The Flower Of War

Chapter 68: Something Feels Wrong

The faint noisy sound slowly grew louder, making the owner of the brown eye bead move under the eyelids that were still tightly closed.

His head slowly began to feel like he was pierced by thousands of needles, his body continued to sway to the right and left adding to his head.

The white light slowly pierced his retina, and with a little energy that managed to accumulate, Yiu woke up in a slight daze.

The bead traces the narrow place that was hit by the small earthquake. Holding tightly to the wooden wall and trying to get up sat with his little strength left.

Only after sitting down did he realize that he was now in a fast-moving train.

He reached the edge of the window that was covered with a tight cloth then stuck his head out, ruling out the bright light that further aggravated his dizziness.

A black horse-ridden man who was near the carriage immediately realized and called Yiu.

"A-Ying, are you aware? .... How you feeling?"

Yiu narrowed his eyes before replying while shaking his head strongly to alleviate the pain in his head.

It was as if he had forgotten the reason why he had fallen asleep and then suddenly woke up inside the carriage traveling at full speed.

"Ge, what's going on? Where are we going?"

"Restep. We're gonna head southwest, no need to worry."

"Southwestward? Wh-wh-what for? Wait ...."

Yiu instantly threw back his brain memory and prepared to spurt fire at Prince Huang who was nearby.

He remembers everything. The incident before he was unconscious and the initial goal of the army was to the east, why suddenly change direction towards the west?!

"Ge, where's Wu Xiao? What the hell's going on? You guys drove like a doormat, something must have happened."

Huang who was stared at by a sharp bead that seemed to be piercing right into his retina made him unable to wart. But by maintaining a relaxed attitude, Huang opened the fan and fanned himself while sighing in annoyance.

"We're just in the middle of time, we have to check the condition of the western border before heading east, that's all."

The face is relaxed but the eyebrows bend sharply, the fan seems excessive, and avoid eye contact. Yiu understood her brother this one.

An intimidating look continued to pierce Huang's retina until he could stand it no longer. He screeched before closing his fan angrily and said, "Alright, I'll talk! Stop looking at me like that!"

Yiu did not change the look on his face, only I had his eyes slightly come down relaxed.

"Me, big brother, and the other royal higher-ups are only worried about your health, A-Ying. You didn't sleep for days, making my heart almost go loose, and Wu Xiao suggested giving you some sleeping pills, that's all...."

Yiu was still not satisfied, he stared more intensely at the brother with his eagle bead while making a low voice, "Then?"

It took up to a quarter of the incense before Huang chimed in, "Bai Qing suddenly attacked the western camp and almost managed to take over overnight. We must get to the upper reaches of the Yangtze River before things get worse."

The half-pale Yiu was not surprised even his face had not changed. Instead, he looked at the small pebble-filled ground calmly.

"The game has already started" he said, revealing his wind-swept hair and covering his face.

On the other hand, Huang was confused himself. Plus, Yiu suddenly laughed so horribly that it made some of the soldiers who heard him shudder slightly.

"Alright if that's how you play."

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The two battalion squads led by Prince Wu Xiao and Prince Huang finally arrived at the foot of a fairly sloping mountain range that became the headquarters of the left-wing forces in the southwest.

It looked like an afternoon, orange clouds with black smoke billowing everywhere. It was seen that many of the allied forces were already lying covered in blood.

Yiu came out of his carriage with golden armor a gift straight from Emperor Qiu Wang. Just a step down from his chariot, the blood river sword that was in his left hand had already slipped out of its sheath.

He walked leisurely while skillfully unsheathed his sword, piercing through the crowd looking for the highest commanding figure of the enemy forces.

The sound of gunfire, arrows piercing through the wind, the slippery twang of the sword, as well as the smell of smoke mixed with a fairly thick finish adorned the great show at the southwest headquarters.

Yiu faced his opponents just as he faced a small insect.

Finally after a long search, Yiu found the enemy general sitting on his horse far from the battle arena.

The northwestern wind blew so strongly, waving Yiu's red robe that calmly dragged the bloodstained sword as it walked slightly down towards the general's position.

This made the enemy troops immediately form five layers of shield to protect the general.

The calm face of Yiu who had previously been bowed down, slowly raised his already imprinted face a pitch-red horizontal line that was most likely one of the blood of the enemy troops that had been killed in his hands.

