Yan Xiaohan’s second blade was already approaching the protector’s neck. At this moment, pulling back would mean failure.
He did not look away or defend, his eyes fixed only on the pulsing blood vessels beneath the skin of the neck, fully intending to take the hit just to claim the man’s head!
A spray of blood splattered, and the tactile sensation of the blade cutting through bone seemed to linger at his fingertips. A head with bulging, angry eyes fell beneath the horse’s hooves, but the expected pain from behind did not arrive as anticipated.
“What are you spacing out for? Haven’t you killed anyone before!”
Yan Xiaohan turned back in a daze to find Fu Shen had somehow appeared behind him, a headless corpse lying at his feet. With one hand holding the reins and the other gripping the knife, blood still dripping from the blade tip, his face beneath the helmet was beautiful and stern, his piercing gaze drilling into the depths of one’s heart.
He seemed about to curse but held back, instead coldly saying, “Come here, stay with me, don’t run around. Next time won’t be this lucky.”
The just-now-heroic Yan, who had killed a Tartar general with two strikes, was now as obedient as a trained dog, promptly urging his horse over.
Fu Shen, with a serious expression, gave orders for the front army to hold long knives and form a wall. The Northern Yan cavalry had cleared the ambush troops, and with the main protector killed, the Tartar cavalry lost their initiative, their attack slowing down.
At this moment, the Xiangzhou army arrived from behind, flanking the Northern Yan army, dramatically turning the battlefield situation.
The battle lasted four hours, with the Han army beheading tens of thousands and finally annihilating the main Tartar cavalry force. The remaining defeated troops abandoned the city and fled.
At the hour of xu, Fu Shen dispatched a team to pursue the remnant soldiers. The three armies reorganized and entered the city, with citizens lining the streets, cheering and weeping, offering wine and food to honor the troops. Chang’an was liberated.
