Cultivation Begins with Caring for Sister-in-law-Chapter 419: Yue Ruyan

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It is said that after the armies of the Seven Kingdoms encountered fierce resistance from the Yuezhi Clan and King Chong’s forces, they gradually lost the territories they had occupied in Longyou. Several battles left heavy casualties in the Seven Kingdoms’ armies.

As a result, the Three Western Rong Kingdoms, led by the Bolu Kingdom, withdrew from Longyou. However, the remaining Four Kingdoms, suffering the greatest losses and gaining no advantage, were unwilling to retreat. Instead, they sent their most elite troops from their homeland to reinforce Longyou.

At the beginning of November, the elite troops of the Four Kingdoms arrived in Longyou, reclaiming the cities that had previously been taken back by the Yuezhi Clan and King Chong’s forces.

The numbers of the Yuezhi Clan and King Chong’s armies were ultimately no match for the Four Western Rong Countries. Moreover, Longyou had been embroiled in warfare for over a year, with continuous large and small battles, leaving the reinforcements from the Yuezhi Clan and King Chong in a state of exhaustion and war-weariness.

Thus, with the reinforcement of the Four Western Rong Countries, the armies of the Yuezhi Clan and King Chong eventually fell to the Alliance Army of the Western Rong and Western Countries, suffering consecutive defeats.

In less than a month, they lost more than twenty cities.

Having suffered great losses last time, the Four Western Rong Countries intended not only to plunder resources in this campaign against Longyou but also to fully occupy it.

They even declared a slogan to capture the entire Yuezhi Clan alive, making the men slaves and the women prostitutes.

Furthermore, they arrogantly stated that they would strip the Yuezhi Clan leaders naked and parade them through the streets.

The rising momentum of the Four Western Rong Countries caused panic among the people of Longyou.

Some officials and members of noble families, seeking to save their lives, directly defected to foreign forces.

Yanling County.

A critical town in Longyou.

Tonight, the starlight was dim, shrouding everything in darkness.

At midnight.

An eagle’s cry sounded outside Yanling County.

Nearly ten thousand soldiers quietly reached a hill less than three miles outside the city.

They were orderly, well-equipped, and disciplined. Despite nearly ten thousand soldiers gathered together, not a single person whispered.

No one knew how much time had passed.

A firelight appeared in front of them.

The firelight came from a middle-aged man dressed in a scholar’s robe, holding a lantern.

In front of him was one of the main forces of the Alliance Army of the Four Western Rong Countries.

"Who are you?"

A voice sounded, questioning the middle-aged man.

"I am the steward beside Lord Liu, specifically sent by Lord Liu to welcome your army from the city." The middle-aged man cupped his hands in respect and lowered his head, speaking in a humble manner, "I wonder if General Duan is present."

"Looking for me, General Duan? What for?" A powerful voice rang out, and in the next moment, a burly man in armor appeared under the glow of the lantern held by the middle-aged man.

"My lord said everything in the city has already been arranged, and your army can directly enter. I wonder if General Duan still stands by the promise made to my lord?" the middle-aged man said.

Upon hearing this, a trace of mockery flashed in the burly man’s eyes, but his face showed a harmless smile, "Relax, General Duan keeps his word. If we capture Yue Ruyan later, having your lord at the forefront is no problem."

"Hahaha." As he spoke, the burly man laughed loudly, and the personal soldiers trailing behind him chuckled as well.

Yue Ruyan, the eldest daughter of the current head of the Yue Family.

The Yuezhi Clan is led by a woman, and Yue Ruyan is currently the Commander-in-Chief of the Yuezhi Clan’s army. Often engaged in battlefield combat, the people of the Four Western Rong Countries know that Yue Ruyan is a beauty.

"Then my lord can rest assured."

...

Seeing that everything was set up in the city, General Duan did not have doubts. These days, there were countless people from Longyou defecting to them, and given they were soon going to attack Yanling County, it’s normal for the County Magistrate to act as their insider to save his life.

General Duan turned back and ordered, "Prepare immediately, and act in silence. Follow me into the city."

With that, the soldiers behind him quickly took out horse bridles and placed them on the horses’ mouths. Then, they retrieved a copper coin and held it in their mouths.

For safety and to avoid making too much noise, General Duan chose to initially send a thousand troops to take the lead.

He then stayed outside the city with the remaining troops, observing the situation first.

As the leading thousand soldiers smoothly entered the city without being stopped by the Defense Army on the walls.

Seeing the open city gate, General Duan waved a large hand and shouted, "The gate is open, follow me, charge into the city."

After speaking, General Duan squeezed his horse’s belly tightly with his legs, and his warhorse immediately transformed into a swift arrow, galloping towards Yanling County.

"Charge!"

The soldiers behind shouted in unison, rushing forward in pursuit.

...

Under the cover of night, the shouts of battle and the thundering of hooves shattered the silence.

However, inside the city’s houses were not sleeping people but focused Moon warriors holding weapons and wearing armor.

After the Alliance Army of the Four Western Rong Nations entered the city and saw the houses, they eagerly kicked open the doors as if they were cats smelling fish, ready to plunder Yanling County.

Yet, the moment they kicked open the doors, they were met not by flustered citizens of Great Song but by Moon warriors who had been waiting in ambush.

As soon as they saw the Moon warriors, the pupils of the Four Kingdoms Alliance soldiers shrank. The next second, several crossbow arrows shot out, killing all of the invading Alliance soldiers.

"General, there’s an ambush!"

Someone exclaimed in fear.

General Duan’s face changed as he scanned the surroundings and found that the person claiming to be Lord Liu’s steward had vanished.

Before he had time to give orders, large numbers of Moon warriors had poured out from all around the streets and alleys.

"We’re trapped, retreat immediately!"

The sight greatly alarmed General Duan.

At this moment, news arrived from the rear that the city gate had already been closed.

In an instant, cold sweat emerged on General Duan’s forehead—this was a fully orchestrated plot.

"Follow me, charge!"

General Duan shouted loudly.

However, the terrain in the city was complex, and the soldiers of the Four Kingdoms Alliance knew nothing of the inside. Given the Moon Army’s prior strategic planning, General Duan’s charge as a form of resistance did not create any disturbance.

"Shoot arrows!"

Voices commanding to shoot arrows rang out from all directions.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...

Innumerable arrows flew out from all directions.

Thud, thud!

The soldiers of the Four Kingdoms Alliance were completely unprepared, even though they wore iron armor, they weren’t fully protected. The warhorses also lacked protection. In the dense rain of arrows, chaos ensued with horses and men falling, wails echoing.

Several rounds of arrow volleys passed, and nearly half of the four thousand Alliance military had fallen in casualties.

"Charge!"

In a flash, the houses flared up with light, and the Moon Army began close combat for the final sweep.

"General, we will cover you, retreat quickly." General Duan’s personal soldiers shouted.

General Duan’s face changed, urgently leading his personal soldiers in an attempt to break out.

"Duan Guo, where do you think you’re going!"

At that moment, a loud roar came from the Moon Army.

A white horse darted forward, and remarkably, the rider on the horse was a woman in battle armor.

"Yue Ruyan?!" Duan Guo looked intently for a moment, his face darkened.