Chapter 6: Beheading the Enemy in Chaos

  The commander-in-chief of the Jin army stationed in Wujijun was Liu Yu. Having learned from the previous lesson that lacked a master to assist, this time he asked for instructions and got 100 masters comparable to Zhang Shan to come over, full of confidence, waiting to destroy the Lei Ming army and open up new territory.

  They have many soldiers and generals, so don't worry about those few people from Lei Meng attacking. For now, the assembled troops are resting in Wujicheng, waiting for orders to attack from above.

  It's better to strike first and gain the upper hand, otherwise you'll suffer the consequences. Yang Tian had always believed this. He led 500 special forces soldiers to sneak into Wujicheng under the cover of night.

  The sky didn't know when it drifted over a few clouds, covering the bright moon in the sky, and the world lost its luster. Only inside Wujicheng were there still several torches illuminating a small area nearby. The squeaking of mice at the foot of the city wall suddenly stopped, and a gust of wind blew by, slightly stirring the clothes of the dozing soldiers.

  Suddenly, a hand emerged from the darkness and covered the dozing soldier's mouth, while another hand swung a dagger quickly across his neck. The soldier's eyes widened in shock, then slowly went limp with a reluctant expression.

  It turned out that the special forces led by Yang Tian had arrived. They took advantage of the soldiers' fatigue and drowsiness in the second half of the night, using iron hooks wrapped in hemp cloth to climb up at a dark corner of the city wall, and cleared away the nearby soldiers with ease.

  The wind has stopped, and the night is even quieter.

  Yang Tian stood in the dark part of the city wall, his lips moving slightly, transmitting sound to Zhang Shan and Sun Ming's ears: "Sun Ming leads a small team to spread rumors, Zhang Shan leads a small team to burn military camps and grain, creating chaos!"

  Without waiting for the two to nod, he led a hundred special forces soldiers towards the city master's mansion. Because he had stationed troops here twice before, he was familiar with the living conditions of the city master's mansion, which were better on that side. Although it was heavily guarded, he took a familiar route and led the hundred special forces soldiers through the streets and alleys, avoiding many guards and scouts. Those who couldn't be avoided were quietly sent to see the Buddha in the Western Heaven.

  The backyard of the city lord's mansion was filled with snoring sounds like thunder. He slept really soundly! Yang Tian thought to himself.

  "Ah... I'm so sleepy!" A torch shone from the corner of the corridor, and someone holding a torch came into view. Another person yawned and walked into the small courtyard.

  Yang Tian poked his head out of the wall and quickly withdrew it again, how was there still someone patrolling?

  "After walking around this circle, I'll go back to sleep. It's almost dawn and no one has come." Another voice sounded, seemingly closer.

  "Hmm, no!" The one without a torch grabbed another and said, "I smell a faint scent of blood!"

  It's bad, we've been discovered! Yang Tian was annoyed. The soldiers who killed people earlier didn't let them go and spread the news. Since they're here, just get rid of them both. Kill as many as you can.

  "Meow..." Suddenly, a cat darted out from the dark corner of the courtyard wall, its mouth holding a bloody mouse, quickly crossing over the wooden railing and running off into the distant darkness.

  "Damn it! What bad luck! It's just an old mouse!" The man with the torch cursed in a low voice.

  "Let's go back to sleep." The two of them turned around and left.

  Anyway, waiting for a while to kill them would also be known by these sleepless people, so it's better to just get rid of them first! Yang Tian secretly calculated in his heart. With one ruthless decision, he lightly jumped over the courtyard wall and with a soft "whooshing" sound, he flicked out two steel needles that pierced through the foreheads of the two departing men with a dull thud.

  The two people fell to the ground simultaneously. The only sound was the fire crackling, which suddenly made a popping noise. As it dropped onto the clean floor, the flame slowly went out and would likely be extinguished soon.

  Yang Tianling and the special warfare personnel who came with him dispersed around, he had just slipped into the room where the snoring was loud to kill people.

  He slowly pushed open the closed door. Yang Tian tiptoed in, relying on his sense of hearing to locate the position. He stretched out his dagger, feeling the warm and humid breath, and with a swift slash, a scorching hot blood spurted out, and the person struggled twice before dying.

  He had made his move without getting any blood on his hands, but there were still droplets of blood on the dagger. He gently flicked them off and then headed towards another room where someone was snoring.

  Half an hour has passed, and the snoring sounds in the small courtyard have subsided by half, it seems that about half of them have been killed.

