Can't a princess ascend the throne?

Chapter 315 A plan within a plan

The moment Lin Chongshan realized this, she tore a piece of cloth from the corpse lying beside her and tightly wrapped it around her left hand several times. However, the poison on the needle was too potent, and its flow through her blood greatly slowed her movements. To the point that she couldn't even kill an unknown guard in a short time…

No, that's not right!

The person in front of me is no ordinary guard!

During the close-quarters fight, Lin Chongshan stared at his opponent for a long time before finally realizing something was wrong.

"Sachi? You're faking your death? No, you've actually had someone impersonate you? A Khan of rank, resorting to trickery!"

That guard—no, it was Sachi Khan in disguise—was actually wearing a triumphant smile, his hands moving constantly, showing no shame but rather considerable pride.

"If I didn't do this, how could I defeat you? Over the years, I've come to know you far better than you imagine. If I didn't use this method, how would you believe that the one who died was really me? Actually, you're not at a loss. That was my blood brother, born of a slave, but he looked seven-tenths like me. Plus, with that full beard, even my own sons wouldn't recognize him, let alone you. Lin Chongshan, you should be glad you died at my hands, it's much better than dying at the hands of my warriors. At least you'll die like a general, not like a woman."

"Enough with the nonsense! If I can kill you once, I can kill you a second time."

If Lin Chongshan were in his prime, he could definitely defeat the aged Sachi. But the key problem is that the poisoned needle Sachi prepared was far too potent. From the time she was shot until now, only a few breaths have passed, yet she already feels her vision blurring, her body becoming heavy, and her movements are far less agile than before.

Seeing Lin Chongshan fall for the trap, how could Sachi not feel smug? Everyone in the world thought the barbarians of the grasslands were foolish and reckless, but they didn't consider that although they were grassland people, everyone in this world changes, especially since he had been studying Central Plains culture for years. He was most interested in schemes and plots, and the latest trick he had learned was this "golden cicada shedding its shell" technique.

Even if his reputation suffers after this battle, so what? As long as he is the final victor, that's all that matters.

Seeing Lin Chongshan swaying precariously, Sachi grabbed his longsword and charged forward. If he didn't seize this opportunity to eliminate the enemy's strongest warrior, once Lin Chongshan was rescued, such a chance would be hard to come by again.

Although Lin Chongshan was poisoned, she still had the ability to defend herself. Moreover, she was now completely different from her previous taciturn nature, stabbing Sachi in the heart with one sentence after another.

"I heard you have two exceptionally talented sons. Why didn't they go into battle with you? Or were they given other missions?"

"Time flies so fast, so mercilessly. In the blink of an eye, decades have passed, and you've grown old. On the contrary, your sons are in their prime, like young tigers. As for your other sons, I've met them; they're all useless fools. But your eldest son and the youngest prince are truly exceptional. It seems you intend to leave your Khanate to one of them. There's a tradition on the grasslands that the youngest son inherits the estate. Will you leave this vast empire to the youngest prince, or to the brave and skilled eldest prince?"

"You're about to die anyway, so you should think more about yourselves. What's the point of saying all this useless stuff?"

"That's not how it works. We're fighting to the death, shouldn't I at least be concerned about your sons? My scouts say you sent your two sons to besiege the Northern Frontier Pass from the southeast. Want to guess where they are right now? Are they already engaged in battle with our army?" "...Shameless!"

Has the intelligence network of the Great Jing Dynasty reached such a level? They even know which direction his two sons will be flanking from!
At this moment, a slight concern arose in Sachi's heart, but he quickly ignored it and stared at Lin Chongshan expressionlessly, speeding up his movements.

When he noticed Lin Chongshan hesitate for a moment, Sachi pounced without hesitation, but this left him wide open. Lin Chongshan's eyes flashed slightly, and he quickly pulled out a strange-looking object from his pocket and swung it at Sachi.

When Sachi noticed his movement, he quickly dodged, but the distance between the two was too close, and Lin Chongshan's movements were too fast. So the next moment, a deafening explosion rang out in this small area of ​​the battlefield.

Sachi was thrown into the air as if struck by a heavy object, involuntarily flying several steps backward. When he finally landed, he coughed repeatedly, and blood quickly stained the ground beneath his feet.

He was shot in the abdomen. Although the initial aim was for Sachi's heart, now that he'd been shot in the abdomen, he didn't seem to be in much better shape.

"Cough cough cough cough wah pfft!"

Sachi coughed up several mouthfuls of foul blood mixed with fragments of internal organs. In disbelief, he quickly retreated. He finally understood: he thought he had outmaneuvered Lin Chongshan, but Lin Chongshan had also outmaneuvered him. If Lin Chongshan hadn't killed that substitute, he wouldn't have jumped out to kill her.

If they continue to hide, who will discover that the seemingly ordinary guard beside them is the real Saki Khan?

"You Central Plains people are as shameless as ever! You've even convinced yourselves of your own acting skills."

While calling for his close guards to rescue him, Sachi also cursed viciously. He was a typical example of someone who could do it himself but not others.

However, Lin Chongshan didn't care about that. Like an agile alpha wolf, she entered the protective circle and slaughtered several guards like chickens and sheep. Even though the other party had powerful subordinates to protect them, she still managed to cut off one of Sachi's arms in the crowd!
However, there were simply too many guards around him, and he was indeed poisoned again, so he wasn't as agile as before. Seeing that his reinforcements were already upon him, Lin Chengshan had no choice but to retreat temporarily. Even if he couldn't kill Sachi on the spot, having severed one of his arms and taken a bullet to the abdomen, Sachi was better off dead. After all, there weren't any skilled doctors on the grasslands. What could their high shaman do? Nothing more than chewing herbs, applying them to the wound, and reciting some dubious prayer.

Moreover, if I remember correctly, most of the people around Sachi had contracted smallpox. Even if Sachi was lucky enough not to have it, how long could he have survived under such a complete encirclement?

"Sachi, if you had any backbone, you should have drawn your sword and committed suicide right now. But I bet you won't die. I'll wait until you're begging for death! Until then, you can watch with your own eyes how my Great Jing annihilates your army one by one!"

(End of this chapter)