[Wuxia] The Duan Family Women Generals (Complete) - 6

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Chapter Fifteen – Xu Youliang's Ambush, Duan Yumei's Defeat at Nanling

: Duan Lingfeng arrived at the pass of Huanglong Cave. Not daring to act rashly, she quickly halted her troops and summoned a guide.
It turned out that Pang Qi had nearly been trapped in the mountains last time due to unfamiliarity with the route. This time, Duan Lingfeng was cautious and had hired several people who had previously ventured into Nanling as guides. Unbeknownst to her, these guides were also spies sent by Zhang Gui.
The guides arrived and told Lingfeng that Huanglong Cave was extremely treacherous, difficult to breach from the front, and therefore usually lightly guarded. However, there was another path, though longer, that led to the back of the pass, making it easily accessible.
Lingfeng was overjoyed and immediately ordered Cao Yunlong to lead a group of men, guided by the guides, to take the small path.
Lingfeng waited for three days when she suddenly heard shouts of battle coming from the pass. Knowing that Cao Yunlong had arrived, she hurriedly urged her army to attack. When she reached the pass, the gate was already open, and Cao Yunlong came out to greet her.
However, upon inquiring, she learned that there wasn't a single soldier there.
It turned out that the pass was only marked with flags, and the drumbeats were actually produced by a small waterwheel inside.
Lingfeng realized she had been tricked again; the enemy had used this small contraption to delay her advance while the soldiers had already escaped.
Duan Lingfeng led her troops past Huanglong Cave and hurriedly gave chase. The terrain was flat and the roads were wide. After two days of pursuit, they reached a fork in the road.
One road was flat and led east, while the other was high mountains with a ravine running south. Duan Lingfeng was alarmed and dared not proceed, so she quickly sought out a guide for advice.
The guide said, "Go along this main road, travel three hundred li to the east and you'll exit the mountains. Enter through this ravine, and you'll find a basin. There's a mountain pass ahead, but once you cross it, there are no more obstacles; it's all flat road. It'll be another day's journey to reach the Man Cave."
"How big is that basin?"
"Very big, enough to hold tens of thousands of people."
Duan Lingfeng then asked, "How long is this ravine?"
"Not long, only about three li."
"Can't we get to the Man Cave from that road?"
"Yes, there's a fork in the road fifty li from here that leads to the Man Cave. It's a long journey, passing through nine ravines and eighty-one caves. It will probably take half a month to get there, but the road is easier."
Duan Lingfeng then asked, "Is this ravine really not long?"
"Not long."
"Not dangerous?"
"Dangerous, of course. If there were an army here, it would be difficult to cross. However, the dangerous section is only a few dozen zhang long; once you get past that, it's fine."
Duan Lingfeng then called over several other guides and questioned them individually; they all gave similar answers.
She then called Pang Qi and the Cao siblings to discuss the matter. They all agreed that although the main road was longer, it was easier to travel. As long as they fought their way through each cave, they would eventually capture the Man Cave. This route, though shorter, was extremely dangerous, and if they encountered an ambush,
they would inevitably be wiped out. Duan Lingfeng said, "Xu Youliang is a seasoned military strategist and knows the art of deception. He will surely assume we are taking the main road and that there will be no heavy troops stationed here. If we go against his wishes and break through this dangerous pass, we will catch him off guard. I suggest sending a highly skilled warrior in to scout ahead. If the enemy's defenses are weak, we can charge through from here."
Cao Yunlong volunteered to go and rode alone into the mountains. In less than half an hour, he returned on horseback. Upon asking, he said that his account was consistent with the guide's, except that there seemed to be people at the mountain pass.
As Duan Lingfeng hesitated, a soldier suddenly said, "There are people on the mountain." Duan Lingfeng looked and indeed saw a fire rising from the mountaintop, black smoke billowing into the sky.
"That's a signal fire, surely a message to the barbarian cave. We'll probably have to take the main road," Cao Yunlong said.
Duan Lingfeng looked at it, thought for a moment, and suddenly laughed, "Such a trick can fool me! Advance quickly!"
"Marshal, we can't advance rashly! The enemy must have an ambush here."
"Hmph, as the art of war says, 'When the enemy is deceptive, make them appear real; when they are real, make them appear deceptive.' If the enemy had an ambush here, why would we be exposed before even entering the mountains? If it were the enemy setting up sentries, they would have seen us from ten miles away and would have lit smoke signals long ago. Clearly, the enemy here saw you scouting the mountain and were afraid we would enter through this route, so they deliberately set up smoke signals to scare us, making us think there was an ambush and preventing us from entering the mountains, so they could redeploy. I won't fall for their trick. Give the order: the main force will quickly pass through the mountain pass and head straight for the Man Cave." Cao Yunlong tried to persuade her again, but Duan Lingfeng said, "My mind is made up. Advance quickly."
After saying this, Duan Lingfeng immediately urged her troops into the valley. The vanguard had only traveled half a mile when the sound of gongs and shouts filled the mountaintop. Arrows rained down, instantly killing seven or eight soldiers. The rest of the army was terrified.
As Duan Lingfeng listened intently on the road, she noticed the clappers were scattered and the arrows, though accurate, were also stray. This reassured her, and she shouted, "Forget the barbarians on the mountain! Charge! Once we get through, this danger will be over, and we can go home sooner!"
Hearing this, the crowd shouted back and rushed into the ravine.
Seeing that the vanguard had already entered the valley, Duan Lingfeng led the main force into the valley herself.
Nearly ten thousand men crossed the ravine and reached the dam on the other side, but only twenty or thirty had been killed by the stray arrows from the mountain.
She caught up with the Cao sisters and headed straight for the opposite mountain pass. She saw a force of about a hundred men emerging from the pass, about to form ranks. Duan Lingfeng shouted and charged ahead. Seeing the fierce approach, the men retreated back into the ravine, hiding behind an ancient wall and firing arrows outwards.
Seeing this, Duan Lingfeng became even more convinced that the enemy's defenses were weak. She ordered a messenger to urge the rest of the troops to come forward and commanded Cao Yunlong and his sister to quickly seize the mountain pass.
Upon hearing this, Cao Yunlong and his sister roared in anger, their two horses charging towards the mountain pass from either side. The vanguard soldiers also fought bravely, and in a single charge, they breached the stone wall, sending the barbarian soldiers fleeing in disarray. Cao Yunlong had already led the pursuit into the valley.
Duan Lingfeng was overjoyed and hurriedly spurred her horse forward. Just as she reached the mountain pass, a cannon boomed behind her, terrifying her. Turning around, she saw countless large flags raised on both mountain ridges, and the sounds of battle shouting deafeningly. She cried out, "Don't go, Duan Lingfeng!" Powerful crossbows and cannons rained down, killing many of the government troops. The remaining soldiers huddled in the middle of the valley.
"Not good, we've been tricked! Retreat immediately!" At Lingfeng's command, the Cao siblings turned back and charged towards the mountain pass they had come from. Upon reaching this point, they discovered the ravine was blocked by large trees. Rockets and torches were being thrown haphazardly into the ravine from the mountaintop, creating a raging fire that made passage impossible. Stones and arrows flew everywhere, causing the soldiers to cry out in pain.
Seeing this, Lingfeng had no choice but to turn back and charge towards the inner pass. This ravine was less treacherous than the one they had come from, so although it also had trees thrown from the mountain, it wasn't completely blocked. Therefore, they quickly crossed the pass, bringing with them about 50,000 men. Now, apart from a few highly skilled officers, only six or seven thousand remained.
Outside the valley was a small clearing, also a crossroads, with three paths branching off in different directions. Only then did Duan Lingfeng realize that the guides hadn't told the truth, and she was filled with remorse.
Just as they were wondering which way to go, another cannon blast rang out, and a troop of men charged in from a side path. Leading them was a female general, none other than Feng Yi.
