Sword Roaring in the Sky

Chapter 279 The Man-Eating Demon Yelü Jiu

The people of Bo Shi Guo were divided into different classes, and the slave trade was thriving. These "useless" people could be treated like hyenas, trained into assassins using the cruelest methods, and used as expendable resources on the battlefield.

Sun Yanwan is no good; at least he still has some humanity left.

Sun Yanwan originally knew nothing about the Boshi Kingdom, but he not only had Xiximuli under his command, but also captured a large number of Boshi Kingdom soldiers. After these soldiers surrendered, their loyalty was not low, which allowed him to learn more about the culture and customs of the Boshi Kingdom.

Many of the original impressions are actually not accurate. For example, the temple assassin group of Bo Shi Kingdom is actually not the same profession as the assassins on Earth who only have one or two people to carry out missions.

The Temple Assassins are more like a variant of mercenaries.

The Sun Temples throughout the Kingdom of Bo Shi take in homeless people and train them into assassins. These assassins can be rented out to anyone, not only for the king's wars but also to merchants and powerful figures in the Kingdom of Bo Shi. As long as money is paid, these temple assassin groups will do any job.

They also held a special position in the army, having their own assassin camps and not living with ordinary soldiers.

However, not all members of the Temple Assassins are hyenas. Those who are healthy, intelligent, quick-witted, and talented in martial arts are selected as apprentices. These apprentices are completely different from the hyenas; they are no longer cannon fodder to be used at will. They will only carry out the most valuable missions and have normal lives. However, the assassin apprentices who rise to the top in this cruel environment cannot be considered normal people either.

Above the ninth-level apprentice is the King of Assassins whom Sun Yanwan once encountered. Above that is the Assassin Bishop, and above that is the Assassin Master. There are only two such masters in the entire Bo Shi Kingdom. They hold a prestigious position, are as wealthy as kings, and wield immense power. They would never risk their lives on the battlefield.

After Sun Yanwan's demonic army filled the defensive line, they faced off against the army of Bo Shi Kingdom. He even gained a small town as a base.

Sun Yanwan glanced at the small town and knew it couldn't be defended. If the town was easy to defend and difficult to attack, he wouldn't have been stationed there.

Sun Yanwan didn't want to defend the city either. He ordered the soldiers of the Demonic Sect to dig hundreds of pits nearby. Each pit was only shallow. He originally wanted to put water in the pits, but there was really no water source nearby, so he could only throw in sharp stones and then cover them with weeds.

The excavated soil was used to build dozens of small mounds, which Sun Yanwan stationed soldiers on to observe enemy movements.

The cavalry of Boshi Kingdom is on par with the cavalry of Northern Yan, and is even more formidable than those of Da Lang and Southern Xia. The Demonic Sect army under Sun Yanwan's command is mainly composed of Demonic Sect members, almost all of whom are infantry. The Demonic Sect controls too small an area to raise horses. Although it has also supplemented itself with a large number of grassland warriors, Boshi Kingdom soldiers, and even recently gathered a group of defeated Southern Xia troops, it does not have an advantage in cavalry. Therefore, it made this preparation.

Sun Yanwan had just settled in when a tribe from the Northern Yan came to surrender!
When Sun Yanwan learned of this news, she was completely astonished, because the tribe that had come to surrender was the Yelü tribe, which had betrayed the Southern Xia army, and its leader was named Yelü Jiu.

This man was very famous in Northern Yan. The Yelü tribe did not follow the Longzang Temple, but instead adhered to an ancestral religion that retained the tradition of cannibalism. Yelü Jiu had a fondness for eating the hearts and livers of young girls, but how could the Yelü tribe provide for him to eat as much as he wanted? Therefore, he often bought female slaves from the Bo Shi Kingdom.

This is why the Yelü clan colluded with the state of Boshi.

