Tang Yin in another world
"You... you want to kill me?" Yu Shang's face turned deathly pale as he stared at Wu Mei in terror.
The charming smile, stretching out her hand to touch his cheek, said softly: "Your Highness, please rest assured, even if I kill you, it will be a very pleasant death."
"Ah——" Yu Xiang was like a snake that had been bitten, and he started screaming loudly, waving his hands and feet wildly, struggling violently. Unintentionally, his elbow hit Tang Yin's injured ribcage, the latter frowned, didn't say a word, but slapped him with a loud slap.
With a crisp sound, Yu Shang immediately fell silent, his head buzzing with pain, stars flashing before his eyes, his gaze blurred, and his head drooping down weakly.
Tongmen's geographical location is uniquely advantageous. It is situated between two mountains and a valley, with Tongmen right in the middle of the valley, blocking the entrance to the valley tightly, making it impossible to pass through without going through Tongmen.
At this time, outside Tongmen were already stationed troops of Ningguo.
Far and wide, all that can be seen are camps connected to camps, tents tightly packed against tents, with flags standing high and dense, like a forest, in a semi-circular massive campsite squeezed outside Tongmen, stretching for dozens of miles, with no end in sight.
When they walked to a high place and looked out at Tongmen, what they saw was this scene.
After seeing it, Wu Mei and Wu Ying were stunned, the Wind Troops were stunned, and Tang Yin was also stunned.
Wu Mei had already received the news that the Ningguo army was approaching Tongmen City, but she never expected that Ningguo would gather so many people. Looking at this situation, it's as if they came to fight a decisive battle, with no intention of retreating unless Tongmen falls.
Tang Yin glanced back at Qiu Zhen, who hastily scanned the surroundings and involuntarily gasped. He muttered blankly: "This... this is at least four army groups, over 400,000 people?"
Wu Yi followed up with a wry smile and said, "Even if there isn't, it's almost the same!"
"So many enemies, how can we get through?" Qiu Zhen said, his eyes naturally falling on Yu Shang who was lying on Tang Yin's war horse.
Originally thought that with the remaining troops in hand, it would be enough to ensure their safe return to Tongmen, but now seeing the vast army of Ningguo, Qiu Zhen's heart also felt somewhat uncertain.
"Whether we can get through the enemy's line smoothly depends on this prince." Tang Yin said with a profound gaze.
Her expression was complex, and she fell into deep thought. She and Qiu Zhen had the same idea, although they still had Yu Xiang as a hostage, but facing tens of thousands of enemy troops, to say that they were not worried would be absolutely deceiving.
Seeing her standing still and silent, Tang Yin furrowed his brow and reminded in a low voice: "General Wu, shouldn't we be leaving?"
"Where?" Wu Mei didn't react for a moment, looking at him blankly and asking: "Which way to go?"
Tang Yin rolled his eyes and said, "Of course we're heading towards Tongmen."
She waved her hand and said, "Don't rush me, I'll think about it some more."
Women are always indecisive, no matter what their background is. Tang Yin was dissatisfied and pouted, saying in a low voice: "Staying here will only be more unfavorable to us." He turned his head and pointed behind him, saying: "The pursuing troops of Yuan Kui and others from the rear will arrive soon, and it's likely that the enemy in front has also discovered us. If we stay here and hesitate to move forward, we'll only reveal our weakness to the enemy and give them an opportunity to attack. Rather than waiting passively for the enemy to find us, why not take the initiative to find them? At least this way, we won't be at a psychological disadvantage."
These words shocked Wu Mei and made others reevaluate Tang Yin, especially Qiu Zhen, who nodded repeatedly in secret admiration of Tang Yin's boldness and cleverness.
After a moment of contemplation, Wu Ying replied: "General Tang's words are reasonable. If the other side doesn't care about Yu Shang's life and death, and insists on putting us to death, even if we stay here it will be a dead end. We might as well take the initiative to go forward, perhaps we can still grasp the initiative and win a thread of life."
Wu Yan also said so, Wu Mei did not hesitate, she took a deep breath, slowly raised her hand, paused for a moment in the air, and suddenly swung forward, shouting: "Raise my great wind flag, advance!"
At her command, the hundreds of soldiers under her immediately unfolded and raised the already collected Wind Country flags and streamers, and for a moment, the area above the troops became a black ocean.
When they were about two hundred meters away from the Ningguo military camp, the gate of the camp was wide open, and a large cavalry team rushed out from inside. At least five thousand people, with silver helmets and armor on horseback, white streamers on their heads, holding silver guns, even the war horses below were covered with silver chain mail. Looking coldly, the whole team was shining brightly, dazzling to the eye.
What a dazzling cavalry! Tang Yin reined in the reins of his war horse, narrowed his eyes slightly, and quietly sized up the opposing cavalry.
A distance of two hundred meters is just a blink of an eye for cavalry.
Before long, the 5,000 Ningguo cavalrymen arrived near Tang Yin and the others.