Feng Yi shouted, "Duan Lingfeng
, dismount and surrender!" Cao Yunlong, seeing this, yelled, "Marshal, run! I'll hold them off for a bit!" He quickly brandished his steel fork and charged forward.
Lingfeng turned her horse to take another side path, but another group of men blocked her way, led by Feng Ling.
Hu Qiaoyun, seeing this, quickly drew her embroidered phoenix sword to intercept them.
Now only one road remained. Duan Lingfeng knew it was a trap, but she had no choice but to walk into it. She and Cao Yunfeng led the remaining troops southward at breakneck speed. Countless barbarian soldiers blocked their path, and they were ambushed by stray arrows. After half a day of fighting, Duan Lingfeng reached a flat hillside. She checked her men and found that only she and Cao Yunfeng remained, leading a thousand or so remaining soldiers and seven or eight defeated generals.
Just as they were about to rest for a moment, cannon fire erupted. A flagpole rose on a nearby hilltop, with a watchtower on it. Soldiers waved a white flag to guide the way, and a troop of men charged down the hill. The leader was none other than Xu Youliang. Upon
seeing him, Lingfeng was terrified. She turned her horse and rode away again, with the barbarian soldiers hot on their heels.
As they ran forward, countless soldiers rushed out of the woods on both sides, surrounding Lingfeng and her companions. They shouted, "Don't escape, Duan Lingfeng! There's a reward for capturing the female general in the yellow robe!"
Lingfeng looked up to the sky and sighed, "My life is over!"
Cao Yunfeng beside her said, "Marshal, let's exchange battle robes. I'll draw the enemy away."
"General Cao, how can you do this?"
"Marshal is the commander of the entire army. If you escape, you can still seek revenge."
Lingfeng had been bestowed the title of Imperial Sister, hence the yellow battle robe, which now became a death trap. Helpless, her eyes blurred with tears, she had no choice but to exchange her yellow robe with Cao Yunfeng.
Cao Yunfeng said, "Marshal, take care." She led four or five generals into the crowd, immediately drawing the attention of the barbarian soldiers.
Duan Lingfeng looked in the direction Yunfeng had gone, saying only, "If I escape this mountain, I will never forget General Cao's kindness today." Then, brandishing her gilded halberd, she charged in the opposite direction.
Lingfeng fought her way out of the encirclement and disappeared into a forest. She ran until nightfall, when the sounds of battle faded into the distance. Only then did she stop and look back. The once mighty army was now reduced to seven or eight men, all wounded. She regretted not heeding her generals' advice; her army had been defeated and disgraced. How could she face her brother, the Emperor? Thinking this, she drew her sword, intending to commit suicide. Her generals quickly stopped her, pleading with her to give in, and she wept bitterly.
After a while, she mustered her men and marched forward. As dawn broke, she saw verdant mountains and clear waters, a truly beautiful sight. But Lingfeng had no heart for the scenery; she was as lost as a stray dog, as desperate as a fish that had escaped a net.
Just then, she heard the sound of hooves. Lingfeng sighed, "I am finished!"
She wondered who was approaching. To be continued...

Chapter Sixteen – The Imperial Sister Encounters a Caravan in a Desperate Situation; Cao and Hu's Daughters are Captured.

In the previous chapter, Duan Lingfeng heard the sound of hooves and, thinking it was an ambush, hurriedly looked around. She saw Cao Yunlong leading four or five men. It turned out that he had fought Fengyi for dozens of rounds to a draw, and seeing Lingfeng had gone far away, he seized an opportunity to force his way through Fengyi's soldiers. He had gotten lost in the mountains and somehow ended up here.
The two armies joined forces and continued on their way. Just then, a bell rang loudly. Lingfeng quickly told everyone to hide in the roadside woods. Looking out, she saw a caravan. Judging from their attire, they were from the Central Plains. Lingfeng ordered Yunlong to go out and stop the caravan. They learned they were Han Chinese from beyond the mountains to the east, and were going to buy goods to take back home.
Lingfeng was overjoyed. She quickly went out and called over the caravan leader, offering him money and official rank to lead the way out of the mountains. The leader, seeing they were soldiers from the Central Plains, agreed.
Throughout the journey, Duan Lingfeng dared not close her eyes for a single night, fearing it was yet another trap. Only after leaving the mountains did she feel relieved. It turned out that the caravan had led them south away from the barbarian cave, then east for over three hundred li before finally emerging from the
Southern Ridge. Duan Lingfeng rewarded the caravan and led several generals back to Zhennan Pass, where Pang Qi was already waiting anxiously.
It turned out that Zhang Gui and Xu Youliang had set an ambush to capture Duan Lingfeng, but the mountain path was narrow, limiting their speed, so a large-scale encirclement and annihilation was impossible. They simply ordered the ambush troops on the mountain to block the entrance once Duan Lingfeng entered the mountain. As a result, only seventy to eighty thousand of the hundreds of thousands of troops Duan Lingfeng led entered the mountain and were trapped inside.
Pang Qi, realizing he had fallen into an ambush, hurriedly ordered the remaining troops to charge in to rescue Lingfeng, but the mountain pass was blocked by a raging fire, and arrows were being shot down from the mountain. Pang Qi was anxious but helpless.
Just as things were getting desperate, ambushes sprang up from both sides, swarming across the mountain. Seeing the situation was dire, Pang Qi had no choice but to
charge back the way he came, losing another hundred thousand men. By the time he broke through Huanglong Cave and returned to the outside of the mountain, he had less than seventy thousand men left, and seven or eight generals had also been killed. Pang Qi, now without troops, dared not defend the garrison any longer and had to retreat his entire army to the Three Passes. He thought his sister was in grave danger and was preparing to submit a memorial to the emperor.
Duan Lingfeng sighed and said, "The loss of men and generals is my fault, it has nothing to do with you. I will submit my memorial later."
By evening, a soldier had come to report that Xu Youliang had led the troops from Nanling to the pass and had ordered Vice Marshal Pang to lead the charge.
Duan Lingfeng said, "Xu Youliang did not know I had returned, hence his rudeness. I will fight him when I leave the pass."
Duan Lingfeng donned her armor, mustered a thousand men, and opened the pass. She saw Xu Youliang, along with Fengyi and Fengling, leading two thousand men in battle formation.
Xu Youliang was slightly surprised to see Duan Lingfeng. He said, "Princess, it's been a while! You escaped this time, but next time I'll make sure you surrender."
"Xu Youliang, victory and defeat are common in war. This time, I suffered a loss by accident. Once I gather my troops, I'll make you pay double. I didn't come out of the pass today to fight you. I ask you, where are my soldiers who are trapped in the mountains?"
"You ask about them? In this great battle, we counted the spoils and kills. We beheaded 34,500 people, including twelve officers from the rank of general to deputy general. We captured over 160,000 soldiers, of whom 130,000 are willing to join my vassal state. The rest have been sent home. There are still five captured officers who are currently imprisoned in the military town."
"Xu Youliang, if you want things to turn out well, return the corpses of the slain government officers and release the captured generals. When you are captured in the future, I will give you a complete corpse. Otherwise, when the imperial army arrives, I fear there will be widespread destruction and everything will be burned to ashes. You too will suffer a thousand cuts to death."
"Hehehehe. The leaders of the slain generals have given their orders, and their corpses are already in coffins. If my sister wants them, just send a few carts to the military town tomorrow to retrieve them. As for the captured generals, if you have any captured warriors from Nanling, bring them in exchange. Otherwise, by this time tomorrow, you will have to send someone to the military town to retrieve the corpses."
"You audacious Xu Youliang, you dare to kill people! I will never let you get away with this!"
"Sister Duan, stop talking big. Do you still remember my wife Feng Le and Feng Yun? How you humiliated them back then! As a man, how can I not avenge this? How can this hatred be quelled?"
