Chapter 64 - 64. Battle With Great General Di I

Third person POV

Both sides clashed, screaming sounds and weapons clashing could be heard. Mages from the back of the line launches continuous magic, the earth element at the front forming a shield. The other magic elements were on offensive side. Dong Fang's side was leading the war, as their formation was perfect.

Hong er: ' What a great teamwork. Father told me many things about Great General Di, he is a great strategist and fighter. He lived up to the rumors.'

Li Han was clashing with Di Yu ( Great General Di) and obviously Di Yu easily overwhelmed Li Han. More and more injuries appeared on Li Han's body while Di Yu was unscathed. Di Yu raised his spear and stabbed Li Han's thigh. He pulled out the spear and stabbed Li Han's right arm. Di Yu swung his spear across Li Han's forehead, a deep straight line appeared on Li Han's forehead. Li Han was screaming in agony.

Li Han: " How.. dare you.."

Li Han said while blood flew down from his forehead. Di Yu looked down at Li Han with a cold eyes.

Great General Di: " This is a battlefield, not a playground."

Di Yu raised his spear again but before he could swung down his spear, he dodged his head to the side. He looked at the arrow that planted deeply to the ground and looked at the border wall, a girl with red attire holding a white bow that was pointing to his direction. Hong er gave Di Yu hand gestures.

Hong er: ' Can you let him off?'

Di Yu glanced at the battered Li Han, he turned around and left Li Han behind. Weisheng who was standing beside her asked her.

Weisheng: " Why?"

Hong er: " We can't let him die yet."

Weisheng: " En."

Weisheng: ' What my wife says goes."

Weisheng: " Don't you care about the dying soldiers."

Hong er: " I care but they are Li's soldiers not us, not Da Chu's. The lesser their amount, the better it will be."

Weisheng: " How could you know it was Li's?"

Hong er: " Instinct."

Weisheng: " Hoo~"

Weisheng: ' Then why are her instinct towards my love was so… I don't want to think about that. My heart hurts."

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After a half day of battling, the sky started to get darker, horns were blown meaning the battle for today was done. Both side retreated to their own camp. Hong er saw the casualties from Li Han's side and Di Yu's side and it was depressing.

About 30 thousand Li's soldiers died and 40 thousand were injured. The soldiers' spirit were lowered, they were scared as their side was losing. At this time, Hong er and Weisheng went to Li Han's tent. They were blocked by Li Han's bodyguard but Qiyi and Qier easily took care of them. Weisheng and Hong er entered the tent and saw the heavily injured Li Han helplessly laying on his bed with physicians surrounding him.

Hong er: " We will lead the war tomorrow."

Li Han: " WHAT?! NO- *cough cough"

Physician: " General, please don't move or else the injuries will open again."

Li Han: " SHUT UP!"

Physician: " Eeek!"

The physician was scared out of his life, Hong er went to the physician's side and asked him to wait outside.

Hong er: " No matter what you say, we will lead the war tomorrow."

Li Han: " No. I won't let you do as you please in my territory."

Hong er: " Considering your injury, you can't fight for a month or more. So just obediently sit here and shut your mouth."

Hong er turned around and left the tent. Weisheng stood in front of Li Han and gave him a bone chilling look, then he walked out of the tent. Li Han was scared and confused, he never offended Weisheng before but Weisheng's attitude towards him was like he had heavily offended Weisheng. Little did he knew, if you offend his wife-to-be then you offend him.

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Morning*

The 30 thousand soldiers were lined up, their face were gloomy and dispirited. Hong er was riding Xiao Bai to the front line, the soldiers gave way to her. They gave a confused expression.

Soldier 1: " Who is she? Why is there a woman here?"

Soldier 2: " I heard that she was sent here by Great General Xu to assist us."

Soldiers 1: " Then why didn't she appear yesterday?"

Soldier 3: " General Li forbid them to help us."

Soldier 2: " And I heard that she was Great General Xu's daughter, Xu Feihong."

Soldiers 1: " I never seen her before. You think she can lead us to win this war."

Soldiers 2: " I don't know but I trust Great General Xu's decision."

Soldiers 3: Let's see what she looks like."

The moment they looked at Hong er, they saw a girl imposingly sat on a white horse with her eyes burning with passion. The fire in their heart lighted up.

Hong er summoned her sword and pointed it to the soldiers. She took a deep breath and breathe out. She never lead such a huge amount of soldiers, she had always operated in a small group with the elite forces. Her heart was beating fast, she was nervous under the 30 thousand pair of eyes.

Hong er: " WHO ARE YOU?!"

Soldiers: " WE ARE DA CHU'S SOLDIERS."

Hong er: " WHAT IS YOUR JOB?!"

Soldiers: " TO PROTECT OUR LAND."

Hong er: " THEN DO IT RIGHT! You are Da Chu's pride! Protect our beloved home and family with all of your strength! But come out alive! So you can show what you did to your family! You hear me?!"

Soldiers: " YES GENERAL!"

Hong er: " I don't want to see you die in there! You hear me?!"

Soldiers: " YES GENERAL!"

Hong er: " I will always protect your backs! In battlefield, we are brothers, we protect each other!"

Soldiers: " YES GENERAL!"

Hong er: " God speed."