Free Web NovelChapter 1751: Chapter 1360: The Defensive General Gadatu Returns from the Dead!
Three hundred thousand Yanmen Pass Garrison!
A boundless sea of heads!
But Gu Changsheng wasn’t some head-harvesting fiend, she had no plans to mow them down. She really didn’t want to rack up that much slaughter-karma for nothing, and shave off her own luck!
Of course, that wasn’t the most important thing. The most important thing was: these soldiers were just following orders. They were not all traitors and rebels!
The Northern Mongolian warriors were fierce and battle-hardened—once you killed them, that was it, they were gone!
She definitely didn’t want her arrival to leave Borjigin Nian with a Northern Mongolian realm that was just an empty shell with no people in it!
If it turned out like that, she’d be a pretty lousy friend, wouldn’t she!
Only, how come the person she was waiting for still hadn’t shown up?
Keeping this standoff going wasn’t a solution either!
She’d already killed the dog; this whole kill-one-to-warn-a-hundred act, she’d finished her part, and what Borjigin Nian needed to perform, he’d pretty much performed too!
This big "kill the chicken to scare the monkeys" game of chess had been played up to this point, and now it was just missing a finale—someone to come onstage and close the scene!
She lifted a hand and rubbed the lower abdomen Borjigin Nian was holding. Outsiders were too far away to hear it, but Gu Changsheng clearly heard her own stomach growl...
Fuck!
She’d been stared at by Zhou Mu just now and had to eat until she was stuffed. Then she’d come out here to put on this huge kill-or-be-killed performance. The consequence of getting too into character was that her stomach had, damn it, gotten all gassy!
So uncomfortable!
She really wanted to find a spot and rub her poor gassy belly...
"Make way! Make way! Quick, make way! The Defensive General Lord is here!"
Shouts rang out from within the ranks of the three hundred thousand Yanmen Pass Garrison, carrying from far to near!
When Gu Changsheng heard the voice, her narrowed Phoenix Eyes instantly opened, a sharp gleam flashing at the bottom of her gaze!
Oh my god!
The person she’d been waiting for had finally arrived!
The Pass Defending General of Yanmen Pass—Gadatu!
Hearing the cries to clear the way from the distance, those members of the Hidden World Clan standing at the Guesthouse doors, watching Gu Changsheng and Borjigin Lvchi go at it with blood flowing like a river, gloating over the scene, all suddenly froze for a moment!
"Just now, what did they say—who’s here?" On Elder Yuh’s old face was full disbelief as he turned to the person beside him and asked.
"The General... the Defensive General Lord..." The young disciple being questioned spoke a bit dazedly.
"The Defensive General? The Defensive General Lord of Yanmen Pass? Isn’t that Gadatu?" When Elder Yuh heard this, his old face grew even more panicked. He turned to look at the people behind him and stammered, "Wasn’t Gadatu dead?"
Exactly!
Wasn’t Gadatu dead?
Dead under their siege, dead under their little trick of killing to silence him?
Then at this very moment, where had this "Defensive General of Yanmen Pass" suddenly come from?
The dead can’t come back to life—everyone knows that. And yet, this bizarre business of the dead coming back had actually landed on their heads!
Elder Yuh couldn’t quite believe it. He shook his head and said, "Could it be that Yanmen Pass actually has another Pass Defending General? Or maybe they already know Gadatu is dead, and a Deputy General is temporarily holding the Defensive General’s post?"
The people of the Hidden World Clan behind Elder Yuh all nodded immediately at his words. That had to be it!
Otherwise, with Gadatu dead, where would a Defensive General Lord of Yanmen Pass come from?
It must be a Deputy General temporarily holding the Defensive General’s post!
In a heartbeat, the Hidden World Clan members were relieved. The panic on their faces faded, replaced by a calm, unruffled composure!
However, that calm on their faces didn’t last long!
Because over on the Yanmen Pass Garrison’s side, a path had already been opened up, and four soldiers dressed in Northern Mongolian Soldiers’ armor were carrying a simple Palanquin, pushing through the crowd, slowly heading toward the blood-soaked ground where the two armies confronted each other...
Even though he was the Pass Defending General of Yanmen Pass, a man who rode fierce steeds and drew a great bow, palanquins were rare visitors to the Defensive General’s mansion, so Gadatu’s Palanquin was downright bargain-bin. On closer look, it was actually just a door panel lashed to two wooden poles!
Compared with Borjigin Lvchi’s Palanquin, which had been overturned to the side, this bargain contraption was simply unbearable to look at!
The Hidden World Clan couldn’t help but shake their heads at such a shabby Palanquin. This really was far too unworthy of the status of a Pass Defending General on the Yanmen Pass side!
"Well, well! Gadatu, one day apart feels like three autumns. Look at you, still alive and kicking?"
Yet just as the Hidden World Clan were busy despising the Palanquin, up ahead, Gu Changsheng’s deliberately raised voice suddenly rang out clear!
At Gu Changsheng’s words, the Hidden World Clan people were struck as if by lightning and froze on the spot!
Gadatu!
Gadatu!
"Gadatu!" Standing on the steps at the entrance of the Guesthouse, separated from Gu Changsheng by several hundred Dark Night Army soldiers, Elder Yuh pointed at the man lying on the simple Palanquin, slowly pushing himself up, and cried out in disbelief!
Gadatu!
The Pass Defending General of Yanmen Pass was actually still Gadatu! He hadn’t been replaced!
But wasn’t Gadatu already dead?
How could he appear here again?
