Unparalleled Evildoer

Chapter 262: Sweet
After the late-night sneak attack, by dawn, the mountains and plains were filled with the corpses of the coalition forces, and the smell of blood filled the entire valley. The king's anger had long since died out. He couldn't understand why there couldn't be so many rolling logs even if all the trees on the mountain were cut down. In fact, the trees on the mountain had not been cut down, and there was no sign of the enemy cutting down trees.

Rather than saying that the coalition forces trapped Nanyue and Minyue on the mountain, it would be more accurate to say that Nanyue and Minyue trapped the coalition forces at the foot of the mountain and did not attack to break out. They only defended the mountain and placed rolling logs. No matter how brave the coalition forces were, it was useless in the face of the endless rolling logs.

Ji Jie thought about it all night but couldn't come up with an effective solution. He tried to attack with fire, but the trees were too wet and difficult to ignite. He also thought about releasing poisonous smoke, but there was no wind and the poisonous smoke was low, so the only victims would be the coalition forces at the foot of the mountain.

The stalemate lasted for another day, and the coalition forces began to slaughter horses to satisfy their hunger. If this continued, if they failed to capture the city in two more days, the coalition forces would really have to eat grass.

Ji Jie summoned the leaders of all tribes to discuss matters in the tent. Jie Jun said, "At this point, it is not a good idea for us to stay here. If the Qin army arrives, it will be difficult for us to break out. It is better for us to withdraw from here temporarily and lead our own teams to disperse and leave. We can wait for a chance to annihilate Nanyue and Minyue in the future."

Ji Jie was not willing to let the army that had been united with great difficulty disperse, and said in a deep voice: "The enemy has no way to retreat. If we don't get rid of these two countries this time, they will join forces with the Qin army in the future, and it will be difficult for us to find such an opportunity again. Please rest assured, General Jie Jun, the Qin army is far upstream of the Pearl River, and it will be difficult to get here in half a month."

Jie Jun said: "The enemy has plenty of food and grass, but our army has already run out of food. If we continue to waste time like this, after a few days, if the enemy breaks through, how can our soldiers have the strength to resist?"

King Xiong said: "We have lost so many people. How can we swallow this anger if we don't kill them all?"

Jie Jun said: "Victory and defeat are common in the military. If we continue to waste time like this, we will only lose even more miserably!"

King Xiong said coldly: "Could it be that General Jiejun wants to break the alliance and surrender to the Qin army?"

Jie Jun was furious when he heard this: "You are the one who wants to surrender to the Qin army. Don't forget that I shot Tu Sui to death with my own hands. I, Xi Zhen, would rather die than surrender..."

Ji Jie hurriedly tried to smooth things over, saying, "Please calm down, both of you. We are all in the same boat now, sharing weal and woe, and we share the same hatred and enemy. How can we quarrel and hurt the harmony? Although we are facing difficulties now, it is only temporary, and there will always be a way to solve it. Moreover, we have magic weapons to defeat the enemy, and when the critical moment comes, we will definitely turn the tide."

Jie Jun asked, "Does the emperor have a plan to force the enemy to come down the mountain?"

Ji Jie smiled slightly and said, "I just came up with a plan. The enemy army has sufficient food and grass. If we cut off their food supply, they will kneel down and surrender!"

King Xiong said: "This is a good plan, but how do we cut off their food supply?"

Ji Jie said: "Don't worry, I have my own arrangements!"

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It was dark in the middle of the night. The bonfire on the mountain had burned out. The snoring of soldiers sleeping soundly could be heard everywhere. Five men in black landed gently from the tree without making any sound. They had already found out that the enemy's food was in a cave not far away. The cave was heavily guarded, but most of the people were leaning against the cave entrance and taking a nap.

These people took off the black clothes they were wearing and lit lanterns. With the help of the light, they could see two women, Yunchu and Mengya. The other three were also wearing South Vietnamese clothes. They walked lightly to the front of the cave.

Yunchu cleared her throat and said, "It's such an important place, but none of you noticed me coming to you. I think you don't want to live anymore. You all need to keep your eyes open and be alert. If you continue to sleep, I will tell the master and punish you!"

The soldiers were suddenly awakened and stood up in panic with their weapons in hand. One of them smiled and apologized: "We won't do that next time. I don't know why Miss Yun came here so late. Is she here to inspect on behalf of the special envoy?"

Yunchu said, "If you ask me to inspect you, do you still want to live? You want to have a midnight snack, and I came here to get some food."

The soldier asked in doubt: "How can the envoy eat what we soldiers eat? We don't even have what the envoy wants to eat!"

Yunchu said angrily, "I told you to take me there quickly. If you keep talking nonsense, I will tell the master that you are lazy here."

The soldier hurriedly said: "No, no, I will take the girl to choose ingredients now!" After that, he turned around and led the way, taking these people into the cave.

It was rather dark inside the cave, and a group of people were still sleeping inside. Yunchu looked at everyone and secretly smiled at Mengya. The soldier led them through a not very long cave, turned three corners and came to a relatively open cave entrance. He pointed inside the cave and said, "The ingredients are all inside, Miss Yun, go and choose for yourself!" Without waiting for a reply, he turned around and left.

Meng Ya winked at one of her followers, who understood what she meant and suddenly slapped the soldier on the back of his neck. The soldier groaned and fell to the ground unconscious.

Yunchu whispered, "Let's move quickly so as not to be discovered by the soldiers outside!" She took out kerosene, carried a lantern and quickly walked into the cave with a few people to look for food.

