A Splendid Match Episode 38

The fog of war

QingLan was determined to go with YeXian but he pulled out the big guns….her dad. He knew that the only way to help JinZhao get to Shi City was to lead the way secretly for her and clear a path. When they arrived at the city she caught him red handed but everybody learned there was northern troop movement. The officials were blessed off to leave so they did and left mostly women and children with soldiers scared off by the Chunyuan sect. It was rumored that they attacked the envoy with the court’s blessing. The city was in complete disarray and JinZhao found herself knocked off her horse and being carried away by an enemy leader. She managed to get to her whistle and damn…there Chen is to rescue her. Ye Xian finds himself the only leader around for the soldiers and takes charge. He writes a letter for reinforcements but it’s most likely they will never arrive. Chen has him rally the troops under the Ye army banner and Ye Xian did his father proud. For a short while they proved their mettle and fought the enemy back but there were just too many. They are very close to the city and JinZhao is looking at the torches and hopefully devising a plan. Our favorite two guys are in trouble and I’m anxious for all of them. The fighting scenes are more like actual face to face combat. It’s brutal and ugly and there wasn’t a dance of swords it was survival by whatever means necessary. Ye Xian was so proud when he rallied the troops and he truly kicked ass for awhile, but he saw their standard fall and his men dead and dying and reality hit. I am sad for them. This is all Fu’s doing and he doesn’t even know it. All his scheming just gave them the keys to the kingdom and I’m hoping our collective of masterminds can find a way to block them.

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