I really didn't want to burn it.

Just as the two were about to continue fighting the enemy, they heard the sound of horns coming from afar.

"Waaah—waaah—"

Suddenly, the shouts of battle from the city wall thinned out, and Mashu noticed that the monsters were beginning to retreat from the city wall.

The enemy has retreated.

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P.S.: I sneaked in an early update on my day off this morning, Mimi-chan is so lucky! (?*?ω?)?

Chapter 9 The Name of the Fox

The Xiongnu army attacked swiftly and retreated just as quickly.

The moment the retreat horn sounded, the monstrous members of the Hunnic army who could still move on their own left the city wall at top speed.

They ignored their companions still wailing on the ground, and showed no intention of collecting the bodies of their dead comrades. Instead, they simply disappeared from the Qin army's sight.

To borrow a phrase from a crosstalk performance, these guys tucked their tails between their legs, leaned on their canes, carried their chamber pots, and ran away with their lunchboxes.

If these guys were reincarnated into modern society, they'd definitely be top-notch junglers; their kiting and escape tactics are truly masterful.

Li Ang, unusually, refrained from criticizing the mourning system. He went to Mash and DD's side and pulled his dagger out of the frozen leopard-man's body.

"These are runes?"

Mashu then realized that the "?" on the dagger hilt was the rune "is", which means "ice".

Back in the Fuyuki Singularity, a Cast member who, despite wielding a staff, preferred to use it like a gun once explained runes.

Mashu had always had a vague recollection of him, but the situation had been so urgent that she hadn't remembered him at first.

"I learned it from some one-eyed old man when I was in Northern Europe."

Li Ang replied casually.

Then he looked Mash up and down.

"What's wrong?"

Mashu thought there was blood on her face, so she quickly wiped it with her hand, but there was nothing there.

"Hmm... I'm just wondering why you didn't take this opportunity to run away."

"What...huh?"

Mashu stared wide-eyed at Li Ang.

"I just want my shield back..."

Mashu snorted, trying to make her stance clear, but her slightly flushed cheeks betrayed her true feelings.

Li Ang nodded, feigning sudden realization: "I see. It seems that shield is very important to you."

"That's right."

Mashu breathed a slight sigh of relief when she saw that Leon believed her.

Li Ang shrugged, turned around and together with Cao Can, ordered the soldiers to clean up the battlefield, treat the wounded of the Qin army, collect the soldiers' corpses, and deal with the enemies still remaining on the city wall.

As for how to handle it...

Of course, except for a few survivors, all the rest were "released".

As the saying goes, no one's life is more precious than one's own.

Li Ang's mercy will only be reserved for the Qin soldiers.

Besides, these monsters aren't even human, so Li Ang shouldn't be talking about humanitarianism.

Perhaps feeling that she was being foolish by standing there, Mashu also joined the team treating the wounded.

Li Ang watched Mashu bustling about in the crowd, a slight smile playing on his lips.

Actually, even if Mashu really wanted to escape, she wouldn't have succeeded, since she had DD watching over her alone.

But since Mashu chose to stay, it means that the little eggplant's view of her side is relatively positive.

Leon certainly didn't intend to get involved with the Chaldea forces, but he didn't mind maintaining good relations with a few of them.

For example, the pure and kind-hearted little eggplant.

If Leon could change Chaldea's opinion of him through the eggplant, he felt this deal would be worthwhile.

[Host, if you want to pick up girls, don't make excuses. The system wholeheartedly supports you.]

"You've got no hands or feet, how are you going to express your approval?"

Li Ang made a complaint, then turned and went down the city wall.

Han Xin is still outside Yunzhong City with a large part of his army. Li Ang needs to go and tell him about his arrangements.

Incidentally, Mash should have already been seen by Attila, and I need to make corresponding arrangements to ensure that my plan proceeds.

Meanwhile, Christmas Attila, who had been observing the war from the foot of the mountain, was ready to go home to find his Mast after the fighting was over.

Before leaving, she looked at the city gate one last time.

Although the time was short, Attila still managed to see Mash.

After all, that pink short hair was just too conspicuous among a group of black-haired Chinese people.

“Mash has arrived too; we need to inform Mast immediately.”

Even though Christmas Attila was a little confused as to why Mash hadn't come to find her, even though she was standing in such a conspicuous spot.

But now that Mast's long-awaited junior has arrived, she, as a Servant, has an obligation to report it.

"Consider it an early Christmas present for Mast. Let's go, Zo~"

"Meow meow meow~~"

Attila's alien sheep bleated in response, then carried its master away into the mountains.

···

In the evening, after arranging everything, Li Ang finally had time to rest.

