Calm down! I can't panic, I must remain calm. Nothing can stop me, Huang Gai. Death will always brush past me.
He gathered his thoughts and relaxed. He immediately thought that if this continued, more and more people would step into the trap. He had to immediately order everyone not to move.
However, the surrounding noise was too loud, and the people were too scattered. His shout could not travel far.
He looked at the soldiers around him and saw that all of them were panicking. He immediately shouted," Shout with me!”
Seeing that everyone's attention was focused on him, he continued," General Huang has ordered that you are not allowed to move around at will. Pay close attention to your feet and surroundings. Slowly approach the brothers who are in trouble nearby. After rescuing the injured, carefully retreat from this place! Those who hear it, shout together!"
The soldiers beside Huang Gai gradually calmed down after hearing this. They shouted in unison,
"General Huang has ordered that you are not allowed to move around at will. Pay close attention to your feet and surroundings. Slowly approach the brothers who are in trouble. After rescuing the injured, carefully retreat from this place! Those who hear it, shout together!"
"Those who heard it, shout together!”
As Huang Gai's orders were passed around, the commotion gradually calmed down. Although the screams of the injured still shocked the soldiers, they were able to calmly face reality.
The teams began to pay close attention to their surroundings and their feet, slowly approaching the nearest place where they had called for help. Occasionally, a new cry of pain reminded everyone to be even more careful...
Several hours later, the teams left the forest one after another and returned to the entrance of Bowang Slope.
Counting the number of people, more than 200 people died, nearly 500 were injured, and another 23 were missing. It was estimated that the situation was grim.
Facing such an outcome, Huang Gai only felt a bitter taste in his mouth. He had suffered such heavy casualties before even touching the enemy's face.
"Gongfu, what's going on?" Cheng Pu's arrival brought Huang Gai back to his senses.
"There's a trap in the forest, and the search party suffered heavy casualties!”
Looking at the many wounded and wailing soldiers, Cheng Pu's grief for Bowang Slope was once again revealed. He could not help but be furious and ordered loudly," Carry the injured brothers to the back to recuperate." The entire army retreated ten miles and set up camp! Men, burn this forest!”
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Yu Jin looked at the thick smoke in the distance and smiled at Xiahou Yuan and Gan Ning." It looks like Cheng Pu is going to flip out!" Who knows how many creatures this fire will burn to death! He was afraid that his chances of reincarnating as a human in his next life were not high.”
"You're the one I should be looking for!" Gan Ning teased. Those living beings who were burned to death suffered in your place.”
Yu Jin shook his head firmly and denied it." It's not my fault. It's Brother Miaocai's doing!”
" How can you blame me?" Xiahou Yuan argued with an aggrieved expression. I'm only an accomplice at most, but you're the mastermind! Don't forget that you've ambushed people at the exit of Bowang Slope. If Cheng Pu didn't set this fire, you would have set this fire too!”
"That's right," Gan Ning chimed in."Brother Wenze, be careful when you sleep at night. There might be a ghost who died unjustly. If you're scared, do you want me to come and accompany you tonight?"”
"Come on, I don't have that bad habit!”Yu Jin saw that the two of them were unanimously dealing with him, so he quickly put on a serious face and changed the topic.
"I'm afraid of you. Let's get back to the point. The lord wants us to delay the Yuan army's main force here for more than a month. According to my original estimation, I was 90% confident. But now, an unexpected situation has occurred.”
"The city walls of Xinye are short and thin, and they cannot withstand the bombardment of boulders. Once the city walls collapse, our army will be at a disadvantage in terms of strength. Although the lord has sent us kerosene, we do not know how many catapults the other party has! Once it exceeds the number that we can't bear, Xinye might not be able to survive.”
"Didn't the lord send me a bed crossbow?" Gan Ning asked. That thing has a long range, so it should be able to suppress the catapults, right?
Yu Jin frowned and shook his head again." At first, I thought we could do it, but we neglected one thing. The catapults throw large amounts of rocks, and the ballistae shoot almost straight. If there's an obstacle in front of the catapults, our ballistae won't be able to hit them!”
Gan Ning thought for a moment.
"It doesn't matter! If the enemy uses it in a concentrated manner, then our plan of using kerosene will be effective. If the enemy uses it in a scattered manner, where will they find so many hidden terrains? Even if they had built their own obstacles, Cheng Pu had burned all the trees on Bowang Slope. There was no longer a large forest nearby. There was no wood. What could they do?”
Yu Jin asked again," What if the other party dug a hole in the ground?”
"No!" Gan Ning replied. The range of the catapults is about 300 steps. Our strong crossbows, longbows, and catapults can all be thrown 300 steps away. The enemy must dig a hole within our range. If they do that, their soldiers will suffer heavy casualties!
"Moreover, under the threat of our navy, they dare not surround the city. The navy can supply the needs of the city at any time, and there is no need to worry about the shortage of kerosene jars and arrows!”
Yu Jin's tightly furrowed brows finally relaxed. He shouted happily," Hahaha! Good! Alright! Brother Xing Ba's words have solved the knot in my heart. Come, let this old brother toast you!”
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