Upon hearing this, Cao Yunlong was startled and quickly rode over, bowing and asking, "Lord Xu, who are the five people you captured? Can you tell me?"
"Of course! The highest-ranking official is your sister, Deputy Vanguard Cao Yunfeng, followed by General He Jin and his deputies Han Tao and Guo Feng, and Hu Qiaoyun, daughter of General Hu Qihai of Zhennan Pass."
Cao Yunlong hurriedly asked, "What do you intend to do with my sister?"
"How Vanguard Cao treated the two princesses, this Lord Xu will have to repay double."
Upon hearing this, Cao Yunlong staggered and fell off his horse. He was then helped up by the soldiers and carried back to the pass.
"Xu Youliang, the affair with your two wives was the work of my soldiers, not my order. If you wish to seek justice, I can hand over the soldiers to you. Is there any room for negotiation?"
"Hmph, other matters may be negotiable, but this is absolutely non-negotiable."
"General Xu, as the saying goes, killing is just a matter of beheading. If you want their lives, I will accept it, only asking that their bodies not be defiled. Would you agree to that?"
“Sister Duan, I can spare their lives, but I must avenge the humiliation my wives suffered. I can make a deal with you. Three days later, you will prepare the bodies of my two wives neatly and send them to the Nanling army camp. In return, I will kill the three male generals I captured and return them to you. I can also make a gentleman's pact with you: if you promise not to invade the military town for a year, I will return the two female generals to you alive. However, I fear they themselves will not want to live.”
“How audacious Xu Youliang is! How infuriating! Give me your life!” Duan Lingfeng listened to this, realizing that what she feared was exactly what he was doing. If she were to return the two female generals alive after their humiliation, they would be too ashamed to face anyone and would certainly die. The soldiers' morale would also be greatly damaged. It would be better to kill them and desecrate their corpses. Therefore, she was enraged and charged forward on horseback.
Xu Youliang had infuriated Cao Yunlong. Seeing that only Duan Lingfeng was there, he summoned Fengyi and Fengling to join him in meeting Duan Lingfeng. They fought Duan Lingfeng three times.
In truth, Xu Youliang's four wives and concubines were all exceptionally skilled in martial arts; each could fight Lingfeng to a draw in a one-on-one fight, let alone the three of them. However, Cao Yunfeng had willingly sacrificed herself to save Duan Lingfeng's life, so how could Lingfeng stand by and watch her be humiliated? Therefore, Duan Lingfeng was now enraged and fought with all her might, gaining the upper hand in terms of momentum, resulting in a near-total draw among the three.
After a hundred or so rounds, Pang Qi, fearing a mishap on the city wall, hurriedly ordered a retreat. Duan Lingfeng wanted to stay but couldn't, as military orders were strict, so she had no choice but to ride out of the circle: "Xu Youliang, I wanted to settle things with you, but military orders are like mountains. Let me tell you, if you dare to humiliate these two female generals, when we conquer Nanling, I will make sure every woman in Nanling suffers!" After uttering these harsh words, she withdrew her troops back to the city.
You Liang came here only because he hadn't captured Duan Lingfeng and didn't know if she was trapped in the Nanling Mountains. He came to Zhennan Pass to investigate. Seeing Duan Lingfeng, he gave up hope and didn't bother searching the Nanling Mountains anymore. So he didn't pursue her, only saying, "My dear sister, be careful! One day I'll capture you, and I, your husband, will personally serve you! Hahahaha!" This made the dignified Grand Marshal, the Imperial Sister, weep uncontrollably .
How were Cao Yunlong and Feng Ling captured?
It turned out that when they had just broken out of the mountain pass, Hu Qiaoyun, to protect Duan Lingfeng, wielded her sword to fight Feng Ling. Their martial arts were evenly matched, but their mindsets were completely different, creating an invisible difference.
They fought for over forty rounds. Duan Lingfeng was already far away, and Cao Yunlong had disappeared. Fengyi came to help.
Seeing Fengle charging towards them, Hu Qiaoyun panicked and hurriedly abandoned Feng Ling, galloping away. Fengyi and Feng Ling, unwilling to let her go, followed closely behind.
Seeing barbarian soldiers blocking her path, Hu Qiaoyun couldn't break through in her struggle and had to turn back to fight. However, Fengyi used a single-edged shovel to pin her embroidered phoenix sword aside. Fengling rushed over, grabbed her belt, and with a flick of her toe on her saddle, dragged her off her horse. The barbarian soldiers bound her and took her to the main camp.
Meanwhile, Cao Yunfeng, having exchanged battle robes with Duan Lingfeng, desperately charged into the densest crowd, drawing all their attention to herself. Wielding her steel fork, she hacked left and right, slaughtering the barbarian soldiers, leaving heads rolling and corpses strewn everywhere.
After killing enough, she broke free from the horde, finding herself alone with no soldiers. Ahead lay a desolate mountain; she had no time to spare and fled hastily.
After traveling several miles, seven or eight hundred men suddenly appeared from the opposite direction. Leading them was a barbarian general wielding a pair of iron clubs, who dove under the horse's belly and struck its hooves.
Cao Yunfeng was startled and quickly spurred her horse away, hiding herself in the stirrups to fight the barbarian general under his horse.
Seeing he couldn't win, the general jumped out of the circle and ran into the crowd.
Cao Yunfeng straightened up and spurred her horse to catch up, but the general was nowhere to be seen. Just as she hesitated, the general leaped onto the heads of two barbarian soldiers and fired a crossbow bolt at her face.
Cao Yunfeng dodged, furious, and spurred her horse straight into the barbarian ranks. The soldiers panicked and scattered to the sides, leaving only the general standing atop two soldiers. Seeing the danger, he jumped to the ground and ran away.
Fearing he might hide in the crowd and fire another arrow, Cao Yunfeng gave chase. Suddenly, a tripwire sprang up from the ground. Startled, she tried to rein in her horse, but it was too late. She quickly leaped over two tripwires, but couldn't dodge the third. The horse tripped over the rope and tumbled to the ground, throwing Cao Yunfeng off. The barbarian soldiers on either side used grappling hooks to hold her down, making her lie sprawled on the ground like a turtle.
The barbarian general was overjoyed, leaping onto Yunfeng's waist and laughing loudly, "Strategist, your plan is brilliant! I never expected to capture this imperial sister, He Lü! A truly remarkable achievement!"
Yunfeng, being a woman, though stronger than most, was powerless to resist. When she tried to struggle, she couldn't break free.
The barbarian soldiers swarmed her, binding her arms behind her back. General He Lü tied them with a rope, then pulled her bound feet up to her buttocks, binding them together with her hands, creating a four-legged, upside-down position.
The general mounted Yunfeng's horse, grabbed her waist belt, and carried her back to the camp to report their victory.
Meanwhile, Xu Youliang, seeing his great victory, ordered the retreat.
The main camp was located behind the mountain where Youliang had ambushed Duan Lingfeng. The leaders of each cave came to present the heads of the captured soldiers and generals, recording their achievements in a merit book.
The Fengyi and Fengling sisters captured Hu Qiaoyun, and Youliang ordered her to be kept in the rear camp.
Then He Lu came to report that the emperor's younger sister, Duan Lingfeng, had been captured. Youliang was overjoyed and hurriedly ordered her brought in.
He Lu grabbed Cao Yunfeng, excitedly entered the tent, and threw her to the ground with a thud. Everyone burst into laughter at the sight of the captured female general's miserable state.
Xu Youliang rushed over from behind the command desk, grabbed the female general's hair, and when he saw her face, he was furious. He shouted, "He Lü has ruined my plans! Tie her up and execute her!"
Upon hearing this, He Lü hurriedly cried out, "Prince Consort, He Lü is innocent!"
"Whom have you captured?"
"My sister, Duan Lingfeng."
