About 10 minutes later a cavalry force galloped with speed to the garrison by an armoured officer at the forefront. Most of the cavalry force were riding standard chestnut brown warhorses while the officer rode around a dark shade horse. The soldiers were mostly armed with spears and shields. As the officer enters the garrison he holds his fist up ordering the cavalry force to stop. One by one the riders entered the garrison looking around the garrison and seeing so many dead bodies, something they weren't expecting to see within their own garrison. The riders make sure the horses don't tread on the corpses. The riders spread out in the garrison. They all spot Mitsuko near the exit, the armoured officer slowly makes his horse ride to her with his personal guard of 8 soldiers behind him in case she tries something. He stays on top of his horse as he pointed his spear at her.

'State your name woman.' He ordered. Mitsuko didn't look up at him.

'I am Mitsuko, my lord.' Whispers started to spread throughout the enemy ranks. They heard of her strength and tenacity in battle against Yuan Shu, as well as her serpent armour.

'So you're the serpent I've heard about? Hmph you don't seem like much, I am Cao Chun cousin to lord Cao Cao himself and these are my men. The tiger and Leopard cavalry.' He introduced himself and his men. He had great pride in his voice as he introduces his men who cheered, raising their spears in the air.

'So was this your doing?' Cao Chun questioned motioning to the dead bodies in the garrison. Mitsuko nodded.

'Yeah it was. We tried to execute a flanking attack on the castle however we underestimated the strength of Cao Cao's and Liu Bei's soldiers and only I remained. I wondered what else to do but then you arrived out of nowhere…I'm not sure what I should do.' Her voice resonated resignation and defeat which pleases Cao Chun as he smirks.

'Is that so? Hmph I thought the serpent would've put up more of a fight but no matter. So what is it now that you seek? Mercy? Or perhaps you wish to pledge your allegiance to lord Cao Cao?' Mitsuko didn't respond straight away.

'Would Cao Cao really accept one such as me?'

'Hmph I am not sure myself however I'm sure if you grovel for your life before me he may consider it.'

'D-don't listen to him my lady!.' Pang Tong started to rise up from his potion next to Mitsuko while coughing.

'Pang Tong?' Mitsuko replied out of shock.

'M-my lady you mustn't surrender to him.'

'This is none of your concern hermit!' Cao Chun yells at Pang Tong. 'This is lord Cao Cao's mighty tiger and leopard cavalry force, what chance do you think you have against us!?'

'He's right, we're outnumbered here and outskilled what can we do?' Mitsuko quizzingly looked at him, uncertainty in her voice.

'You forget we have something that they do not.'

'And that is?'

'We have the serpent on our side.' Pang Tong did his signature chuckle, soon Mitsuko also demonically laughed alongside him.

'Silence! Silence I say! If you do not wish to join us then you both will be slain!' Cao Chun threatens however that made Mitsuko laugh even harder. She brings her free hand to her face and looks down. She then looks up to Cao Chun revealing her reptilian eye through her fingers.

'You can most certainly TRY! Everyone attack!' Mitsuko commanded. Suddenly the soldiers under Mitsuko who seemed they were slain shot back up and began to gore the horses and the soldiers on top of them. The riders had very little time to react, they didn't expect this kind of ambush. By the time they knew what was going on most of their horses were speared and toppled or they were dragged off their mounts and gutted without mercy. Cao Chun and his guard, as well as a few stragglers frantically look around horrified by the sight of their comrades being killed so easily by such an underhanded tactic. Archers emerge on the outskirts on the garrison and fire their arrows at all the stragglers including the guards who one by one fall off their horses with arrows stuck in their chests or heads.

Only a few stragglers managed to escape before they too were butchered. An arrow flew past the horse of Cao Chun making it startled and go on its hind legs. Cao Chun didn't keep a good grip on the reigns and falls off the horse as it gallops away from the slaughter. Cao Chun quickly stands up, spear in hand and sees Mitsuko's demonic smile which angered him greatly. To see all of his soldiers being slaughtered all around him, how easily they managed to fall into this trap. For the reputation of his force that was ever so growing to be shattered in a blink of an eye, for all their work under lord Cao Cao be undone by this…woman. This…snake! That cannot go unpunished, Cao Chun swore he would claim vengeance for his comrades in arms. He readied his spear and sprinted forward towards Mitsuko who was more than ready for a fight.

