Chapter 60: Captured Alive…

Chen Yufei returned to the military formation, and her body slowly recovered.

The magic Qin Yu used after being struck wasn’t very powerful.

Chen Yufei immediately reorganized the troops.

She knew that Qin Yu’s army was already at the end of its strength.

“All troops, advance with me!” Having said that, Chen Yufei directed her forces to charge toward Qin Yu’s army.

At the same time, the infantry behind Qin Yu also began their attack.

Attacked from both front and back, Qin Yu panicked.

She was at a critical moment of life and death.

“Infantry, block the enemies behind with all your strength! Cavalry, follow me in the attack!” Qin Yu shouted.

However, these eight thousand cavalry were instantly scattered by Chen Yufei’s fifty thousand cavalry.

The enemy’s fifty thousand cavalry launched an almost slaughter-like assault on Qin Yu’s troops.

Qin Yu led her troops, fighting desperately, but as far as the eye could see, enemies were all around, and her comrades had already drowned among the foes.

The setting sun was like blood, a scene of desolate beauty and killing.

In this situation, Qin Yu felt she had already reached her end.

Finally, the forty thousand infantry behind had dealt with Chen Yufei’s twenty thousand infantry and could now join forces to provide relief.

Although these were all infantry, with the blessing of magic guns, even though they couldn’t hit enemies precisely, they could barely suppress the enemy cavalry.

If Chen Yufei’s cavalry wanted to use magic guns to shoot, they had to slow down first in order to hit Qin Yu’s infantry accurately.

Therefore, Chen Yufei’s troops rarely used magic guns, preferring close combat.

Seeing this, Chen Yufei immediately divided her troops to engage Qin Yu’s infantry in close combat.

The infantry Qin Yu had brought for reinforcement immediately fell into a bitter fight.

Chen Yufei smiled slightly and commanded the cavalry around her to encircle and annihilate Qin Yu.

She first had her troops surround Qin Yu, separating Qin Yu and the small unit around her from the entire battle formation.

By the time Qin Yu realized the problem, she was already completely surrounded.

Qin Yu felt as if she were an isolated island, cut off from the world.

‘This is not good…’ Qin Yu immediately gave the order for her troops to break out at a weak point in the enemy’s encirclement.

However, Chen Yufei was faster.

After surrounding Qin Yu, she immediately ordered her troops to directly charge at Qin Yu and the small unit beside her.

Qin Yu only had about two thousand people around her, unable to withstand such a charge.

Soon, most of the soldiers were dead or wounded.

Qin Yu swung her blade and fought desperately, but it was only a drop in the bucket, only making her more exhausted.

All in all, Qin Yu and her troops had been fighting for an entire afternoon.

Their stamina, energy, and willpower were all on the verge of collapse.

“Everyone, can you still fight!” Qin Yu shouted loudly to the soldiers beside her.

At this moment, there were fewer than a thousand soldiers left around her.

Both men and horses were exhausted.

But hearing Qin Yu’s roar, they mustered their last bit of strength and yelled back, “We can still fight!”

“Then follow me and break out!” Qin Yu waved her staff, unleashing magic wantonly, attacking the enemy without caring about her mana consumption.

Seeing that Qin Yu still wanted to break out, Chen Yufei charged alone into the enemy formation.

In terms of magical ability, Chen Yufei was certainly no match for Qin Yu, but when it came to swinging a blade and wielding a spear, Qin Yu was definitely inferior to Chen Yufei.

Chen Yufei plunged straight into the enemy formation, launching a surprise attack next to Qin Yu.

The soldiers around Qin Yu couldn’t react in time; they only realized when Chen Yufei was already at close range.

However, the large wave of troops following behind Chen Yufei completely extinguished any thought of rescuing Qin Yu.

Chen Yufei rode up beside Qin Yu, swung her long lance, and thrust fiercely at Qin Yu.

Qin Yu dodged hastily.

Chen Yufei turned her wrist and swept the lance handle across.

