The cavalry galloped to the stirring call of horns, riding in orderly ranks.
In the moonlight, their armor gleamed coldly.
On the other side, soldiers of the enemy nation fled without pause. Some died beneath spears, others beneath horses' hooves.
Countless comrades of theirs had died. Every inch of land was stained with nauseating blood, and every clod of earth gave off a foul stench.
The remaining soldiers began taking prisoners, dismounting to cut off their heads and carrying those heads away to exchange for spoils.
Shushan.
Li Ping'an lay in a rocking chair.
Beneath the jujube tree, Old Ox and Run Tu were knocking down jujubes.
"Heave-ho, heave-ho~"
"Boss, did that Guan Yu fellow you mentioned really master martial arts by knocking down jujubes?"
Li Ping'an nodded. "That's right."
As he spoke, he popped a plump jujube into his mouth.
"Big Brother, where did you leave off last time?"
"At the part where Guan Yu and Lin Daiyu loved each other, but because of Liu Bei, Guan Yu could not bring himself to confess his feelings.
Where in this world could he find a way to be true to both his elder brother and his beloved~"
"Keep going! Keep going!"
Run Tu and Old Ox were deeply interested.
The war had yet to reach Shushan.
Shushan's disciples had not directly joined the fighting.
However, it was only a matter of time.
Word had it that Shushan's spirit medicine workshop had already begun manufacturing healing medicines and the like on a large scale.
They were clearly preparing for war.
More than a month passed under the restrictions, with no changes at Shushan.
Then, one day, the restrictions were lifted.
Disciples of the various peaks were allowed limited freedom of movement, but they still could not leave the mountain.
Li