Chapter 20: Landmine Explosives (Seeking Votes and Recommendations)

  "Is there anything else?" Wang Shu asked with a hint of a smile on his face.

  "It's gone." Leng Xiao Yao's face was tinged with a repressed expression as he responded, and the next moment, he very consciously walked back to his own position.

  Wang Shu clapped his hands, seeing that the soldiers' attention had been drawn to him, and loudly said: "Twenty miles ahead, there is a relatively small exit. We will take that as the center and defend the valley mouth to the death."

  "Yes, Captain." The soldiers responded in unison, their voices echoing through the air.

  "Each battalion brings up its troops, all advancing in full strength. In half an hour, I want to see that every single one of you has arrived. Any battalion that is late will be dealt with on its own." Wang Shu gave the order with a firm tone.

  "The first battalion follow me!" A chiliarch shouted loudly, raised his hand and immediately galloped towards the destination.

  "Zheng Xiaohu waved his hand and said: 'That bastard didn't keep up, take care of it yourself, proceed at full speed.'"

  Less than eight thousand men and horses were divided into eight teams of a thousand people each, like giant dragons rushing forward.

  Xing reminded himself to run to Leng Xiang's side and whispered, "Xiang, remember, if things don't go well later, you don't have to take care of us few people, just break through yourself, got it?"

  "Heh heh, we'll see about that!" Leng Xiao Yao responded indifferently, but from the expression on his face, it was clear at a glance that he was just being perfunctory.

  "Good grief!" Han Zixu shook his head in dismay and took off at full speed towards their destination.

  "Hmph! You think you can stop me with just 20,000 cavalry? I have an army of 80,000! You're looking for death!" A wolf-like commander coldly snorted.

  "Come on, give me the order, full force attack, and annihilate these 20,000 cavalry." The wolf-like man gave his final attack command.

  "Kill!" The beastman troops were like they had taken stimulants, waving the weapons in their hands and charging at the 20,000 human light cavalry.

  "Commander, our casualties are heavy! Let's retreat quickly! Otherwise, our light cavalry regiment will be annihilated here." A general covered in blood galloped to Yan Menggui's side and complained.

  Yan Menggui knocked down several beast soldiers in front of him, coldly scanning the battlefield and gazing at the distant Tiger Gate. His face revealed an icy expression as he ordered: "Withdraw."

  "Yes, Captain."

  Twenty thousand light cavalry suffered more than five thousand casualties in less than an hour of fighting, showing how fierce the battle was.

  Werewolf Routuba waved his big hand and shouted: "Pursue, kill!"

  Yan Menggui led his light cavalry regiment in the direction of Tiger Valley, as General had said, whipping their horses to go. The more than 10,000 remaining troops followed behind him. Behind these retreating light cavalry regiments, however, there was a massive beast army flowing in pursuit.

  "Lao Wang's side should be almost set up." Yan Menggui came all the way, seeing that there was not a single vanguard soldier on the roadside, and he also understood that delaying for an hour had played a crucial role, allowing Wang Shu and others to have some preparation, and not being completely defeated.

  The sound of horses' hooves came one after another, and the light cavalry completely ignored whether their horses were already tired or not. Each rider was racing against time.

  "Assemble!" Wang Shu shouted loudly, and the eight thousand-man squad gathered together in an orderly manner, quietly waiting for their commander to issue orders.

  Coolly observing the surrounding terrain, I discovered that this was a defensible location. On both sides stood tall cliffs, while in the center there was only a valley entrance of over 20 meters wide, allowing people and horses to come and go.

  "What a pity." Leng Xiao Yao thought to herself, if this were the previous life, then this valley entrance would be a good place. As long as they blew up the cliffs on both sides to block the valley entrance, with the current 8,000 Vanguard Camp troops, they could at least hold out for a day with the high ground advantage. Unfortunately, there was no explosives in this world, and even if she said it, it would be useless.

  With a crash, a young soldier fell to the ground, with packages falling from his body, several things rolled out of the package, including a porcelain bottle that shattered and spilled a yellow powder all over the place, filling the air with a pungent smell.

  "Little dog, are you okay?!" The fallen soldier's companions rushed over and asked with concern.

  "Hmm" Leng Xiao Yao smelled this pungent smell, his eyes lit up, and he said: "Sulfur mustard - first synthesized by British P. Wolfe in 1771. It is a yellow crystalline substance, initially used as a yellow dye, but after France used it to fill artillery shells in 1885, it was applied militarily. The name comes from this. Sulfur mustard is a potent vesicant and was widely used in the late 19th century.

  "Xiaoyao, what are you thinking about?" asked Xing Zixuan, who was standing beside Xiaoyao and saw his dazed expression.

  Leng Xiao carefully thought about the method of making Tu Zha medicine, and a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth as he pointed to the yellow powder on the ground and asked: "Brother Xing, are these things abundant in our army?"

  Looking at the direction where Leng Xiao was pointing, he saw that pile of powder and a faint smile appeared on his face: "Are you talking about the insect-repelling stone? This is something we must have when marching, there's plenty of it, what's wrong?"

  "Anthelmintic powder?" Leng Xiao Yao was stunned for a moment, and then he burst out laughing. No wonder, this sulfur powder was indeed a good thing to drive away worms, how could he have forgotten it?

  "Hey, Big Brother Xing, wait here for a moment, I'll go find the captain. Maybe we can figure something out this time, but it's not certain." After saying that, Leng Xiao Yao ran towards Wang Shu and the others.

