"General Huang, weren’t we supposed to stop once we’ve made our point? My guard has only been practicing martial arts for ten years, managing to withstand nine of your moves is already comndable. General Huang, please show so rcy!" Ye Qiu said expressionlessly.
Huang Jiang secretly loosened his arm, shocked in his heart. Is this little girl genuinely skilled, or was it just coincidence?
It should be a coincidence, right? She’s just a teenage girl, how could she possibly handle ? It’s not that I boast, but there are truly few in this world who can surpass in martial arts.
"Is the Ye Family Army conceding?" he laughed loudly, mocking.
"I’m just a re guard, how could I represent the Ye Family Army?" Ye Xing forced himself to say, "Don’t talk nonsense."
"I only know that you are from the Ye Family, using Ye Family’s moves. If you don’t want to disgrace the Ye Family Army, then fight again. Isn’t there another guard? You two co at together," Huang Jiang laughed heartily.
"In that case, let take a few moves from the General. My martial arts were taught by my father himself and best represent the Ye Family Army." Ye Qiu stepped forward, clearly a slender woman, yet at that mont she commanded respect.
"You?" Huang Jiang dismissively turned his head, but in truth, a bit shaken inside, "I never fight won."
"Among the barbarians, there are also not a few female bandits. In our Darong Dynasty, we also have female troops. General, you insult the Ye Family Army on one hand and refuse to fight on the other. Are you scared?" Ye Qiu stared straight at him, full of mockery.
"Who said I’m scared? I just don’t want people saying I bully won."
"Well, I, as a mber of the Ye Family, can’t let the General slander the Ye Family Army. Whatever you say, today I must learn a couple of moves. General Huang, get ready to take them." Saying this, Ye Qiu launched her attack with ferocious thods.
Her movents were extrely swift, her palms stirred the wind, making the soldiers who had been mocking her just now, thinking her rash foolishness, startle in amazent.
Is this not a joke? The Eldest Lady of the Ye Family actually stood her ground against General Huang? And without being at a disadvantage?
The atmosphere on site instantly beca lively, everyone cheered her on: "Miss Ye, keep it up, do not disgrace your father’s legacy!"
So soldiers joked with Huang Jiang: "General Huang, be careful, losing to a girl could tarnish your decades-long reputation!"
Among these soldiers were young aristocrats wanting to gain so military rit, thus they spoke quite frankly.
In an instant, Huang Jiang’s face turned red, agitated, he shouted and struck more fiercely.
The crowd saw his aggression, even more brutal than when he faced the guard, and all were anxiously sweating for Ye Qiu.
But this only highlighted her martial prowess, word was she had just co of age. Even if she started young, it’s at most ten years of training, yet she could match Huang Jiang?
"Truly worthy of being personally taught by General Ye, Miss Ye is skillful indeed!"
"Long heard of every mber of the Ye Family being capable, just one Miss Ye is like this, imagine the grace of the late General Ye and the two Young Masters of the Ye Family back then!"
"What a pity, we will never see them."
"Not necessarily, heard the Eldest Young Master Ye’s son started practicing martial arts, if all goes well, in ten years another mighty general will erge for the Rong Dynasty!"
"First General Ye and two Young Masters, now the Eldest Lady Ye, with Young Master Ye following, truly heaven blesses our Darong Dynasty!"
"Miss Ye, we support you! If you win, I’ll follow your lead from now on," Xia Guang said.
"General Huang, don’t let everyone down!"
Huang Jiang’s Deputy General, Liang Teng, watched the situation in surprise. What was a foregone conclusion had turned into a stalemate. It seed not only Huang Jiang would have difficulty taking over the Ye Family Army, but he couldn’t match these two.
He suddenly regretted his recent small sches, not knowing if these two had noticed.
"General Huang, it’s getting late, let’s wrap up this battle. Be careful." Ye Qiu’s lips curled upwards, then transford her palm into a fist, slightly hooking her middle finger, striking Huang Jiang with her fist.
The audience gasped because Huang Jiang, known for his brute strength, when everyone thought she was about to lose, was suddenly forced back several steps by Huang Jiang amidst flying leaves and dust.
"Thanks for the match, but I, Ye, managed not to disgrace the na of General Ye," Ye Qiu cupped her hands, standing straight.
"Miss Ye has extraordinary talent, I, Huang, admit defeat today, but as your guard ntioned earlier, one cannot represent the entire Ye Family Army. I will challenge again," Huang Jiang said with a dark face, unable to believe his reputation was tarnished even before reaching the border. How would he command respect?
"General Huang is too kind, soldiers are soldiers, generals are generals. I hope General Huang can distinguish clearly who our true enemy is." Ye Qiu said with soft authority, implying that if Huang Jiang kept challenging the Ye Family Army over today’s incident, he would not be focusing on the national interest, disregarding the bigger picture, thus not fit to be a commander.
"Sharp-tongued, let’s move!" Huang Jiang was fuming, surrounded by evil qi.
As soon as he left, the previously tense atmosphere turned lively again. The ones who had been the loudest in jeering quickly gathered around Ye Qiu: "Miss Ye, I, Xia Guang, keep my word, from now on I’ll follow your lead."
" too, too, Miss Ye, that move you did just now was so powerful, could you teach ?"
"You fool, won can’t be described as powerful?"
"But it truly was powerful, to knock back Huang Jiang with one punch, I, Qian Chao, am sincerely impressed."
Ye Qiu, noting their different attire than ordinary soldiers and speaking without much respect towards Huang Jiang, raised an eyebrow and asked, "Which families are you two from?"
"I’m Xia Guang, my father is the Vice Minister of War, and he’s Tong Chao, his father is Duke Tong," the livelier young man introduced.
Upon hearing this, Ye Qiu looked towards the latter: "I haven’t heard of the Princess having a son, so how did your father Duke Tong send you to the border?"
That Tong Chao imdiately paled, "I’m a bastard, the Princess said that as a man, I should gain experience, so my father allowed it."
"Where is your guard then?"
Xia Guang interjected: "If it’s for experience, why would there be a guard?"
Ye Qiu understood, it seed the Princess unable to bear a son wouldn’t even spare Duke Tong’s only bastard, curious how Duke Tong agreed.
"And you? As the son of the Vice Minister of War, your father should be aware of the dangers at the border."
"My birth mother died when I was young, my stepmother bore two sons of great literary talent, she said her sons can’t inherit my father’s duties, so she hopes I make an effort," Xia Guang laughed, looking carefree.
Ye Qiu instantly understood, here were two abandoned by their families. If they achieve rit, their families could thank their current mothers, but if they accidentally die, their families would gain a reputation for patriotic sacrifice, truly a win-win plan.
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