Chapter 26: Guerrilla Warfare in the Forest (Seeking Votes and Bookmarks)

  Lubart waved his hand to stop the army from advancing, and his eyes were like a sharp sword, constantly observing every blade of grass in the forest.

  "Damn it, why haven't these bastards come in yet?" At this moment, countless pairs of eyes in the depths of the forest stared at the beastman army outside the forest. If they hadn't been strictly ordered not to speak before the action, they would have all burst into curses.

  Leng Xiangyao sat on a gigantic, boundless ancient tree, gazing indifferently at the beastman troops that had stopped marching outside the forest. In his heart, he once again upgraded this commander whom he had never met before. It was astonishing that after erasing over a hundred people's traces, he could still discover what was amiss in this forest. This person was absolutely an outstanding military commander.

  After finishing his cool and leisurely thoughts, he looked around at the soldiers with green leaves on their bodies around the big tree, saw that these soldiers were doing exactly as he had instructed, without making a sound, and nodded with a smile on his face. It seems that if there is time, he can teach these people some military combat methods.

  "General, why?" The deputy officer beside Lieutenant Ba asked with a puzzled expression on his face, because in his mind he thought that their army had already delayed for two hours to pursue the enemy, and if they stopped again at this moment, it would probably allow those hundred or so people to escape, and also alert the first batch of fleeing troops, which would be very unfavorable for their own rear army to pursue.

  "Deputy, order the Minotaur squad to advance first, the Cynocephalus in the middle, and the Lupus at the back." Rutuba immediately gave the command. After finishing speaking, Rutuba glared at his deputy.

  "Terrible." The deputy officer was glared at by Luteba, and his heart skipped a beat. He thought to himself: "What's wrong with me today? I actually dared to question the general."

  "This time I'll let it go, but if there's a next time, humph!" A nasal sound came out of Lute's nostrils.

  "Thank you, General, for sparing my life." The deputy officer hastily expressed his gratitude. After thanking him, the deputy officer only then discovered that his back was chilled to the bone, and it turned out that in those few moments just now, he had actually broken out in a cold sweat.

  The beastman troops marched towards the forest path, completely unaware that a great danger was looming over them.

  Brush brush brush! Dozens of soldiers quietly snuck up behind the marching beastman soldiers, and when they approached them, they suddenly burst out. One hand covered their target's mouth, while the other hand holding a sword made a light slash, then quietly dragged the lifeless beastman corpse back into the bushes.

  Time and time again, assassinations were successful, and the Minotaur and generals walking in front had no idea that the troops behind them were gradually decreasing.

  "Ah!" A mournful cry pierced the quiet forest, and the beastman soldiers' formation immediately fell into disarray, each one looking back.

  "That bastard is so careless." Zheng Xiaohu cursed silently in his heart, and with a wave of his hand, he executed the second plan according to Leng Xiao's instructions.

  "Enemy attack, enemy attack!" The wolfman leader at the rear shouted loudly, because he found that his army had only advanced less than 200 meters, and more than 2,000 of his troops were missing, and they didn't even know when these companions disappeared.

  "General, the werewolf squad has lost over two thousand men." The deputy officer ran up to Routeba to report the situation.

  "Can you see the enemy's movements? Do you know how many of them there are?"

  "Temporarily unclear."

  Luteba heard the deputy officer's response, his face turned red with anger and shouted: "Trash, a bunch of trash, claiming to be so brave and good at fighting, all are a bunch of trash, being silently killed by the enemy for more than 2,000 people."

  The deputy officer saw that his general was furious and was so scared that he didn't dare say a word. He knew that when his general was angry, anyone who dared to speak would end up in a tragic situation, so he wisely chose to remain silent.

  After Luote Ba finished scolding, his angry face slightly subsided, and he solemnly said: "Pass down my order, the Wolf Man squad will retreat with their backs to the main army. If there is any movement in the wind or grass, sound the alarm immediately."

  The deputy officer saw that his general was serious and knew that he had finished venting, so he dared to respond: "Yes, General."

