Wa had just signed its surrender, and the prince promptly claimed the imperial envoy was missing
Buzz--!
The booms of fifty heavy-duty catapults simultaneously sprang up.
Fifty massive Subduing Fire Thunder, each bound with a white phosphorus fuse, ripped through the sky, passing over Xie Linyuan's head.
It struck with perfect precision the gate openings, battlements, and drawbridge of Rashōmon!
Immediately afterwards, Tuoba Mang led three thousand cavalry to the edge of the poisonous fog, raised his three-barreled musket, and, taking advantage of the moment when the large blower dispersed the poisonous fog, pulled the trigger on the chaotic Japanese infantry below the city.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Rumble!!
The earth trembled violently.
Fifty bundles of giant Subduing Fire Thunder were detonated in succession on the city Rashōmon, and crimson fireballs mixed with black smoke shot up more than ten feet high.
The supposedly indestructible Heian-kyō Rashōmon was breached by thousands of kilograms of gunpowder.
The towering iron-clad city gate, standing four zhang tall, along with half of the city tower above it, was instantly blasted to pieces.
Blue stone bricks rained down on the Japanese soldiers below like hailstones!
"The sky has collapsed! The people of Great Yan have summoned down heavenly lightning!"
The 30,000 Wa samurai below the city walls completely collapsed.
First there was Xie Linyuan, that crazy monk who chanted sutras while smashing people into mincemeat.
The terrifying fire and thunder overhead blasted down the city walls, and the so-called " Night Parade of One Hundred Demons " formation was reduced to ashes in less than a quarter of an hour.
" Goryeo lads, follow me into battle! Let's use that old man Kaohsiung's head as a sacrifice for our flag!"
Kim Seon-a drew her longsword, her delicate body beneath the silver-scaled armor heaving violently with excitement.
Spurring his horse, he led 500 Goryeo guards and 6,000 heavy cavalry, including Lin Qingdai and Murong Xue, across the bombed-out ruins of Rashōmon.
They charged straight into Vermilion Bird Avenue in Heian-kyō!
The city was instantly thrown into chaos, with fleeing soldiers crying and screaming as they fled towards the imperial palace.
Fifteen minutes later,
Kim Seon-a swiftly dispatched the commander of the guards at the main gate of the Imperial Palace with a single sword strike, and led the blood-soaked Great Yan Iron Cavalry to surround Emperor Takaichi in the plaza in front of the inner palace.
Around the plaza, the remaining five hundred Imperial Guards, trembling, held up their katanas and Emperor Takaichi, who was dressed in white robes, in the center.
Kim Seon-a dismounted, carrying her blood-dripping longsword, and walked step by step up the white marble steps, staring intently at Emperor Takaichi:
"You old man from Gao City, when you sent Gyeongju Inukami Jusaburo to slaughter my Goryeo and besiege my Gaegyeong, did you ever imagine this day would come?!"
Emperor Takaichi looked at the dark Great Yan heavy cavalry below the steps, then at Xie Linyuan, who had just walked over from the street corner, covered in scraps of flesh and still chanting sutras. His legs went weak, and he knelt down on the white marble slab with a thud.
"Don't kill me! Don't kill me!"
Emperor Takaichi ripped his eboshi hat off and threw it on the ground.
He pulled out a scroll of gold and silk document that he had prepared beforehand, raised it high above his head, and kowtowed desperately to Gu Moran, who was riding a white horse slowly approaching.
" Your Great Yan, Prince Yi of Dayan!"
I am willing to surrender! Wa is willing to surrender!
This is the " Memorial of Perpetual Vassalage and Tribute " that I have prepared!
Gu Moran in his horse, looking down at him, preventing Kim Seon-a from making a move immediately.
"Oh? Tell me, what are you planning to offer for your head?"
Seeing that Gu Moran had spoken to him, Emperor Takaichi thought he had grasped a lifeline. He scrambled forward two steps on his knees and shouted:
"I am willing to cede Kyushu Island and Shikoku Island to Great Yan, and present all the eight million taels of gold and silver accumulated in the imperial treasury over a thousand years, as well as all the divine weapons and treasured swords!"
He swallowed hard, his eyes darting around.
Pointing to a group of trembling royal women dressed in ornate twelve-layered kimonos behind the screen in the inner palace, he smiled obsequiously and said:
"And Your Highness! That idiot Takaichi Nanako was blind and offended Your Highness."
But I also have Princess Takaichi Miaomiaoko, who is seventeen years old, and Princess Takaichi Zaozaoko, who is sixteen years old.
There was also the Empress and more than a dozen stunningly beautiful imperial concubines!
They were all naturally alluring and skilled in the art of bedroom service!
