Chapter 71: The Flames Of Combat
Yu Xiang did not move after he said his name.
He sat on the black horse in full armor at the center of the road with his halberd's butt on the stone and his helm at his side. His eyes were on me. The morning wind moved the red feather at his crown.
Behind me, the cohort held.
The road ran east to west between the wrecked bridge at my back and the southern bend where the trees closed in half a li ahead. On either side, the trees were thick enough to hold cover before the ground opened into the pastureland that had brought us here. The road was wide, packed earth over stone, dry from the long autumn.
If we were to fight, we would fight on the road.
I turned my attention to Yu Xiang.
The Warlord's Qi is heavy and dense. He has refined with Qi due to countless hours of combat.
I set my feet. The cohort behind me set theirs.
"Squad Captain," Lin Zhi said, low.