Chapter 606: The Pacification of Sibao County (Part 8) [Seeking Monthly Tickets]

On the narrow path, they encountered the enemy's supplies.

What should you do?

If the road is long, dangerous, and narrow, it's like two rats fighting in a hole; the braver one will win! Under normal circumstances, it would naturally be murder and robbery.

This line of thinking is correct.

However, Kang Shi's goal was not grain.

Before the battle, Yu Zixin was puzzled, but her great-uncle had said that if you don't understand something, you should ask: "Isn't the strategist's goal to seize the grain? The enemy is risking so much, crossing mountains and valleys, transporting the grain day and night, which shows how important this batch of supplies is. Now they don't want the grain anymore?"

Lin Feng, however, seemed to grasp the situation and boldly spoke up: "Our side has no shortage of grain, so there's no need to rob it. Therefore, the real purpose is to prevent the grain from being delivered, and to prevent Linshan County from receiving this batch of supplies? Does the strategist mean—killing people will suffice?"

Kang Shi knew what his lord meant by sending the two men. He had a good relationship with Chu Yao, so he naturally wouldn't hold back. If time allowed, he wouldn't mind patiently teaching the two. He said, "Killing? Why would we bother with that? Destruction will suffice."

One of our tasks is to cause disruption.

The goal is the result, and the process doesn't necessarily have to involve direct confrontation. Kang Shi immediately showed Lin Feng and his companion a series of maneuvers, first ordering his men to ambush them from a high place and throw rolling stones, and then advising Xianyu Jian to form a battle formation and violently demolish the mountain!

The old general was responsible for drawing the attention of the enemy warriors.

"Hahaha, alright, alright, this old man has no problem." Hearing that the young Xianyu Jian was assigned to demolition work so that he could go down and stretch his muscles, he immediately agreed without hesitation, afraid that Kang Shi would change his mind. His eyes, which had been weathered by the years, shone with a sharp light.

He was one of the two veteran generals that Chu Jie first recommended to Shen Tang. He had rich experience in training and managing troops. However, in the past two years, he had followed Shen Tang and trained troops quite a bit, but he had spent most of his time building bridges and roads, digging wells and canals. He was so bored that he was itching to get back to work.

The Ten Crows were easily defeated, and Longwu County had no external battles.

When it came to those trivial bandit-suppression tasks, his comrades were quick and efficient, and he couldn't compete with them, which frustrated him for a long time.

I'm finally getting to eat meat, and I'm feeling really energetic.

His surging martial energy circulated rapidly, and his limbs and bones crackled faintly. His muscles bulged, and his fighting spirit soared. Looking at his taut, smooth, and elastic skin, and the bulging, taut veins that resembled earthworms, who would guess that he was over seventy years old?

This scene startled Yu Zi, who muttered in a very soft voice, but Kang Shi couldn't hear what she was saying: "Really what?"

Yu Zi said, "It really has been too long."

Kang Shi: "..."

Lin Feng echoed in agreement, laughing, "Martial arts practitioners are mostly brave and fierce warriors who prefer movement to stillness. They feel restless if they don't engage in combat for a day. Our lord often goes to the training grounds, let alone General Jiang, who has been fighting for decades!"

"Yes, yes, yes..."

Kang Shi's smile was slightly awkward.

He wanted to gloss over the matter to avoid ruining his public image, but Yu Zi glanced at him out of the corner of her eye and said, "Strategist, have you misunderstood?"

Kang Shi: "..."

Lin Feng's environment was relatively simple, but Yu Zi's was different. Her family background was complicated, and she grew up in the streets. She survived by begging for several years, learning to cheat and swindle in order to survive. Some of her experiences were beyond Lin Feng's.

Although he has been living and learning with his great-uncle for the past few years and has tried to curb the hooliganism he once had, he has not forgotten it all.

Kang Shi coughed lightly to salvage the situation: "No."

Yu Zi raised her hand to cover Lin Feng's ears, and amidst Lin Feng's confused gaze, she teased him, "That would be best, otherwise if Teacher Chu finds out that you've corrupted his student, he'll surely use [Sinking into Fire] to fight you to the death." Only after saying that did she release her hands.

With the stabilization of society and the recovery of the economy in Longwu County, as well as the gradual improvement of the grassroots government offices, Kang Shi was freed from his tedious and repetitive work. Occasionally, he would go out to gamble a couple of times and enjoy the singing and dancing of beautiful women; though infrequent, he was known for his romantic escapades.

Kang Shi: "..."

How could he dare to lead Lin Feng astray?

Let alone corrupting Lin Feng, because of his lord, he doesn't dare to gamble big, always stopping short of serious gains, and he doesn't dare to watch singing and dancing with beautiful women to relieve his boredom too often. Compared to his younger self, he is truly detached from worldly desires, only lacking the desire to become a monk and renounce all worldly concerns.

Xianyu Jian found it intriguing, and while waiting for the enemy to arrive, he chatted with Kang Shi: "How come the strategist has been so easily controlled by Wei Heng? He looks like a widowed old father being controlled by his domineering daughter..."

Kang Shi: "...Who is the widowed old father?"