  Time has been delayed a bit longer, and if we continue to kill, it will be troublesome to be surrounded by the Jin army. Yang Tian jumped over the wall of the courtyard and decisively led the hundred men to retreat along the original route.

  Suddenly, flames burst out from the northwest corner of Wujicheng. People started shouting: "Ah! It's on fire! It's on fire!"

  "What's going on?"

  "What's going on?" someone shouted loudly and disorderly.

  "Steady, put out the fire quickly! It's just that someone accidentally kicked over a candle. Zhang Shan's voice came from afar, "You, you, you, and the one standing at the entrance of the tent yawning, hurry up to fetch water to extinguish the fire! The commander is directing here!" As soon as those people rushed into the military tent, he ran away swiftly."

  Before long, Zhang Shan also brought people to the city wall, and in the northwest corner, flames were soaring into the sky, with chaotic shouts rolling around. It turned out that the officer had been killed, and the soldiers had no command, so Zhang Shan and his men had killed the officer, poured kerosene on the military account, and set it on fire, which was not easy to extinguish.

  Yang Tian watched as the dark and gloomy Wujicheng gradually lit up, with shouts of orders rising from all directions. This was a prelude to the army being rounded up, and if they didn't leave now, there would be a risk of being surrounded and pursued. So, he gave a decisive order: "Leave! Go back!"

  Liu Yu's surroundings were heavily guarded, and he personally took to the field to coordinate and command, but it was still chaotic until dawn. After reorganizing the troops and conducting a thorough search, they were shocked and enraged to discover that one-third of the officers had been killed, and the soldiers defending the southeast corner of the city had also been completely cleared out.

  "Despicable!" Liu Yu sat in the great hall, listening to the report of his guards, and was so angry that he punched the table in front of him. Thinking of the last time at Baihe River when he was chased by Lei Meng's men, Liu Yu hated it so much that his teeth ached, and he was sure it was done by Lei Meng's side!

  Just as they were at a loss for what to do, a messenger came to report: "Report! General Yan Yue has arrived!"

  Liu Yu's face lit up with great joy, finally having a powerful reinforcement. The hundred top-notch warriors he had wanted were nothing compared to this, and yet someone had managed to sneak into the city and wreak havoc without him even knowing. It turned out that Yan Le was the commander of the elite troops, and the batch of Tuan Yun swords that Wei Ming had asked for last time had ended up in his hands.

  Before Liu Yu could step out, a loud and clear laughter came from outside the door: "General Liu, this Wujicheng is really not bad!"

  Liu Yu's face turned dark as he lifted his leg, and the marshal didn't call out to him, but instead called him General! Seeing that Yan Le had already entered, he pulled at the corner of his mouth and shouted in a low voice: "General Yan. The Grand Marshal is here, why so much noise!"

  "Oh? You're the General?" Walking up to Liu Yu's front, Yan Le said with a smile that wasn't quite a smile, "By order of His Majesty, I've come to take your place. Please, General Liu, assist me carefully." After finishing speaking, Yan Le pulled out a golden dragon token from his bosom.

  Liu Yu stiffly reached out to take the token, glanced at it roughly, and squeezed out a smile. He bowed his head and handed over the token, saying: "Your subordinate will carefully listen to Commander Yan's instructions!"

  Yan Le De Yi smiled and nodded. He took over the token, sat down in Liu Yu's previous seat with a big horse knife, and said: "General Liu, please sit down and tell Yan about the situation here in detail."

  Liu Yu was furious in his heart, but he had no choice. He let out a sigh and sat down to tell them about the situation around him in detail, including the assassination attempt last night.

  Yan Le sank into thought for a long time, then said: "Judging from General Liu's account, it should be the doing of Lei Meng and his men. If that's the case, let's gather our troops and charge forward! Let's see whose trump card is more powerful, mine or their breakthrough!" As he spoke, Yan Le clenched his right fist tightly.

  Soon, a hundred thousand troops set out towards the west of the river, leaving behind five thousand soldiers to guard the rear route at Wujicheng.

  Yang Tian and his men returned to Bao River. It was almost noon by then. After a hasty sleep of three hours, they were woken up by Lin Chong.

  "The Jin army is coming! They're just 10 kilometers away!" Lin Chong exclaimed loudly. Although he was used to big battles, seeing Yang Tian still sleeping in bed made him a bit anxious.