Not long ago, Yelü Jiu led his troops in rebellion and launched a surprise attack on the Southern Xia army, which almost caused the Northern Yan and Southern Xia allied forces to collapse. As the culprit, he did not receive any preferential treatment in Boshi Kingdom, and was even quite ostracized. After all, the people of Boshi Kingdom did not like this kind of cannibalistic demon king.

Yelü Jiu was a ruthless man who could have been patient, but today he received orders to be the vanguard to attack the Northern Yan camp. It was clear that he was going to be used as a expendable force, so he immediately became furious and led his troops in rebellion.

Desperate, he had the audacity to come and seek refuge with Sun Yanwan.

Sun Yanwan asked Yang Diao'er, "How did Yelü Jiu come to seek refuge with me?"

"Do I look like someone who isn't thinking straight?" Yang Diao'er chuckled and said, "The Yelü tribe still has more than seven thousand warriors."

Sun Yanwan shook her head and said, "I wouldn't dare take a tribal warrior with cannibalistic habits."

Sun Yanwan did not go out to meet Yelü Jiu at all. He only sent someone with a letter, asking the Yelü tribe to abandon their weapons, armor, and horses, and that they could accept his surrender.

Half an hour later, Yelü sent a messenger, and the contents of the letter were also written in the Dalang script.

After reading it, Sun Yanwan was furious but laughed, saying, "Yelü Jiu is desperate and still wants to negotiate. He wants me to provide food and water first, and then we'll consider it further."

"I'll show him what kind of person I am!"

At Sun Yanwan's command, five hundred elite guards were gathered and led out of the camp.

The personal guards around him now are all people who have made meritorious contributions in various battles. They were selected by him and he personally teaches them martial arts. They may not be loyal, but they are at least trustworthy.

Originally, the fifty lay disciples sent by Shaochan Temple were meant to be his personal guards, but Sun Yanwan felt that using them in this way was too wasteful. After all, these lay disciples had all been educated, had considerable martial arts skills, and had received proper martial arts training, so they might have had a chance to become high-ranking disciples.

He sent these lay disciples and the Tianma Gang members he recruited to serve as generals and officers, helping him to better control the army.

After all, their numbers are too small, they are not of decisive use on the battlefield, and they are the most trustworthy people. Keeping them by your side is far less useful than sending them down to lead troops.

The newly selected guards all knew that the original guards had been sent down to become leaders, which was quite motivating.

Sun Yanwan led her troops and charged into the still-terrified Yelü tribe camp with a whoosh.

Sun Yanwan wielded his red dragonwood club as if aided by gods and demons, smashing down one by one the dozens of Yelü warriors who were the first to be hit.

Upon receiving the news, Yelü Jiu hastily donned his armor and led his personal guards out to greet Sun Yanwan. When he saw Sun Yanwan, his face turned pale, and he exclaimed, "It's one thing for King Harsha not to surrender, but why did he charge into my camp?"

Sun Yanwan shouted, "A bunch of stray dogs! I'm already being incredibly lenient by accepting their surrender. And you're still trying to negotiate with me? I need to show you what kind of person I am!"

Sun Yanwan spurred his horse straight at Yelü Jiu, who dared not resist.

His own martial arts skills were also very high, but he was only at the fourth level. Sun Yanwan could kill the ninth-level martial artists of Boshi Kingdom as easily as killing cattle and sheep. Killing the tenth-level fierce generals was not difficult either. Killing him was as easy as slaughtering a chicken.

Moreover, the Yelü tribe was now like a defeated dog, with little fighting spirit. Yelü Jiu had originally intended to use some tricks to try and swindle some grain from Sun Yanwan, but who would have thought that he would actually provoke this man? Yelü Jiu turned his horse and left. Sun Yanwan was also willing to try to kill this man first, but Yelü Jiu was, after all, a veteran general on the battlefield, and he was very cunning. The soldiers of the Yelü tribe gradually realized what was happening, and the army closed in from all sides.

Seeing that there was little chance, Sun Yanwan charged in and then retreated.

(End of this chapter)