Howdy all! Here comes part 2. The simmering animosity between Gu Yun and Su Yu finally erupted in a sword fight. If not for someone’s timely intervention somebody would have been stabbed! Towards the end we’ll also read another bet made between the bickering two.
Chapter 2: The military training ground of the mighty army, Part 2 of 5
Su Yu’s face was stiff, indeed, he agreed to her freedom of movement within the General Manor, but he is an army lieutenant general, how can he tolerate a woman shouting back at him! Su Yu’s fury soared high, pointing to Gu Yun, his tone very nasty he yelled back: “This is the military training ground! A place where men fight till they shed blood, a woman is not qualified to come here, nor is she allowed to watch willfully!”
Su Yu belittling a woman left and right, this kind of patronizing attitude completely pissed off Gu Yun. She is just the kind of person who the more angry she gets, the more calm she becomes, the more angry, the more silent also. Her cold eyes swept the training ground, settled on a group of recently defeated soldiers. Turning around to face Su Yu again, Gu Yun raised her head, dripping with sarcasm and disdain in her smile, coldly and in a deep voice said: “The outcome of the battle was already decided in the duel! Watching it was too boring! You were eager for quick success and immediate gain, were short-sighted, not at all comprehending the strategy of the opponent’s general, you better not lead troops, so as not to in the end on the battlefield, do harm to them, accompanying you to death!”
Gu Yun’s strong voice fell, the soldiers and military officers who were following cannot help but move backwards gasping a mouthful of cold air, this woman is tired of living ah! Su Ren’s head also inwardly throbbed.
How dare this woman publicly humiliate him! “Impudent!” Su Yu finally recovered his wits, the anger in his chest made him raise the broadsword in his hand, wielding it towards Gu Yun’s head. The sharp blade under the sunlight, flashed white rays of light. Su Ren was alarmed, third brother is crazy, if the sword descends, how can she live!
Su Yu
Gu Yun
In a flash, clear clashing noise accompanied dazzling sparks, the blades of the long double-edged sword and broadsword interlocked, the thin long blade is clearly no match to the broadsword, in just one strike, the sword actually sustained a cut, but its unyielding strength shook Gu Yun’s hand numb, sent her down one knee kneeling to the ground.
Damn it! Gu Yun cursed, her previous self is definitely not afraid of a direct confrontation with him, but her current body is sorely lacking in physical strength. In less than one move, Gu Yun understood, Su Yu primarily fights the enemy with a burst of energy, she cannot deal recklessly with him, she must take him down skillfully!
The loud, cold and raw sound following the collision of the two swords, also jolted and sobered up Su Yu, he unimaginably was about to hit a woman, and what shocked him the most was that she actually withstood and maneuvered his move! Among the army generals, very few can resist his sword under his raging temper!
Su Yu was still distractedly gawking, Gu Yun however has already quickly turned the sword blade, thrusting obliquely towards Su Yu, he did not expect she would thereafter move, hastily dodging away sideways. Gu Yun also was able to get up, grasping the two-edged sword, promptly like a snake coiled around the single-edged broadsword that Su Yu held in his right hand. His expression was cold, clenching his hand on the hilt of his sword, he came over to her and swept away. Gu Yun did not retreat, on the contrary she came near, dodged and hid behind him, no matter how Su Yu moved she stayed behind him as if Gu Yun was stuck to his back.
Everyone apparently considered Gu Yun to be no match for Su Yu, her petite body is always stuck hiding behind Su Yu’s body. From the start Su Ren was observing detachedly, nevertheless his eyes lit up and glinted, this woman is exceedingly smart, has good martial arts skill, to be closely attached to a person behind, the fight is much more difficult than in the front.
Her agility is her advantage, she was always close behind third brother, third brother did not get a chance to do something, she was just waiting for an opportunity, as soon as the third brother betrays a little weakness, she can right away strike, and win with one move!
Used to launching large-scale, big battles Su Yu, confronted with Gu Yun’s tricky close range tactics, he increasingly became angry and impatient. Just when he was gradually breathing agitatedly, Gu Yun found a breach, inverted the sword, was about to pass through the armpit of Su Yu to stab his right hand holding the sword, Su Ren who realized her intentions, dodged and stepped forward, grabbed Su Yu’s right wrist, pulled him over, expelled his breath, in cold, low voice, said: “Stop it! You have stirred enough disturbance!”
Slowly withdrawing the sword she was about to thrust, Gu Yun’s gaze crossed over to the thick and broad back of Su Yu, and the relatively serene and profound eyes of Su Ren, Gu Yun gently raised her eyebrows, this person compared to the headstrong and impetuous Su Yu is much more formidable to deal with.
Two people looking at each other with meaningful emotions in their eyes, the undercurrents were turbulent, Su Yu was perplexed therefore, he indignantly growled: “Second elder brother, on the military training ground, how can we allow a woman to point the finger of blame, to talk irresponsibly!”
“Talked irresponsibly? You were too anxious to win, didn’t listen to other people’s opinions, you were only focused on attacking, if that is not being eager for quick success and immediate gain, then what is it? All the elite soldiers are on the offensive position, neglecting defense, if not short-sightedness, then what is it?” Gu Yun coldly laughed, walked back to the side of the army general whose sword she grabbed a moment ago, only briefly glanced at the location of the scabbard hanging on his waist, casually flicked a backhand, the long sword unexpectedly slid smoothly into the scabbard.
