The Flower Of War

Chapter 58: A Step to the Gate

The troops were moving towards a nearby village. The enemy had already been defeated ..or rather they retreated suddenly.

No one knows why.

Everything was over at that time. However, a soldier found a black box that suddenly lay helpless at the end of the road with a letter tucked on it.

Feeling strange, the poison-resistant Prince Xiao Ce inspected the box and found no fault.

The letter was written to deliver this box for the sake of reform. The change in black to white is intertwined between the balance of yin and yang. The letter and the box fell into Yiu's hands.

In the village, everyone rested for a few days and prepared the need to start the war from the forest.

There they also added a small number of troops who arrived undercover.

One night before departure.

"Liying, time to eat. Don't force yourself." Wu Xiao stood knocking on the door of Yiu's room while carrying a tray.

"Come in and leave it on the table!" he said with a scream. The night bead can not be separated from the great masterpiece that is in his grasp.

Wu Xiao walked in and saw a lot of light iron scattered everywhere as well as the distinctive smell of chemicals that were very foreign to him piercing into his high nose.

Wu Xiao wanted to gush furiously as his foot accidentally kicked something. However, Yiu reacted first.

"Don't move! Don't touch anything! Leave the food on the floor, I'll eat it later."

Wu Xiao clucked in annoyance, he immediately approached Yiu without caring what he had stepped on and put the tray a little hard until the contents of the bowl on it spilled slightly.

"I know you're very excited but you also have to eat! If you get sick later who can I flirt with?!"

Yiu halted his activities for a moment and turned his head sharply towards Wu Xiao. He sighed for a while and replied, "Alright, I'll eat later .... Uh wait, you come here and look at this!"

Yiu immediately stood up and scratched Wu Xiao's hand half ran towards the backyard of the house where they were hiding.

His right hand held a bow of his creation and excitedly exclaimed at Wu Xiao to take a good look.

The bow was horizontal with several manual mechanisms assembled using the base material of the bowstring which was made slightly thicker.

It was the crossbow Yiu had made earlier that he slightly modified again. He raised the crossbow and ....

Wush wush....

Three arrows shot as fast as lightning barely caught the eye, stuck a wooden pole at the end of the small house.

The face of Wu Xiao who was hit by the yellow tinge from the torch that was twisting ferociously against the wind looked unblinkingly at the ill-fated pole. His mouth is open almost as if it will come off its hinges.

"How's it?"

"Liying, what's that terrible weapon? You made it yourself?"

Yiu nodded lightly. He grew excited by his experiment and rolled up his sleeves slightly and showed an object attached along his white arm.

"Now look at this!"

He lifted and straightened his hand into the air and then shot back by touching the light iron shoots above. Now Wu Xiao was silent. Not understand.

"Nothing happened. Is your device broken?"

Yiu let out a small breath. He pointed with his chin, gesturing for Wu Xiao to take a closer look.

Wu Xiao walked towards the direction Yiu pointed at with his wryness. His emerald green bead once again widened and flashed.

"It-it .... Liying, are you really human?"

Yiu had no intention of answering. With a slightly flushed face, he approached while removing the tool on his wrist and attached it to Wu Xiao's arm.

"This weapon there is only one .. It is very difficult to make it yourself, especially that thin iron. I had to melt 7 sewing needles and form an iron mold that was so thin it could be that sharp."

He sighed and continued, "So I leave this to you, take good care, understand? .... Don't think of anything, I just don't want to see you die silly considering your always-looking nature died like yesterday."

Wu Xiao could feel his heartbeat spurting so fast that he himself was worried if Yiu could hear him.

Her face was hot, her lips were open only to close back. Wu Xiao felt that millions of butterflies were dancing in his stomach.

Liying made it special for me? Does he feel the same way as me? But he was .. he said ....

Wu Xiao mindlessly immediately pulled Yiu into his arms. A fool with his heart and face as red as a boiled crab. Hugging Yiu was already his habit when he felt excessive feelings.

Yiu himself was slightly surprised by Wu Xiao's attitude. His face was confused. With a single pushing motion, he released Wu Xiao's embrace.

The atmosphere turned awkward, Yiu threw away his face and said, "It's been night. I'll sleep .... Take good care and don't get damaged or I'll shoot you in the heart!"

Yiu walked back to his room leaving Wu Xiao who was still faithfully staring at the beautiful silhouette of Yiu who had disappeared behind the wall.

"no need. Unasked you've shot down my entire attention."

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It's been a week. All sorts of preparations were almost complete. Yiu continued to develop and reproduce all his creations.

From crossbows to more sophisticated raft bombs thanks to important powders that can only be found in Qiu Wang, who is now also in the box.

In that one week, Yiu's entire army of twenty men began to practice using crossbows with one shot at a time pulling the trigger.

While the bow with three shots was given to Prince Hwang and Prince Ming Zijing who were more proficient in archery.

However, even though the entire army practiced using crossbows, there still had to be one who used a sword to prepare for the possibility of close combat.

Hundreds of different types of bombs began to be handed over equally and put in bags.

The small army had prepared to seize Qiu Wang starting from the smallest region. As the saying goes, "Little by little will eventually become a hill."

"May Heaven support this noble mission."

That's the only word that's said to burn a soul. But that's enough.

The group disguised themselves as merchants from the prairie tribe that was famous for the wildness in the arena so that no one would suspect if they carried a sword at the waist.

The group walked into Nichang City, under the pretext of offering the duke quality weapons and meat that led to a closed ambush behind the door of the ducal residence.