  Yang Tian let out a big yawn, rubbed his sleepy eyes and said: "What's the rush? We're still 10 kilometers away, just deploy our troops to defend and we'll be fine! ...Huh? 10 kilometers? That's close, quickly get the troops ready! I'm going to grab a bite to eat and then head over!" After finishing speaking, he swiftly ran out of the room, no one knew where he went to find food.

  Around three o'clock in the afternoon, Yan Le led the Jin army to camp about one kilometer outside Bairen City. After a long march, they needed to rest before launching a general attack on Bairen.

  Liu Yu approached Yan Le and said, "General Yan, I think it would be better to retreat a bit further back. The troops led by Lei Meng are very powerful. I'm afraid that if they suddenly launch a surprise attack, our resting troops won't have time to regroup."

  "Haha, don't worry about this, haven't you noticed that the new formation is a mix of scattered and dense? The soldiers are basically resting in place." Yan Le disdained Liu Yu's caution.

  For him, with a strong army and many generals, the 100,000-strong army against the 20,000-strong Lei Mingjun, if they can't annihilate them completely, it's a shame. And to worry about being ambushed? It's simply a joke. Moreover, this time the attack only brought dry rations, without bringing tents, and now the rest is just sitting down on the spot.

  The scene of the guards and stars surrounding Yan Le and Liu Yu in front of the array, looking at the White River, was seen by Yang Tian on the city wall of the White River. He took out a newly-made binoculars and looked carefully, excited to find that it was the main general Liu Yu, who was speaking respectfully to a person next to him with his head held high.

  This must be a more advanced being! Yang Tian was certain in his heart.

  "Snipers and artillery, get ready!" Yang Tian gave the order, paused for a moment, waited until all the soldiers were in position, then continued, "Snipers aim at the central figure surrounded by the group of people at the front line, artillery aim at the surrounding area! Zhang Shan, Sun Ming, Lin Chong, Liao Yun lead the assault battalion to prepare!"

  It has long been prepared for a fight, and all soldiers will soon be in position.

  "Hit!" Yang Tian let out a loud shout, his voice shaking the city and the countryside.

  "Bang, bang, bang..." The snipers fired one after another, and the artillerymen also launched their attack shortly afterwards.

  Liu Yu was seen responding with a gunshot to his chest and fell into the pool of blood. Yan Le noticed something unusual, dodged slightly, and rolled away with a gunshot wound to his right chest.

  "Take cover!" Yan Le shouted responsibly. He didn't know what hit his right chest, the wound was burning with pain, but seeing Liu Yu and the guards fall one after another, he knew he couldn't not take cover.

  He dodged the sniper rifle, but couldn't dodge the cannon fire. The trained gunner was still quite accurate, and the shells exploded around the group with a loud "boom". The stunned guards were blown to pieces, and Yan Le, who was rolling and crawling away, was also hit by a burst of shrapnel in mid-air, falling to the ground somewhere.

  "Launch a full-scale attack at dawn!" Yang Tian gave the order decisively.

  The artillery fired more than a dozen rounds, wildly bombarding the Jin army, causing them to lose their highest commander and fall into chaos. In the midst of pushing and shoving, many weak or careless soldiers fell to the ground.

  The soldiers in the front line were shocked to discover that General Yan and General Liu had both died in the first round of bombardment, and they panicked and shouted as they ran back: "The commander-in-chief and the general are dead! Run away quickly!"

  The news spread like wildfire in the Jin army and they began to flee in disarray.

  Yang Tian saw this scene of escape and was delighted, it's time to counterattack.

  "Charge! All-out charge! Kill them for me!" Yang Tianyun's voice was hoarse from shouting, his words echoing in all directions and clearly entering the ears of both friend and foe.

  The Jin Yuan army was in even greater disarray, fleeing in all directions; the Thunderclap Army, on the other hand, was invigorated, and under the leadership of Lin Chong and his three generals, they charged into the enemy ranks like four sharp knives, stirring up the chaotic troops...

  The sun sets in the west, and outside the White River City, blood flows all over the ground, corpses are scattered everywhere, and everything in sight is stained with blood. Lin Chong and other generals led their bloody army back to the city with joy. The Jin Yuan army was frightened and fled in panic, this battle was a completely one-sided massacre, allowing the well-trained and well-equipped Thunderbolt Army to win a great victory almost unscathed.

  The whole city is jubilant, and the gloomy clouds of war have also been swept away. The people are vying with each other to go out and see the returning generals...