Whoever Wants to Surrender, This Young Master Will Be the First to Cut Off His Head!

Qian Renxue was currently fourteen years old.

Qian Renxue and the Third Prince, Xue Wu, were with the Aers Kingdom Army because the Third Prince had heard that a duke in the Kingdom of Aers intended to rebel.

The kingdom was sending a massive army to quell the rebellion.

The Third Prince became interested and proactively asked Xue Ye to let him come along and gain some experience.

Qian Renxue had infiltrated the Heavenly Dou Imperial Palace to seize the imperial power of Heaven Dou, so her foremost objective was naturally to eliminate the other imperial sons and first secure the position of Crown Prince.

Of the four imperial sons of the Heaven Dou Empire, the First Prince, Xue Qinghe, had already been taken out by Qian Renxue, who had assumed and disguised herself as him.

The Second Prince, Xue Luochuan, was exceptionally intelligent—the cleverest among the four imperial sons—and had also been offed by Qian Renxue.

The Third Prince was not particularly clever, but he was a martial arts prodigy with extraordinary cultivation talent.

The Fourth Prince was too young for anything to be apparent yet.

So, as long as Qian Renxue killed the Third Prince, her position as Crown Prince would basically be secure.

This was the perfect chance to kill the Third Prince, and Qian Renxue naturally would not miss it. Thus, she too proactively asked Xue Ye to let her come along.

Glancing at the Third Prince beside her, Qian Renxue began plotting how to kill him. She deliberately said, "Third Brother, when the two sides clash later, don't charge in too far ahead!"

"Blades have no eyes on the battlefield, and life and death are unpredictable. Stay by Eldest Brother's side, and Eldest Brother will keep you safe."

She knew that the Third Prince, Xue Wu, was competitive, impulsive, reckless, combative, warlike, and fiercely eager to win.

With just a little provocation, he would easily start trying to outdo her.

Xue Wu immediately took the bait and said defiantly, "Heh, I don't need Eldest Brother to protect me. Eldest Brother only needs to take care of himself."

"Eldest Brother needn't worry about me either. It's only an army raised by some duke. I finally get the chance to set foot on a battlefield—Eldest Brother can just stay in the rear and watch how your Third Brother charges through the enemy ranks and slaughters all around!"

Xue Wu wore a confident, arrogant expression.

"Third Brother is truly full of himself! But Eldest Brother really does love that confidence of yours~" Qian Renxue smiled.

"Of course, Eldest Brother. I'm very brave, okay~" Xue Wu hooked his thumb over the bridge of his nose, looking utterly smug.

"Heh, very brave?"

A cold glint and killing intent flashed through Qian Renxue's eyes. Third Brother, Third Brother, since you're so brave, then today you shall die on this battlefield!

This time, the Kingdom of Aers had dispatched fifty thousand troops to suppress Ai City.

Among them, Qian Renxue's people had long since infiltrated the ranks.

Once the Kingdom Army began attacking the city and the two sides fell into battle, Qian Renxue's people could strike in secret amid the chaos, stab Xue Wu in the back, and kill him.

Not only could they easily kill Xue Wu, but they could also pin his death on the Ai City Duke Army.

Qian Renxue had already planned everything out, yet the Third Prince knew nothing of it.

At this moment, the Aers Kingdom General began to shout, "Soldiers in the city, listen up! Your Duke Ace of Ai City intended to rebel and has already been executed by the king in the royal capital!"

"The king will reclaim Duke Ace's title and fief, exterminate Duke Ace's entire family, and disband the Ai City Army on the spot!"

"Surrender at once, throw down your weapons, and leave! You may even be incorporated into the Aers Kingdom Army!"

"The kingdom's fifty thousand troops will surely level Duke Ace's residence! If you resist, there is only death!!"

"What! The duke... is dead?"

"How is that possible!? Duke Ace was diligent and devoted, wholeheartedly serving the people and loyal to the kingdom. How could he rebel!"

"Th-then what is going on!?"

"Even if the duke truly rebelled, so what? We all know how the duke treated us. If not for Duke Ace, I would have starved to death on the streets long ago!"

"That's right! If not for Duke Ace, my family would have long since been destroyed, my wife and children scattered!"

"Alive, we are the Ai City Army! Dead, we are the Ai City Army! We will never surrender! Even unto death, we will protect the duke's family!"

Most of the Ai City Army had received Duke Ace's kindness and were fiercely loyal to him.

The Aers Kingdom General had anticipated this situation long ago. He sneered, "Heh, I'll give you ten seconds to think it over. After ten seconds, my fifty thousand troops will charge straight into Ai City and slaughter every last person who has not surrendered!"

Those words threw the Ai City Army soldiers into panic.

"Our Ai City Army only has three thousand men. How can we possibly stop fifty thousand troops!"

"Surrender! I surrender!!"

There were always those who feared death.

"I surrender too!"

"I surrender too!"

"You... you people!!"

As some people surrendered, the Ai City Army's morale gradually fell apart, and more and more people wanted to throw down their weapons and surrender.

But at that very moment.

Aiven finally arrived with the ten generals he had summoned, along with an army of twenty thousand.

"Whoever wants to surrender, this young master will be the first to cut off his head!"

Riding the Red Hare at the head of the twenty thousand troops, Aiven's small body and childish voice nonetheless carried Emperor's Might as they rang out from afar.

"A-Aiven, Young Master."

"Holy shit!!"

"Where did this army behind Young Master Aiven come from!?"

The soldiers were stunned by the sight.

"I'll ask only once: who wants to surrender?" Aiven gripped the Emperor Sword and pointed it at the crowd.

The Emperor's Might carried by the Emperor Sword made his bearing and aura extraordinary.

The soldiers all lowered their heads in dead silence. In their hearts, they actually felt an uncontrollable urge to kneel in submission and worship him.

Everyone who had wanted to surrender abandoned that thought.

"Since no one wants to surrender, then pull yourselves together and follow this young master in repelling the enemy!"

"Yes!!"

The three thousand soldiers of the Ai City Army dropped to one knee and answered in unison.

"Everyone, listen up!" Aiven leaped down from the Red Hare. As he walked toward the city wall, he shouted, "There must be something suspicious about my father Duke Ace's death!"

"My father! Did he rebel!"

"My father! Was he framed and murdered by the king!"

"I! Will get to the bottom of it!"

"Today, this young master announces that I, Aiven, will take over my father Duke Ace's fief and become the new leader of Ai City!"

"Our Ai City and the Ai City Army will break away from the kingdom! We will stand independent!"

"We shall establish our own duchy! It shall be called the Aiven Duchy!"

"And I will be the ruler of the Aiven Duchy!"

"If you have any blood in you! Then drive back this Kingdom Army today, and in the future follow me in conquering the Kingdom of Aers, storming the royal capital, and cutting off that king's dog head!"

"Together with me, we will unify the Kingdom of Aers!!"

Aiven's words rang in the soldiers' ears one by one, impassioned and filled with lofty ambition.

Yet the Emperor's Might, boldness, and imposing aura in his voice made the soldiers' blood boil.

"Conquer the Kingdom of Aers! Storm the royal capital!"

"Conquer the Kingdom of Aers! Storm the royal capital!"

"Conquer the Kingdom of Aers! Storm the royal capital!"

The soldiers' morale and fighting spirit were completely ignited.

After Aiven finished speaking, he had already reached the top of the city wall.