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Lin Wan and Lin Dan live very near to each other. Since Lin Wan had an accident, she had been crying all day long in her yard, which made people restless. Lin Dan had no choice but to wander outside in the daytime and meditate in the room at night. She had a comfortable life. In the memory of the real owner, Lin Wan was a very obedient and considerate sister, but in the eyes of Lin Dan, she was a cunning person who liked to play some dirty tricks and not a person who can be with. She had tried to frame Lin Dan several times, but how could Lin Dan not notice?
For the lake incident, if it weren't for the fact that Lin Dan was far away from her and can't have touched her, she would have pulled her into it. Princess Ming Zhu was involved in the incident, so she was forced to apologize to Lin Wan by her family. However, instead of comforting her, Lin Wan apologized to her. On the contrary, they became good friends.
In Lin Dan's eyes, Lin Wan was a peculiar person. She fooled the people around her and show no mercy when she made use of them. But in the end, they still cared about her and were deceived by her. Her fiancé was the most blinded one. No matter what Lin Wan did, he would accept it all, which didn't fit his name as "the most talented man in the capital".
Without a second thought, Lin Dan knew that it would take a long time for the news of Lin Wan's reputation had been destroyed, so she hid. As she expected, Ding Mujie would never mention the dissolution of engagement after visiting the Lin mansion once. Someone asked him, and he said that he thoroughly believed in King Kang's morality and his fiancée's integrity. The two were innocent, and he would not abandon this relationship just because of those rumors.
The others were speechless and didn't dare to speak ill of King Kang's morality, nor did they say that Lin Wan lack of integrity. They could only retreat bitterly. Some people even talked about etiquette and said that opposite-sexed shouldn't be too close to each other. It was already out of politeness for them to spend a night in the wild. Ding Mujie satirized these people with the story of "an old monk carried the woman across the river" that they were not open-minded enough.
He praised King Kang for his courage to save people and trust his fiancée, Lin Wan. He even told others that it was improper to talk about it. He even felt ashamed of himself.
Upon hearing this, General Lin became more satisfied with his son-in-law. Without the need for Ding Mujie to mention, he asked Mrs. Lin to speed up the preparation and try to get Lin Wan married as soon as possible. Lin Wan thought that Ding Mujie would fulfill her wish as usual and take the initiative to call off the engagement, but she didn't expect that she would put on an infatuated look after he returned home, unable to hide.
These days, he not only earned a good reputation but also proved Lin Wan and King Kang's innocence. Gradually, everyone stopped talking about it, yet envied Lin Wan for having such a good man. Seeing that the crisis was coming to an end, and she has yet to get anything done. Lin Wan couldn't sit still anymore. She asked her mother to make a fuss in front of General Lin. On the other hand, she pulled a rope, pretending to commit suicide.
Ding Mujie didn't mind that her stature had been ruined and was still willing to marry her. On the day she was saved back to the mansion, to retreat for the sake of advancing and proof her innocence, she cried and said that she refused to be King Kang's concubine. If she continued to make a fuss at such time, it would be of no cause. General Lin was not a fool. He was very observant; the old man would soon understand what tricks the two played. They looked down on the Ding family and wanted to marry someone better!
The masks that the mother and daughter had disguised for more than ten years were torn off overnight, revealing their true colors of eagerness for quick success and instant benefit, ignorance, and selfishness. General Lin was very annoyed. He even felt bothered to take another look at them, but he was sad and disappointed. After all, these two were his concubine and daughter, whom he pampered with for many years and saved his life. He didn't afford to be cruel to them.
Hearing the farce of the Lin family, Ding Mujie remained calm. He knew that Lin Wan couldn't get rid of him all her life. As long as he didn't let her go, she had to do whatever to make a scene to marry King Kang as soon as possible. The more she made a scene, the less patience the Lin family had for her. In the end, she would lose all the care they had for her and lose everything.
Until now, she still didn't realize that she was nothing if she leaves the Lin family and those who were willing to support and help her.
After Lin Wan fell into the water in her previous life, she was saved by King Kang, but the charge of pushing her into the water was blamed on Lin Dan. Lin Dan was utterly disgusted by General Lin because she seized her sister's marriage and caused harm to her. To make up for Lin Wan, General Lin didn't stop her from being a concubine in King Kang's mansion. In his opinion, it was the best choice for a woman who been called off the engagement to be a concubine to a prince. As long as he had a fatherly heart, he should not block his daughter's way of life. To make amends for Lin Dan, Mrs. Lin took out half of her dowry and let Lin Wan bring them to King Kang's mansion.
With the help of her family and the love of King Kang, Lin Wan was really proud.
At that time, Ding Mujie once hated Lin Dan. He blamed her for not being grateful for her marriage but also hurting Lin Wan. No matter how hard Lin Dan tried to explain, he refused to listen to her. After that, he seldom came back home and slowly left her behind. Recalling the past, Ding Mujie only felt guilty and self-mockery.[Read this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at the "Novel Multiverse dot com" website @ ]
He felt that he was simply the most pathetic and ridiculous idiot in the world in his previous life. Until he died, he never figured out who was faithful to him and who was faking him. He abandoned the person who treated him sincerely but helped defend the hypocritical one as a treasure. If he could return to his previous life, he really wanted to dig his own grave and throw the memorial tablets that belonged to Lin Wan, which he was holding in his arms into the fire together with his bones.
It was said that husband and wife shared the same life and death at the same grave, and Lin Dan's tomb was set beside his tomb. If she had known it in her previous life, she would have felt a great insult to lie side by side with an idiot like him.
The more Ding Mujie thought about it, the more he felt ashamed of himself. But he did everything he should do. He had missed Lin Dan in this life, and there was no way to make up for her. He had to try his best to help the Lin family avoid the impending disaster.
When he was plotting secretly, Lin Wan didn't idle away. She threatened General Lin with her death, and on the other hand, she asked her mother to force General Lin to agree to her marriage with King Kang by saying that she had saved his life. Lin Dan had never been set up by Lin Wan and framed for these crimes for this life. Therefore, General Lin and Mrs. Lin didn't feel guilty for Lin Wan, so they were unwilling to let loose of her. Ding Mujie had made it clear. He didn't care about the gossips and was willing to believe in his fiancée and would marry her as scheduled. In this case, if the Lin family proposed to call off the engagement first, then sent Lin Wan to King Kang's mansion as a concubine. What was their intention? To diplomat with King Kang?
It didn't matter how others would laugh at the Lin family, but what the emperor would think? Would he doubt the loyalty of the Lin family and take some measures… It was about the family's centennial offense. No matter what, the emperor would not agree to the marriage, and General Lin would definitely obey.
Lin Wan had made trouble many times, and once, she was almost hung on the door beam. Fortunately, she was saved by a servant, her throat was broken, and she couldn't speak for several days. Aunt Shi knelt at the entrance of General Lin's study for three days. During this period, she didn't eat nor drink, and almost caused a miscarriage. Only then did General Lin know that Aunt Shi was pregnant again. He quickly took her back to his room. No one knew what the two of them had said in the room. When they were out again, General Lin softened his attitude and comforted Lin Wan gently.
The mansion was full of noise all day long, making his granddaughter dare not go back home and dare not enter. She lost a lot of weight. The great empress was very distressed. She forcefully suppressed the emperor and said, "since she is willing to be other's mistress, then let her be. Our Lin family will not stop her. Guards, pack up the luggage for the Shi and Lin Wan, send them to the village in the suburb of the capital, and give them the deed of the village so that they can have a single pass. From now on, there would be no Aunt Shi or lady Lin Wan in our mansion. If anyone calls the wrong person, she would be beaten twenty times and kick out of here!" The great empress looked at Mrs. Lin and remained gently, "You'd better prepare a great gift to the Ding family and tell Mujie that Lin Wan has died of illness. Our two families end up not destined to be in-laws and tell him not to be sad. If there is a chance in the future, I will personally find him a good wife. "
Mrs. Lin glanced at General Lin and asked, "But Your Highness, what should we do with the baby?"
The great empress snorted, "Let her raise herself. She has a great plan for it."
The great empress didn't care about anything in the family. However, once she spoke, even the emperor had to obey her, let alone General Lin. This time, Aunt Shi and Lin Wan were dumbfounded. They cried and begged that they didn't want to leave the Lin mansion. They even walked on their knees and wanted to hug the great empress' thighs but were kicked away by Lin Dan.
The great empress touched his eldest granddaughter's head lovingly but felt annoyed when she looked at Lin Wan. She quickly ordered the servants to tie the two of them and put them into a carriage. In the afternoon, Mrs. Lin paid a visit to the Ding family with a lot of gifts. The next day, a white flag was hung at the gate of the Lin family. It was said that Lin Wan was too depressed and died of severe illness. Aunt Shi couldn't bear the loss of her daughter, and she committed suicide.
From then on, the two had nothing to do with the Lin family. They could do whatever they wanted and could be concubines as they wished.
The actions of the Lin family were not secret and could even be said to be a little-publicized. When Lin Wan and Aunt Shi were driven out of the mansion, they cried and yelled, many people were looking at them. But because of this, everyone could clearly know the attitude of the Lin family. To not have any relation with King Kang, they would instead give up a favored lady and a well-educated daughter, raised for more than ten years. It was challenging to win them over.
King Kang was framed by the Lin family. Even though he was so angry that he wanted to kill someone, he still pretended to smile as if he didn't care at all. Lin Wan was no longer the seventh lady of the Lin family, and even Lady Shi was kicked out of the house. She couldn't use her husband anymore. The two were no longer of use to King Kang, so he naturally wouldn't care about them. Thus, the matter of being his concubine was no longer being said.[Read this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at the "Novel Multiverse dot com" website @ ]
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Lin Wan had died silently in his previous life, without even a tomb; In this life, she had not died, but the graves and the inscriptions had been nicely done. It had to be said that this was a great irony. Ding Mujie stood in front of the tombstone, lost in thought with an indescribable expression.
Ding Xiang pulled his sleeve and whispered, "Brother, let me tell you something. In fact, Lin Wan sis is not dead, and her stature has been destroyed. The great empress can't tolerate her, so she claimed that she was dead. Yesterday, her servant came to me and asked me to give you a letter. Brother, Lin Wan sis is pitiful to have such a harsh great-grandmother. Please help her. She lives in a village in the suburb of the capital and has no one to serve her. "
When she failed to hook up with King Kang, Lin Wan thought of Ding Mujie again. It was also because Ding Mujie was too infatuated with her in the past. He obeyed her, so until now, she still thought that as long as she goes back to Ding Mujie, he would change his mind. It was a pity that Ding Mujie was deceived by her for a lifetime, his heart had been hurt, and he could never go back to the past.
"Xiang'er, it's time for you to be more cautious." Ding Mujie took a last look at the tombstone and said slowly, "Last time, it was Lin Wan who broke the gold headpiece. She couldn't explain to the great empress, so she deceived you and deliberately lured you to shake it so that she could put the blame on you. She and King Kang were consensual, not forced by circumstances. When I went to her mansion to visit her, she asked me to voluntarily call off the engagement to fulfill her wish. It was because I didn't want to bear the ruthless charge, and I refused. Some people looked indifferent, but in fact, they were warm-hearted; Some people looked gentle and kind, but in reality, they were full of evil tricks, just like Lin Wan. If you don't wish to be accused, you'd better stay away from her in the future. "
Ding Xiang was stunned upon hearing this. After a long time, she stuttered, "Bro… brother, are you telling the truth?"
Who do you believe in, Lin Wan or me? Ding Mujie asked in reply.
"Of course, it's my brother!" Ding Xiang replied at once and sighed, "Oh my God! Did Lin Wan set me up last time? How could she be so bad? She even asked you to voluntarily call off the engagement and asked you to bear the crime of being ruthless and reneging on your promise! Brother, you grew up with her, and you have such a deep relationship with her. She doesn't care about you at all. She is so terrible!
"Don't judge a book by its cover, and be careful in the future." Ding Mujie helped Ding Xiang into the carriage while he rode on a horse and down the mountain. When he passed by a high hill, he saw a cloud of dust in front of him. The army of westward had set out today, ready to go to the frontier to fight against the Huns.
The senior General Lin and Lin Tie walked at the forefront of the army, looking very serious, followed by King Zhuang and several vice generals. The Lin family's women stood in a ten-mile pavilion not far away and watched them leave. The young men of the Lin family spent most of their life on the frontier. Even if they came back to the capital, they wouldn't stay for long. As for the women of the Lin family, they remained in the capital safely. Even though they endured the fear of losing their loved ones every day, they did not make a fuss out of it.
