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Chapter 340 Song Jiang: I will never coexist with Longtou City! [2 Updates]

"Boom-boom--"

Inside the central command tent, Song Jiang and Wu Yong exchanged a smile, their composure as firm as Mount Tai.

"The strategist is indeed a brilliant strategist!"

"I don't deserve it, I don't deserve it..."

Wu Yong quickly replied modestly, "After dawn, we'll use our superior numbers to charge straight in."

"Longtou City already had few soldiers, and with troops being divided to guard prisoners, the available forces were even fewer."

As the saying goes, even a skilled cook can't cook without rice...

Song Jiang nodded in agreement.

He had actually figured it out; the leading city probably had limited military resources.

Otherwise, why bother with so many schemes and tricks? Why not just confront Erlong Mountain head-on?
Originally, Song Jiang also wanted to fight Longtou City head-on, but it was all because of the false information given by Duan Jingzhu...

Hmph, it's all Duan Jingzhu's fault!

"The strategist is right. In my opinion, the number of troops that Longtou City has shown should not exceed one thousand."

Song Jiang stroked his beard and calmly said:

"We currently have approximately 2,500 troops available to us!"

"Two thousand five hundred to one thousand, the advantage is in my hands!"

Wu Yong and Song Jiang got more and more excited as they talked, showing no signs of drowsiness. Suddenly, they heard it was raining outside.

"Whoosh whoosh-"

Just as Song Jiang was about to say that the rain was quite heavy, Hua Rong, who was standing nearby, became anxious and dashed to the entrance of the main tent:
"hiss--"

Looking outside, Hua Rong couldn't help but gasp:
"Brothers, come out with your shields up!"

What?
Song Jiang and Wu Yong had already realized it was a rain of arrows, after all, a series of ghostly wails and howls had already been heard outside the tent!
It's fine with them holding up shields, the question is why they want to go out in the first place?

"puff!"

A rocket hit the top of the tent, not only penetrating the tent and landing on the blankets, but also causing a fire!
Good guy!
Song Jiang and Wu Yong's expressions changed drastically. They quickly put on a shield each and followed Hua Rong out of the tent.

But now the once peaceful camp was engulfed in flames, and many of the underlings were rolling on the ground, wounded by arrows, crying for their fathers and mothers...

"Shuashuashua——"

Another barrage of rockets rained down!
While using his silver spear to deflect the fire arrows, Hua Rong quickly observed the rain of arrows and made a judgment:
"Brother, the enemy has about two hundred archers!"

"Several of them are sharpshooters!"

Song Jiang asked curiously, "How did you know he was a sharpshooter?"

Hua Rong pointed and said, "Brother, look! The vast majority of archers can only shoot to the outer perimeter of the camp!"

"But there are four men who can shoot at least a hundred paces away!"
"There are two more who can shoot at least two hundred paces away!"
"The one who shot the central command tent was one of these two!"
"Their archery skills are second only to mine!"
"Without these sharpshooters, we could simply hold our position, but with them..."

Song Jiang quickly pressed on, "How is it?"

Wu Yong stamped his feet in frustration: "It's chaos! Everything's in chaos!"

As Hua Rong said, if it were just ordinary archers, they wouldn't be able to hit the inner perimeter of the camp, at most causing a temporary disturbance, which could be easily suppressed by a general.

However, because of these sharpshooters, the rockets hit the center of the camp, and especially the fire that started in the central command tent, the entire camp was thrown into chaos...

No, to be more precise, the camp was in chaos!
……

After firing several volleys of rockets, Shi Wengong, Yue Fei, Tang Huai, Zhang Xian, Wang Gui, and Luo Yanqing, all of whom were skilled fighters, changed into the clothes of low-ranking henchmen from Erlong Mountain and sneaked into Song Jiang's camp amidst the chaos.

Song Jiang's camp was already in chaos, with everyone unable to distinguish friend from foe.

After they went inside, they began to slaughter the low-ranking members of Erlong Mountain while pretending to be low-ranking members of Erlong Mountain and shouting loudly:

"Oh no! The enemy has broken in! Brother Song Jiang is dead!"

With them causing such a disturbance, Song Jiang's camp became even more chaotic, and everyone was bloodthirsty in the firelight!
"nonsense!"

Song Jiang, shield on his head, cried out anxiously, "I'm not dead yet!"

"Brother, be quiet!"

Wu Yong hurriedly covered Song Jiang's mouth, and Song Jiang then realized that it was an enemy who had infiltrated!
The problem is, if he doesn't clarify things and lets the enemy spread rumors that he's dead, can he still keep his camp?
"Brother, safety comes first!"

Wu Yong released Song Jiang's mouth and grabbed Song Jiang's hand:
"The best course of action for us now is to leave!"

"Where there is life, there is hope!"

"Brother, let's go!"

Hua Rong understood Wu Yong's meaning and supported it; the situation was beyond repair...

"No! I can't abandon them—"

Song Jiang shook his head, seemingly to no avail, and Wu Yong, understanding the implication, waved to Hua Rong and Qin Ming.

Hua Rong and Qin Ming understood immediately and grabbed Song Jiang from both sides:
"I'm sorry, brother!"

"What are you doing—"

Song Jiang, exasperated, muttered under his breath.

He didn't want to walk, but his feet couldn't touch the ground, so you can't blame him.

Hua Rong and Qin Ming had already grabbed Song Jiang and rushed out, with Wu Yong following closely behind.

He had only rushed out a couple of steps when he ran into Dai Zong, who had armor strapped to his legs, and took Song Jiang away.

Song Jiang climbed onto Dai Zong's back, wrapped his arms around Dai Zong's neck, and suddenly they flew away as if riding on clouds...

