The Prodigal Son

I observed that they moved very quickly.

In less than an hour, they returned, each carrying a corpse.

Zeng Guan also brought two corpses with him.

Each corpse had an arrow in its neck, yet their armor remained completely intact.

Qin Yu stepped forward and quickly asked, "What's the situation with the enemy forces behind us?"

"Nothing's wrong."

Zeng Guan replied with a relaxed expression, "After being attacked by us, the enemy did not linger and immediately retreated! By the time we left with the corpses, they had pressed forward again..."

"really!"

Qin Yu's lips curled into a smile. "The cavalry behind us have no intention of engaging us in battle; they just want to put pressure on us and prevent us from launching a full-scale attack on the enemy forces ahead!"

"It should be!"

Zeng Guan nodded in agreement, then asked with a smile, "You want their armor? You're not planning to sneak into the enemy camp at night and cause chaos, are you?"

Qin Yu nodded with a smile, "As expected of the commander of the Treasure Mirror Division, you guessed it."

"Get lost!"

Zeng Guan laughed and cursed, "You're even asking for the enemy's armor, damn it! If I couldn't even guess that, what kind of commander would I be? Tell me, what are you planning to do?"

Qin Yu didn't hold back and quickly revealed his plan.

While the enemy forces were slowly advancing, they took a few skilled men to flank the enemy and launch surprise attacks, putting pressure on them and taking the opportunity to check the location of Min's army.

When night fell, they confronted the enemy until midnight.

When the enemy army was exhausted, several skilled soldiers were sent to wear Chu army armor and charge into the Min army to create chaos.

Their men would circle around to the enemy's flank beforehand, and once the enemy was thrown into disarray, they would immediately charge in from the side.

Regardless of the outcome, charge once and then immediately retreat!

Of course, if they fail to cause chaos, they will abandon the charge and retreat immediately!

"This...isn't this a bit inappropriate?"

Nan Que'er frowned, worriedly saying, "There must be experts in the enemy camp as well. Senior Ning isn't here. If we rashly send people in, and they get bogged down by the enemy's experts, I'm afraid..."

"What's there to be afraid of!"

Qin Yu smiled confidently, "If the enemy had any Grandmasters among them, they would have already breached Dongyuan. It's impossible that it's dragged on until now!"

"right!"

Zeng Guan nodded and smiled. "As far as I know, the Chu Kingdom only has two Grandmasters. It's impossible for Chu to send both of them just to help Yu Wu! As for ninth-realm experts, I'm worried about where to even begin searching!"

"That's what we'll do then!"

Qin Yu made a decisive decision and immediately instructed Zeng Guan: "I will lead the troops to retreat immediately, pretending to deal with the cavalry behind us. Boss Zeng, you should take the few men from before and hide on the enemy's flank to fire arrows from the shadows..."

Seeing that Qin Yu had already made up his mind, Nan Que'er could no longer persuade him.

Having made up their minds, they immediately split up and set off.

Zeng Guan led Qi Dachui and the others to quickly flank the enemy, while Qin Yu began to lead his troops in a retreat.

As soon as Qin Yu made a move, Song Ling received a message from his scouts.

Upon learning that Qin Yu was leading his troops in retreat, Song Ling's tense face finally broke into a smile: "Just as I expected! That scoundrel Qin Yu wanted to wait until we were exhausted, worn out, and had no defensible positions before launching his attack!"

The general beside him breathed a sigh of relief and suggested, "We can speed up our advance! As long as we reach that hill before nightfall, tonight won't be so dangerous!"

Everyone knows that tonight is the most dangerous time.

Whether they can escape this ordeal depends on tonight!

"Um!"

Song Ling nodded slightly. "We need to accelerate our advance, but we must also be wary of enemy sneak attacks! We can advance steadily, but the distance between units should not be increased. We must focus on defending the flanks!"

Now, they are surrounded by enemy cavalry from both the front and the rear.

However, no trace of the enemy was found on either flank.

He strongly suspected that Qin Yu did this on purpose, wanting them to lower their guard on the flanks.

They absolutely cannot let Qin Yu get his way!

As Song Ling's orders were relayed, their advance accelerated considerably.

When Zeng Guan and his men circled around to the side of Song Ling's troops, they happened to encounter three scouts who were ordered to explore both flanks.

Zeng Guan and his group naturally wouldn't be polite to such prey that came to their doorstep.

In just one encounter, the three spies lost their lives.

After swiftly eliminating the scout, the three men immediately made a stealthy advance toward the enemy's flank.

"Whoosh..."

"withdraw!"

As several arrows were fired at the enemy, Zeng Guan didn't even look at the results and quickly led his men away...

News of the attack on the flank, resulting in five deaths and one injury, quickly reached Song Ling's ears.

Upon receiving the message, Song Ling did not show much anger, but simply ordered his flanks to strengthen their defenses.

Of course, he himself knew that in the face of a sneak attack by enemy experts, the so-called strengthening of defenses was completely useless and nothing more than self-comfort.

Before long, news arrived that more soldiers had been attacked.

Then, the third time, the fourth time...

"Despicable! Shameless! Vulgar!"

When Song Ling received news of the attack on his flank for the fifth time, he finally couldn't help but curse loudly.

Seeing Song Ling's ashen face, the general beside him immediately suggested, "General, let's send a few experts to deal with this small group! Many soldiers on the flank are now in a state of panic. If we let them continue like this, we..."

"I suspect this is Qin Yu's scheme!" Song Ling interrupted the others.

"trick?"

Those around frowned.

"right!"

Song Ling nodded solemnly. "I suspect that Qin Yu is trying to lure us into sending our best fighters to deal with that small group. If all our best fighters are ambushed and killed, it will not only lower our morale, but it will also embolden them to harass us even more, further damaging our morale..."

They do indeed have two experts at the ninth level in their army.

However, both of them were slightly injured when they attacked Dongyuan earlier.

If both of them were ambushed and killed by the enemy, the blow to their morale would be unimaginable.

Hearing Song Ling's words, the others couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

A moment later, the person beside him looked up with a worried expression: "But we can't just let these damn bastards keep causing trouble like this!"

Song Ling pondered for a moment, then said in a low voice, "I'll ask those two to keep an eye on the flanks, but I won't let them pursue that small group of enemy soldiers! After dark, find some corpses..."

Song Ling's voice grew softer and softer.

The faces of those around him twitched.

After a long while, the others finally came to their senses and said in a low voice, "But we don't have the enemy's armor!"

"What a pig-brain!"

Song Ling, exasperated, rebuked them: "Couldn't we have stripped them of their armor beforehand? Is it wrong that the enemy's experts disdain wearing armor?"

I have no idea how he became a general; he has to teach me something so simple!

They wanted to show their soldiers that the enemy forces attacking them had also suffered losses!

Although it was a self-deceptive act, it could help them stabilize morale.

At this critical moment, morale must not be shaken!

Otherwise, tonight could be their downfall!

The bystanders were stunned for a moment, then nodded blankly...