Our Binding Love: My Gentle Tyrant

Fight Back

Mo Linyuan knew Ye Mu was risking her life for him; he could never stay calm. He knew Zhao Country and Yan Country would increase army, rations, and weapons, which was all the more reason he couldn’t sit idly.

But right now, Mo Country couldn’t move their troops. He must inflict heavy losses on Zhao and Yan armies before reinforcements arrive so that it was possible to win.

By now, both parties had fought many rounds, and each had their victories and defeats. The side Mo Linyuan was guarding, Yuan City, was the city’s frontier he must defend.

“Your Majesty, the enemy has retreated. We’ve won this round and there aren’t too many casualties, but because the enemy knows they have reinforcements, their morale will only rise. What do we do?”

Mo Linyuan asked, “Have all Yuan City’s people been evacuated?”

“Besides the garrison, the commoners have all evacuated!”

Mo Linyuan nodded. Suddenly, he had a risky thought. He told the soldier beside him, “Come closer.”

And then, he told him his plans. The other person listened and was rather hesitant, but seeing Mo Linyuan’s persistency, he nodded!

“I’ll get moving now! If we succeed this time, they’ll surely suffer heavy losses. Even if their reinforcements have come, they might not have too much advantage!”

But if they failed, the situation in Mo Country would become more difficult. So this time, there could only be success, no failure!

The next day, Zhao’s and Yan’s armies attacked again. Before this, they were the retreating party because Mo Linyuan’s offensive was too fierce, but now, reinforcements were coming. To keep Mo Linyuan from dealing damage, and to keep their morale up, they would attack once every day, no matter if they could take him down or not, no matter what the outcome was. It was all so that Mo Linyuan would have to resort to a surprise attack.

They attacked as usual, and Mo Linyuan still sent people to meet them head-on, but for some reason, this time the allied forces’ offense seemed to be especially fierce! Mo’s defending troops felt overwhelmed.

Zhao Country’s general saw this and thought Mo Country had lost its strength. He thought this was a good opportunity to make merit, so this time, he didn’t retreat when it was time to but commanded to keep attacking the city.

The battle continued for more than half a shichen*, and suddenly! Yuan City that was standing upright, after more than half a month of being attacked, the doors finally broke open!

*1 shichen = 2 hours

And then, the allied forces heard a cry inside, “Yuan City fell, run!”

This cry was very loud, and reached the ears of the allied forces’ soldiers! They rushed over and saw many dressed like commoners turning around fleeing for their lives!

This was a good chance!

Zhao’s general was a good warrior. The moment he saw this situation, he commanded to charge!

So not many remained of Yuan City’s soldiers? Else why did they not see a single soldier once they got in?

A large contingent of troops had broken into Yuan City. When Zhao’s general saw that it was all the commoners and both sides did not make an ambush, he laughed.

“Ask everyone to come in! Mo’s army has fled, there’s no ambush here!”

His words made those hesitant rush in. They started to pillage and completely didn’t notice that those scattering to escape were mostly men.

After around forty to fifty thousand people came in, suddenly, Yuan City’s doors collapsed, and then a dragon gate pounded down from above! Making the forces inside and outside separated!

The forces outside were baffled, and those inside were still unaware of the circumstance and saw those escaping people suddenly bring out knives and launch a surprise attack.

When they wanted to go back, the path was blocked!

And those outside without a leader were clueless about the attack. The soldiers dressed like commoners continued defending the city regardless of the sound of killing filling the air behind them.

This battle went on for four to five hours before it ended.

After the allied forces reacted, they turned around wanting to send the remaining people to attack the city. This time, with the impregnable dragon gate and city gate, when the war inside was over, the people outside couldn’t charge inside.

And Mo Linyuan stood among them. Dead bodies were everywhere around his feet. He was all bloody, but he wore a scary smile.

Today, if the allied forces were on standby and responded fast, his surprise attack would become the enemy’s converging attack inside and outside.

But just like he guessed, because the enemy was an alliance between two countries, the power was definitely not in the hands of one person. When sending troops, there definitely would have a delay and they could not be on standby.

In addition, they had been attacking the city every day. He defended every day and had given the enemy the impression that he was helpless. Thus, the remaining allied forces didn’t think he would suddenly fight back, so he could catch them by surprise.

Zhao and Yan suffered heavy losses in this war. They didn’t dare to report this. It’s said that Mo Country still excessively piled up corpses at the city entrance to break the allied forces’ confidence.

On the other side, Yan Country suffered from Li Country’s surprise attack!

Because Yan Country was a small country, as well as was near Li Country, this news quickly came.

In the courtroom, Yan’s monarch was frantic!

“Who did you say are attacking Yan Country?”

Someone said, “Li Country! They also have taken down one of our cities!”

Yan’s monarch’s expression changed. “Li Country enters while we’re powerless?!”

The spy Min Liang left behind was startled, and hurriedly spoke up, “Your Majesty, this is impossible! Li Country values promise, how can they go back on their words? Besides, their crown prince is still in the palace. Li Country is known to be a country of propriety, do they not want to regard their honor anymore?”

Yan’s monarch calmed down. He fixed his gaze on the journalist. “Explain the situation carefully. Is it really Li’s people?”

That soldier nodded but also shook his head.

“The attack came from Li Country. Before the commoners in the frontier could see anyone, they scattered. That city was so easily lost!”

“What do you mean haven’t seen anyone and already lost?” Yan’s monarch felt strange. Although their military strength was void, there were still over a thousand troops in every city. What’s going on?

The journalist said, “Because, at that time, so many cattle and horses rushed inside. Very small strange casks were hanging on their tails, and they went mad!

“The troops wanted to intercept, but they quickly scattered. Wherever those animals went, the place caught fire. Someone even shouted Li’s people have come to kill us! So under panic, everyone quickly fled. This is how our city was lost!”

“In other words, it’s also uncertain they’re not Li’s people?” The official who spoke earlier soon caught the main point. He cupped his hands toward Yan’s monarch. “Your Majesty, this official believes this matter is not clear. Maybe somebody else is trying to sow discord! Hope Your Majesty will make a wise judgment!”