Yu Jin Chang An (With Jin's Chang'An)

Chapter 16

Li Shuang pulled down the large flag, along with the severed head attached to it, and threw it to a nearby soldier. The soldier shuddered as he caught it, and Li Shuang commanded, "Take it out, throw away that messily written flag, and hang the head on the city wall. That's where it should be displayed."

The soldier nodded and hurried away.

Li Shuang glanced back at the line where the soldier had left. The dangling head swayed with his steps. From the emaciated face of the head, it was evident that this was not a Western Region general but probably just a wounded soldier or a slave. As they had suspected before, the Western Region had randomly grabbed someone to impersonate a general, likely to lure the enemy to attack.

However, they never expected that the enemy they lured would leave as they wished, and they couldn't even capture him.

Li Shuang looked into the distance. The Western Region's army had retreated, and the distant fires had died down, leaving only billowing smoke dancing in the uncertain sky.

Strictly speaking, the Western Region's army had been repelled by one person. This absurdity, even though it had already happened, made Li Shuang somewhat incredulous.

"Everyone, come into the tent," Li Shuang called, and the soldiers entered one after another. Once they were seated, Li Shuang began, "With the deaths of two generals and the retreat of the Western Region's army due to the fire last night, everyone knows that the true strength of the Western Region's army remains unchanged. This winter is just getting started, and we must not let our guard down."

Li Zhangyi, the defender of Lu City, was dead, so Li Shuang directly placed the Changfeng Battalion inside Lu City, ordering the soldiers of the Changfeng Battalion to defend the city alongside the original garrison. After arranging matters inside the city, Li Shuang instructed the scribes to write down the situation in Lu City and report it back to the capital city promptly.

The scribe hesitated for a moment. "General, what about... the matter of the Black Armor?"

There was a moment of silence in the tent. In fact, all the generals knew that, except for Li Zhangyi's earlier closure of the city gates, forcing the soldiers of the Changfeng Battalion to engage in a sudden battle with the Western Region, the retreat of the Western Region's army didn't really require much effort from the Changfeng Battalion. It was all thanks to the astonishing power of the Black Armor.

But... reporting it like this would be embarrassing for the Changfeng Battalion. Could it be that all the soldiers couldn't even defeat a mysterious person from another race?

Li Shuang didn't hesitate. "Report it. There's nothing to hide."

So far, everything seemed to have settled down. The soldiers left the tent, and the scribes submitted several documents to Li Shuang for approval before bowing and departing. With everyone out of the tent, Li Shuang looked outside where there was no longer a tent flap, only to find that it was already broad daylight.

The sunlight was a bit dazzling, indicating that today was an exceptionally clear day in winter. Li Shuang stood up, stretched lazily, and then her gaze fell to the blood on the ground inside the tent. She suddenly thought of the blood that dripped beside her as she was about to leave the city wall last night.

Perhaps it was at that moment that someone carried the flag and head into her tent. Both this blood and that blood should be from the head. The Black Armor person in the Western Region's army... should have escaped... right?

With this thought, Li Shuang's eyes narrowed, and she stepped out of the tent, heading straight for the guard's camp.

Outside the guard's camp, Ji Ran, dressed in military uniform, was sternly lecturing a child. "Didn't I tell you not to run around? Tell me, where did you go last night?"