This was his first time on the battlefield, and the first time he truly realized just how insignificant an individual's strength could be on the battlefield.
Following the direction he had just seen, he continued to kill enemy soldiers, advancing step by step, with difficulty but perseverance.
We must find Yutang!
He wanted to stand next to the man!
Instead of living in that comfortable general's mansion and anxiously waiting for news from the other party!
He wants...
"Your Highness!" A sharp shout entered his consciousness, interrupting Xiao Lin's thoughts.
Yu Tang dismounted, slashed through the enemy soldiers around him with his sword, and ran a few steps to Xiao Lin: "Why are you here!"
When Yu Tang heard from the system that Xiao Lin had gone to the battlefield, he was stunned.
He never expected that the other party would leave the general's mansion and rush into the battlefield so recklessly.
This kid has no real combat experience, and he doesn't know that there are formations and strategies in military battles. If he rushes in like this, he is very likely to be treated as an enemy by the soldiers of Xiao Kingdom. If he is not careful, he will be attacked from both sides and die without even knowing how he died!
Xiao Lin is so smart, there's no way he wouldn't understand this principle!
"Don't you know how dangerous the battlefield is?!" Yu Tang's forehead veins throbbed with anger. "You're acting so recklessly, what if something happens..."
I was caught off guard and grabbed.
The people of Yutang were completely dumbfounded.
Unable to speak, he could only let Xiao Lin hold him.
His face was blank.
The boy tightened his grip, so tight that Yu Tang felt it was hard to breathe, then suddenly let go.
With a swift stroke of his sword, Xiao Lin slit the throat of the enemy behind Yu Tang. Standing beside Yu Tang, he said, "General, since you have pledged yourself to me, then you are my wife."
The noise in my mind vanished the moment I saw Yu Tang.
Xiao Lin smiled at Yu Tang and teased him, "What kind of wife fights on the battlefield while her husband sleeps soundly in the city?"
"Your Highness!" Yu Tang was surprised that Xiao Lin could still joke with him so leisurely at a time like this.
He ended his enemy's life with a single strike, and was about to say something when he heard the young man behind him speak.
"Tonight's battle..."
At this point, Xiao Lin paused, as if he had seen through his own heart overnight.
He corrected himself, saying, "No, from now on, I will accompany you in every battle you fight."
His longsword was stained with blood, and the young man's hair was disheveled, held up only by a wooden hairpin. He stood in the swirling snow and made a vow.
"Since you are determined to protect the people, then I will protect you."
"From this day forward, I will protect you for the rest of my life, sharing both good and bad fortune."
Chapter 14
He died for the villain for the fourth time (14)
Yu Tang was stunned.
The softest spot in my heart was touched.
For a moment, he felt both moved and saddened.
He was moved by Xiao Lin's feelings for him.
It's also hard to believe how much the boy felt for him.
It should have been me protecting you for the entire year, and then leaving without any regrets.
Now, everything is in chaos because Xiao Lin recklessly rushed into the battlefield.
Yu Tang closed his eyes briefly, not responding to Xiao Lin's words. Instead, he leaned back to him and sighed, "Your Highness, you really are..."
"What a mess..."
The battle raged on until dawn, when the enemy finally weakened their offensive and reluctantly retreated.
The morning light illuminated the red and white hues scattered across the ground.
Yu Tang and Xiao Lin sat back to back, supporting each other.
Both of them had injuries, but none were serious; they were just tired.
"I never expected Your Highness to fight so fiercely on your first battlefield experience. You are far superior to me back then..."
Yu Tang recalled the original owner when she was fifteen years old: "When I first went to the battlefield to kill the enemy, my hands and feet were weak."
If it weren't for my father helping me, I probably wouldn't be alive today..."
Xiao Lin wiggled his stiff fingers a couple of times.
Hearing Yu Tang say this, I found it interesting and followed up by asking, "Even a general can get stage fright sometimes?"
“Of course,” Yu Tang said. “Nobody likes killing.”