If Your Highness is willing to sign the alliance and lead the army to retreat outside the city,
Today, I will have all the women of the royal family washed clean and sent to Your Highness's military tent, where Your Highness may freely pluck and enjoy them as you please!
Upon hearing this, the dozen or so princesses and imperial concubines at the entrance of the inner palace turned pale with fright and huddled together, not daring to breathe.
Kim Seon-a- ah, standing nearby, heaved with anger, turning to look at Gu Moran:
"Your Highness! This old scoundrel is spouting nonsense, we absolutely cannot..."
Gu Moran his hand and pressed down on Kim Seon-a's shoulder, pinching her fair cheek, and then leaned down from the horse with a smile:
"With such sincerity, if I were to still call for war, it would make my Great Yan Dynasty seem unreasonable."
Tuoba Mang, bring me his surrender document, I will sign it!
Emperor Takaichi was overjoyed and quickly handed the gold and silk surrender document to Tuoba Mang, secretly sneering to himself:
As long as we can use money and women to coax this greedy and lustful prince out of the city...
Once things get chaotic in the Great Yan, I'll close the city gates and settle the score with them!
Gu Moran took the surrender document, didn't even glance at the terms, pulled out a charcoal pencil from her waist, signed her name with a flourish, and casually tossed it back to Emperor Takaichi.
"Alright, the papers are signed. From today onwards, we're family."
All troops, listen to my command, turn your horses around!
Emperor Takaichi held the surrender document in both hands, just letting out a sigh of relief, though the cold sweat on his back hadn't even dried yet.
Suddenly, Gu Moran, on horseback, slapped his forehead and pulled on the reins to stop.
His face showed an expression of extreme frustration:
"Oh dear! I almost forgot something of paramount importance!"
Emperor Takaichi, kneeling on the ground, felt a sudden jolt in his heart, and raised his head, asking in a trembling voice:
"Your Highness... what is it?"
"What else could it be!"
Gu Moran's eyes widened, and she pointed anxiously at the street outside the Imperial Palace.
"Emperor Eunuch Shuangxi, the Imperial Envoy and Deputy Chief Eunuch personally appointed by His Majesty the Great Yan Emperor"
Last night after dinner, I said I wanted to take a walk around Heian-kyō to digest my food.
They haven't come back yet, they must be lost!
Inside the armored prison van, Shuangxi, gagged and locked in a Shuangxi, nearly popped his eyes out of their sockets when he heard this.
Emperor Takaichi was completely dumbfounded, his mouth agape as he stammered:
"Qin..."
The imperial envoy got lost while taking a walk in Heian-kyō?
Your Highness,
Your army only arrived at the city walls today.
How could he possibly be taking a stroll in Heian-kyō last night...?
"If I say he's taking a walk, then he really is taking a walk!"
Gu Moran's face darkened, and he cracked his riding whip in the air with a righteous tone, shouting:
" Eunuch Shuangxi was His Majesty's most favored close advisor, yet he has vanished without a trace, neither alive nor dead, within your Heian-kyō territory."
What if he was abducted by some rioters in your city or some ignorant nobleman to become his male concubine?
How am I supposed to explain this to His Majesty and the Empress Dowager after I return to the capital?!
The entire army must enter the city and turn Heian-kyō upside down!
Emperor Takaichi's mind went blank as he looked at Gu Moran's face, which was convincingly spouting nonsense.
Finally realizing that the other party was just making a fool of him,
Enraged, he spat out a mouthful of blood, staining the gold and silk surrender document in his hand red.
" Gu Moran! You... you just signed the withdrawal agreement!"
You've gone back on your word and are mocking me!
"The alliance was signed, but I never said it wasn't."
Gu Moran sat astride his tall horse, looking down at Emperor Takaichi was coughing up blood. He reached out and pulled Kim Seon-a's slender waist into his arms, his chin held high, his voice trailing off:
"I am not attacking the city now; I am leading troops into the city to help you find your lost eunuch!"
By my order, the entire army shall march into Heian-kyō and weld all four gates shut!
The imperial palace, the residences of high-ranking officials, the cellars of shrines—search every single one of them, leaving no stone unturned for me!
Who dares to stop the Great Yan Royal Eunuch Shuangxi?
All of them shall be punished as trafficking imperial envoys, and executed without mercy!
[Four chapters will be updated first.]
Thanks to: Jiangyangniao for 15 cups of milk tea, Mr. Zi for the extra update, Twelve for the update reminder, Desperate Flower, Mao Mao Xiong for the flower, Mei Yue for the love letter, Bored for the like, Hei Yang for the like, and Mr. Yue for the update reminder + Inspiration Capsule.
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