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Chapter 1488: Fighting the Lower Limit (Part 1488) [Seeking monthly votes]

Yang Ying was a little annoyed.

If other people heard this, they would probably think she was taking advantage of the situation. Why bother with such a bright future? A brave warrior speaks with his fists. The arrow Yang Ying shot in front of everyone not only dampened the enemy's spirit, but also made her one of the top generals of Kang State. She would definitely be called "Yang Hou" in the future. However, if you knew who her partner was this time, you would understand.

Kang Shi coughed several times in succession.

"General Yang, don't be anxious. Everything has its destiny."

He didn't know what his master was thinking, why he had to throw him out. Throwing him out would be fine, but he also asked him and Yang Ying to lead the troops to chase the remnants of the allied forces who had fled to an unknown place. Why didn't the master think that his side was fighting in a foreign land and knew the terrain far less well than the Central Allied Forces? The Central Allied Forces went into the mountains as if they had returned home, while the Kangguo troops went in as if they had entered a maze.

How can I catch up with them?
This job is more suitable for Qin Gongsu or Gu Wangchao.

Needless to say, the former, once he activated [Cloudy Sky and Fog Land], the literary spirit merged with the mountain mist, and no bird or beast within the range of the Scholar's Way could escape his surveillance, and the latter's Scholar's Way was even more of a weapon for catching people. But the master was worried about these two and refused to let go.

Kang Shi thought so and complained so.

Shen Tang said: [What you said makes a lot of sense.]

Theory alone is useless, we also need to consider the actual application effect. Qin Li's [Cloudy Sky and Fog Land] is indeed a powerful weapon for battlefield reconnaissance. He can see all the details that even scouts cannot see, but the problem is that the enemy takes the underground tunnel, which suppresses Qin Li's scholar's way, so it is not cost-effective for him to chase. Gu Chi's scholar's way is not suppressed, but there is a distance limit.

The voice of the heart cannot be heard beyond the distance.

This distance range...

Even an inexperienced ground scout can find the enemy's traces within this range. Shen Tang thought about it and decided to keep the sick child by his side. Kang Shi, the god of plague, can run and jump, and has a strong life. There is no need to worry about letting him go: […Besides, Ji Shou's way of scholars is not just to suppress his own people. It all depends on who has a stronger life.]

Looking at Kang Shi's fierce battle record over the years, we can find that his scholarly ways not only defeated his lord, but also his enemies. It's just that Shen Tang was lucky enough not to be killed, while the enemy was not lucky enough and met the King of Hell. Think about it carefully, is it that other people occasionally fail to chase the enemy, but Kang Shi always meets the enemy head-on? Regardless of the process, only look at the results. How many people have become stepping stones on his road to fame?

Kang Shi: [……]

Not comforted at all.

Because the matter happened suddenly, Kang Shi was given to Yang Ying.

Kang Shi: [Why not General Chu or General Wei? ]

It's not that Kang Shi dislikes Yang Ying, but he has worked with Chu Jie and Wei Shou many times, and they know each other well and have a certain tacit understanding. They don't dislike each other, and the cooperation is smoother. If anything unexpected happens, they can make timely remedies.

He is not very familiar with Yang Ying.

Shen Tang said: [Because you are slow. ]

If she hadn't been particularly partial to Kang Jishou, she would have taken him with her wherever she went to fight, and assigned him all the missions, and Kang Shi would have been left out. If any military commander had room to choose, Kang Shi would not be their first choice for a literary scholar.

Kang Shi: [……]

He looked at Yang Ying and Yang Ying looked at him.

The former felt a little guilty for no reason.

Yang Ying said: "This is the third time I've visited this tree."

Kangguo sent 15,000 elite troops to pursue the allied forces in the central part of China, and Yang Ying was assigned 5,000 troops. These 5,000 elite troops only had three days of dry food and water. If they still had no results after three days, they would have to give up. The ground and air scouts cooperated, but not only did they not find any traces of the enemy, they did not even find any traces of living people along the way.

