Do Not Offend the Reborn Wicked Wife-Chapter 155: Total Annihilation!
"Retreat, quickly retreat! As long as we enter the forest, the enemy won’t be able to do anything to us!"
"Right, if the Zhou Army dares to come in, we can ambush them and kill them!"
"Go, go..."
The Xiliang Army was in disarray, with the Zhou Army fiercely pursuing them from behind, quickly driving them into the forest. As they entered, faint roars of unwillingness from the Xiliang Army could be heard.
"The enemy has entered the forest, Mr. Li, tell us, how do we annihilate them? If you have no idea, say it early, no one will laugh at you, hahaha..."
Chang Yao looked at Li Qingmu with a face full of provocation.
This brat has been drawing too much attention lately, shining brightly, making people jealous!
Saying a few words to him gives a sense of comfort!
Li Qingmu glanced at him indifferently, without any emotion, turned and said to Cao Yin, "Great General, it’s dry weather, just a spark will set the forest ablaze, leaving the enemy with no escape!"
As these words were spoken, everyone looked at him in shock.
A deadly silence surrounded them!
"This is reckless, it’s too insidious, against the ways of heaven, Great General, don’t listen to his nonsense, this can’t be done!"
"Yeah, setting fire to the mountain is too immoral, how many lives will perish? And such a big fire is hard to put out, it could easily cause a disaster!"
Chang Yao nearly jumped three feet high in firm opposition, some glanced at the endless forest, thinking of the aftermath of a raging fire, and quickly agreed.
Li Qingmu looked at them coldly, "Against the ways of heaven? Back when the Xiliang Army invaded our Dazhou, they burned, killed, and looted without any evil being left undone, leaving people homeless and starving to death everywhere. Did they consider the ways of heaven then? Now, in a battle between two armies, it’s just about killing the enemy, what does it have to do with the ways of heaven? If you’re so concerned about the ways of heaven, why did you come to the barracks? Wouldn’t it be better to just roll back home and farm?"
"You..." 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺
Li Qingmu’s sharp words directly shut Chang Yao down, making him blush with anger, glaring daggers at him.
"Good! Well said!"
Cao Yin liked Li Qingmu’s unrestrained personality, applauding and praising him, he looked at Chang Yao, displeased, "Your Chang Family used to be nobility, you’ve switched from civil to military, some practices might not sit well with you! If you don’t like it, then don’t, we’re not here to please you!"
Chang Yao’s face turned livid.
Cao Yin ignored him further, waving his hand: "Set the fire, burn the mountain!"
"Great General, split the troops into two, flanking from the left and right, not giving the enemy a chance to escape!"
"Good! All officers and soldiers, heed the order! Split into two groups for encirclement, follow Mr. Li’s command!"
Immediately, Chang Yao showed an unwilling and angry expression, but there was nothing to be done, Cao Yin was the Great General, everyone here had to follow his command.
"Set the fire!"
"Set it!"
"Haha, burn those Xiliang bastards to death!"
"..."
Li Qingmu found that there was no need for him to command anything further; these Zhou Army officers and soldiers already knew what to do.
Indeed, they’ve often clashed with the Xiliang people on the Liangzhou border, and countless comrades had died at the hands of the Xiliang people, their hatred for them boundless, how satisfying it would be to burn this group of Xiliang people to death?
Watching them excitedly waving the torches, Li Qingmu smiled faintly.
"Light it, light it!"
Everything was ready, a torch was thrown into the vegetation doused with kerosene.
"Boom—"
"Roar roar roar..."
The flames lept up instantly, spreading around swiftly, a gust of wind fanning the flames, causing them to burn even more vigorously.
It wasn’t long before the forest ahead was invaded by flames!
...
Hatu led the army resting in the forest.
This vast forest was like their second home, with water sources, wild animals, and wild fruits to replenish their strength.
They had sprinted all the way back, exhausting their last bit of energy, and upon entering the forest, the first thing they did was hunt frantically, some even so starved they tried to bite into a wild hare without even cleaning the fur.
Eating raw flesh and blood!
But they felt no discomfort, rather a sense of satisfaction!
Finally had a full meal!
"Eh, why do I smell something burning?"
After eating and drinking their fill, the Xiliang soldiers gradually regained their senses, some were checking the injuries of their companions when suddenly, a gust of wind blew by, bringing a slightly burnt smell.
The soldier who smelled it seemed very confused.
"Yes, I smell it too, it’s like something is burning!"
"Bah, it’s probably some fool who dozed off and burnt his catch!"
"Hahaha..."
The Xiliang soldiers who had regained their strength began chatting and joking, without any sense of crisis.
Some even felt that eating raw meat wasn’t right, so they went to gather firewood to prepare a barbecue.
"Strange, why is the burnt smell getting stronger? Look, there’s black smoke over there!"
Someone sniffed the air, realizing something was off, looked around and saw thick black smoke rising from the forest ahead.
"It’s on fire, damn it, probably some bastard was barbecuing and accidentally set the surrounding forest on fire, hurry up, take some people and put out the fire!"
A deputy, seeing this, angrily kicked over a nearby stone and cussed, then a few soldiers grabbed buckets to extinguish the fire.
"No, this isn’t an ordinary fire!"
Hatu jumped up from the resting rock, casting a cold gaze towards the source of the flames: "Damn, it’s probably the Zhou people setting fire to the mountain! Those bastards, they’re setting the forest on fire!"
Hatu trembled with rage, setting a forest fire, what does that mean? Once it starts burning, this entire mountain range would be completely destroyed!
And they were now hiding deep in the mountains, once the fire spreads, they’d be burned alive!
When did the Zhou people become so shameless?
In all the battles fought, no one had ever set the forest on fire!
"What? Set... set fire to the mountain? General, what do we do now?"
The soldiers panicked, knowing full well how terrifying a burning forest could be, each face turning pale.
"Damn it, what do you think we should do? Run, unless you want to be burned alive, huh? Run against the wind, now!"
Hatu, angered by the question, gave the soldier a swat on the back of the head, then hurriedly led his men to run against the wind.
However, they hadn’t gone far when they saw thick smoke ahead, even faintly glimpsing flickering flames!
"General, something’s wrong, there’s a fire over there!"
"There’s fire on the left, fire on the right, front and back, we’re... we’re surrounded! General..."
The soldiers looked like they were about to cry, the Zhou Army was aiming for complete destruction!
Hatu looked up to the sky, unleashing a roar of unwillingness: "Ahhhhh! Zhou bastards! Fight, fight your way out, even if one can escape, it’s something! Fight your way out!"
"Can’t fight our way out, cough cough, it’s all fire, cough cough..."
The fire was merciless, especially when swaths of the forest burned, it could devour people!
The Xiliang Army frantically ran, trying to escape the sea of fire, but the forest fire was too fierce, and coupled with being in the depths of the mountains, their path was completely blocked!
"Help..."
"Ahhhh——"
Cries for help and screams echoed continuously, like ghosts wailing, but gradually, as the fire blazed more fiercely, these cries were completely drowned out!
The remaining sixty thousand Xiliang soldiers were completely engulfed in the sea of fire!
Thus, the Xiliang Army was utterly annihilated!
