A Warrior's Heart

Chapter 21; The king's right hand

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Long rows of soldiers stood arranged on both sides of the pathway outside the fortress of the king, all thrusting their weapons in the air and yelling as four horses came trotting through the middle, each of them carrying a soldier on their back.

"Wômen de gunówáng huì yíng!" They cheered, the words not making any sense for the young boy as he followed the warrior up a large rock not too far away from the wooden walls surrounding the fortress.

They had finally arrived at the place the king of Barbarians had set up his camp and from which he would send troops of soldiers out to attack the palace once Beomgyu had married him. They had to prevent that from happening at all costs so now they were figuring out a way to get inside to fulfill their plan to save the prince captured somewhere inside the fortress.

"Get down and stay low." Yoongi told the boy and mentioned for him to get on his knees as well.

"So you do have a plan, right?" Taehyun asked the older as they looked out over the base, seeing countless of soldiers walking around with weapons, varying from basic swords to knives and some had baseball bats with sharp spikes sticking from them.

"I told you the plan." The warrior replied. "Right," Taehyun sighed, remembering the older's words. "Get past the army, past the personal guards and the tower guards, get the prince, get back past the reinforcements, kill Rowoon on the way out, then crown Beomgyu to emperor and save the country." He said, the black haired man next to him nodding and agreeing after every part.

"You've learned to listen." He told the boy. "Yeah but the real question is-" Taehyun started with a blank expression on his features. "Do you have a plan to execute the plan?"

Yoongi was quiet for a moment, furrowing his eyebrows and turned his head to look at the younger. "Mh?" He asked, causing Taehyun to sigh and let his head hang.

After a moment Yoongi tapped his hand on the other's shoulder. He didn't look at the brunette when he nodded his head in the direction of the camp. "Let's go."

Taehyun parted his lips to ask what the older had in mind because, just walking in there seemed like a bad idea, but had no time to do so as the warrior was already walking towards the camp with large strides. He quickly jumped off the rock and followed him, not wanting to be left along in a world he didn't even know, even if that meant walking into a place where everyone had a sword.

They walked towards the rows of soldiers who were still thrusting their swords up and yelling things in Chinese, cheering while the riding soldiers let their horses prance and after a quick question Taehyun got to know that what they were chanting meant: "Our king will win!".

When they approached the commotion and the first soldier noticed them the chanting slowly came to a stop as all the soldiers fell quiet, turning their heads and looking at them.

"Good morning!" Yoongi said loud enough for all of them to hear, nodding slightly and smiling as he did. The soldiers looked at the pair in confusion, tilting their heads and looking each other to see if the others knew what to do with the sudden action. After another few moments of silence one of the soldiers on a horse said something to the men standing closest to him, who jumped to action and proceeded to grab their wrists. The man pulled their arms behind their backs and tied them together with a rope tightly before pushing them forwards in the direction of the fortress.

"Great plan." Taehyun said mockingly, not really meaning it because heck- they had been captured now and soldiers were watching their every move. Yoongi looked over and raised his eyebrows. "Are we in the fortress?"