In other words, she might have to go all the way without any help.

Until a scout brings back new news.

She saw a tree marked with three special marks.

When ground scouts are scouting the surroundings, they will leave Kangguo's unique internal dense patterns on more conspicuous and special carriers, such as rocks, mountain walls, and vegetation. This mark is condensed with martial energy, and the scout needs to condense a layer of martial energy film that is ten times thinner than a hair to write, and it must be maintained for 15 days to be qualified. Different marks represent different information and will not be repeated.

This tree has three repeating marks.

A scout would not make such a stupid mistake.

This meant that something nearby interfered with their basic judgment, or someone covered up the previous scout's mark, causing the scout to repeatedly mark the same carrier. Yang Ying ordered people to narrow the search range: "Use this tree as the center and search carefully!"

Yang Ying waited patiently for news.

The scouts indeed found traces of the enemy's Word Spirit Illusion Array, but the attached spiritual energy was very faint and it was impossible to determine the exact direction.

When people are unlucky, even drinking water will get food stuck in their teeth.

Yang Ying encountered many obstacles and accidentally triggered the enemy's magic array trap during the pursuit. She had to dismantle the trap while chasing. There were so many traps that she wanted to doubt her life. The Central Allied Forces used the time they spent on setting traps to escape, and they had long since let the sky be high and let the birds fly. These magic arrays of words and spirits had no lethality, but they could interfere with the judgment of direction, causing the army to go back and forth in circles. Kang Shi was annoyed while dismantling the traps.

"Have we stepped on all the traps along the way?"

There's a trap almost every two steps.

Is this level of density unscientific?

Yang Ying unfolded the map and looked at the marks. Each mark was a magical array. Putting these marks together pointed to the direction of the enemy's retreat as predicted by the military advisor. The Central Allied Forces wanted to disrupt the pursuit, so they naturally had to set up many traps on this road.

Kang Shi: "..."

Yang Ying sighed and put away the map: "It looks like it's possible."

Kang Shi smiled awkwardly and consoled: "This at least proves that we are not chasing in the wrong direction. No matter how many traps we have, we can just tear them down."

Yang Ying: “…”

This is true, but it doesn't make me feel good. Kang Shi's words are like telling Yang Ying not to be afraid of the traps all over the floor. If you step on them all, won't the traps be cleared? If possible, Yang Ying still hopes to avoid the traps...

Kang Shi also gradually discovered that something was wrong.

"The person who set up the illusion array is an expert in this field."

Different literati have different habits in setting up formations, and they always have their own little ingenuity. Even if it is the same illusion formation, different literati will have different details in their arrangements. Kang Shi broke several illusion formations but found that the styles were extremely uniform, and they should have been left by the same person.

Not only the same person, but also the same period of time.

Although these illusion arrays were not complicated and could only delay the enemy for thirty to fifty breaths at most, when the number of them was added together, the overall time was quite considerable. If the same person set up these arrays, how much spiritual energy would it take?
"…Although one trick can be used everywhere, the most taboo on the battlefield is to use the same trick over and over again. It is too easy for the enemy to find a flaw. The person who set up the formation used the same routine to stop us…"

A test paper says there are 100 questions, but when you open it, you find that all 100 questions are the same type of copy and paste, without even changing the data. Wouldn't the students get better and better at doing it? Is this a trap deliberately set by the enemy, or is there another conspiracy?
It can't be that there is a traitor within the enemy's ranks, right?
Stepping onto the illusion array again, Kang Shi began to hesitate.

Yang Ying expressed Kang Shi’s inner guess.

"It's more like they deliberately lured us here."

Is what awaits them a juicy prey or a bigger trap?
Kang Shi wasn't sure, but he decided to take a gamble.

Yang Ying: "...Small gambling brings joy, big gambling hurts the body."

