The Warlord

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War rages across the land, and the beauty of the battlefield is born amid the flames. On his way to enlist, he was attacked by bandits, only to find the person he hated there.

"I'm... I'm sorry I got you into trouble, Young Master."

"You got me into trouble either way. What's the point of apologizing now?"

Clashing blades and charging horses on the battlefield. The two met again.

"Who are you, really?!"

"I am Xiang Qingcheng, a general of Shu!" His sword aura was as cold as frost, and his formidable martial arts nearly severed the man's lifeline.

With the two armies facing off, he was driven to the brink of death. This was the man who reached out and held on to him.

"Xiao Yi, let go! We'll both fall if you don't!"

"If we're not falling together, then I won't let go!" Though separated by the distance between ruler and subject, they were never strangers. For his confidant, his beloved, the man cast all thoughts of life and death aside.

Once a general of Shu, now a surrendered soldier of Southern Jin, he became a loner who had left his homeland behind and shut himself away, shunned by everyone. Who could have guessed that one tempestuous encounter in the reeds would completely upend his world?

"...He, He Yunxiao... Stop. Let go of me..."

"Xiao... Xiao Yi... Xiao Yi..."

A mere six inches cannot measure this vast land, but it is enough to measure a person's heart.

"Would you be willing to push the city walls to the edge of the battlefield for my victory?"

"All I know is that we cannot lose this battle!"

A gentleman keeps his word. From the very first day they met, he had always kept his promise, but the other man had never once kept his. Instead, he treated him as a spy and put him under guard.

"If you leave tonight, you'll be admitting your guilt! You'll never be able to clear your name!"

"Clearing my name doesn't matter anymore... He hasn't kept a single promise he made me, and now he's even investigating me because he listened to Sima Xiao Yi. What reason do I have to stay?" This battle left him utterly defeated. His family was destroyed, and on top of that, he was branded a traitor and forced to live in exile for the rest of his life.

A lifetime of splendor and upheaval, a lifetime of glory on the battlefield. Flying scarves and feathered arrows, a tiger devouring its own cub.

Yin and yang in disarray, brocade sleeves torn.

The birds are gone, the bow is put away.

[I refuse to admit I've recently been tempted to kill the bottom ╭(╯^╰)╮ (Everyone: Get lost!) Actually, this would make a more suitable title for the novel... Ugh, ignore me, I'm being weird.]

Thanks to Ruguo Kengdie for drawing this picture for me tonight. The two little buns are so cute. The more I look at them, the more I love them ╭(╯3╰)╮ Here's a close-up of the little buns~~

Awooo~ If you want He Yunxiao to suffer, Qingcheng to find happiness, or a different top, check out the sequel, Qingcheng. This isn't an endless pit. I promise it'll be finished~

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Theme: Serve the country with unwavering loyalty.