Within a week they had conquered two cities in their hands without suspicious central government even though they knew it would not last long. So they must hurry.

Time went by so fast that the coup had unknowingly taken over dozens of towns and villages with seven major cities in them.

Despite having to bet bloodily and tiredly to conquer a city, some cities without a fight are willing to join forces in a coup-tat alliance retaking Qiu Wang after recognizing the leader of the small group.

He immediately mobilized troops to eradicate the wild group from the grasslands which are also famous for not fearing wind storms though. Leaving the capital Qiu Wang from his strict supervision.

As per the agreement between Liu Yu and Hai Ran. After successfully capturing the Ling Jian Mo and Qiu Wang Kingdoms, Qiu Wang would be in Hai Ran's power even though it still remained under Liu Yu's control.

Hai Ran's troops moved north. According to reports, the small force lost almost half of the core group. However, the new army, which fulfilled the initial number of twenty people, was now in the forest path between the two cities before reaching the capital Qiu Wang.

Good chance to surround that army. It didn't take long for Hai Ran's troops to get to that lush forest.

There they conducted a massive search by dividing the troops into groups.

"You sure this is gonna work, A-Ying?"

"Da Ge just calm down. It's gonna work."

Someone approached and whispered to Yiu. "All is ready, Princess."

Yiu nodded. "Now I need six of you to stand guard at those three posts. One good runner for the bait and the other one has sharp hearing."

Two slender-bodied soldiers volunteered followed by two more people who were slightly muscular.

All the remaining old members had advanced, the rest were still unskilled and understood very well about the workings of Yiu's bomb.

Their core team now only had ten people left including with Yiu, his two older brothers, and two other princes.

In short, they lack people.

Yiu sighed. "Alright, this post let me hold it. You guys get ready at each other's posts. For the rest, prepare as planned."

"Come it!"

Yiu turned to look at Xiao Ce. "Da Ge, can you lead a new member?"

Xiao Ce nodded lightly, he held onto Yiu's hand tightly with a strange weak look before rushing away.

Now only Yiu, Huang, and the two princes remained. They look at each other.

Yiu cleared her throat to start the conversation doubtfully, "So ...."

Wu Xiao immediately interrupted as if understanding the direction of the conversation, "Let me do it. I'm much more nimble than you and Zijing."

"No! My smallest body is my fastest run. You guys just stay here."

"A-yin. You can't."

There was a debate between the three. Hai Ran's soldiers were close to approaching the post but no one noticed as they were busy arguing.

On the other hand, Ming Zijing only saw them scrambling for each other to die. Ming Zijing rolled the eyeballs as it felt they were like children and immediately stood up then ran making himself a bait, making the three of them immediately sculpt.

There was a scream from a distance. "Wang Xiao Ce! Come outside! This forest is surrounded, your efforts are in vain."

Yiu curled up inside a small trench in the forest with Huang and Wu Xiao. He smiled in silence.

That's what I was hoping for.

Before long a simple voice rang out around the forest.

"Who?! .... Catch her!"

"Cursue! Don't let it get away!"

Let's go after them! chase to death.

Although his mind and mind are very excited but another with his heart. His ears were firmly fixed waiting for the rustling footsteps of someone.

Looking forward to the full expectation of the arrival of Ming Zijing which is the determinant of the success of the mission this time.

A concave copper he attached between the ear and the wall of the trench. Yiu could hear the sound of rapid footsteps tens of pairs of feet approaching.

Yiu turned his head to look at Wu Xiao behind him.

"Now!" Wu Xiao pulled the rope and the three further curled up in the trench with their hands covering the entire head.

*One ... two ... Zijing....

Booms! Booms! Boom*!

The sound of an explosion struck into the eardrum. Dust and twigs fill the eye view in the air in a few seconds.

Everything's messed up, not left. Black smoke billowed high at some point. Do not forget to hear roaring screams that are mutually unpretentious and eventually slowly disappear.

The sound of the explosion that was mutually unpretentious was now gone, leaving a tinge of deep chocolate and the smell of concentrated chemicals spreading freely in the air.

Yiu slowly raised his head, dispelling the dust with a sweep of his hand. He got up and looked around quietly, very quietly.

The three climbed up from the trench and walked directionlessly looking for the whereabouts of Ming Zijing near the trench with arms coiled between the nose and mouth.

"The china! You where?! You hear us? Answer us!"

In this chaotic situation the ground again trembled, the sound of horse neighing was heard from all four directions.

It made the three of them immediately docked and united their backs full of alert. The hand grips on each sword began to tighten.

From a distance a tall silhouette moved closer and closer, the silhouette was more and more clearly shaped which turned out to be Hai Ran with several mounted warriors behind him.

His face looked red and hideous, his finished books clenched behind his nightly blue fur coat.

He growled with emphasis, "How dare you!"

Yiu was surprised for a moment when he saw a face that was very familiar to him.

Initially, he wanted to get close after seeing Hai Ran get off his golden-bladed horse and step forward. However, his actions were hindered by the blockade from Huang and Wu Xiao's living fences.

There was not the slightest trace of fear on his third face. Especially Huang.

Hai Ran let out a thin smile. "I didn't expect you to force me to this point, Princess. One thing you need to know, as much and as hard as you try, is killing almost half my army. Just futile. You can't and never will."

Huang let out a cold voice, "Basic Beast! Not shameless! I'll drag you to hell with me!"

"Yohh?! You are so excited, Prince. Do you still like fantasizing like you used to?"

"Enough!" Yiu interrupted and hissed, "Hi Ran... I'll finish you till the bones don't leave."

TB