At Li Ang's request, Cao Can arranged a house near the city gate for him to rest and work.

I wasn't too tired when I was cutting grass on the city wall, but now that I'm sitting down, mental fatigue suddenly overwhelms me.

Despite this, Li Ang was in an unusually good mood.

Based on the battle during the day, Li Ang finally confirmed the combat strength of those native to the Type-Moon world.

These monsters are indeed ferocious when fighting alone, and they could easily take on ten untrained ordinary people.

But no matter how ruthless these disorganized and undisciplined guys are, they are no match for the well-trained and coordinated Qin soldiers.

In today's daytime battle, the overall casualty ratio between the Qin army and the monster army was 1:3.

Although since the Qin Dynasty unified the world, the casualty ratio in its foreign wars has never exceeded 1:5.

But that monster couldn't really be considered human, so it was already quite remarkable that the Qin army had gained a significant advantage.

"Next up is the fighting power of those centaurs... Should we send Han Xin to test them out?"

Li Ang crossed his arms, looked at the battle report on the desk in front of him, and planned his next move.

Today we've basically witnessed the infantry-level strength of monsters like goblins, leopardmen, and kobolds, but what we really know about centaurs as cavalry units is...

During the daytime siege, the horses only fired arrows from a distance.

After all, they are four-legged creatures, so it is indeed difficult for them to participate in sieges.

However, if Li Ang intends to push the Xiongnu army back to the grasslands, he will definitely need to test the fighting strength of the centaur army first.

In the era of cold weapons, the influence of cavalry on the battle situation was obvious; it was no exaggeration to say that they could tip the scales of victory.

Once Li Ang can confirm that the Qin cavalry is more powerful than the enemy, he can begin his counterattack on the grasslands.

As long as there isn't an endless tide of monsters like in Chapter Seven of the original novel, Li Ang believes that his army can easily deal with the Xiongnu's monster coalition.

[Host, you're setting a bad example, you're practically talking about wyvern riders...]

"If you know the whole story, then don't say it outright!"

Li Ang snorted heavily through his nose.

The system shut up.

Although teasing Li Ang is the system's daily task, the system doesn't really intend to provoke Li Ang.

The relationship between Li Ang and the system is more like that of two close friends who are good at bickering. Although the system mocks Li Ang all day long, and Li Ang also curses back with "mourning the system" every day, the two rarely really fall out.

"Cuckoo~"

Li Ang's stomach growled.

"Ugh, I'm hungry. DD, make me a bowl of noodles."

Li Ang waved his hand to close the system pop-up window, rubbed his stomach, and yelled at the maid outside.

However, DD did not respond to Li Ang.

"Where did this girl run off to? Didn't I tell her to wait for me outside? Where did she go to play?"

Li Ang stood up, grumbling, intending to go find the lazy maid.

As soon as Li Ang walked to the door and opened it, he saw DD standing there with a gloomy expression.

"Um... what's wrong with you? How did I tell you to react?"

DD did not answer, but instead took half a step to the left.

Only then did Li Ang notice that there was another person following behind his little maid.

It is Koyanskaya.

Good evening, Imperial Advisor.

The pink-furred fox smiled and waved at Li Ang.

"Master, this lady has come to visit you late at night, insisting on seeing you."

DD, with a stern face, reported to Li Ang, word by word, her words filled with resentment.

"She clearly told you you needed to rest, yet she still insisted on coming to see you. Such an impolite woman, you should just take her in as your foot-washing maid."

[Hahaha~ Host, I completely agree with DD's suggestion! You can dress this female fox in the clothes you've collected from various timelines!]

"No thanks, I'm afraid it will shorten my lifespan."

Li Ang grinned.

Although Leon didn't know what had happened between Koyanskaya and DD, there had at least been a verbal conflict between them.

Judging from her maid's reaction, it was clear that she had lost.

Leon waved to Koyanskaya.

"Miss Gausskayan, is there something you need for this late-night visit? Or is it that you can only appear at night?"

"Oh, please, Your Excellency. My name is Koyanskaya!"

Koyanskaya gently fanned herself with her folding fan, offering a smiling reminder.

"Komminsky."

“Koyanskaya, oh.”

Seeing that Li Ang was still mispronouncing her name, Gao Yangska emphasized her words.

"Tayunska Bang?"

"Goyanskaya."

"Sorghum Chihuahua?"

*Smack* o(〃'▽'〃)o

Koyanskaya gripped her folding fan tightly, suppressing the urge to snap Leon's neck, and said, "My name is Koyanskaya, Grand Preceptor, please remember my name!"