A day later, at the border of Liaodong.
A group of nearly 100 Goguryeo rebel soldiers are throwing torches at a small farmhouse.
A number of places inside the farmhouse are already on fire and a scream comes from inside.
But no one came out, and there were no more than a hundred people on a small farm, many of them old and weak.
With the walls of the farmhouse, it could still hold out for a while.
Going out was not going to beat those people.
A Goguryeo rebel, lit a torch made of dry grass, then laughed strangely and threw it inside the farmhouse.
He had never felt so fastidious.
When he was in Goguryeo, he was nothing but a pariah who had never even eaten meat in his life.
But in the days since he arrived in Liaodong, after he and the others had looted a farmhouse.
Not only did they get to eat meat, but they also robbed a lot of property!
By the time he got back… Nope!
Why would he go back?
The land of Liaodong is more fertile than Goguryeo, and the women of the Qin are more beautiful than Goguryeo!
The lord has said that the land of Liaodong is the property of whoever seizes it!
As for the wives, children and parents at home, they are just a burden!
Having thought this through, he felt as if he had seen a new world!
A light like that of a beast erupted from his eyes.
A strange laugh escaped his lips before he lit another torch and prepared to throw it in towards the stately home!
However, just as his hand was raised, there was a sudden cracking sound in the air.
Before he could react, a black shadow had lodged itself in his heart.
The Goguryeo messenger looked down somewhat bewildered, and saw a crossbow arrow the thickness of his index finger appear there.
A filament of blood, so red that it was black, was slowly trickling down.
He knew that he was going to die.
But he had not yet got the land, he had not yet snatched the Qin woman, how could he…
Poof!
He hadn’t even finished thinking about his regrets when another crossbow arrow lodged in his throat.
He fell straight backwards, and in his godless pupils a team was firing at them!
His companion was killed and the rest of the Goguryeo rebellion reacted.
But they did not panic, only anger.
Having been stained with human blood, they were already different from before!
What’s more, there weren’t many people on the other side, only about twenty!
And they were all hairless boys!
There were nearly a hundred of them!
Without a moment’s hesitation, the Goguryeo army howled and killed each other!
If it were an ordinary man, his legs would have gone weak in fear at the sight of such madness.
However, these young men remained cool and calm, and as they looked at the rushing troops, the young man at the head of the group quickly said.
“Release!”
Buzz!
There was a violent release of the bowstring, and in a flash, the Goguryeo disorderly troops rushing at the front of the line reached a dozen.
Only the distance between everyone got even closer.
This was an extreme test of the bowmen’s determination.
Only the teenagers just shot another round of crossbows extremely calmly and only picked up the lances at their sides when the other side had rushed forward and they could all see the buck teeth on their faces.
Relying on the formation, they impaled the Goguryeo disorderly troops rushing in front of them.
The Goguryeo soldiers who were pierced by the lances let out a cry of misery.
But they held on to the pole of the lance for dear life so that their companions could kill each other.
It wasn’t that they had any spirit of sacrifice, they just thought that they would watch these youngsters die!
Unfortunately, the teenagers seemed to be prepared for this and had absolutely no intention of taking back the lances.
They took out their short swords directly from their waists, and then consciously rushed towards the enemy in groups of three.
One person attacked, one person covered, and one person responded.
And between the groups, the same was true.
Matching each other extremely well, like a machine running at high speed, reaping the lives of the enemy extremely effectively.
The whole of these Goguryeo rebellious troops were in a state of confusion.
There were clearly more of them than the other side, but they didn’t know why.
When they faced the enemy, the enemy always outnumbered them.
They also fought back to the death, but their rudimentary weapons landed on each other’s bodies with nothing but a scratch.
Whereas the opponent’s short sword landed on them with a fatal wound!
When they realised they were not outnumbered, they did not know who ran backwards first.
And the rout began.
The teenagers did not give chase, but blandly took up their bows and fired once more.
In the end, not a single one escaped.
The battle was over.
The teenagers, however, were extremely bemused; this was not their first battle.
Then the battlefield began to be cleaned up.
“Shish, how did these men fight their way in?”
A rather naive looking teenager, who raised his sword and stabbed a Goguryeo disorganised soldier who was pretending to be dead, asked, with a few moments of confusion.
“The Qin army still has the Great Wall for cover, how come they didn’t stop them?”
These men had little in the way of battle and even less in the way of equipment.
Twenty of them killed these nearly 100 men without a single casualty, and even with some ease.
