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All thanks to a single queen: Yang Duanhe.

Feared as the Death Queen of the mountains, yet beloved as well.

That one person has managed to unify the entire mountain realm.

Watch. Yang Duanhe always overpowers the foe head-on.

Overpowers them... head-on?

WANG

Wha--

This is just from seeing her?!

Wh-What...

What the hell?

Behold: The foe is chittering about something!

That's their ridiculous excuse for a war cry.

What is a real war cry?

What is the war cry of a real warrior?

Th-They got even louder!

Th-The ground is shaking!

Wh-What's the meaning of this?

What's with those troops?

She's trying to outdo them.

Outdo them?!

I don't know what the words they're shouting mean,

but Yang Duanhe is taking the enemy's greatest weapon--their morale--

and attempting to smash it to pieces head-on!

Do you think a little castle like that

could ever withstand the Mountain Queen's blade?

Th-This is the Mountain Queen's...

Do you think it could hope to fend off the mountains' blades?

Yang Duanhe's rallying cry!

Warriors of a hundred mountain tribes!

Show these flatlanders, and show them well:

The mountainfolks' might!

Our ferocity!

Turn this place

into a bloodbath!

STORMING LIEWEI

Th-

Th-

There they go!

Wait! It's too dangerous!

They can't rush in like that-- they'll be arrow fodder!

Ba Jio!

Watch.

Th-Those troops are lightning-fast!

The Feima tribe.

Wha-- Who are these guys?!

Get inside, quickly! The enemy's upon us!

Wow! They're right on their tails!

Yeah, but before that...

come the arrows!

Fire!

They slipped past on sheer speed!

No! Lower the gate!

Lower the gate this instant!

They're here!

Hurry inside! Faster!

They're here!

"That won't work," he says.

I can hear you smiling, Tajifu, but this is serious!

They're gonna get themselves killed!

Fire! Kill them!

See?!

Yang Duanhe!

Don't worry about it.

This is pretty much how we do things.

Killed off a bunch of them straight away, huh?

The courage of the Feima lives in my heart.

Now then...

Shall we begin?

YU

Report!

Report!

The siege of Liewei appears to be underway!

Whoa! That was fast!

Leave it to Wang Jian!

And Ya Guang of the 1st Army is spearheading the operation?

No, er... the siege seems to be solely in the hands

of the mountain troops and the Fei Xin Force.

The mountainfolk and the Fei Xin Force alone, taking Liewei?!

Dammit! If we hadn't been put on defense duty along the way,

the reins would never have been handed to the likes of the Fei Xin Force!

Where are you going, Wang Ben, sir?

Our break's only just begun.

This is a crucial battle.

I'm off to confirm commanding general Wang Jian's intentions with my own eyes.

You follow the plan: tend to the injured, then move on ahead.

Wang Ben is leaving us!

The Han Mu Unit will accompany him!

Why not be honest with yourself for once?

Just admit you're curious about the Fei Xin Force.

Ignoring me yet again, eh?

You know, I'd like to see the Fei Xin Force in action myself.

Lieutenant Fan Yang, you're in charge!

Hey! Han Chang, you little...!

Get them! Run 'em through!

Pick 'em off!

Don't let the beasts reach the top!

A-Almost time...

FEI

When the gate opens, we storm the place, too!

Don't be so nervous.

Lieutenant! Lieutenant Qiang Lei!

These castle walls won't be breached for a while yet.

Here will do.

La Mau Ji.

Call Ba Jio and the Niaojia tribe.

D-Dammit!

This castle's goin' nowhere fast!

Did Yang Duanhe really have no plan at all?

Maybe we got taken in by her pretty face, and she's actually dumb as--

Xin.

You found a way in?!

Yes. I'm sending up Ba Jio's unit,

with the Niaojia tribe covering him.

Ba Jio's doing the climbing? This battle's all but won!

But we're lacking in backup.

Backup, huh?

Yes. Do you have any skilled archers in your ranks?

Archers...

You bet we do.

Some real sharpshooters, too!

I'm starting to think we shouldn't have come after all, bro...

You dummy! You're the one who wanted to go to battle in the first place!

Keep them nice and safe, Yuan Jiao and Li Wei!

