Ch. 549One man held a city
Li Youxian’s plan sent the Kou Island Second Echelon into a rout as Mu Jinghua led Dian Prefecture’s civilians in a counterattack. Seimei ordered an assault on the supposedly empty city, where Instructor stood alone at the gate and challenged the Kou Island army to take it.
- Li Youxian ordered his troops to drive the Second Echelon toward the Third Echelon and let panic spread through the Kou Island forces.
- Mu Jinghua led Dian Prefecture’s civilians into the enemy camp, rallied them despite his own fear, and charged back into the fighting after his secretary rescued him.
- Seimei learned that the Second Echelon was retreating and considered slaughtering the fleeing soldiers before Onizuka urged him to capture Dian Prefecture instead.
- Seimei sent Kojima, Yuto, Haruto, and other disciples to attack the city, but Instructor killed Kojima and Yuto at the gate.
- Instructor declared that he would defend Dian Prefecture alone and challenged Seimei’s tens of thousands of soldiers to attack.