"Go and ask her."
Upon hearing this, He Lü hurriedly walked over, grabbed Cao Yunfeng by the hair, and lifted her up, asking, "Who are you?"
"I am Cao Yunfeng, the deputy vanguard officer of the front." Although Yunfeng's hair was being pulled painfully, she endured it with unwavering courage.
Upon hearing this, He Lu realized he had made a mistake and hurriedly knelt down: "Prince Consort, He Lu is guilty."
Feng Yi, seeing this, quickly came over: "Prince Consort, although He Lu made a mistake, he doesn't know Duan Lingfeng, so this isn't his fault. Besides, although this woman isn't Duan Lingfeng, she is still a deputy vanguard officer, and according to military law, she should be rewarded. He can atone for his mistake with merit. I hope the Prince Consort will forgive him this time."
"Hmm! In that case, I'll spare your life and only remember half your merit. Go!"
"Thank you for sparing my life, Prince Consort." He Lu stood up, his face flushed with shame, and left the tent. Xu
Youliang ordered Cao Yunfeng to be imprisoned in the rear camp as well, and then ordered the cave chiefs to return to their caves immediately to arrange a search of the mountains.
After searching for several days without finding any trace, they guessed she had either escaped or gotten lost in the mountains. Therefore, after arranging everything in the mountains, he led the five captured enemy generals down the mountain back to the military town.
It's worth mentioning here that, due to the deaths of Feng Le and Feng Yun, and the desecration of their corpses in Duan Lingfeng's camp, the old Prince Feng Tong, in a fit of anger, suddenly fell ill and died. Before his death, he entrusted the entire Nanling region to his son-in-law, Xu Youliang. Therefore, from then on, the title of Prince of Nanling refers to Xu Youliang.
Meanwhile, Xu Youliang, along with Feng Yi and Feng Ling, returned to the military town from Zhennan Pass and discussed their next steps with Zhang Gui.
Xu Youliang recounted his meeting with Duan Lingfeng, and Zhang Gui was delighted, saying, "When Cao Yunlong heard that his sister was to be desecrated, he must be in a state of turmoil. We can make a deal with him, taking his sister hostage and forcing him not to be our enemy. This would be like cutting off one of Duan Lingfeng's arms."
With the plan decided, Xu Youliang wrote a letter and sent two reliable family members to secretly infiltrate the pass, heading straight for Cao Yunlong's vanguard camp.
To find out how Cao Yunlong would respond, please read the next chapter.

Chapter Seventeen—Duan Lingfeng's Plan to Secure Cao Yunlong's Security, Xu Youliang's Desecration of Cao Yunfeng

Meanwhile, Xu Youliang sent Xu An and Xu Ping, carrying a letter written in his own hand, to sneak into Zhennan Pass to see Cao Yunlong. The two wandered the streets for a while before finally finding Cao Yunlong's residence. Two soldiers guarded the gate. Xu An told Xu Ping to wait at the street corner while he went to the gate to ask to see Cao Yunlong. Suddenly, several men in plainclothes rushed out from the street opposite the gate, grabbed Xu An, and took him away. Seeing the
situation was bad, Xu Ping dared not go to Cao Yunlong again, but quietly followed behind Xu An. He watched as those men took Xu An to Duan Lingfeng's Marshal's Mansion. Xu Ping hurriedly returned to the military town to report the news. Meanwhile, Cao
Yunlong, upon learning on the battlefield that his sister had been captured and was to be humiliated, was so enraged that he fell off his horse and was carried back to the Vanguard's Mansion. He awoke after a long while, repeatedly saying, "It's my fault."
Duan Lingfeng and Pang Qi came to see him, telling him to take good care of himself and not to mention anything else.
On the third day, as dusk approached, Cao Yunlong, feeling uneasy, heard a junior officer report that the Marshal summoned him. Cao Yunlong thought to himself, "My sister must have been harmed." Anxious, he rode towards the Marshal's residence.
Upon entering and meeting Duan Lingfeng, he hurriedly asked, "Marshal, I don't know if my sister..."
"She hasn't been harmed yet," Lingfeng replied.
Cao Yunlong felt slightly relieved and asked again, "What orders does the Marshal have for me?"
"I'll show you a letter," Lingfeng said, handing Yunlong the letter she had found on Xu An.
Upon reading the letter, Yunlong was greatly alarmed and hurriedly knelt down, saying, "Since the Emperor has appointed me as the Vanguard, how could I dare to fail the court
's trust? Marshal, please do not doubt me." Lingfeng quickly helped him up, saying, "If I had doubts, I wouldn't have given the letter to Vanguard Cao. I have already beheaded the messenger for you, General, and sent the head back to the military town. I have also written a letter to Xu Youliang in your name to show your unwavering loyalty. From now on, no one will dare to doubt you."
"Very good, this subordinate thanks you, Marshal!"
Cao Yunlong knew that having killed the messenger and obtained the letter, he had no choice but to be determined to be Xu Youliang's enemy this time. However, in doing so, his sister was completely doomed.
Back at his residence, Duan Lingfeng cursed Cao Yunlong inwardly: "If it weren't for my sister risking her life to save you, it would have been you, Duan Lingfeng, who would have suffered such humiliation? Who knew you would be so ungrateful, pushing my sister into an abyss! One day, I will avenge this!" From then on, a rift developed between Duan Lingfeng and Cao Yunlong, which ultimately led to her capture.
Meanwhile, Youliang and Zhang Gui, upon seeing Xu An's head, realized their schemes had been in vain. Fortunately, they had made prior arrangements; various traps, mechanisms, and ambushes had been laid
around the military town. If Duan Lingfeng attacked, she would be trapped in a desperate situation. Youliang immediately wrote another letter to Duan Lingfeng and Cao Yunlong, sending it to Zhennan Pass. The letter stated that two days later at noon, the ceremony for the two female generals, Cao and Hu, would be held on the north wall of the military town, and all soldiers of Zhennan Pass were invited to attend.
Duan Lingfeng understood the meaning and replied, promising to be there.
To further incite the hatred of the generals of Zhennanguan and Cao Yunlong towards Xu Youliang, Duan Lingfeng mustered 5,000 troops and, together with Cao Yunlong and the generals of Guanzhong, marched out of the pass and headed straight for the military town.
On the night before the appointed day, seeing that everything was arranged, Youliang ordered the five prisoners of war to be brought to the main hall of the commander's mansion.
The five were all bound hand and foot and held in front of the hall, standing but not kneeling. Youliang ignored them and ordered the three male prisoners to be taken to the street outside the mansion gate and beheaded.
Soon, three heads were brought to the tent. The two female generals saw them without fear.
The two female generals had originally worn armor, but due to the heat, underneath their armor, besides their cotton armor, they wore only thin silk shirts and trousers. When they were captured on the battlefield, their armor had long been stripped off as spoils of war, leaving the two women only in their close-fitting silk garments, revealing their exquisite figures.
Seeing Youliang approach the two female captives, Princesses Fengyi and Fengling hurriedly excused themselves. Only a few cave leaders who had followed Youliang out of the mountains and a group of soldiers on duty remained in the hall, all of them watching the two women with malicious smiles.
At this moment, the two women realized that something was wrong, and their faces turned even more pale with fright. Hu Qiaoyun said, "Xu Youliang, what do you intend to do?"
"Hmph, think about my two virtuous princesses, what should I do?"
"Kill me or torture me as you please, but if you want to humiliate me, I will not let you off the hook." Cao Yunfeng's voice trembled.
"I am the butcher, you are the fish on the chopping block, do you think I'm afraid of you?"
The two women, realizing the danger, lowered their heads and each grabbed a pillar to crash into, hoping for a quick death and to avoid further humiliation. Unfortunately, their prey had already anticipated this. Youliang reached out and grabbed Cao Yunfeng's slender waist, pulling her close from behind. Cao Yunfeng felt her beautiful buttocks pressed against Youliang's lower abdomen, a hard object pressing against her anus. Terrified, she screamed, all her heroic spirit gone.
