She Holds the World After Being Reborn
Chapter 190

Chapter 190: 190

Yan Wanqing drew her long sword and said to them, "Go see if the horses are still there. I’ll hold them off later, and you take the princess and escape first."

At that moment, Li Chengyuan heard the noise, frowned, and slowly opened her eyes, "What are you making noise about in the middle of the night? Will you let others sleep?"

Having jostled on horseback all day, she didn’t understand how these people still had the energy to make such a fuss.

Anger was etched on Li Chengyuan’s face.

"No more useless talk," Yan Wanqing whispered sharply, "When I tell you to run, you run fast."

"Run from what?" Li Chengyuan didn’t understand the situation for a moment.

A soldier pointed outside the window.

Li Chengyuan’s face, which had regained some color from sleep, instantly turned deathly pale.

The wolf pack had found them.

She counted roughly and saw there were more than twenty.

"It must have been the dying howl of that wolf that attracted the pack," analyzed Li Chengyuan, unable to resist casting blame on Yan Wanqing, "If you had listened to me and acted earlier to kill that wolf, the pack wouldn’t have found us at all."

"Li Chengyuan, if you say one more word, I won’t wait for the wolf pack to tear you apart; I’ll kill you first," Yan Wanqing had already lost all patience.

Li Chengyuan felt very uncomfortable being scolded.

Rising from her bed, Li Chengyuan walked toward a corner.

"You are the best fighter here. Remember to fend off the wolf pack and let me get on the horse first," Li Chengyuan suddenly said.

When these words were spoken, all eyes fell on her.

"That’s how Commander Yan arranged it," a steady old soldier suddenly spoke up. "The princess doesn’t need to instruct again."

"This princess was only afraid she might forget," said Li Chengyuan with an embarrassed expression.

In matters of life and death, everyone would be cautious.

But they waited and waited, and the young soldier did not return.

Feeling that something was wrong, the old soldier was just about to go out when

a young soldier, holding his abdomen weakenedly and leaning on the wall, walked in, pointing in the direction of the horses, "He, he..."

That young soldier had actually stabbed his fellow and then fled on a horse!

No wonder the wolf pack had just stirred.

Yan Wanqing frowned, looking at the injured soldier, "The smell of blood will stir up the wolf pack."

"How many horses do we have left now?"

The old soldier returned, panting, and said, "Only two left."

The remaining horses must have scattered in the chaos.

Four people, two horses.

Yan Wanqing and Li Chengyuan had always shared one horse.

But with the young soldier wounded, the smell of his blood would continually provoke the predators on the wasteland, just as it had before.

This was indeed a big problem.

Li Chengyuan looked at the young soldier with a somewhat ambiguous expression.

Feeling he was about to be abandoned, he stretched his bloodstained hand toward Yan Wanqing, "Commander Yan, save me, I don’t want to die."

"That’s not your decision to make," Li Chengyuan said coldly from the side, "You are now a burden. With you, none of us can survive; better you should walk into the wolf pack yourself. By doing so, this princess will take care of your family later."

Li Chengyuan’s words were very malicious, yet they were a necessary evil under the circumstances.

Yan Wanqing admitted that this plan would buy them ample time.

It was just not very humane.

But she was not a hypocrite.

The soldier was wounded in the abdomen, and by now had already lost a lot of blood. The enticing scent of blood drew the pack of wolves outside, continuously howling. They completely surrounded the small, dilapidated house, and if anyone wanted to mount their horse smoothly, someone would have to distract the pack.

The soldier looked at Yan Wanqing, his eyes full of tears, "Commander Yan..."

"Go now!" Li Chengyuan urged from the side.

The soldier climbed up from the ground and knelt down again, bowing to Yan Wanqing, "Commander Yan, this is goodbye."

Having said that, he resolutely opened the door.

Yan Wanqing watched his figure, extending a hand, "Do you have any last words?"

The soldier faced away from her, "No, I’ve said it all already."

Yan Wanqing felt a pang in her heart.

He said he didn’t want to die, wanted to survive.

Yet they had forced him to walk into the pack of wolves, to tread a certain path of death for their slim chance of survival.

How cruel was that?

Listening to the soldier being torn apart by the wolves’ horrifying screams.

Yan Wanqing’s eyes flashed fiercely, quickly pulling along Li Chengyuan, who seemed about to vomit, "Come, onto the horses!"

The soldier’s corpse was not enough for the twenty or so wolves, and soon the starving pack turned their gaze back onto Yan Wanqing and the others.

At that moment, the cunning humans had mounted their horses, and the wolves howled to alert their companions.

"Awoooo—"

Sounds of howling followed closely.

Yan Wanqing held the reins tightly, not daring to relax.

The pack followed closely, relentless, and the horses that had been driven continuously were actually starting to slow down.

Just as Yan Wanqing was at a loss, the veteran riding alongside her suddenly turned his head toward the opposite direction.

Yan Wanqing cried out, "No—"

"Commander Yan, your subordinate is also going!" The veteran whipped his horse and laughed, growing more distant.

Yan Wanqing watched as one by one her soldiers disappeared, leaving her alone in the end, and her eyes finally began to feel hot and wet.

She was not a cold-hearted person.

Just as said before.

They should not die here, not under these circumstances.

The place where they should be shedding their blood was the battlefield!

"Yan Wanqing, does it hurt?" Li Chengyuan suddenly spoke up.

Yan Wanqing ignored her.

She was afraid that if she spoke, she would want to kill this woman.

But Li Chengyuan let out a low laugh, "I know, right now you must be dying to kill me, yet you can’t, it must be torturing you."

She felt very pleased with herself.

Yan Wanqing clenched her teeth, "I will not let this matter go just like that."

She would definitely seek justice for the soldiers who lost their lives because of Li Chengyuan.

"How terrifying," Li Chengyuan suddenly said, her gaze growing more venomous as she spoke with her back to Yan Wanqing, "You see, I will not give you the chance to hold me accountable."

With the wolf pack fast approaching from behind, and Li Chengyuan’s inexplicable remarks in front, Yan Wanqing was just about to stay alert when she saw Li Chengyuan suddenly pull out a long-hidden hairpin from her sleeve, turning and stabbing it toward Yan Wanqing’s chest. Yan Wanqing raised her hand to block it, but the sharp pin drove straight into her shoulder.

Immediately, Li Chengyuan forcefully pushed her chest, pushing Yan Wanqing, who was holding the reins with one hand, off the horse!

In just a moment’s time, by the time Yan Wanqing harshly fell onto the gravel, she was completely surrounded by the pack of wolves.