Lin Dan as the eldest daughter of the Lin family, was strong. When she married into the Ding family, she didn't complain. She only quietly took care of the family. Whenever her mother-in-law and sister-in-law encountered difficulties, she would try her best to help. She was so kind, but he failed to notice at all… Ding Mujie recalled the past, and he felt his heart ached. At this moment, Lin Dan sensed that someone was looking at her. She turned around and looked over. She glanced coldly at him and looked away.
Ding Mujie didn't dare to move for a long time, as if he had been cursed by someone. He waited until Lin Dan was out of sight, then only he dared let out a sigh of relief.
He was ashamed to meet Lin Dan, but he wanted to see how she was doing recently. If he couldn't make her happy, his rebirth would be meaningless, so he would try his best to change the tragedy of the Lin family.
But fate was fate. Even if he had foreseen the opportunity, even if he had been prepared, the bad news came as scheduled. The westward army was defeated by the Huns in the river trap, which led to the Huns army extending from the south to the north, the northern Shaanxi region. General Lin died on the spot, and the rest of his sons also died in battle to save him. General Lin was captured, and his whereabouts were unknown now. Left only the youngest son of the Lin family stayed in the back guard and narrowly escaped from the disaster. The Lin family was on the verge of collapse in an instant.
The emperor didn't blame the Lin clan for the defeat. Instead, he gave many rewards to comfort the old, the weak, women and children of the Lin clan. However, the Lin clan's reputation was heavily being damaged, and there were many doubts inside and outside the court. The Lin family was in a mess. The great empress and Mrs. Lin fell ill one after another, and the other concubines only knew to cry. Some concubines secretly hid their property and ran away at night.
Only Lin Dan was the calmest person in the family. She hadn't been here for a long time and had no deep feelings for the Lin family, but since she had become the real owner, she should shoulder the responsibility of the real owner. She knew that Lin Tie was definitely alive. He was the deputy commander in chief of the Western army and the soul of the Lin army. He was of great value, and the Huns would not easily kill him. If she set out now, and travel day and night to the frontier, perhaps she could find a way to save Lin Tie.
Lin Dan was a woman of action. At the thought of this, she simply packed up her stuff, picked the best horse from the stable, and left with a letter. She stole the Lin family's badge, but the guards didn't dare to stop her. They immediately opened the door and let her go. Not far after she ran, she saw a man holding a horse standing on the only way to the frontier, as if waiting for someone.
"Lin Dan, you really did run away from home!" Hearing the sound of the horse's hooves, the man looked up and showed a handsome face. It was Ding Mujie.[Read this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at the "Novel Multiverse dot com" website @ ]
"Are you waiting for me?" Lin Dan pulled the reins and stopped slowly.
"Can I go to the frontier with you? Ding Mujie asked in reply.
"I'm going to the frontier to save my father. Why do you want to go?" Lin Dan frowned and looked unhappy.
Ding Mujie smiled and said, "I'm worried about you. You're going alone and a woman some more. The Lin family has helped me a lot. I can't watch you risk your life. I'll go with you." After hearing the tragic news in her previous life, Lin Dan also secretly ran away from home, but he found her in time and took her back. Then she was locked in the backyard for five years. His actual intention was to protect her from doing stupid things, but in the end, he became the one who forced her to death. Her family was dead, and she had no husband and children to rely on. She was so worried that she gradually gave up hope of life.
Now that it happened again, he would not stop her. Whatever she wanted to do, he would help her secretly. Wherever she wanted to go, he would accompany her and protect her. He would never leave her alone again.
Lin Dan waved her whip and said, "If you want to follow me, just follow me. I have to go on with my journey. I don't have time to waste with you." Then she left immediately.
Ding Mujie hurried to catch up with her.
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The two of them traveled at once; they didn't stop for a moment. Three days later, they had already finished half of the journey. Ding Mujie thought he was a man and could take good care of Lin Dan, but he didn't expect that he would be a drag on her. The inner side of his thigh was scoured by the saddle, and his crotch was almost broken. As soon as he got off the horse, he collapsed and could not get up at all.
Lin Dan fetched some water for him to wash his face and rinsed his mouth. Then she went to the nearest town and bought two soft padding pieces to tie to his upper thigh.
"In this way, it wouldn't scour the skin. We can reach the frontier in two more days." She spoke.
"Thank you." Ding Mujie ran to the back of a big tree to tidy up his clothes and asked with concern, "Are you okay?"
"I've been practicing horsemanship since I was a child, so I'm already used to it." As Lin Dan spoke, she dealt with her prey.
Looking at her calm side face and her skilled action, Ding Mujie was full of frustration and shame.
However, Lin Dan didn't spare him time to feel sad. She urged him to eat quickly. After dinner, she trampled out the bonfire and climbed on the back of the horse. Ding Mujie tried several times before he managed to climb up. As soon as he sat properly, he felt an intense pain in his crotch and wanted to fall down in that instant. But in order not to be looked down on by Lin Dan, he held back his pain. He waved his whip and seemed to be in good spirit. Not long after he rode, he began to feel dizzy. Although he tried his best to grasp the rein, he still stumbled down.
Lin Dan was as attentive as she was. She had already noticed his abnormality. She galloped over at full speed and pulled him into her arms before he fell to the ground and placed him horizontally on the back of her horse. Ding Mujie was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat. He tilted his head with difficulty and thanked Lin Dan embarrassedly. But Lin Dan didn't look at him. She whistled with her fingers in her mouth to call the horse return.
The two horses galloped at the same pace and didn't slow down, causing a trail of yellow dust on the road.
Ding Mujie lay on the back of the horse, listening to the wind, and beside him was the warmth of Lin Dan, but his heart was in a mess. In his previous life, he had never bothered to know more about her. He only knew that she was a vulgar and shallow woman who didn't know much about writing and music. Only now did he know what the actual Lin Dan looked like. She was not rude. On the contrary, Lin Dan was natural and unrestrained; She was not shallow yet brave. It was not because she was bad, but because she was too good that no one knew how to appreciate her…
In his previous life, if he had stopped and tried to understand Lin Dan with all his heart, he wouldn't have ended up with that miserable and ridiculous ending.
Tears streamed down Ding Mujie's face when he thought of it. Suddenly, he heard Lin Dan say indifferently, "When we arrive at the next town, I'll find a place to settle you down. You can stay there for a while. I'll pick you up when I return, or you can hire some bodyguards to return to the capital city. You are a spoiled nobleman. Why do you have to suffer this with me?"
Ding Mujie couldn't feel sad anymore upon hearing this. He felt a sense of absurdity that they both were wrong. He felt that he was a delicate woman and that Lin Dan was the fearless man.
"I want to go to the frontier with you, and perhaps I can help you. Although I'm physically weak, I'm smart. Trust me." Ding Mujie tried his best to show his strengths.
Lin Dan said casually, "You're smart enough to fall for Lin Wan? I'm sorry that I didn't notice it."
Ding Mujie was speechless…[Read this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at the "Novel Multiverse dot com" website @ ]
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After seven days and nights of getting along with each other, Ding Mujie was finally sure that Lin Dan didn't like him. She behaved free and easy, looked broad-minded and knowledgeable. It was a delightful thing to chat with her. She was definitely a little unsociable. If you wanted to attract her to have a conversation, you had to find a topic that she was interested in. If you annoyed her, you would be fortunate to experience what it meant.
The more Ding Mujie got along with her, the more attracted he was to her. Thinking of his previous life, he felt humiliated. How shameless was he to believe that such a fine woman would be crazy about him and even use such a dirty trick to marry him? If it weren't for the situation, she should have had a better partner. It was all Lin Wan's fault and also his fault.
Most of the time, Ding Mujie didn't dare to look at Lin Dan's eyes because they were so bright and clear, like a mirror, reflecting his awful side. But most of the time, he couldn't resist but to look into her eyes because they were deep and dark, like the night sky, containing countless secrets.
Seven days were very short for Ding Mujie as if they would pass in the blink of an eye, but for Lin Dan, it was as long as seven years. Seeing the military camp of the Western army was close, she couldn't help but heave a sigh and galloped towards it.
"Military camp is a restricted area. No trespassing!" The soldier raised his spear warily.
"I am the eldest daughter of General Lin, Lin Dan. This is my badge." She untied the badge which was tied around her waist and threw it to them.
The soldier took the badge and looked at it carefully, only to find that it was real. He quickly ran to the military camp to find someone. After a short while, a young, good-looking general in silver armor hastily rushed out. He asked in an ill-tempered tone, "Sister, why are you here? This is insane! "
"Lin Qing, please let us in first" Ding Mujie was afraid that the two would quarrel, so he quickly reminded them. It was indeed risky for a lady to go to the frontier alone. It was understandable that Lin Qing was furious.
"Mr. Ding, why are you here?" Only then did Lin Qing found out about Ding Mujie, and he looked even more surprised. Although he was angry, he didn't want his sister to be watched like a nuisance, so he immediately escorted them into his tent and ordered someone to bring water for them to wash up.
"How is father now?" Lin Dan began to inquire about the situation as soon as she entered the tent.
Lin Qing shook his head with red eyes, "There is no news about him. I don't know whether he is alive or dead. But Mo Li has declared war and invited us to war tomorrow. I know you are worried about your father, but the battlefield is not a place for women to come. I'll ask someone to prepare food for y'all and shall leave as soon as y'all finish eating. I have no idea how many more people will die at the frontier after tomorrow.
Mo Li was the commander in chief of the Huns troops. Now, he had got hold of Lin Tie.
When Lin Dan heard that there would be a war tomorrow, she not only insist on staying but said decisively, "I want to stay. If I can capture Mo Li alive, I think I can exchange him for my father."
How could Lin Qing not think of this idea? However, Mo Li was very good at martial arts and was known as the wolf of the grassland. How could he be captured so easily? His father and the general had fought with him countless times, and they just barely made a tie.
"Sister, please don't be stubborn. Quickly go home! I know that capturing Mo Li could save father, but it's not easy to do so!" Leave this matter alone. I'll have someone to send you back to the capital after the meal. Lin Qing stood up and said, "the Western army has lost their chief commander and has no leader. I have to go to the main tent to have a meeting and elect a new chief commander. Mr. Ding, please take care of my sister."
Ding Mujie nodded in reply, but his face was slightly red. In fact, Lin Dan didn't need his care at all. Instead, she had to take care of him.
"I'll go with you." Lin Dan followed him closely.
"Sister, stop making trouble" Lin Qing turned around and said in a choked tone, "Don't you know what's going on with the Lin family now? Grandfather, elder brother, second elder brother, third elder brother, and two uncles died in the battle. And father's life is uncertain, and I am the only son of the Lin family. I have to protect our family and defend our country. I have to save father and rebuild the Lin family. Do you know the weight of the burden on my shoulders? I don't have the extra effort to take care of you. Please go home, okay? "
After all, he was only a sixteen-year-old teenager. Before he really grew up, he had seen the cruelty of war. How could he treat it with peace of mind? It was his limit to be able to calm Lin Dan down. He was trembling all over, and his eyes were blood red. It was apparent that he hadn't fallen asleep for a long time.
Lin Dan was not moved by his haggard appearance. She lifted the tent flap and went out directly.
Lin Qing was stunned and hurried to chase after her. His handsome face was distorted by his sister's willfulness.
The main tent was located in the center of the camp. It was more robust, more spacious, and easy to recognize. After making a few turns, Lin Dan came to the front of the base. She heard someone saying, "The senior commander Lin had died in the battle, and General Lin was captured. I'm the main general of the central army, and I've been working at the frontier for dozens of years and have made great contributions in the battle. Logically, I should be the commander in chief. Now the war is coming, and His Majesty has no time to issue an imperial edict. Let's settle the matter first and stop arguing. It's going to be dark if we keep arguing. We don't have any strategic strategies. How can we fight tomorrow?"[Read this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at the "Novel Multiverse dot com" website @ ]
Another hoarse voice refuted, "How dare you say that? A few days ago, the senior commander Lin received a secret letter, saying that Mo Li had secretly contacted Yang He tribe in the East and would attack my army from the rear, ordered me to be prepared in advance. Although the letter's origin was unknown, the senior commander had made arrangements and called you to guard the rear line of defense, lest my army is attacked. But you were tempted to take the credits, you left the back defense without permission, which caused the Yang He tribe to succeed in the surprise attack, and my army was defeated. It's all because of you. What qualifications do you have to be the chief commander? If you can return to the capital alive, I will indeed praise you in front of His Majesty! "
"I don't know where the letter came from. How could I know if it was sent by the Huns on purpose so that they could distract my army? If the letter was fake, the left and the right army would lose even more miserably without the support of the center army! I know I'm at fault; that's why I want to be the chief commander to make amends. Besides, who else in this military camp has better combat skills, more seniority, and better martial arts than me? If you can find one, I will abdicate at once!
