Chapter 408
“Speed up!” Meng Hun waved his hand, and the enormous troop traveled a bit faster .
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Jiang Pengji’s troops had rested long enough, but the Tsing Yi Army had endured a long-range raid . Exasperated and fatigued, they refused to give up . It was scorching hot . They depleted more energy than Jiang Pengji’s troops .
“Deputy General, I think they discovered us!” General Jiu’s trusted aide was leading the bandits . Upon seeing the situation, he thought, This is bad . “You mustn’t let them pass through the Longhu Boardwalk! Go after them! We’ll force them into a situation they can’t escape from!”
The Longhu Boardwalk connected Fengyi County and Chengde County . Many trade caravans used it to save on travel time . The road was repaired several times; however, the foot of the mountain was still narrow so only two carriages carrying army supplies and gear could pass through at the same time .
It would take a lot of time for hundreds of carriages carrying army supplies and gear to pass through . The Tsing Yi Army was getting closer and closer to Meng Hun and the others .
Meng Hun snorted . He commanded, “Line up . Take 50 steps forward, and get your crossbows ready! Escort the commoners to pass through first . ”
The 200 troops obeyed his order and lined up . They blocked the foot of the mountain by having 50 people line up in a row . They stood in a line, grabbed their bows, and nocked their arrows .
By the time the people and the carriages carrying army supplies and gear had passed through, the Tsing Yi Army was less than 200 steps away from them .
“The first row, shoot! The second row, go forward!”
With a buzzing sound, 50 arrows, their momentum powerful, sped towards the Tsing Yi Army .
Of course, the leader of the Tsing Yi Army saw the troops’ actions, but he did not take them seriously . He continued forward .
A skilled archer with superior marksmanship was not even able to shoot precisely from such a distance .
Poof… Poof… Poof…
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The next second, the sound of arrows piercing flesh was heard, and fresh blood spattered everywhere . The Tsing Yi Army pushed onward before they collapsed in a forward manner . Some arrows even managed to kill two people at once .
“The second row, shoot! The third row, go forward!” With Meng Hun’s instructions, the fourth row’s arrows connected perfectly . After a round of shooting, a significant number of people from the Tsing Yi Army were dead on the ground, obstructing them from charging forward . At that moment, the two parties were already less than 150 steps apart from each other .
When the fourth row shot their arrows, the first row had already nocked their arrows and returned to the front .
“The first row, shoot!” Meng Hun commanded calmly . His tone made the troops feel at ease . Even their hands, which were holding the arrows, were no longer trembling .
The troops had all seen blood before; Meng Hun took them to kill the bandits in the mountains . The gang of bandits, however, had killed infinitely more than they had .
However, there were 3,000 people in the Tsing Yi Army . Putting their combatant value aside, their numbers alone made people’s legs feel weak .
Fortunately, Meng Hun was a man who had seen the world . As the former county military chief of the Meng family, what battle had he not seen?
Under his personal command, two rounds of shooting went without fault .
In order to lure the enemy, there were only two or three arrows in each troop member’s quiver .
During the second round of shooting, the fourth row retreated in an orderly manner, leaving behind hundreds of dead bodies .
General Jiu’s trusted aide looked livid . They had no adequate defense against them . He was fuming with rage .
“They don’t have any more arrows in their quivers . Keep chasing after them!” When they caught up, he would kill them all! His words revived the confidence in the timid Tsing Yi Army . They went after them like a hive of bees to the foot of the mountain .
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300 meters ahead, the people transporting the army supplies, the gear, and the commoners who fled, were chaotic . He was ecstatic upon seeing the situation .
“Wait for a while more… Wait until everyone has come in…” Jiang Pengji dangled a weed in her mouth, and a cold sneer hung on the corner of her lips . She crouched on the mountain’s edge, feeling very satisfied with her troops’ performance .
Luo Yue shuddered at the scene . He knew that Jiang Pengji’s troops were of good quality . They executed every order without fail, and they had the demeanor of established troops .