Qin Yu lost her balance from the previous dodge and couldn’t avoid this strike.

It hit her squarely in the waist.

Despite the protection of her armor, pain was inevitable, and worse was the impact, which knocked Qin Yu off her horse.

The moment she fell from her horse, Qin Yu realized something terrible had happened.

A cowboy without a horse is no cowboy; a general without a horse is no general!

Qin Yu panicked, trying to climb back onto her horse, but Chen Yufei’s second attack came right after.

This time, she again used the lance handle to strike Qin Yu’s head hard.

Qin Yu’s vision went black, and she collapsed onto the grass.

She looked up at Chen Yufei.

At that moment, she was unarmed, like a lamb to the slaughter.

Chen Yufei leaned down, grabbed Qin Yu by her armor, hoisted her up, and pulled her onto her own horse.

Qin Yu sat in front of Chen Yufei, held on the horse.

The space was small, and she felt cramped and uncomfortable.

She twisted her body to get more comfortable, but Chen Yufei grabbed her neck with one hand and ordered, “Stay still!”

Controlling Qin Yu, Chen Yufei shouted loudly to Qin Yu’s soldiers, “Your commander is captured! Surrender immediately!”

Chen Yufei’s voice wasn’t loud, almost inaudible across the battlefield.

The two armies were still in chaos, and almost no one heeded her words.

Not far away, in a gap among the hills, a troop suddenly appeared.

From a distance, Chen Yufei’s heart sank as she saw them.

She knew this absolutely wasn’t her army—all her troops had gone all-in to surround Qin Yu.

“Luo Shangyu!” Qin Yu shouted excitedly.

With Luo Shangyu’s twenty thousand cavalry reinforcements, Qin Yu believed the entire situation would surely turn around.

Luo Shangyu led her troops, charging directly into Chen Yufei’s formation.

After an afternoon of fighting, Chen Yufei’s army had less energy and morale than Luo Shangyu’s twenty thousand cavalry.

Combined with Luo Shangyu’s sudden arrival, they were beaten back step by step.

“Damn it!” Chen Yufei gritted her teeth and whispered.

She pulled out a dagger and pressed it against Qin Yu’s neck, “Quick, order your troops to cease fire!”

Qin Yu shook her head, “Chen Yufei, your troops will soon be annihilated by my army. Why should I tell them to stop?”

“You!” Chen Yufei grew anxious.

She pressed the dagger down slightly.

The sharp blade cut into Qin Yu’s fragile skin, and bright red blood flowed along the blade to the hilt, dripping drop by drop onto Qin Yu’s armor.

On her neck, Qin Yu felt a warmth mixed with a hint of coolness, but she didn’t feel much pain.

Qin Yu tilted her head and said provocatively to Chen Yufei, “Kill me. At least you can kill the enemy commander before your complete defeat, so you won’t lose too disgracefully, right?”

Chen Yufei was so angry she couldn’t speak for a moment, then ignored Qin Yu.

Qin Yu’s cavalry was almost completely annihilated, and her forty thousand infantry had also lost more than half.

She decided to quit while she was ahead, first withdraw the troops, reorganize the formations, and then fight a decisive battle with Luo Shangyu.

Seeing the enemy withdraw, Luo Shangyu launched a final wave of attacks, killing a large number of Chen Yufei’s soldiers before they could reorganize.

After that, both sides arrayed their formations and confronted each other.

At this point, Qin Yu’s army had suffered heavy losses.

The original force of over fifty thousand was reduced to just over twenty thousand.

They had also run out of magic gun ammunition, and the soldiers had little strength left.

The only truly effective force was the twenty thousand cavalry Luo Shangyu had brought later.

Chen Yufei’s army was slightly better.

Although nearly half of the seventy thousand troops had been lost, there were still about thirty thousand cavalry left, along with nearly ten thousand infantry.

Even though they had been fighting for a long time, they had held the upper hand in the previous battle, so their morale was still intact, and they could still fight.