The senior commander Lin and his men all died in the battle. There was no better general in the army than that man, causing those who refuted him had nothing to say. The room fell into silence.
Lin Dan stood outside the tent and listened for a while. Lin Qing asked in a low voice, "what's the secret letter they're talking about?"
Lin Qing showed a look of grief and indignation and said in a hoarse voice, "Before the battle, grandfather received a secret letter, saying that the Huns army had colluded with Yang He tribe to attack my army. Yang He tribe is located at the back of my army. They have always provided provisions, war horses, water, salt, and iron for my army. They are regarded as the vassals of the great Wei kingdom. Grandfather sent a guard to Yang He tribe to inquire about the situation. Although they didn't find any doubts, they still made some deployments. The man inside is Xue Zhao, the general of the central army. He was ordered by his grandfather to guard the East if the Yang He tribe really came and attacked. But he was bold enough to go against the arrangement and went to the front without permission when the battle began. He tempted to compete with the left army and the right army to take credit, causing Yang He tribe to succeed in the surprise attack, and my army was defeated. To win the battle, all the men of the Lin family died on the battlefield, yet he became the most qualified person in the army. This is the best chance for him to grab the position to be the chief commander. I just hate myself for being young, and I don't have much experience in battle. I can't convince everyone. Otherwise, I would have provoked him with a gun and fought for the chief commander position. "
"If you don't want to fight, I will." Lin Dan bashed in the tent and said sternly, "General Xue, are you telling the truth?"
"Who are you? How did you get into the military camp?" Everyone was annoyed and questioned.
"I am Lin Dan, the eldest daughter of Lin Tie." Lin Dan looked at the middle-aged man sitting on the host seat and repeated, "General Xue, do you still keep your words?"
"What do you mean?" Xue Zhao was eager to tie her up and drive her out with fifty batons. But she was a member of the Lin family. She rushed here when almost all the members of the Lin clan were killed in the battle. Although it was inappropriate for her to be here, it was excusable. He not only could not drive her out but treat her kindly to avoid being thought ill by the other generals.
The army guarding this place was undoubtedly the Western army, but they all secretly called themselves the Lin clan. It could be seen how authoritative the Lin family was in the military. If he wanted to take over the army smoothly, he must be kind to the descendants of the Lin family.
"What makes you be in such a high position?" Lin Dan asked again.
Before Xue Zhao could open his mouth, his confidant said, "Of course, it depends on his capability. Our general is a kung fu master with unparalleled toughness. There is no one in the army more suitable to be the chief commander than him."
"But he caused the death of the senior commander Lin! King Zhuang gritted his teeth and said. He had become the lieutenant-general of the left army from a standing army. He wouldn't have come back alive if it weren't for the senior commander Lin to save him.
"I admit it's my fault. But isn't it because of you that senior commander Lin was killed? So many generals have died in the army, and we have no leader. Now I'm the only general who can take the lead. If I was to be disposed of, how can y'all fight this battle? Who can command the troops? Now that y'all are trying to fight against me, y'all are simply putting the cart before the horse!" Xue Zhao had nothing to fear.
Lin Qing looked at Xue Zhao and then at King Zhuang with hatred in her eyes. These two people were the murderers of his grandfather. He would not forgive either of them.
The other generals were split into two groups. One was on Xue Zhao's side, and the other was hesitant. Before the battle began, their spirit had defeated, and they had no idea if they could win tomorrow. The troops outside were more dejected than they were, and the entire camp was shrouded in a strong sense of depression.
Ding Mujie was reborn, so he knew the end of it. In the end, the battle ended with a disastrous defeat. All the troops, including the emperor's favorite King Zhuang, were killed except for Xue Zhao and his troops, who escaped from the battlefield. After the battle, the great Wei Kingdom's vital spirit was greatly devasted, and it was unable to revive for many years. However, after Xue Zhao fled back, he was not punished. Instead, he made up some random rumors and blamed the defeat on the Lin family. After all, everyone was dead, and the truth had been buried, so he can say it casually as he wished?
The emperor was kind and didn't blame the citizens of the Lin family, but the reputation of the Lin clan had been thoroughly ruined, which was probably more devastating than killing them. Xue Zhao joined the crown prince and went back to battle. He became the commander in chief of the imperial army and lived in wealth. Several years later, to frustrate the crown prince, the nine princes ordered people to uncover the past case of the Lin family and made him pay the price he deserved.
He didn't deserve to be the commander in chief. He was really a despicable man who took the opportunity to overthrow the Lin family![Read this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at the "Novel Multiverse dot com" website @ ]
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In the previous life, the person who uncovered the Lin family's case was Ding Mujie, so he knew best about Xue Zhao. But now he had no authority to speak, and no one would believe him even if he spoke out? The easiest way was to get rid of Xue Zhao and replace him as the chief commander. But who was more qualified than him?
A country couldn't live without a king, and an army couldn't live without a commander. That was precisely what was happening now. Without the command of a commander in chief, the Lin clan's army, which was full of courage, had been dejected. If they still can't pull themselves together, tomorrow's battle would be defeated with no doubt! Thinking of this, Ding Mujie began to think quickly, trying to find an effective way. However, when he saw Lin Dan took a few steps forward, he said calmly, "General Xue, since you have a foothold in the army with on your capability, if I attempt to replace you, isn't that I have to rely on my capability?"
"What are you saying? You want to replace our general? Hahaha…" Before Xue Zhao could say anything, his confidant burst into laughter.
However, Lin Dan was not annoyed at all. She continued, "You just said that if we can find a person in the military who is more powerful than you, you will abdicate at once, right?"
Xue Zhao was born in a poor family and had no authority nor influence. It was true indeed that he relied on his capability to become the general of the central army. Therefore, he said firmly, "Yes, I have always been a man of my word. As long as there is such a person, I will immediately give up the position as the chief commander."
King Zhuang squinted at him and sneered, "It seems that the chief commander is already yours! If it weren't for the help of the senior commander Lin, how could a poor boy from a poor family like you be qualified to be promoted to general? You're responsible for the death of the chief commander and those good men of the Lin clan, and you didn't take the blame for all that. Instead, you coveted the chief commander position. You are a wicked and ungrateful beast. I don't want to be with you! "
"You…" Xue Zhao thumped the table with a ferocious face as if he would eat someone in the next moment. He hated those who mentioned his past. If King Zhuang were not a prince, he would have shot him with a few arrows on the battlefield and assassinated him!
When the two were in a tit-for-tat, the generals in the camp were automatically split into two parties. One stood behind Xue Zhao, and the other stood behind King Zhuang, making it clear. Left Lin Qing stood in the center and didn't know where to go.
Lin Dan lifted up the tent flap and raised her tone. "Shut up! Whether General Xue deserves to be the chief commander or not, we will only know after he competes with me."
"What? Compete with you?" Everyone was shocked.
Lin Dan sneered and said, "Are you afraid?"
"You are just a woman. What are you doing here?" Xue Zhao sounded helpless, but there was a hint of contempt in his eyes.
"I was brought up by my father. I'm considered as one of his new disciples. Is it an insult to you for me to challenge you in the name of the same sect? Or are you afraid of women? If you are afraid of women, what's more, to lead the troops?" Lin Dan continued to goad him. Through her observation and inquiry, she basically knew what kind of person Xue Zhao was. He was ambitious and stubborn. He most valued his stature and reputation, which was easy to provoke him.
As expected, Xue Zhao couldn't tolerate it anymore. He thumped the table and snarled, "Fine, I'll challenge you. But don't cry if you lose!"
"Sis, what are you doing? Come with me!" Lin Qing was so anxious that his eyes turned red. He knew that her sister had been practicing martial arts since she was a child and was very talented. But when she was eight years old, her grandfather didn't allow her to practice martial arts with boys of the Lin family anymore. It was said that everyone was topless, which would be a bad influence on her. After that, she began to practice martial arts in her own small courtyard, and to what extent, Lin Qing, who seldom set foot in the courtyard, didn't know. He only heard his grandfather often praised her for being outstanding and also said that it was a pity that she was not a man, or else she would be a valiant general of the Lin family.
Lin Qing didn't take these words seriously and didn't believe that his sister would win over Xue Zhao. After all, Grandfather was their family member, which was inevitable for him to show a little favor to the younger generation of the family, and what he said would be a little exaggerated. After all, her sister was a woman. No matter how good she was, she could only deal with ordinary people. How could she be a match for Xue Zhao, who had experienced in so many battles? Not to mention Xue Zhao, any soldier in the camp could easily defeat her!
The more Lin Qing thought about it, the more anxious he became. He took a few steps forward to stop Lin Dan but was separated by King Zhuang. Others have no idea how good Lin Dan was, but King Zhuang seemed to know something about her. Lin Dan was a calm and steady person when she encountered problems. Lin Dan was not the kind of person who would talk wildly. Most importantly, she had an icy aura within her, where that despicable man, Xue Zhao, was no match for her.
Ding Mujie was also worried about Lin Dan, but he didn't dare to stop her. He added, "As long as anyone of you touched, the other person would be considered as the winner. Don't kill anyone."
"Of course, I won't hurt your granddaughter of the senior commander Lin, Xue Zhao said with a fake smile.
"Let's go to the training ground." As soon as Lin Dan walked out of the room, all the generals followed her. They didn't realize that the situation was entirely under her control.
As they entered the training ground, Lin Dan raised her voice, "Hey everyone, I'm Lin Dan, the granddaughter of the senior commander Lin. Today, I'm here to challenge General Xue Zhao. If I lose, I'll leave the frontier. If I win, he has to give me his seat. Please witness for us!"[Read this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at the "Novel Multiverse dot com" website @ ]
A woman dared to challenge General Xue and even took his position as a bet. This was something out of the blue that they had never heard and seen before, which immediately attracted the soldiers around to join in. They pointed at Lin Dan and discussed among themselves. Some were worried, and some were shocked, but most of them were disdainful. How could a woman take the position of a general in the military? Did she have hysteria? If she hadn't introduced herself as the granddaughter of the senior commander Lin, the soldiers would have run to the training ground and taken her away.
Ding Mujie broke out in a cold sweat for Lin Dan. He was afraid that she would fear others' words and couldn't deal with them calmly. However, to his surprise, Lin Dan walked around the weapon rack and slowly selecting weapons without a sense of fear.
King Zhuang had already known how calm and composed she was. His long-tensed face eased and showed a faint smile.
Lin Dan picked up a broadsword. She stretched out her hand and said, "General Xue, please."
To show his grace, Xue Zhao waved his hand and said, "I'll let you begin with the first three moves."
Lin Dan couldn't help chuckling and said calmly, "If you let me have the first three moves, you would be defeated."
"You are so arrogant!" Xue Zhao was surely irritated by her. He drew his sword and launched an attack.
Lin Dan raised her sword to defense. She waited for him to stagger by his great force and, causing him to step backward, she cut him on his arm, broke his favorite sword into two pieces, and kicked him off the battle arena. She didn't intend to use her internal force to deal with an ordinary warrior like Xue Zhao, but she had to teach him a lesson after he caused the death of the Lin family's men and coveted the chief commander position. Thus, her every move was accompanied by violent, forceful energy.
Defend, slash and kick, with just three moves, Xue Zhao had been lying awkwardly under the battle arena. It took him a great effort to get up, and he seemed to be furious.
The soldiers looked at each other in disbelief. General Xue was a disciple of the Shaolin Temple, and his kung fu was better than General Lin Tie. How could he lose to a woman? They must be mistaken!
"I'm honored to take your seat." Lin Dan walked to the training ground and said proudly.
"What trick did you play? How could General Xue lose to you?" Xue Zhao's confidant shouted.
"If you are not convinced, just come up and challenge me. You can either challenge me, one-on-one or in a group." Lin Dan held the sword in one hand, the other hand behind her back. She looked very calm.
Xue Zhao's confidant launched an attack towards her without a word, but in a flash, he was being kicked down from the battle arena. He didn't even have the chance to touch her, let alone to teach her a lesson. Six of them went up in a row, and the six of them were then lying under the arena, with broken pieces of weapons scattered all over the ground. No one dared to say Lin Dan had played trick? She didn't even need to move her legs when dealing with them. She slaughtered whatever came her way as if one man could defeat ten thousand men at the same time.
After that, the generals who supported Xue Zhao pounced towards her, making her take a few steps symbolically. The shadow of the snow-white blade flashed in front of them, and the crying sound echoed through the air. Those people fell down from the arena like dumping dumplings in the boiling water. They groaned after lying on the ground, looking awful.
Lin Dan's hair didn't even mess up. She waved the tip of the sword and soothed the corner of her clothes. She said calmly, "Who dares to challenge me?"
