Chapter 21: Sneak Attack and Lightness Skill Versus Martial Arts

  However, later Sun Ce and Lü Fan took on another role, toasting the wild flavor for several generals participating in the exercise. Because they were angry. This is mainly the psychology of jealousy causing trouble!

  So, people shouldn't be jealous of others casually! Hehe, the consequences are a bit serious, so I can only do some important things myself to let them vent their anger, which will make Sun Ce's performance better. Oh, wrong again, it's a rehearsal! Can't let the horse run and not feed it enough.

  Sun Ce was a very considerate leader to his subordinates! And Sun Ce's barbecue method was also learned by Lv Meng, Song Qian and several other guards and passed on. Soon, the whole army had popularized this simple and delicious food processing method. A vigorous barbecue movement began.

  This way, the entire mountainous region's plants and animals are greatly affected. I wonder if those animals could talk, would they scold Jiang Dongjun and his troops as the "Disaster Army"? Haha!

  It's said that after they left, for a whole year, no hunter was able to catch any wild animal in this mountain, whether flying in the sky or running on the ground. Hehe, it really is like scraping the mountain bare of three feet. This group of gluttons.

  "I can only say it's not our fault, this is all caused by your own greed!"

  It's been over 20 days since the drill of switching between offense and defense started. Today, Sun Ce finally decided to end the training. Actually, it was mainly because a month's worth of supplies had almost been consumed, although during breaks from training, everyone would also hunt wild game and often pick mushrooms like a big boy. They supplemented their food supply with a large batch, but ultimately couldn't keep up with the voracious appetites of over 1,200 burly men!

  When Lü Fan came to report, the grain supply in the supplies was only enough for five days. Sun Ce decided to stop training, rest for a night, and start crossing the river tomorrow. Within two days, rush to Zulang's bandit lair, plunder it, capture people and avenge.

  "Joking, the culprit who made me suffer from full-body pain for over a decade, how can I easily let him off? Thinking that he's still acting like an outlawed mountain king, my heart feels unwell. Since I'm not feeling well, the consequences won't be light either."

  The next evening after crossing the river, the whole army arrived at a mountain valley not far from the mountain peak where Zulang's bandit camp was located. It turned out that Han Dang's spies did a pretty good job, basically figuring out Zulang's situation. The few of them were originally from Jiangdong, so they easily disguised themselves as local villagers and infiltrated Zulang's camp, getting a clear understanding of the entire camp's personnel, weapons, approximate defense strength, and deployment rules.

  That is to say, Zu Lang's big camp now has basically no secrets in the eyes of Sun Ce and others. After all, it's just a group of mobs, although they also defeated several times the same mob-like government army that came to surround and annihilate them. Their essence is still a group of mobs who have just put down their farm tools and hoes, a group of peasant mobs.

  When the troops arrived at the hidden mountain valley, the sky that had been clear for many days finally began to accumulate thick clouds, blocking out the newly risen moon. It seemed as if heaven itself was also going to lend a hand in the destined defeat of Zulang.

  Of course, on a day like today with strong winds and dark clouds is the best time for a sneak attack. Fortunately, it's not raining yet, otherwise we might have to cancel our plan. Just kidding, who would dare venture into the mountains in heavy rain? That's almost as good as asking to be killed. Not to mention the steep roads and landslides, flash floods can occur at any time. You won't even have a place to hide, and it's likely that no one will know where you're buried even after you die.

  Before long, midnight arrived, which was the agreed time for the attack to begin. Except for leaving a small number of people to guard the horses and protect the baggage, all the warriors had already put on their armor, except for weapons and armor, they were lightly equipped, and the troops began to move silently and quickly towards the mountain stronghold on the opposite side of the mountain.

  The whole team was quiet, except for the soft crunching sound of military boots on the mountain road and the occasional faint crashing sound of small stones rolling down.

  It was truly a case of "dying from exhaustion after running to the mountain", and it took the entire army more than an hour to arrive at the outside of Zulang Mountain Stronghold. After sending out the agreed signal, only then did the stronghold's gate slowly open from the inside, apparently the spies had succeeded in their mission.

  Relieved and safe, Sun Ce couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. So many days of rehearsal had been for nothing.

  The soldiers rushed in through the open mountain gate, and in the large mountain stronghold, except for a few hidden spies from Jiangdong Army standing on the wall pretending to be on guard, there wasn't even one sentry. Sun Ce couldn't help but exclaim that Zuluang and his men were too careless.

  It wasn't until later that I found out, apart from the four sentries who had been swapped out by the spies, only two people were still on night watch. The other dozen or so people had all snuck back to sleep in the second half of the night. Moreover, there weren't even any hidden sentries arranged, let alone a leader coming out to patrol at midnight. Because they had been mountain bandits for so many years, and because the terrain was particularly treacherous, no one had ever dared to climb the mountain at night.

  The only two times they clashed with the government troops were also in broad daylight. Those government troops were much worse than them in combat effectiveness. They almost just needed to make a charge to disperse the government troops. And the last mountain attack was already nearly two years ago, after that they went out to find trouble for the government soldiers, but never saw that government troop dare to provoke them again.

  The days of peace have passed for too long, and people's minds naturally become numb and complacent. They thought that no one would dare to attack them at all. And each of them felt that there were others on guard, so it didn't matter if they were missing. The whole night facing the dark and empty mountain top was indeed making people exceptionally sleepy.

