The Comeback of the Charming Farmer's Wife-Chapter 2245 - 2247: Who Will Approach Prince Le
"If General Tong doesn’t act now, he’ll miss the battle opportunity," said a commander.
But General Tong still didn’t let them move. Another commander wanted to say something, but before he could speak, there was a flash of a blade, and he fell to the ground.
"Commander Nian disobeyed orders and has been killed," General Tong said coldly. "Anyone who speaks out again will join Commander Nian."
The first commander was stunned but dared not speak again.
Just then, a new contingent appeared opposite them, charging at the Great Qi provisions to set them on fire.
General Tong found it odd. Wasn’t their group responsible for burning the provisions? How could there be others involved?
There was no time for further thought as someone had seized the initiative, forcing him to lead his men forward.
Prince Le hadn’t expected Baili Yan to confront him directly.
He was well aware of how apprehensive Ye Zi’an and the others were of him for what he’d done in Great Zhou over the years, yet Baili Yan seemed fearless this time.
Watching the burning provisions, he showed a faint smile.
"Retreat!"
With his voice, Great Qi sounded the retreat.
Baili Yan led the army to its first victory, boosting morale! Baili Yan himself felt his confidence surge.
After killing Commander Nian, General Tong was captured once he dismounted. Despite being a tough nut to crack, he ended up being beaten to death, revealing nothing.
However, the subsequent battles weren’t as fortunate.
On March 20th, Liang City fell. The commanding General Zhou committed suicide in remorse.
On March 21st, Peng City was breached. The commander General Liu’s corpse was trampled to mush.
On March 26th, Ning City fell. Baili Yan retreated to Mo City, and on the 28th, Old Mu reassumed command and charged back into Ning City. But on that day, a group of undead inexplicably appeared, unaffected by blades or pain, even with flames within them. They could walk forward and embrace an enemy, dying alongside them.
Clad in black with a mask, Prince Le held a long flute. Its resonating sound propelled these beings even faster.
"General Luo, this is the grand gift I’ve prepared for you," 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞
The familiar voice rang out, startling Old Mu at the scene before him.
Encountering a group of entities, neither human nor ghost, unafraid of death, he could only order a retreat.
"Those beings aren’t human at all." Upon hearing this news, Yang Chuxia approached Old Mu. "They should be corpses. There’s a tribe in the Yunnan region where the priests can perform rituals, enabling corpses to walk. These corpses should be coated with tung oil."
"How could he know such dark arts?" Old Mu lamented. It’s truly unfortunate for the imperial family to have produced such a brilliant anomaly.
"And how many more like this does he have? If each corpse is covered in tung oil and embraces one of our soldiers, we’re doomed."
"However many people have died between Great Qi and Great Zhou recently, that’s how many undead soldiers he possesses."
Baili Yan looked grim, leaning back on his chair. "Wasn’t it mentioned that he has a personality disorder? Didn’t Shaoling develop medication to suppress it? Try having him take it. Otherwise, Great Zhou is finished."
Mu Shaoling agreed, "Then let’s give it a try."
"But how do we make him ingest it?" Old Mu asked, "How can we approach him and have him eat it? He can’t discern bad medicine?"
"Medicine and poison aren’t the same, yet not entirely separate. He may discern poison but not necessarily medicine," Mu Shaoling added.
"I can approach him." Yangyang, nestled in Yang Chuxia’s embrace, suddenly spoke up, "I’ll go!"
(PS notice: My editor has applied to have my completed old work available on subscription if you’re a monthly subscriber, you can read for free for three months. On QQ bookstore it is such, regarding other channels, I am uncertain.)
