Chaotic Frontier: I Picked Up a Peerless Little Wife at the Start

Chen Ning was stunned for a long time before he reacted.

He shouted, "There's an assassin!"

Chen Ning's expression changed drastically; he never expected to encounter an assassin here.

He immediately drew his long sword.

But before he could finish speaking, even more arrows came flying out of the woods.

These archers, lying in ambush in the woods, were incredibly accurate and never missed a shot.

The dozen or so cavalrymen leading the way fell instantly under such intense arrow fire. The few remaining men reined in their horses and looked around in panic. Despite so many deaths, they still hadn't figured out which direction the arrows were coming from.

"Quickly, everyone defend! Protect the general!"

As a deputy general and a confidant of Cheng Wuyou, Chen Ning disregarded his own safety and shouted at the top of his lungs at the numerous soldiers.

Only then did everyone realize what was happening, and one by one they took up their weapons and surrounded the carriage with wary eyes.

Chen Ning walked to the carriage and said anxiously, "General, someone is blocking the road, and their origins are unknown."

Cheng Wuyou was leisurely drinking with his concubine when he heard Chen Ning's report. His expression changed drastically, and his anger intensified: "Heh, what a surprise! Who has the audacity to block my way? Kill them all!"

Before Chen Ning could say anything, an arrow shot from the distant woods struck him squarely in the head, killing him instantly.

He opened his eyes wide in disbelief, and then, his body went out of control, and he slowly fell off the horse.

Blood streamed down his head, staining the snow red.

Chen Ning died with his eyes wide open in disbelief, and Cheng Wuyou was even more shocked. He glanced at Chen Ning's corpse, and the alcohol instantly wore off.

Inside the carriage, the concubine was even more terrified. After seeing Chen Ning shot dead, she screamed in terror, her sharp voice echoing along the mountain road, particularly jarring.

The concubine's voice irritated Cheng Wuyou, who glared at her. The concubine, however, continued to act coquettishly. Cheng Wuyou, only concerned with saving his own life, paid no heed and grabbed a long knife, killing the concubine on the spot.

The concubine's voice abruptly stopped, and before she died, she didn't forget to call out, "General..."

She died, but her eyes remained open, staring at Cheng Wuyou. Her expression was frozen in time, fear condensing on her face and slowly dissolving into blood.

At this moment, Cheng Wuyou didn't care about anything else. He was quite skilled in martial arts, so he immediately took his long sword, stepped out of the carriage, and looked around from the carriage shaft.

The cavalry who led the way had been almost entirely killed or wounded.

The infantrymen who were guarding him rushed up from behind. They took the shields from the two carriages and formed a defensive formation, protecting Cheng Wuyou in the middle. Only then did Cheng Wuyou begin to look around at the surrounding mountains and forests.

Meanwhile, the sound of horses' hooves echoed along the mountain paths.

There were more than twenty people, and more than twenty fine warhorses. All the riders on the horses were armed with bows and arrows and long swords. After they arrived, they split into front and back groups and surrounded Cheng Wuyou and his group.

At the very front, a young man wielding a halberd was staring intently at Cheng Wuyou.

He was none other than Lin Hui.

Cheng Wuyou naturally recognized Lin Hui.

His face turned extremely pale.

"Lin Hui, it's you! What exactly do you want?"

"Haha. Can't you tell what I'm going to do? But, Cheng Wuyou, I'd like to ask you, what are you going to do?"

Lin Hui chuckled and continued, "General Cheng, now that the Northern Wilderness army has breached the North Pass, the entire border defense line has largely collapsed. As the garrison commander of Ningyuan, you're not planning to flee with so many treasures, are you?"

Cheng Wuyou snorted coldly and said disdainfully, "What do I do? I have my reasons for doing what I do. Do I need to report to you?"

"If you know what's good for you, get out of here right now, or else..."

"Do you have a point?"

Lin Hui burst out laughing: "I think you're too scared to go to the battlefield because of the Northern Wilderness army, and you want to abandon tens of thousands of people in Linjiang County and run away, right?"

Cheng Wuyou's face was extremely ugly. Indeed, he wanted to escape with his valuables, and now that Lin Hui had said it, how could he not be furious?

He looked at Lin Hui and demanded, "How did you know my whereabouts?"

Lin Hui smiled slightly and said casually, "It's not that I ran into you, General Cheng, but rather that you happened to run into us, General Cheng."

Cheng Wuyou naturally didn't believe Lin Hui's nonsense.

He took a deep breath, continuing to feign composure, his casual tone laced with intense killing intent: "Lin Hui, do you think you can stop me with these men?"

"Look, I have more than fifty men here. They are all veterans who have fought on the battlefield. Each of them can take on ten men."

"Now, I'm giving you a chance. If you want to live, hurry up and leave with your rabble, and I can pretend nothing happened."

Fan Wujiu took a step forward from Lin Hui's side, pointed the mountain-splitting axe in his hand directly at Cheng Wuyou.

His voice was filled with rage: "Cheng Wuyou, you will die today. You killed so many of my brothers that day. Today, I will use your head to pay tribute to them."

Cheng Wuyou looked completely bewildered.

Looking at Fan Wujiu, he was completely baffled. When had he become enemies with this person?

"General Cheng, you really do have a bad memory."

Ling Ziyi rode forward, her gaze also filled with murderous intent towards Cheng Wuyou.

"Cheng Wuyou, haven't you always wanted to find the descendants of the Ling family?"

"Today, I've come."

"Come here, Cheng Wuyou, I'm right here. Come and take my head to get promoted and richer."

Cheng Wuyou laughed loudly, his expression instantly changing: "I really didn't expect it, it's actually the remnants of the Ling family who have come, what a small world!"

"You've come at the right time. As long as we kill you, and yes, kill this former captain of the guard as well, and take your heads to the general, I think not only will the general not blame us for deserting in the face of battle, but he will also promote each of us to a higher rank."

He shouted to the border soldiers around him, "Brothers, wealth has arrived! Kill them all! The general's reward is separate; I'll give each of you one hundred taels of silver and one woman."

"Whoever can capture this woman alive will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver and ten women."

These words immediately caused an uproar among the border troops.

With money and women, who would want to join the army?

Although it was dangerous, they didn't want to miss the opportunity to fight and potentially change their fate forever.

With a thousand taels of silver in hand, you could find a secluded place to hide it, buy dozens of acres of land, and have a beautiful woman by your side—it would be the life of a god.

Why do they join the army? Isn't it all for money and women?

Therefore, even with so many of their comrades' corpses lying on the ground, these border soldiers were already eager to try their luck after hearing about the huge reward.

Greed had clouded their judgment; they seemed to have already seen the silver and the alluring figures of women.

The border troops roared and charged towards Lin Hui and his men without fear.

For a moment, they really had a kind of daring, fighting, and unstoppable momentum.