He doesn't even have a wife, so don't slander his innocence!

General Jiang kept turning around as he listened to their conversation.

Kang Shi was the most unpretentious literary scholar he had ever met. If it were Chu Yao or Qi Shan, who would dare to tease and joke like that?

"It's coming!"

Those three words immediately shattered the relaxed atmosphere.

The enemy was getting closer and closer.

Everyone's breathing became tense and heavy.

Because martial artists possess exceptional hearing, they can detect even the breathing or heartbeat of creatures several dozen feet away. Fearing they might alert the enemy, the accompanying military scribes were instructed to set up an isolation barrier. This barrier was erected by Kang Shi and Lin Feng together.

General Jiang raised his hand.

The moment the enemy stepped into the range, his right hand fell.

"put!"

The rolling stone formation was activated instantly.

This rolling stone formation is also one of the military formation's incantations.

It is often used for ambushes in valleys and other high places.

Five men form a squad, two squads form a troop.

A rolling stone formation requires three to five squads to activate, gathering the morale of the soldiers within. The strength of this morale is used to create rolling stones of varying diameters, which are then pushed down from a height. Wherever the rolling stones pass, trees fall and grass flattens, demonstrating considerable power.

If the firelight hadn't been so conspicuous in the night, alerting the snake, we would have added more hot oil and increased the heat, letting it all boil together.

Seeing the enemy warrior cleave the nearest boulder in two with a single blade of light, Kang Shi remained calm and sent a telepathic message to Xianyu Jian.

With a powerful leap, General Jiang charged forward like a ravenous beast. He was skilled in both swords and archery, especially archery; his skill was beyond description. He let out a sharp whistle, and his martial energy condensed into an arrow at his fingertips.

"You brat, quickly deliver my head!"

The enemy general simply responded with "You're courting death."

He dodged the arrow by sidestepping, but then heard a scream behind him.

It turned out to be a cook whose skull had been pierced and blown off!

General Jiang laughed heartily.

He leaped high into the air, stepping on rolling stones, blocking out the full moon in the sky. In his left hand, the longbow had transformed into an extremely long and wide strange sword, its blade engraved with two large, arched worms poised to pounce, their tiger's mouth stained with blood and flesh. The hilt was as long as his arm.

General Jiang was seen holding the sword hilt in both hands.

Crimson martial energy filled the sword.

"roar--"

Two loud howls.

Two large, white-browed tigers with piercing eyes lunged out from the sword. Their heads were large and round, and their bodies nearly two zhang long. One was on the left, the other on the right, their gazes fierce, their target fixed on the enemy general. These two were General Jiang's martial totem, and even more so, rare twin beasts!

The sword blade slashed straight at the enemy general's face.

Despite such overwhelming force, the enemy general neither avoided nor yielded.

Judging from this stance, they're prepared to take his attack head-on.

General Jiang laughed heartily.

"Hahaha, you've got guts!"

clang!

The two forces clashed head-on, the shockwaves carrying sand and stones outwards in all directions. Though visibility was obstructed, General Jiang still clearly saw that the latter's legs were already embedded in the crater. Judging from the enemy general's expression, this attack hadn't shattered his courage. General Jiang didn't waste any words, and with a swift stroke of his sword, the enemy general counterattacked, exchanging blows in the most straightforward and unadorned way.

cut!

cut!

cut!

The large, white-browed worm with piercing eyes was entangled by a blue beastly shadow that had appeared out of nowhere. The beastly shadow had a wide, square mouth with dense, sharp teeth, a sharply defined body covered in scales, thick limbs, and a long, flat tail. It resembled neither a dragon nor a worm, but was undoubtedly a strange beast.

It looks like the alligator from ancient books.

Actually, to be precise, this thing is called a crocodile.

A giant crocodile that is an expert in the death roll!

Its mobility was far inferior to the two large, white-browed, eagle-eyed tigers that were connected by telepathy, but its long tail was powerful and its scales were hard. Even when the two tigers attacked together, they couldn't harm it in the slightest. Instead, they had to be careful of its sharp teeth and long tail. The three beasts were locked in a stalemate, while General Jiang and the enemy general fought a fierce and exhilarating battle. With the help of the martial energy, General Jiang was able to see the enemy general's appearance clearly; he was very young.

He felt both exhilarated and regretful.

He was over seventy years old, while his opponent was in his prime.

but--

Don't let your white hair sing of the yellow rooster!

Several explosions rang out, followed by the clash of weapons.

In the blink of an eye, the two exchanged no less than a hundred blows.

The enemy's supply cooks were indeed strange; they showed no panic under the rolling stones. Except for being hit head-on by the first wave, the subsequent stones didn't exert the expected force. Sometime later, the cooks, armed with large shields, formed groups of two or three, preparing to use their shields to withstand the rolling stones. This seemed to work, but then the ground beneath their feet trembled even more violently, like the howling and roaring of a mountain god!

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Kang Shi: Bury them!

P.S.: It's the last few days of my late pregnancy, so I can't guarantee when I'll be updating. Please don't stay up late, and check back the next day for something new. (`) Sending love, goodnight.

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