  Hundreds of eyes in the forest watched the beastman soldiers change their tactics, and each one secretly praised Cold Blood's deployment.

  "Like this, will it work?" Leng Xiao Yao gazed at the beastman troops changing tactics, a cold smile emerging from the corner of his mouth.

  The beastman troops marched cautiously forward, and the wolfman troops behind them were even more cautious, because just now there was a precedent, their own two thousand or so companions disappeared unknowingly, if they themselves were not careful, they would probably be the next to die.

  After more than a dozen minutes, the beastman troops saw that there was not a single movement around them, and their originally nervous hearts also relaxed slightly, speeding up their marching speed. Only one person's brow furrowed tighter and tighter, that is, the Beastman General Rutuba.

  The beastman troops had let their guard down, but they didn't notice that under their feet were countless thin threads blocking the beastmen's footsteps. However, the beastman troops still didn't know that traps were waiting for them ahead.

  "Hiss, hiss, hiss" Finally, a hapless beastman's foot tripped over the thin rope. In an instant, countless giant trees from the surrounding forest flew towards the beastman troops at incredible speed, creating wave after wave of sonic booms.

  "Be careful." Rubarth's face changed color, and it was indeed worrying about what came to be. They had set up an ambush, and the other side had brought out another excellent commander.

  "Ah!!!!!" A series of miserable cries rang out, countless beastman soldiers fell under the impact of the trees, although some were not fatal, but they had already lost their combat effectiveness.

  "Fall back." Leng Xiangyang didn't care about the situation of the enemy outside, and directly beckoned to the remaining hundred or so men and horses of the vanguard camp, indicating that everyone should retreat first. Although he was very proud, he wasn't proud enough to think that he could use these hundred or so people's combat power to fight against the tens of thousands of beastmen. The only way now is to adopt the tactics of a great man from Earth, guerrilla warfare.

  In the dead of night, over a hundred figures were scattered throughout the forest, each one moving with an air of peculiarity. However, from the expressions on their faces, it was clear that they were all filled with joy at this moment.

  "Easy, once we get over this small peak, we can reach the Tiger Mountain Pass." Zheng Xiaohu said to Leng Xiao with a look of admiration on his face.

  "Alright, let's put in some more effort, once we reach Hushan Pass, we can take a rest."

  "Alright." Zheng Xiaohu nodded and then waved his hand at the soldiers who had been following him, shouting: "Brothers, hurry up, we'll be safe soon!"

  "Yes." Over a hundred soldiers responded in unison.

  On the outskirts of the forest, the beastman army finally emerged from the forest with a battered and bruised remnant after going through countless hardships. At this moment, the morale of the beastman army was extremely low. A mere forest had taken away more than 10,000 soldiers' lives, and Lubaite was on the verge of tears.

  "What shall we do now, General?" Lieutenant Rutbah's deputy asked cautiously, as he saw his general's gloomy expression and feared that if his voice was a little louder, it would bring unnecessary disaster.

  "Let the main army rest in place, and when the rear army arrives, we will make a final decision." Luteba's head was also dizzy at this moment, he no longer dared to gamble. The vanguard camp that had been pursuing less than 8,000 people and horses had actually lost nearly 60,000 of his own 80,000 people and horses in the pursuit. This battle result made Luteba unacceptable.

  "Yes, General."

  In front of the entrance to Tiger Mountain Valley, troops were patrolling around in groups. At this moment, a group of over 100 disheveled people emerged from the edge of Tiger Mountain Valley, and their appearance gave the patrolling soldiers a fright.

  "Enemy attack! Enemy attack!" The soldiers shouted, and immediately, countless figures rushed out of the barracks around them, including Shi Hu's figure.

  "Halt, it's one of our own." With Shi Hu's cultivation, he naturally saw at a glance that the leader of the hundred or so people in front was none other than his old marshal's grandson, Leng Xiao Yao, and thus hastily stopped the soldiers who were about to surround them.

