Chapter 1011 – Battle at the Northern Frontier (Forty-Seven)
After pondering these thoughts, the Eighth Prince felt a bit heavy-hearted.
If Jiang Pengji had already seen through the tricks of feigned surrender, then the military intelligence secretly passed to them by the surrendering messenger was definitely problematic.
They had received news that the Liu Thief’s forces were weak on both flanks, with the main force concentrated head-on, but what was the result?
After several charges, how many cavalry had been lost, and yet they still couldn’t break through the enemy’s defenses!
Looking at the elite soldiers under Jiang Pengji’s command, the Eighth Prince felt utterly powerless.
Three months of grueling training made them elite, but how long had the Liu Thief’s soldiers been training?
They could follow orders without question, instantly switching from attacking to defending as soon as the commands changed.
Whether it was support or other tasks, their efficiency was astonishing.
Even when thousands of cavalry from the Northern Frontier charged together, those soldiers with heavy shields didn’t retreat an inch, resolutely using their bodies to hold the line.
At this moment, an utterly useless thought flashed in the Eighth Prince’s mind—
What misfortune had befallen the Northern Frontier to be targeted by such elite troops?
In an instant, countless thoughts raced through the Eighth Prince’s mind.
Before he could fully absorb it, he heard the Seventh Prince’s astonished voice nearby.
“Eighth Brother, watch out—”
The Eighth Prince instinctively turned his head, an arrow piercing through the heads of two Northern Frontier cavalrymen before finally embedding itself in the ground.
Seeing this, the Eighth Prince was drenched in cold sweat from shock.
“Eighth Brother—” he called out.
At that moment, he caught sight of the arrow that had pierced the Seventh Prince’s shoulder, and blood spurted out immediately.
He reached out to catch the falling Seventh Prince, whom he found was deathly pale, sweating from the pain.
Among the princes, the Seventh Prince was at the bottom tier of martial prowess; he didn’t fancy wielding weapons, so when had he ever endured this kind of serious injury?
“Eighth Brother, if it’s too difficult, just leave me—”
The Seventh Prince, lips pale from blood loss, endured the pain to persuade the Eighth Prince.
“Those two arrows were clearly aimed at us brothers—”
The Eighth Prince quickly recalled the harrowing moment; just as the Seventh Prince said, those two arrows had been targeted at them.
“What nonsense! If I were to abandon you, would I still be human?!”
Although the nine princes of the Northern Frontier often stabbed each other in the back, the Seventh Prince had always looked after the Eighth Prince, making him truly dependable.
The Eighth Prince was not a heartless person; how could he abandon his own brother at such a time?
Just then, a commotion erupted a hundred feet away, cries of battle filled the air.
Upon looking closely, he saw a small general, bloodied and fierce, leading people to carve out a path, crushing the Northern Frontier cavalry beneath him.
The Eighth Prince glanced again, certain of who had just loosed those cold arrows—
“Are they really daring to underestimate us in the Northern Frontier?!”
The cavalry that had been invincible before now found themselves stumbling, unable to break through the enemy line, which infuriated the Eighth Prince to no end.
He rallied the remnants of his soldiers, preparing to compete with Jiang Pengji head-on.
No matter how brave a military general was, they were still human, not divine.
As long as they were human, there would always be a limit to their strength.
Though this small general had decisively taken down several foes, could he really fight through to himself and slay hundreds of cavalry?
The Eighth Prince steadied his resolve.
However, he soon found himself miscalculating; Jiang Pengji showed no signs of fatigue, instead growing more relentless.
One strike, one small friend!
She had already transcended!
As the two sides closed in to within fifty feet, the Eighth Prince was thoroughly alarmed.
Fifty feet was neither far nor close.
The Eighth Prince could tell that the opponent was watching him, flashing a blood-smeared grin.
“Brave lads, rush forward with me and capture these two tender little beauties alive!”
While Jiang Pengji repelled the oncoming cavalry and sliced through their spear shafts, her attitude was incredibly arrogant.
“Charge forward—”
Most of the audience was captivated by the intense battlefield, with only a few noticing what was happening on Jiang Pengji’s side.
As Jiang Pengji unleashed her ferocity, fans went wild for her.
【Double Eleven】: Crazy call for the streamer, so handsome that it turned me straight, just as straight as a mosquito coil.
【Lame Limbs】: Pfft—The streamer is totally channeling a rogue vibe with lines like, “Capture those tender little beauties alive!”
【Wallet Heavily Injured】: Boohoo, those babies are even more tender; when will the streamer come capture me?
【Starving and Eating Dust】: Ever since I watched my dear Pengji’s livestream, I feel more aggressive than my boyfriend, making him weak in the knees!
If one isn’t aggressive, how can they be called “the main attacker”?
Seeing her two prey attempting to flee, Jiang Pengji quickly issued an order to Xiao Bai.
“The prey I’ve set my eyes on won’t escape anyone—”
The Eighth Prince wanted to lead his men to retreat, but that was no easy task.
With chaos all around, the cavalry was caught in the melee, unable to leverage their speed, and easily leading to overcrowding and trampling.
Jiang Pengji charged forward, like a sharp blade plunging deep into the enemy’s flesh; with a swing and a pull, she tore open a massive gash.
The Eighth Prince shouted for his bodyguards to protect him and the Seventh Prince as they fled, but how could his guards possibly match up to Jiang Pengji?
At this moment, a lasso descended from the sky and ensnared him perfectly.
Before the Eighth Prince could react, the lasso tightened violently, a tremendous force yanked him backward, causing him to tumble off his horse and land hard.
But it didn’t end there; he was dragged along by the lasso, surrounded by pounding hooves!
A hoof stomped on the Eighth Prince’s right leg, the bone snapping with a sickening crunch, sending him directly into unconsciousness.
Just before the Eighth Prince was trampled to death, Jiang Pengji yanked him up and tossed him like a rag doll onto another riderless war horse.
“Eighth Brother—”
Everything happened so suddenly, by the time the Seventh Prince reacted, the Eighth Prince had already been dragged away by Jiang Pengji’s lasso.
His eyes were filled with hatred, and the Seventh Prince, with the good arm he had left, drew his great knife and charged at Jiang Pengji.
“Oh, are you playing hero to save the beauty? Before you think of rescuing someone, do you even know who I am?”
Jiang Pengji didn’t pay him any heed, simply stabbing him in the lower abdomen with the hilt of her blade.
It wasn’t fatal, but the Seventh Prince felt as if he’d just been stomped by a hoof.
Jiang Pengji used the excess lasso to bind the Seventh Prince’s neck.
Perfect, another captive added to the tally.
“Your armor looks pretty nice; you must hold a decent position in the Northern Frontier, right?”
Having stabilized her forces and bloodied all over, Jiang Pengji finally had time to care about her captive.
The Seventh Prince still had some fight left in him; blood trickled from his mouth as his eyes brimmed with untold hatred.
“What are you resentful about?” Jiang Pengji scoffed, “When your Northern Frontier savages slaughtered the three cities of Shangyu, oppressed my border common people, and looted and butchered innocent women and children, treating them like livestock tied by the neck and tossed on horseback as trophies, did you ever think of facing this day?”
In front of the corpses of their husbands and parents, the Northern Frontier had never considered the day of retribution!
Jiang Pengji wouldn’t resort to those vile means of humiliation in return, because anyone capable of such acts was no better than a beast.
She would use another way to completely erase the three clans of the Northern Frontier!