He attempted to thrust his spear in her stomach, though Mitsuko lifts the on the side of the spear, deflecting it upwards past her and using the momentum, strikes upwards diagonally. Cao Chun barely had enough time to take a step back and dodge the attack. Seeing the crescent blade in such close proximity to his face made him stagger giving Mitsuko an opportunity to go on the offensive. As the blade narrowly missed Cao Chun, Mitsuko twisted it to make the blade point back at her enemy and swung horizontally aiming for his throat. He barely ducked down in time however Mitsuko continued her relentless assault not giving Cao Chun an inch.

Eventually he trips over a corpse making him fall. Mitsuko raises her scythe and drops it down on top of him. He rolled away in time as he watches the scythe get planted into the ground. He though this was his chance to strike. He gets up and strikes Mitsuko from the side. Mitsuko blocked the attack with the tip of the polearm by side stepping to the other side and pushing it towards the spear. The two entered a deadlock in which Mitsuko pushes the spear back and uses the momentum to make her scythe carve the earth as she pulls it out, soil flinging away making Cao Chun take a step back. The two stared at each other for a moment, waiting for the other to make a move. Cao Chun feigns a move making Mitsuko strike downwards yet again. The attack missed as Cao Chun moves sideways in preparation and thrusted her spear in her face. She moved her head out of the way of the strike. As she turns her head, she twisted her body making the scythe swing horizontally with great force, making her front leg take a step back to get the full swing. He extends both of his arms outwards to block the attack to catch the scythe where the blade and the pole met. The tip of the crescent blade looming over his left eye like a guillotine.

Cao Chun used all of his strength to push away the scythe and attacks in the other direction. Mitsuko quickly brings back her scythe and counters the attack making the two weapons engaged in another clash this time though only the tip of the spear made contact with the scythe. While Cao Chun has a grasp of his spear near the front he could not maintain the clash for long without the spear bending and eventually breaking. He withdrew the spear from the clash, Mitsuko carries forward the momentum but twists the crescent blade and swipes again with such speed Cao Chun was not able to block the attack in time. He goes to block however the blade penetrates his shoulder, successfully imbedding itself in it. He screams in pain as he drops his spear and clutches the wound. The scythe was removed and a river of blood began to pour out and drenched his right hand. He crouched down to pick up the spear however he was unable to keep a hold of it. He crouched again however he looks up and sees the crescent blade hanging over him along with the familiar figure of Mitsuko with her demonic smile again. He is paralysed by fear to move, he knew all too well that if he dared to move he would be cut down on the spot.

Mitsuko smacked him across the face with the back of her gauntlet knocking him down face first. She walks to Cao Chun and grabs him by the back of the head and forcibly drags him up to his knees facing the garrison to see his last loyal soldiers get gored. She grasps the scythe closer to the blade than she would normally would to have a better control.

'Please, have mercy.' He pleaded trying to make sure he would still live so he is able to continue serve his cousin, though Mitsuko had other ideas.

'Mercy? Would you have given me any?' She questioned as she brought the blade closer to his neck. Cao Chun's heart started to beat rapidly and hyperventilating fearing the worst.

'No, You can die alongside your men.' Mitsuko penetrated the neck with her blade and carves the front of it from one side to the other, like a second smile being formed. A river of blood was unleashed staining Cao Chun's armour and skin as it rapidly escaped from the wound to the ground like a waterfall. He could feel what blood that didn't escape was building up, making him make strangulation noises. Mitsuko held on to his head for a while before throwing it down to the ground. Cao Chun was helpless to fight back and could only lay there as life washes away from him. His vision was slowly consumed by darkness before enveloping him completely. Mitsuko raised her blood drenched scythe in the air as the rest of the soldiers cry out in victory. She could hear familiar chuckling behind her.