Two cave leaders rushed forward, grabbing Hu Qiaoyun's arms, and two more grabbed her ankles, lifting her up.
Tears welled in the two women's eyes as they kicked and cursed, but they were powerless to resist, utterly pitiful.
Youliang lifted Cao Yunfeng by the waist, then placed her under his left armpit, clamping her head and feet together. Cao Yunfeng's legs flailed wildly, screaming like a child being spanked. Youliang, of course, didn't treat her like a child. His eyes were fixed on her buttocks. She was wearing bright red silk trousers, the thin fabric clinging to her flesh, displaying the curves of her beautiful buttocks perfectly.
Youliang was captivated by the sight. He placed his right hand on her buttocks, which were as soft as cotton. He then slid his hand between her buttocks. "Ahahaha—" Cao Yunfeng screamed like a pig being slaughtered, struggling even more desperately. The cave leaders nearby watched with great interest, cheering and laughing loudly. Youliang
explored her beautiful private parts through her trousers. They were as soft as silk and as warm as spring. Overjoyed, he carried the beautiful woman to the general's desk. The cave leaders had already moved the writing implements and command tokens aside, allowing Youliang to place Cao Yunfeng face down on the desk.
Cao Yunfeng struggled to get up, but before she could even bend her legs and stick out her buttocks, Youliang pressed her down onto the table by the back of her hand. Her legs, which were already half-kneeling, couldn't support her and fell to the sides, spreading her thighs apart like a dead frog, making it easier for Youliang to explore her private parts.
Cao Yunfeng realized that Youliang was reaching for her crotch again, and only then did she realize that her posture was indecent. She quickly squeezed her legs together and shook her buttocks wildly, trying to shake his hand off. Only then did she realize that although she was skilled in martial arts, she was much weaker than the man, not to mention that with her hands tied behind her back, she had no leverage and could only let him take liberties with her.
After thoroughly enjoying playing with Cao Yunfeng's beautiful buttocks through her pants, Youliang removed her leather boots, revealing her two delicate, jade-like feet. He grabbed one foot, bent it against her buttocks, and examined it closely, playing with it for a long time. His lust grew stronger, and he ripped off her pants, revealing her two plump, pink legs and a pair of round, plump buttocks.
Youliang spread her buttocks apart, revealing her small anus, teasing it with his fingers to provoke a scream. Then, he grabbed the rope binding her back, lifted her up, and put her down again. He placed her upper body on the table, her legs dangling over the edge of the table, forming a right angle with her body, revealing her small anus and two plump labia.
Youliang no longer cared about anything else. He lifted his general's robe with one hand, took off his undergarment, and pulled out his large, club-like member, thrusting it directly into Cao Yunfeng's flower.
Cao Yunfeng felt the hard rod thrusting towards her entrance, and she cried out in terror, begging for mercy.
Youliang was a hero, and although heroes often didn't care much for women, he couldn't help but feel a pang of tenderness. So, hearing her pleas, his heart softened. But seeing the other cave masters around, he hardened his heart again, and with a single forceful thrust, he plunged his member deep into Cao Yunfeng's flower. Cao Yunfeng cried out and fainted.
The secret place of a virgin was indeed different. Youliang felt that the treasure cave was very narrow, gripping him tightly, as if trying to suck him into her body. His lust burned even brighter, and he moved his body, pulling his precious rod in and out.
When Cao Yunfeng awoke, it was too late; there was no turning back. She stopped crying out and silently wept.
Youliang, true to his heroic nature, thrust over a thousand times before roaring and ejaculating inside her.
While Youliang was raping Cao Yunfeng, several cave chiefs on the other side laid Hu Qiaoyun on the ground, removing her boots and trousers, revealing her jet-black pubic hair. They spread her legs, revealing her pink vulva. A group of men held her down, and one of the cave chiefs, impatient, thrust his spear through her entrance, and they began to fight.
It turned out that these barbarians didn't consider playing with women a big deal. In the past, when the caves fought, they would capture each other's women, rape them all, and then take them back as slaves. If the woman was rescued by her tribe during the next fight, she would still be returned to her husband, who wouldn't despise her, and the woman wouldn't commit suicide because of her loss of virginity. Although they felt humiliated by having their own princess displayed like that on a flagpole, they weren't as furious as You Liang. They took the gang rape of the two female captives for granted, unaware of You Liang's true purpose or why it would lure Duan Lingfeng into their trap. They simply indulged their lust in the two women.
Cao Yunfeng, newly appointed as vanguard commander, had only been in service for half a month before being captured, her brother's momentary malice now taking its toll on her.
Hu Qiaoyun was even more innocent; she had only come with her father, Hu Qihai, to fight for Xu Chengzhu's position, only to fall into enemy hands. She had no connection to the Feng sisters' desecration of their corpses, yet she was forced to pay for their sins.
The two poor women, bound in the hall, their beautiful buttocks and legs exposed, were tossed and pulled around by a group of men like tigers fighting over food, their penises thrust wildly into them until midnight. Their feet were then bound, and they were wrapped in tattered quilts to await their fate the following noon.
Meanwhile, Duan Lingfeng and Cao Yunlong, leading their troops, arrived on time five li north of the military town. The town's barbarian soldiers were already waiting to meet them, and they proceeded along the main road towards the town gate. Some government troops who had strayed from the path fell into pits, impaled by sharp stakes, or killed by poisoned crossbows from who-knows-where. Duan Lingfeng knew that a defensive formation had been set up here; any rash action would likely result in certain death.
Reaching the moat, their guide told them to wait where they were while he crossed the drawbridge. As the drawbridge rose, many soldiers appeared on the city wall, with a large banner in the center. At the foot of the banner stood Xu Youliang and the strategist Zhang Gui.
The Feng sisters were not present. Although they too hated the humiliation of their sister and hoped to avenge themselves on the two female captives, it was still inappropriate for women to be present while women were being violated.
"Marshal Duan, you keep your promise, and your courage is extraordinary. I admire you," Youliang said, bowing from the city wall.
"Master Xu's clever scheme has brought you victory, which Duan Lingfeng admires. However, victory and defeat are unpredictable. Today I am the one who has lost, but who knows if you will be the one tomorrow? Master Xu, don't push things too far, lest you regret it later."
"Marshal Duan is absolutely right. My wife is a dignified princess, yet you dare to desecrate their remains like this. Did I push things too far first? And Vanguard Cao, I sent my servant Xu An with a letter, intending to give you a chance. You refused, fine, but why did you kill my messenger? You should know that in war, envoys are not to be killed. You were impolite first, so how can you blame me for being impolite?"
Cao Yunlong knew that what the other party said made sense, but things had come to this point, what else could he say? Besides, was he supposed to explain that he didn't kill the people or write the reply? Wouldn't that be tantamount to betraying the court? How could Duan Lingfeng forgive him? So he could only lower his head and remain silent, hoping that the other party would show some mercy and cut off his sister's head.
"Xu Youliang, I'll say it again, don't push things too far, or one day when you're defeated, all the retribution will fall on your two wives," Duan Lingfeng threatened.
"I'll wait and see. I'll also remind Marshal Duan that if I capture you one day, I'll first give you a taste of your beauty, and then let my brothers all experience the flavor of the Imperial Sister!"
"Good, Xu Youliang, you dare to insult me with your words! I'll make sure you die a horrible death!"
"Anyone can talk big. I, the cave master, and the two princesses are all in the city. Marshal Duan, if you have the guts, come and attack the city. If you capture the three of us, you won't be able to do with us?" "
Cave Master Xu, there's no point in saying more. Didn't you ask us to come and witness the ceremony? We're here, what are you going to do with us?"
