Chapter 20: A Divine Ambush

  The guards were relatively concentrated, basically all beside the bonfire, only a few people wandered outside and were solved in an instant. Looking at the five people gathered beside the largest bonfire, Long Fei called Zhao Yun, Zhou Cang, and Pei Yuanshao to his side: "Do you see? The first one on the left is Pei Yuanshao, the first one on the right is Zhou Cang, the second one on the left is Zi Long, and the remaining two are mine. We must attack together, still that sentence can't make a sound!"

  The three nodded, their eyes fixed on their target. Long Fei shouted softly: "One, two, three, up!"

  Suddenly, four people jumped out of the bushes and startled the Black Mountain Army who were roasting by the fire. Before they could react, the four men had already arrived in front of them, their gleaming knives hacking at their vital parts without mercy. Long Fei had said when he set out that the best place to kill someone silently was the neck, as it was not only soft but also rich in nerves and blood vessels, making it difficult to survive if injured there. The most important point was that the neck connected the trachea, and without a trachea, no sound could be made.

  Long Fei jumped high, stepping on the shoulder of a person in front and leaning back to fly away. The dagger in his hand lightly swept across the neck of the person opposite the fire pit. At the same time, he flattened his body, one foot hooked around the neck of the person below, and the other foot heavily trampled on the back of his head. A crisp "crack" sound was heard. Long Fei landed gently on the ground with a successful strike, while the two men remained standing stiffly for a long time before collapsing to the ground.

  "Brother Long, good..." Zhou Cang's words had not yet left his mouth when Pei Yuanshao covered it with his hand.

  The guards were easily dealt with, and Long Fei gathered everyone together, instructing Pei Yuanshao to take three people and wait outside. If anyone came out alone, no matter what they did, they would be killed. He then led the remaining people into a nearby tent.

  Today was a tiring day, climbing mountains and crawling through caves in the morning, and being smoked out by fire, the exhausted Black Mountain Army went to sleep early. Long Fei chose to make his move in the second half of the night when people were most tired and slept the deepest. Without beds, they lay on the ground with dry grass as bedding, three or five people in a pile, seven or eight in a row, sleeping in their clothes. The tents were very large, each one could hold one or two hundred people. Long Fei quietly stretched out his knife to the chest of a guy who was fast asleep, slowly bringing the blade closer to his neck. Suddenly, he reached out and grabbed the guy's neck, and with a swift motion, pulled out his knife. The splashing blood sprayed onto the face of the guy opposite him, but that little brat just touched his face with his hand, turned over and went back to sleep.

  One tent comes out, one tent goes in. Between the exits and entrances, lives are being harvested. Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao were also seasoned veterans of many battles, but they had never thought that a battle could be fought like this. This was truly a sneak attack, so stealthy that it was imperceptible, so quiet that you wouldn't even notice.

  As the last one or two tents of the 28th were left, a loud and sharp cry suddenly came. The voice was very large, very sharp, several times larger than a woman's scream. The entire military camp heard it clearly. Long Fei quickly calculated in his mind that even if there were only one or two tents left, there would still be one or two hundred people, and they had only a dozen or so hard fighters, which was not worth fighting.

  He swung his sword and knocked down the guy who had already opened his eyes, rushed out of the tent, shouted loudly: "Withdraw! Withdraw quickly......" Led the way to run towards the small river.

  Shouts, wails, curses and the sounds of pursuit came from the Black Mountain Army's camp. By the time Yang Feng and Tao Sheng emerged from the great tent fully dressed, Long Fei and others had already vanished without a trace. Tao Sheng yawned: "They actually dared to come and raid our camp, with such little skill?"

  Yang Feng glanced around his own camp, and was shocked to find that there were only about one or two hundred people scattered around. The others were as still as dead pigs, not making a single sound. He glared with wide eyes: "Go, get them all up for me! The enemy is raiding the camp and they're still sleeping like this? Hurry!"

  When Yang Feng and Tao Sheng saw the corpses in the tents, they were all speechless. Five thousand soldiers, less than five hundred people left, this group of people almost killed them overnight, if it wasn't for that sudden sound, they might have become ghosts under someone's knife. Blood seeped out from inside the tent and stained the surrounding land red.

  "Are they really just a dozen or so people?" Tao Sheng found it hard to imagine that such a big move was made by only a dozen or so people.

  The sun rises as usual from the east, fiery red, casting a layer of sparkling golden light over the entire land. On a large rock at the top of the mountain, Long Fei and Wang Qian were wrapped up tightly, facing east and letting the sunlight shine on them. Since that conversation, Wang Qian had changed a lot, her previously explosive temper gradually subdued in front of Long Fei, replaced by a gentle warmth.

  "What a beauty!" This was Long Fei's heartfelt praise. All these years, he had never seriously watched the sunrise. When he was at home, his studies were endless, and when he was in the army, it was training from dawn till dusk. The only leisure time he had was sleeping, which was the most comfortable thing to do. He didn't expect the sunrise to be so beautiful.

  Wang Qian smiled slightly, looking at Long Fei's tall figure, her heart feeling sweet and warm. If she could spend every day with a man like him, it wouldn't be so bad after all. But she couldn't, she had too many secrets that she couldn't reveal yet. Her past and future were beyond her control, and she didn't know how Long Fei would react if she told him.