His face looked calm even though his eyes did not show the same thing.

Yiu stood fearlessly right in front of the spear of the first layer of troops. The spear in front of him trembled slightly, the owner of the spear was seen trembling at a distance so close to Yiu who was famous as the "Nine-Heaven Goddess.

"Princess Wang Ying Mei, are you so eager to die that you came here alone?"

The voice came from a man sitting on a horse beside the general's horse.

"I once killed thirty men alone with an injured hand. Is that stupid question of yours trying to forcefully change a fact for the sake of your useless soldier's mentality?"

The faces of the soldiers were losing color even though their bodies remained steadfastly declaring undaunted, making Yiu increasingly reveal an expressionless smile.

Yiu took a few steps back before raising his sword pointed sharply at the night sky then slowly lowered it, pointing right at the relaxed looking general on his horse.

"I will give you two options, stand back now and your lives will be safe or let my two weapons take over your souls."

General Bai Qing furrowed his brows faintly, he scrutinized the entire small body of Yiu who stood straight like a battlefield lion and found only one weapon clasped by the bloodstained hands of his troops.

He let out a small laugh considering that the Great General of Qiu Wang Kingdom could make a mistake in mentioning the number of his weapons, he said, even if he had a secret weapon, it would have been a dagger or other small weapon that would not harm them.

However, if the hidden weapon was assumed to be something explosive it was an impossibility because he knew for sure that Princess Ying was very ambitious to kill Emperor Liu Yu, then he would not waste his life killing himself with an ordinary general like him.

After being swept away in his mind, the General gained high confidence as well as saw great opportunities with the archer troops in the rear row, "How can I back off if a golden opportunity awaits me to reach. Kill her!"

The first-tier warrior moved forward, Yiu increasingly smiling widely.

"You wasted your worthless lives."

The fight was not even inevitable. About fifteen spearmen surrounded Yiu's entire neck with spears, forming a knot that locked Yiu's movements in place.

"You guys practiced for so long and could only practice how to lock a spear? Cool!"

Not yet had the soldiers digested the intent of his words, Yiu easily pulled his head down and escaped the spear lock. Squatting with one leg straight for the counterweight and turning his body while slashing strongly at the soldier's shins which, although protected by iron, will still have an impact on the blow he creates.

Some of the soldiers collapsed instantly and some staggered back. Yiu raised his sword, slashing several necks with his epic without even moving his legs a step.

A spear pointed at him, Yiu quickly spun around while holding the spear shaft, breaking it and piercing the heart of his enemy with a broken spear.

The next spear followed with the direction of his head, Yiu reflexively tilted his head while glancing at the spear that shot over his shoulders.

Yiu quickly held the center of the spear shaft. With his right shoulder rested, Yiu turned the spear and its owner up into the air for a few seconds before being violently thrown to the ground, Yiu took aim and threw the spear right into the heart of the soldier, the movement was more like a javelin throwing game to him.

Furthermore Yiu did not want to play around anymore, he climbed on the shoulder of one of the soldiers as a stepping stone and took out his fire rifle hidden under his cloak.

The next scene lasted only a few seconds. It feels like a thousand years of magic. Yiu who jumped almost as high as the apple tree pointed his gun and shot at the remaining soldiers below.

Dor dor....

The sound is reflected all over the object that can reflect the sound. The enemy thought Yiu was issuing the usual explosives so that some of the soldiers who had not advanced had to cover their heads, hoping to avoid the range of the explosion.

But what they fear is not proven. The silence created afterwards made some soldiers again pop their heads and saw nothing happen.

There was no fire, no smoke or remnants of the explosion, only a half-kneeling man in a red robe fluttering violently amid the bodies of their fallen friends.

What the hell's going on? How could?!

One of the soldiers who had been frustrated shouted, "Curse, we are cursed again! This land is holy land!"

Yiu again sheathed his fire rifle behind his body then took out the blood river sword and put it back into the sheath.

The line of archers standing right behind the circle formation had decided to retreat first and disappeared among the forest trees thinking that there would be a huge explosion.

This position made General Bai Qing unable to shift his attention to Yiu who was standing alone with such a terrifying look in her eyes.

He hesitantly deployed all four layers of his protection to attack Yiu simultaneously.

Yiu sighed, there was no time for him to take back his gun which only had a few bullets left plus the shooting range factor that was too close greatly affected the movement against him.

