder in the water source of Huang Xin's camp. Those who are poisoned by this powder cannot speak, their limbs are weak and sore, and only their eyes can still move freely.
Huang Xin stared wide-eyed at the imposing Mu siblings standing in front of him. Although he could not speak, it was easy to see from his eyes how unwilling and angry he was at this moment.
"Ah Jin, look!" Mu Yan looked at Huang Xin lying on the ground, completely defenseless, and said to Mu Jin, "This guy is glaring at your brother. If you didn't know better, you'd think his eyes could kill someone!"
Upon hearing this, Mu Jin scoffed. She took two steps forward, drew her sword, and forcefully stabbed it towards Huang Xin's groin.
The sword tip stopped close to Huang Xin's groin, and in an instant, a strong stench of urine filled the air. Huang Xin was so frightened that he wet himself.
Seeing Huang Xin wet himself in fear, Mu Jin and Mu Yan covered their mouths and noses in disgust. Huang Xin's face was even more pale with fright. Where was the anger in his eyes now? All that remained was fear.
“Brother, he doesn’t dare to glare at you anymore,” Mu Jin said, turning to Mu Yan.
Mu Yan chuckled and squatted down beside Huang Xin. He patted Huang Xin's face and said, "I have to set off to take Liangmen Pass today, so I won't waste my time playing with you. You just need to tell me, do you want to live or die right now?"
"If you want to live, just tell me. I'm not the kind of person who holds grudges. I didn't hold it against you for how you colluded with Beiqi to frame my Mu family and wiped out all the soldiers of my Mu family army. I'll let you go for the sake of our past friendship as classmates and colleagues."
After Mu Yan finished speaking, large beads of sweat rolled down Huang Xin's forehead, and his eyes kept blinking, as if he had a lot to say but was powerless to do so.
Mu Yan coldly urged Huang Xin, "I'm in a hurry! If you don't speak up, I won't be polite."
Mu Yan glanced at Huang Xin again, chuckled, and slowly stood up. He drew his sword and smiled at Huang Xin.
"Since you won't tell me, then you feel you've committed too many sins and believe you deserve to die. Well, considering our past friendship as classmates and colleagues, I'll reluctantly send you on your way."
After Mu Yan finished speaking expressionlessly, he held his long sword and, without hesitation, forcefully and slowly stabbed it into Huang Xin's chest. The tip of the sword gradually sank into Huang Xin's chest, and blood instantly stained Huang Xin's clothes.
Only after Huang Xin had stopped breathing did Mu Yan draw his sword. Looking at the longsword stained with Huang Xin's blood, Mu Yan frowned slightly, seemingly disgusted. He then casually wiped the blade on Huang Xin's clothes before turning and walking away with Mu Jin.
"Brother, people who have been poisoned by the muscle-softening powder cannot speak."
"Oh? So what?"
"So, you just made Huang Xin speak up and choose between life and death?"
"Oh? Then you should tell me earlier next time."
“I remember I told you that last night, and I also said it when I came in just now.”
"Is there?"
Mu Jin nodded very seriously: "Yes!"
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