Chapter 468 - Zong Yings death (1/2)

Meanwhile, the rest of the troops started plundering through their own territory. The Zong Consortium strongholds in the north were being looted by their own forces.

On the same evening, Zong Ying’s troops arrived at Fuzhi Bridge. As he stood on the bridge and watched the transport vehicles passing by, he suddenly sighed and said to his second-in-command next to him, “I wonder when we can return after going north this time. Remember, bring along the refugee fishermen from the various strongholds, as well as those who specialize in animal husbandry.”

In reality, Zong Ying had already been scheming to retreat north for some time. He had not expected things to go so smoothly and that someone would actually give him a hand in getting rid of the majority of the Zong Consortium’s higher-ups.

The Northern Steppe was situated outside of the stronghold perimeter. It was a place where wild beasts ran rampant.

But what threat could those wild beasts possibly pose to professional soldiers?

His second-in-command said, “A lot of our troops have deserted over the past few days, but they’ve all been caught and killed.”

“Well, it’s very normal that some people tried to escape.” Zong Ying said with a smile, “In their opinion, they would rather become refugees than go north to herd sheep. Don’t worry, killing a few people and streamlining our troops as we make our way there isn’t exactly a bad thing, and we can make use of it to intimidate the other soldiers as well. After all, it’ll be a tough life from now on.”

For now, Zong Ying wanted to use an extreme form of coercion to band these routed Zong Consortium troops together and bring them north.

These troops would be his investment.

They wouldn’t even need an armored brigade once they get to the Northern Steppe. After all, mechanized troops would be useless without fuel.

His second-in-command asked, “Commander, when can we return here?”

“We’ll return when Fortress 178 and the Qing Consortium start fighting.” Zong Ying laughed and said, “No two tigers can share the same mountain, so there’ll definitely come such a day. How can Qing Zhen possibly give up on the lucrative North when he’s such an ambitious person? Let’s go, we’ll just wait and see.”

In truth, Zong Ying did not know whether he could return here. Even if Fortress 178 and the Qing Consortium started fighting, the Zong Consortium would not have the strength to re-enter the stage. They would only be able to watch others perform on the stage while waiting in the wings.

But politics was always a mixture of truth and lies. Even if Zong Ying did not have any intention of returning, he could not tell his soldiers. Only by giving these people a glimmer of hope would he be allowed the time to consolidate his power.

All of a sudden, a water arrow shot out from the river under the bridge. Zong Ying was utterly shocked when he sensed danger. No one expected such a surprising turn of events to happen here!

This was an attack by a supernatural being!

Zong Ying quickly pulled his second-in-command in front of him to block the water arrow attack. But when the water arrow was about to hit, it suddenly lost shape and transformed into many fine water needles.

Zong Ying hid his entire body behind his second-in-command. In that instant, his second-in-command was riddled by the needles.

The nearby supernatural being who was responsible for protecting Zong Ying finally reacted and spat a cloudy mist.

The cloudy mist transformed into a majestic hawk in the air and hovered over Zong Ying’s head, ready to protect him at all times.

But before Zong Ying could breathe a sigh of relief, a huge, translucent killer whale jumped out of the turbulent river and leaped over the bridge.

The killer whale was formed from water. As it leaped over everyone’s heads and landed back into the river, it caught the hawk in midair and dragged it down into the water.

The supernatural being next to Zong Ying coughed up blood and collapsed to the ground with a depressed look.

However, the attack did not stop there. Suddenly, some dark clouds started gathering in the sky and snowflakes began falling.