Four Harmonies and Good Fortune

Chapter 671 Matchup
Standing in the darkness, Yang Jun stared intently ahead.

His men originally intended to infiltrate and ambush Xie Yuyan, but as soon as they surrounded him, they stepped into a trap they had set in advance.

"The Xie family had been prepared for this for a long time."

"They must have discovered our whereabouts."

Yang Jun was not alarmed. He knew that Xie was capable; otherwise, the demonic sect would have succeeded long ago, and he wouldn't have needed to travel thousands of miles to get here.

That is precisely why it proves he made the right decision to come.

It's much better to eliminate an opponent early on than to let her cause trouble.
If the Xie family hadn't been allowed to leave Daming Prefecture, none of this trouble would have arisen. Therefore, everything ended with him.

“Now that we’ve been discovered, there’s no need to hide anymore,” Yang Jun instructed his men. “You lead a team and charge in.”

The general beside him responded and immediately mounted his horse.

Yang Jun was not in a hurry. He knew very well that as long as he didn't make a mess of things, Xie Shi would not be able to escape his grasp.

After more people rushed in, the battle intensified. Yang Jun felt it was a pity; if these people could have followed him, they could have been of great use in the future.

……

Yang Jun's men were ambushed as soon as they appeared. By the time they came to their senses, five or six of them had been dragged away, and two others were killed on the spot.

Tang Xing, who was squatting in the trench, wiped the blood off his face. His eyes shone brighter. He glanced at Chen Rong and the others beside him. The pent-up frustration that had been building up in them over the past few days dissipated considerably.

Sure enough, you have to fight back to feel better after being hit.

"Damn it!" a man shouted. "We've been waiting for these beasts for days, and they've finally come. Tonight, no matter how many come, we'll make sure they don't leave alive."

"No one will return."

The men shouted in unison.

Previously, they were isolated and helpless, forced into the mountains, but now things are different.

"here we go again."

Tang Xing called out.

Seeing that they had fallen into the trap, those people did not back down. Instead, they immediately sent more people to press forward. It was easy to imagine what they were planning: to win by sheer numbers.

Meanwhile, in the encampment, soldiers and laborers escorting the prisoners, armed with weapons, went to meet them.

The leading general was sent by Qiu Chong, the prefect of Longde. He had watched Xie Niangzi arrange everything in an orderly manner and admired this heroine from the bottom of his heart.

When Xie Yuyan informed him that they might be attacked that night, he dared not be negligent in the slightest and quietly instructed his men not to remove their armor and to wait for orders at any time.

Hearing the commotion, he immediately led his men over, intending to take down all the thieves in one fell swoop. However, after engaging in combat, he realized that he had underestimated them.

These bandits were all armed with sharp weapons, whether arrows or blades, just like those used by the army. Furthermore, they even wore light armor, seemingly better than what the soldiers were wearing. This made the generals somewhat bewildered, as if they were fighting among their own people.

After killing another man, the general couldn't help but shout, "We are the Zhenwu Army of Longde Prefecture! Who are you? Do you know..."

Before he could finish speaking, two more people surrounded him.

The general immediately swung his sword again, but the captain beside him rushed over to defuse the situation: "General, don't waste your breath on them. They know what's going on with us... There's no misunderstanding. They're just here to kill us and silence us."

“Everyone was putting all their effort into the vital points, and we just lost one of our brothers.”

The general's eyes gleamed red: "They're all traitors. We must kill them all here and send them to the yamen..."

Tonight will definitely be a fight to the death. Since the other side has revealed all this, they have no intention of letting things go peacefully. The general stopped talking. Seeing that more and more people were coming, he knew that if he was not careful, he might be defeated. It didn't matter if he died here, but if something happened to Lady Xie... or if the prisoner was killed, the prefect would be implicated.

As the general was thinking, he heard footsteps behind him. It turned out that Su Man was leading his men over.

"What happened next?" The general remembered that Su Man was guarding the other side.

“Sang Mo has taken over,” Su Man said. “You’re in danger here, so I’ll lend a hand first.”

The general felt a bitter taste in his mouth; he never expected that he would end up dragging the team down.

Su Man said, "Don't retreat any further, counterattack immediately and push them back."

The general responded, "If we don't repel them now, even more will surge over here. That's how it is in battle; the weakest side will be targeted."

It would be dangerous if they decided they could create an opening here and bring in all their men.

They were positioned at the foot of the northern mountain, now facing the enemy from the east, south, and west, each defending themselves while also being able to support each other in times of crisis. The general had initially worried that these men, lacking training, would descend into chaos in a moment of panic, but it now seemed he had been overthinking it.

One surprise after another, and it was all thanks to Xie Niangzi's capable people, otherwise they would have undoubtedly lost tonight.

"Don't run."

With shouts, Chen Rong led his men out and charged out. The men were incredibly brave and quickly annihilated the rebel army that had just surrounded them.

With the help of Su Man and Chen Rong, the situation immediately turned around, and those people were forced to retreat. The general was overjoyed, as long as they could hold the camp, those people would have to leave after dawn anyway.

However, the general quickly realized that he had been too simplistic in his thinking.

As soon as those people were pushed away, others took their place.

"Bah!" the general shouted. "So many of you attacking the government troops is nothing short of treason." He was both pleased and worried. He was pleased that whoever was behind it would be executed, and if they could capture these people and send them to the government office, no matter how high their official rank, they would not escape punishment.

The worry is... they'll probably have a hard time getting away tonight.

Before the situation on the general's side could be stabilized, shouts of battle erupted from the east. The general's face darkened, and he asked, "How many men have they brought?"

How many people are there exactly?

This is utterly lawless; they completely disregard the imperial court.

"Are there enough men in the east?" the general asked Su Man.

Su Man looked over, and after a moment he replied with a few words: "I don't know. If you can't hold this side, don't bother thinking about that side either."

The general smiled wryly. Su Man was right; he didn't need to worry about those things at all.

……

Yang Jun frowned slightly, looking at his subordinate who had come up empty-handed, and said coldly, "So difficult to win over?"

The subordinate whispered, "The problem must lie with those laborers. They don't look like laborers at all; they seem like proper soldiers, or at least... brave and courageous..."

Yang Jun understood immediately upon hearing this.

They were careless in using brave men as laborers.

"That's all. So Prefect Qiu only dared to give Xie's men," Yang Jun said. "A few dozen brave men alone cannot turn the tide. Take the rest of you up there. I want to see Xie's head within an hour."

(End of this chapter)