novelaction Chapter 1393 3 Northern Desert Soldiers Turned into Mincemeat
Chapter 1393 3 Northern Desert Soldiers Turned into Mincemeat
This place is so evil.
The air was filled with a putrid stench that made one's scalp crawl.
"What's the panic?" Lin Zhen's voice came from ahead, still as calm and collected as ever.
"If we don't move in, how will we make room for the 30,000 guests behind us?"
Zhang Meng was completely confused.
Give the enemy room? What kind of logic is that?
But he didn't dare ask any more questions; the prince's thoughts were beyond the comprehension of a rough man like him.
After walking for about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, a fork in the road suddenly appeared in the canyon ahead.
The road on the left was still narrow and rugged, looking even more sinister and terrifying.
The road to the right opens up dramatically, the terrain becomes much flatter, and you can even see some sparse vegetation.
"Your Highness, which way should we go?" Zhang Meng urged his horse forward and asked for instructions.
In his view, the right-hand road, which seemed to be the way out, was the obvious choice.
Lin Zhen reined in his horse and pointed to the road on the left, which looked like a dead end leading to hell.
"Zhang Meng."
"The general is here!"
"Take a hundred brothers and continue in." Lin Zhen's voice was calm, yet carried an undeniable authority. "Make as much noise as possible, leave as many hoofprints as possible, and ideally leave some of our Great Qian army's standard water bags and weapons along the way."
"We need to convince those idiots chasing us that our main force escaped through this road."
Although Zhang Meng did not understand the prince's intention, he still accepted the order without hesitation.
"Yes! Your Highness, rest assured, this humble general will complete the mission!"
As he spoke, he selected one hundred brothers from among the five hundred daredevils, turned their horses around, and galloped off toward the dead end on the left.
Soon, their figures disappeared into the darkness.
"Alright, now it's our turn."
Lin Zhen looked in the direction where the hundred riders disappeared, a calculating smile curving his lips.
He turned his head and looked at the remaining four hundred soldiers, who also looked confused.
"Listen up, all of you! Dismount and bring out all your kerosene for me."
As Lin Zhen spoke, he was the first to dismount and untie a black pottery jar wrapped tightly in cowhide from the horse's back.
It contained a special kind of fire oil made by the Shenji Battalion, which was flammable and could not be extinguished by water.
The remaining four hundred soldiers, though they did not know what the prince was going to do, still did as he was told and brought out all the oil canisters they carried with them.
"Your Highness, what are we going to do..." A soldier looked at the hundreds of cans of flammable oil piled up together and couldn't help but ask.
"Of course, we'll prepare a special welcome gift for our guests."
Lin Zhen smiled, then led the four hundred soldiers and the hundreds of cans of flammable oil, disappearing into the unremarkable fork in the road on the right.
……
A quarter of an hour later.
Bo'erchu, the commander of the northern desert, led his 30,000 iron cavalry to this crossroads.
"General, look!" A scout, who was on the lookout route, pointed to the messy hoofprints and scattered water bags on the left side of the road and shouted excitedly. "They really did run this way!"
Bo'erchu looked at the mess on the ground, a cruel and triumphant light flashing in his one eye.
"Hmph, a bunch of fools." His voice was full of disdain. "Do they really think they can survive by hiding in this hellish place?"
"Pass on my orders!" He waved his hand sharply, his voice booming like a bell! "Ten thousand vanguard troops, charge in! Drag all those rats of the Great Qian Dynasty out of their burrows! I want them alive!"
"Yes!"
One of the generals immediately accepted the order and left.
Ten thousand cavalrymen from the northern desert, who had been holding back their anger, roared like a flood bursting its banks and surged madly into the canyon that had long since become a dead end.
Bo'erchu led the remaining 20,000 troops, following behind at a leisurely pace.
He even had the leisure to take out a wine flask from his pocket and, with relish, take a sip.
In his view, the outcome of this battle was no longer in doubt.
His only concern now is how to properly deal with the Empress of the Great Qian Dynasty, who is rumored to be as beautiful as a fairy, once he captures her.
However, the smug smile on his face didn't last long.
A sudden change occurs!
Rumble——! ! !
A deafening roar suddenly erupted from both sides of the canyon!
Bo'ershu suddenly looked up and saw that on the steep cliffs on both sides of the canyon, countless huge rocks weighing tens of thousands of kilograms, which had been loosened by human hands, were being smashed down on the ten thousand Mobei Iron Cavalry below like dumplings being dropped into a pot!
"Do not!!"
"It's a trap!!"
The soldiers from the northern desert who were at the forefront looked at the colossal rock that blotted out the sky and let out a desperate roar!
They want to escape.
But where could they escape to in this narrow canyon?
boom--!
Countless boulders crashed down with a deafening roar!
The hard ground trembled violently under this terrifying impact!
Countless soldiers from the northern desert didn't even have time to scream before they were smashed into a bloody pulp by the massive boulder weighing tens of thousands of pounds!
Scalding hot blood, mixed with shattered internal organs, instantly stained the entire canyon floor a shocking crimson!
This sudden sight terrified the soldiers from the northern desert who were lucky enough to escape being hit!
Their warhorses, startled, let out a mournful whinny and began to spin wildly in place, charging forward!
At this moment, the entire formation of the vanguard completely collapsed!
"Damn!!"
Looking at the hellish scene before him, Bo'ershu's single eye was instantly ignited by a raging fire of fury!
He threw away the wine flask in his hand, drew the curved knife from his waist, and let out a roar!
"Hold on! Everyone, hold on for me!"
"Archers! Fire arrows at this general! Shoot down all those scum on the cliff!"
However, his order came too late.
Just as he finished speaking...
Lin Zhen's emotionless voice came down from the high cliff.
"Now, the real show is just beginning."
"put!"
With Lin Zhen's command.
Hundreds of black pottery jars, which were already prepared, were thrown down from the cliff face, which was hundreds of feet high, like hailstones!
"What it is!"
Inside the canyon, the northern soldiers who had miraculously survived the rain of boulders were all stunned as they stared at the black pottery jar that had fallen from the sky.
They couldn't figure it out.
At this point, have those rats from Daqian stopped throwing stones and started throwing jars instead?