Now That I Have Become a Woman, I Am a Vtuber

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“Phew, everyone get ready.”

Since arriving at Luoyang Castle, the first thing I did was swap out my equipment.

[Huh, why is my armor so damaged?]

In this game, armor is given only once at the beginning.

Maybe that’s why this broken armor seemed to recover durability little by little, like an injured soldier.

But now, there’s no time to wait for that, so all of Miro’s soldiers, including myself, tossed our old armor onto the floor.

Someone else would take care of it.

The newer troops mostly wore light armor, so the captains in Miro’s army would probably pick it up and dress their soldiers with it.

“Give me a new one.”

[Ugh, okay….]

Still, it was a good thing I had saved elite armor for occasions like this.

In this continent, heavy armor is valuable.

As such, I had thought it should only be worn by the most elite fighters, but I’m relieved that it’s come in handy.

After replacing all our gear—

[What about the horses, Miro?]

I looked at the horses, which couldn’t be swapped out as easily as equipment.

“Well, there’s nothing we can do about it.”

Those twenty horses did quite a number on the enemy.

There’s no way they’d be in good shape.

Each one is impaled with at least one blade somewhere, and some even had broken legs.

Amazing that they made it back to Luoyang.

“We can’t use the same strategy as before.”

The distraction we just pulled off would be hard to reuse.

The enemy will be prepared, and we now barely have any horses left.

It’s time to switch to a more straightforward approach.

“What’s the enemy doing?”

[Thanks to you shaking them up, it seems like they’re repairing instead of coming right over.]

“Hmm, well, I bought us some time.”

-For real, that crazy girl…

-Ha, she’s shaking things up, LOL.

-This girl is definitely Lu Bu.

While it’s good that we’ve bought some time, the situation hasn’t improved.

…Should I really set Luoyang on fire and run like Dong Zhuo?

No, that’s not right.

Even if I flee to Chang’an, the situation won’t get any better here.

We must see this through to the end.

I climbed up to Luoyang Castle and scanned the defensive formations below.

A tightly woven defense inside the castle.

Even if the enemy breaches the narrow entrance, they’ll face the first, second, and third defensive lines along with a rain of arrows.

But…

“…I’m not sure this will hold.”

Can we really withstand this?

After trying to defend at Horo-gwan, I realized it was going to be harder than I thought.

After all, a siege requires a door.

But here we are, conducting a siege on a castle with its door already blasted open.

“Everyone, return to your posts and hold your positions.”

We have to at least give it a shot.

To ensure I could give detailed commands, I sent the captains with the banners back to their units.

And for a moment—

[The enemy is approaching!!]

Ahead, I could see soldiers rushing in from the direction of Horo-gwan.

-Wow.

-Look at how many there are, LOL.

-How the heck do we stop them?

I thought we killed quite a few while holding the defenses earlier.

But it seems like their numbers haven’t diminished at all.

[Traitor Miro! Today will be your end!]

At the forefront of those soldiers, decked out in shining golden armor, stood Rain, addressing us on behalf of her forces.

…Can hardly see her face.

Watching the leader of the half-Miro alliance, whom I couldn’t even catch a glimpse of during the fierce battle at Horo-gwan, feels oddly strange now.

Look at that armor; it’s really impressive.

Since their leader has stepped forward, I also stepped up.

[Miro, it’s dangerous!]

“I’m fine.”

Though my lieutenant tried to stop me, I stood proudly just above the entrance of Luoyang Castle with my spear raised.

“How could you come walking into your own grave!”

[Grave? Are you talking about your own?]

“How arrogant!”

[Today, you are destined to meet your end here!]

-HA HA HA HA HA.

-Rain’s not holding back on her words, is she?

-Why are these guys so into Romance of the Three Kingdoms??

-After today, everyone’s going to boot up some Romance of the Three Kingdoms games, LOL.

People are really going to boot those games up?

That’s quite tempting!

Anyway.

“Destiny? If I’m fated to die, then so be it.”

Right now, I needed to focus on setting the scene.

This could very well be one of the highlights representing the Celestial Realm later on.

“However—”

Thud!

I brought my spear down hard onto the ground.

“Your fate must be proven by all of you!”

I guess I got a bit immersed; my voice resonated throughout Luoyang Castle, clear and precise like I was performing on stage.

[…Everyone, charge!!]

“Stop them!!”

The main battle of Luoyang Castle had begun.

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[Everyone, hold the line! Hold on!]

[Break through in one place! Attack here!]

The battle at Luoyang Castle had commenced.

Despite my bold declarations, the fight was as tough as nails from the very start.

Simply put, it was because the enemy’s vanguard was incredibly fierce.