There was a dead silence under the arena. Everyone looked at Lin Dan in astonishment, and no one dared to challenge her. The most amazed people were Lin Qing and Ding Mujie. One of them was the younger brother of Lin Dan, and the other was her previous life's husband. They didn't know that she had such a valiant side. She stood on the battle arena, her dark eyes glancing at you, but she didn't take you seriously at all. Her arrogance made people feel fear from the bottom of their hearts. Now she was no longer a being, more like a sword that had been unsheathed and could no longer hide its sharp edge.
Seeing that no one responded for a long time, Lin Dan added, "Xue Zhao, your position belongs to me."
Xue Zhao gritted his teeth and said nothing. His confidant braced himself and shouted, "You as a woman, how can you be the chief commander?"
"Yup, I'm just a woman, and I don't deserve to be the chief commander. For those who lost to me, don't y'all feel embarrassed to be in the military?" Lin Dan asked calmly in reply.
Xue Zhao and his confidant were all speechless and could not find any words to refute for a long time. They had been humiliated to defeat by a woman, and now they were tempted to renege their promise, which was really disgustful. The soldiers' side glanced at them as if they had known them again, and there was a faint contempt in their eyes.
The army was like a jungle, where the strong prey on the weak, and the strong will rule. If you are stronger than others, you can succeed; If you are weaker than others, you deserve to be oppressed. "Physical strength is the truth." This was always a true saying in the military.
Lin Dan gave a glance to King Zhuang and said calmly, "Although I'm good in kung fu, I don't have any experience in battle. I'm okay to accept the position as the general of the central army, but I don't dare to seize the chief commander position. King Zhuang is a prince and has high status. He has achieved consecutive victories in battles and has an outstanding capability. He would be the most suitable candidate to be the chief commander. What do y'all think? "
After the fight, she had speedily established her prestige in the military. The loyal left army and the right army of the Lin clan immediately nodded in agreement. King Zhuang did not dare to refuse, so he quickly cupped his hands and apologized.
The chaotic situation was instantly controlled by Lin Dan, which made Lin Qing and Ding Mujie stunned.[Read this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at the "Novel Multiverse dot com" website @ ]
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That night, not only was Lin Dan not sent away, she had her own tent. Although she was a woman, no one in the military camp dared to offend her. It was not because of her stature but because of her kung fu. Lin Qing came over with a suit of armor and said embarrassedly, "Sis, I have never known that you are so skilled in fighting. If I could be as great as you, I wouldn't have watched grandfather and others killed. It's all my fault… "
Lin Dan frowned and asked, "Why are you crying? Tears are the most useless thing on the battlefield. Even if you ran out of blood, never shed a tear.
Lin Qing quickly wiped his tears away and stammered, "Okay. This will be the very last time I show my weakness. Sis, I will definitely avenge grandfather and others! You have won Xue Zhao and can be the chief commander, but why did you give up the position to Li Xian? Did you know that if it weren't for saving him, grandfather wouldn't have been trapped in the enemy lines and died tragically?
Lin Dan put on her armor one by one and said in a very calm tone, "Isn't the reason that you're standing here alive were traded by the lives of many of soldiers? So as their family members, should they hate you? "
To protect the last son of the Lin family, many soldiers and generals risked their lives to save Lin Dan and finally get him back from the enemy lines. Thinking of those who had sacrificed their lives and those family members who were left behind alone. At that moment, Lin Qing was speechless.
"Everyone is willing to sacrifice themselves to save you, which is the same kind of love and righteousness that grandfather is willing to sacrifice himself to save Li Xian. They were similar kinds of willingness. In the military, comrade-in-arms are our family members. It's natural for them to support and help each other, so why should we hate each other?" Lin Dan looked at Lin Qing with a straight face and pointed out, "You don't hate them, but yourself. You're incapable and can't save anyone, am I right? If you're still chasing a dead end, you will be distracted on the battlefield. In the end, there will be more soldiers' lives being sacrificed to save you. Lin Qing, your family name is Lin. Is that mean your life is more precious than others? If you keep thinking about this, tomorrow you would rather just stay in the military camp and don't go anywhere.
Lin Qing couldn't raise his head after being lectured by his sister. His heart was filled with grief and resentment. Gradually, he calmed himself and became relieved and firm.
"Sis, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have vented my anger on anyone." He sobbed.
"It's not a big deal if you can correct your mistakes. Battlefield is cruel, so you have to take care of yourself and don't get yourself distracted. I will take you and father back to the capital." Lin Dan said thoughtfully, "Don't expect me to compete with Li Xian for the throne. I'm a woman, and I don't have any experience in battle. Even if I build up some prestige, the soldiers will still hesitate to fully trust me. If I were to be the commander in chief, they would feel indefinite, and it would be difficult to boost their spirit. Li Xian is their comrade-in-arms, he fought side by side with them, risking his life, and his capability has already been acknowledged by them, so he is more suitable for that position than me. Do you understand?
"I understand. I will listen to you." Lin Qing repeatedly nodded with respect. He didn't realize that his once alienated and disdained sister had now become his backbone.
Li Xian was standing outside the tent with a complicated expression on his face. A moment later, he quietly left and did not enter. He actually planned to have a good talk with Lin Dan to resolve their conflict, but now he felt unnecessary. He found that Lin Dan was a broad-minded person. She could understand everything and didn't need others to give her advice. Her appearance was like a piece of floating wood. Li Xian, who was on the verge of death, obtained support and felt exceptionally safe.
Ding Mujie didn't sleep well that night. He kept dreaming about Lin Qian's face. Sometimes it was her in the previous life, and sometimes it was her in this life. After a short while, the blurry scene suddenly became clear. The two of them looked at each other through a door. Outside the door was the vast sky, and inside the door was the cramped darkness. He gritted his teeth and said, "I'm protecting you. Why don't you understand? What can you do at the frontier?"
Lin Dan, who was inside the door, said firmly, "What can I do? I would rather fight to the death on and die on the battlefield, which is better than dying in your backyard."
Her stern face was broken into pieces in the darkness. Ding Mujie was shocked and hurriedly reached out to ask her to stay. He woke up from his dream. He felt his head was in severe pain. On the other hand, he felt his heart was as painful as being stabbed by a knife. It was the last time he had seen Lin Dan in his previous life. He always thought that Lin Dan's words were just spoken out in anger and couldn't be taken seriously. Until now, he found that she had never lied. She could fight on the battlefield and had the determination to die on the battlefield. On the contrary, he looked at her with paranoia and judged her with narrow thoughts, which was ridiculous and despicable!
Ding Mujie sat on the bed and lost in thought for a long time. He suddenly heard the army's horns, which reminded him that Lin Dan was going to the battlefield today. He ran out in a hurry, only to find that the military was already out. Lin Dan rode her horse and galloped to the front line. Not to mention informing him, she didn't even look back.
But he stood there and stared at her back. He only came to sense when his warm tears flowed down from his eyes.
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The two armies were confronting each other on a plain. Without hearing the sound of the drum, they all stayed still.
Mo Li stood among the troops and shouted loudly, "Lin Qing is here? Come out and have a look. I've brought your father with me!" With a wave of his hand, a frame was erected next to him. A few soldiers shook the wheels and slowly hoisted a man who was covered in blood.[Read this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at the "Novel Multiverse dot com" website @ ]
After recognizing the man's face clearly, Lin Dan called his father sadly. He was about to bash up with his horse but was stopped by Lin Dan in time. She stepped out of the crowd and called upon Mo Li, trying to goad him to fight with her alone so that she could capture him alive in exchange for Lin Tie.
However, Mo Li was not fooled. He glanced at Xue Zhao and sneered, "My lady, don't play such a trick in front of me. I never underestimate women, especially women who can stand out in the army of the Wei Kingdom. The Wei Kingdom was unlike us, who never restrict women. Hu's women could be a shepherd or fight in a battle. They were all skilled. But the women of Wei can only stay at home to take care of their husbands and educate their children. They are weak and incompetent. In such a situation, a woman would appear in your army and took the position of general. How could I not be vigilant? If you're unskilled, a valiant man like Xue Zhao won't be willing to be under you. I didn't accept the challenge not because I was timid but because I'm cautious. If you want to capture me alive, I advise you not to waste your time."
After saying that, he stroked his beard and burst into laughter. His soldiers also praised him for his thoughtfulness, and he was not fooled by Lin Dan.
Although Lin Dan didn't show on her face, she secretly tightened the rein. The other generals of the Wei Kingdom also gritted their teeth and warned themselves not to show any abnormality. They had no choice. Mo Li was such a brave and resourceful man, and it was not easy to deceive him.
After laughing, Mo Li ordered someone to pour a bucket of ice water on the head of Lin Tie. When he awoke, he pointed at Lin Qing and Lin Dan and said, "My old friend, Lin Tie, look. Your son and daughter are all here. Today I will let your family reunion." As soon as he finished talking, several soldiers turned the wheels and hoisted the dead bodies of the Lin family one after another on the rack.
In the war the other day, the dead bodies of the Lin family's men were trapped in the enemy line and could not be saved back. Lin Qing thought that no matter how vicious Mo Li was, he would burn the corpse and scatter the ashes. He didn't expect that he would bring them to the front of the battlefield and hoist them on the rack to humiliate the Lin clan, which was more devastating to everyone's morale. Although the senior commander Lin had been dead for many days, his eyes were wide open, as if he died with regret. The other men of the Lin clan were also covered in blood and were miserable to look at.
The soldiers of the Wei Kingdom looked up at these corpses, their eyes red and their minds in a mess. Some shouted for the chief commander; some called out for their comrade-in-arms; some choked with sobs.
That was precisely Mo Li's intention. He jumped onto the rack and gave a punch on Lin Tie's face. He smashed all his teeth and laughed, "I've told you before that all the soldiers of the Wei clan are toothless tigers, which not a threat!"
Lin Tie was fully awake and shouted hysterically, "What are you doing, Lin Qing? Just shoot me to death!
He had already been tortured to an inhuman state. Every bone in his body had been broken, and the tendons on his limbs had been torn. He was already a useless person. Even if he was saved, his life would be more miserable than death. He knew what Mo Li was doing. He wanted to humiliate the Lin clan with the corpses of the Lin family, tempted to break their backbone, deject their fighting spirit, and forge his reputation with hundreds of thousands of blood of the comrade-in-arms.
This tactic was made up by Mo Li alone, but it was very effective. Lin Tie known it as psychological warfare. If he and other dead bodies of Lin clan's men hoisted on the rack today, the Lin clam's army would not have the fighting spirit. Those corpses were like the calling of death, making them terrified and absent-minded. Unless they could burn the bodies with their own hands and vent their anger and cruelty that had been suppressed within them, or else they would definitely lose the war.
At the thought of this, Lin Tie shouted even more pitifully, "Do you hear me, Lin Qing? Quickly kill me! I would rather die than be humiliated by the Huns!" If his death could arouse the fighting spirit of millions of troops, then why should he be afraid?
Lin Qing shook his head, and his eyes turned red. How could he kill his father? He couldn't do it at all!
Lin Tie couldn't help but call Li Xian. Li Xian aimed his arrow and then put them down. After a short while, he aimed at him again, and he put down again. After repeating it a few times, he was on the verge of a breakdown and was about to fall from the horse. Lin Tie was not someone else but his mentor. How could he kill him?
Lin Tie's intention was to arouse the cruelty and anger of the Lin clan's army and use his own death to unleash the weight they were shouldering, but he did not expect that his shout would make them fall deeper into despair. The already dispirited soldiers felt even more despair, and the battle had been defeated before it began. Some of the central army led by Xue Zhao was in a panic. The unit was scattered, and the soldiers retreated, which seemed to want to escape.
Lin Tie was so angry that he vomited blood, while Mo Li laughed and said, "Hahaha, I know you Wei people are just a group of cowards! Men, today we will kill the Lin clan and use their blood to forge for Da Hu's greatness!"
"Da Hu will definitely win, and the Wei Kingdom will be destroyed!" Da Hu will definitely win, and the Wei Kingdom will be destroyed!" Hundreds of thousands of Huns' men shouted at the same time. Their voice was so thunderous, which forced the Wei * * clan to retreat for several dozen feet.
Ding Mujie, who was standing on the high hill and watching the battle, his face paled. He knew that this time, he was still unable to change the outcome. However, the woman who should have died from depression was now on the battlefield. He wanted to stop her, and he wanted her to live on. But, if her wish was to fight and die on the battlefield, he would not go against her will even if he felt heartbroken.[Read this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at the "Novel Multiverse dot com" website @ ]
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Mo Li laughed more and more wildly. He whipped Lin Tie with a whip several times; it seemed he was beating the backbone of the Lin clan, which made them lowered their heads in despair. Lin Tie felt even more hopeless than them. These were his comrade-in-arms and also his family members. He ate and lived with them and cared for each other. He had even said that he would bring them all back. But now, because he was controlled by the enemy, these comrade-in-arms had restrained themselves. They were ready to be killed and fell into the abyss of helplessness. He could almost foresee that the Lin clan army would no longer exist in the world after this battle, and all the familiar faces in front of him would be burnt in the fire of war.