He also knew that almost every troop member carried a crossbow with a strange shape . They valued the crossbows as if they were their wives .
However, he never would have thought that the troops would have been able to extrude such powerful combat capabilities .
Even well-trained imperial guards were not guaranteed to falter under such circumstances .
“You have a serious gambler’s personality . It’s not a good habit . ”
Feng Jin glanced at the situation below them . The Tsing Yi Army was less than 100 meters away . If they messed up in the slightest, the 200 troops would be exterminated by the Tsing Yi Army .
“Danger can’t be overcome without taking risks . I don’t plan on letting the Tsing Yi Army make it back alive,” Jiang Pengji scoffed .
She did not care about the members of the Tsing Yi Army . How dare they try to occupy her Xiangyang District . They all deserved to die!
“Nock your arrows!” Meng Hun commanded . “Carry on the fight while you retreat!”
The troops, who originally did not have any arrows left, took some out from the bottom of the carriages one by one . They nocked their arrows skillfully and lined up .
Buzz, buzz, buzz…
The arrows whizzed by and shot members of the Tsing Yi Army, who had unknowingly rushed into a hornets’ nest .
The foot of the mountain was narrow . The deeper into the mountains they went, the more spacious it became .
30 members of the troops could stand side-by-side, but only ten members of the Tsing Yi Army could stand side-by-side .
In order to lure the Tsing Yi Army into the mountains, the troops shot their arrows in an orderly manner . As they shot, they retreated to make more space for themselves .
However, the Tsing Yi Army was not stupid; they picked up the dead bodies in front of them and used them as shields . They quickly closed the distance .
“Drop the rocks!” Jiang Pengji snorted . Countless rocks tumbled down the mountain . “Block the entrance!”
The blow stunned the Tsing Yi Army . Horrifying screams filled the narrow foot of the mountain . The Tsing Yi Army realized that they were caught in an ambush . Many of them wanted to escape .
The foot of the mountain was narrow, and Jiang Pengji’s troops threw huge rocks from above . The rocks blocked the foot of the mountain, as well as the retreat path .
“Nock your arrows and shoot!” Jiang Pengji commanded . The 800 troop members that were part of the ambush obeyed her command . The entirety of the Tsing Yi Army was dead after a round of shooting .
Red blood, flesh, and body parts covered the foot of the mountain . The tragic, deafening cries gradually subsided .
Jiang Pengji had streamed the entire battle . The audience could clearly see the situation at the foot of the mountain through their ultrhigh-definition cameras .
Even in their death, many members of the Tsing Yi Army had looks of horror and fear in their eyes . Their eyes were wide open .
Some were completely smashed, while others had most of their body parts damaged . Stumps and broken bodies were strewn everywhere .
Blood stained the rocks . Some blood seeped into the mud, and some of it merged into a blood-red creek . It looked like a crawling, red snake .
The strong, pungent smell of blood permeated the air in the valley, silently denouncing the tragic slaughter and killing that happened not long ago .
Xihongshi Chaojidan: “I hugged the toilet bowl and vomited just now…”
Laosiji Lianmeng: “There are corpses everywhere over a battle for land . There are dead bodies everywhere over a battle for a city… This is only 3,000 people . If you can’t handle it, then stop watching the streaming as soon as possible . You don’t want to be traumatized…”
Qingshui Chu Furong: “Does such a bloody and cruel streaming room really need to exist? Won’t it inspire a large number of criminals? Why isn’t it blocked yet? The streamer has killed people . The viewers are executioners as well!”
Jiang Pengji lowered her eyelids, and a cold sneer hung on the corner of her lips .
Host V: “@Qingshui Chu Furong, If you can’t stand watching it then get lost!”
Did people really think that she was a good-tempered streamer?
The audience members were simply onlookers watching a show . In situations where matters of principle were not involved, she got along quite well with some of the viewers . That did not mean that she liked every viewer in the streaming room .
There was no need to criticize her indiscriminately with such superior attitudes! She had to survive in the current world . It was impossible for her to spend her life attempting to satisfy their Virgin Mary-like benevolence .