webnovelfull Chapter 363 Fanning the Wind with Evil, Lighting the Will-o'-the-Wisp
Chapter 363 Fanning the Wind with Evil, Lighting the Will-o'-the-Wisp
After a brief preparation, Ning Huan led his troops out of the camp and split into three groups to pursue Zhuge Jin.
After he left, only a few thousand surrendered Wu soldiers, a little over a thousand wounded Han soldiers, and Peng Qi's several hundred personal guards remained in the camp.
While appeasing the surrendered soldiers, Li Tong secretly glanced at Peng Qi's camp, pondering how to complete the task assigned by Ning Huan.
This task seems simple but is actually very difficult. The biggest challenge is Peng Qi's personal guards, who number nearly five hundred and are all fierce bandits who have followed Peng Qi for many years and participated in countless battles.
On the other hand, Xiao Dan's personal guards were almost dehydrated from being exposed to the sun in the prison cart. They had difficulty even standing up. How could they possibly break through Peng Qi's personal guards' blockade and kill their way to Peng Qi?
After thinking for a long time, Li Tong finally came up with an idea. He walked to the prison cart in the middle, took off his belt, and started to urinate. The four personal guards of Xiao Dan inside the prison cart were instantly enraged. The burly man in the middle with a full beard cursed angrily, "Wu dog, we have no grudge against you, why do you insult us like this?"
Without looking up, Li Tong said, "You must be Chen Yang, Xiao Dan's deputy captain of personal guards. Do you want revenge?"
Chen Yang was only the deputy captain. As for the captain, he had long been chopped up and fed to the dogs by Peng Qi. No matter how much face Peng Qi gave Ning Huan, she would never let Xiao Dan's personal guard captain go.
Chen Yang's pupils constricted sharply, and he quickly said, "What do you mean? Do you want to help us or kill Peng Qi?"
Li Tong continued, looking down at his toes, and said, "Is there a difference? See that tent on your left? I put two large water vats behind the tent, and there's a pile of weapons next to them. The water vats are only thirty meters from Peng Qi's tent. Mealtime is in two hours, and the place to get the food is more than eight hundred meters away from Peng Qi's tent. But from the water vats to Peng Qi's tent, it's less than two hundred meters. Can you take advantage of the opportunity when Peng Qi's personal guards go to eat to kill Peng Qi?"
These people were already dehydrated from the sun and needed to drink water to move around; there was no other way.
Overjoyed, Chen Yang suppressed his excitement and whispered, "It's all or nothing. You're using us, but you're also helping us. We'd rather die than betray you. I, Chen Yang, swear this in the name of our ancestors."
Li Tong said while pulling up his pants, "After we're done, we'll break out through the north gate. I've placed food and water under the thickest tree three miles directly in front of the north gate. Whether you can escape the camp, get these things, and escape alive depends on your fate."
After saying that, he turned and left, pretending to drop a dagger as he left. Unfortunately, the dagger landed right on the urine stain he had urinated on.
Chen Yang, however, moved slowly toward the urine stain as if he hadn't seen it, casually picked up the dagger, and then patiently waited for Wu Jun to start the meal.
Soon, the aroma of food filled the camp. The men in the cart swallowed hard as they smelled the fragrance and said, "What delicious food is Wu Jun making today? It smells so good. I'd die happy if I could just eat a bite of this food."
Chen Yang kicked him and cursed, "Our mission is revenge, stop thinking about food. Keep a close eye on Peng Qi's personal guards, and we'll make our move when they come over."
After speaking, they glanced at Peng Qi's personal guards and continued to wait. Not long after, they heard someone loudly ask their question.
"What delicious food did the cooks prepare today? It smells so good!"
"What nonsense! Today's meals were prepared by wounded soldiers of the Han army. I heard they learned it from General Guan's secret recipe. They even went to the nearby river to catch a few nets of fish, saying they were to supplement the wounded soldiers with some kind of nourishment. But they made a lot, so we got some too."
"We're in for a treat today! We'd better hurry, or they'll be gone."
Amid Wu Jun's excited discussion and anxious waiting, the gong signaling the start of the meal finally rang. Wu Jun quickly got up, ready to sprint over, but Li Tong suddenly appeared and sternly reprimanded him: "What's the rush? Let the Han army eat first, then the rebel army, and finally us. Don't you understand the rules?"
Upon hearing this, Wu Jun cursed Li Tong in his heart for being such a sycophant, even resorting to such flattery.