How could he ask so many of his troops to die with him? If it weren't for the fact that his teeth were smashed by Mo Li, he would have killed himself immediately by biting his tongue. He gazed across the faces of his fellow comrade-in-arms; two streams of blood tears gradually flowed from his dry eyes. Finally, he saw Lin Dan and his eyes lit up.
The others retreated dozens of feet by the bawled of the Huns army, but she was still at the front line and did not retreat even a step. She didn't avoid his gaze and looked straight into his eyes as if to assure his intention.
Lin Tie immediately shouted, "Lin Dan, just kill me!"
Lin Dan moved forward, but she didn't raise her bow. Instead, she calculated the distance between the two places to see if she had time to save Lin Tie when she bashed into the enemy lines. But unfortunately, he was too far away from her, and there were thousands of troops in front of him. So even if she was skilled in kung fu, she couldn't go to him in an instant and save him. No, she could have done it, but she failed to train herself to the extreme because of her subconscious.
It was definitely too late to get herself trained now. Lin Dan was reluctant to admit it, but she had to admit that her current self couldn't save Lin Tie at all.
Somehow, a voice told Lin Tie that this daughter might be the only hope of the Lin clan army, so he relentlessly shouted, "If you are still my obedient daughter, please do me a favor! Do you remember the poem father taught you when you were a child? Do you remember what grandfather often said?"
Lin Dan touched the bows and arrows on her back and said, "I remember, Military song should be sung with a broadsword, swearing to kill and enslave the Hu and leave the jade gate pass. If being defeated on the battlefield was the end of the kingdom, there was no need to return the corpses. We would rather die in the war than being their slaves! Father, I remember everything y'all had told me!" As soon as she finished her speech, she raised the bow and shot him.
As soon as the arrow soared, it landed. Lin Tie looked down at his bloody chest, looked up, and laughed. In his last breath, he stumbled and said, "As a father, I've fought countless battles, but I've never been happier than today! Lin Dan, you are the backbone of our family, and I am proud of you! If being defeated on the battlefield was the end of the kingdom, there was no need to return the corpses! As a father, I died with honor. Never blame yourself… " his head dropped and died after saying his last words.
Lin Dan's eyes turned red; Mo Li and his troops were still in a daze. Didn't they say that the people in the central plain were all cowards? Didn't they say that the people in the central plain were filial and would never dare to kill their father? How could she do that?
However, before they came into their sense, Lin Dan charged into the enemy line with her sword and attacked Mo Li. Li Xian immediately shouted, "Charge! Avenge General Lin!" Looking at Lin Dan, who was being surrounded, his heart was full of terror. If General Lin was hoisted on the rack throughout and borne the humiliation of the Huns, the backbone of the Lin clan army would also fall apart and lost the war psychologically without fighting.
However, Lin Dan's determination awakened everyone's fighting spirit, and the sacrifice of General Lin aroused their anger and fighting will. Finally, this war had a chance to turn defeat into victory. Li Xian drew out his sword and rushed into the enemy, trying to catch up with Lin Dan, but she gets farther and farther away from him.
She had superb sword skills and kung fu. Anyone who gets close to her would be beheaded and killed by her in a split second. She didn't even look at others. She just stared at Mo Li with her red eyes. Blood spurted everywhere, wherever she passed.
For the first time, there was a sense of fear in Mo Li's heart, but he did not hide from it. He was the commander in chief of the army, so he couldn't retreat from the battle. Instead, he charged straight towards her. If he couldn't defeat her, there would be soldiers coming to rescue him. Was it possible for his troops to be afraid of a little girl?
It was a pity that he underestimated Lin Dan's fighting skills. He was almost beheaded by her in just the first round. Fortunately, he leaned back and narrowly avoided the fatal strike, but his skin was numb because of the force of the vicious sword. But his horse was not as lucky as him. The hooves of the horse rushed a few steps forward and suddenly lay down. A splash of blood shoot up into the sky, the horse's head was chopped off in the blink of an eye.
Mo Li fell to the ground. Before he could get up, he was knocked unconscious by Lin Dan with a slap. She grabbed and put him onto her horseback.
Lin Dan rushed out of the crowd with Mo Li on her horseback. Those who charged up and tried to save their commander in chief were all killed by her. She turned into a bloody person. She was covered with a thick layer of blood and was dripping all over. Her appearance was terrifying. Gradually, all the people who besieged her retreated with fear in their eyes.[Read this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at the "Novel Multiverse dot com" website @ ]
But she was reluctant to let them go. She chased them with her broadsword. Wherever she went, the troops were in a mess. In the blink of an eye, the ground was covered with a thick layer of corpses, like harvesting wheat with a sickle in autumn. It was also like the God of death strangled the souls. The means were ruthless.
There were still many Wei soldiers who were as red-eyed as Lin Dan. Their hearts were full of hatred. They only knew that they needed to take the heads of these Huns to mourn their comrades and console their heroic souls, but they did not have the slightest intention of retreating. The battle lasted from sunrise to sunset. When the Lin clan army came to their senses, the Huns army had already fled in panic, leaving only debris on the ground.
Everyone looked at each other with tears shed from their eyes.
Ding Mujie, who stood on the high hill, was shocked. He was too far away to see clearly what was going on on the battlefield, but he could see a small dot took the lead to rush towards the Huns army. After her, was the army of the Wei Kingdom began to attack. It broke through siege of the Hun's cavalry alone and charged towards the crowd. The left army and the right army were divided into two wings to disperse the Hun's troopers, then they divided and encircled them, made them scattered all-around.
Wherever the small dot went, the soldiers of the Huns would fell to the ground, invincible. Ding Mujie was so shocked that he couldn't say anything. He stared at the tiny dot and didn't dare to take his eyes off it. It was not until the Huns army was defeated, leaving only smoke signals all-round, and the tiny dot gradually returned to the unit of the Wei clan, he then only let out a deep breath. We won. This was actually bound to be defeated but ended with a victory of the great Wei Kingdom! He couldn't change the ending, but it was amended by someone. Who was she? Was that Lin Dan?
Ding Mujie mounted his horse and rushed back to the camp. Before he could get close to Lin Dan's tent, he heard people around describe the battle in an astonished tone. The invincible person was indeed Lin Dan! He gradually slowed down, shook his head, and laughed at himself. His laughter was full of despair and humiliation. In the previous life, when he locked Lin Dan in the backyard and causing her to fail to set foot on the battlefield to avenge her family, what was in her mind? She was fully capable of leading the battle but was detained by a selfish man. He insulted her personality, ignored her ability, and even deprived her of freedom in the end. He was unforgivable! If he could let go of her and let her go, perhaps they would have lived a different life in their previous life and didn't need to wait until now.
The more he thought about it, the more ashamed Ding Mujie felt. He already walked to the tent but dared not take a step closer. He was afraid to face Lin Dan, but the noise in the tent made him immediately forget all the distracting thoughts, and he quickly rushed in.
He only saw Lin Qing furiously grabbing Lin Dan's collar and questioned harshly, "How could you kill father! How could you do that! You are so skillful that you can charge into the siege to save him. Why did you shoot him with an arrow? You are so cruel! Are you still a human being?"
All the generals gathered around him and persuaded him. Their eyes were red. It was apparent that they had cried.
Lin Dan didn't say a word and gradually prised from Lin Qing's fingers and walked out of the tent to the training ground, which was filled with corpses and coffins. The soldiers who were guarding the bodies quickly retreated to both sides, letting her pass unimpeded. She walked to the front, quietly looking at rows of black coffins, and knelt down silently. These coffins were all containing with Lin clan's men and dead soldiers.
Lin Qing caught up and berate her with tears, "You are the murderer of father. You have no right to kneel here! Get out of here!"
Li Xian couldn't stand it anymore. He punched on Lin Qing's face and scolded, "Do you think it's easy to charge up into the siege and save General Lin? Lin Dan is a being, not a God. She has no wings! Why did General Lin request to be killed? Because he wanted to sacrifice himself to protect the kingdom. If he doesn't die, we won't have the will to fight. If we don't have the fighting spirit, the people here will all die, and the border we protect and the kingdom we fought for will also be trampled to pieces by the Huns' cavalry. Just as General Lin said, he died with honor, and he didn't regret it! If it weren't for General Austin's sacrifice and your sister's determination, could you still be standing here and scold her? You have owed your sister a life, and I also owed her a life. All of us who are alive owed her a life!"
Li Xian sobbed, "This is arrow should have been shot by either you or me, but we both can't take the responsibility. We had disappointed General Lin! Only Lin Dan stood up and helped us complete our mission. General Lin was right. We are all cowards! Your father, grandfather, brother, and uncles' bodies are all here, and their heroic souls are watching at us from the sky. You can ask them if they have blamed Lin Dan for what she did! "
Lin Qing remembered what his father had said before he died. He said he was happier than he won a battle because the Lin family had a new backbone. There was no doubt that the backbone was not referring to Lin Qing but to Lin Dan. He didn't blame Lin Dan at all. On the contrary, he was proud of her. And this crime of killing father should have been borne by the youngest son. It was Lin Qing's cowardice that made him put the blame on Lin Dan.
What was his stand to blame Lin Dan, his incompetence? When Lin Qing calmed down, he began to regret his behavior.
However, at this time, Lin Dan took out a dagger from her boots and stabbed it into her abdomen without hesitation, said weakly, "I will use my blood to cleanse the crime of killing father, is that alright? If I don't die today, I will defeat the Huns in the future. All the soldiers and the heroic souls in the sky, please be my witness." After saying that, she again brutally stabbed herself twice.[Read this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at the "Novel Multiverse dot com" website @ ]
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Lin Qing was frightened by the sudden self-injury of Lin Dan; he was stunned on the spot. Li Xian was the first to react and wanted to carry her, but she knelt firmly on the ground and did not move at all, as if she weighed a thousand pounds.
Ding Mujie also ran over to help, and shouted with red eyes, "What are you doing, Lin Dan? Why did you do that? The chief commander and the generals are watching you in the sky. They won't blame you! Quickly get up! Guards, send her to the military doctor. Hurry up!" In his two lives, he had never been so flustered. There was an indescribable fear deep in his heart. He was afraid that Lin Dan would die, just like the senior commander Lin, General Lin, and the other men of the Lin clan. It turned out, it was heroic to say that fighting to the death on the battlefield and the return of the corpses, but in fact, it was so brutal to endure it.
Lin Dan slowly and firmly pushed Ding Mujie and Li Xian away and glanced at the military doctor who came in a hurry. The military doctor was frightened by her fierce eyes and quickly stepped back, didn't dare to near her. She looked towards Lin Qing and said word by word, "If I die tomorrow, I will atone for the crime of killing father; If I don't die tomorrow, I will kill the Huns, avenge Lin clan's men and all the soldiers who died in battle. Is that okay?"
Lin Qing then only came back to his senses. He knelt down and cried with tears all over his face, "I'm sorry, sis! I was really wrong! I shouldn't have lost my temper at you just now. I was angry at my incompetence! Quickly get up and let the military doctor bandage your wound. I beg you! "
However, Lin Dan ignored him. She knelt down silently in front of the coffins, letting her blood flow out. At the same time, she was also constantly practicing her inner force, but she found that as if she had reached a solid barrier. With her existing state, it was impossible to break through it. In other words, even if she didn't have any concern and continued to practice her kung fu, she still couldn't save Lin Tie. Anyhow, she did kill Lin Tie, and she should bear the responsibility.
Human beings were sometimes weak. Although all kinds of the method were used and had tried our best, it was just the matter of fate. Thinking of this, Lin Dan finally let go of the last trace of guilt and immersed herself in meditation.
Lin Qing tried to persuade her. Every time he shook her, he saw more blood gushing out of her belly. He didn't dare to touch her anymore. He cried so hard that he couldn't catch his breath. His face was covered with tears, like a helpless and lost child. It was because he was timid and escaped from it, then only his sister stood out. The person he should hate most was not his sister but himself, the incompetent coward! He should have shoulder the responsibility for what his sister was suffering now.
Li Xian cried with tears welled up in his eyes, "Guards, carry General Lin back!"
Ding Mujie suddenly stepped forward and said in a hoarse voice, "Don't touch her anymore. If we stopped her from kneeling here to atone for her sin, she couldn't get over the barrier in her heart, which is worse than killing her. Do y'all understand?" He ignored Lin Dan's feelings too much in the past, but now, he was willing to stand in her shoes and consider her carefully in every way. If she wanted to atone for what she had done, then just let her be, and he would be with her.
