Lightning flashed, and thunder roared as torrential rain poured down.
Fierce winds swept through the rain and mist, devouring the clashes and carnage of the dark night. The flames were drowned by the downpour, the lanterns on Kyoto Capital Street were lifted into the air by the gale, and fell onto the cobblestone roads. The soaked lantern papers were stained with blood, and soon crushed into mud under the iron hooves. Over thirty thousand members of the Forbidden Army and Jinyi Guard surrounded two thousand Northern Iron Cavalry in a brutal encirclement.
The overwhelming ten-to-one disparity rendered this battle exceptionally grueling. Xie Zhang and Xie Xun, soaked in blood and rain, fought shoulder to shoulder as they broke their way out of Marquis Zhenbei Mansion, the sound of combat spreading from the mansion to the long streets.
The ten-mile-long street had turned into a battlefield!
