Volume 10, Chapter 746
~Date:~October 5~
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Chapter 746
Liu Zhang was hit by several arrows and fell off his horse, which frightened the surrounding Fengjun soldiers.
People rushed forward and surrounded Liu Zhang who was shot with arrows. At this time, he was seen with crossbow arrows on his chest, lower abdomen and back, and his white middle clothes instantly turned into red bloody clothes.
"General--" The soldiers shouted in unison with their hearts broken.
At this time, the surrounding Fengjun crowd became more chaotic, and there were shouts from the Fengjun everywhere: "Assassin! There is an assassin here, he shot the crossbow arrow at the general--"
Amid the noisy shouting, three men in Fengjun uniforms rushed out of the crowd with blood all over their bodies, and rushed straight to where Liu Zhang was.
Some of the Fengjun soldiers around Liu Zhang saw it and immediately shouted: "An assassin is coming, protect the general!" As the shouting sounded, several Feng soldiers drew their sabers and rushed forward.
The three men released spiritual energy at the same time, and the spiritual transformation of the armor and the weapon was complete at the same time. The three men each held a spiritual knife, and one of them released a spiritual chaotic wind.
Buzz! The chaotic spiritual blades flew all over the sky, and several Fengjun soldiers who rushed forward did not even have a chance to dodge, and were crushed by the opponent's spiritual blades. Then the other two assassins also released spiritual chaotic winds, targeting the crowd around Liu Zhang.
"Kill——" There were also spiritual cultivators of the Fengjun in the crowd. Several Fengjun generals roared and also released spiritual chaotic winds to respond. The spiritual chaotic winds of both sides collided with each other, and the muffled sound of bangs was endless.
The spiritual blades of both sides canceled each other out. Next, three assassins rushed to the front, two of them entangled the Fengjun in the crowd, and the other one took a knife to Liu Zhang directly.
How could those ordinary Fengjun soldiers stop the spiritual martial arts masters with superb cultivation? The assassin chopped down a few knives and killed a bloody road in the Fengjun crowd.
He rushed in, taking two steps at a time, and came close to Liu Zhang. Without stopping for a moment, he raised the spiritual knife in his hand, aimed at Liu Zhang's head, and chopped it down fiercely.
Buzz! A quick and dull sound of breaking wind came from the side of the assassin. The assassin knew that there was a spiritual martial arts master attacking him from his side. If he didn't put away the knife, his life would be in danger.
The assassin secretly gritted his teeth, did not put away the knife to block, nor did he dodge sideways. He endured the attack from the side and continued to chop the spiritual knife in his hand towards Liu Zhang's head.
He was fighting with his life for his life, and he wanted to exchange his life for Liu Zhang's death. There was a crisp sound in his ear. The assassin's knife did not chop on Liu Zhang's head, but a narrow spiritual knife flying from his side hit him first.
The power of this spiritual knife flying in the air was too great, so strong that it hit the assassin's body and directly knocked his body out.
The blade of the spirit knife cut into his temple, and the handle of the spirit knife smashed his arm. When the assassin fell to the ground, the spirit knife was still deeply embedded in his body. He lay on the ground, twitching a few times, and then there was no movement.
It was Bai An who threw the flying knife, and Yan Yan was beside her. Bai An turned his head and said, "Yan, I will protect the general, you go and capture the other two assassins, and make sure to keep them alive!"
Yan Yan nodded, holding the spirit sword, and went straight to the two assassins who were fighting with several wind generals.
Bai An quickly came to Liu Zhang and looked down at his injuries. She was also shocked. The assassin had clearly shot him, but he still tried to chop off his head. He was really vicious and had to kill Liu Zhang.
She raised her head, looked around, and asked loudly: "Military doctor! Where is the military doctor? Find the military doctor quickly!"
"General Bai, the doctor will be here soon!" The wind soldier replied.
"It's too dangerous here. Hurry and send the general to a nearby tent. Quick!" Bai An commanded the soldiers around him to send the seriously injured and unconscious Liu Zhang to a tent not far away.
Soon, the medical officers with the army arrived. After checking the arrow wound on Liu Zhang's body, they all grinned secretly and sweated on their foreheads. Seeing this, Bai An asked anxiously: "How is the general's injury?"
The leading medical officer said cautiously: "This... This is not an ordinary arrow wound. The crossbow arrows are all coated with poison..."
"I just ask you if the general can be saved!" Bai An opened his eyes wide and shouted loudly.
"I will do my best... I will do my best..." The medical officer was so scared that he nodded repeatedly while wiping the cold sweat.
While the medical officers were rescuing Liu Zhang, Yan Yan strode in from outside. He first looked at the medical officers who were rescuing Liu Zhang, and then approached Bai An and whispered, "How is it?"
Bai An clenched his fist, shook his head slowly, and said, "I'm afraid... not very optimistic..."
Yan Yan's expression suddenly dimmed when he heard this. Among the student soldiers from Lingwu College, only Liu Zhang, Bai An and him were left. Whether in public or private, he didn't want Liu Zhang to have any more accidents.
Bai An turned around and asked, "Have all the assassins been captured?"
Yan Yan nodded and said, "There are 13 assassins disguised as our army. Eight of them died, and five were captured. They are now under custody."