  "You say you have a way out of this situation?" Wang Shu looked at the calm and composed face in front of him with a surprised expression, his face showing doubt.

  "En" calmly nodded and said: "Captain, you say that if the cliffs on both sides collapse, then we can be in a higher position. In that case, we will definitely have a way to hold on for a day."

  Wang Shu heard what Leng Xiao Yao said and a hint of a smile appeared on his face: "Xiao Yao, your plan is good, but have you thought it through? With the time given to us by the Beastmen, even if all 8,000 of our soldiers were to dig day and night, we wouldn't be able to dig through both cliffs. If only there was a Sword Saint among us..."

  "I have a way." Leng Xiao Yao said calmly.

  "Ah!" Wang Shu's eyes lit up and he hastily asked: "What method do you have?"

  "I need some stuff and a few more hands."

  "What do you need, say it, as long as the vanguard camp has it now, I'll give you as much as you want." Wang Shu's tone was filled with determination. If it could really be done as Leng Xiao Yao said, then at least it could reduce the casualties of the vanguard camp. As long as he could reduce the casualties of his own soldiers, no matter what price Wang Shu had to pay, he was willing, not to mention just a small thing like this.

  "Get as much wormwood as you can, and I also need some animal hides, the more the better. Additionally, I need some skilled and agile people, because I'm going to make something, but it's extremely dangerous and could result in death if not done properly. The people I want are those who volunteer."

  "Drive worm stone?" Wang Shu's face showed a puzzled expression, could it be that just relying on this drive worm stone can settle the cliffs on both sides of the valley, this is a bit too mysterious!

  "That's right, it needs a vermifuge stone, and if there is powder, that would be even better."

  "No problem, I'll give it to you right away. I'd like to see what surprise you can bring me." Wang Shu saw Leng Xiao's confident expression and was infected by his confidence. With a wave of his hand, the next moment, all the soldiers in the vanguard camp began rummaging through their military bags.

  A bottle of insecticide powder was sent to Leng Xiao's face, and except for Wang Shu, all unrelated personnel were driven away by Leng Xiao.

  "Is this thing as great as you said, Xiaozi?" Wang Shu looked at Leng Xiao with a puzzled expression, his eyes fixed on the small earth package wrapped in animal skin that Leng Xiao was holding.

  "Captain, just wait and see." Leng Xiao Yao mysteriously smiled, then put down the package far away from him. After retreating to what he estimated was a safe distance, he picked up a small rope on the ground and pulled it. A long stick on top of the small mound flipped over, and a massive boulder weighing hundreds of kilograms pressed down towards the small mound on the ground.

  "Boom!!!!!" A loud explosion sounded, a wave of heat rushed towards them, and Leng Xiangyao and Wang Shu couldn't help but crawl on the ground.

  Wang Shu spat out the dust in his mouth, and when he came to his senses and took a closer look, he saw that the ground where he had just placed the small earth bag had actually appeared a huge deep pit. He was shocked and exclaimed: "Damn it! Xiaozi, what the hell is this? Damn, the power is really great."

  "Squad leader, what did you say? Wait a minute, my ears haven't recovered yet." Leng Xiao Yao shouted loudly, because just now he and Wang Shu were too close to the explosion point, and the huge explosion sound had deafened their ears, at this moment the two people's ears were still ringing.

  "What did you say?" Wang Shu saw Leng Xiao's mouth move, but he didn't hear any sound at all, so he also responded loudly.

  "Hmm." Leng Xiao Yu only reacted now as to why the two were moving their mouths but neither could hear, so he made a stopping gesture and stood quietly on the spot.

  It wasn't until after a good many breaths of time had passed that Wang Shu and Leng Xiao Yu's ears returned to normal.

  "Damn it! This thing is great! Grandma's, the power is really big, what do we do next?" If Wang Shu had initially taken a dead horse as a living doctor, then at this moment, he had completely trusted the little guy in front of him who had just joined the camp for less than a year.

  "Now?" A cold smile appeared on Leng Xiao's face: "Now we should get ready, wait for the lambs to come, and then give them a heavy blow."

  "Alright, grandma's drop, I've been holding back for a long time." Wang Shu rubbed his fists and said with a hint of sinister smile: "Come on, Xiao Yao, let's have a good discussion."

  Zheng Xiaohu and several other battalion commanders only heard a loud explosion from the rear, and then there was no sound. Although they wanted to go back and take a look, they were constrained by the commander's previous order that without his command, anyone who dared to enter the rear would be subject to military law. So Zheng Xiaohu and others could only wait patiently for the commander and Leng Xiao to come out.

  "Not right, young one. Are we being too ruthless?" Wang Shu asked with a hint of surprise on his face after hearing Leng Xiao Yao's plan.

  "Too ruthless?" Leng Xiao was shocked by Wang Shu's words. What does it mean to say "too ruthless" to an enemy? It would be better to just offer one's own neck to the enemy and get it over with.

  Wang Shu hadn't waited for Leng Xiao Yao to react, and immediately stretched out his hand to point at the map on the ground: "Leng Xiao Yao, take a look, do we have any way to bury something in these few points?"

  "Medicine bag."

  "Right, it's the zha medicine package. Think about it, those beastman troop leaders are basically all riding magic beasts. With the volume and weight of the magic beasts, they're not much different from those big rocks! Think about it, when the time comes and those magic beasts step on the zha medicine package, what will be the consequences?" Wang Shu said to himself, a sly smile spreading across his face.

  "Squad leader, I have something to say but I'm not sure if I should?" said Leng Xiao Yao with a serious face.

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