The hobbies of Kang Shi, the Minister of Justice, were known to everyone in the court. Others would either stay home and sleep, or go hunting with friends, or have a wine-drinking banquet. But Kang Shi was unique in that he loved to go to casinos.

When Kangguo banned gambling, the four governors could not find the casinos. Kangshi could find the target accurately with just one sniff. After gambling, he would overturn the table and report to the officials to close down and search the casinos. This behavior even made it difficult for the Censorate to deal with him.

Did he break the law knowingly?
Yes.

But did he lose his success by reporting the casino?

Also.

The subordinate Weifu of Silufu had a lot of complaints against Kangshi, and even feared that Kangshi would take a day off. They had clearly sifted the casinos again and again with a comb, but Kangshi always found some that slipped through the net. If he could find them, it would mean that he had failed in his duty. The bad luck that the Censorate could not find Kangshi would turn its anger towards them, and they would be scolded every morning. Although Yang Ying was not a victim, her good friend from her early years went to the subordinate Weifu of Silufu, and many of them had their spring and winter gifts, that is, half-year bonus and year-end bonus, indirectly deducted because of Kangshi.

_(:з　∠)_
Yang Ying shed tears for her friend when she thought about it.

Kang Shi’s political enemies were really his own fault.

"What are you afraid of? What we are most worried about now is that we can't find the enemy, and what we fear most is that the enemy will slip away from under our feet!" Kang Shi's speech was full of confidence, but it really touched Yang Ying's sore spot.

We are not afraid of being ambushed by the enemy, but we are afraid of the cooked duck flying away. "But it is not a good thing to be led by the nose by the enemy like this." Even in the enemy's home ground, we must seize the initiative.

Kang Shi waved his hand: "Leave it to me."

As the actual user of the distinguished VVVVIP black card, Kang Shi always wins every time he gambles! His scholar's way is not only used to defend against the enemy head-on, but also to avoid disasters and seek good fortune. Once the tooth card is out, the specific position of the enemy can be locked in the dark.

Yang Ying: "Why didn't you use it before?"

If used, you can avoid many illusion traps.

Kang Shi gave his reasons: "First, I don't use it often; second, it only tells you the specific direction, not the layout of the road. If you are unlucky, you will still step into the trap; third, don't I want to save the master a little money?"

Use your main luck black card as little as possible.

Kang Shi would sometimes feel sorry for her.

Yang Ying: “…but you still used it.”

Kang Shi said: "It means that it should be spent and used as it should be."

He really used the main energy on the blade.

There was no extravagance or waste at all.

Yang Ying: “…”

Countless complaints were forced to be swallowed back.

I feel even more sorry for my Lord.

Yang Ying: "It's not easy for the master to overcome all the difficulties along the way."

Well, don't ask where the thorns came from.

Kang Shi pretended to be deaf and dumb as if he didn't hear anything, and concentrated on sensing the correct direction until a sense of perception arose in his heart.

"General Shengmei, Kan position 730 steps."

After saying this, I couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat and feel a little scared.

The distance is too close.

The fact that the ground scouts had not discovered it yet meant that the enemy had either set up a very clever trick in the tunnel, or that the tunnel was very deep from the ground. It was indeed not easy for the scouts to detect the movement through the thick mud and sand. Yang Ying did not hesitate at all, and drew his sword from its sheath. The Danfu Wudan rotated wildly, and the majestic martial energy was fully infused into the blade, and the sword penetrated more than ten feet into the ground.

The earth shook and the dust flew.

Yang Ying prepared to strike with a second blow.

It would be best if the tunnel collapsed, so we wouldn’t even have to dig a burial pit.

However, her plan did not succeed. Several rays of light shot out from the ground, and they all rushed towards Yang Ying in unison. Two of them were much stronger than hers. Several people were filled with shock and anger, and wanted to kill Yang Ying as soon as possible: "Don't be so arrogant, you little brats!"

Seeing Yang Ying's strength clearly, he was even more murderous.