Without any command, the Ningguo cavalry halted and formed a neat square formation. Then, the front row of cavalry silently divided to the left and right, opening up a three-meter-wide path in the middle. Afterwards, a line of knights emerged from within.
The first one was a young man wearing brocade, who was not yet thirty years old. He had thick eyebrows and big eyes, with a dignified appearance. The knights guarding him on both sides were all robust men with extraordinary strength, each of them full of spirit and energy, their eyes shining brightly. Without using insight, it could be seen that these knights were all deeply cultivated spiritual martial arts masters.
The young man did not directly walk out of the formation, but stopped his war horse within the camp, his eyes gleaming like a torch as he sized up Tang Yin and the others. After a moment, his gaze condensed and he said in a loud voice, "Which one of you is the person in charge?"
His voice was not loud, but it had a strong undercurrent, and a sense of majesty naturally flowed out in his tone.
Wu Mei and Wu Ying looked at each other, then simultaneously urged their horses forward, advancing a few steps before stopping. Wu Mei asked: "Who are you?"
"Yu Jia!" The young man's eyes sparkled as he saw Wu Mei, his gaze sharp as two knives, piercing her face.
Ah! So this is Ningguo's Second Prince, Yu Jia!
Daiyu was so startled that she involuntarily glanced at Yu Shang, who was lying on Tang Yin's horseback. The two were biological brothers, with similar appearances, builds and clothing, but their auras were worlds apart.
Yu was timid and lecherous, one look and you could tell he was that kind of pampered young master, while Yu Jia was completely different, with clear and sharp eyes, the air between his eyebrows was full of heroic spirit, every move had a kind of aura that made people surrender, of course it wasn't innate, but was slowly honed through long periods of giving orders.
This person is different from me, can't be underestimated. With a flirtatious heart and a vigilant expression, a charming smile appeared on his face, and his soft voice cooed: "So it's the Second Prince, I've long admired you. We're just passing by, why bother the Second Prince to come out and greet us in person, really..."
Yu Jia was not in the mood to play dumb riddles with Wu Mei, his entire mind was on his brother's safety. He coldly interrupted Wu Mei's words and said: "You don't need to pretend anymore, I just want to know where my brother is."
He and Yu Shang are twins, with the same father and mother. The Ning King has many children, but his relationship with Yu Shang is the deepest, although Yu Shang often disappoints him and makes him unhappy.
Yu Shang, who was originally lying on the horse's back in a daze, suddenly heard his brother's voice and immediately came to his senses. Summoning strength from nowhere, he struggled to lift his head and saw Yu Jia in the Ningguo cavalry phalanx. His eyes reddened, and big tears rolled down as he trembled and shouted: "Second Brother, save me!"
Yu Jia's body shook and he hastily looked around for the source of the sound. Just then, he met Yu Shang's pitiful and pleading eyes.
Almost instinctively, he squeezed his legs tightly around the horse's belly, wanting to urge it forward, but soon he calmed down and quickly pulled the reins, stopping the warhorse.
His gaze fell on Yushang for a while before slowly moving up, looking at Tang Yin sitting calmly on the horseback, and said in a gloomy tone: "Let him go!"
His eyes were icy, almost enough to freeze an elephant to death, but Tang Yin was unmoved, sitting on the saddle, not making a sound, and didn't even give Yu Jia a second glance, as if the other person wasn't talking to him.
Witnessing this, Yu Jia became extremely angry. As the second prince of Ning Guo and also the most favored son of the King of Ning, he was always treated with respect and reverence by others. When had he ever been so ignored? His teeth were clenched tightly, his face flushed red.
Looking at him, Wu Mei secretly laughed in her heart. Tang Yin seemed to be a born rebel, never putting anyone in his eyes, including himself. This time, Yu Jia also ran into this nail.
She chuckled and said, "Why must Your Excellency get angry? We can let your younger brother go, of course. However, the precondition is that you have to let us pass through safely. Once we enter Tongmen safely, we will naturally return Yu Shang to you."
"Second brother, don't listen to her! This... this woman just said that when they return to Tongmen, she'll kill me and bring my head to see Feng Wang..." Seeing Yu Jia, Yu Shang's courage also grew, this was an instinctive reaction. Ever since he got into trouble, it was always Yu Jia who helped him out, covering his tracks and wiping his butt. With Yu Jia around, he felt like he had found his backbone, and wasn't afraid of anything anymore.
"Shut up!"
Tang Yin scolded him in a bad temper and slapped him again.
Yu was still wailing in pain, his nose and eyes streaming with tears.
Yu Jia's eyes suddenly widened, staring at Tang Yin's eyes as if they were about to spew out fire.
After taking a few deep breaths, his excited mood calmed down slightly. Although he hated Tang Yin so much that he wanted to tear him apart, after all, his brother was in the other person's hands, and he didn't dare to act rashly.
He glared at Yu Shang and shouted, "You'd better say a few less words!" Then he looked at Wu Mei and said, "Only if you let them go first can I let you pass. This is the only condition I can accept!"