After thinking for a while, he lifted up his clothes and slowly knelt down beside Lin Dan.
Li Xian closed his eyes for a while, and he trembled. At last, he waved his arm to back off the surrounding soldiers. He couldn't imagine how momentous was the crime of killing a father. He only knew that if he was Lin Dan, he definitely wouldn't have come back alive, let alone to kneel here, because he would have collapsed on the battlefield and killed by the Huns.
He stared at Lin Dan's back; his eyes were full of understanding, admiration, and pity. He knew that General Lin died happily, and his heart was full of relief when he died. Because of Lin Dan, the Lin family would never collapse. She could do something challenging for an ordinary person, and she could also bear the responsibility that was tough for an ordinary person. Her backbone was even more potent than iron steel. She was the new soul of the Lin clan army.
As long as she got over this barrier, nothing in the world could defeat her, and she would become indestructible!
The other generals also thought so. They gradually walked behind Lin Dan and knelt down with her. Their eyes were full of respect and admiration. She had no regret to herself, the death of the loyal Lin clan, and the hundreds of thousands of soldiers who had survived from death!
If it weren't for General Lin's self-sacrifice and for Lin Dan's quick decision, there would have been no Western army anymore.
Seeing the generals kneeling down, the soldiers also gathered around and knelt down together. They looked firmly at the thin figure kneeling in the forefront. Although General Lin was dead, they had a new General Lin.
Lin Qing gradually stopped crying. He looked around at his comrades and turned around, and looked at the black mass of soldiers. An unspeakable sense of shame surged in his heart.
On the other side, Xue Zhao was lying in the tent waiting for the military doctor to remove the arrows for him. In fact, he had been badly injured by Lin Dan in yesterday's fight, but he hid it from others to save his dignity. When he went to the battlefield, he was certainly not fit to fight. Soon he was shot and fell from his horse. Fortunately, his soldiers had already received his orders. They immediately lifted him to the rear, which saved his life.
After returning to the camp, he couldn't swallow his anger. He ordered his people to spread the rumor that Lin Dan was cruel and merciless and even killed his own father. He even instigated Lin Qing to make trouble with Lin Dan. Judging from the noise, there should be a big quarrel happening over there.
As soon as he thought of this, his confidant opened the flap and came in. He said in a low voice, "General, the military doctor guarded the mourning hall and refused to come over. He said that he needs to keep an eye on Lin Dan at all times in case of anything happen to her."[Read this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at the "Novel Multiverse dot com" website @ ]
"What's wrong with Lin Dan?" Xue Zhao was overjoyed.
Her confidant sighed, "In order to atone for her sin, she stabbed herself thrice into her abdomen. If she can't pass tonight, I'm afraid there will be another coffin in the mourning hall. I have never seen such a tough and resolute woman in my life. Not to mention that Lin Qing quarrels with her; he didn't even dare to make a sound. He knelt behind her and kowtowed. His forehead was bleeding. He felt very regretful. Li Xian, Li Zhong, and Fang Zhou all knelt behind her and were completely subdued by her. The soldiers looked at her as if she is a god and might have been convinced by her. If she doesn't die, the Western army will still be under the Lin family, Lin Dan's Lin. "
Xue Zhao was stunned. After a long time, he gritted his teeth and said, "How could such a person suddenly appear in the Lin clan! It would be great if only they were all like Lin Qing, that coward! Y'all go and figure out whether we can use the old trick to get rid of her."
His confidant stopped him at once, "General, just forget about it. Lin Dan killed the Huns as if chopping melons and vegetables. It's hard for us to get close to her, let alone plot against her. Please be a little more patience. What if she loses too much blood and dies tomorrow? "
"Well, then we just wait for another day." Xue Zhao took a deep breath and said in pain, "Go and get the military doctor. I can't stand the pain anymore."
That night, the military doctor removed the arrow from him, but it was unexpected that the delay had caused the wound to be infected. Moreover, the wound injured the heart and caused a high fever. He continuously drank several bowls of remedy, but he died. What his confidant said was true. There was indeed another coffin in the mourning hall.
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The long night finally passed. Li Xian and Ding Mujie reached out their hands simultaneously, trying to touch Lin Dan, but they both stopped and looked at each other carefully. It seemed that they had just discovered each other's existence. Their judgemental eyes showed slight hostility.
A loud rumble came from afar, breaking the morning silence. It was the drumbeats of the Huns. Since they were all defeated and the chief commander was captured. They couldn't wait any longer and wanted to fight again.
Lin Dan opened her eyes all of a sudden, she ignored the people at her both sides. She pulled off the mourning cloth on her head and wrapped it tightly around her waist. She took her sword and leave. "Let's continue the fight!"
"Let's fight again! Revenge for the dead soldiers!" The soldiers, who had been wearing sad faces, kneeling behind her, were instantly in high spirits when they saw that she was fine. They quickly stood up and put the armor that the blood had not been dried out back on. They returned to the unit in an orderly manner and lined up in formation. They were still the same army, but it was completely different from yesterday. It seemed that they had rebuilt their soul and backbone.
"Chief Commander, it's time to go." Lin Dan held Mo Li in her hand, whose bones were broken, and his limbs' tendons were torn apart.
"Let's go." Li Xian glanced at Mo Li, who didn't know whether he was alive or dead, and didn't ask further.
Ding Mujie felt frustrated when watching Lin Dan receded again. He didn't want to take the imperial examination anymore; he also didn't want to help the nine princes anymore; he didn't want to fight for the throne anymore. He only wanted to stay by the side of Lin Dan and see her live a peaceful life. If possible, he wanted to walk side by side with her and fight together with her in the battle.
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When they arrived at the battlefield, Lin Dan also did the same doings as Mo Li did. She smashed his teeth and hung him high on the flag pole. She said contemptuously, "All of you are toothless tigers, which is not a threat. Sooner or later, I will pull out your claws and teeth, kill your tribes, and let y'all disappear on this grassland forever! "
The troops, who had always been arrogant, dared not to say anything this time. They looked up at Mo Li, who had already been tortured to an inhuman state; Their hearts were in fear. Yesterday, Lin Dan was like a god of death, wantonly killed the Huns. The way she slaughtered still remains in their memories, forming an indelible terror. If others were to say that they wanted to kill the Huns, they would definitely laugh at their whimsical ideas. However, these words were told by Lin Dan as if it was an omen, which made them feel chill from the bottom of their hearts.
They didn't know that with just a battle, they had already scared of Lin Dan.
One of the Huns' men whispered something in the ear of one of the generals, and his eyes occasionally glanced at Lin Dan's bloody belly. The general nodded and replied in Hu language. Then he raised his voice and spoke in Han language, and said that he wanted to fight one-on-one with Lin San. They had found that Lin Dan was seriously injured. If they could provoke her to fight and capture her alive, they might exchange her for the chief commander. This tactic was not new, but it worked.
The more Lin Qing thought about it, the more ashamed he felt for himself. If it weren't for the fact that he was on the battlefield, he would have dug a hole in the ground and dived into it. If he was not a coward and vented his anger on others, his sister wouldn't have been so seriously injured. It was cruel on the battlefield. She had been bleeding all night and was weak. If she was distracted today, she was very likely to be killed. What did he do! If grandfather and father knew it, they would definitely be very disappointed in him![Read this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at the "Novel Multiverse dot com" website @ ]
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Lin Qing grabbed on Lin Dan's rein tightly and pleaded, "Sis, please don't fight with him. He was Mo Li's son, Mo Sang. His kung fu was skillful and possessed innate superhuman strength, which was tough to challenge him, and you are still injured. If something happens to you, and what should I do when I am left alone?" It was not until now that he realized how important this sister was to him. Without his sister, he didn't dare to imagine what would happen in the future. He couldn't support the Lin family by himself, let alone win the war.
His sister was not only his backbone but also the backbone of the soldiers.
Li Xian also stopped her, "Lin Dan, you stay in the line and don't move. I'll fight with him!"
Lin Dan pushed Lin Qing's hand away and ignored Li Xian's words. She asked, "Are you the son of Mo Li?"
Mo Sang stood out and said with a hoarse voice, "Yes, you're right. Do you dare to fight with me?"
Lin Dan sneered and said, "Good. Yesterday, your father had reunited my family, and today I will also let your family be in peace." As soon as she finished talking, she rushed out of the crowd and raised her sword began to slaughter.
Mo Sang didn't expect her to be so clear-cut. He was stunned for a moment before he charged up to her. The two rode back and forth, and their swords collided with each other. Every strike clashed with each other, producing sparks. Despite Mo Sang's great strength, Lin Dan was not inferior to him at all. In an instant, she had fought with him for more than ten rounds. If Lin Dan was not injured, Mo Sang would be no match for her, even if ten or eight more of him. But she had lost too much blood last night and was very weak. Her vision was blurry as she was fighting as if she couldn't hold any longer.
Seeing that Mo Sang was about to chop her in half, she swore to cut herself in half. To end the battle as soon as possible, she charged forward without dodging.
Mo Sang gritted his teeth and grinned, "You're courting death!"
The best defense was to attack. Lin Dan suddenly turned sideways and used her shoulder blade to withstand the attack so that she could take the chance to get close to Mo Sang. Then she turned her wrist and directly chopped off his head. Even if she lost her memory, the remaining fighting consciousness within her could still instruct her what to do.
The armor on her shoulder diverted some of the forces for her, but Mo Sang's blade still causes severe injury. It almost chopped her entire arm off. She tore off a piece of the armor and quickly wrapped up the wound. Then she tightened the rein, let her horse raised upright on its hind legs, and then trampled Mo Sang's head into pieces.
"Are there still any Mo family members who are still in the line? Come and fight with me!" She was covered in blood, which indicated that she was seriously injured, but no one dared to look down upon her on the battlefield.
Mo Li, who was hung in the air, let out a painful cry. He always liked to use psychological warfare, but when others used the same trick, he found that this was a brutal and powerless scene. He shouted in Hu language, but nobody knew what he was shouting.
The Huns army was in turmoil. After a long time, a muscular man walked out and said in a low voice, "I'm Mo Gu. Today I will chop your head to avenge my father and brother!" Like the Lin clan army situation, this Huns army was also Mo Li's troops, and most of the generals in the military were his confidants or nephews.
Lin Dan didn't say a word and charged upon.
Mo Gu still had a certain fluke mentality. He thought it would be easier to deal with Lin Dan since she was severely injured and exhausted. But he was utterly wrong. There was a kind of fighting spirit within Lin Dan that the more challenging it was, the more she felt on the verge of death, the more valiant she would be. The pain was nothing to her. Apart from stimulating her fighting spirit, it didn't affect her at all.
She had never been to the battlefield, but it seemed that she had experienced a hundred battles. She chopped off Mo Gu's , held the tip of the spear, and tossed it towards his heart. The breastplate protected him from the fatal strike, but it also made him stunned for a moment. At this moment, a cold light flashed across his blue eyes. It was Lin Dan's blade charging towards him. Before he could react, she had cut off his neck.
Another head fell to the ground, with the same expression of disbelief and appalling on his face. The second member of the Mo clan died.
Lin Dan raised the bloody sword and said sternly, "Who else?"
Mo Gu's nephew quickly stepped back. When they stepped back, the Huns army also stepped back. Apparently, they were in a panic. Lin Dan immediately charged up to the enemy line and ordered, "Kill!"
She first distinguished the flame of the Huns army to wear down their fighting spirit. When they showed their fear, she bashed into the enemy line. She had planned every move. It would be just in vain for Mo Li to keep reminding her. His psychological warfare was backfired entirely on him.
The Lin clan army, who was actually in imminent danger, finally stand a chance to win. In this battle, they had breached the Huns army the Northern Shaanxi and messed up their plan of entering the central region. After dusk, there were only debris and smoke left on the battlefield. The large number and well-equipped Huns army were now left less than fifty thousand people, which could be said to be a disastrous defeat.[Read this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at the "Novel Multiverse dot com" website @ ]
Li Xian brought the military doctor to the tent and wanted to bandage the wound for Lin Dan, but she stopped him outside.
"I'm a woman. It's inconvenient. I can bandage the wound myself. You can just leave the medicine." Lin Dan's tone was very calm as if she was not injured.
"No, you are badly injured, and it's inconvenient for you to move. What if the wound reopens? Wait a minute. I'll find a female doctor for you." All of a sudden, Li Xian thought of their last meeting. Apart from feeling helpless, he began to feel the joy of seeing her again. Lin Dan was like a lone wolf; she always hid and cure her wounds alone, as if she didn't need the care of others at all.