"Fine, that's easy. Now I'll show you how I take revenge on your beloved general."
How Xu Youliang will ravage the two female captives remains to be seen; stay tuned for the next chapter.

Chapter 18 – Two Female Generals Suffer Mortality on the City Wall, Duan Lingfeng's Troops Besiege Nanling.

Xu Youliang and Duan Lingfeng, one on the city wall and the other below, had been talking for a long time, their words failing them. Xu Youliang then said, "Soldiers!" "
Yes, sir!" The barbarian soldiers on both sides had been waiting for this.
"Bring Cao Yunfeng and Hu Qiaoyun up to the city wall!"
"Yes, sir!" The barbarian soldiers' excited responses revealed their excitement.
Duan Lingfeng and Cao Yunlong were apprehensive, wondering what the two female generals looked like. When the two women were brought up to the city wall, Duan Lingfeng and Cao Yunlong were furious.
Several barbarian soldiers carried two large wooden poles, each over ten feet tall, with a female general hanging from each pole. Both women were bound by their hands and suspended from the top of the poles, wearing only thin silk shirts, their lower bodies bare, their dark pubic hair completely exposed. Judging from their appearance, it was clear the barbarian soldiers intended to parade them through the town.
Upon seeing Duan Lingfeng's troops below the city, the two previously silent female generals cried out, "Marshal, brother, fire quickly! We have no face to face our ancestors in the afterlife. Let us die quickly, so we won't suffer further humiliation at the hands of these bandits!"
Seeing his sisters' reaction, Cao Yunlong couldn't contain his anger and charged forward, drawing his iron-backed bow, nocking a wolf-tooth arrow, and firing it towards the city walls. Although Cao Yunlong used a strong bow, the moat was still a hundred paces from the city gate, and the arrow was fired upwards; it simply couldn't reach the target, falling halfway down and embedding itself in the city wall. The soldiers on the walls burst into laughter.
Duan Lingfeng hadn't intended to attack the city, and given the unclear enemy situation, an attack was impossible. Therefore, he hadn't brought long-range equipment like stone cannons or powerful crossbows. Now, wanting to kill Cao and Hu's two women, he was powerless.
Cao Yunlong fired several arrows but couldn't reach the target. He quickly drew two crescent-shaped arrows and shot them at the suspension cables of the drawbridge. The cables snapped as the arrows struck, and the drawbridge crashed down. Cao Yunlong spurred his horse across.
Duan Lingfeng, seeing this, hurriedly shouted, "Cao Vanguard, come back! Don't fall for this!"
But Cao Yunlong was already furious and wouldn't listen. He spurred his horse straight towards the city. He had only gone two or three zhang when suddenly, with a "boom," he and his horse fell into a pit, and a cloud of white smoke rose up. It turned out to be a clean pit filled with white lime powder, which immediately blinded Cao Yunlong. Suddenly, several barbarian soldiers emerged from the ditches on both sides of the road, carrying grappling hooks, and began to pull him out.
Upon seeing this, Duan Lingfeng hurriedly ordered the officers on both sides to fire arrows to block the barbarian soldiers. She and two lieutenants rode swiftly to the edge of the pit. With a single shovel, they smashed a barbarian soldier into a pulp. One of the lieutenants grabbed a grappling hook, pulled Cao Yunlong out, and, without even bothering to save his horse, turned and fled. A hail of arrows rained down from the city walls. Duan Lingfeng, following behind, deflected the arrows and escorted the three back to the moat. Laughter erupted again from the city walls.
Only then did the two female generals realize that a trap had been set. Who would dare to come to their rescue? They feared they would not return alive. They dared not cry out again, and tears streamed down their faces.
Xu Youliang ordered the crossbows on the city walls to fire across the river, killing several government soldiers and forcing them to retreat more than ten steps. He then laughed heartily, turning to the two female captives and saying, "The two of you alone are worth a million soldiers."
The barbarian soldiers lowered the two female generals from the poles. Although their martial arts skills far surpassed those of the soldiers, they had been raped for half the night, bound for half the night, and hung up for half a day. Exhausted, their bones were weak and their muscles numb, and they collapsed to the ground. Even if they possessed extraordinary abilities, they couldn't use them. The barbarian soldiers grabbed their jade-like arms, stripped off their silk robes, leaving only their bare white bodies. They found two two-foot-long wooden sticks, left a four-foot-long section of rope in the middle, tied both ends to the ends of the sticks, and then used the remaining rope to tie the wrists of the two female generals, like lifting barbells. Then they pulled the rope down from the two tall flagpoles on the city wall, tied it to the middle of the rope binding the wooden sticks, and pulled up, suspending the two female generals in a Y-shape in mid-air, their legs swinging up and down on the battlements.
At this moment, the two female generals could only clench their jade-like legs, trying their best to protect what lay between their legs, but they could not cover their two pairs of jade-like breasts and the tuft of black hair below their abdomens. The black and red stood out starkly against the snow-white flesh, clearly visible even to the soldiers below the city.
Cao Yunlong's eyes, injured by lime, could barely open despite the soldiers washing them with water. His vision was blurry; he could only vaguely see two large white sheep swaying wildly on the distant city wall, recognizing his sister and Hu Qiaoyun. Enraged, he screamed and fainted again.
Xu Youliang, intending to provoke Duan Lingfeng, didn't order the soldiers to hang the two women high. Instead, he had them stand on stools, pushing and swaying their bodies, playing with them to their hearts' content, shouting and comparing them to Duan Lingfeng.
One of them, touching Hu Qiaoyun's breasts, exclaimed, "These breasts are so beautiful, soft as white jade, smooth as mutton fat. They make my bird hard. If one day I touch Duan Lingfeng's breasts, I'm afraid I'll ejaculate into her mouth before I even penetrate her."
Another, grabbing Cao Yunfeng's crotch, said, "These two jade shells are truly thick and soft, making my fingers tingle. This little hole twists and turns a thousand times, just like Duan Lingfeng's."
A soldier hurriedly asked, "Have you ever touched Duan Lingfeng's little hole? How do you know it's the same as Cao Yunfeng's?"
"I haven't touched it. You only see the imperial sister below the city. She looks exactly like Cao Yunfeng. If she were stripped naked and hung here, she wouldn't look like Cao Yunfeng. That's how I know."
"Since you haven't touched it, it doesn't count."
"That's fine. In a few days, you and I will go to Zhennan Pass, capture that imperial sister, hang her here, and grope her."
"..."
Their banter infuriated Duan Lingfeng, who was so angry she wanted to raze Nanling Town to the ground.
Meanwhile, some barbarian soldiers took two long ropes, threaded them through the iron rings of the sling, tied one end to the female general's big toe, and held the other end in their hands. With a tug, they pulled her legs up, instantly exposing her vulva and revealing her two beautiful openings. They then clenched their fists, sticking out only their middle fingers, and inserted them between the two labia, moving them around while exclaiming, "Imperial sister, wonderful! So pleasurable!" clearly mistaking the two female captives for Duan Lingfeng.
Duan Lingfeng watched, her face drained of color, her eyebrows furrowed. The generals, equally enraged, demanded orders to attack the city.
Duan Lingfeng was no ordinary woman. Her previous failure stemmed from overconfidence, but having learned her lesson, she seemed more mature. Suppressing her anger, a cold smile appeared on her face as she said, "Xu Youliang, I'll let you do as you please. Once my army arrives, I'll capture you in one fell swoop and tear you to pieces to quell my hatred."
With that, she turned and rode away.
The generals followed behind, returning together to Zhennan Pass. Upon arriving at the commander's mansion, they dismounted, their anger surging, clamoring to seize the military town, capture Xu Youliang, and avenge the two female generals.
