The Savage Lady Wants to Kill Me! Reborn on the Path of Cultivation

As the morale of the imperial army was rekindled like a raging fire, they fought back bravely and completely disrupted the Jin army, which had originally had the upper hand.

On the front line of the Jin army, the soldiers fled backwards like frightened birds, while the Jin soldiers in the rear were still charging forward blindly, trampling on each other as they advanced and retreated, and the entire formation fell into chaos.

"Hold your ground! Anyone who dares to retreat will be killed without mercy!" A Jin army general sat upright on his warhorse, roaring at the top of his lungs, trying to turn the tide.

However, this roar seemed so pale and powerless in the chaos.

At this time, Duan Tianyang, who had rushed to the nearby area, looked up at the general. Although he did not recognize his face, he could sense the other party's identity from his majestic orders.

He took a deep breath, and a pair of transparent wings suddenly grew out of the armor on his back. As the wings flapped gently, he descended like a god from heaven, and with just a glider, he approached the general in an instant.

This sudden change shocked the general so much that he hurriedly swung his sword, trying to kill the uninvited guest.

However, after a flash of sword light, Duan Tianyang disappeared without a trace.

Just as the general was stunned, a fierce murderous aura came from the other side of the warhorse.

He quickly sheathed his sword and chopped it with his backhand. The black knife and the black sword collided violently in the air, causing a deafening roar, like a thunderbolt in a clear sky, which shocked the surrounding soldiers and made them retreat one after another.

Duan Tianyang took the opportunity to fold his wings, flew into the air, and kicked the general's arm with great force.

With a dull thud, the general was kicked off his horse and fell heavily to the ground.

He struggled to get up, but saw Duan Tianyang approaching him like a shadow. With a flash of cold light, a head flew high into the air...

With the death of their main general, the morale of the Jin army completely collapsed.

They could no longer muster an effective resistance, and they threw away their weapons and fled in all directions.

Seeing the Jin army retreating, Duan Tianyang did not choose to pursue them, nor did he stop the imperial army from pursuing them.

He took off his armor, came to a relatively clean slope, and sat down casually.

Soon after, several imperial army generals in armor approached him cautiously.

As they approached, a leading soldier saluted respectfully and asked humbly: "Excuse me, who is this hero..."

Duan Tianyang raised his head, glanced at the other person, and replied calmly: "Duan Tianyang."

Hearing this answer, several soldiers were shocked. After a short pause, they saluted again in unison, their tone full of respect: "It turned out to be Lord Duan. We are shortsighted. I hope Lord Duan will not be offended."

Duan Tianyang asked: "Are you the imperial army that followed the princess to the Kingdom of Jin?"

The soldiers replied: "That's right."

Duan Tianyang stood up, glanced at the soldiers, and asked, "Why are you coming to Taishan instead of following the princess to fight?"

Hearing this question, the soldiers looked embarrassed and looked at each other but no one answered immediately.

After a moment, the leading soldier stepped forward and replied, "Reporting to the Lord, I am Zheng Guang, the commander of the second corps of the 15th Corps of the imperial court. When we attacked Jinling Town, we encountered stubborn resistance from the defenders and could not take it for a long time. Unfortunately, the 8th and 14th Corps of the Jin Kingdom suddenly appeared and besieged our army. Although the princess led us to fight bravely, we were outnumbered. We were ordered to attract the enemy troops in the south. Now the princess has led her army to retreat to Mucheng, and we are being chased by the enemy and can only flee southward. The original 10,000 brothers are now only two battalions of brothers."

Zheng Guang's voice was choked with sobs that he could not suppress. The other soldiers also lowered their heads, tears silently falling.

Although Duan Tianyang did not go to the battlefield in person, the cruelty and hardship of the battle were vividly described by Zheng Guang through his trembling narration.

He asked in a deep voice: "How many soldiers followed the princess to retreat to Mucheng?"

"At most, there are no more than 30,000 or 40,000 people."

"The rest of the brothers have all died?"

"Yes...yes, my lord."

After saying that, Zheng Guang and the others suddenly lifted up their robes, knelt on one knee, and pleaded, "The troops in Mucheng are in urgent need of help, and there are 200,000 enemy troops surrounding us. The princess is in danger. We beg you to send reinforcements as soon as possible!"

Duan Tianyang saw this and hurried forward to support him, his eyes firm: "Generals, rest assured, I will do my best to help you. Even if you don't tell me, I will definitely go."

After he finished speaking, he looked out over the battlefield and saw that the imperial army had already pursued them quite far, so he gave the order: "Pass the order down, the soldiers chasing the enemy army should withdraw immediately."

"Yes, sir!" Zheng Guang responded and quickly summoned the messenger to call back the troops.

When the soldiers were withdrawing, Zheng Guang looked around and saw no reinforcements. He wondered, "I heard that you are coming with two armies. Where is our main force?"

Duan Tianyang smiled calmly and waved his hand, saying, "Everyone follow me!"

On the way back, Duan Tianyang described the current situation to Zheng Guang in detail.

Upon learning that Duan Tianyang was leading only 80,000 troops, the generals of the Second Corps could not hide their disappointment.

Zheng Guang was well aware of Duan Tianyang's plan and nodded in agreement: "Lord Duan's strategy of dividing the troops is very clever. If the Western Fan tribes collude with the Jin Kingdom and cut off our army's retreat and food supply, the consequences will be disastrous. This is indeed a wise move, which prevented our army from falling into a desperate situation."

Hearing his words, Duan Tianyang glanced at Zheng Guang, who was about thirty years old, with an upright figure and a scholarly air between his brows.

He chuckled and praised, "I didn't expect General Zheng to be so far-sighted."

Zheng Guang smiled bitterly, shook his head slightly, and said nothing more.

Duan Tianyang led more than 2,000 imperial troops headed by Zheng Guang and returned to their own position.

Zheng Guang and his party had just returned from Jinling Town in defeat, and were well aware of the current situation of the imperial army.

At this moment, the remnants of the troops led by Yi Shuirou had all retreated to Mucheng, and the Eighth and Fourteenth Corps of the Jin Army had surrounded them like an iron barrel. The people in the city were like birds in a cage, unable to escape.

Listening carefully to Zheng Guang's narration, Duan Tianyang looked solemn and asked with concern: "I heard that the princess was injured. How is her injury?"

Zheng Guang shook his head helplessly and replied: "Although the princess's injury is not fatal, it has injured her legs, limiting her movements and greatly reducing her combat power."

He paused, then continued, "The princess was injured by a poisonous arrow from the Jin army's black archers. The injury should not be underestimated."

"Poison arrow?" Duan Tianyang frowned.

"That's right. The black archer is a dark martial artist. The arrows he used were infected with the 'Soul-stealing Poison'. This poison is very serious. It condenses the true energy on the arrow. Once hit, even a minor wound can allow the poison to penetrate into the bone marrow, making it difficult for the wound to heal and bleeding. If there is no special solution, ordinary wound medicines and detoxification pills will become useless." Zheng Guang frowned, his tone full of worry about Yi Shuirou's safety.

"Fortunately, the princess is also a dark hidden warrior, so it is not difficult for her to dispel the poison. But the arrow wound is a difficult one, and the princess's movements will be greatly restricted in the short term."