allendalepharm Chapter 919 Are they all ghost soldiers?
Chapter 919 Are they all ghost soldiers?
Even in the pitch-black night, with the help of the firelight, everyone could vaguely see small boats sticking out from the withered reeds.
"Oh no! They're on the boat!"
"They've broken the ice! Quick! Fight!"
Captain Tong shouted, but the next moment he found that the terrain here was wrong.
They actually arrived at an area with a mountain on the left and water on the other three sides.
The number of boats in the river approached from three sides and began to increase.
What's going on? Why are there so many boats? When did the river thaw? They had clearly seen a layer of ice when they checked two days ago!
"Sir, why don't we go back the same way? If we continue like this, we will be surrounded!" someone suggested.
"No! The general ordered us to hold this place before we came. This is our only escape route. We came here to fight to the death. How dare you disobey orders?"
Captain Tong's face was full of determination. Before he came, he knew that a fierce battle was inevitable and he had already prepared himself mentally.
With a powerful enemy at the door, if anyone dares to desert at this moment, don't blame him for being cruel.
"Everyone, listen up! We must defend this place today. If anyone dares to desert, I will kill him first! Facing a powerful enemy, how can we be afraid of death? That's not what a real man does!"
"I swear to follow you until death, sir! Let's fight to the death today! Never retreat!" The young general immediately responded.
"Yes! Fight to the death!" everyone echoed in unison.
"Alright! Then wait until their ships get close, and throw the torches we have at them. Now, give me your all, it's either you or me!"
Captain Tong held the spear in his hand and stared fiercely at the boats in the water.
Jiang Youzhen, who was not far away, cast an admiring look at Captain Tong. This man is quite courageous!
The next moment, as the ship approached, several arrows were shot from the ship.
Captain Tong quickly led his troops to fight, but after waving his spear for a while, he felt something was wrong!
Why aren't you getting closer? You're just shooting arrows all the time! And so slowly! It's like... just playing!
The others also noticed something was amiss, but the arrows kept coming, and they had no time to talk. After a while, Captain Tong realized that only a few of his own soldiers were injured.
But the next moment, fireworks signals suddenly shot up into the sky from the surface of the river!
"What's going on? Are they going to call for help?" someone wondered.
The current situation is very strange. The boats on the opposite river are not moving forward, and we can easily deal with the few arrows attacking us. Not many people are injured.
"Why are those ships behind us not moving at all? They look like ghost soldiers!" The young general approached Captain Tong and asked in confusion.
Everyone noticed that something was wrong, but they couldn't tell what it was.
But the next moment, many soldiers suddenly fell to the ground. Captain Tong was startled to find that a group of people had fallen behind him.
But the arrows still had the same speed, or even a little slower. They were not unable to deal with such a small number of arrows!
"Oh no! Quick! Hold your breath and cover your head and face with cloth. It's poisonous!" someone suddenly shouted.
"Sir, the arrows are covered with poison. Someone smelled the poison and was poisoned."
Captain Tong looked back and found that someone had touched the torch while they were blocking the arrows, burning the poison on the arrow.
However, it was too late, he already felt dizzy.
In the enemy camp, the high priest and his men left the other soldiers behind to argue with Prince Yuan Ming, and then retreated to the temporary camp.
Prince Yuan Ming was talking until he was hoarse on the city wall, but he found that the enemy had been changing people to engage in verbal battles with him, and he couldn't help but feel puzzled.
Do the people of Northern Ming rely solely on shouting to fight? He had already digested his dinner!
"You stay and deal with it! I always feel something is wrong!" Prince Yuan Ming pointed at Wang Xiao and gave an order, then turned around and went back to his resting place.
A soldier hurried back to the enemy camp, "Your Majesty, my lord, it's done! Prince Yuanming sent 50,000 troops, and they all fell into the trap. We have held our ground!"
"Hahaha! Good! That's great! I want to see how Prince Yuanming, who still has 50,000 troops left, will fight against our 200,000 troops!" The high priest was very happy.
"Let them hold on and wipe out the remaining enemy troops in one fell swoop. Don't leave any of them alive!" Hadan ordered.
"Yes!" The soldier ran out in a hurry.
"Master Priest, the time has come, right?" asked Hadan.
"No! Wait a little longer! There is only one chance left. If it succeeds, we won't need so many people!" Ke Zhenqiu suddenly said.
The high priest immediately stroked his beard with satisfaction. The Ke Zhenqiu in front of him was not only his adopted son, but also the successor he had carefully cultivated. His divination skills could not be wrong.
"What evil plan do you have?" asked Hadan dissatisfiedly.
Ke Zhenqiu smiled and said, "Wait a little longer!"
However, Prince Yuan Ming went straight to Mr. Wen after returning to his resting place. He had to discuss something with Mr. Wen because something was wrong.
"Sir! Why do you think they don't take action, but have to talk to me?" Prince Yuan Ming looked at Mr. Wen and asked.
"That must be to delay time! The prince sent 50,000 troops to break out before. Could they have attacked these 50,000 troops?" Mr. Wen said immediately.
These words were like a revelation. Prince Yuan Ming was shocked. "If we lose these 50,000 troops and General Qin encounters an accident, how can I, with less than 50,000 men, be able to deal with the enemy army?"
He suddenly realized that he had fallen into the enemy's trap! The enemy wanted to disperse his troops and then gradually annihilate them, thus reducing casualties!
"Sir! What should I do then?" Prince Yuan Ming was in a state of panic.
"Why don't you ask Lord Jiang? He might have a way! We just don't have enough people to resist! This time the enemy is coming with such a strong force!" Mr. Wen shook his head and sighed.
"But Jiang Youzhen has disappeared! I can't find him at all!" Prince Yuan Ming was like an ant on a hot pan, running around the house anxiously.
"How could he disappear? Was he captured by the enemy?" Mr. Wen was surprised.
"Yes! He really disappeared and hasn't appeared until now!" Prince Yuan Ming shook his head.
"This is impossible! Didn't they say that the assassin failed to kill him?" Mr. Wen couldn't help but look at Prince Yuan Ming in shock.
The next moment, Prince Yuanming looked over with a look of surprise. Mr. Wen immediately had a fierce look in his eyes, pulled out a dagger from his sleeve and stabbed Prince Yuanming in the chest.
Because the two were too close, Prince Yuan Ming only had time to raise his hand to block. He thought he would be seriously injured this time, but he didn't expect that Mr. Wen was kicked out the next moment.
Mr. Wen bumped into the desk in the room. Just as he was about to get up quickly, someone suddenly stepped on his back and pressed him to the ground.
Then a hand snatched the dagger from his hand and quickly tied him up.
"Hmph! Old thing, I've been waiting for you to show your true colors for a long time!" The man spat. He had been squatting there for a long time.