The slightly older shiksa, but with little surprise, said that
“There are many of them, and twenty of us can kill a hundred, or even two or three hundred if we pay attention to our methods, but can you kill a thousand?”
The naive boy thought seriously for a moment, then shook his head and
“Those one thousand could pile us up.”
The shiksa nodded his head and
“That is the case, there are nearly 100,000 men in Goguryeo this time, not many in the Qin army.”
“Don’t forget, we have all these Moji bows, lances, short swords and leather armour, which add up to almost a tael of gold!”
These Mojia crossbows, which were not repeating crossbows, were nevertheless very expensive.
The naive young man froze straight away this time and said that
“What? I’m worth that much?”
A tael of gold, his whole family had never seen a tael of gold in their lives!
said the Shifu, in no good humour.
“It’s not you, it’s your equipment!”
The naive teenager let out an oh, then his eyes lit up and he said that
“Shifu, can I exchange this lance for money and give it to the family? I have just the sword and the crossbow!”
The Shifu said, with a glare in his eyes.
“If you want to be scolded by the house master you can go! Only the master of the house takes your life seriously.”
The naive boy clacked his lips with some regret.
“It’s not like I’m worth anything.”
And by the way, get another one that’s not dead.
Soon they were out of the way, and as ordered, they were to clear the surrounding area of the disorganised army initially.
For they were to keep the disorder in this area and not let these people plague the rest of the country anymore.
And only after the teenagers had gone did the people in the small farmhouse dare to open the door and look at the young backs, a little confused as to where these people had come from.
The scene played out in various places.
Of course, some of the chaotic troops escaped, after all, not every squad, not one of them, could be spared.
A short time later, in one of the tents of the Goguryeo rebel army, the Goguryeo lord looked at the scouts in front of him with a grim face.
“What do you say! Nearly a thousand people have died in the surrounding area!?”
The scout nodded his head and said
“Yes, Lord of the Kingdom, the men below reported it, an army has appeared around us!”
Hearing these words, the face of the Lord of Goguryeo could not help but turn pale, the
“Could it be that the border army of the Great Qin has come to support us?”
The reason he dared to march into Liaodong was that he knew that there were only so many two thousand Qin troops in the whole of Liaodong.
Even the county town should only have a few hundred defenders now.
He had an army of 100,000… Now it was over 70,000, and there should be no enemy in the whole of Liaodong!
That’s why he let the men out to loot the supplies.
What he had to worry about was merely that someone would come against him only after the Xiang alliance and the Great Qin had split their victories and defeats.
But by that time, he would have long since secured Liaodong, not to mention, by then, he would have the cavalry of the Hu people to help him!
For a while, he was at a loss as to what to do.
On the other side, Zhang Li looked at the other side’s panic and said with a frown.
“The lord of the country should not rush first, let the Goguryeo elites guard the home formation and let everyone return.”
“Also send out spies to find out what is going on. ”
He was not that knowledgeable about the military, but he knew these basics as well.
When someone came up with an idea, the Lord of Goguryeo finally regained some of his wits and said to Wei Yi, who was standing by.
“What are you still standing there for, hurry up and give the order.”
At the side of Wei Yi, his eyes flickered slightly, he guessed that these people should be Zhao Lang’s.
But he had no intention of saying anything.
Compared to a ruthless person like Zhao Lang, from the very beginning, he had never looked at the other side.
It was better to find a chance to hurry up and escape and go to Xiang’s.
Straight away he answered yes, then prepared to exit, and just then, the Lord of Goguryeo called out to him again, saying that
“Send another man to the East Hu side to see where they have arrived!”
He gave orders for a while before letting Wei Yi leave.
Soon, the Goguryeo rebellious troops who had spread out in all directions before, as if they had been frightened, shrank back into a ball.
On the other hand, Chen Ping looked at the defeated Goguryeo rebel army, but his face did not look too happy, but asked the big dog at his side that
“Have all our men returned?”
Big Dog nodded his head and
“All are back, the number of kills reported, is over a thousand, we have a few wounded ourselves, but with the healer looking after them, there is nothing wrong.”
Chen Ping nodded without surprise.
The men sent out for this were the most elite teenage army on the estate.
The weapons and equipment training was all piled up with money, and it was not unusual to have such a battle record.
Big Dog continued at this point that
“The scouts have also found the other side’s home formation, they don’t mean to hide their tracks, there are about 70,000 to 80,000 of them.”
Hearing this news, Chen Ping couldn’t help but frown, 70,000 to 80,000 people, not a small number.
They only had six thousand, a thousand of which were the elite of the Junior Army, the rest were peasants.