As Hua Rong, Qin Ming, and Wu Yong rushed out, they ran right into Li Kui, who was nonchalantly wreaking havoc!
He looked like he'd been pulled out of a pool of blood!

"Tie Niu, let's go!"

Qin Ming pulled Li Kui aside, but Li Kui shook him off. Wu Yong quickly said:

"Tie Niu, come with us to protect Brother Song Gongming!"

Li Kui, who had been in a berserk state, immediately came to his senses and hurriedly followed them out of the camp.

They met up with Xu Ning and Li Zhong halfway there, and together they finally broke out of the camp!

He rushed out for several miles in one breath, and when they reached a secluded spot, Li Kui pressed on, asking:
Where is Brother Song Jiang?

Wu Yong then told him the truth: "Brother Song Gongming has been carried away by Dean Dai, he should be safe now."

Upon hearing that Li Kui wanted to go back, Hua Rong grabbed him again:
"Tie Niu, why are you going back?"

Li Kui brandished his great axe menacingly: "Of course we're going back to kill the enemy!"

"No need."

Wu Yong sighed: "You only killed your own people, there were no enemies at all..." "What?"

Li Kui could hardly believe his ears: "I heard someone shout with my own ears that the enemy has broken in!"

"That's a rumor."

Wu Yong weakly waved his burnt-out goose feather fan:
"There are not many enemies; they are all killing each other."

"At that time, the camp was in chaos, and we couldn't stop them. We could only wait until they had killed enough..."

Let alone small fry, even a regular army can't stop a riot if it breaks out.

Have you killed enough?

Hua Rong, Qin Ming, and Xu Ning exchanged glances, all seeing defeat in each other's eyes...

……

"Let's go!"

Yue Fei felt the time was right and signaled Shi Wengong and the others to retreat:

Let them fight like dogs!

After today's battle, Yue Fei has established his prestige, and even Shi Wengong is willing to follow his command.

When Yue Fei said to leave, Shi Wengong and the others dared not delay and took advantage of the chaos to break out.

Although Song Jiang's camp was in complete chaos, it was still quite easy for the few of them to get out.

Shi Wengong and Yue Fei led the way, while Tang Huai, Zhang Xian, Wang Gui, and Luo Yanqing followed.

Once outside, Yue Fei and Shi Wengong met up with Hu Sanniang, and together they watched the battle from a nearby high ground.

Shi Wengong gave a thumbs up:

"Eighth Brother, they lost at least three thousand men that night!"

"Good for you!"

"Fifth Brother, don't worry."

Yue Fei chuckled and said, "The battle is not over yet."

Shi Wengong's eyes widened:
Good grief, it's not over yet?

Are you really going to kill them all in one night?

……

The first light of dawn appeared in the east.

As dawn broke, the shouts of battle in Song Jiang's camp gradually subsided.

The surviving henchmen were all disheveled and covered in blood, looking like a group of walking corpses...

The dawn finally allowed them to see clearly who the enemies around them were, and also who the corpses on the ground belonged to...

"Dachengzi!"

"Erzhuzi!"

"San Dezi!"

"Four……"

The henchmen were utterly devastated when they saw their brothers, clansmen, and fellow villagers lying in pools of blood.

However, at that moment, the gong sounded loudly once again:

"Boom-boom--"

Again?

The underlings were going crazy. Shi Wengong and Yue Fei had led their troops out from all directions!

The underlings had been fighting all night, but the people from Longtou City had all slept for at least an hour.

In addition, the lack of a leader among the henchmen of Erlong Mountain, while Longtou City had Shi Wengong and Yue Fei leading the way, they were like tigers descending the mountain, roaring as they stormed into Song Jiang's camp!

The underlings of Erlong Mountain were easily overwhelmed by Shi Wengong and Yue Fei; some died, some were wounded, some fled, and some surrendered.

The battle was over in no more than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.

"Take all the supplies with you!"

Yue Fei directed the surrendered soldiers to move things like ants carrying house.

When Qin Ming and Hua Rong returned to check the situation, the camp had been burned to the ground, not a single thing left...

The bodies were even buried on the spot!
"Wow-wow-"

Several crows circled above the camp, and a few wild dogs, drawn by the scent, came over and were licking the bloodstains on the ground.

Qin Ming and Hua Rong exchanged a glance, both feeling utterly disheartened.
Five thousand men were wiped out?

Who exactly are the legendary leaders of Longtou City, "Longtou Sanlang" and "Longtou Laoyao"?

Qin Ming and Hua Rong searched for a long time in the surrounding woods before finding a few dozen henchmen to take back.

These dozens of henchmen had all fled the camp and hidden themselves when the camp was raided last night.

Qin Ming and Hua Rong brought them before Song Jiang, who was stunned:

"Only these few people are left?"

Qin Ming asked the henchman to report back, and the henchman recounted what had happened after the camp was bombed.

"Dragon Head Third Brother! Dragon Head Youngest Brother!"

Enraged, Song Jiang pointed to the sky and swore, "I will never share the same sky with Longtou City!"

Wu Yong sighed inwardly: This defeat has severely damaged our strength; who knows how long it will take to recover...

"Brother, let's go back and regroup."

Wu Yong offered Song Jiang a way out: "We will make a comeback in the future and avenge this great grudge!"

"Bah!"

Song Jiang punched the tree trunk, gritting his teeth as he said:
"elbow!"

Qin Ming and Hua Rong breathed a sigh of relief. It's good to regroup. As for a comeback...

Talk about it later!

Anyway, they didn't want to continue fighting with the leading city anymore; they'd have to go back and heal their emotional wounds...

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