"Victory!" Commander Bengt, who was on a horse in the battle front line, screamed as he raised his sword to the sky. His shield was placed on one side of the horse.
"Yeah!" The Gapsin army screamed in response.
The Gapsin army and Cyprus army were facing each other on the Cyprus battlefield. King Cheng came into the battlefield in his chariot, ridden by his men. He was dressed in armor with a helmet. Prince Junfeng who was also dressed in his full armor followed him at the back with a white horse.
King Cheng dropped on the chariot and his sword and a helmet were brought to him, and he took them. King Cheng and prince Junfeng walked to the battle front line where commander Bengt was standing.
Prince Junfeng was holding a long spear, a sword buckled on his waist belt, and a shield hanging on his back. He dropped from his horse as he took a good look at the Cyprus men who were standing from a far distance away from them.
"Bengt." Prince Junfeng called.
"Yes, my Prince." Commander Bengt answered.
"Have you seen the princess?"
"No, my prince." Commander Bengt replied.
"Son. You don't have to rush. She will be here anytime soon, or we will fight and take her away." King Cheng said.
"No father. I have a plan." Prince Junfeng responded.
"What's the plan?" King Cheng and commander Bengt asked in chorus.
Commander Lucifer can be seen standing beside king Guozhi.
King Guozhi was holding a long sword in his right hand and a shield in the other hand. He was dressed in armor with a coat and a bronze helmet.
Commander Lucifer gallantly stood with a shield hanging on his back, a sword fastened on his tunic. He separated his men into divisions. Each division with its unit commander.
Some divisions were holding spears, some plowshares, another with javelin, axes, mattocks, and sickles. They were all ready for war. "No, retrieve, no surrender. Fight for your country, family, and yourself."
Cyprus women and children were inside the kingdom. The gate's entrances were totally locked from inside to protect the men of Gapsin from having access to the kingdom.
"Brother! We need to talk." King Cheng called out for king Guozhi. Prince Junfeng, king Cheng, and commander Bengt went to the middle of the battleground.
King Guozhi and commander Lucifer stared at each other before heading to meet their enemies in the middle of the battlefield.
"Longest time brother." King Cheng teased king Guozhi up and chuckled.
"I know that you don't know my son and my son doesn't know you either, but here we are, planning to take our wife home through war. You remember the promise I made to you many years ago, right?
It will be fulfilled today and you know it. But because my son has a good heart, he decided to change the plan because he said he wouldn't want to see you dying in his own eyes. Though you refused to release the princess to us in peace." King Cheng explained as he walked around king Guozhi, but king Guozhi remained silent.
"I know that we don't know each other nor do we know the princess, but I truly love her. So for this, I require one of your men to fight me. If he kills me, my men will go back home without harming any of you. But if I win, I will take the princess away, and you will become our subject." Prince Junfeng said to king Guozhi.
King Guozhi wanted to utter a word, but commander Lucifer showed him a sign of, "please let me talk to your majesty.
"Prince Junfeng, or whatever you call yourself, I have heard of your victory over other kingdoms, but I assure you that this kingdom is different from any other kingdom, but since you demand for two men to fight, so shall it be." Commander Lucifer responded with full courage.
"Wow! I like people like you." Prince Junfeng said.
"Now, go and choose the strongest man among you to fight me, or are you the strongest?" Prince Junfeng asked. He looked at his father and commander Bengt, and they burst into laughter.
"No man is fighting you!" Commander Lucifer replied.
"What! Then surrender yourselves to us and bring out the princess." Prince Junfeng said.
We have never surrendered to any kingdom before, and never can we ever surrender to any kingdom. A man won't fight you, but a woman." Commander Lucifer replied.
"What! A woman? Hahaha." Prince Junfeng laughed. King Cheng and commander Bingwen also joined.
"Do I look like a baby that is still sucking breasts that you will ask a woman to fight me?" Prince Junfeng asked with surprise.
