Lu Qing Wan slapped her forehead, "How could I forget this."
"Issue my command: have the brothers below prepare. As soon as they hear the order, open the city gates immediately."
The enemy army was lurking outside the gates, yet Lu Qing Wan ordered the city gates to be opened. Not a single one of the Xuan Jia Army soldiers objected. They received the order and immediately ran down to relay it.
This was because they were all people who had once shared her biggest secret on the snowy mountains of the Northwest with Lu Qing Wan.
Lu Qing Wan silently took out a pipa and slowly strummed its strings.
Below, the sounds of killing were earth-shattering. The pipa music could only be heard by the few people beside her. Lu Qing Wan secretly used her spatial laboratory's Laba to cheat, and the sound instantly expanded hundreds of times.
The pipa strings vibrated, and Lu Qing Wan's fingers danced across them in a blur.
The Xuan Jia Army soldiers did not understand music theory, they only felt that the tune Lu Qing Wan played was exceptionally beautiful.
However, although they didn't understand music theory, they weren't stupid, nor blind.
The cavalry of the Hu Bao Battalion, both men and horses, had undergone the most rigorous training. In battle, they were one with their mounts, their lethality terrifying.
But now, the horses seemed possessed, all turning back. Some, as if startled, bolted, throwing off their riders.
Lu Qing Wan hadn't even finished playing a single song before the Hu Bao Battalion cavalry had already descended into chaos.
Seeing this, the Xuan Jia Army soldiers under Feng Xi Wu didn't care about the specifics of the situation. Seeing that the tide was turning in their favor, they drew their sabers and charged!
Fortunately, Feng Xi Wu and the few people around him were reliable.
While charging into battle, they didn't forget to assess the battlefield. Li Yang quickly spotted Lu Qing Wan on the city wall holding a pipa and shouted excitedly, "My Lord, it's the Princess Consort! The Princess Consort has come to help us!"
Feng Xi Wu followed his gaze and saw a woman in a snow-white dress holding a pipa, playing with all her heart.
Even though she knew she couldn't see his expression from such a distance, Feng Xi Wu subconsciously smiled at Lu Qing Wan.
"Soldiers, the Princess Consort is watching you on the city wall! This is our first battle in Qin. Fight!"
He let out a roar towards the sky, and Feng Xi Wu, carrying his heavy sword, leaped forward, heading straight for Chai Xi Han's vital point.
But at this moment, bursts of wolf roars and tiger growls surged into the sky. The music flowing from Lu Qing Wan's fingers became even more invigorating. Lu Qing Wan shouted hoarsely, "Feng Xi Wu, lead the army into the city!"
As her voice spread across the open ground outside the imperial city, the tiger roars and wolf howls grew closer, and flocks of birds and beasts came from all directions.
The Hu Bao Battalion soldiers, who thought victory was within their grasp, were horrified to discover that they were, at some unknown point, surrounded by actual wolves and tigers.
"General, we are surrounded by a beast horde!"
A personal guard beside Chai Xi Han had just uttered this sentence when he was horrified to see Chai Xi Han's eyes widen as he sat in his chariot. Before he could react, Chai Xi Han quickly jumped out of the chariot.
With a bang, Feng Xi Wu's heavy sword struck Chai Xi Han's chariot, and the luxurious open-top carriage instantly shattered.
Chai Xi Han, panicked, spurred his horse towards the city gate.
With Feng Xi Wu assassinating him from the front and the beast horde pursuing him from behind, he had no escape except forward, towards the imperial city.
However, Feng Xi Wu had been ordered to quell the rebellion. How could he possibly let this main commander of the rebels escape?
He didn't kill Chai Xi Han immediately. Instead, he played a game of cat and mouse, always maintaining a distance that was neither too close nor too far.
He made Chai Xi Han feel like he could escape, yet he was constantly being pressured by Feng Xi Wu, unsure whether to advance or retreat, caught in a dilemma.
And while Feng Xi Wu was enjoying his cat-and-mouse game, the Hu Bao Battalion, considered the Blue family's greatest trump card, was being torn apart by the sudden appearance of the beast horde, their former valor gone.
Seeing that the fighting power of the Hu Bao Battalion was almost completely disintegrated, Feng Xi Wu struck Chai Xi Han down from his horse and then leaped back towards the rear, shouting, "Quick, enter the city!"
After killing Chai Xi Han, Feng Xi Wu did not directly enter the city to meet Lu Qing Wan. Instead, he chose to cover his soldiers entering the city.
The fierce beast horde charged into the Hu Bao Battalion army of tens of thousands, like a pack of beasts finding a buffet, tearing into them as if playing.
However, a new problem soon arose.
Although Li Qing had repeatedly told Lu Qing Wan that the Jin Wu Guards provided to Feng Xi Wu by Emperor Geng Shi were all Xuan Jia Army soldiers, this was, after all, Qin. How could they all be Feng Xi Wu's men?
The majority of the soldiers fighting alongside Feng Xi Wu against the Hu Bao Battalion were Xuan Jia Army soldiers, but there was also a small portion who were truly natives of Qin.
They neither believed in Feng Xi Wu's ability to lead troops in battle nor had they witnessed Lu Qing Wan's repeated ability to turn a disaster into a miracle.
Upon seeing the beast horde surging from all directions, they didn't care whether they were friend or foe and charged with their sabers.
Feng Xi Wu saw this and quickly shouted sternly, "Jin Wu Guards, do not attack the beast horde! Do not harm the beast horde..."
However, those Jin Wu Guards had already been scared witless by the beast horde and wouldn't listen to him.
Feng Xi Wu and the Xuan Jia Army soldiers could only retreat towards the city while doing their best to protect the beast horde.
Fortunately, the Xuan Jia Army listened to Feng Xi Wu, so it wasn't too disastrous.
But just as most of Feng Xi Wu's soldiers had entered the city gate, a strange figure emerged from the Hu Bao Battalion. He neither issued commands nor led troops into battle, but instead used archers to shoot at the beasts.
Scarlet blood instantly splattered across the small patch of ground outside the imperial city. The pungent smell of blood filled the air. Lu Qing Wan seemed to see Feng Xi Wu's disfigured appearance again.
Her pipa-playing hand paused. She took out a black cloth strip, covered her eyes, and leaped from the city wall, heading straight for the archers.
And below the city wall, as the last Xuan Jia Army soldier entered the city, Feng Xi Wu watched the city gate close. He rode his horse slightly forward, and Lu Qing Wan landed steadily on his horse's back.
Lu Qing Wan's words were concise, just one sentence: "Help me kill those archers."
Feng Xi Wu remained silent, turned his horse, and charged towards the beast horde with her!
This maneuver left the Xuan Jia Army soldiers baffled. "What are My Lord and the Princess Consort trying to do?"
Li Yang, the simpleton, finally became a bit smarter. "Don't just stand there watching the show. Everyone, take defensive positions on and below the city wall, ready to assist My Lord and the Princess Consort in entering the city at any time."
The various soldiers received their orders and quickly set up defensive formations on the city wall.
Li Jin also ascended the city wall. "That beast horde should be here at the Princess Consort's invitation. We cannot just abandon them to the Hu Bao Battalion's archers. Immediately gather all remaining arrows and use them to remotely help My Lord and the Princess Consort drive the beast horde away."
"Yes, sir!"
The Xuan Jia Army soldiers immediately followed orders and ran down to find arrows.