  "Little Zheng Xiaohu has seen General." Zheng Xiaohu saw Leng Xiao Yao retreat to his back, naturally understanding his intention, and stepped forward to shout.

  Shi Hu saw Leng Xiao Yao safe and sound, his worries of the whole day finally dissipated. At this moment, he heard Zheng Xiao Tiger's greeting voice, casually waved his hand, then swept a glance at the faces of over a hundred people on Zheng Xiao Tiger's side, slightly furrowed his brow and asked: "Where is Old Wang?"

  Zheng Xiaohu's face quickly darkened when he heard the general's question, and with a hint of sadness on his face, he said: "The captain is already..."

  "What's wrong with Old Wang?" Yan Menggui, who was standing beside Shi Hu, looked anxious and stepped forward to grab Zheng Xiaotiger's shoulders.

  Although Zheng Xiaohu's shoulders were aching from being grabbed, he endured it and said sorrowfully: "The captain covered our breakout and died together with the Minotaur team leader."

  Yan Menggui's eyes went dull upon hearing Zheng Xiaohu's words, and he let go of Zheng Xiaohu's shoulder. He muttered to himself in a daze: "Old Wang, why did you leave so quickly? Ah!"

  "Xiao Yao, come here for a moment." Shi Hu beckoned to Leng Xiao Yao behind Zheng Xiao Hu.

  "General, what orders?"

  "Come with me, the rest of you go and do what you need to do, no need to follow." Shi Hu ordered indifferently, then turned around and walked towards his own tent. Leng Xiao followed closely behind him. The other generals heard Shi Hu's words and understood that their general had some secret conversation to have with Leng Xiao, so they all didn't follow and left.

  "Xiao Yao, what happened after the break this time?" Shi Hu asked directly as he entered the tent. The results of the vanguard camp's break were a bit unbelievable, and they could still return with over a hundred people. Their less than eight thousand men and horses used what method to actually block the pursuit of more than eighty thousand troops, it was truly unthinkable!

  Leng Xiao Yao heard Shi Hu's question and understood his thoughts. He didn't have any blaming intention, after all, as the commander-in-chief, he couldn't let personal relationships interfere with matters, and had to consider the overall situation, even if it meant sacrificing some people's lives in exchange for more precious lives. This was the cruelty of war.

  "It turned out to be like this! Wang Shu has you as his soldier, he can die with his eyes closed. You have done what others cannot do, you have not lost the face of the Cold family." Shi Hu listened to Leng Xiao Yao's account of today's events, and when he heard the casualties of the beastmen, he couldn't help but exclaim in admiration. With less than 8,000 troops, they had annihilated an enemy force of over 50,000 - this achievement was simply too incredible!

  "General, what we need now is reinforcements. If I'm not mistaken, within five days, the beastman army will definitely attack us, and we currently have less than 50,000 troops left...". Cold Xiao Yao stopped talking at this point, he believed that Shi Hu would definitely understand his meaning.

  Shi Hu heard what Leng Xiao Yao said, and a hint of a smile appeared on his face: "I've already dispatched a small team of light cavalry back to the Imperial Capital. As for whether or not the news can reach the Marshal in time, that's up to luck."

  "Never mind, let's not talk about that anymore. Xiao Yao, you said something earlier about a 'zha' medicine package... can you get some more of it?" Shi Hu suddenly became interested in the 'zha' medicine package that Xiao Yao had mentioned earlier, after all, it was an explosive thing that could also be used to kill enemies, and any high-ranking military officer would take an interest in it.

  "As long as there is wormwood stone or powder, Xiang Yao can still get some out, but it's very dangerous to handle this stuff, and people must not be allowed to move it around or bump into it casually, otherwise..."

  Shi Hu heard Leng Xiao Yao's explanation and waved his hand: "No problem, wait a moment, I'll go down and arrange for 1,000 people to be your guards. You can focus on your work, if you need any materials, just let me know, I can supply them at any time."

  "Yes, General."

  "You're also tired today, go take a rest and recharge your energy, then get ready to start working, go ahead!"

  "Yes, General."

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