Elder Yuh’s shout was so loud that even Gadatu, who was quite a distance away, heard it clearly. Gadatu was straining with all his might to prop up his upper body; his sharp gaze instantly swept toward Elder Yuh and the others. Northern Mongolian men had rough features, and even Gadatu, who had a penchant for catamites, had a standard Northern Mongolian face. When he clearly saw Elder Yuh and the others, enemies meeting made the eyes especially red; Gadatu’s eyes immediately turned bloodshot, his big mouth splitting in a cold grin as he sneered, "What? This General’s appearance has given you all quite a shock, has it?"
How could they not be shocked?
A man who should have been dead standing alive in front of everyone—anyone would be shocked. This was practically a corpse climbing out of its coffin!
"You... you... you..." Elder Yuh pointed at Gadatu, wanting to say more, but over there Gadatu no longer even looked at them!
A gentleman’s revenge is never too late in ten years, let alone at such a hair-trigger moment?
Gadatu’s hobbies were indeed indecent, but he had climbed, step by step on his own strength, to the position of Pass Defending General of Yanmen Pass. If he didn’t have some real skills, he wouldn’t have survived the encirclement and assault of those Hidden World Clan people and managed to hang on to his last breath!
As the Pass Defending General, Gadatu naturally understood the order of priorities!
Since those Hidden World Clan people were on his turf, they were meat already on the plate, in his hands; they couldn’t run!
The key right now was this red-clad woman with arrogant brows and eyes standing before him—Gu Changsheng!
This Southern Emperor Gu Changsheng, who had, in a matter of minutes, slaughtered more than two thousand Northern Mongolian envoy escorts at his Yanmen Pass!
Now that was a truly hard bone to gnaw!
"Gadatu! Gadatu, you came just in time! The Military Token! I have the Military Token! Hurry and obey my command, go kill her! Kill her..." Curled up on the ground, Borjigin Lvchi saw Gadatu arrive, and hope instantly flared in his eyes. He grabbed up the Military Token again, raised it as high as he could, and howled himself hoarse!
Compared to Borjigin Lvchi’s hysterical, twisted face, Gadatu’s was still pale from his brush with death. Yet his demeanor was much calmer. Half-reclining on the simple Palanquin, Gadatu propped himself up, looked at the Military Token in Borjigin Lvchi’s hand, narrowed his eyes slightly, and asked in a deep voice, "Kill who?"
Borjigin Lvchi had been howling for ages and finally heard a response. He immediately raised the Military Token in his hand higher and blurted out impatiently, "Gu Changsheng! Kill her! Kill her! Hurry and kill her!"
"Heh! Prince Lvchi, you jest!" Gadatu gave a cold laugh when he heard this and said, "This humble General heard that at this very moment, it is the time of Prince Lvchi and the Legitimate Princess’s alliance marriage. The Southern Emperor was invited here to attend the grand ceremony of your alliance. My Northern Mongolian may not be a land of etiquette like the Central Plains, but we do know how to treat our guests. How could we shout to beat and kill a guest?"
"..." When Borjigin Lvchi heard this, he was struck as though by lightning, dumbfounded. The hand holding the Military Token froze midair as he stared at Gadatu in disbelief.
"Ha ha..." As for Gu Changsheng, when she heard Gadatu’s words, she couldn’t help laughing.
This Gadatu really knew how to play the game.
She liked that!
"Gadatu, what did you say? As the Defensive General, you disregard military orders—are you planning to commit treason?" Borjigin Lvchi finally came back to himself and roared at Gadatu.
"Treason? Such a big hat, this humble General can’t afford to wear it! If Prince Lvchi insists on forcing such a hat onto this humble General, then this humble General can only say..." Gadatu pondered for a moment when he heard this, then said in a deep voice, "This humble General can only say that for the sake of preventing my Northern Mongolian from being razed flat beneath the Southern Country iron cavalry, and for the life and death of the millions of civilians of my Yanmen Pass, I, Gadatu, as the clan chief of the Gada Tribe, will uphold the way of treating guests and receive the Southern Emperor with courtesy. I don’t mind wearing this big hat of treason!"
As Gadatu spoke, he swept his big hand through the air!
And the very second his voice fell, the onlooking commoners in the distance had already begun to cheer and shout in excitement!
"The Legitimate Princess loves the people like her own children! The Defensive General Lord is wise!"
"The Legitimate Princess loves the people like her own children! The Defensive General Lord is wise!"
"..."
When the first shout rose, Gu Changsheng couldn’t help turning her head to glance toward the distant crowd!
The leading voice came from the mouth of a burly man. With Gu Changsheng’s Fiery Eyes, she could tell at a glance that this man had definitely been in the army!
The Legitimate Princess loves the people like her own children?
So he was having them worship Borjigin Nian first?
Gu Changsheng turned her head back and looked at the half-reclining Gadatu on the Palanquin, the corners of her lips quirking up. On her bright, beautiful face flashed a look of sudden understanding!
She didn’t even need to think to know that the one leading the shouting in the crowd had been arranged by Gadatu!
This Gadatu was no fool after all!
She, Gu Changsheng, liked dealing with smart people the most!
Saves worry, saves trouble, and doesn’t take much effort!
Twice the result with half the work!
Hearing Gadatu say this, Borjigin Lvchi was completely stupefied. Gadatu was already his last life-saving straw. If even he wouldn’t budge under Gu Changsheng’s oppressive might, then what was he supposed to do?
"Gadatu! I have the Military Token! The Military Token! You must obey my orders! To disregard military orders is treason—everyone will have the right to kill you! I’ll strip you of your position as Pass Defending General of Yanmen Pass! I’ll strip you of everything!" Waving the Military Token in his hand, Borjigin Lvchi roared himself hoarse...
