Er Yin is throwing the hand bombs at the ones who are climbing the ladder. It works when they fall but the bombs are running out. She cannot keep using this method. Sweat beads keep rolling down her face and she feels light in her head. She pick up her bow and arrows. She fire but her arrows are missing her targets. In twenty minutes, the first wave of mongols successfully climb into the tower. She withdraw her sword and slash each of them who step into the stone walls. As she move around to kill them, she feels that she is feeling strange. Her eye lids are getting heavy and she is feeling tired.
A Mongol solider rush towards Er Yin and launch his sober at her. She block it with her sword but she is pushed to the stone wall and her top of her body is push out of the tower. She struggle to push herself back as well as to push her attacker back. Her pony tail fly in the air as she feels the strong wind. She finally have a chance to take a break when one of her men comes and pull the Mongol off. She push herself back behind the stone wall and take quick breaths. She look around and see her sword. Before she can pick it up, a mongol pick her up and throw her over the tower. At that moment, she only can see the sky as she drops.
Er Yin wakes up with herself coughing blood. She strangely doesn't feel any pain. She roll over and push herself up. Standing up, she finds herself with a sword pointing at her neck. She look at him with short breaths. It is that Mongol man that the last time who was chocking her. He smile and said softy.
"We meet again. How are you feeling? Do you feel like you want to die?"
She spit blood and saliva on him. Mongke Khan wipe his face with his hand and stare at her.
"Do you think you have the right to live?"
"Fight me, if you dare."
"Then you will sure to die today Xie ... "
"I am not afraid to die!"
He pull down the sword and laugh. He even remove his belt. She watch him remove all the weapons on himself. He raise his fist and clutch them into a ball shape.
"Let's wrestle. Do you know how to wrestle, Lady Xie?"
She wipe her blood on her sleeves. She tighten her headband. She raise her hands infront of her and curl up her fist.
The people surrounding them are mostly Mongols. They stop at slaughtering the Han Chinese. Some of them wanted to join in but is stop by the others. The Mongol women watch in amusement. Mongke Khan is a prince of their nation. He is known to be a champion in wrestling. Most Han Chinese they came across in the past have fallen within minutes, how long will this skinny tall solider last with him?
Inside the fortress, the Mongols are still hitting the wooden gate. the part where is weak is beaten down but it is not big enough for a man to go through.
"Luo Ming take a team with you and go to the other gates. Melt down the metal fused them so that they will delay the time if they are going to the capital."
"General Yan!"
"Go! Join us when you are done."
Luo Ming leave with a team and the Duke stare at the second gate that the Mongols are dealing with Suddenly they leave. It is all quiet.
"You, go climb up the tower, see what is happening on the other side."
The man bow and run off.
"Lady Xie, if you win me today, i will withdraw and let you breath for awhile."
"You will?"
"I will. I am a man who honour my words. "
"If i win, how long will you stay away?"
"I will give you three days to rest. My men needs resting too."
"Great! I look forward to see you leave!"
"Let's start, shall we?"
Mongke Khan and Er Yin walk in a circle, staring at each other. The sand under their shoes toon form a circle line around them and the wind continue to blow. Er Yin still feels light headed. She wonder why she is not feeling any pain at all but it will be good if she don't feel that pain that the punches she will received from this man. Suddenly he rush up and deliver a punch on her chest. She back off and rush to him and try to lift him off by kicking his tights. He wince in pain and she takes a lot of strength to lift him up from her shoulder. Unfortunately his weight is too much for her to handle. Unlike the Han Chinese man, he is twice the size of them. He landed on his feet and deliver another punch on her cheeks. She stagger backwards and stare at him. Mongke Khan is not suffering from any injures and not bleeding like Er Yin. She wipe the sweat beats on her philtrum. She resume her stance. While he is delighted to find a Han Chinese who can withstand his punches.
Inside the fortress, the Duke receive the news that Er Yin is wrestling with a man just a few feet away from the fortress. He hurry to the tower. True enough, he see her all bloody wrestling with an equally tall man. The near by Mongol soldiers are to stop their attacks and are all watching the fight. The Duke think it is the time to attack the outside. With his men, they hurry to the exit to the bamboo forest. Luo Ming who is about to seal the gate listen the plan, Together with the Duke they creep out from the bamboo forest. They watch and take all their weapons. Remove the joints on the wheels. Lead the horses away. They laid some bombs on the side.
They quietly sneak from the back of the crowd who are watching the wrestling. They catch some of them and muffler their mouth before their throat is slice. After awhile, some of them caught sight of their own Mongol soldiers suffering, the fights begins at the back. The Duke try not to attack the female Mongols but they prove to be as strong as the males. Like Er Yin, they all are equip with an iron will to fight to the end and never to surrender. Thus, the Duke and his men have no choice but to slaughter the female.
Meanwhile Er Yin is still fighting her own battle. She wants to win him and the promise that he said. She fights with her might and her iron will however the pain in her body is slowly creeping back into her consciousness. The pain soon become unbearable.