20demayo Chapter 462
Chapter 462
"Brother..."
Wan Niang's gaze gradually grew distant: "General Shi... General Shi has come to take us home..."
In her hollow eyes, she saw Shi Ruojun charging toward her with a bloodthirsty frenzy, heedless of all danger.
She had always known... she had always known that General Shi would come to take her home.
Li Dalang's chest was bleeding profusely. Struggling, he crawled to Wan Niang's side and cradled her cold, stiffening body in his arms: "Yes! Brother will go home with you."
The Emperor of Fusang, seeing Shi Ruojun and Third Yan return, grew so agitated that blood gushed more fiercely from his wound. His eyes rolled back, and he fainted on the spot.
Kawashuu Raisen, who had introduced Shi Ruojun and Third Yan into the royal court, was so terrified that he crawled under a table.
His legs trembled uncontrollably as he scrambled on all fours along the wall, desperate to escape.
He had to flee!
He had to flee!
Otherwise, when the Emperor woke up, his head would not remain on his shoulders.
With the Emperor of Fusang unconscious, the minds of the court were no longer focused on capturing the assassins. Reviving the Emperor was now the top priority.
Shi Ruojun and Third Yan placed the bodies of Wan Niang and Li Dalang into body bags and loaded them onto a carriage, preparing to break through the gates.
Only two hundred of the five hundred Black Armored Cavalry had arrived, but the Fusang royal court was in complete chaos, with no one to take charge. This significantly reduced the difficulty of their escape.
"General! Abandon the carriage! Otherwise, we may never make it out of the city!"
Shi Ruojun was an expert horse rider, her skills far surpassing those of most men.
Even now, dressed in women's clothing, no one would mistake her for a woman.
The valor of General Shi radiated through the folds of her skirt.
She had fought fiercely, dragging the bodies of Wan Niang and Li Dalang from the hands of the Fusang guards.
They had all seen it clearly—the guards who had tried to hold Wan Niang back had their limbs severed by General Shi.
With just one swing of her blade, the guards were too terrified to approach, their eyes filled with fear as they looked at her.
Now, they were about to break through the gates.
The guards at the city gate had already spotted them and were frantically ordering soldiers to close the gates.
If they succeeded, the Black Armored Cavalry would be trapped in the city. Once the Fusang royal court regained its composure, there would be no escape.
The only hope was for General Shi to abandon the carriage and escape on horseback.
"Abandon the carriage?"
Shi Ruojun's face was icy, her gaze sharp: "I will never abandon my comrades and flee for my own life!"
Yet, in the face of life and death, gender was the least important thing.
General Shi was upright, fearless, and had demonstrated unparalleled combat skills and patriotism over the past few months. And...
She would never abandon any of her comrades.
Setting aside her gender, who could say she was not a general worth following?
Shi Ruojun drew the soft sword from her waist, its cold light flashing as she lunged forward: "Protect the strategist! I will carve a path of blood for you all!"
Her figure moved like lightning, weaving through the Fusang soldiers, leaving a trail of blood in her wake.
Her face, both resolute and delicate, showed no mercy as she slashed and stabbed without hesitation.
No!
Why set aside her gender?
General Shi...
General Shi was no less than any man. She could stand shoulder to shoulder with any general, laughing as she cut down countless enemies.
Countless Fusang soldiers lay at her feet, and everything in Shi Ruojun's vision had turned red.
Her arms were numb from swinging her sword, but when she saw Third Yan standing on the carriage, watching her, she felt a surge of strength.
She could die, but Third Yan must not.
She had promised Master Meng and the Empress that she would ensure Third Yan returned safely to the capital.
A person's greatest virtue was keeping their word.
That was what her father had taught her.
"Damn it all! Let's fight these Fusang beasts to the death. If we die, we'll stink up their land!"
Several Black Armored Cavalry soldiers, seeing Shi Ruojun fighting so fiercely for them, couldn't hold back their tears. They dismounted and joined the battle.
As more and more soldiers joined, it became clear that they accepted Shi Ruojun's identity as a woman and acknowledged her as their General Shi.
Third Yan smiled, looking up at the darkening sky: "They're here!"
It was time!
"Boom, boom, boom!"
The century-old gates of Fusang's capital were blown to pieces by cannon fire.
The soldiers guarding the gates were sent flying.
Meng Qingyu waved the battle flag of Great Yan: "Where are our Goguryeo allies? The Great Yan cavalry has come by imperial decree to welcome our dearest allies!"
"Here!"
Third Yan leisurely drove the carriage through the stunned crowd: "The Goguryeo envoy thanks the Emperor of Great Yan."