In my dream of returning to the Tang Dynasty, I snatched Wu Zetian from my lap.

After dealing with the top echelons of the Ōtomo clan, Li Yuanchang's mission was considered complete.

As agreed, he was waiting here for Tanaka Chishima's people to gather, and then taking control of the central command would be considered a success.

However, Yamazaki had something come up and couldn't be killed along with them, which made Li Yuanchang uneasy.

So he changed his strategy on the spot, carrying Jisaburo's head and leading his men out of the council hall.

After breaking out, the team killed and repelled two more waves of samurai, and then crossed half of Wushe. The "little palace" was in chaos and had become a mere formality.

But Li Yuanchang's worst fears came true.

Inside the city, shouts of battle filled the air, indicating a force of at least a thousand warriors.

"Oh no, we've alerted Ōtomo's army camp!"

"Your Highness, what should we do?"

Li Yuanchang slammed his fist into the pillar with a loud bang.

Even the most meticulous plans can have flaws!

He knew that Yamazaki was temporarily absent and something bad might happen.

Before he could even speak.

"Report!!"

"Your Highness, Prince Han!"

A familiar voice rang out from a hundred meters away.

Li Yuanchang looked closely and saw it was Segawa.

He was holding a knife, covered in blood, staggering, with more than twenty men following behind him, looking extremely disheveled.

Li Yuanchang quickly stepped forward to meet him.

Segawa fell heavily onto the steps, then cried out in panic, "Your Highness, help! Help me!"

"The lady's forces have been discovered and intercepted by the suddenly appearing Yamazaki army on the east side of the shogunate, unable to enter!"

"The lady sent me in to ask His Highness for help; please assist me immediately!"

"We must kill Yamazaki before more people realize what's happening!"

Li Yuanchang grabbed the man, his expression grim: "How many men did Yamazaki bring?"

"Your Highness, there are about seven or eight hundred men, while Lady Chishima's forces number only a little over two hundred."

"The prisoners released from the water dungeon have also been suppressed. If we wait any longer, it will be too late," Segawa said urgently.

"lead the way!"

Li Yuanchang snorted softly.

He and the Chishima Islands are now in a situation where their fates are intertwined; if today's operation fails, rescuing the crew from the Nakatomi clan is nothing but a pipe dream.

"yes!"

Segawa got up and ran with all his might.

Under his guidance, Li Yuanchang led his team to quickly break out of Wushe. Although they encountered some obstacles, they did not cause any major problems.

On the eastern side of the city, along a main road, corpses lay strewn everywhere, and shouts of killing filled the air.

A large number of arrows suppressed a group of "rebels," preventing them from raising their heads, and people kept falling from the arrows.

With warriors surrounding them from all sides, they had virtually nowhere left to retreat.

"A bunch of traitors, rebelling against their superiors! Kill them all!"

Yamazaki brandished his sword and roared, as a continuous stream of samurai charged out from his left and right flanks, launching a final all-out attack on the rebels along the streets strewn with corpses.

The situation is teetering on the brink of collapse.

Trapped in a house by lightning and arrows, Tanaka Chishima was nearly in despair. He was just one step away from death, one wrong move away!

"Madam, that is..."

"Look!"

A samurai cried out in surprise.

A glimmer of hope suddenly burst forth in Tanaka Chishima's despairing eyes.

Suddenly, two teams emerged from the city from the left and right, tearing apart the Yamazaki army's formation with overwhelming force.

The entire group of Han Chinese soldiers wielding Tang swords possessed exceptional combat prowess. Their appearance immediately turned the tide of the battle and alleviated the pressure on the trapped rebel army.

She stood up excitedly.

"The King of Han has arrived!"

"The King of Han's troops have arrived!"

"Jisaburo is dead, we have a chance!"

"Quickly, cooperate with the King of Han and kill Yamazaki!"

"yes!!"

Under her command, her confidants launched a counterattack with their last breath, attacking the advancing samurai.

Shouts of killing completely engulfed large areas of towns!

The fierce fighting caused walls to crumble, the river to turn red, and corpses to fall continuously.

The situation, which was originally one of encirclement, became extremely chaotic due to Li Yuanchang's timely arrival.

But it was clear to the naked eye that Yamazaki's army was embroiled in endless trouble.

Unable to target the people of the Thousand Islands any further, they had no choice but to mobilize all their troops in an attempt to suppress and annihilate the Imperial Guards.

Puff puff!

boom!

Click...

With Huang Tu leading the way and the mountain tribes clearing the path, they moved like tanks on the road, leaving nothing but devastation in their wake, and were about to approach Yamazaki's location.

On the other side, Li Yuanchang personally led the team.

The Tang sword swept across the battlefield, cutting down the Japanese samurai who were forced to retreat in defeat, proving to be no match for the enemy.

They were all battle-hardened elites, the first batch of "special forces" trained by Li Yuanchang. Their three-on-three combat method left Yamazaki's army helpless.

"Hold on! Hold on!"

"You bunch of useless trash!"

Yamazaki cursed incessantly, extremely angry, but to no avail.

Ultimately, he had to take matters into his own hands and shout out the slogan.

"To die for the family!!"

"To die for the family!!"

The samurai shouted in unison, their faces contorted with rage, as if they had been injected with adrenaline.

They lunged at the guards from the high ground, fearless of death, attempting to take them down one by one.

A large number of spears were lined up in a row, forming a square formation, and advanced forward.

The guards had to retreat.

Yamazaki's army's desperate counterattack had some effect, but the flame was quickly extinguished.

"Get out of the way!!"

Huang Tu roared and, together with his men, lifted a large blue-and-white stone slab weighing several hundred pounds!

It was impossible for an ordinary person to even lift it, yet they managed to lift it together and even throw it out.

Whoosh!

Several hundred pounds of stone slabs flew out, casting a huge shadow over the advancing Yamazaki army.

At this moment, their spear formation was a joke, as they watched helplessly as the stone slabs flew towards them.

"No!"

boom!

Puff puff……

Click...

A large number of warriors were sent flying by the stone slabs, blood splattering everywhere, and their formation was thrown into chaos.

When the stone slab hit the ground, it crushed a large number of warriors into mincemeat, its power like a bulldozer, instantly thwarting the enemy's momentum.

The scene was horrific; the ground was covered in blood and gore.

"kill!!"

Immediately afterwards, the guards seized the opportunity to launch a counterattack, crossing over piles of corpses and flames.

puff puff...

Yamazaki's army suffered continuous casualties and retreated relentlessly. No matter how loudly they shouted the slogan of "dying for the family," it was to no avail; their absolute strength crushed everything.

The guards of the Tennaifu, who had transformed into butchers, defeated Yamazaki's army in less than half an hour.

In the end, even Lady Chishima's forces were pressing their advantage, chasing after Yamazaki's army to kill them.

Li Yuanchang had no intention of engaging in a protracted battle with Yamazaki. After nearly half an hour of fierce fighting, he seized an opportunity and took a horse and an arrow.

boom!

His first arrow ripped the poorly made bowstring of the Japanese pirates.

With his second arrow, he reduced his strength by a third, and from a distance of two hundred paces, he directly pinned Yamazaki off his warhorse.

Immediately afterwards, Captain Cui He bravely charged into the enemy ranks and captured the wounded Yamazaki alive.

Once Yamazaki was captured, coupled with the head of Jisaburo raised by Li Yuanchang, the last psychological defense of Yamazaki's army was instantly shattered.

The battle has completely collapsed.

Some ran away, some fled, some surrendered, and they no longer resisted.