Those who rush forward without fear of death were living, breathing siege weapons themselves.

“This is…”

Standing at a vantage point where I could see the entire battlefield, it was clear we were at a disadvantage.

I had set up deep and tight defenses, but at this rate, it was only a matter of time before they were stripped away one by one.

“Execute the trap operation!”

[Yes! Understood!]

Then we needed to use some tactics.

I sent a messenger who had been standing by next to me, and I grabbed my spear to head into the fray.

While I had used charges, nets, and forging techniques extensively, this was the first time using a trap tactic, so I was going to participate too.

To execute the plan, there needed to be a little opening.

I quickly gathered Miro’s troops who were underway with repairs.

“When the trap is activated, gather the prey.”

[Understood!]

Without riding horses, I mixed in with the regular soldiers and waited for the plan to unfold.

And afterward—

[Trap!]

[Everyone, execute!]

With the captains bearing their banners yelling out loudly, the defensive line began to shake and move significantly.

Before long—

[We broke through!]

[Follow me!]

Cheers from the enemy echoed from ahead.

I led the original Miro army to the front line of the defense.

And then—

I caught sight of the forward commander coming forth through the gaping holes in the defense.

…Who was it? Oh, it’s Maho.

She had fallen from her horse earlier but somehow made it back to the frontlines.

“…Sever!”

Well, that’s that.

Leading the Miro army clad in heavy armor, I appeared right in front of the breach.

And then—

[Huh?!]

I cut through the tail end of the vanguard, who had stepped deep through the breach thinking they had gone unopposed.

Then.

“Close it!”

At my command, the wall I had intentionally caved in closed up tightly, trapping Maho’s forces in a sudden encirclement.

[What is this…?]

“We charge!”

Though they had fallen right into our trap, we were still safe within our territory.

If I had to liken it, we had trapped them inside a body, right in the stomach.

Before they could thrash and cause chaos from the inside, I led my subordinates straight out to crush them.

[You’d think they would fall easily!]

But my opponent was the same vanguard from before.

Though pressed by Anna’s two lieutenants, there was no doubt she was one of the few fierce warriors on the continent.

But—

[Miro! I’ll deal with this….]

Clang!!

[Ah!]

Even so, she was just a defeated commander.

Timing my strike perfectly, I knocked Maho’s long spear away.

With a flick of my wrist, I twirled my spear around and swung again.

[Ugh!]

Maho hurriedly tried to block the attack with her spear’s shaft, but the recoil threw her off balance.

“Farewell!”

[No, don’t…!]

I thrust my spear right into the downed Maho.

“Taking down the banner!”

It didn’t take long for the remnants of the troop led by the fallen commander to be completely eradicated.

[Maho!!]

[No!]

After Maho’s army was wiped out, I could hear the furious cries of the main forces of the half-Miro alliance from the front.

“Throw this into the enemy camp.”

I ordered them to show off Maho’s broken banner to that alliance and made my way back up to the overview of the battlefield in Luoyang Castle to reassess the situation.

“This is not good.”

But—

Was the drastic movement of the defensive line due to the trap operation problematic?

Even though we broke one stronghold, we were being pushed back overall.

Once you start losing ground, it’s only a matter of time before it all crumbles.

And it was clear that the enemy was slowly making their marks through our actively defended positions.

It was time to take another drastic measure.

“I have to fight from inside.”

-For real.

-This entrance is getting risky.

-If one place breaks, it’ll all collapse.

The advantage of holding the entrance was gradually slipping away.

We still needed to stall for time, though.

If we are forced to charge through directly, our only option will be to mix the board and scatter the stones.

Fortunately, the interior of Luoyang Castle is quite spacious.

So, I should lure them into close combat here.

As long as we’re careful about taking them down one by one, this could play to our advantage.

Given the significant disparity in our strengths, facing them head-on was inevitable, but—

I still had to twist and turn somehow.

Moreover, it seems we managed to significantly reduce their numbers inside Luoyang Castle.

“Pass the message to Anna to watch for the timing and lead them into close combat.”

[Yes! Understood!]

That way, after perhaps what could be my final tactical order was given, I too marched out with my personal troops to take my place.

Once again, riding on my previously saved horse, I waited in the innermost part of Luoyang Castle for news.

Having ordered the transition to close combat, they would likely begin to gradually move their troops away from the entrance, just like we did at Horo-gwan.

With that thinning formation, it would be easy to breach them.

And it seemed my thoughts were correct.

Not long after—

[…We’ve broken into the castle!]

[The enemy is retreating!!]

Cheers from the allied forces rang out at the entrance of the castle.

“Let’s move.”

Silently leading my troops, I began to move along the walls.