But he couldn't help caring about her. Her impression in his mind had turned from a blurry shadow to an eye-catching entity. In case of anything happen to Lin Dan, he didn't dare to leave the tent. He just sent someone to the nearby town to look for a woman who has medical skills. Lin Qing also didn't dare to go in. He squatted at the entrance dejectedly and kept apologizing to Lin Dan.
Ding Mujie walked to the door, cupped his hands, and said, "Your Royal Highness King Zhuang, it's late autumn now. The winter is coming, and the food and fodders are running out. Shouldn't you think of another way? Moreover, Mo Li was the younger brother of Mo Xiao, the chief of the Huns, and Mo Qi, Mo Tai, and the others who had been killed by Lin Dan were also the biological sons of Mo Xiao. After knowing the death of these people, Mo Xiao would certainly lead an army to attack. He has a unit of elite cavalries under his command, which has high lethality, high flexibility, and superb endurance. They haven't been defeated in a single war since the unit was established. Have you thought about how to deal with it? Although the unit has less than seventy thousand elite cavalries, they besieged and killed five hundred thousand troops and horses of the Wei Kingdom. In just three days, they conquered Bianliang City lightly and settled in Taiyuan. With our current army force, we are no match for them."
Ding Mujie didn't seem intent to pour cold water on King Zhuang at this time, but he had to do so. Although we had won this battle, there were more powerful enemies waiting to attack us, and it was far from the time to celebrate.
"I know all your concerns. I will report to my father about the army provisions and ask him to dispatch them. As for the elite cavalries of Mo Xiao, I'm still thinking of another way."
As soon as Li Xian finished his words, Lin Dan said in the tent, "What are you still thinking? If we wait for the order from the capital, it's already winter here. The soldiers would starve to death and won't have the strength to fight. The provisions and fodders of the Huns were all obtained from the people of the Wei Kingdom. We will just form a troop to plunder them as well. There are still a few remnant Huns troops nearby, and many vagrants have robbed the land of the people of the Wei Kingdom and settled down. We just have to fight and flee. Today, since we have killed hundreds of thousands of Mo Li's soldiers and horses, we just have sent people to gather the armors and horses that were left behind on the battlefield and also establish a unit of elite cavalries. I'll be responsible for training. We don't have much time left. Let's get ready quickly. It's better to take the initiative than wait for death."
Lin Dan's enterprising spirit immediately dispelled Li Xian's concerns. He smiled happily and said, "Okay, I'll order someone to prepare it now. You have a good rest. Let's fight side by side next time. "
Ding Mujie hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Your Royal Highness King Zhuang, I'm not talented, but I'm willing to help the army. Although the Huns' elite troops were terrifying, we can try to force them to dismount from their horses. We can also improve our weapons to restrain their heavy armors. If you are willing to believe me, please excuse me."
Li Xian looked at him and nodded, "Okay, let's go to the main tent and discuss it."
Ding Mujie didn't show any joy on his face. Instead, he walked to the entrance and said softly, "Don't worry, Lin Dan. You should have a good rest first."
"Thank you for your concern." An emotionless voice came from the tent. Ding Mujie felt a little miserable, but he didn't dare to stay any longer. He left hastily with King Zhuang. However, Lin Qing guarded the tent and didn't dare to move a step. Sometimes, he asked her sister whether she was okay or not; sometimes, he would berate himself; sometimes, he would urge the soldiers to find a woman doctor. He was in a mess.
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It only took half a month for Lin Dan to heal from her injury. Not only the military doctor was startled, but she was surprised too. After she recovered, she elected five thousand elite soldiers to learn swords with her. When they were almost well-trained, she took them to the grassland to raid.
Her sword skill was very unique and had great lethal force; it was easy to do it. Her moves were not fancy, only chopping and stabbing. They waved their swords tens of thousands of times every day. After thirty or forty days in a row, the spirit of the whole unit was totally different.
Lin Dan led the army to wander on the grassland. When the sun rose, they galloped to the tribe in the East and raided their horses; Before sunset, they went to the tribe in the West and raided their food and fodder; At night, they would suddenly go to the South and raided their salt and iron. It was hard to predict their whereabouts. The manors conquered by the Huns and originally belonged to the Central Plains had been plundered by them.
Gradually, the Huns nearby were afraid of her and began to move deep into the grassland. Apart from that, when they heard Lin Dan's name from afar, they would flee at once. Seeing this, the people of the Wei Kingdom gradually moved back to their homeland and felt grateful to Lin Dan. They volunteered to donate fodders, hoping that the troop leader would stay for a long time to protect their safety.
In just two months, the fodders that had been raided by Lin Dan had been piled up the storehouse and all over the valley, as well as countless horses, salt, and iron, which made Li Xian had the resources to transform weapons and armors. He recruited as many craftsmen as possible and start smelting.
The preparations for the battle were in full swing. At the same time, Mo Xiao's army had slowly stepped into the river trap and confronted the Lin clan army.
A great war was about to begin.[Read this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at the "Novel Multiverse dot com" website @ ]
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The cavalries were known as the king of field operations, and the heavy cavalries were different from the ordinary cavalries. They were wearing heavy armors with bullet and sword proof, but the horses were also equipped with heavy armors, which made them have astonishing attacking power. One cavalry could deal with six to seven-foot soldiers, while it's not a problem for a heavy cavalry to deal with ten to twenty of them.
The heavy cavalries played a more critical role, especially in urban warfare. As long as there were more than fifty thousand heavy cavalries, they could easily conquer a city. Most of the soldiers guarding the city were foot soldiers. Each time they went out of the city to fight, the number of foot soldiers running out was minimal. They were often killed by the calvaries before they could line up in formation. They don't even have the chance to counterattack. As a result, Mo Xiao's troops galloped across the grassland. They were undefeatable after they entered the central region.
Right now, the Lin clan army would be facing such a dreadful army. Fortunately, they won a remarkable victory, which significantly boosted the fighting spirit of the soldiers. There were five thousand trained heavy cavalries and led them to plunder on the grassland, have them stained with blood, and stimulated their evil aura so that this battle would have a chance of winning. They also raided many war horses and armors, which made them well equipped.
In the distance, the drum was rumbling. When the army approached, Lin Dan had put on her heavy armor and steadily walked towards her horse. She walked through a group of hefty men like iron towers. She looked small, but her aura was not suppressed at all. The soldiers on both sides took off their helmets, and half knelt to salute her. They admired her from the bottom of their hearts and had already wholly subdued by her. Without her, there wouldn't have the existing Lin clan army, nor would the existence of this deadly army denounced as the devils.
Lin Dan, who was wearing a fifty to sixty pounds armor suit, seemed to be weightless. She jumped on the horseback agilely and ordered, "Let's go."
"Lin Dan!" A hoarse voice was suddenly heard, making her stop and look back.
Ding Mujie walked up gradually and forced a smile, "I wish you a triumphant victory, Lin Dan. Be careful on the battlefield! "
Before Lin Dan could express her gratitude, Li Xian said confidently, "With the help of a valiant general like General Lin and a military adviser like Ming De, we will definitely win this battle. Let's go. Just wait for our victory. "
Ming De was the name of Ding Mujie. These days, he tried his best to give advice to Li Xian, and the two of them had become friends from strangers.
After they finished their farewell, the warhorses set out together, causing a tide of yellow dust. The sand and dust blurred Lin Dan's back and Ding Mujie's vision. He tried his best to suppress his fear and bitterness. When the army was out of sight from afar, he waved his hand and said, "Let's find a high place to watch the battle."
A line of soldiers escorted him to a nearby high hill. He was now King Zhuang's military counselor, and he often came up with winning tricks, so he had a high position in the army.
The two armies met in plain, and both deployed their formation. Strictly speaking, the Lin clan army had more than a hundred thousand soldiers than Mo Xiao's army. Still, these hundred thousand soldiers were foot soldiers, which were nothing for the heavy cavalries. But Mo Xiao didn't look down upon the Lin army. He had constantly been learning from the scouts about Lin Dan's performance and reputation, which made him unwittingly had a grasp of her.
Seeing that gorgeous yet cold face of Lin Dan, he couldn't help but laugh. "Okay, this is the opponent I imagined!"
Lin Dan stood still.
Mo Xiao just raised his hand and ordered, "Attack!"
The armored Huns' cavalries were like a wall. A cavalry standing in front of the Lin army suddenly raised the flag in his hand and waved a few times. Then the army in the rear immediately began to change the formation. The foot soldiers ran up to the front in an orderly manner, ten people in a line and five people in a row. They formed a square formation in a staggered manner and protected the cavalries at the back instead.
The best battle formation was to position cavalries against each other; Positioning the foot soldiers against the cavalries was like surrendering their soldiers to the enemy. Mo Xiao had no idea what the Lin army was doing, and he hesitated. But this little hesitation didn't make him fear the army of the Wei Kingdom.
As the clatter of the horse's hooves approached, the Lin army's foot soldiers still stood firmly in the front and had no means to retreat. Whereas the cavalries were comfortably protected by the foot soldiers and had no means to attack.
Two hundred feet, one hundred and fifty feet, one hundred feet… The enemy was getting closer and closer, but the Lin army did not move, as if they were waiting for death. This was obviously illogical. There must be a trap! As soon as Mo Xiao thought of this, the cavalries who charged in the forefront suddenly sank. The cavalries behind them didn't hold back in time; they trampled over their bodies, causing more casualties.[Read this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at the "Novel Multiverse dot com" website @ ]
Mo Xiao took a careful look, and only then did he found that the Lin army had somehow dug several trenches on the plain grassland. They were covered with bamboo nets and a layer of grass, which could not detect anything unusual from a distance. These trenches were like big mouths, devouring all the Huns' cavalries that were rushing over. The cavalries from the back can cross only when the pits were filled with the front cavalries.
It was already inconvenient for the soldiers and war horses to move in heavy armors. After falling, they had no time to get up and were trampled to pieces by their comrades' iron hooves. Fortunately, in order to hold the line, Mo Xiao didn't run in the forefront, or else he would have been killed. It was too late to retreat now, so the Huns soldier had to abandon their comrades-in-arms under their feet and continued to charge forward.
The soldiers of the Lin army still stood still. They waited until the Huns got close enough, then only they draw out a pole from behind their back and hold it in front of them. The initially neat formation suddenly turned into hedgehogs that could not get close at all. It was too late for the horses to stop; the Huns' cavalries crashed into the poles and caused many casualties.
A soldier of the Wei Kingdom waved the small flag in his hand as he ran backward. The Lin. army immediately changed their formation when they saw the situation. The foot soldiers guarding at the front threw away their broken poles and ran to the back. Only then did the light cavalries who had been hiding behind them run forward. The weapon in their hands was not an ordinary weapon but a six-foot-long war scythe. Instead of cutting the enemy's heads with these scythes, they bent down and attacked the horse's hooves with sharp blades.
The Huns' heavy cavalries were all wearing armors from top to bottom, which could be said they were invulnerable to swords and spears. Even their warhorses were hidden in thick iron armors, except for their eyes and the hooves. There was almost no place for them to attack. The Lin army attacked at that weakness. Once the horse's hooves were hurt, the horses with a weight of over a hundred pounds would immediately fall to the ground and could never get up. The heavy armors gave them layers of protection, but at the same time, they also restricted their movements.
The light cavalries of the Wei Kingdom cut off the hooves of the horses and walked nimbly among the Huns' heavy cavalries, causing them many injuries. Usually, when a horse fell, a group of horses would fall behind it, and heavy causalities would occur. Such a weapon, and tactic, was really something that the Huns' cavalries had never heard or seen before, and they were stunned at once.
Seeing that another group of Huns' cavalries fell to the ground, they didn't seem to have many advantages in numbers and combat effectiveness. Only then the five thousand heavy cavalries led by Lin Dan rush out from behind and wantonly kill them. This time, the Lin army had no strategic tactics to use anymore, so they were like the Huns, began to slaughter. They had been wandering on the grassland for months and were already used to killing. Wherever they went were like broken bamboos, causing the Huns' cavalries to abandon their helmet and armor, which was challenging to fight against them. After a series of tricks, Mo Xiao's mind was in a mess. Seeing that Lin Dan was running towards him with a sword, he turned around and fled unexpectedly.
He had never expected that the Wei squad would improve so much in just a few months. The wolves on the grassland were far from being his match! They were ruthless, cruel, and brave, far more spirited than the Huns' cavalries. This sick toothless tiger, which was raised by its family, had now become a lion.
"Retreat! Retreat!" Mo Xiao yelled. More than half of his seventy thousand heavy armored horses had been killed in less than an hour. If he didn't flee now, all his men would be buried here. Although he was the chief of the Huns, many tribes just pretended to obey him, but there were hidden intentions within them. If he didn't have enough force to intimidate these people, he would definitely be devoured by them in the future.
