NFBE Chapter 120: Taking the Arrow
Chapter 120: Taking the Arrow
Beiling's newly promoted general Gao Si probably thought that our commander was dead, so he brought all 350,000 elite soldiers of Beiling to attack us.
Duan Zhan, dressed in armor, rode on horseback, his fiery red cape fluttering in the wind. He glanced at Qi Yu in the crowd, then gave Wu Yu a look and shouted, "Soldiers, kill!"
300,000 soldiers fighting against 350,000 enemy troops. The difference in numbers is not big. It all depends on whose army has stronger military strength.
Wu Yu received a signal from the general, and he took Qi Yu and Jiang Zhi's team with him to encircle the enemy from behind.
Although the general did not directly reveal Qi Yu's identity, Wu Yu knew the general and naturally would not let Qi Yu fall into danger.
"Listen to my instructions later. No one is allowed to act without authorization."
The flanking team was stationed in the valley behind the city gate, a place that was easy to defend but difficult to attack.
"Why not just launch a surprise attack?"
Jiang Zhi was puzzled.
Wu Yu glared at him, "Obey orders!"
Do you think he doesn't want to? If the general doesn't give the order, how will he explain to the general if something happens to the prince?
Qi Yu seemed to see through Wu Yu's doubts. He said seriously, "Since I entered the military camp, I have already put my life and death aside. General Wu, we shouldn't stay here. The general has just recovered from a serious injury, so we should go to support him."
He was standing on a high ground and could see the entire battlefield clearly. After looking for a few moments, he always felt something was wrong.
"Oh no, the general has fallen into a trap."
Wu Yu instantly became nervous when he heard this, "Qi Zilin, stop talking nonsense."
If he risked his generalship in order to gain military merit, he would not agree even if he was the crown prince.
"General Wu, please look..."
Qi Yu took a stone and drew a sand table on the ground, explaining the current battle situation in detail. As expected, Wu Yu's expression changed from seriousness to fear. He instantly became angry and asked, "Are you serious?"
"Dian...Brother is well-versed in military books." Jiang Zhi said at the right time.
But the general asked them to leave a team behind to encircle the enemy in order to prevent them from cheating, so this team could not retreat.
"I go."
Qi Yu gripped the spear tightly, his face beneath the helmet looking resolute and brave, as if he was ready to die.
"Qi Zilin, listen to my orders!"
Wu Yu struggled for a moment, then quickly made up his mind and said, "Support the general, go quickly!"
"Yes!"
With Wu Yu leading the team to provide cover, Qi Yu successfully left the encirclement team and headed for the north gate.
The North Gate was the main border gate. Beiling's young general, Gao Si, led his men to besiege the city. Duan Zhan, the commander-in-chief, personally led his troops to destroy the enemy. However, they had discussed luring Beiling to the West Gate and strangling them. This was a good strategy, but Qi Yu had just discovered that among the enemy troops at the West Gate, there was a young general with a similar build to Gao Si. Although he was only wearing a soldier's uniform, his aura and the way he was protected behind a shield confirmed that this was Gao Si.
Gauss found someone who looked similar to him to pretend to be the commander-in-chief and fight against Duan Zhan. If Duan Zhan led his men to the west gate, he would fall into the enemy's trap.
"Drive~"
Qi Yu rode his horse quickly to the west city gate. The horse raised its front hooves and braked suddenly. In the distance, Duan Zhan, who was leading 5,000 elite soldiers, was tripped by the enemy's trip rope.
Suddenly, sharp knives appeared on the yellow earth and stabbed into the horse's belly.
In an instant, the horses were frightened and neighed, throwing the soldiers off their backs.
Duan Zhan was in the front row. Although he immediately spun around the moment he landed, Beiling's young general Gao Si had already rushed over with a big knife in hand.
Qi Yu secretly cried out in alarm, tapped the horse's back lightly with his toes, and flew up. The long sword in his hand turned into a crossbow arrow, and he gathered power in his palm and shot it towards Gauss.
There was only a strong sound of wind passing by his ears. Before Duan Zhan could turn around, he saw the person in front of him groaning.
Qi Yu's sword hit Gauss's arm, but Gauss seemed to feel no pain and fell again with the machete raised.
"Be careful, General."
Qi Yu arrived behind Duan Zhan in time. Although he was unarmed, he was able to repel several enemy soldiers who were rushing towards him at the same time with one punch.
"What are you here for?"
Duan Zhan, who survived the disaster, dared not take it lightly anymore. He immediately turned his back to Duan Zhan and formed a two-man fighting posture with him, but his heart was in his throat.
It was not because he fell into the enemy's trap, but because of Qi Yu's arrival.
"Without the commander's order, you deserted your post, Qi Zilin!"
Duan Zhan gnashed his teeth and was about to scold him, but Qi Yu, holding a dagger, slashed an enemy soldier's neck, blood spurting out and staining his armor. He remained steady as a rock, only curling his lips in a sinister manner, "General Wu ordered me to come here, so it doesn't count as disobeying orders."
"you!"
Duan Zhan was furious, but he had no time to argue with him because the seriously injured Gauss came to attack him again.
"Why is this person so evil?"
Even though his arm was about to be chopped off, he could still be so brave. It wasn't their first fight, so Duan Zhan couldn't understand it.
Qi Yu rolled sideways and passed over Duan Zhan's head. After they exchanged positions, he met Gauss's blood-red eyes. "It seems that Beiling's secret medicine has improved a lot."
Duan Zhan understood what was said.
This young general from Beiling used medicine on himself. He is not afraid of pain and will not die.
"mean!"
Using despicable means in combat on the battlefield is truly despicable.
The dagger in Qi Yu's hand slashed along Gauss's neck, just an inch away from taking his life, but he was not impatient. "Then we must defeat Gauss as soon as possible and destroy this despicable little country of Beiling."
Seeing Qi Yu taking the initiative to attack Gao Si, and Gao Si fighting but not dying like a puppet, Duan Zhan was worried, so he exchanged positions with him again and gave him the spear in his hand.
Qi Yu was stunned for a moment. Although this commander of an army of 300,000 said that he would not side with him, he was silently supporting and protecting him behind his back.
"General, can you draw a bow?"
Seeing that Qi Yu had thought of a way to deal with Gauss, Duan Zhan hesitated, fearing that he would get hurt. He stretched out his long arm and dragged him back, "Whatever you are going to do, don't take any risks!"
This is his battlefield, he is the commander-in-chief, and he will not allow any soldier to protect him with his own life.
"It seems that Brother Duan has truly forgotten the game of using himself as an arrow."
At his master's birthday party, he won applause with his martial arts skills, and finally won the highest prize by being shot by an arrow.
Qi Yu did not give Duan Zhan a chance to refuse. He jumped up. Although Duan Zhan was unwilling, he cooperated and grabbed his ankle. He pretended to draw a bow and shoot an arrow, and Qi Yu flew out.
"呲"
The sound of the dagger sinking into flesh and blood was drowned out by the sounds of fighting on the battlefield.
"The Beiling commander is dead. You must surrender immediately."
The dagger, which could cut through iron like mud, slashed through the neck of young General Gauss and chopped off his entire head. It rolled several times on the yellow earth, covered with yellow sand, which was extremely disgusting.
Gauss's body was still in a defensive posture. Qi Yu turned around, stepped on his shoulders and stood on the battlefield. He flew up and tore down the Beiling flag, which fell right next to Gauss's head.
Duan Zhan cooperated quickly and shouted, "Soldiers, destroy the small country of Beiling!"
"kill!"