novelaction Chapter 119 Showdown
Chapter 119 Showdown
Another half hour passed before a sound was finally heard from the valley entrance. Fang Wei perked up and looked inside, only to see a group of unfamiliar soldiers running out.
He didn't care. After all, he was a commander in chief with 50,000 troops, and it was impossible for him to know all of them. He just asked anxiously, "What's going on? Where's Li Mingze? What's going on inside?"
The soldier who ran out in the lead said in a panic: "Commander, it's bad, General Li and his men were ambushed, many of our brothers are already dying, and he asked us to come out for help."
Fang Wei was shocked and pulled the man by the collar, saying, "Ambush? What ambush?"
"Yes…"
Before the soldier could answer, a sudden chuckle came from above their heads. Fang Wei was startled and looked up to see a white figure standing on the treetop above his head, looking down at them. The tree was very high and he couldn't see his face clearly, nor did he know how long he had been there.
"Who is it?" he shouted sternly, and the cavalrymen behind him drew their swords.
The man in white chuckled and said, "Didn't you just say that you wanted to capture my husband and me alive? How come Commander Fang sent out the troops without even knowing what the enemy looks like?"
Fang Wei gritted his teeth and said, "Are you the illegitimate son of that old man Li Shuo?"
Ruan Haoyu shook his head. "I don't like this title. I'm Ruan Haoyu, nice to meet you, Commander Fang."
Someone behind him reminded: "Commander, what about General Li and the others?"
Fang Wei didn't dare to take his eyes off Ruan Haoyu. He just randomly pointed to a deputy general and said, "You, take 5,000 troops and go to support General Li."
The man took the order and left. Fang Wei didn't notice that the soldiers who had just run out from the direction of Medical Immortal Valley dispersed again and followed the team and ran back.
His attention was on Ruan Haoyu, and he was thinking about how to get him down, but he didn't expect Ruan Haoyu to float down by himself and land in front of him.
All the swords of the soldiers were pointed at him, but Ruan Haoyu pretended not to see it and just looked at Fang Wei with a smile, "I came here today to thank Commander Fang."
"Thank me?" Fang Wei snorted coldly, not believing it at all.
"That's right. Thank you for inciting Li Shuo's men to rebel and putting him in jail."
Fang Wei narrowed his eyes, "How do you know that I was the one who instigated his men to rebel? And, aren't you his son?"
Ruan Haoyu smiled calmly. He was just testing him. When he heard their conversation just now, he guessed that Li Shuo was betrayed by this person. Now that he tested him, he admitted it.
"Let me answer your second question first. Although I am Li Shuo's son, I hate him no less than you do. He killed my mother and almost caused my death. Tell me, should I hate him? And should I thank you?"
"So, I really helped you. In that case, why don't you help me this time and surrender yourself, and let me take you and Mu Xiaoqiao back. I promise to help you get rid of Li Shuo. How about it?" Fang Wei said sinisterly.
Ruan Haoyu pretended to be in deep thought, "Logically speaking, you help me and I help you, it's only natural, but..."
"But what?" Fang Wei looked at Ruan Haoyu coldly. He didn't believe that the young man in front of him who looked like a banished immortal was a fool.
As expected, Ruan Haoyu smiled softly, "It's just that I like to do my own things, and I'm not very happy that you do it for me. Besides, why should I hand over my wife to you?"
“Then don’t blame me for being ruthless and for making everyone in your valley die with you.” Fang Wei said harshly.
Just as he was about to wave his hand and have his men rush forward to capture Ruan Haoyu, he heard him coldly say, "Do you still want the lives of your five thousand soldiers?"
Fang Wei paused and asked involuntarily, "What happened to them?"
At this time, he saw the soldier who had just run out to report the news running out of the valley again, but this time, he was extremely fast, and it was obvious that he had good lightness skills, but his soldiers had never practiced lightness skills.
The man ran straight to Ruan Haoyu and bowed, saying, "Young Valley Master, those five thousand people and the three hundred people before have all been dealt with."
"Very good." Ruan Haoyu curled his lips and smiled, looking at Fang Wei, "Commander Fang, are you going to send someone else in to die?"
Fang Wei's eyes were red with anger. "What did you do to them?"
"Hey, isn't fighting on the battlefield a matter of life and death? Is this the first time Commander Fang leads troops?" Ruan Haoyu's tone was full of surprise.
Fang Wei was almost pissed off by Ruan Haoyu. He tightly grasped the sword in his hand and gritted his teeth, "What did you want to say just now?"
Ruan Haoyu smiled, "Commander Fang, don't be angry. Those five thousand people are still alive. But from now on, their life and death will be in your hands."
"What do you mean?" Fang Wei gritted his teeth.
Ruan Haoyu's face also turned cold. "If you withdraw your troops and swear never to cause trouble to the Medical Immortal Valley again, I will return the five thousand men to you."
"No! Impossible!" Fang Wei gritted his teeth. If he returned empty-handed, the emperor would definitely execute him. But if he only lost 5,000 men and brought back the person or corpse the emperor wanted, he might only be punished and at most charged with the crime of poor leadership.
Between two evils, choose the lesser one. I would rather die than let my friend die. No matter what, I will not retreat.
He no longer hesitated, pointed his sword at Ruan Haoyu, and rushed over on his horse, wanting to kill him.
Ruan Haoyu used the Cloud-Stepping Step and pulled the soldier who brought the news to the side in an instant. Fang Wei stabbed the air with his sword and waved his hand, and the army rushed towards the valley entrance like a tidal wave.
Ruan Haoyu nodded to his junior brother who was disguised as a soldier, flew up, flew over the army, and went in the opposite direction of the valley entrance. His junior brother turned around and went back to the valley entrance.
Upon seeing this, Fang Wei shouted, "Want to run?" He turned his horse around and led 10,000 soldiers to chase Ruan Haoyu, while the remaining soldiers continued to attack the valley.
These soldiers lined up in a row, very close to each other, and began to walk into the narrow gap. After walking for about an incense stick of time, the soldier in the front suddenly let out a terrified cry and stopped. The soldiers behind could not see what was happening and immediately chaos broke out.
The soldiers in front couldn't help shivering as they looked at the human wall several feet high in front of them. The vanguard soldiers who had come in to investigate earlier were actually piled up here. Even if the people below hadn't died just now, they would have been crushed to death now.
At this moment, a strange fragrance wafted over. The leading soldier was shouting in fear, and suddenly someone seemed to strangle him by the neck. His voice stopped abruptly, and then he fell straight to the ground.
Then, the second and third soldiers fell one after another. The people behind them didn't dare to move forward and wanted to retreat. However, the one at the end didn't know what was happening and was still thinking about going forward. After a while, the team became chaotic and crowded together.