Chapter 1473 – Attack on Nie Liang, Conquer Yang Tao, Sword Pointing to the World (13)
“My heavens, the host is rushing down the self-deprecating expressway without looking back!”
“Only a moment ago, she almost killed someone’s son, and now she’s leading people to block the door to beat up my old man too. I won’t support the walls; I only bow to the host.”
The dried fish gang chomped on their snacks, bringing over their little stools to wait for the great battle to commence.
“There are so many online trolls, each one spitting venom at the host, calling her shameless and vicious, saying ‘the most poisonous heart belongs to a woman’ and such.”
“Forgive me for speaking frankly, but the host has been doing her own thing for so many years; when has she ever cared about those trolls? They can find reasons to complain about even soft currency. I really can’t understand what they can’t criticize in this world. We remain calm.”
Not everyone can accept Jiang Pengji’s actions, especially those with fragile hearts.
Not only are they fragile, but they also love to stir up trouble, relying on the fact that the host can’t do anything about them, lurking online to viciously slander Jiang Pengji.
Some of their reasoning is downright sexist, like the idea that a woman’s only purpose giving birth is to continue the family line, that nature gave her this duty, so instead of finding a man to marry and have children, she’s following a man to conquer the world. Other justifications are pure moralizing, for instance, claiming that Jiang Pengji is cold-blooded and merciless, killing without any compassion or social responsibility. The classic line from these haters is—oh my, how could she rely on killing to conquer the world? Can’t she just peacefully negotiate? Why does it have to be all this killing and sin?
For these folks who would daintily eat with their pinkies up, Jiang Pengji doesn’t even spare them a roll of her eyes.
In short, Jiang Pengji has two loyal fanbases across two realms.
One group is the live stream couch potatoes, who have been snatching up little stools for ten years, and the other is the trolls who have been criticizing her online for a decade.
This… must be true love.
This time, Jiang Pengji attempts to ambush Nie Liang’s son. When that doesn’t succeed, she sends someone to provoke him, aiming to infuriate Nie Liang. Her intentions are too malicious!
In their long lives, they’ve never seen a woman so thick-skinned and heartless.
Truly, the most poisonous of hearts belongs to a woman!
Some media even labeled her as “inciting juvenile crime and increasing social violence.”
Anyway, Jiang Pengji can’t see this, so let them praise or insult her as they wish.
Looking at the comments from the couch potatoes in the livestream, Jiang Pengji remains unfazed.
She even casually dropped a provoking comment.
“Since your media is so morally indignant, Nie Liang himself must be even more furious, right?”
Once again, they underestimated the host’s thick skin and mental fortitude.
The dried fish gang fell silent for a long time.
What can they say? Only ellipses.
Amid the laughter, the taunts continue.
A certain Deputy General showcased a rough style of calling out, their insults were enough to make someone explode from anger.
Many dried fish commented if they could opt for a more cultured approach, since the insults sounded terrible.
“It’s too refined; the enemy soldiers wouldn’t understand. Isn’t that just speaking to a cow? The coarser it is, the more they understand.”
The purpose of provocation is to lower the enemy’s morale, making them agitated!
In this era where cultural literacy isn’t even at one percent, if you insult too genteelly, they’ll still scoff at you for lacking strength.
One dried fish asked a rather tricky question.
“Isn’t Dongqing and Zhong Zhao two different countries with a huge language barrier? Can they understand each other?”
Jiang Pengji responded, “Even if they don’t know the exact slurs, anyone from a distant star species can pick up the meaning without formal training!”
Even if they don’t understand, they still know they’re being insulted—that’s the charm of a verbal fight.
As the conversation buzzed, the enemy finally reacted.
“Listen up!” Jiang Pengji brandished her God-Slaying Blade, resting the back of the blade on her shoulder, tilting her chin with bravado, “Let’s start!”
Sun Wen, supervising the troops: “…”
This expedition was all about aggravating Nie Liang. Time was tight, and many devices couldn’t be set up, so they only brought a portion of the army.
If they truly engaged in battle, Jiang Pengji wouldn’t have much of an advantage.
She needed to guard the pass, preventing Nie Liang from sending forces to sneak attack Zhanjiang Pass, so she had to keep the gates tightly shut; hence, reinforcements would surely be less than the enemy’s.
Nie Liang was rushed into battle, not as prepared as Jiang Pengji, so he would face initial losses.
As time went on in the battle, Nie Liang’s reinforcements would catch up, and Jiang Pengji would find herself at a disadvantage. Considering all that, Jiang Pengji was simply looking for a ‘sneaky attack,’ just a taste, so that Nie Liang’s army could eat a mouthful of dust in their wake.
How cheap?
Incredibly cheap!
But Jiang Pengji enjoyed it this way; the old commander observing in the livestream chuckled.
The Seventh Legion, the frontline combat vanguard, was indeed led astray by Jiang Pengji.
When the upper beams aren’t straight, the lower beams are crooked!
Jiang Pengji in her red attire and silver armor, paired with her white horse charging out like lightning, mixed into the vast sea of people, reaping heads with abandon.
“Big White, it’s been ages since we’ve had such fun together!”
Ever since that rascal Xiao Bai led Big White astray, Big White had given birth to “Little White” for the first time, then three more times.
Even though Jiang Pengji is greedy, she couldn’t force a pregnant mare onto the battlefield; she had to wait for Big White’s monotonous pregnancy to end.
They hadn’t fought together in so long.
If it wasn’t for Xiao Bai being somewhat obedient, Jiang Pengji truly considered taking a knife and… well, let’s just say she had thoughts.
Big White was incredibly intelligent and her already excitable demeanor heightened even more.
Her build is quite substantial; while not as towering as the heavy cavalry’s steeds, she was a strong and robust little lady.
Covered in battle armor, Big White’s fighting style became increasingly wild. When she charged, it was like a mountain crashing down, causing the opposing horses to cry out in anguish, retreating several steps just to regain balance. By the time they steadied, the rider had already lost his head to Jiang Pengji.
After a killing spree, Jiang Pengji patted Big White on the neck.
“Let’s head back.”
Big White reluctantly agreed.
Jiang Pengji chuckled, “If things get too wild, those little princesses are going to blow up.”
As the lord, even if she was powerful, she still had to consider the tender hearts of her subordinates.
“When we get back, if they don’t catch up with us, I plan to send a great gift to Nie Liang.”
Jiang Pengji toyed with her God-Slaying Blade for a while, until her white horse was stained a vivid crimson, before contentedly returning.
Sun Wen turned to his lord, still not accustomed to having such a formidable leader.
Choosing to ignore his lord’s outrageous actions, he asked, “What kind of great gift?”
Jiang Pengji replied, “A set of splendid women’s clothing.”
Sun Wen: “…”
She laughed, “If it weren’t for those dainty gents still needing to hold their pinkies while eating, they’d be running around in men’s attire without a care. How else could the enemies not keep up with us? When I send this message along with the outfit to Nie Liang, do you think he’ll be so furious he’ll spit blood?”
Sun Wen: “…”
His own lord must have been born in the wrong gender; even making dirty jokes can come off so refreshingly sophisticated.
Even though Sun Wen’s grandson was about to get engaged, he still couldn’t fully accept his lord’s off-color jokes.
Somehow, he felt a bit sorry for Nie Liang.
