Unparalleled Evildoer

Chapter 260 Defeated
The coalition forces quickly followed the Minyue soldiers and built a pontoon bridge on the river. On the city bridge, a fierce general under King Xiong led 3,000 cavalrymen to rush to the other side. Xu Hu waved the flag, and there was a deafening bang. The bridge piers were filled with flames and thick smoke. The whole bridge collapsed with a loud bang, and the cavalrymen who were charging on the bridge were immediately thrown off their horses and fell into the river.

The loud noise stunned everyone. No one had ever seen such a scene. It was just like being struck by thunder. Thunder might not have such great power. Some people even thought that it was the gods showing their power to warn the coalition forces.

Ji Jie shouted: "Don't panic, this is the enemy's magic! As long as we kill them, they will surrender. Anyone who retreats will be shot!" The frightened soldiers had no choice but to continue building the pontoon bridge.

Lü Zhe said to Wu Zhu: "Uncle, quickly order the Minyue soldiers to retreat to the rear of the Nanyue troops and reorganize, and let the Nanyue soldiers resist!"

Wuzhu glanced at the silent Wuzhan and knew that there was no turning back. The only hope was to unite with Nanyue to defend Panyu and wait for the arrival of the Qin army. Without hesitation, he ordered the soldiers who had crossed the river to retreat into the city for reorganization.

Xu Hu waved his flag, and the South Vietnamese archers came to the river and shot at the soldiers who were building a pontoon bridge. There were screams on the river, and the soldiers had no choice but to jump into the water and continue building the bridge with their shields.

Yu Sisi's lips moved, and a 'red cloud' flew out of her sleeves, swarming towards the South Vietnamese soldiers on the opposite bank. Meng Ya was well prepared. Seeing Yu Sisi releasing the 'Alluring Red', she snorted coldly and opened the sachet with her slender hands. Green insects poured out of the sachet like a tide and headed towards the 'red cloud'. In a moment, two groups of 'clouds' entangled together above the river bank, buzzing loudly and biting each other. The dead insects fell like snowflakes.

While the coalition forces were building a pontoon bridge, they were also shooting arrows at the opposite bank to provide cover, preventing the South Vietnamese soldiers from continuing to shoot arrows. Thousands of rafts were transported from behind the formation, fell into the water with a "whoosh", and formed a whole, rowing towards the opposite bank. The soldiers on the rafts used their shields to block the arrows, and crossing the river was only a matter of time.

Xu Hu looked at the long dragon spreading out on the river and said to Wuzhan: "Should we give the order now?"

Wuzhan said calmly: "Wait a little longer, when there are more fish, I will give the order to close the net!"

On the other side, Ji Jie said: "They have run out of tricks and can't do anything else. It's just a moat. How can it stop our coalition forces?"

King Xiong said fiercely: "I was originally thinking about the tens of thousands of soldiers in South Vietnam. Now even if they kneel down and beg for mercy, I will not allow them to live. I will not withdraw my troops until they are all killed!"

Ji Jie said: "After killing them all, we must withdraw from here within three days, otherwise we will have no way to retreat when the Qin army arrives!"

King Xiong said: "It won't take three days, we can flatten Panyu in one day!"

At this time, the rafts had reached the other side. Xu Hu waved the command flag and the Panyu archers immediately withdrew. King Xiong shouted, "Look, they are trying to escape!" Soon after the words were spoken, the Panyu cavalry appeared in the team and rushed towards the coalition forces on horseback, with a rope hanging on each horse.

Xu Hu shouted, "Close the net!"

At the command, thousands of cavalrymen shouted at the same time and beat the horses' buttocks. Thousands of horses neighed and ran hard. "Teng..." The rope lifted the dust, quickly tightened, and extended into the river.

"Huahua..." A huge net several thousand feet long suddenly appeared in the middle of the river. There were iron hooks on the net, which instantly hooked the raft and people in the river. Then, the raft and people were hung in the net and rushed to the other side, faster and faster.

"Bang, bang..." There were continuous loud noises on the rocks along the river bank, wood chips and limbs flying, blood and brain matter splattered everywhere. Even those who were lucky enough not to be killed were stabbed to death by the South Vietnamese soldiers who rushed over. The scene was extremely bloody.

In an instant, nearly half of the rafts and pontoon bridges on the river were destroyed, and nearly 5,000 soldiers died. Seeing his soldiers die tragically, the Xiong King was so angry that his eyes were blazing with fire. He shouted angrily: "Charge over here, kill them all, kill them all!"

Ji Jie did not expect that the enemy would have such an ambush. Looking at Wuzhe on the other side of the river, he felt both hatred and admiration in his heart.

The coalition forces have launched a full-scale attack. Rafts are continuously placed on the water. Large groups of soldiers board the rafts and shoot arrows towards the opposite bank.

Xu Hu said excitedly: "I have never commanded my soldiers like this and fought such a beautiful battle. Now I understand what is formation, what is military strategy, and what is timing. I, Xu Hu, will never forget the kindness of the special envoy to me!"

Wuzhan said: "General Xu, there is no need to thank me. Defeating the coalition forces is the duty of foreign ministers. General, please prepare to evacuate!"

Xu Hu waved the command flag, and the army carried out thousands of barrels of kerosene, lined up in a battle array, and poured them on the land on the shore. Xu Hu shouted, "Light it!" "Whoosh..." A fire dragon rose up from the river thousands of feet away, and thick smoke rose, blocking the vision of the coalition forces.

