Frontier Hero: From Receiving a Convicted Woman to Becoming an Emperor for All Time

As he watched those around him being shot to death one by one by a hail of arrows, Zhou Tieying's eyes turned bloodshot, his hair disheveled, and he looked like a madman.

These people had followed him since he was a captain in the Protectorate General's office. They drank together, killed people together, and even went to brothels together, enduring one winter after another in the cold winds of the border.

When he brought them out, he patted his chest and said that they were going to do something big this time, and that they would all be rewarded if they did a good job.

The results of it.

They're all going to die!

An arrow pierced the hind leg of the warhorse, and the chestnut horse neighed and knelt down. Zhou Tieying tumbled off the horse and fell dazed.

His personal guards rushed over and grabbed him: "Deputy Protector-General, mount my horse!"

Zhou Tieying looked at the soldier's face. He was about twenty-five or twenty-six years old, with a mole on the corner of his mouth. He remembered this man; last year, when he got married, he had taken them to a brothel for drinks, and his wife had just given birth to his son.

"Go away."

Zhou Tieying pushed him away.

"Deputy Protector-General!"

"I told you to leave!"

The guard grabbed Zhou Tieying's arm tightly and pushed him onto the horse. The moment Zhou Tieying was pushed onto the horse, an arrow pierced the guard's back and emerged from his chest.

The guard looked down at the arrow in his chest, blood bubbles gushing uncontrollably from his throat. He wanted to say something but couldn't, and his body went limp.

Zhou Tieying remained frozen on his horse, as if struck by lightning.

He opened his mouth and let out a wild howl.

"Ah!!! Lu Chenzhou!"

He grabbed the reins, and instead of running towards the bottom of the valley, he turned his horse around and charged towards the valley entrance.

He wanted to kill Lu Chenzhou with his own hands.

A hail of arrows came flying at him. He lay prone on his horse, arrows flying over his head, scraping his thigh, and a single arrow lodged in his shoulder. He bit the shaft, pulled it out, threw it on the ground, and continued charging.

The dozen or so remaining personal guards followed him, charging recklessly toward the valley entrance.

They're close together now.

Finally, I saw Lu Chenzhou's face.

She sat on her horse, looking down at him from her high position.

Nothing happened.

"Deputy Protector-General Zhou, are you trying to desert your post?"

"Lu Chenzhou!!!"

Zhou Tieying roared until he was hoarse, and the veins on his neck bulged.

"You're going to kill me! You fucking want to kill me! I'm an official of the imperial court! Killing me is treason!"

Lu Chenzhou tilted his head, as if watching a joke.

"rebel?"

She chuckled.

"Deputy Protector Zhou, you colluded with the barbarians, working together from within and without, intending to annihilate the garrison of Ling Shuang Pass. I, Lu Chenzhou, was ordered to suppress the bandits. Killing you is to rid the country of a scourge."

"You're lying! I didn't!"

Whether you have it or not is not important.

Lu Chenzhou interrupted him, the tip of his knife pointing at Zhou Tieying's chest.

"The important thing is, if I say you have it, then you have it, understand?"

The moment she finished speaking, five hundred iron cavalrymen behind her simultaneously drew their swords. The sound of blades being drawn merged into a muffled thunderclap, exploding at the valley entrance.

Zhou Tieying trembled all over.

Upon seeing this, the anger in Zhou Tieying's eyes gradually subsided, replaced by a deep despair.

Before setting off, he still thought he was the winner.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

He suddenly laughed, and tears streamed down his face.

"Lu Chenzhou, you're ruthless."

He threw the knife in his hand on the ground.

"Kill me, but don't get cocky, you won't be around for long."

Lu Chenzhou rolled down and walked step by step toward Zhou Tieying.

"You're right, others will come."

She walked up to Zhou Tieying and looked up at him.

"But you can't see them now, they'll be down to be with you soon."

Then, with a single, clean stroke, it was done.

Zhou Tieying swayed, then knelt on the ground, blood gushing from his throat, staining the soil beneath his feet red.

"Clean up the battlefield."

Lu Chenzhou turned and walked back, his voice as calm as if nothing had happened.

"The Deputy Protector-General Zhou led his troops in a bloody battle against the barbarians, but the entire army was wiped out, with no one escaping. Deputy Protector-General Zhou led from the front, killing countless enemies, and unfortunately died a heroic death in battle."

"Respectfully seeing off Deputy Protector-General Zhou."

Half an hour later, the battle was completely over, and Lu Chenzhou came to Shen Chuxiao's side.

"General!"

Upon seeing this, Tie Niu and Sun Er Gou immediately paid their respects.

Shen Qiao led the Jingnan Gang to pursue Chi Na. The two of them were worried about Shen Chuxiao, so after chasing for a while, they quickly returned to protect Shen Chuxiao.

Looking at Shen Chuxiao, who was covered in wounds, Lu Chenzhou felt a mix of emotions.

Lu Chenzhou walked straight up to him. "Why bother? I only asked you to hold the line, not to risk your life like this. The moment Zhou Tieying and the others arrived, you knew they were doomed."

Shen Chuxiao grinned, his mouth full of blood. "If I didn't hold back the barbarian archers up there, how could Zhou Tieying's men be willing to fight to the death down there? If they didn't fight, how could they force Zhou Tieying to personally come down and break ties with them?"

"What if you die? How am I supposed to explain it to your wife?"

Lu Chenzhou glared at him, his tone filled with reproach, lingering fear, and a hint of something else that was hard to define.

Although it seems like a great victory and everything is under control, Lu Chenzhou doesn't feel much joy; instead, he feels somewhat worried.

"On the surface, we've won, but this also means we've completely broken ties with the Shuofang Circuit Governor. From now on, Ling Shuang Pass will probably have few peaceful days."

Shen Chuxiao wore an expression that seemed perfectly natural.

"General, even without today's incident, wouldn't the military governor have attacked us? Besides, with you at Ling Shuang Pass, who have we ever feared?"

Lu Chenzhou looked at him with a half-smile: "You see things very clearly."

She didn't continue on that topic, but instead changed the subject, saying solemnly, "You can rest assured about those refugees and the Jingnan gang. I guarantee with my personal integrity that what I said before stands."

At this point, Lu Chenzhou's tone turned serious as he looked at the lingering smoke in the distance.

"Your immediate priority is to go back and get treatment. I'll handle the rest. If you're missing any parts, I won't be able to explain it to your wife."

Shen Chuxiao was covered in injuries and urgently needed medical treatment.

Going back is undoubtedly the best option.

Shen Chuxiao didn't refuse any longer. He knew his body condition very well. He then looked at Baturu and said, "Don't kill this person for now. He will be of great use in the future."

Lu Chenzhou was taken aback for a moment, then understood his intention.

"rest assured."

She didn't ask any more questions, but simply called out to those behind her, "Someone, bring a stretcher! Take Commandant Shen back to Ling Shuang Pass and have the best doctor treat him."

The guards ran over with a stretcher and carefully lifted Shen Chuxiao onto it.

Lu Chenzhou stood on the ridge, watching the stretcher being carried away, then looking at the barbarian corpses scattered on the ground, and finally his gaze fell on the fallen wolf-head flag.

"Lord Wang, I used to think that as long as the soldiers were of one mind and hated the enemy together, the border defense of Dajing would be as solid as a rock, and the barbarians would never have a chance to take advantage of us. Now it seems that I was too naive."

After a moment, she composed herself, the confusion fading from her eyes. "But now, I should be able to take this step to break this deadlock. From now on, everything will be different."

At the end of my gaze was Shen Chuxiao's bloodless face.