  Zhao Yun rushed over along the small path, his face full of excitement: "Brother Long, we're retreating, the Black Mountain Army is retreating, we can go down the mountain!" He shouted loudly from a distance. Long Fei nodded slightly, while Wang Qian slowly furrowed her brow.

  When they returned to Dazhai, Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao were leading the crowd in celebration, with large pieces of meat and big bowls of wine already on the table. Long Fei stepped into the assembly hall, and Zhou Cang immediately shouted: "Brother Long, come sit here! This time it's a great victory indeed! You saved all our lives, if those guys had climbed up the mountain, I really didn't know what to do!"

  Pei Yuanshao also raised his wine glass and nodded at Long Fei. Another banquet, Long Fei was now somewhat afraid of drinking, the last banquet almost resulted in loss of life, today's wine Long Fei drank very rationally. After three rounds of wine and five flavors of dishes, the banquet reached its climax, everyone came to toast Long Fei, Long Fei just took a sip and didn't dare drink another mouthful.

  The banquet started early in the morning and lasted until late afternoon, with Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao being carried away. Long Fei and Zhao Yun supported each other as they walked out of the hall, the cold wind blowing against them, both wrapping their clothes tightly around themselves. Zhao Yun's face was red: "Big brother, I've been observing you all this time, whether it's martial arts or fighting, you make me feel amazed, you're the best fighter I've ever seen! I admire you! If big brother doesn't mind, why don't we become sworn brothers?"

  "Great!" Long Fei was overjoyed, and he couldn't wait to become sworn brothers with Zhao Yun. If he could go back home and brag about it in the future, he would have something to show for it: "But what's the procedure for this sworn brotherhood? I don't even know that!"

  "Haha... Zhao Yun smiled foolishly: "A real man values loyalty and righteousness, why bother with those clichés? Let's just make a vow to the moon."

  Two men knelt on the ground, facing the moon and knocked their heads three times, then made a vow and became sworn brothers. As Long Fei was older than Zhao Yun, he naturally became the elder brother. The two brothers helped each other up and burst out laughing. With this relationship established, the world's number one undefeated general was tied to Long Fei's side, laying a good foundation for the future.

  The next morning, Wang Qian packed up all her things and Long Fei went to bid farewell to Zhou Cang. As soon as he heard that Long Fei was leaving, Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao felt a bit reluctant. Holding onto Long Fei's hand, Zhou Cang said: "Brother, I won't stop you from leaving, but you have to tell me where you're going. If I have time, I'll come visit you!"

  Long Fei took a glance at Wang Qian and said: "The first stop is Luoyang, as for where we will go afterwards, I don't know either!"

  Zhou Cang nodded and turned around, instructing: "Go, bring 50 taels of gold!"

  Long Fei repeatedly declined, but Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao refused to give in. Helpless, Long Fei accepted their offer. As he was about to leave, he specifically instructed: "Zhang Yan suffered a crushing defeat at Wugou Mountain this time and will surely come for revenge. You two brothers must be extremely careful; if things don't go well, it's best to leave this place as soon as possible!"

  Pei Yuanshao nodded: "We've taken note of it, take care brother!"

  Long Fei's battle at Wocuishan spread throughout the surrounding hundred miles. Wocuishan suddenly became the most powerful mountain bandit in the area, and many mountain strongholds voluntarily joined Wocuishan, all coming for Long Fei's reputation. Only after arriving at Wocuishan did they discover that Long Fei had already left, which was somewhat disappointing. However, looking at Wocuishan's strong army, they were also worried that Zhang Yan would continue to force them to join the Black Mountain Army, so they stayed. From then on, Wocuishan became the only Yellow Turban military power in the Taihang Mountains that was not part of the Black Mountain Army.

  Wang Wei cracked his whip, and the horse galloped along the official road, continuing south. Hua Tuo stroked his beard, shaking his head: "The older I get, the more I feel that Dragon Brother is unfathomable, his learning is so broad and profound, completely beyond my expectations! I declare that no one in the world has such knowledge as Dragon Brother, his future is boundless!"

  Long Fei laughed and said: "Old master is too kind to me, I'm not some kind of high-ranking person, I just have two thousand years more experience than you guys!"

  "Two thousand years? What are you talking about?" Hua Tuo was confused: "Could it be that the Dragon Brothers are monsters or something? But they don't look like it!"

  "Hahaha..." Long Fei burst out laughing, waving his hands repeatedly: "I'm not some kind of monster, this matter is quite long-winded, next time I'll tell you all about it." Long Fei sighed: "I don't even know where to start."

  "No matter if you're a monster or not, I've already made up my mind about you. You promised to marry me, and you have to keep your word!" Wang Qiang was holding fifty taels of gold in her hands, feeling extremely happy, and started acting coquettishly.

  Facing the rising sun, on the official road from Woyao Mountain to Jinyang, a horse-drawn carriage was moving quickly under the protection of two knights, and from time to time, hearty laughter could be heard coming from inside the carriage. Long Fei told one joke after another that he knew, making Wang Qian's sister and brother and Hua Tuo laugh loudly.