There was indeed food in the cave, but there was only one bag. Several people were dumbfounded. At this moment, they heard someone in the cave say, "Madam, if you want to borrow food, you might as well say it directly. I will send you a bag. Why do you have to disguise yourself like this and steal it late at night!" As soon as the words fell, the whole cave was lit up, which was particularly dazzling. There were actually hundreds of soldiers lying in ambush all around. A group of people were sitting opposite them drinking tea. Sitting in the middle was Wuzhan, who was wearing a mask. Yunchu, Mengya, Zhulang, Wuzhu, Xu Hu and others were also among them. Then they heard someone behind them shouting, "You are so good, Yang Yingjie. You are not grateful that I brought you here, and you slapped me in the back. Just wait, I will return you a hundred later!" Looking back, they found that the person who brought them in was Jin Xingzi, and Ling Kongzi was beside him. The two were guarding the door.

Surrounded by enemies, there was no need to hide. Yu Sisi and Hua Qingyue both took off their masks. Yu Sisi was not afraid of danger and asked in a deep voice, "How did you know we would come here?"

Xu Hu laughed and said, "You can all think of it, so how could the special envoy not think of it? Even a rough man like me knows that we are fighting a war of attrition. Food is the life of our soldiers. How can we let you find it easily? What you see outside is just a show to lure you here!"

Yu Sisi said: "So what? You can't trap us tonight!"

Meng Ya said: "I advise you to surrender and hand over the things that I want to take back, otherwise you will be poisoned by my poison and suffer!"

How could Yu Sisi surrender? She snorted coldly, "Don't even think about it!" Then she turned around and stood up, her sleeves flying, spreading a cloud of smoke, and rushed towards Jin Xingzi and Ling Kongzi who were at the entrance of the cave.

Jin Xingzi was well prepared. With a "whoosh..." he blew out a breath of fire, burning the smoke and blocking it back. At this time, the old man in black robe had already swung his sword at him. A flash of lightning slashed in front of Ling Kongzi, "clang..." The old man in black robe felt his arm go numb and was knocked back.

Old Monster Guantian and his disciple Yang Yingjie waved their iron fans, creating two rays of light that attacked Jin Xingzi from the left and right, as fast as lightning. Jin Xingzi did not retreat but advanced instead, and his hands transformed into two ten-foot-long flaming swords, shouting, "I haven't settled the score with you yet, and you dare to come to my door!" With two "teng teng" sounds, he blocked the iron fan back.

Hua Qingyue was just about to swing the iron whip when she heard a crisp "click" sound, and the iron whip was cut off by a flash of silver light, leaving only the handle. Just as she was surprised, Meng Ya swung her sword at her, and she was immediately covered by the sword shadow, leaving Hua Qingyue without any power to fight back.

Yu Sisi's attack failed, and she immediately threw out her bracelet to attack Jin Xingzi. Jin Xingzi swung his two swords like burning wheels, clanging and knocking the bracelets away.

The old monster Guantian flew out an iron fan and swept it towards Lingkongzi. With a "crack", the iron fan was split into two halves by the reverse blade. Then, the old man in black robe stabbed again with a sword. Lingkongzi quickly drew his sword back to block. Unexpectedly, the old man in black robe's move was a feint. He had already jumped out half of his body and swept across Lingkongzi's chest. Lingkongzi leaned to the side to avoid the sharp sword and shouted, "Where are you escaping!", and used the reverse blade to strike back. A flash of lightning immediately cut off the old man in black robe's entire arm. The old man in black robe screamed in pain and rolled to the ground.

When the old monster Guantian flew out the iron fan, he had already jumped high up and kicked out, just in time to hit the old man in black robe with Lingkongzi. He could not take care of himself, and when he was about to be kicked, he felt a chill on his back, and with a "puff" sound, the sword pierced his chest. This was Zhulang's sword, and only his sword could be so fast.

The long sword was pulled out with a swoosh, and blood gushed out. The old monster Guantian fell to the ground with his eyes wide open. Yang Yingjie exclaimed, "Master!..." He rushed to his side, hugged the old monster Guantian and cried bitterly.

The old monster Guantian spat out blood and said to Yang Yingjie with one breath: "Avenge... my master!" He died after that. Yang Yingjie thought to himself, I can't escape death today, how can I avenge you.

Seeing two immortal-level warriors, one dead and one injured, Yu Sisi and Hua Qingyue stopped, knowing that they would definitely not be able to escape today. Yu Sisi asked fiercely, "What do you want?"

Wuzhan stood up and said, "Princess Mengya has already said that we should return Yuechang's sacred object to her."

Yu Sisi sneered and said, "Dream on. I would rather die than hand it over."

Wuzhan said: "I believe that Madam is definitely capable of doing such a thing, but it also depends on whether Lord Jing is willing to do it."

Yu Sisi said: "Don't worry, he is the emperor, he will never let his love affair ruin important things. One day, he will rule the world and kill you to avenge his hatred!"

Wuzhan said: "Madam's feelings for Lord Jing are truly loyal and unwavering. Lord Jing is blessed to have a wife like you. This is one of the reasons why I let you go twice before. I don't want to separate you. As long as he hands over the holy object, you can run away."

Yu Sisi said: "As long as he has me in his heart, I have no more extravagances. I will be happy to die for him!"

Wuzhan said: "The person is dead. What does it matter if he still has you in his heart? Do you want him to suffer for the rest of his life because of losing you?"

Yu Sisi held back her tears and said, "You don't need to act hypocritical here. If you want to kill, just kill. Stop talking nonsense!"

Meng Ya smiled and said, "It's better to listen to nonsense than to be tortured. Although I don't have the 'Nine Yin Brain Devouring Corpse Worm' here, I can still turn you into a zombie. The three of you are here, and you are good at disguise and acting. Now I want to see it again, but I need to dress up your faces for you."

Yu Sisi said angrily: "You won't have this chance!" Then she took out a dagger and wanted to commit suicide.

(End of this chapter)