The sword was again plucked, Yiu did a back flip before slashing a head smoothly.

He also used enemy horses as jumping stones and pierced the hearts of some of his enemies. Yiu was too focused on the enemy in front of him to forget the general who was trying to escape.

Yiu took out all his strength, kicking, punching, slashing, stabbing, whatever it was his way of defeating the nearly twenty people.

His entire enemy had fallen in a matter of minutes. Yiu ran and rode a brown horse nearby and immediately ran after the general.

The condition of the forest near the Yangtze River was quite dense and dark, Yiu had difficulty seeing the road. However, a galloping horse approached from behind him.

Yiu spontaneously turned his head and found a man riding with a torch in his hand.

The man immediately tried to align himself with Yiu's horse. "Liying, the path does not allow for two horses to pass. Let me get on your horse, will you?"

Yiu who was considering the terrain which was also not possible finally agreed to Wu Xiao's request. After being blocked by some trees Wu Xiao finally jumped up and landed behind Yiu.

Yiu immediately handed the horse harness to her. Wu Xiao spurred the horse while carrying a torch in each hand.

The horse was racing faster, finally they could catch up with the general and the deputy general who was with him earlier.

The deputy general was right behind the general so he became the first to notice the presence of Yiu and Wu Xiao.

Yiu was already in the firing position. However, his back continued to shake and it would greatly affect the outcome of his shoot.

Wu Xiao as if understanding the difficulty immediately said, "Lay your back on my shoulder, it will reduce the shaking."

Without a second thought, Yiu leaned his back against one of Wu Xiao's shoulders, while Wu Xiao himself tilted his head to the right so that his vision would not be disturbed by Yiu.

Initially Yiu had been focused and prepared to fire a bullet. However, the roar of hot and fast breathing that blew at his neck made him lose focus for a moment.

"Why haven't you shot? Is it any less close?" Yiu couldn't stand it just by swearing in his heart because the whisper of Wu Xiao right next to his neck made him even more chaotic.

"Dissapper!" his shout was spontaneous regardless of whether Wu Xiao understood his words or not.

Wu Xiao managed to reach a distance that could be reached by Yiu's rifle, and Yiu quickly shot the deputy general in the head and hit the right target.

He fell down with his horse. However, due to their proximity, the two horses were unable to avoid a collision with the deputy general's horse.

As a result, Yiu and Wu Xiao fell for it. Wu Xiao swiftly threw away his torch, hugging Yiu to jump off the horse before smashing and rolling on the ground.

The moment Wu Xiao jumped, Yiu quickly fired two slightly missed shots before rolling on the ground with Wu Xiao. One of the bullets hit the general's left ear and the other was his back close to the heart.

They lost track and made it impossible to catch up back at this time. Yiu bellowed furiously and lashed the ground.

Wu Xiao immediately helped Yiu stand up and won him over, "No need to worry, he is injured quite badly and we can definitely catch up to him. Let's go back and bring some troops to chase him."

Yiu remained unmoved, stubborn as if he did not pry into Wu Xiao's words. Wu Xiao added, "He will move on the border of this river to return to the nearby headquarters of Bai Qing and if you still doubt he will lose track, then look at the trail on the ground."

Yiu walked a few steps forward and found traces of blood on the ground. He glanced back at Wu Xiao and agreed to go back with him.

The two returned and immediately separated the troops into two-armed troops who were on guard and joined Yiu-then immediately headed east that very second.

Huang was in charge of staying and sending messages to Ming Zijing who was in the eastern headquarters to help the general's arrest, in addition to preventing the secret of Yiu's new weapon from leaking and reaching the ears of the enemy. This weapon is like an ace that needs to be hidden and closely guarded.

After releasing the white dove, Ming Zijing learned of the contents of the message as the sun began to rise. He immediately brought a number of troops with him and began to sail the banks of the Yangtze River.

Supposedly if the western troops had departed from night, then they would meet and besiege the general right in the middle of the Yangtze River passage.

Ming Zijing from the beginning somehow felt a strange feeling like something was going wrong. Even so, he still spurred his horse to comb the river while being careful not to cross paths with the Bai Qing Sea Fleet, which controlled the waters of the Yangtze River.

Needless to say, Bai Qing became strong one of them due to the support of their unusually strong naval fleet.

A-Ying, quickly find him and come back. Do not meet their fleet.

TB