The burly Monk Xuangang was just about to organize his men when he heard San Yisheng say coolly beside him, "My young lady is the Prince of Yan's secondary consort, betrothed to him by the Empress."
Xuangang hesitated slightly. He, too, knew this was improper, but it was still a little better than being utterly defeated by Tai Sui Fu and having every last man under him killed. Gritting his teeth, he said, "I'll beg the Prince of Yan's forgiveness when I return."
With Monk Xuangang's assistance, Wen Chan'er immediately reorganized the troops. His men had just suffered a defeat and were scattered and disordered. She left Xuangang and San Yisheng on the mountain to command the remnants and hold their position as a decoy, while she personally selected eight hundred men and led them down the mountain.
Wen Chan'er did not clash head-on with Tai Sui Fu either. Relying on the skills she had honed in Grand Preceptor Wen Xi's army, she quietly circled around to the rear and put Tai Sui Fu's supplies to the torch, even slaying his trusted and capable general Ma Hong.
The two sides fought bitterly below the small mountain for seven days and nights, each winning and losing battles. Only when Gan Ci arrived with reinforcements did Tai Sui Fu withdraw at his leisure.
But while Tai Sui Fu was locked in this fierce fighting with Xuangang's troops, he had no time to attend to anywhere else. All of Qizhou fell to Wang Chong's six armies.
By the time Wang Chong received the military dispatch sent by seven-hundred-li express relay, Tai Sui Fu had already fought every general under his command. This fierce general of the Taisui Army had led his own troops through the encirclement of six armies, coming and going like