He had planned to take control of the central region to distract these people's attention. But currently, the place was like a doom; he would definitely don't want it.
Lin Dan definitely wouldn't let him run away so easily. She carried her sword and chased after him for hundreds of miles until she reached the depth of the grassland. When she led her horseback to the battlefield, the battle was already over. The Lin clan almost annihilated the army at the lowest cost and won the final victory.
Without the command of Mo Xiao, the rest of the Huns' army were no longer a threat. Lin Dan gradually gained her fame by leading her heavy cavalries to encircle these remnants of the grassland. As long as they heard that General Lin was here, the men would immediately run and hide in the tent. They didn't even dare to let out a cry. If they saw her cavalry galloping over from a distance, they would abandon their sheep and tents and flee as fast as they could. In the past, they were the ones who plundered the settlers of the central region and never the other way.
The Lin clan had guarded the border for generations and had dealt with the Huns countless times. The Huns hated them to the core, thinking that they could exterminate the Lin clan this time, but they didn't expect that such a ruthless person like Lin Dan would appear in their clan and almost kill the Huns in turn! Was it true that the Lin clan the bane of the Huns?
Mo Xiao didn't mention how much he hated Lin Dan, but he couldn't do anything to her even so. In terms of kung fu, Lin Dan was undefeatable on the grassland; As for her brutality, she only knows how to attack but not how to defend. Every drop of blood on her body revealed an unstoppable force. Anyone who was her enemy had to prepare to be smashed to pieces by her.
Mo Xiao had re-established his troops twice but was defeated by Lin Dan. He was afraid of her and gradually returned to his hometown. He couldn't afford to offend her, so the only way was to hide. He sent a letter of pleading for peace and made peace with the emperor of the Wei Kingdom. He didn't want to be killed by Lin Dan. He had no idea when she would come to his hometown and kill him.
However, he had heard that Lin Dan had made up her mind to exterminate the Huns to avenge her whole family. It's all because of Mo Li's cruel means and had driven her to a desperate situation. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been in such a difficult situation.[Read this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at the "Novel Multiverse dot com" website @ ]
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Ding Mujie, who was watching the battle on the high hill, was very excited. The traps, the poles, the long war scythes, the flag semaphore, and the strategic tactics were planned by him. He should have been confident. However, he was far more excited to see Lin Dan attacked the enemy line than the effectiveness of his tactics.
He looked at her invincible figure without a blink. His heart beat so fast that even his blood could not help boiling. Anyone who had never experienced the previous life would never be able to understand his current feeling. Today's battle caused the Wei Kingdom to be entirely defeated by the Huns, and since then, it had fallen into turmoil and disintegration.
Later, he assisted the nine princes in ascending the throne. Although he was in a high position and had power in the court, he could not amend the situation of the Wei Kingdom, which was getting worse. Every year, the Wei Kingdom had to pay a considerable amount of money to the Huns and send their princesses to the marriage alliance. The people in the border area were often slaughtered by the Huns, and they didn't dare to resist.
The Wei Kingdom, which used to be a kingdom of thousands of kingdoms, had become a sleepy beast that lingered on for a long time. One day, it would be exterminated by the Huns. When Ding Mujie died, the Wei Kingdom was still struggling and was not wholly destroy. He had foreseen that and made him couldn't feel relieved. When he was reborn, other than marrying Lin Wan and rescuing the Lin family, he had a more prominent and more challenging desire to revive the kingdom's glory and save the people from disaster.
However, he was sensible enough to know that even if he had lived for two lives and foreseen many opportunities, this wish might last his entire life. It would only be a wish. In his previous life, he had devoted his energy and thought, but in return, the peace of the Wei Kingdom only lasted for more than a decade. Perhaps he had to work even harder in his life to save the disaster. However, he had never expected that this battle, and this person, the dawn which he had never dreamed before, would gradually bloom in this boundless frontier.
Looking at the Huns' cavalries, who were defeated and fled, and the rapid progress of Wei's troop, Ding Mujie's eyes were filled with tears and his unpacified mood. He mounted his horse, revealing the young man's high spirit for the first time. He shouted, "Let's go back to welcome our triumphant comrades!"
"Yes, sir!" The soldiers who accompanied him to watch the battle also showed an ecstatic expression.
When they hurried back to the camp, and just in time to meet the heroes who returned on their horses. The blood on their bodies had not yet dried out, and their faces looked exhausted, but their eyes were brighter than before.
"Thank you, Lin Dan!" Ding Mujie couldn't restrain his excitement. He rushed to her as soon as he got off the horse. He held her tightly in his arms, patting her back hard. His eyes were red. He wanted to let out a cry, but he held it back. The victory had utterly reversed the fate of the Wei Kingdom. Not only did he wanted to express his gratitude to Lin Dan, but everyone in the world had to express their gratitude to her.
At this moment, she had no idea what kind of miracle she had created and how she had rescued the people out of the abyss of despair. If… If he hadn't stopped her in her previous life, everything would have changed, wouldn't it?
Every time Ding Mujie thought about this question, his heart ached, and the sadness in his eyes became more intense.
Before he could fully express his emotions, a pair of hands pulled him away. Li Xian joked, "Sir, can you give me a victory hug? Without your plan, we wouldn't have won so easily today. The military counselor has made significant contributions. I will report to His Royal Highness after return and ask him to reward you. "
Ding Mujie hugged him and patted him on the shoulder as if they were good friends.
Most people in the army were bold, so it was normal for them to hold each other's shoulders and carry each other. Moreover, Lin Dan was a great fighter; no one treated her as a woman. Naturally, they wouldn't think it was strange for her to hug a man. Everyone was immersed in the joy of victory and needed to have a big celebration.
After the battle, the arrogance of the Huns had been extinguished, and they certainly did not dare to provoke the Wei kingdom in a short time. Through this battle, the Lin army had figured out a way to deal with the Huns. In the future, they would strengthen their training and gradually modify their equipment. With General Lin in charge of this region, they would sooner or later establish an army stronger than the Huns' cavalries. They would not win by tricks at that time, but they would utterly defeat the Huns with their strength!
Victory, especially the overwhelming victory, encouraged these soldiers to build strong fighting spirit and self-confidence. In the past, as long as Wei's squad heard the horns of the Huns' calvaries, they would feel nervous and dare not fight against them. But now, they loved to fight and were eager to fight.
Of course, this situation only occurred to the Western army where Lin Dan was. It was still difficult for the other troops to get rid of the Hun's cavalry. Ding Mujie believed that it would definitely become more assertive as long as he spared more time to the Wei Kingdom. With the Western army guarding at the frontier, the people of the Wei Kingdom would definitely live a peaceful life.
But he had underestimated the selfishness and stupidity of the politicians of the Wei Kingdom. The crown prince, King Kang, and the nine princes in the capital were already greed for power before the West army could consolidate the victory and defeat all the remaining of the Huns clan.
Two months after the celebration fest, Lin Dan was still busy attacking the remnant of the Huns on the grassland and plundering more property. An imperial edict had been sent to the military camp, claiming that she, as a woman, shouldn't have joined the army at all. She was ordered to step down from her position as a general at once. She was asked to return to the capital and apologize, emphasizing the need for her to explain the act of killing her father.
She had made significant contributions, but she didn't get a word of commendation. There was only rebuke in the edict with a little comfort, in the end, claiming that for the sake of the loyalty of the Lin family, they wouldn't be too harsh on her and would let her return at ease. As for the emperor's son, King Zhuang was greatly praised, but he could not continue to be the chief in command. Instead, he was dispatched to be a palace guard. They especially sent people to pick him to return to the capital. He was ordered to switch defense with King Kang, who issued the imperial edict.[Read this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at the "Novel Multiverse dot com" website @ ]
The victorious of the great battle was wiped out in such a way. Instead, letting the idlers who were hiding in the capital earn the credits.
Before Li Xian finished listening to the imperial edict, he was full of anger. Just as he was about to stand up and argue with King Kang, Lin Dan stretched out her hand and pressed hard on his shoulder, and she said in silence, "Calm down."
Li Xian immediately calmed down and reluctantly took the imperial edict. Ding Mujie and the other soldiers also tried their best to restrain themselves and not conflict with King Kang.
This time, King Kang brought his own battle confidants to switch defense with King Zhuang. Due to Lin Dan's significant contribution and high prestige, she had completely recruited the Western army in just five or six months and was known as the Great Wei Warrior. Her personality and charm were unparalleled. She was really plentiful heroin in the people's hearts, a legendary that only existed in the book. The people only knew about Lin Dan in the frontier, but not the emperor. When they heard that Lin Dan was at the border, they would bow to her from a distance of dozens of miles; In the army, the soldiers only knew about Lin Dan, not the emperor. The emperor's imperial edict was far less useful than Lin Dan's order… Such words of condemnation had been spread to the capital one after another, which hurt the emperor. Naturally, he would not allow Lin Dan to continue to guard the border.
In brief, in order to grab the credit, King Kang and the others went all out to slander Lin Dan so that they could pull her down and replace her with their own people. In addition to taking over the Western army, King Kang's other mission was to negotiate with the Huns and sign a peace treaty as soon as possible to end the decades of war. This was another political achievement that could be recorded in history's annals and the capital to compete for the throne. King Kang was in a hurry to achieve what he wanted, and he was afraid that King Zhuang would compete with him for the credit, so he urged them to return on that night.
That night, Li Xian and Ding Mujie secretly talked for an hour in the camp before they decided to set out.
Lin Dan had already sat on the horse and waited for them quietly. Behind her were the red-eyed Lin Qing and the black coffins. This time, they were going to bring all the Lin family's men who had sacrificed their lives for the kingdom return and be laid to rest.
"Are you not at all unwilling?" Li Xian approached Lin Dan and asked in a low voice.
"Compared with unwillingness and resentment, it's more important for me to bring my dead family members back to hometown and bury them as soon as possible." Lin Dan galloped and said, "Let's go!"
"Let's go!" Lin Qing waved at the soldiers who sent him off and followed closely behind his sister.
Watching them receding unrestrainedly, Li Xian was still in a daze for a long time. Ding Mujie sighed, "Of course, Lin Dan was clear about what was more important in her heart, love, and sanity, power and family."
Li Xian suddenly chuckled and said in a gentle voice, "How can an ordinary person like me can compare with her! Hurry up and keep up with her. Otherwise, the fairy will abandon us! "
Li Xian seemed to be joking, but his speed of catching up was not slow at all. Ding Mujie quickly followed. Looking at Lin Dan's lean and straight back, his eyes darkened. He knew that Li Xian was not joking at all. In his heart, even in Ding Mujie's heart, she was an extraordinary existence. She was brave and fearless, but she also valued loyalty and friendship. Perhaps only God and they knew how much they wanted to get close to her and how much they wanted to gain her favor.
However, Lin Dan didn't notice that the two were trying to approach and ingratiate her. She had always been clear about the priority and urgency. Since the battle was over, and the great empress was still hoping that she could bring her family back to reunite, she definitely wouldn't delay. As for those intrigues, power, and interests, what did they have to do with her?
Lin Dan was eager to return home; she didn't expect to meet a group of daredevils blocking her way. Their primary goal was King Zhuang, Li Xian, and the second was herself. As the comrade-in-arms, Lin Dan could not let King Zhuang being killed, so she naturally would protect him.
Compared to killing enemies on the battlefield, she seemed to be more proficient in fighting. As long as she raised her sword, she would be controlled by a killing aura, and it would be difficult to hold back. For her to kill more joyfully, she pointed at the suspension bridge behind her and said, "Y'all go first, and I'll catch up later!"
Li Xian and the others knew her strength very well. In order not to drag her back, they rushed over the suspension bridge. On the other hand, Lin Dan guarded at one end of the bridge all the time, not allowing the daredevils to get any closer. Her eyes turned red with anger, which made these daredevils feel terrified. To complete the mission, they attacked the coffin protected by Lin Qing. Seeing the rope of a coffin was cut off by a daredevil and was about to fall into the mountain stream, Lin Dan hurriedly reached out to catch it. Although the coffin was saved by her, she fell off the mountain stream.
At that critical moment, she shouted, "Leave me alone. Cut off the bridge rope after crossing the suspension bridge and rush back to the capital!" As soon as her words faded away, she was nowhere to be found.
Lin Qing didn't dare to disobey her sister. Even though he regretted it so much, he carried the coffin away with red eyes, cut off the rope, and left with gritted teeth. Those daredevils walked around the mountain stream, which was dozens of feet deep. When they were sure that they couldn't get across, they had no choice but to give up. However, they couldn't kill Li Xian, but they unexpectedly killed Lin Dan. It could be considered that they had successfully accomplished the mission and could return to report to their superior.[Read this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at the "Novel Multiverse dot com" website @ ]