There were already wood and corpses pulled over by fishing nets on the shore. The fire burned more and more fiercely, and the surface of the river was also burning. The soldiers who rushed to the shore were covered with kerosene, and the flames immediately spread to their bodies and buried them in the sea of ​​fire.

The coalition forces were blocked from landing by the fire and thick smoke. King Xiong was so anxious that he kept jumping up and down, but he couldn't put out the raging fire on the other side. Ji Jie said, "King Xiong, don't be anxious. This fire will be extinguished soon. Then we will kill them without leaving a single piece of armor!"

King Xiong said angrily, "Didn't you say that the enemy couldn't do anything? How do you explain this?"

Ji Jie said awkwardly: "The enemy is indeed more prepared than us, but this can only hold out for a while. When all this is done, they will just have to wait for death!"

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The fire burned for a full hour. When the smoke cleared, the enemy troops on the other side of the river disappeared. King Xiong cursed, "What a bunch of cowards! They were all scared away!" The coalition forces crossed the river smoothly and walked in the city. The whole city became an empty city. To be precise, there was no trace of the city. It seemed to have been looted, because there was no intact house. It was a desolate place. Only the palace in the distance did not disappear. The coalition forces wanted to massacre the city, but there was no place to massacre in the city. Not even a single livestock could be seen.

How could the tens of thousands of soldiers who were so arrogant before disappear? Where did they go? Did they hide in the palace? But no matter how big the palace is, it is impossible for it to accommodate nearly 100,000 people. Did they hide in the back mountain? But the back mountain is full of cliffs. How could so many people go up there?

Ji Jie racked his brains to think, he had never seen such a strange army, he had a vague feeling that this was a trap, but he just couldn't figure out where the danger was.

At this time, the scouts reported that the South Vietnamese army had withdrawn from the east. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, finally finding their tracks. The Hung King shouted, "Order the entire army to catch up with them at full speed and kill them all, leaving no one, young or old, alive!"

Ji Jie stopped him and said, "Wait a minute, King Xiong!"

King Xiong said, "What did the emperor discover?"

Ji Jie looked around and said, "I just feel that something is wrong. King Xiong thought, if they want to escape, why didn't they withdraw earlier, but wait until our army arrived?"

King Xiong said: "This is very simple. They originally wanted to resist, but now that they can't resist, they naturally want to flee. Are they still waiting for us to slaughter them?"

Ji Jie said: "King Xiong, you can see that all the houses here have been demolished, which means that they have already prepared to escape. The reason why the enemy army is facing us by the moat must be to delay time in order to divert the people in the city."

King Xiong said: "What does this prove? They can't get far with the people. We will definitely catch up with them if we chase them at full speed!"

Ji Jie said: "It's still the same question, why didn't the enemy evacuate earlier? Wouldn't they have been able to escape further?"

King Xiong said impatiently: "Your Majesty, please don't beat around the bush with me. Just speak directly!"

Ji Jie said: "The enemy army had been preparing to withdraw for a long time but chose to withdraw today, which means they don't want to escape at all. I suspect that the enemy's previous confrontation was just to provoke us, and the real purpose was to lure us into the city. There must be an ambush in the city!"

King Xiong said, "There is not even one person in the city, how could there be an ambush? Is the emperor frightened by Li Zhong?"

Ji Jie said: "I am not afraid of Li Zhong, but we need to be extremely cautious when marching. Often, things that go smoothly hide huge traps. We must not take it lightly, so as not to make a big mistake!"

King Xiong said, "Then what are you waiting for? If you chase eastward, won't you be able to leave here?"

Ji Jie said: "King Xiong, listen to me. It is safer for us to withdraw from here the same way we came. Then we can take a detour to the east and chase them. We will definitely catch up with them!"

King Xiong said: "Is the emperor joking? We lost more than 10,000 people before we captured Panyu, but the emperor wants us to go around and take a detour. Is the emperor worrying too much?"

Yu Sisi said: "King Xiong must believe the words of the lord. That kid is indeed cunning and skilled in many kinds of magic arrays. We must not abandon Panyu easily."

The Xiong King laughed and said, "After all, you are still afraid of that bastard. You are afraid, but I am not. I will catch up with him today and skin him alive!"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a loud bang, the earth trembled, the sound shook the sky, and a cliff in the distance collapsed with a loud bang. Then, a huge flood roared out from the cliff and poured down.

Ji Jie turned pale and shouted, "Oh no! They are going to flood Panyu. Get out of here!"

Nearly 200,000 soldiers threw away their armor and weapons and fled in a hurry like a wave. Countless people were trampled to death. The situation was completely out of control. In front, people were running wildly and dust was flying. Behind them, huge waves were rolling and approaching, destroying everything in their path.

Just as they ran to the riverside, they saw a rapid current coming from upstream. There was no time to catch their breath, but people fled frantically on rafts and floating bridges like a cloud of water. Thousands of people fell into the river and swam desperately to the other side, but the water flow was too fast and they were instantly swept into the rapids.

The huge waves hit the rocks on the high slope, lifting countless soldiers and horses high into the air. The scene was extremely tragic and spectacular.

King Xiong and Jie Jun looked back and wailed to the sky. They had never suffered such an irresistible defeat. They had to flee without even a head-on battle with the enemy. How could they not be heartbroken to lose so many soldiers? How could they swallow this bitter pill?

Ji Jie was pale and gasping for breath. He didn't believe that the scene before him was real. How could an army of two hundred thousand be defeated in just a few hours? He was unwilling to accept this result.

(End of this chapter)