Kang Chengren's old face was as white as paper. He was starting to regret hauling off everything valuable from the residence.

If he'd retreated right from the start and never given the Ning'an Army the chance to block the gate, none of this would be happening.

Great. Now he couldn't take the loot with him, and he might well leave his life here too.

"Fall back, fall back..."

The Ning'an Army was cutting down his personal guards like chopping melons and slicing greens. Kang Chengren screamed hysterically for a retreat.

If he fell back to the north gate now, he might still get away.

Yue Congyun ran an enemy soldier through with her spear and laughed coldly. "Leaving? Qimu City is full of Great Xuan soldiers. There's nowhere to run. All that's left for you is to die."

"Fall back, fall back, fall back..."

Kang Chengren wasn't listening to a word she said. Desperate to live, he fell back with part of his own guard. The twenty-odd carriages of gold, silver and treasure no longer mattered to him at all.

"Hyah! Hyah! Hyah!"

Cavalry thundered toward them.

Kang Chengren turned at the sound, and his face went gray as ash.

A column of horsemen under the Ning'an Army's banner was charging straight at them.

Their retreat was cut off completely!

It was Lei An.

He didn't waste words either. He gave the order at once. "Kill! Leave no one alive!"

Kang Chengren's own guard couldn't hold out against the Ning'an Army attacking from front and rear.

Lei An had his eye on Kang Chengren.

The rebar in his hand came whistling down and smashed a Nanyue soldier's skull to pulp. Then he drove it at Kang Chengren, fast as lightning.

When Yue Congyun saw it, she shouted, "General Lei, hold your hand... This man's still useful. Take him alive."

Lei An faltered, and the thrust faltered with him.

Kang Chengren seized the chance and slashed at Lei An with his saber.

Lei An turned the thrust into a block.

Clang!

The long saber struck the rebar and bounced right off,…