Chapter 444 Yousre a Meanie (1/2)
Chapter 444 – You're a Meanie
Jiangxia City
Sun Shangxiang blinked, looking at her mother and the surroundings with curiosity.
”Dah?”
”Ah, did she try to speak just now?”
Wu Guotai was happy, seeing the smiling face of her daughter. She only had sons, so it was a new experience having a daughter, and it delighted her.
Sun Quan was also there, watching over his sister and mother.
'It's different, but she made it.'
Sun Shangxiang and Sun Quan were close in his previous life. Now that she was finally born, he was relieved.
'This world is different, so I won't marry you to Liu Bei again. I hope you can be happier without getting involved in politics.'
Unbeknownst to Wu Guotai and Sun Quan, Sun Shangxiang inherited her memory as Hua Shi, but she forgot about the live experience as Sunday, the nurse.
'I'm alive.'
'I'm a baby?'
'That means, I'm back?'
'YAY!!!'
The baby girl laughed and brought joy to her relatives.
”Look, she's laughing.”
”Very cute, haha!”
Sun Shangxiang rechecked her status menu to see if her skills were still there. A transparent menu appeared before her, but Sun Quan and Wu Guotai could not see it.
Upon seeing her skill list, the girl widened her eyes.
'I thought I deleted most of them, but they are still there! Lilim, you rock!'
Celebrated for a minute, Sun Shangxiang noticed that one skill was missing.
'Where is my [Regeneration]? Where are my ultimate yang vein thingy and my dual-cultivation!?'
Her favorite life-saving skill that she treasured was gone.
'LILIM, YOU BITCH!! I WAS TRICKED!!'
Sun Shangxiang cried, which surprised the mother and the brother.
”What's wrong with her?”
”Maybe she's hungry?”
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March 3rd, 194 AD.
Jia Xu, Zhang Bao, Zhang Liang, and 50,000 elites rushed ahead toward Gungnae City while Xu Huang and 10,000 logistic reserves followed them with their casual pace as they guarded the army's supplies and provision.
The four-wing demon stalked the reserve troops, waiting for a chance to strike.
He wanted to slaughter all soldiers right away, but he was afraid of Xu Huang's mysterious weapon.
'That thing can instantly kill immortal demons. Then, it can kill me. I need to find that person and fight in a close range, so I can defeat him and steal the weapon. Once he died, all Han infidels can be easily killed.'
The unaware soldiers stopped and made a temporary resting camp at 7 PM, yet the demon did not attack at this period. He continued to watch the men from afar.
He waited until 2 AM the next day.
At that time, the majority of Xu Huang's men fell asleep, and the sentry guards looked tired. Some of them yawned and dozed off, but several hardened captains of the guards were wide awake.
Xu Huang, as well, was still awake. He disguised himself as an ordinary sentry guard among the night patrol, and he pretended to yawn once in a while.
As he was waiting for the demon to strike, he was also scanning the surroundings non-stop.
'He's patient. If it were me, I would have attacked an hour ago. Does he want to attack at dawn?'
There were many kinds of strategies in night raids, which involved human psychology. People might be vulnerable during sleep, but there were other exploits that elite commanders and strategists enjoyed exploiting.
The most common one would be somewhere between 10 PM to 2 AM when the moon could be seen in the middle of the sky, so the raiders could use the moonlight to guide their ways to the enemy's camps.
Raiding at 5-6 AM when opponent forces were having breakfast was also a viable tactic as it was the time that people let their guard down the most. It could hinder their decision or force an error on them, resulting in making mistakes. Many commanders prepared this time of the day as they could use fog to hide their presence.
3 AM to 4 AM was mostly avoided. Often, the starting daily routine of strong men in ancient times began at 3 AM in the morning. Many hardened soldiers usually slept early at 7 to 8 PM and woke up at this time, which increased the defense capability of the enemy camps.
But nothing was certain in every war. Patterns and advice from old warlords were merely a guideline for later generations, not a rule to be followed.
Xu Huang had this in mind and lurked within his patrol unit, ignoring all advice from books and ancient scrolls. Using his experience in the other world, he knew that those guideline patterns were for newbies in warfare.
Real generals and ambushers always attacked whenever they wanted.
'It seems I'm up against an elite. I can't detect him, but I can vaguely sense his aura. Where is he?'
Xu Huang kept looking around. He parted from his patrol group and climbed the watchtower to get a better view.
Upon getting on top of the watchtower, Xu Huang enhanced his eyes with his aura. He could see in the dark as if it was daytime.
With such sight, his search radius expanded.
'Hmm?'
Xu Huang saw a shadow 500 meters away.
'Over there!?'
He took out his pistol and aimed at the shadow. Although it was not the recommended range for the gun, Xu Huang was confident that his reinforced bullet could still hit this man.
As Xu Huang was aiming, the shadow came out from the shade.
It was a bear.
Xu Huang clicked his tongue and put the gun away.
'Bummer.'
As he sighed, a familiar sensation hit him. It felt like something attempted to influence his mind and thoughts.
It was a curse from a demon!
Xu Huang turned to his men. Sure enough, all of the night patrols were affected by this sudden curse.
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The Goguryeo demon laughed as he successfully inflicted his curses upon the reserve soldiers of Xu Huang. His souls, [Pride], [Greed], [Wrath], and [Envy] affected everyone with the power of the souls, breaking their mind with their sins.
Now, he could withdraw or watch the carnage from afar.