'Well done my lady. A most impressive ambush, I must say using the fallen to conceal your forces was quite the spectacle.' Pang Tong states impressed with Mitsuko's quick thinking and overall craftiness to use her surroundings to her advantage.

'You really think so?' Mitsuko responded with scepticism and doubt in her voice.

'Of course. Using the surroundings to your advantage was impressive to witness, plus I admire commanders willingness to use strategies like these to their advantage but that may be my own personal bias for strategy talking.' Pang Tong chuckles.

'Thanks…but still I think a couple managed to escape though.'

'That would've been inevitable especially since they had mounts…however this will help you more in the long run.'

'How?' Mitsuko looked at him oddly.

'They're more than likely retreating either to the garrison or away from the battle entirely. Either way they will withdraw from battle and will talk about this…which will instill fear in their forces.'

'You think they will do that?'

'I know they will, you can't live through an experience like that and not tell anyone. Plus given that you killed a relative of lord Cao Cao is worthy of at least some merit' Pang Tong laughs.

'Either way I think the troops need a speech.' He concluded.

'Wait a speech? From me!?' Mitsuko was surprised by the request.

'I mean I'm not going to give one.' He chuckled.

'Why? I mean morale is high and everything. Look at them they're happy.'

'That maybe so but the men need to focus on the matter at hand. If they're too happy they may start getting arrogant which can lead to more casualties. Though we've taken minimal so far the death toll for our forces will rise if proper discipline is not in effect during battle. But you have do it the right way though which is the tricky part.' Pang Tong explained, Mitsuko sighs. He knew he was right, he was always right. Though back in her old life she hated to give presentations to the class about a book or something. However, in this world she hasn't tried giving an officers speech or anything of the sort to these soldiers…those that entrust their lives with her. She breathes in and exhales, steeling herself for what is to come. She ordered Wu Zi to rally the soldiers towards her. Suddenly all her soldiers are staring at her wondering what she has to say. Her heart beats loudly in her chest.

'First off all I would like to offer my congratulations to you all for pulling that off efficiently. Without your co-operation that surely would've ended disastrously for us and our allies.' All the soldiers look gleeful at these words.

'However.' Everyone looks at her with a serious expression on their face as they realise there's more to her words than just simple congratulations.

'We cannot afford to be careless now, especially since the battle is not over yet. We still have a castle to conquer after all. Our allies are depending on us, we cannot afford to throw our lives away because of our carelessness. The enemy could use that to their advantage and we must not give them that satisfaction.' She looks around to see the faces that look…almost disappointed. She knew she had to try and encourage them still. 'That said, we've accomplished quite a bit despite being few in number. Though we still have quite a bit left to do, the first thing being is to capture that castle and let our allies in.' So what say you? Will you just let our allies take all the glory for themselves?' Mitsuko hears a few confident no's while they look around each other nodding in agreement.

'I can't hear you.'

'No my lady!' The soldiers all responded in unison.

'Excellent, now lets move onwards to the second garrison and show everyone what the forces of the serpent can do!' She raises her scythe up high and all the soldiers yell in high spirits while also raising their weapons high, the most common were swords with a few spears and bows thrown in. As they press onwards Mitsuko could hear Pang Tong chuckling to himself.

'A fine speech, my lady.'

'Thanks, I pretty much just made that up on the spot.' Mitsuko admitted.

'Well that was good, its always good to improvise every now and again. Doing something the enemy doesn't expect will cause a decent amount of confusion.'

'I'll keep that in mind.' Mitsuko smirked before she starts to follow her forces. Pang Tong stood there momentarily chuckling to himself.

'Most impressive my lady. Your dismantling of the cavalry should give you some noteworthy attention along with your regiment. This should give the other officers some doubt, even the loyal ones. Especially with Zang Ba's "defection" after. Chen gong won't like that but do not fret about him my lady, he'll be my responsibility to deal with. He will pay the price for his short sightedness as will the naysers soon enough.' He smiled sinisterly under his veil and followed after Mitsuko.