But they only cursed in their hearts, without saying it out loud, and did not do anything out of line. Their superiors had all been taken away by Ning Huan, and now that no one was willing to take the lead, they had no choice but to obey.
Fortunately, Li Tong didn't keep them waiting long. Seeing that Peng Qi's personal guards were all attracted by the aroma and rushed to grab the food, he said, "Go on, remember to line up behind the rebel army, so that the Han army and the rebel army don't think that our Wu army doesn't know the rules."
He wasn't trying to curry favor with anyone; rather, he deliberately positioned Wu Jun behind the bandit army. This way, when something happened on Peng Qi's side, Peng Qi's personal guards, who were eating, would hear the commotion and turn around to find their retreat blocked by Wu Jun. This would prevent Peng Qi's personal guards from appearing in front of Peng Qi in time, thus buying Chen Yang enough time to act.
To ensure a smooth process of dealing with Peng Qi, Li Tong even specially designed the orientation of the dining table to ensure that all the soldiers serving food had their backs to Peng Qi's tent.
It has to be said that Li Tong really has the potential to be a double agent.
Seeing that Wu Jun had also run off to eat, Chen Yang, who was in the prison cart, did not delay any longer and immediately took out his dagger to pick the lock. As a professional bandit, breaking into locks was commonplace for him. He easily pried open the chain and crawled out of the prison cart. Then, he left one person behind to use his dagger to pry open the locks of other prison carts to rescue his companions. He then led the other two people to the water vat that Li Tong had mentioned. When they arrived at the vat, they buried their heads in it and began to drink voraciously.
He had just drunk half his fill when a new companion arrived. He quickly made way for his companion to drink, while he ran to the pile of weapons to choose a suitable one.
As time went on, Chen Yang's team continued to grow.
Meanwhile, the dining table was packed with people. Peng Qi, a bandit soldier, brought a bucket of coarse rice to the Han soldier in charge of cooking. He took a full spoonful of fish and meat and said excitedly, "The soldiers' food is still the best. They eat dry food and even have meat soup."
After saying that, he was about to step aside and enjoy himself when he turned around and saw a figure crawling out of the prison cart. He was so shocked that he shouted, "Xiao Dan's personal guards have run away! They escaped from the prison cart and ran to the boss!"
Upon hearing this, Peng Qi's personal guards nearby all turned around. When they saw Xiao Dan's personal guards emerging from the prison cart, their expressions changed drastically. Without thinking, they abandoned their meal and turned back to provide support, only to bump into Wu Jun.
Wu Jun, eager to get his food, didn't care about anything else or whether Peng Qi was alive or dead. Seeing them bump into him, he immediately shouted angrily, "Are you blind? Don't you know you bumped into someone?"
Peng Qi's personal guards, without bothering to explain, immediately shouted, "Get out of the way! Get out of my way right now!"
You think you can just give in like that?
We, the Wu army, surrendered to the Han army, not your mountain bandit army. Why should we obey your orders?
Moreover, Wu Jun still harbored some resentment about the sudden surrender. He was already in a bad mood, and how could he stand being pushed and shoved by the bandits like that? He immediately retorted, "What are you doing, shoving me? Try shoving me again and I'll beat the shit out of you, you believe me?"
Peng Qi's bandit army consisted of ruthless bandits who followed Peng Qi in plundering and looting. Naturally, they would not back down in the face of provocation. In desperation, they decisively launched a counterattack, and were then dealt with by Wu's army.
Wu Jun has a large army, while their bandit army only has a few men. It's obvious that they're asking for trouble if they clash with Wu Jun.
Wu Jun swarmed forward and launched a fierce attack on the bandits. The battle was so intense that it almost overturned the wooden buckets containing food. The Han soldiers guarding the buckets quickly protected them and shouted, "Be careful! What will we eat if you overturn the buckets?"
This was very effective. Upon hearing this, both sides tacitly avoided the idiot and retreated to the side to engage in a more intense battle.
After fighting for quite a while, Li Tongcai strolled over leisurely, munching on some fruit, and urged, "Stop fighting, stop fighting! You can't beat them anyway."
Both Wu's and the bandits thought these words were directed at them, and upon hearing them, they not only did not stop fighting but fought even more fiercely.
Meanwhile, Chen Yang's side was almost ready. Seeing that more than 30 people had arrived, he didn't delay any longer and shouted with his knife, "Brothers, come with me and go find Peng Qi to avenge Boss Xiao."