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Chapter 129: Princess Jiahui's Enchanting Demonic Smile

Ning Shu hoped that these pitiful women who had came to her for shelter would be able to survive and live on. For that to happen, they had to train hard. Only then would they have more of a chance of surviving on the battlefield.

As predicted, after the snowing stopped, He Lianying lead an army of Tartars to attack the city.

Ning Shu stood on the city walls and met He Lianying's gaze. Inwardly, she was pretty frustrated. Why was this person still not dead? Could it be that the poison hadn't been strong enough? Fudge! He had already puked blood last time, yet he was already well enough to jump around again.

He Lianying was wearing fur clothing today. The fur framing his neck made him seem even more wild and powerful. He looked up at Ning Shu and shot her a grin. Then, with a wave of his hand, he had the soldiers start rus.h.i.+ng towards the city walls with ladders to siege the city.

The battle drums started beating. Ning Shu shouted coldly, "Release the arrows!"

A rain of arrows immediately shot towards the Tartars and most of the Tartars attacking the city instantly became hedgehogs.

"Again."

The reserve soldiers immediately switched places with those in front. Out of the corner of her eye, Ning Shu saw that several women had been shot by arrows that came from below. For a moment, her heart trembled, but then she steadied herself again.

"Switch to catapults."

Catapults were one of the ancient weapons with rather great damage power, especially when they were shot from above.

Some Tartars had just reached the top, only to be hit with blocks of ice and fall back down. They fell from the ladder and crashed into the ground, then they were still.

He Lianying looked towards the things on the wall that were mostly hidden by the heavy snow, then abruptly looked towards Ning Shu with suspicions in his eyes. Ning Shu smiled towards him. That was right, it was exactly what you were thinking. These were the corpses of those Tartars. The Tartars that hung on the wall now only had black empty eye sockets, since their eyes had already been pecked away by birds.

When making a decision, either don't do it, or go all in, and cut off all roads of retreat.

He Lianying's facial color immediately turned unsightly and his gaze filled with dangerous and dark murderous intent as he looked towards Ning Shu. At the same time though, his gaze still contained strange fondness. The aura he gave off was even more dangerous than before.

Ning Shu extended her hand and a soldier immediately handed her a crossbow. She aimed an arrow at He Lianying, but he just laughed coldly, then proceeded to also aim an arrow towards her.

"Swoosh, Swoosh…"

Two arrows screamed and seemed to emit some sparks as they slid past each other.

Ning Shu's pupils dilated as she stared at the arrow flying her way. She tilted her head towards the side, but the arrow still made a small cut on her face as it flew past.

"Princess, are you alright?" Duan Xinghui's heart almost stopped when he saw this scene and he hastily dealt with the Tartar that had gotten onto the wall to rush towards Ning Shu.

Ning Shu gave a dark smile as she wiped away the blood on her face, and she even licked to taste the blood on her finger. Ignoring Duan Xinghui, she turned to look towards He Lianying.

As Duan Xinghui took in Princess Jiahui's demonic smile, his heart started racing. Princess Jiahui, in this moment, was more enchanting than ever before. Even the blood on her face only served to add a ruthless savageness to her beauty.

#comment: Ning Shu's going to exit soon, guess how she exits?

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Chapter 130: Promoted to Right Vanguard

When Ning Shu saw that He Lianying was perfectly fine and still on his horse, she was disappointed. However, it wasn't surprising. If He Lianying had really died that easily, she'd definitely have to burn incense to thank her ancestors.

In the end, the Tartars didn't succeed in their besiege attempt and were driven off. They fled in disarray like fish that had finally escaped the net.

He Lianying once again made a s.n.a.t.c.hing motion towards Ning Shu, then kissed his fingers before turning away and riding off.

Ning Shu's lips twitched. This was what she hated most about these Tartars. They would run if they couldn't win, which made it so that a lot of energy was required to continue fighting them.

Ning Shu was very irritated. She drew the bow back and set another arrow towards He Lianying's back.

"Princess, He Lianying's full of craft and cunning. He's fleeing on purpose. If Princess follows after him, you'll fall into his trap since cavalries fight best on flat plains." Duan Xinghui couldn't stop himself from dissuading Ning Shu when he saw how unwilling she was to accept this outcome.

"With a failure like you as a precedent, there's no way this princess would be dumb enough as to chase after them," responded Ning Shu. Following that, she shouted, "Deal with the soldiers that have died in battle and record their names."

Duan Xinghui: …

Duan Xinghui felt that his words of concern were always treated as words with hidden bad intentions. The way Princess Jiahui was always rubbing salt on his wound made him feel both angry and a little sad.

Princess Jiahui completely treated him like an enemy.

Actually, enemy wasn't the right description. He currently had no power or status, so it was just that she never bothered to consider his feelings when she spoke.

As for Ning Shu, she was sad because only about half out of the original hundred women were left. People that were still alive just yesterday had now become cold corpses, and there weren't even people to collect their corpses.

Ning Shu had Cai Sang bury them and record their names down. They were women, but they were also heros. They shouldn't be deprived of their rightful honor just because they were women. They deserved to be recorded in history.

The women that survived had even more determined expressions. Even though their facial colors were very pale right now, their eyes were still filled with resolution.

During the following period of time, the Tartars continued to attack the city as if they didn't know what it meant to be tired. Ning Shu could see anxiety on He Lianying's face. It was probably due to the fact that his army was running out of provisions and due to the reason that every winter, North Mongolia relied solely on raiding to obtain supplies.

However, now they couldn't even break through the city walls. He Lianying's gaze was unreadable as he looked towards Ning Shu who was standing on the wall. This year, due to this princess being here, the soldiers were refusing to let them in even at the cost of their lives.

In the past, the guards would only put on a show of trying to defend the city for a while before admitting defeat and letting them in to loot the city. Thus, every year it had been a quick process to loot then return to North Mongolia.

Princess Jiahui, Li Xueshan. This woman…

Ning Shu also wasn't enjoying this. She was starting to feel numb from the sight of countless soldiers being carried away. However, since many people had already died, it was all the more reason she couldn't give up. If they compromised this time, then there would be a next time. If there was a next time, then wouldn't all these people have died for nothing?

There was another even more important reason, and that was, if they lost, those loathsome Tartars would be able to invade their territory and loot everything. At that time, North Mongolia would definitely bring up a peace marriage again, and it would also cause Li Wen to be disappointed in her.

Hence, she had to persevere.

Around this time, because Duan Xinghui had done quite a bit of meritorious service, Shen Feng promoted him to right vanguard. This practially set him on equal footing with Ning Shu.

As expected of the world's favorite, he was filled with good luck and was like a fish in water on the battlefield. How good was his luck? One time Ning Shu saw an arrow fly straight at him, yet the arrow ended up hitting the soldier next to him.

At that time, Ning Shu was made completely speechless. She also didn't know what exactly Shen Feng liked about Duan Xinghui as to support him so much and promote him, who was originally just a soldier, to the third highest rank in the barracks.

As of now, Duan Xinghui had the rights to give commands on the battlefield so he stood next to Ning Shu. When He Lianying saw, he couldn't help but be irritated.

Meanwhile, Ning Shu had been very emotionally wound up during this entire time. She would feel unbearable heartache every time a member of her female army got injured or killed. However, as time pa.s.sed, there were less and less casualties.

These women gradually gained a valiant aura that was in no way inferior to that of men. These women who had survived were all very good seedlings.

He Lianying was once again driven to retreat. Before he retreated, he looked towards Ning Shu with savage excitement in his eyes. When Duan Xinghui who was standing next to Ning Shu saw this, his heart felt uncomfortable.