Duan Lingfeng said, “I am a woman, and seeing this scene, how can I not be more indignant than you? Xu Youliang and Zhang Gui are cunning and treacherous. They insulted me, a female general, simply to provoke us into attacking the city. They must have laid ambushes and traps inside and outside the city. If we rush in rashly, wouldn't we fall into their trap?”
“What should we do, Marshal?”
“Nanling is a small place, with no flat ground underfoot and a population of less than 100,000. If Xu Youliang wants to rebel, where will he find the hundreds of thousands of soldiers? If we can just hold the three strategic passes and prevent him from entering, we can wear him down in a few years without losing a single soldier. Isn't that better than going to war and launching a long and arduous expedition?”
"The Marshal is absolutely right. With the court as our backing, we have soldiers and provisions as we wish. Xu Youliang can only sit and wait until his resources run out. It is indeed a good plan."
Duan Lingfeng then wrote another memorial and submitted it to the court, firstly requesting punishment, and secondly requesting the court to allocate more troops and provisions to prepare for a long-term siege of Nanling.
Xu Youliang waited quietly in the city for Duan Lingfeng to walk into his trap, but she didn't come no matter how long he waited. He sent people to inquire and learned that Duan Lingfeng planned to hold the three passes and not send out any more troops. He was helpless.
Only the two female generals, Cao Yunfeng and Hu Qiaoyun, suffered. They were hung naked on the flagpole, and every day the soldiers pulled on the ropes binding their toes to lift their legs high, just so that they could see their private parts. They were exposed to the wind and sun like this for three days, and they were dried into human mummies.
Duan Lingfeng, having learned that Cao and Hu's two daughters had died, sent men to the military town to request the exchange of the remains of Feng Le and Feng Yun for their return. Xu Youliang did not interfere, as Feng Le and Feng Yun were his wives and concubines. The two families agreed to meet at a place thirty li north of the military town for the exchange. Feng Le
and Feng Yun had already been buried, leaving only their white bones, which were placed in two baskets and transported by cart for the exchange. Cao Yunfeng and Hu Qiaoyun, however, had just died and were not yet properly buried; their bodies were placed on the cart. In this matter, Xu Youliang gained some advantage.
Soon after, the imperial court issued an edict, severely reprimanding Duan Lingfeng for his defeat and humiliation, fining him a year's salary, ordering him to atone for his crimes through meritorious service, and approving Duan Lingfeng's offer to besiege the Nanling Mountains.
Thus, Xu Youliang found himself in a stalemate. Since Duan Lingfeng wasn't coming, he couldn't launch a full-scale attack. Furthermore, the Three Passes were heavily fortified, making a siege difficult. Therefore, a stalemate ensued, and the situation began to turn against Nanling.
Whether Xu Youliang could enter the Three Passes and whether Duan Lingfeng could destroy Nanling remained to be seen.

Chapter Nineteen – Zhao Chan's Palace Scheme, Duan Qi's Adulterous Concubine.

Leaving aside the stalemate between Xu Youliang and Duan Lingfeng at Nanling, let's focus on the trouble the foolish Emperor Duan Qi caused in court.
One day, Duan Qi and Zhao Chan went to Jingshan to watch tigers and leopards devour people. They threw two palace maids inside, who were then attacked and torn to pieces by the tigers and leopards.
Duan Qi watched this for several days and grew bored. Zhao Chan then accompanied him to the pavilion at the top of Jingshan to enjoy the view. They saw a bustling street outside the northwest palace wall.
When Duan Qi was the crown prince, he was always idle and often wandered the streets of the capital. Knowing that there was a temple dedicated to the Goddess of Fertility, he calculated the date and realized that it was the birthday of the Goddess of Fertility, so many people came to burn
incense and pray for children. Duan Qi then said to Zhao Chan, "My wife, why don't we go to the temple fair?" Zhao Chan was also feeling bored and tired of living in the palace and wanted to relax, so she agreed.
The two of them asked a eunuch to quickly fetch some clothes for ordinary people. After leaving Jingshan, they disguised themselves as martial arts performers, while Hu Sheng disguised himself as a page. They quietly left through a side gate of Jingshan and headed straight for the Goddess of Fertility's temple.
When they arrived at the street in front of the temple, they saw people coming and going, buying and selling, and crowding around. It was indeed lively. The three of them wandered around for a while, and when they got tired, they went to the temple, found a stall, sat down, and ordered some snacks to eat there.
Suddenly, a dozen or so servants appeared, surrounding five sedan chairs. They called out, "An official's wife is here; everyone else, please make way!" They urged the people on, carrying the sedan chairs to the temple entrance.
Four maids alighted from the smaller sedan chairs behind, went to the front of the larger chair, and lifted the curtain to invite the person inside out.
A woman, about twenty-four or twenty-five years old, was helped out of the chair. Her hair was styled in a high bun, she wore a gauze dress, her face was like a peach blossom in March, with willow-leaf eyebrows and almond-shaped eyes, and she moved gracefully into the temple gate.
Upon seeing the woman, Duan Qi felt his bones melt. He thought to himself, "I thought Zhao Chan'er was the most beautiful woman in the world, but who knew there was such a beauty? If I couldn't have her serve me in bed, I wouldn't be worthy of being the emperor." Thinking this, he asked the owner of the snack stall, "I wonder which official's wife has such a grand display?"
"This is Madam Qi, the fifth wife of Academician Wang Keji. Wang Keji is over forty years old and has only one daughter from his first wife. He has no children yet and has already married four concubines, but none of them have produced offspring. As the saying goes, a mother's status rises with her son. His five wives come here every year to offer incense, hoping to give Master Wang a son as soon as possible to continue the Wang family line."
Upon hearing this, Duan Qi thought about how to get Madam Qi to sleep with him for a night, but he didn't want Zhao Chan to know. He kept this to himself, but little did he know that Zhao Chan was a woman of crystal-clear mind. She saw through Duan Qi's every move and knew that he was fickle, but she didn't show it on her face. She just kept scheming in her heart.
Among the court officials, Wang Keji was considered a loyal minister, refusing to curry favor with those in power. Therefore, he had always been at odds with Zhao Jian and others. When Duan Qi took Zhao Chan as a concubine, Wang Keji, somehow knowing her background, vehemently opposed it. If it weren't for Zhao Jian and Wang Lian leading a group of treacherous officials in a coordinated attack, Zhao Chan might not have become empress today. Therefore, he harbored secret resentment. Now, seeing Duan Qi's interest in Lady Qi, he secretly rejoiced, thinking, "Wang Keji, Wang Keji, I'll make sure you drink my foot-washing water!"
Back in the palace, Zhao Chan said to Duan Qi, "Your Majesty, have you taken a fancy to Wang Keji's concubine?"
Duan Qi was startled and quickly replied, "No, no, I only wanted to investigate the people's conditions, to see which official was committing crimes and oppressing the people in the streets." "
Hmph, Your Majesty. It's human nature for a heroic man to be lustful, especially since Your Majesty is no ordinary hero. Don't hide it from me; I'm not one to be jealous."
"To be honest, my dear wife, Wang Keji's concubine is indeed incomparably beautiful. She makes my heart itch with desire, and I wish I could snatch her away and have her spend one night with me. But that Qi woman is someone else's wife; I'm afraid that's just wishful thinking."
"If Your Majesty desires it, what difficulty is there?"
"If my dear wife can grant my wish, it will be a great achievement."
"In a few days it will be my birthday. I will hold a banquet in the inner palace. Your Majesty can inform all the ministers in the capital that all those with wives and concubines, whether principal wives or concubines, must come to the palace for the banquet. Your Majesty can then take advantage of this."
Sure enough, on Zhao Chan's birthday, all the wives and concubines of the ministers in the capital came to the palace to wish Zhao Chan a happy birthday. After offering their congratulations, a banquet was held in the Imperial Garden.