Although these people trained from time to time, they had not experienced real battles.
It was still a big difference.
“How is it going with the Nongjia Sage?”
Chen Ping asked.
Zhao Lang had explained Ji Wushuang’s identity to him.
“Miss Bai has contacted us, she only has about three thousand people there and is on her way.”
Big Dog said with some regret.
There was still a difference between an ordinary farmer, and a farmer who could go to war.
“Then we are still less than 10,000 men.”
Chen Ping’s frown deepened.
There was one thing to say, this marching and fighting was indeed not his forte.
Only now, there was no one in Liaodong who knew more than him.
Don’t look at the Confucian head with his spiritedness, but when it comes to commanding a battle, he is not as good as him.
The big dog frowned and said.
“So we don’t fight first? They should be too intimidated to move easily anyway.”
Chen Ping shook his head at this time and said that
“Fight, we must fight, the other side is also testing us now, if we don’t have a formal fight, they will have suspicions instead.”
“It’s just that we have to think hard about how to fight.”
A big cat on the side bristled and said that
“What’s so hard about that? The house master taught us a long time ago.”
“No matter what else you do when you encounter an enemy, shoot with your crossbow first! Keep going until you run out of crossbows! Then engage others.”
In fact, if it weren’t for Corn saying those were too dangerous and could easily injure one of their own.
Only some ‘Justice’ brand grenades were given, and they should have blown up one side again before engaging anyone.
On the side, Chen Ping gave a bitter smile as he heard the
“Do you know how expensive these crossbows and arrows are?”
He was in charge of internal affairs, so naturally he knew about these, and had never seen such a valuable soldier before!
Big Cat said, with a straight face.
“The house master has said, that crossbow is expensive, but it’s not as expensive as our human lives.”
Chen Ping stopped talking at once, because he knew that Zhao Lang’s words, to these teenage soldiers, that was the most right!
“Let everyone rest for a while, tomorrow we’ll take the initiative to close in on the other side and fight them once, but remember, we can’t really press all the way up!”
Big Cat and Big Dog both nodded their heads and
“We know, stall for time, and when the family head returns with his men, we’ll be able to get them all!”
“These beasts have wrecked quite a few estates! It’s a good thing someone informed them in advance, otherwise the casualties would have been even worse.”
“The family lord won’t let them off the hook!”
Chen Ping, however, could only laugh.
Even if Zhao Lang came back, they would still be less than 20,000 men, with only 5,000 elites.
There was no problem in defeating Goguryeo, but it would be impossible to wipe them out.
Soon it was dark, and they were all very skilled at setting up camp.
Early the next morning, there was a cacophony of noise from the camp.
Chen Ping went forward to check, and saw Ji Wushuang arriving with the peasants.
The command of the camp, logically, came into Ji Wushuang’s hands.
The teenagers were aware of Ji Wushuang’s relationship with their own family head.
“Miss Bai, this is what happened to that group of animals.”
Big Cat quickly explained the situation to Ji Wushuang.
Ji Wushuang nodded her head and looked at Chen Ping, who was at the side, and said
“Sir is right, we have to fight them!”
“Pass the order, the whole army will attack!”
Chen Ping was baffled for a moment hearing this, how come the whole army is attacking?
Didn’t we say we would test the waters?
We are less than 10,000 against 70,000!
Just as he was about to stop it, the big dog on the side said, smiling
“Don’t worry, sir, Miss White has it in her heart!”
“We won’t be at a loss.”
With that said, he led the men in the direction of Goguryeo!
It was not long before Goguryeo’s camp appeared in their sight.
The other side had also long since sensed their arrival, and nearly 10,000 men formed a thick formation in front of them.
There were also men moving towards their sides.
Ji Wushuang did not send anyone to make communication either, as it was unnecessary.
Both sides knew that it was either you die or I live!
Just as the other side’s people were approaching them in a chaotic manner.
The big dog raised his arm high in the air.
On one side, Fan Xiliang commanded the craftsmen behind him to secure the bullock cart.
The cloth curtain above was lifted to reveal a cold, continuous crossbow.
The machine was adjusted for expansion and the crossbow arrows were placed.
Big Dog gave a cold smile, then swung his arm down hard.
Buzz buzz buzz!
In an instant, nearly a hundred linked crossbows were activated at the same time!
In an instant, countless crossbow arrows were fired at each other in an overwhelming manner!
Chen Ping on the side closed his eyes in agony, how could these damned animals be worth more than his crossbows and arrows?