As for the five thousand elite troops——

"You two hold off these pursuers for a while, I will kill this man. How long can you delay us?" Although the five thousand elite soldiers can gather their morale to kill them, the overgrown vegetation here blocks the view and the terrain is not flat, so these pursuers cannot exert their maximum combat power. On the contrary, they can use the convenience of the terrain to delay time, and they are not far from the exit.

The exit is just behind two hills.

It is not easy for the pursuers to climb over it.

Kang Shi rode on his warhorse and watched them silently.

I have to sigh that my master’s black card is still the most useful.

"General Shengmei, you and I will divide them."

Yang Ying could concentrate on meeting the enemy, while Kang Shi commanded his soldiers to intercept the remaining few. If they cooperated well, they should be able to win the battle with minimal losses. But his words sounded different to Yang Ying, so she said, "No need, you go after them."

After these words were spoken, Kang Shi was not the only one who was stunned.

The enemy general who was delaying the retreat was also confused.

It would be fine if someone stronger than them said this, but how dare Yang Ying, whose strength level can be seen through by them, say this?

"Son, you are so arrogant."

This is no longer a newborn calf that is not afraid of a tiger.

What was even more shocking was that Kang Shi actually nodded.

Without any hesitation, he waved his hand and asked the soldiers to raise the signal flag, ordering all 5,000 people to follow him without leaving a single one behind. Yang Ying's deputy general was Yang Gong's old man in Xiaocheng, and his heart beat faster when he saw this. But he was a military general, so he could only follow orders.

The army adjusted its direction in just two breaths.

This kind of action of thousands of people working as one, even the allied generals as the enemy side would have to praise it in their hearts. Kang Shi didn't look back, but he could feel the special martial spirit in the air, which was completely different from Yang Ying's usual martial spirit.

I could vaguely hear what Yang Ying said.

"You have many people—"

In terms of archery, Yang Ying was also one of the best among the generals of Kang State. Although she was not an expert in archery and could not use the trick of shooting ten thousand arrows at once, it was not difficult to shoot a hundred arrows at once to force the prey into her net without her noticing.

"But I also kill two birds with one stone!"

A sharp arrow was mixed in with hundreds of golden lights.

First deal with the two who are stronger than her, don't give them the chance to cooperate and pose a threat, and then deal with the others with peace of mind.

All in all, it took only a quarter of an hour.

When Yang Ying adjusted his breathing and went to chase the army, a shadow slowly floated out from the ground. Looking at the bodies on the ground whose throats were cut and hearts were pierced by Yang Ying, they were dead as hell: "Time Arrow is such a rogue way of fighting. Tsk tsk, they died unjustly."

If you don't prepare in advance, you will have no chance of survival if you meet Yang Ying.

"Who told them to be so arrogant?"

Lin Su struggled to crawl out of the crack in the ground and brushed off the dirt on his body. Although he was not buried alive, one of his legs was injured.

His scholarly skills could conceal his aura at a critical moment, and Yang Ying didn't have the time to go deep underground to kill several survivors one by one, so Lin Su was able to escape. He looked at his legs and sighed, "It's really unlucky, the place where it collapsed happened to be..."

Normally it shouldn't hit him.

But it was just a little bit off.

The shadow said: "Your forehead is black and there will be a blood disaster."

It didn't turn black all the time, it just turned black suddenly out of nowhere.

Lin Su: "...Tsk, weird."

The shadow looked at the traces of the army's departure and rubbed his chin: "I just saw that the quality of Kangguo's soldiers is indeed high. It is not an exaggeration to say that they obey orders. But why is the pursuit speed so slow?"

The Lin ancestor in front of him said that he left clues for the pursuers.

As a result, the Allied forces were about to evacuate completely before they could catch up.

At this rate, the 5,000 people chasing after them will most likely run into the Allied reinforcements coming to support them. Five thousand versus twenty-two thousand. What's the difference between Kangguo's attack and rushing headfirst into the enemy's base camp?
"I'm afraid that Kangguo's army will be wiped out."

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