"Maybe there are more assassins lurking in our army. When tomorrow morning comes, we must investigate them thoroughly!" As she spoke, she subconsciously looked at the unconscious Liu Zhang and said faintly, "Compared with external enemies, the enemies lurking inside our army are the most terrifying and the most difficult to guard against!"
"We were too careless this time. We didn't expect the An army to dare to come and steal our camp, and we didn't expect that the An army that stole our camp would hide so many assassins in our camp!" Yan Yan shook his head and sighed. Now he could understand more clearly that anything could happen on the battlefield. One hundred thousand against five thousand, it seemed that there was no suspense and victory was in hand, but now, even our commander's life was in danger, who dared to guarantee that we could definitely take down Tingkou?
At this time, Qi Heng also rushed over from the camp of the Ninth Army after hearing the news. At the same time, he also heard about Liu Zhang's assassination and serious injury, and specially brought the military doctor of the Ninth Army with him.
The Ninth Army is the most valuable branch of the Feng Army, and it can also be said to be the most expensive branch of the army. Its medical officers are all doctors with excellent medical skills.
Qi Heng arrived in time, and the medical officers arrived even more timely. The medical officers first detoxified Liu Zhang, then stopped bleeding, applied medicine, and bandaged the wound. After a busy period, Liu Zhang's injuries were finally under control. As for whether he could save his life, the medical officers could not be sure, and could only continue to observe to see if his injuries had a tendency to worsen.
Until now, the sky has turned pale, and the fire in the new army camp has finally been extinguished, but most of the food and grass have been burned, and the rescued food is not enough for the three-day rations of the whole army.
Fortunately, the camp of the Ninth Army was not attacked, and some food could be allocated to the new army, but it would be difficult for one army to supply two armies with food for a long time.
The current situation of the new army is that the food and grass are seriously insufficient, the commander-in-chief has been assassinated and his life is in danger, and the morale of the whole army has fallen to the bottom. In such a situation, let alone attacking the city, it is difficult to stay in place.
Liu Zhang was seriously injured, and the command of the new army could only be taken over by Qi Heng. Bai An and Yan Yan both suggested to Qi Heng that they should withdraw their troops immediately, and wait until Liu Zhang's life was no longer in danger and the food and grass were replenished, and then they would plan to attack Chuankou County.
Qi Heng was unwilling to withdraw his troops from the bottom of his heart, but given the current situation, what else could he do?
An's army was elusive, and it was unknown what tricks they would come up with next. The morale of his side was low, especially the new army. The soldiers had no fighting spirit at all, and this battle could not be continued.
He wanted to accept the opinions of Bai An and Yan Yan and withdraw his troops for the time being, but Ye Tang and Gao Yu, the two deputy commanders of the Ninth Army, both opposed it. It was the king's order for the Ninth Army and the New Army to attack Chuankou County. If they withdrew their troops privately before receiving the king's order, wouldn't that be equivalent to committing the crime of deceiving the king? Besides, the An army had no strength to fight directly with them, so they could only resort to these conspiracy methods such as sneaking into the camp and assassinating the commander. As long as they were careful and alert, it would not be difficult to prevent them.
After listening to their words, Qi Heng felt that what they said made sense, and he asked, "What should I do now?"
"Send a message to the king immediately, report the truth, and let the king decide whether to fight or retreat." Generals Ye Tang and Gao Yu suggested.
Qi Heng nodded and finally decided to do it according to their method. The whole army would temporarily station outside Tingkou City and strictly prevent the An army from sneaking into the camp. He would immediately send a battle report to Tang Yin and report the situation in Tingkou to Tang Yin in detail.
The pigeons of the Ninth Army and the New Army were quickly sent to the town of Fangcheng. Their battle report was like a rat dropping placed on a table of delicacies.
The battle reports sent back by various armies were all good news, and the war progressed very smoothly. Only the battle report sent back from Kawaguchi County was a defeat report, and even the new army's commander Liu Zhang was stabbed and seriously injured.
After reading this battle report, Tang Yin's originally good mood suddenly turned to a bad mood. Fortunately, Qi Heng was still far away from him. If he had delivered the battle report in person, his foot would have kicked Qi Heng's butt.
If Liu Zhang was exploited by the enemy's assassin because of his lack of experience, it would be understandable, but could it be said that Qi Heng was also inexperienced?
Having been in the army for so long and being a commander for so long, he had experienced all kinds of situations and encountered all kinds of enemies. Why didn't he remind Liu Zhang to be careful of the enemy's assassins?
Besides, how could the An army of Kawaguchi County be so powerful that they could actually sneak into the camp of the new army and successfully assassinate Liu Zhang? It was incredible.
Seeing Tang Yin's expression change from angry to confused, Yin Lan stepped forward and said cautiously: "My lord, I have reported from the previous town that a large number of rangers are gathering in Kawaguchi County. According to my judgment, this incident is 100% done by rangers!"
Tang Yin narrowed his eyes, and a gleam of light flashed in his eyes.
Yin Lan continued: "General Qi and General Liu are both commanders who have fought on the battlefield. They are good at dealing with regular enemy troops. When dealing with rangers who appear and disappear, I am afraid... they are not experienced enough!"
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