Book 20 - Chapter 3 – War Games (1/2)

Book 20 Chapter 3 – War Ga and Xu Ziling left the city froalloped into a forest east of an ene called a halt

Stunned, Kou Zhong reined his horse, and waved their rave expression Xu Ziling replied, “I feel so When we rounded the plain northeast of the city, I developed a sense that so us; I am afraid we have fallen into the ene provisions this tied their horses to advance about ten paces toward the edge of the jungle, and peered outside

Under the bright sun in the sky, outside of the forest was a long strip of grassland; on the left there was a hill with a graveyard on it, on the right the sloping hill extended forever into the distance, about half a li ahead was another sparse forest Beyond that forest ought to be the route where the enerains

They have already planted spies at the eneons left the camp, they would intercept it midway, and rob the arht,” Kou Zhong said, “Shall ithdraw the troops ihed and said, “Iine that you are Yuwen Wudi; hoould you lay out this trap?”

Kou Zhong pointed his horsewhip to the sparse forest ahead and said, “Naturally by setting up a trap like horse-tripping ropes or so like that in the forest But unless his Lao Ge [ol’ elder brother] was a born immortal, hoould he know frorains?”

“Well said,” Xu Ziling said, “Yuwen Wudi may be a valiantwith scherain trap ic adviser under his coher elevation like a hill slope to aht as well lure the tiger out of the jungle; the target is to take Yuwen Wudi’s dog head What do you think?”

Kou Zhong was excited, “Cut down his dog head, and hung it high outside the city,” he said, “That on’t have to worry that Yuwen Huagu would not iht”

Xu Ziling was surprised, “It seeu iht; I wonder what plan do you have”

Kou Zhong laughed aloud and said, “Mountain ht you will find out Ha! This ga!”

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Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling led theirtheir horse to full speed, toward the sparsely wooded area between two sloping hills

At first glance nobody would notice that they left twentythe naled his men to halt; everybody reined in their horses at once

Putting on an act, Kou Zhong shouted, “I’ll go first to scout our path; watch forwith you!” Xu Ziling responded

The two boys urged their horses to continue, and in the blink of an eye they reached the edge of the sparsely wooded area Suddenly Kou Zhong roared, “There’s an a, so ahead, “Release the arrows!”

From the top of the hill on both sides arrows poured down on them like rain, while like a storalloped away like mad

Because the tere prepared, while the eneuard and shot the arrows in haste, one after another the arrows fell on empty air

Just as the two boys rushed back to where they were co from, several hundred enemy riders swarmed out of the sparse forest, led by their old friend Yuwen Wudi

Kou Zhong’s men pretended to be like a mob who did not knohat to do; they acted chaotic, without distinguishi+ng east froht, until finally they had nowhere else to go but to return to the jungle

Upon seeing this, Yuwen Wudi advanced courageously and pursued closely behind the, the sound, like rolling thunder, shook the prairie sky

One after another Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling rushed into the forest, leaped up, and hid a the dense shade of the trees

In just a little over ten breaths later, like a tornado Yuwen Wudi’s cavalry storalloped underneath the two boys

And then there was a series of sound of the warhorses stu into the trap, or were tripped by the ropes that they flipped over and threw their riders off, or were hit by the arrows This time it was the enemy’s turn to be in chaos; they scattered in all directions

Like the celestial soldiers or heavenly generals Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling dropped from the sky, and wherever they went, they carried out killerany mercy at all

The two boys’ men also appeared from everywhere and all directions and attacked The eneinally like a rainboere ih their nu spirit, and only wanted to flee for their lives

Realizing their situation was far fro a dozen or so his personal guards forcing their way out of the forest, suddenly ahead of him his men were throay, their horses flipped over His response could be considered quick as well; immediately he abandoned his horse and soared onto the top of a tree nearby But when he was about to leap to another tree, Kou Zhong suddenly appeared on a horizontal branch of a tree ahead of hi s killed our beloved horses, Hui’er and Bai’er [see Book 4 Chapter 5]; it was such a tragic scene that broke our hearts, a deeply unforgettable event that seemed to happen only yesterday And noe finally have the opportunity to face one another to settle this account”

A sinister expression appeared on Yuwen Wudi’s copper-like face; the wart on his forehead trehed coldly and said, “I was just killing two livestock! Not raping and et it, blame it on your stupidity, don’t blame anybody else”

A deep, coldabout he and Xu Ziling owned real gold and white silver for the first time, and used theabout Fu Junchuo, he nodded fir you alive and exchange you for so else But now I decided not to show you anyhead off”

Yuwen Wudi roared wildly, the lance in his hand fantastically turned into countless spear shadows, as he leaped horizontally across the e

If Kou Zhong evaded even for a little, he would have a chance to escape out of the forest, and joined his infantry, ere rushi+ng over to provide help

Kou Zhong cale body as it rushed over straight toward hi his power

The whole world seeed; his senses seemed to be many times more sensitive Not only he was able to accurately calculate and grasp every single detail of Yuwen Wudi’sunleashi+ng his divine prowess under the tree, cutting down every enemy anted to escape out of the forest, while snatching their valuable warhorses

Two men’s eyes met

In that instant, he saw the fear deep in Yuwen Wudi’s heart

The opponent has been intimidated by his cold composure

‘Whoosh!+’

The Moon in the Well swept an aical as if it wasYuwen Wudi’s !’

No word could describe the shock in Yuwen Wudi’s heart

He has had confrontation with Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling before, therefore, although he has heard that theirrate, inwardly he was not too convinced, and thought that the ru his skill by unleashi+ng countless changes yet Kou Zhong, using saber moves that appeared to be cluned ’s real power

He was a veteran of a hundred battles, and had wanted to take advantage while Kou Zhong’s mastery has not reached the same maturity as his own, to send the ‘Black [or Mysterious] Ice Energy’, a unique skill handed down in his fa that he could borrow the reaction force to fly away to escape; a move that was not ai to avoid h the tip of his spear was able to block the chopping saber, but the pit of his stoe hay’ dispersed into the wind like a thin smoke, while the eney, swift like an arrow, penetrating his heart and meridians

‘Ah!’

Yuwen Wudi’s lance fell off his hand and dropped down the tree

Shaken by the iered back a little, and had to vo any care, Kou Zhong returned his saber into its scabbard, and used his other hand to wipe the blood froo!”