The Prime Minister's Darling
Chapter 1703: 830 First Battle Achieved Victory (Second Update)

Chapter 1703: 830 First Battle Achieved Victory (Second Update)

The battle between two armies is not a personal duel; everyone is fighting, injuries and falls occur at any moment. The Hei Fengqi are at an absolute disadvantage in numbers, and any small victory gained at great cost or equal sacrifice is a failure.

Gu Jiao must end the battle quickly!

Without a weapon, Nangong Ze mounted his horse and seized a spear from one of the Hei Fengqi cavalry.

Gu Jiao deftly knocked his spear away, and the Black Wind King reared up with a killing aura, crashing fiercely towards Nangong Ze’s steed!

Nangong Ze’s warhorse, frightened, bolted. As the horse reared up, Nangong Ze cursed and fell off, rolling a few times until he landed near a long sword.

His eyes brightened as he hurriedly reached for it, but Gu Jiao pierced his hand, pinning it fiercely to the dusty ground!

Gu Jiao: “I said, in the first battle, there will be blood.”

Let the blood of the traitor consecrate the souls of the Xuanyuan Family!

Gu Jiao grasped the Red-Tasseled Spear and pressed it down forcefully!

“Ah—”

Nangong Ze let out a pitiful scream!

Having tasted the traitor’s blood, the shaft of the Red-Tasseled Spear seemed to shine even brighter.

Endless battle intent echoed across the battlefield, uplifting the spirits of all the Hei Fengqi.

Gu Jiao pulled out the Red-Tasseled Spear and kicked Nangong Ze into unconsciousness!

On the battlefield, it’s not individual prowess that matters but teamwork. Despite Nangong Ze’s martial skills being inferior to Dark Soul’s, when it comes to battle, he’s not weak.

If only Nangong Ze hadn’t targeted Gu Jiao so much today and instead focused wholeheartedly on leading the rebel forces in deployment, he would not have lost so thoroughly.

Of course, Gu Jiao’s youth leads many to underestimate such an opponent. Who could have predicted that a teenager could confront Nangong Family’s fierce generals?

Nangong Ze was captured alive by Gu Jiao, throwing the rebel forces into chaos. The Hei Fengqi seized the victory, almost annihilating the rebel army!

Gu Jiao instructed Cheng Fugui to leave a few survivors: “Go tell your Nangong Family head that I, Xiao Liulang, have come! I’m the one who killed his second son Nangong Li, and now I’ve captured his third son Nangong Ze! If he wants to ransom his son, he must exchange it for Quyang City! Otherwise, I will cut off his son’s head and hang it on the flagpole at the Black Wind Camp!”

At the thought of that inspiring scene, all the Hei Fengqi raised their weapons: “Kill! Kill! Kill!”

The shouts were earth-shattering, echoing through the sky and clouds.

The few remaining rebels, terrified by this overwhelming momentum, trembled with fear, showing horror on their faces.

Gu Jiao swung her lance, stating sternly: “Also, if the Nangong Family doesn’t voluntarily surrender, I will break into Quyang City and kill every member of the Nangong Family one by one!”

…

“Report—Report—”

In the City Lord’s Residence, the Nangong Family head was enjoying time with his grandson in the Flower Hall. Hearing the soldier’s urgent voice, he instructed the servant to take his three-year-old grandson away and summoned the soldier to the front.

“When?” the Nangong Family head asked with a stern face, a bit displeased at having his family time interrupted.

The soldier knelt on one knee, distress evident in his eyes, and said, “Reporting to the City Lord, the third master…has been captured!”

The Nangong Family head’s gaze cooled, and he placed his large palm on the armrest, standing up abruptly: “What did you say? Who was captured? By whom?”

The soldier cupped his hands and said, “The third master was captured by Xiao Liulang from the Black Wind Camp! Xiao Liulang says if we want to ransom the third master, we must exchange him for Quyang City! He also said…he also said…”

The Nangong Family head gripped the armrest tightly, gritting out the words: “What else did he say?”

The soldier, frightened, said, “He also said that if the City Lord doesn’t surrender, he will break into the city and…kill all the Nangong Family members!”

The Nangong Family head slammed the chair, breaking it: “Bastard!”

“Father!”

Eldest son Nangong Cheng briskly entered the Flower Hall: “I just came from the City Tower, is it true that the third brother was captured?”

The Nangong Family head shook with rage: “Xiao Liulang…it’s that Xiao Liulang again!”

Nangong Cheng was shocked: “It’s him?”

The Nangong Family head suppressed his overwhelming anger, closing his eyes: “I told him to take more troops, but he just wouldn’t listen!”

Nangong Cheng didn’t reply.

Actually, at the time, there was no way to bring more troops. The original task of the third and fourth brothers was to lure the Black Wind Camp out of the mountains.

If the third and fourth brothers brought too many troops, the Hei Fengqi would see they had little chance of winning and wouldn’t have come out of the mountains to plunder supplies.

Furthermore, their target was always Xiao Liulang, whether it was the third or fourth brother who encountered him—capture him alive if possible, kill him if not!