The Sky Dragon Swordsman
#82. Frontiers. VII
Swordsmen - warriors who had just arrived immediately gathered with their friends who came from the same sect. Their arrival also brought pills - pills that came from precious and useful resources to heal wounds.
Ken who also got some injuries on his body got the help of the flying Horse sect led by Bao Yu.. Ken did look familiar with the members of the Flying Horse sect because they had previously met at General Chou's house.
Although everyone in the fort was busy recuperating or helping his wounded comrade or brother, the hundreds of archers who were on standby at the top of the fort did not let down his guard.
Archers - the archer saw someone riding a horse while carrying a white flag..
"Jendraaaaal.
General Chou who was with Wing Chun went straight up to the top of the fortress and saw what one of his soldiers had just said.
From a distance a man was riding a horse carrying a white flag, wearing the uniform of the Qing imperial army.. Archers - archers who were on guard over the fort prepared arrows on the bow.they just waited for the Qing troops to enter in their arms and then release the arrows, they just left, but General Chou raised his hand which meant to forbid the archers to release the arrows.
"Hold your arrows, no one will attack until I command" said General Chou.
Slowly - the land of the Qing Empire's warrior man drew closer to the fortress. After about ten meters from the gate the man stopped his horse.
"I carried a message from Emperor Yong Zheng "cried the man while exposing the paper scroll.
General Chou signaled one of his commanders to open the gate for the Yong Emperor's envoy to enter the fortress.
"What message did you bring..? " said General Chou from the top of the fortress.
The messenger gave the paper scroll he carried to one of the soldiers, and the soldier brought the scroll to General Chou.
General Chou who received the scroll looked at Wing Chun, and after Wing Chun nodded, General Chou opened the scroll.
"Maha teacher.. Emperor Yong Zheng asked for a truce to retrieve the bodies of his dead soldiers "General Chou told Wing Chun after reading a message from Emperor Yong Zheng.
Wing Chun closed her eyes for a moment while stroking her long, white beard.
"Place more archers to stand guard here. Then let them take the bodies of their dead comrades as long as.. their soldiers who come must not be more than a thousand people and no one should carry weapons or shields.The armor they use must also be removed" Wing Chun said.
"Both mahaguru...!!" said General Chou
"Tell your Emperor that you may take the bodies of Qing soldiers provided that no more than a thousand people come, all of them must not carry any type of weapon, and their armor must also be removed " general Chou said from the top of the fort.
"Hmmm... What else are they planning.? "muttered General Chou inwardly.
General Chou then ordered more archers to return to their original positions.The five thousand archers immediately returned to the top of the fortress after hearing the order.. and the soldiers and other warriors were ordered to remain on alert.
***
Emperor Yong Zheng and General Lian Ti were still confused thinking of a way to attack again while the morale of his army was declining.. while the three warriors who were the mainstay of Emperor Yong Zheng were also still in a condition of not recovering one hundred percent.
"General.. Has there been any news of the swordsman we hired from the Han Empire..? "
"From the last information I have received, it is likely that tomorrow he will get here, Your Majesty" replied General Tian Li.
"Hmm.we must take down the swordsman who defeated my three personal guards.if we don't kill him first, he will definitely finish off our entire army." Emperor Yong Zheng said..
"We've been trying to gather information about that noble young man.but the information we got was nothing.. medium information we previously obtained about the Flying Horse sect itself.that the sect was only a middle sect. and their own sect head was only a level six swordsman-equipped swordsman.. and it feels very impossible if they have a student who is superior to the chairman" said General Tian Li, looking up.. his gaze looked far away as if he wanted to find out for himself about the swordsman who almost destroyed his entire army.
" Your majesty..what if we ask for a truce on them..? " tanga General Tian Li.
"A truce..?? what do you mean, General..? " emperor Yong Zheng said in a high tone.
"Your Majesty, we must wait for the swordsman we hired. while the bodies of our troops scattered out there. It's good we bury them while waiting for the swordsman " replied General Tian Li still looking calm even though Emperor Yong Zheng said in a high tone.
"Hmm. it's true that the general is also. Besides, the corpses can also hinder the movement of our troops." said Emperor Yong Zheng after a moment of thought about General Tian Li's proposal.
"Alright then General send an envoy there to carry my message " continued Emperor Yong Zheng.
***
The returning envoy carrying the answer from General Chou met General Tian Li and delivered a message from General Chou.
General Tian Li then ordered a thousand soldiers to take off their war clothes and release all the weapons they were carrying.
A thousand soldiers were then ordered to make a stretcher to lift the bodies - the bodies of the Qing Empire troops that had been lying two days. The other soldiers were ordered to dig a hole to bury the bodies of their comrades.
That day the Qing Empire troops were busy raising the bodies of their comrades to be buried.. all of them were preparing for the next fight during the ceasefire.