usatvline Chapter 214 Civil and military officials are feeling extremely uncomfortable!
Chapter 214 Civil and military officials are feeling extremely uncomfortable!
Just as everyone was cheering and jumping for joy—
Suddenly to the west!
At the edge of the training ground, in the once dense jungle, an army was seen rapidly withdrawing!
They sped off towards the east!
This army has only 800 men!
But they moved swiftly, the soldiers wearing light armor and moving with agility.
In the middle of this training ground!
It faces the city of Xianyang directly, with a wide and unobstructed view.
The leader rode a black horse!
He seemed to feel countless gazes cast from the city wall.
As he galloped along, he suddenly looked up and saw sunlight piercing through the clouds, falling on his face.
The leader gave a bright, sunny smile to the dense crowd on the city wall.
It was Zhang Fan!
The civil and military officials, who were originally excited and overjoyed, were now in a state of euphoria.
The smile on his face froze instantly, and he stood there stiffly!
Just like the Terracotta Army!
Only Ying Zheng's gaze met Zhang Fan's in mid-air.
Zhang Fan's smiling face was reflected in those deep eyes!
Ying Zheng's lips curled up slightly, and he let out a soft hum.
"Ha!...You brat!"
The air! It froze at that moment.
The entire city wall was deathly silent.
Only the orderly footsteps of the soldiers beneath the city walls and the rustling of their light armor remained clearly audible.
Everyone watched helplessly as Zhang Fan led his army, easily speeding towards the city towers numbered six to ten in the distance!
They sped off towards Wang Li's hideout!
In the blink of an eye, it disappeared into the distance.
After a long time, until Zhang Fan's team completely disappeared.
Finally, someone spoke up.
A military officer opened his mouth, dumbfounded, his voice dry and trembling:
"Zhang... Zhang Fan's people... how come they're here?"
These words abruptly pulled everyone's thoughts back to reality.
If Zhang Fan were here...
That Wang Li...
Who are Wang Li and Fang Jie fighting now?
Fang Jie!
A chill instantly ran through everyone's heads!
In an instant, everyone's face turned ashen, then pitch black!
The military officers felt so ashamed that they wished they could disappear into the ground!
Wang Ben's face was as dark as ink!
He sighed heavily. His worries had come true in such an embarrassing way!
Even if it means losing this military exercise fair and square!
It's also better than...
It's a thousand times, ten thousand times more glorious than letting your own brothers kill each other!
The civil officials, who had just been laughing triumphantly and gloating, now collectively fell silent.
This is so damn frustrating!
What were you celebrating just now?
Are they celebrating that their general beat up their own deputy?
What kind of mess is this?!
While everyone was stunned.
A young military officer suddenly exclaimed:
"No! Look!"
"Why is Zhang Fan's army marching so fast?!"
His words immediately drew everyone's attention.
Meng Tian looked closely and then suddenly realized.
In Zhang Fan's team, not only were the soldiers all lightly equipped, but they also traveled with minimal baggage!
Even those siege weapons that should have been incredibly heavy, such as ladders and battering rams, were nowhere to be seen!
"He...he abandoned all the heavy armor and siege equipment?"
"What kind of tactic is this? A do-or-die approach?"
"Without siege equipment, how did he take the city wall?"
"Are we expecting soldiers to climb walls with their bare hands?"
The military officers started discussing it again!
This time, their tone carried less contempt and more genuine confusion.
Even the usually composed Wang Ben frowned deeply, completely baffled.
Zhang Fan's series of actions completely exceeded his understanding of conventional military tactics.
The civil officials listened to the military generals' analysis!
As if grasping at a straw, he tried to salvage the face he had just lost.
"Hmph! I think he's just run out of tricks!"
Shao Fu Zongyu was the first to jump out and forcefully defend himself,
"To escape, they're even abandoning their means of survival!"
Even if he escaped to General Wang Li's rear!
"Without siege equipment, we're just sitting ducks!"
Other civil officials echoed this sentiment.
"Lord Zongyu is absolutely right!"
"This is nothing but a procrastination!"
"How could eight hundred lightly armed soldiers possibly breach such a fortified city wall?"
"That's right! Let General Wang Li escape from the fog!"
"Return to reinforce the rear!"
"Won't Zhang Fan just surrender without a fight?"
"He's merely postponed his defeat by a little while!"
The civil officials started shouting again, one after another.
It was as if Zhang Fan was already destined to fail, and the embarrassment he had just experienced was merely a minor incident.
……
at the same time.
In the woods to the west.
Smoke still lingered in the woods, and the ground was covered with mud and messy footprints.
Wang Li's face was ashen, looking extremely grim.
He looked at the disorganized and demoralized army before him.
My chest heaved violently!
The soldiers sat slumped on the damp ground in twos and threes, many of them dejected and with empty eyes.
They hadn't yet recovered from the chaotic battle!
Many of them had lime powder stains on their bodies!
Before him, Lieutenant General Fang Jie knelt on both knees with his head bowed low.
He pleaded guilty in a hoarse voice.
"General! It's my fault!"
"This humble general is incompetent and fell into a treacherous trap, causing our troops to kill each other. I beg the general to punish me!"
Just then.
A captain led over thirty jubilant soldiers over.
He forced a smile and reported:
"General, good news! We've captured the enemy soldier responsible for beating the drums!"
"There are over thirty people in total, all of them Zhang Fan's subordinates!"
"Good news?"
Wang Li suddenly turned his head, his eyes bloodshot!
Is this fucking good news?
"You arrested 30 people! And you're quite proud of that?"
The captain shuddered under his gaze and immediately fell silent.
Wang Li felt like her lungs were about to explode with anger!
A mere thirty people turned his nearly two thousand-strong army into complete chaos!
Upon seeing this, Fang Jie felt even more ashamed.
He hesitated for a moment, then looked up and whispered to Wang Li:
"General, in the chaos of battle just now, our army... our army 'lost' more than five hundred brothers!"
"How about... how about we take advantage of the fog before it clears and have these five hundred brothers wipe off the lime powder on their bodies and quietly rejoin the unit?"
"Should we...should we underreport the casualties?"
"shut up!"
Wang Li interrupted angrily.
"Military exercises are like war! Losing is losing!"
"I, Wang Li, can afford to lose!"
There's no need to deceive yourself like this!
He took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the anger and humiliation in his heart, and asked instead:
"Where's Zhang Fanren? Where are his main forces?!"
Lieutenant Fang Jie looked up, his face blank:
"This humble general...this humble general also does not know..."
Before he could finish speaking...
Wang Li's body jolted violently, and his pupils suddenly contracted!
Zhang Fan's main force...
He left thirty men here to beat drums, create chaos, and entice himself and Fang Jie to kill each other.
But he and his main force have vanished without a trace!
A terrifying thought flashed through Wang Li's mind like lightning!
A feint to the east while attacking in the west!
Shedding its skin like a cicada!
Wang Li's face went from ashen to deathly pale in an instant. He was shocked and suddenly realized what was happening.
"not good!"