If you let 'em get killed, I'm comin' for you next!

We'll take care of it!

Man, our captain's a real piece of work...

Loosen up a little, you two.

We'll protect you from the enemy's arrows.

We won't let any of 'em even graze you.

Okay, Bow Bros of the Fei Xin Force:

Time to show us what you can do!

Your archers look rather like children.

They don't just look it-- they're the youngest in our unit.

But don't you worry: Their skill is the real deal.

Our Niaojia archers also good.

Well, I guess there's one thing that worries me about our guys...

Uh-huh.

Right, then.

This a good spot?

The Niaojia sure did position themselves far away, huh.

So close...

ZHAO

Closer than we expected... right, bro?

Yeah...

I'm sorry, but could the two of us shoot from further back?

Huh? What are you talking about? You scared?

I told you, our shields'll stop their arrows in their tracks!

That's not it...

Are they arguing about something?

What worries you about those two?

The thing about those brothers is,

they ain't actually shot any people yet.

It's begun.

W-Wow!

Those are the Niaojia's arrows.

Hey! Look!

A new ladder--with Ba Jio's infantry!

All right! Now that's some backup!

Let's get Ba Jio's guys up, pronto!

What's up, Diao?

Ren and Dan--

they're not doing anything!

What?!

Why aren't you firing?

Look, don't be scared of the enemy's arrows!

W-We're too close.

Wha... what?!

We're too close! We can see their faces too clearly!

What's that got to do with it?

What's that--well...

Once we start shooting, those guys with the clear faces will be defenseless...

Defenseless...

Dan, stop!

Bro?!

We knew what we were getting ourselves into. We did.

But two things happened that we didn't see coming.

First, we weren't quite as resolved as we thought.

And second, our hands won't stop shaking.

But it's all right.

We can find our resolve right now,

and for us, a little hand tremor at this distance will be no problem at all!

But, bro...

Duck!

The enemy has their eyes on us!

Dan, look.

While we're sitting here frozen,

enemy arrows are killing our defenseless comrades.

We'll put a stop to that. Right now...

that's all there is.

Think only about that.

Now: Follow my lead!

M-Mǎ De!

Ti--

Tian Wei?!

What the hell--

C-Captain?!

All three officers, slain by a single arrow each...?!

Is someone actually aiming for--

Wh-What the--

Where are they--

I-Incredible!

H-Hey, Ren... what say you take a breath?

I'm all right.

C'mon, Dan!

There are too many of them!

H-He's right. Don't make him do this alone.

Pitch in, little brother!

I'm on it, bro!

Ah!

It's okay! Keep going, Dan!

Keep going!

Don't change targets, Dan!

I'm not hitting! I'm aiming, but they're not landing!

Bro...!

Dan...

Bro... bro...!

Ten in a row. Watch me, Dan!

Wh-What happened?

Go.

Kill him!

He's the only one who made it in.

Surround him with shields and flatten him!

A-Amazing. That's our Ba Jio!

Is he doing all that alone?!

--Follow Ba Jio! Keep climbing!

--Okay, Diao, it's about that time!

Yep!

Now it's our turn!

FEI

The gate'll be opening soon! Get ready to rush in!

Hold them off!

Deduo tribe, find the gate control room.

Found it!

N-No!

Charge!

WANG

General!

How... how can they be charging already?

LE

M-Meng Tian, sir, they managed to open the gate that quickly

with a single ladder...

Yeah.

That was unbelievably fast.

Lieutenant, these enemies--

Yeah. They've been waiting for us, all right.

Give it everything you've got, or the tides'll turn!

Sir!

Dammit! It's started! It's totally underway! Holy shit!

Calm down! Do it like we trained and we'll be fine!

Just stay with the squad! The squad stays together!

Dammit! I'm gonna kill 'em! I'll kill 'em all!

Don't screw with me, damn you! You bastards!

Lu Ping, you idiot! Get back here!

No...

Lu Ping...

Stay focused, squad!

Corporal Huang?!

Gan Dou...

Crap, we've been scattered...

And my spear's gone missing!

He's so young.

Who cares?

Don't move, brat. It'll all be over soon.

N-No... no way...