Zhao Chan gave a perfunctory response for a moment, then her eyes found Lady Qi in the crowd and asked, "I forgot just now, which family does this sister belong to?"
Lady Qi hurriedly knelt down and said, "This concubine is the concubine of Wang Keji, a Hanlin Academician. I dare not address you as Empress."
"Ah, I too was once a concubine. A wife and concubine are both someone else's wives. As long as one serves one's husband wholeheartedly, what difference is there?"
"This concubine knows her sins." Lady Qi thought that her self-identification as a concubine had displeased Zhao Chan, and hurriedly apologized.
"You needn't be so formal, my lady. I see you have an outstanding appearance and a unique figure, unlike women from ordinary families. Could it be that you have practiced martial arts?"
"Your Majesty has a discerning eye. My ancestors were generals, but our family fortunes declined later. We did inherit some self-defense techniques, but they are merely fancy footwork. How could I dare claim to have practiced martial arts?"
"That's very good. I have practiced since childhood, but unfortunately, none of the women in the palace know martial arts, which greatly frustrates me. Since you know martial arts, could you stay in the palace for two days after the banquet so we can practice together?"
"It is my honor that Your Majesty wants me to stay and accompany you. However, I only know a little bit of skill. How could I possibly practice with Your Majesty?"
"It's alright. It's better than knowing nothing at all."
"Your Majesty, I obey."
It turned out that women who had practiced martial arts possessed great strength in their waist and legs, with straighter backs and more shapely buttocks than ordinary women, and their eyes shone brightly. Therefore, Zhao Chan recognized them at a glance. In fact, women who practice martial arts are physically healthy and possess a unique physique that ordinary women lack. This is precisely why Duan Qi was immediately attracted to Zhao Chan and Qi Shi, not entirely because their faces were significantly more beautiful than others.
The banquet lasted from morning until late afternoon. Zhao Chan had Qi Shi accompany her back to the inner palace and then pretended to discuss martial arts with her in the courtyard.
Although Qi Shi's martial arts skills were inherited from her family, her father had no intention of making her a general, so she had only received more training than the average woman. She wasn't a master and couldn't say much, simply listening to Zhao Chan's explanations. However, she understood more than someone who hadn't practiced martial arts, nodding frequently and asking insightful questions, which pleased Zhao Chan greatly.
Qi Shi had heard about Duan Qi and Zhao Chan from Wang Keji and initially had a very poor impression of Zhao Chan. Now, seeing that Zhao Chan didn't act like an empress, she began to like her. Little did she know that Zhao Chan harbored ulterior motives.
During dinner, Zhao Chan ordered a palace maid to serve wine. Qi Shi, overjoyed, became somewhat carried away and drank three cups in succession. She felt her heart pounding, her face flushed, and her head spinning, as if she were floating on clouds. Her groin was wet with desire. This was all Zhao Chan's doing; she had drugged the wine with aphrodisiac. Zhao Chan, realizing she had been tricked, ordered a palace maid to help her to her bedchamber and place her on the bed. Then she went to fetch Duan Qi.
Duan Qi, overjoyed, rushed over and found Qi Shi asleep on the bed, her eyes filled with desire.
Zhao Chan dismissed the palace maids and returned to her own bedchamber, leaving only Duan Qi there.
Seeing that everyone had left, Duan Qi hurriedly sat down on the edge of the bed to examine Qi Shi closely. He saw that she was wearing a light brown gauze blouse over a bright red bodice, and a light brown silk skirt. She was lying on her side on the bed , her legs like a large bow. Her bound feet were barefoot, wearing only silk stockings, neither too
big nor too small, curved like a bow. Duan Qi slowly touched her body through her clothes. Qi Shi was in a dream, her eyes unable to open, thinking only of her husband. Her body was soft and yielding to his touch.
He grasped her breasts with his hands, finding them soft and yielding. He could not resist and hurriedly began to undress her.
Qi Shi leaned back against his hands, her breasts firm and trembling, moaning shyly, clearly enjoying herself.
Duan Qi took advantage of her position, first unbuttoning her gauze blouse and removing her bodice, revealing her jade-like breasts, a pair of firm jade mountains, two pink pearls, no less beautiful than Zhao Chan's. He removed her stockings, reached under her skirt and pulled off her undergarment, then knelt down and took her nipple in his mouth, gently licking it. He felt the woman beneath him writhe, moaning wildly, utterly wanton.
He sat up, grabbed her ankles, and lifted her legs, raising them. Her skirt slid down to her waist, revealing her pink buttocks and snowy thighs. Duan Qi was overjoyed. He buried his head behind her buttocks, his tongue pressing against her plump lips.
Qi cried out, her beautiful buttocks swaying wildly. Duan Qi, now filled with interest, stripped her of her skirt, leaving her like a white sheep. He parted her legs, revealing her wet genitals, and removed his own clothes, displaying his enormous, black penis. With a single thrust, it penetrated to the hilt, and he began to thrust wildly and erratically.
Qi's husband was a disciple of a sage, always proper and disciplined. In bed, he never even lifted the covers, and lacked Duan Qi's stamina. So, in her sleep, Qi felt her husband was much stronger than usual, thrusting into her vagina, causing her to convulse and sway her hips in rhythm with his movements, moaning incessantly.
In the other room, Zhao Chan listened intently to the commotion, secretly pleased.
Someone said women are always jealous; was Zhao Chan an exception? Of course not. Zhao Chan hated Wang Keji for preventing her from entering the palace, and now seeing him cuckolded made her happy. As for Qi, she would get rid of her sooner or later!
Hearing Qi's moans, Zhao Chan also became excited. She took off her clothes, crawled under the covers, and began to caress her most sensitive areas, writhing on the bed. She then found a candle and began to thrust wildly.
Duan Qi had had her fill of playing, then went to find Zhao Chan, and after another round of fooling around, she finally slept in Zhao Chan's room.
When Qi Shi woke up, it was already broad daylight. She was dazed for a while before realizing she was in the palace. Thinking about the events of the night, it felt like a dream, and she discovered she was completely naked, her legs wet. She stood there, stunned.
Just then, Zhao Chan entered, her face beaming, and said, "Sister, you're awake? How was last night?"
Qi Shi, thinking she didn't know, hurriedly got out of bed and knelt on the bed, saying, "Your Majesty, I was impudent last night and was disrespectful. Please forgive me." Suddenly, she remembered she was completely naked, and seeing the Empress like this was too impolite. She tried to get back under the covers, but the Empress wouldn't let her rise, leaving her in a dilemma, unsure what to do. "From
now on, there is no longer a distinction between ruler and subject between us. Sister, there's no need for such formality. Please lie down," she said, reaching out to drape a brocade quilt over her.
"Why does Your Highness say such a thing?" Qi was even more surprised. She hurriedly pulled on her clothes, got out of bed, and knelt on the ground.
"Don't you remember what happened last night, sister?" Zhao Chan quickly pulled her up and told her to sit on the edge of the bed.
"What happened last night?"
"Last night, His Majesty visited the inner palace, and you, sister, were favored by him. From then on, we were sisters sharing the same bed."
"Your Majesty, please don't say such things! How could I have shared a bed with His Majesty?"
"Sister, what you did with His Majesty, I heard clearly from the other room, and His Majesty himself testifies to it. Why do you deny it?"
"I was completely drunk yesterday, and when I woke up, I was already sleeping here. How could I have seen His Majesty?"
"Sister, you are no longer a virgin. If you don't believe me, you can verify it yourself."
Qi hurriedly reached down to her crotch, touched the wet liquid, and sniffed it. Tears welled in her eyes as she said, "I don't know what sins I committed in my past life that have caused me to lose my chastity in this life. How can I face my husband? Enough, enough, I'd rather end it all myself." With that, she lifted her skirt to cover her face and slammed her head against the corner of the table.
What will become of Qi? We'll find out in the next chapter.

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