Everything happened so fast, the crowd did not react until Gu Yun turned to leave, the scared army general who was so shocked broke into cold sweat this time, if there was even a hairsbreadth deviation, the sword not falling straight into the scabbard, but into his body …
Giving a thought to Gu Yun’s reprimand, Su Yu in his heart naturally knew he made mistakes in leading his troops, but he still could not accept a woman’s criticism, “even though I did wrong, still it isn’t a woman’s place to teach me!”
The brief sword fight with him a moment ago somewhat diminished Gu Yun’s fury, however what Su Yu said re-ignited it again, she gazed coldly at his arrogant face, the corners of her mouth seemed not to raise, her voice extremely light and indifferent, she asked: “You quite look down upon women, right?”
The eyes of the woman in front were cold, her voice clearly gentle yet it sounded somewhat creepy. Su Yu froze on the spot, before he could answer, Gu Yun opened her mouth again, coldly said: “Do you dare to take a bet from a woman again? You and I, we simultaneously train soldiers, after a fortnight we’ll see who trained between us soldiers who are afterwards more brave and fierce.” She dislikes Su Yu, although he was right to say it was not suitable for a woman to be watching in the training ground, but his eyes displaying utter disdain for women, is extremely contemptible!
She wants to compete in training against him?! Su Yu laughed heartily, who does she thinks she is, she considers her three-foot cat martial arts skill already a great accomplishment? Not only Su Yu, apart from Su Ren whose face appeared to be in deep thought, everyone on the training ground laughed and sneered.
Waving his hand, Su Yu laughed dismissively: “I would not bet with a woman on the technique of training.”
Both of her hands linked in her chest, Gu Yun retorted: “You loser! Enough of such brave talk.”
Su Yu swiftly opened his eyes wide, shouted back: “Who was the loser?!” If a while ago brother didn’t stop their fight, he wanted her to be humiliated!
Gu Yun sneered, looked impatiently, replied: “You will not so quickly and conveniently forget that you had just lost the battle with the soldiers, right? Fine, enough talk of crap, straight to the point, do you dare to bet with a woman?”
Gu Yun loudly said and used the special word “woman”, waiting for the fish to take the bait again. Goading Su Yu to action in this way is a foregone conclusion.
Sure enough, Su Yu swatted his thigh, barked: “It’s a bet. This time I’ll surely make you concede defeat!”
Gu Yun snickered in her heart, Su Yu ah, Su Yu, just now this round of bet not able to enlighten you? Don’t be perpetually self-righteous.
Having been silent all the time, Su Ren whose expression on his face was difficult to tell whether of amusement or anger, suddenly laughed out loud, with a bright smile said: “Alright, I bear witness, the two of you want to bet on what, attack battle? Capture a city battle or …?”
Before Su Ren could finish talking, Gu Yun’s thoughts were already spinning, she smiled and said: “Ordinarily you must have done these many times over, how about doing something different this time?”
Su Yu snappily replied: “What do you want then?”
The corner of her lips slightly lifted, Gu Yun casually spat out two words, “night raid.”
Night raid? Su Yu and Su Ren were both dumbfounded, Su Yu frowned at Gu Yun, coldly asked: “Are you sure you want to compete in a night raid?” When the time comes he would not have her complaining he bullied her, night raids are always the most difficult, but also the best way to test the ability of soldiers.
Perhaps she may not match to Su Yu in leading and deployment of troops, but when it comes to raid field operations, she’s definitely competitive! Gu Yun firmly nodded and with a smile said: “Alright. General Manor has three thousand elite soldiers, it will just be an exercise to determine whether my trained soldiers or Su Yu’s elite soldiers will be the one to break through the defensive line of the elite troops, to succeed in a night raid.”
“Good.” Since she is not afraid to die, he would accommodate her. Pointing to the direction of several thousands of officers and soldiers, Su Yu said: “These are all elite troops of General Su, I will let you choose first, ok.”
Gu Yun swept her gaze towards the officers and soldiers, all well-built, with sharp, penetrating eyes, she never doubted their elite status, but their eyes also very clearly expressed disdain and disgust, she will not be able to tame them, only half a month is simply not enough!
Taking her eyes off them, Gu Yun clearly replied: “I do not want them.”
Her firm voice dropped, immediately fierce, ruthless gazes were shot towards her. Gu Yun remained unmoved, continued: “These are the Su family’s elite troops, they already must have received a lot of trainings, using them as the competition’s participants, how can I and Su Yu demonstrate our strength? I think, we should respectively choose 500 young soldiers from the new army recruits, use them for the training, this competition will then be fair.”
The way she put it made sense, Su Yu did not say anything, simply replied: “Fine, I agree!”
Su Ren secretly admired her, she’s really clever, discarding the elite soldiers was a wise decision, these veteran soldiers have fought on the battlefield for many years, how can they listen to her scolding!
Her method of training is still unknown to him, but her agility and strategy, are indeed slightly more superior to that of third brother. As to this competition, Su Ren seemed to have a few to look forward to, pointing to the vast space in front, while Su Yu laughed, he asked: “This training ground is so big, if both of you train together in the same place, are you both not afraid the other side will see your training method?”
Su Yu shook his head, having the appearance as if victory is already in his hands, “to allow her to see what? Lest at that time she who has no inkling at all, to squander my Su family army’s fresh crop of new recruits.”
Gu Yun squinting her eyes, saw beyond the training ground a patch of forest, delighted, that is exactly the space she wants, “the training ground I will leave to you, I want the woods behind the ground, beginning tomorrow, for half a month.”
“Good!” Su Yu shouted loudly, declaring the competition has officially begun.
Looking at their departing backs, Su Ren chuckled, these two people apparently forgot to set the stakes of this bet.