  Human laziness is really incurable. As for the two people who stayed up all night, it's too simple, just get them dizzy.

  As for entrusting their lives to others, Sun Ce naturally accepted it with pleasure. Although, as for this group of mountain bandits who were mainly composed of peasants, even if they launched a strong attack, Sun Ce was confident that he could defeat and eliminate them. However, Sun Ce couldn't guarantee that his own men wouldn't suffer casualties in the battle.

  "These people are all the most precious seeds of mine at this stage! As long as they are carefully cultivated, who can guarantee that another Lv Meng or Sun He won't emerge from among them?"

  Under thorough development and training, human potential is boundless. However, loyalty is the hardest to cultivate. Yet, this group of people has already gone through many years of trials by fire and blood under Father's leadership. They are the most important wealth that Father left me!

  "Only when you have loyalty to yourself can you have everything else. What great things can I accomplish by myself?"

  "Who wouldn't be heartbroken if their own property is damaged for no reason? So, to avoid my own heartache, I'd rather not use this strong attack unless absolutely necessary. It's only when there's really no other way that I'll resort to using this last and most foolish move."

  As the Jiangdong army entered the mountain stronghold, the well-trained soldiers quickly dispersed, each holding a strong bow and crossbow, guarding the high points of the mountain stronghold. After completely controlling the scene, the sky also began to brighten slightly.

  Action began, mountain bandits were caught, and the vast majority of them were driven from their broken houses to the middle of the mountain stronghold, still drowsy.

  It was dawn, the best time to sleep, but it was disturbed. Anyone would be furious. The easy victory made Sun Ce forget that everyone had been up all night.

  Han Dang, Deng Dang, Lü Meng, Sun He, Song Qian and others followed several spies to take action separately. They rushed into the rooms of several leaders at the first time and caught them all out.

  As for Sun Ce, of course, it's soldier against soldier, general against general, Sun Lang against Zu Lang. Sun Ce personally took action and invited out Zu Lang. This scoundrel's boxing skills were actually quite good, able to exchange a few moves with Sun Ce. Just look at who Sun Ce is: "I am the one who combines two thousand years of civilization and wisdom in one body, both refined and martially skilled, a transcendent person."

  After years of practicing Tai Chi push hands combined with my Overlord internal power, I countered his moves and used his own strength against him. Almost every punch he threw landed on himself, forcing him to surrender after a few self-inflicted blows.

  His strength was no match for Sun Ce, and he couldn't even escape. Is there anyone who likes to humiliate themselves? As a result, Sun Ce's hope of turning his still quite handsome face into a panda's also fell through.

  Sun Ce couldn't help but say with some annoyance: "No wonder people call you Zulang. You look pretty good, and you're almost as handsome as I am. Why didn't you just hold on for two more moves? Just two more moves would have been enough!"

  Zulang was so frustrated that he almost hit his head against the wall, but even if he really did, it wouldn't be a big deal. They were all wooden houses, and at most, he would just get a slight concussion.

  Everyone quickly dragged their captives out, except for the leader in charge of Lü Meng, who had a problem. This guy was still a bit small and his skills weren't up to par. With two black eyes, he was kicked out of the gate by someone and flew out.

  Fortunately, Sun Ce acted the fastest and had already invited Zu Lang to go outside together. He stretched out his hand to catch him, used a "Xie" character trick, turned around in a circle, and dissipated the impact force on his body.

  Not bad! This kick is quite powerful, if it wasn't for Sun Ce being here, Lü Meng would probably have been internally injured. Sun Ce couldn't help but feel a great interest, there's another expert here!

  Sun Ce looked at Lü Meng and couldn't help but smile: "Zi Ming, from now on you can change your name to Lü Cat Bear. Those two big black eye circles hanging there are really quite adorable."

  Sun Ce was just a casual joke, but unexpectedly, afterwards, among the group of people close to him in the army, they all called him Lv Mao.

  Later on, he also took pride in this name. Smugly telling others: "This is the master's personally given name, you don't even have the qualifications to do so! That shows that the master thinks my skills are agile and my martial arts are superb."

  The truth of this matter, Sun Ce would naturally not go out of his way to explain it to others, and just laugh to himself about it. Haha!

  Just as Sun Ce was about to step forward and enter the room where Lü Meng had been kicked out, wanting to meet this era's first martial arts master.

  All that was heard was a strange cry of "ah", and a tall, robust man with a mustache and wearing a heroic outfit, holding a large chopping knife, rushed out from the door. As soon as he saw the army outside, which had already heavily surrounded the place, he didn't say a word. With one kick of his foot and a jerk of his body, his powerful physique suddenly soared into the air.

  Sun Ce involuntarily took a cold breath: "Heavens! This world really has qinggong! So everything related to qinggong wasn't just a legend after all."

  It's no wonder that Sun Ce has a powerful Overlord Inner Strength, why can't others' Lightness Skill be just a legend? It's just that Sun Ce has never really met a master of Lightness Skill. Maybe it was lost in the later generations, or maybe those who know how to do it are not willing to show it off. In fact, Kung Fu is never a legend, it all truly exists.

  It's just that ordinary people don't know about it. Practitioners of qigong are mainly focused on cultivating their bodies and minds, and few show off their skills. As for the modern performances on stage, they are called techniques, not qigong. They are merely a way to improve physical flexibility and strength.