Chapter 47 Hit And Run (1/2)
Chapter 47 – Hit And Run
October 22nd, Afternoon.
Tong spent a year of his lifespans to test his self-regenerate skill for the first time. The graze wounds from last night was healed and the blood trace were disappear like magic. Meanwhile, Hua Shi was in tears because she failed to lick Tong's wounds or tasted his flesh blood.
Tong and his men buried Sima Xin and left their hiding spot. All of their repeated crossbows was reloaded and ready for another action.
Tong checked his HUD map for the current location of Guo Dian Army. They still marched forward like nothing had happened last night.
Tong was gratified by the map. It took away the necessity of sending scouts, and it increased the speed of his army reaction toward the changes.
He led his troops to another ambush location. This time, they would attack Guo Dian Army on broad daylight.
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Guo Dian's remaining 7,700 men marched in a long dragon line formation. They formed up ten columns and walked forward, following their leaders.
Guo Dian 400 elite light cavalry escorted the troops from the side. They didn't form a formation, but they spread out their men throughout the army lines to watch out for any deserter. And the other 100 light cavalry as a scout unit to survey the surrounding areas.
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Two hundreds men hid themselves behind a small hill, waiting for a group of prey to get into the range of their crossbows.
A group of 100 cavalry scouts of Guo Dian was passing by without noticing anything.
Tong measured the distance and gave the signal and the direction. Two hundred repeated crossbows fired several volleys at once at the unknown targets. A few seconds later, death throes and screams of humans and horses were heard from the other side of the hill.
Tong remeasured the distance and the direction again, then he gave another order. The 200 horsemen archers aimed toward Tong's pointing direction and adjusted their aim to the ordered distance. They fired another 5 volleys and immediately reloaded their crossbows.
However, Tong didn't order them to fire another volley. He looked at Hua Shi who seemed to understand Tong's intention. She locked on several targets using the shared radar map from Tong. Then she activated her homing arrows and fired several shots toward the other side of the hill.
The bright arrows made a beautiful arc of light and pieced the surviving scouts. Another death throes resounded.
Tong didn't afraid that she would run out of her lifespans from spamming her skill because she would gain her lifespans back every time she killed someone anyway.
After a minute of beautiful arrow firework show, Tong signal the troops to charge into the injured scouts. The hundred scouts were wipe out without having a chance to fight back.
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Later of the same day, 5PM.
Guo Dian was leading the march in peace. However, he heard a sudden scream and commotion from behind.
A kilometer away from the front troops where Guo Dian was at, another series of arrow volleys were poured at the unprepared militias, causing chaos and uproars.
Several light cavalry attempted to charge at the source of the arrows, but all of them were shot down from their horse by the mysterious glowing arrows.
After five minutes of chaos, the troops and other cavalry arrived and formed up in formation, only to find out that the assailants had already escaped.
Guo Dian immediately ordered the chase. However, all remaining cavalry couldn't trace back the ambushers and couldn't estimate how many there were.
This caused Guo Dian to fume in anger. He ordered his troops to stop marching and made camp. He wanted to tally the casualties and the remaining troops in his hands.
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Night of the same day.
The report of the casualty was finished. They had lost another 500 militias, 100 elite infantry, 100 cavalry and a few hundreds of injured. They also found the dead bodies of the scout team at the side of a hill, which totaled the number of dead cavalry to 200.
From the start, they had 500 light cavalry, 1000 elite infantry and 7,500 conscripted militias. Now they were left with 300 light cavalry, 900 elite infantry and 5,700 militias.
Before they could even reach Tong's camp, they were raid by the mysterious forces many times. They had lost two-fifth of their forces without any chance to fight back.
Guo Dian looked at the figures and held both his hands on his head. He was in despair.
At this point, he no longer doubted it. It was definitely the men from the Yuan family!
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October 24th.
Tong, Hua Shi and his men came back to his fortress camp. Everyone resupplied themselves and got ready for another sortie at any moment.
Guo Dian Army was half a day away from the camp. Meanwhile, Han Fu would also arrive tomorrow from the south, so all soldiers who had never experienced a real skirmish was nervous while the bandits and the rowdy bunches were cheering and got pumped up for the battle.