Chapter 81 (1/1)

Three days later, the northern walls of Ye Qie had been blown apart by Northern Yan's heavy cannons

The scent of blood was pervasive in the air while corpses piled up underfoot The soldiers of Greater Zhou had blocked the their jaith the arle The wall towers had fallen, and Ye Qie was no longer defensible The Zhou soldiers knew that their deaths were certain and imminent, so why not take a few more of those Northern Yan soldiers to hell with theed on for three days Even the most cowardly would have been provoked into blood lust, nevermind that they were all soldiers

As the sun was about to set in the west, war cries were heard in the distance The reinforce lead a line of slaughter right to the city walls Scanning his surroundings, all he could see was the dead piled up on one another, those ere standing were all stained with blood like living ghouls “Xiao Wei!” Chang Ling couldn't tell ho between these ghoulish figures, and could only shout Luo Wei's naround Even the strong civilian youths had been dispatched by him to help defend the city, so how could he just stand around and watch? It was only after killing soured out how easy it was to kill soround was curled in around the edge of the blade Just how many had died under his weapon? Luo Wei had counted up to twenty before he'd stopped

“Xiao Wei! Luo Wei!” Chang Ling yelled froine what Luo Qi would do if Luo Wei had died in Ye Qie

“Big brother Chang,” Luo Wei drew a breath and waved to Chang Ling

Chang Ling dismounted and covered the distance at a run of few paces Luo Wei was splattered with blood all over There was no way to tell whether it was his own blood or so supported Luo Wei with both of his hands

“They're all small ones,” Luo Wei opened his rime

The war cries ceased for a moment The people of Ye Qie who'd endured three days of fear and terror all stepped outside onto the streets one by one, welco the reinforcements with shouts of exciteed at least seventy, walked up to the terandsons

Luo Wei got off his horse and quickly walked up to themaster!” The old tribe leader addressed Luo Wei with a tre back, like he had so much to say but didn't knohere to start

But it was Luo Wei who fell to his knees in front of the old ht with us could not return”

“Young rooves in his skin as he tried to help Luo Wei up with both hands, “Young master, you're the savior of everyone who lives in Ye Qie, you shouldn't blame yourself! Please accept this humble bow of thanks froet down as he spoke

“Sir!” Luo Wei had already used up all of his energy He wanted to hold the old round as well, unable to get up

“Young master!” The old tribe leader sobbed, “Ye Qie is just a s this and that The youngto live or perish with us!”

In a fit of sobs, Luo Wei held the old man's hand, “Sir, I said that day that if the Northern Yan army wished to march into the city, they'd do it over o back on his word It's only that I'm useless, I couldn't protect everyone in the city”

The sky had gone clear a day before, but the winds over the border were still cold to the bone

Joy and sorroirled within the city of Ye Qie Not everyone was lucky enough to survive a life or death battle Those who died are fated for the underworld, leaving only endless sorrow for those who had lied

Wei Lan approached and helped both Luo Wei and the old man up

The old tribe leader took three steps back, then knelt down again for Luo Wei The residents of the city around them followed his lead and knelt too

The old man spoke up to Luo Wei, “We, the people of Ye Qie, bow our heads in gratitude to the youngstood behind Luo Wei, thinking how Luo Wei, even with his hair disheveled, his clothes torn, his body marred with blood and mud, could still move people with his beauty Was this it then for the Luo fa chancellors, would everyone in Luo Qi's generation be trailblazers, not content to sit around in court, and happily die in battle for their nation?