Chapter 243 Arrow Spamming (2/2)

Annoyed by the remarks and the comparison from the soldiers, his barrage firing rate increased, which frightened the soldiers.

”ALL UNITS, RETREAT!”

The sound of the commander could be heard again. Several torches had been lighted, and Tong could see the fireballs and bright areas far away.

'I don't think you can retreat faster than I run!'

Tong got out of his cover and chased after the fleeing troops while continued shooting his magic arrows.

Screams and death throes intensified and echoed in the forest.

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Thirty minutes later.

Tong pulled his bowstring and felt something wrong with his finger.

The bowstring broke, snapping in half. The cord durability had reached its end because of the intense usage.

Looking at the snapped bowstring, Tong had a cringed smile on his face.

'Right, I have 6 shopping tickets. I should buy a durable bow and continue fighting.'

Tong opened the menu to look at the system shop.

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”... Are you serious?”

Tong sighed as he took a mental note, ”Never rely 100% on the system.”

'Next time, I'll carry a spare.'

Tong gazed toward the north where the retreating soldiers gathered. At a glance, their number should be around 10,000, which was impossible for Tong to kill them all by himself at his current power without the stamina buff and the regen from [Immoral Yang Vein] skill.

”Lucky you. I'll be back (speaks in Arnold's voice)”

Tong turned around and headed back south, running back to his camp.

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Zou Jing had a pale and distorted face after he ensured that Tong did not follow after them anymore.

The origin of this plan was not from Liu Yan Army, but Tian Feng of Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao, Liu Yan, and Sun Jian had formed a coalition against the Yellow Turban in secret while they were preparing their forces in winter.

For this coalition to work, Tian Feng sent his planning suggestion messages to all lords. He inputted his insight and intelligence about Tong in the reports.

In Tian Feng's analysis, Tong had a habit of attacking his enemies at night, which sometimes he moved alone. This was Tong's major weakness that their forces could exploit.

In addition, Tian Feng also listed the discovered skills of Tong which he had used in the past. This information was composed by Te Langpu and Tian Feng together by deducing the records from all battles Tong participated and in the peaceful times.

Liu Yan received the message from Tian Feng and agreed to utilize this suggested plan to capture or kill Tong in this counter-ambush.

Because of the danger that Tong could conjure hot oil out of thin air, they decided to avoid fighting with Tong head-on, but they planned to catch him off-guard.

This plan began when Zou Jing and his force detected Tong Army in the south. In response, they fortified their camp as if they wanted to protect them at all costs. However, Zou Jing put flammable hays and dried woods inside the tents instead of letting his soldiers rest in it.

He stationed his troops at the east and west of the camp while he left some cannon fodders inside the trenches, in the camp, and watchtowers to bait Tong.

The troops that had stationed outside monitored the movement inside the camp. The purpose of the monitoring was to detect if Tong took the bait or not.

As they had predicted, Tong snipped the watchtower guards and slowly slipped into the trench. By the time Tong entered the first line of the three lines of trenches, the scouts had relayed the message to Zou Jing that the fish had appeared.

Both troops on the west and east moved in, encircling Tong from behind. As soon as the army position was completed, they blew the horns and signaled the entrapment plan.

Unfortunately, Tong did not enter into the camp, but he returned to the first line of the trenches, which he ultimately slipped away from the fire trap.

The back-up plan was in motion as the troops blocked Tong's escape routes, leaving the north direction open so Tong could have moved as they directed him.

Again, Tong did not move as they had predicted. He charged south and broke through the fortified southern troopers. Moreover, he turned back and used his wife's light arrows to decimate his elite soldiers.

Zou Jing looked at his tattered soldiers with trembling clenched fists. He was angered by the magic arrows that Tong had displayed, which destroyed his ambush plan.

'Why is Heaven so bias!? Why can he use sorceries!? What did we do wrong!? Why does he even exist in our land?'

Frustration, anger, and despair overwhelmed Zou Jing as he reevaluated his ambush plans. Everything had been perfect, yet Tong brute-forced his way out.

”Sir, how are we going to win against that monster?”

A lieutenant of Zou Jing began calling Tong a monster after the short fight. The moment he uttered the word, several soldiers picked up the vocabulary and used it to gossip.

”Zhang Tong is a monster. We can't even catch him after all these.”

”Where is the spearhead units? Has that monster killed them all?”

”How many of us died because of that monster?”

Their morale lowered every time they talked about Tong. This frustrated Zou Jing more.

”Sir?”

All lieutenants of Zou Jing were sweating bullets from the desperation and insecurity feeling in their heart.

Zou Jing gritted his teeth, ”Withdraw from the forest road. Lord Yan Yan is leading the pincer troops, and he's detouring the forest. We'll draw Zhang Tong to our turf.”

”Sir, are you sure that it was Zhang Tong? But those arrows are the Goddess of Death's …”

”That's definitely Zhang Tong! Hua Shi never moves alone like this. I don't know how he can use those deadly arrows, but I'm sure that it's that monster!”

Even Zou Jing slipped the word [Monster] by accident, which shaken the hearts of the lieutenants.

”It's fine. I also have heard that a volunteer army has been formed, and they will help us. For now, we will draw them to fight in the open field. By the time they are outside of the forest, Lord Yan Yan should have captured Zhongshan and cut their supplies. Then, no matter how strong he is, he will die without food and water!”

All lieutenants thought they had seen the light in the darkness. Their morale increased as they saw hope once more.

Smiled appeared on their face while they were busy praising Zou Jing for his intelligence.

None of them knew that Zou Jing did not want to be there, fighting Tong anymore.

'I'm not going to fight him. I'll keep running away and have that guy win the war for me! Yep, I'm not fighting with Zhang Tong again.'