447 An Imposing Army (1/2)
The bandit adviser's struggle had proven to be effective after all. He Dachui's horse, brutally stabbed, galloped outwards with an unprecedented speed and actually managed to escape the battleground. He Dachui tried with all his might to rein in his horse, but it was in vain, and he could only let his tears course freely.
”Brothers…” It was the first time He Dachui knew the world that the word 'brothers' held within.
This was what being brothers meant!
Unfortunately, when he finally understood it, he was left without any of them.
The Fortress of Resilience was already in front of him, clearly in view.
He Dachui, who was yet to recover from his grief, heard loud shouts from above, ”Open the fort gate, let him in!”
The large gate obeyed the urgent command and sprung open.
He Dachui was still weeping, but his tears had already turned blood red. He was deeply regretting his selfishness.
What kind of future did he want?
His brothers, who had been following him and living a good life in the forest, had died because of him. The last words of his advisor and his brothers continued to play in his mind like bolts of lightning and thunder.
”Boss… you can have the chance to build your family in the near future. Don't forget to offer incense to the brothers then!”
”Boss, the brothers knew it all along!”
”If we had to give up our lives in exchange for boss' bright future, we would willingly do so!”
The third head who had been impaled with many arrows had said, ”The brothers have paid for boss' future with our lives… Leave quickly…”
The advisor's roar before he died was the most poignant cry of all, ”Leave!”
He Dachui howled into the sky, sobbing hysterically.
”Come into the fort quickly! The gate will be closed soon!”Someone urged harshly from above.
It was a critical moment. The gates of the Fortress of Resilience would never have been opened for simply anyone. If it had not been for the Wolf Bandits' disruption in the battle which had set the Steel Cavalry's victory in stone, it would never have opened at all. In spite of that, He Dachui's delay in entering had sent the entire fortress into a panic. Who knew what would happen due to the delay?
He Dachui did not march into the gaping entrance despite the constant and hurried urging; he turned his horse around and roared, ”Brothers! We will still be Wolf Bandits even in the underworld, irregular and unpredictable as the wind! Here I come!”
He then sped towards the Shadow Cavalry's formation. At the same moment his two hammers crashed into the heads of two cavalrymen, he was impaled by more than ten different spears.
He Dachui was bleeding everywhere, but he suddenly grinned in amusement.
Here I come.
”I've never… been so happy in my life!”
He Dachui was gone.
He had always yearned to live a life under broad daylight, had always hoped to shed the name Wolf Bandits, to become an ordinary person once again and earn a high status, to bring glory to his ancestors.
However, just when he saw his hope right before him, attainable by just stretching his hands when the fortress guards had acknowledged him and allowed his entrance, he gave up – he had given up without hesitation!
Entering the fortress would mean that he was no longer a Wolf Bandit – he would be a military officer from then on! As long as he remained alive, his future was bright and promising!
At the very end, he had not gone in.
No one knew what he was thinking.
No one knew what he meant when he said, ”I've never been so happy in my life”.
Perhaps, he finally knew what the word brothers meant. Perhaps, as a man of Yutang, he had finally gone to the war for his country.
He was forever gone amidst the thousands of soldiers and horses; no one gave another thought to what he had said.
The Wolf Bandits had been obliterated, just like that!
With He Dachui's fall, the battle between the top two cavalries came to an end.
Yutang's Steel Cavalry had won with no more than three thousand men surviving, while Dongxuan's Shadow Cavalry of ten thousand men had all been annihilated!
On the fort, Fu Baoguo stood upright throughout the entire affair– no one knew what was running through his mind. He was the only one who knew that he had experienced a moment of triumph earlier.
”I know how I should face Han Sanhe now. Although I can't guarantee victory, it can at least buy us some time until the Nine Supremes Lords come to our rescue!”
Fu Baoguo said, ”Search for the corpse of the Wolf Bandits' head later. Bury him as military custom dictates!”
”This person has contributed immensely to this war. It cannot be denied!” Fu Baoguo issued his orders with conviction.
Immense contribution?