Vol 9 Chapter 107 (1/2)

VOLUME 9 CHAPTER 107: DON’T TELL ME THIS IS A RAID ON FAN CITY (11)

Yun Chang POV

I looked up and saw a row of arrows flying straight for us.

No other way about it now! I steeled myself as I dismounted and began slas.h.i.+ng left and right, knocking down all of the oncoming arrows.

“3,000-man general, charge with your troops, quick! Charge now!” I yelled to the general beside me who naturally understood what sort of predicament we were in.

“Everyone! Charge with me!”

s.h.i.+eld warriors at the head! There might be another wave!”

The 3,000-man general roared and soon, over a thousand troops charged ahead. Naturally, I did not forget to tell them to let the s.h.i.+eld warriors charge first.

“Is mother alright?” Guan Ping asked as she came over.

“I’m fine but my horse got hurt.” I said as I looked at my horse and saw an arrow stuck in its abdomen. Luckily, it was not too deep and could be safely extracted with minimal hurt done to the horse.

“Will the horse be okay?”

“It’ll be fine.” I said as I reached out and broke off the arrow to prevent anyone from touching it and worsening its injury. That should do it for now.

“Well then, Guan Ping, we should follow–”

*Da* *Da*!

Un? All of a sudden, firecrackers came from our left and right.

“Kill!!!!!” Thunderous yells came from both sides the moment the firecrackers burnt out.

This! What is this! They were not in front of us but at our sides?! I looked about and saw enemies streaming out from the forest. A rough estimate would put them at more than a thousand at least.

“Yaa!” A soldier came slas.h.i.+ng at me while I was looking about and I dodged the attack before knocking him away. In the next instant, the enemy troops clashed with ours and the battlefield became utter chaos.

“Kuh! This is bad!!”

As I hurriedly helped to deal with the troops that charged at our vanguard , I finally realised that I had fell for the enemy’s trap. The footprints and arrows were just bait to get us to charge in. When our troops were spread out, the enemy’s ambush at our flanks would come in.

The arrows at the very beginning, and the barren territory, were all just smoke and mirrors. The real deal were the troops which were waiting at our sides. The very reason why they did not charge in at the beginning was so that they could force us to split up.

Right now, our 10,000 strong force was split in 2 and we were in a situation where we could not help each other and knew nothing about the other’s situation. We were truly in dire straits right now.

“Yaa!” I continued to hack and slash on foot while standing in the barren territory, doing my very best to force the enemy back as much as I can with my own strength. Because of the tree trunks in the area, my weapon could not be used to its full effectiveness and I was forced to hold it so that the range was halved.

When I looked about again, I saw that the enemy troops were wearing heavy plate armour and wielding scimitars which meant that they had a great advantage over our own troops.

d.a.m.n it all! The second time! I cannot believe we fell for an ambush twice!”

“Thousand-man general! Tell our troops to split in half and form 2 battlefronts to the right and left! You, and you, go to the rearguard and lead the battle!”

“Ah… Yes!” “U-understood!” The 2 generals who were entangled in fights seemed rather panicky as they replied and hurriedly went to the back, something that was not easy to do at all.

I knew that I was getting too hot-headed but there is no way that I can calm d

own under these circ.u.mstances. I also have no idea what Zhou Cang’s status is but it cannot be much better than ours. Now that we are split in half, I cannot even give the order to retreat.

“Enemy general! Hand over your life!”

Eh? Just then, someone came roaring at me. When I turned to look, I saw someone sprinting over like a beast, her ponytail flying behind her. She used the spear in her hands to part the crowd as she made a beeline for me.

I know who she is, this is the little sister of the Lu siblings who survived, Lu Xiang. Unlike the last time, Lu Xiang’s face was filled with hatred and anger and she seemed like a completely different person.

“Yaa!” All of a sudden, Lu Xiang roared out as she accelerated even further and closed the distance between us with just 2 strides. In the blink of an eye, her spearhead was slas.h.i.+ng down at my head.

“Mother! Watch out!”

“I know!”

Guan Ping who was busy with enemies herself did not forget to give me a warning but really, I am not at the level where I am unable to block this attack.

“Haa! *Ding* *Ding*!!” She followed through with her swing and swiftly attacked again before withdrawing her spear, after seeing that I had successfully blocked both attacks, and stabbing at me.