Don't torment our promising new recruits.

C-Captain Chong Yuan!

Or are you more of a disappointment?

I told you: Keep the squad together.

Y-Yeah, but Lu Ping just up and went off--

Gan Dou!

Don't make excuses.

Hotheads like you often get all giddy in their first campaign--

and die right away.

So in a melee like this one, fight with the single purpose of staying alive.

Manage that, and I'll give you a little pat on the head later.

Xuan Duo, I'm putting you in with these fellows.

Sir!

Zou Shun, let's check on the others.

Sir!

LEI

Lei Hua!

It's the Lei Hua Cavalry!

Oho! Good thing they're here!

Commander Tian Yǒu?!

Go get 'em, Lei Hua Cavalry!

Here comes trouble.

H-How can we stop something like that?

Th-They're straight-up monsters...

Don't worry.

Our side...

Whoa, hey--

...has Xin.

Captain!

It's hefty, all right.

Wh... Whoa!

S-So that's...

...the power of General Wang Yi's poleaxe!

Wow! Xin really mastered that thing fast!

Is he for real?!

You call that mastery?

Qiang Lei!

Watch carefully.

Wait...

Is he swinging late?

Yes.

Spectacularly so.

Dammit...

This piece o' shit is too heavy!

Don't call it that!

Is that Shun-Men?

Hey, Xin! Keep spacing out and they're gonna get all the glory for themselves!

Like hell they will!

They already opened the gate.

If they take the inside, too, why'd the Fei Xin Force even show up?

C'mon, gang! We'll take control of the inside and conquer Liewei!

QIN

Long live the Qin army! Long live the Qin army!

Wha--

Liewei has fallen?!

Ridiculous! In just one day?

No, I don't think it even lasted half a day!

Young lord... atop the watchtower there...

Yeah.

It's that idiot.

FEI

Liewei, Zhao's national gate, was conquered.

The allied Qin army moved in.

Nice of them to let us in even though we didn't do anything.

I was so sure our turn would come...

Hey, boss, according to the guy who got here first,

HUAN

the residents took their valuables and split before the battle!

Tch. You're kiddin' me.

FEI

Tend to the badly wounded--quickly!

Assemble everyone who can move over by Xin, Qiang Lei, and Chu Shui!

What, now?

Right now!

But we just caught our breath! Isn't it party time?

What are you talking about? Liewei is only going to get busier!

Si Lu, get me a report on the southern boundary.

Sir!

Huang Le, I want the accurate height and length of all four walls.

Sir!

Tian Jin, give me a full explanation of the gate's construction.

Sir!

You the Fei Xin Force?

Y-Yes, sir!

Good work. We'll take it from here.

Stand by for further instruction.

Y-Yes, sir...

"From here"?

Yeah, "from here."

I told you, it's only going to get busier.

From now on, the Qin army has to defend Liewei as a Qin castle.

That's why we need to get to know every nook and cranny of this place,

learning all its quirks as soon as humanly possible.

Its... quirks?

We may have wrenched open this gate to the capital region,

TAIHANG MOUNTAINS

HANDAN

YÈ

LIEWEI

but with our sights actually set on Yè,

we really need to keep Liewei secure or our supply line will get cut off--

and we'll be in no shape to storm anything.

Faster!

ABOUT HALF A DAY FROM LIEWEI

We arrive by tomorrow morning!

CHIMǍ HILL

General, sir! An urgent message!

Liewei has fallen!

It's fallen!

What?!

Liewei fell in a single day?

No matter! We just march right in and take it back!

But if the enemy's inside, it'll turn into a castle siege.

I'm not sure we have the firepower!

It'll be fine!

They won't be used to the place yet. Let's go!

All troops, halt! About face!

Withdraw to Yangdu and take up position there!

General! Are we abandoning Liewei?

Worry not. Yes, it's been conquered--

but only until they fall victim to its trick.

I-Its trick, sir?

Indeed. Within Liewei is concealed a scheme devised by Li Mu himself.

So that's how it is, Li Mu?

TRANSLATION: NORA STEVENS HEATH TIMING: HENRY LIN EDITING AND QA: SARAH ALYS LINDHOLM

LIEWEI'S TRAP

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