King Guozhi, on the other side, gazed at Lucifer. He wondered if the woman he was talking about was in his kingdom and he knew nothing about her. If he had the chance, he would ask Lucifer about the woman he was talking about, but he wouldn't want to ask him in the presence of his enemies.
"Maybe she is the strongest in the kingdom." Commander Bengt jokingly said.
"I agree with you, Bengt." King Cheng supported what commander Bengt said. But at the same time, it sounds funny to them. They were eager to see the woman commander Lucifer was talking about. She will be the first warrior in history to be recorded.
"Who is she?" Prince Junfeng asked as he glared at commander Lucifer.
"Yes. Who is she?" King Cheng also joined.
"She is not any other person than Princess Chu Hua. The one you came for." Commander Lucifer responded but before king Cheng, prince Gen and commander Bengt could utter a word, king Guozhi was too fast to say a word. "Lucifer, did I just hear Princess Chu Hua?" King Guozhi furiously asked.
"Yes, my king." Commander Lucifer answered.
"What! Are you kidding me?" Prince Junfeng couldn't believe his ears.
"Is something wrong with his brain? Or could it be that the princess is a warrior, and we are not aware of it?"
King Cheng asked no one in particular.
"I think so." Commander Bengt replied.
King Guozhi took commander Lucifer by the hand and shifted a bit away from king Cheng so that they wouldn't hear what he wanted to ask him.
"Are you out of your mind?"
King Guozhi yelled at commander Lucifer with a whisper.
"Your Majesty, I know that you will get angry if you hear that from me, but this is the only way to solve the problem on the ground. Moreover, the prince won't kill her because he needs her. I know how strong prince Junfeng is, but that doesn't mean no man can kill him. Anyone can kill him, if only you are lucky but believe me, he will never agree to fight with princess Chu Hua, rather he will ask someone to fight, and we would use that opportunity to select one of our men to fight him.* Commander Lucifer explained.
King Guozhi looked convinced that it was a good idea, but he was still doubting.
"Are you convinced this will work?" King Guozhi asked him.
"Trust me, Your Majesty, I know what I'm doing." Commander Lucifer assured him, and King Guozhi was a bit relieved.
"I got your back." King Guozhi said, as they went back to the Gapsin men.
"Is she ready?" Prince Junfeng asked, thinking that commander Lucifer was joking. Immediately, king Guozhi's breath ceased and then came back.
King Guozhi stared at commander Lucifer with fear.
"Yes, she is ready." Commander Lucifer replied.
"Great, let her come over to the battle line." Prince Junfeng said.
Commander Lucifer lifted his left hand and gave a signal to one of his men. Within minutes, the princess was seen coming on a horse. She was in a tunic dress. Her shield and sword were firmly fastened on her back. Air blew her hair as she rode on the horse to the battle line. She hung her helmet on one of the ropes that were used on the horse.
Prince Junfeng lost control when he sighted her. Commander Bent's mouth was wide open as his eyes saw the princess. King Cheng intensively stared at her.
King Guozhi was so shocked to see her in that dress.
"Here she comes." Commander Lucifer said.
Princess Chu Hua rode the horse to where they were standing. She dropped from the horse and greeted her father.
"Oh, my good Lord. Is this the princess?" Prince Junfeng asked with an affectionate voice.
"She is." Commander Lucifer replied.
"No. I can't believe what I am seeing. Is this an angel or a human being? Because her beauty is beyond imagination. I have never come across a beautiful woman like her." Prince Junfeng admired her beauty.
Everyone was quiet, listening to him.
"Please, I can't fight with her. Let one of your men fight with one of my men. I can't watch anyone harming my lady." Prince Junfeng exclaimed.
Immediately after he said so, king Guozhi remembered what commander Lucifer told him. Indeed, Lucifer is a wise commander. But what still surprised him is the princess. Could it be that commander Lucifer knew prince Junfeng's plan before they came, or what?
That question can only be answered after the battle.