The night was as dark as ink, with the starlight concealed. The northern wall of Dayuan Prefecture showed only a vague outline in the heavy darkness. Torches flickered sparsely along the ramparts, and the silhouettes of the defending soldiers swayed with weariness. Atop the three-zhang-high wall, two guards dozed against the battlements, their iron spears resting obliquely across their shoulders, the tips occasionally reflecting a faint glimmer of starlight.
By now, nearly all the Prefecture Army of Dayuan Prefecture was holding fast to the southern wall, locked in a standoff with the Huaxia Army led by Wang Zhenshan. Very few guards remained to patrol the northern wall.
Wang Qingzhi crouched in the shadow beneath the city wall. Her dark blue night-raid attire blended seamlessly with the darkness, leaving only her sharp eyes to flash with a cold light in the gloom.
Chapter 241