"Even though everything I've done is for the peace of Xiao Kingdom's borders, it's been at the cost of enemy lives."
“During that time, I would dream that the people I killed would turn into vengeful ghosts and haunt me, demanding that I pay with my life.”
At this point, Yu Tang recalled the original owner's miserable family life.
He sighed, "It's like karma."
"Our Yu family has too much blood on our hands, and in the end, we have been punished by God."
Xiao Lin felt a tightness in his chest and asked softly, "Is the general referring to that matter?"
“Hmm…” Yu Tang nodded: “That was the only time Bei Yi City was lost. We fell for the foreign tribes’ trick of luring us away from our base. All our troops were transferred to Bei Jiu City. By the time we realized what was happening and returned to Bei Yi City, we found that the city had already been occupied by the foreign tribes.”
And those foreigners, right in front of my father and me, slaughtered our family and all the people of the city…
That day was a nightmare for all the soldiers and civilians in the entire North Nine City.
Even though they later recaptured the city, no one could forget that scene.
Five years ago, Yu Tang's father died in battle, leaving Yu Tang as the only member of the Yu family.
Over the years, Yu Tang has done everything in his power to protect the North Nine Cities, all to prevent the hellish tragedy of the past from repeating itself.
After listening, Xiao Lin remained silent for a long time.
This was the first time he had heard Yu Tang tell him his own story in person.
Just as he witnessed the execution of hundreds of people from the Left Prime Minister's family, this man also watched his own family members being slaughtered by foreign invaders on the city walls.
Unlike himself, Yu Tang transformed his anger and hatred into the motivation to protect the people of Xiao Kingdom.
This is the true right path.
This was also a principle that his mother had taught him.
Xiao Lin twitched the corner of his mouth, finding it laughable.
But after laughing, I felt completely lost.
The voice of that good-for-nothing kept echoing in my mind.
Gently persuade him to believe just once, to try to accept it, and to change it.
In the end, it was impossible to say who won, but after a long silence, Xiao Lin finally reached out and found Yu Tang's hand beside him, and grasped it.
He called out to him, "General..."
"Um?"
"I want to be someone you care about."
Xiao Lin said very seriously: "You said before that you are someone who doesn't know when you might lose your life."
If you find someone you like and get together with them, you're just ruining their life.
"They also said that only by not liking anyone else and having no attachments can they leave in peace without regrets."
“But I don’t want you to leave. I want you to live a long life.” He held Yu Tang’s hand tightly, turned his back to the man, and said, “So, I want to be your concern, to share joys and sorrows with you from now on, and I will never let you go before me.”
He can't do anything right.
They cannot protect the people and save them from suffering.
But he wanted to keep Yutang.
I want to stay by this man's side.
Therefore, he can restrain his temper and act as a wise ruler according to the other party's wishes.
From this day forward, he became Yu Tang's concern, and men became the shackles binding him.
They restrain each other, and grow old together.
This was the best future he could imagine.
"Why is Your Highness suddenly saying such things?"
The two stood back to back, so Yu Tang couldn't see Xiao Lin's expression.
Upon hearing these words again, my first reaction was to change the subject.
But clearly, Xiao Lin had no intention of giving him a chance to escape, and replied directly, "Because I like you."
"General Yu, what I told you before about asking you to repay me with your body was never a joke."
“I don’t have homosexual tendencies,” Xiao Lin said. “I only have feelings for you and only want to spend my life with you.”
So I hope you'll consider my thoughts and stop making excuses.
After saying that, he stood up and pulled Yu Tang, who was sitting on the ground, to his feet: "Let's go, let's treat the wounds first. I'll wait for your reply after this war is over."
The war continued until the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, when the foreign tribes finally gave up their attack on the city and retreated in defeat.
In the past few days, Xiao Lin has been fighting alongside Yu Tang at the forefront, showing no mercy in killing the enemy, which has opened the eyes of the entire garrison of the five northern cities.
After all, although they had a good impression of Xiao Lin before, thinking that he was approachable and easy to get along with.