Chapter 109

And every time he swung, he could take at least one life!

In just this short while, the people in front of him were all dead!

"This... this..."

This scene directly scared everyone present silly!

They looked at the entrance of the barracks,

At this moment, everyone was truly stunned!

Too fierce!

Truly too fierce!

In just that short while, the two or three hundred people who had gathered at the entrance of the barracks were all dead!

Around that man holding the two hammers, who was as thin as a skeleton, not a single person could be seen standing!

Under his feet, there were only corpses!

No!

That was minced meat!

Or pulp!

Fresh blood flowed, actually gathering into a small river!

"Ah!"

"Enemy attack!"

"Enemy attack!"

At this moment, many people went crazy!

In this instant, countless people felt panic!

They shouted at the top of their lungs!

Even more centurions, military officers, and captains quickly organized troops to re-encircle and attack!

In just a short while, the sounds of shouting and killing shook the sky!

Inside the central army tent!

Xiang Liang, who had just dozed off for a while, heard the commotion outside immediately!

He immediately called for a messenger to ask what was going on!

"Report to the Deputy General! Outside, some people are shouting that the camp is being raided, and some are shouting that it is an enemy attack!"

"Raiding the camp?"

"Enemy attack?"

"Meng Wu’s army hasn't even arrived yet; what camp is being raided, and where did the enemy attack come from?"

Xiang Liang was very angry and originally didn't intend to go out to look!

But at that sudden moment, he thought of the legendary Li Li Yuanba!

"Could it be... that this madman has really come?"

Xiang Liang panicked and, without delay, ran out immediately!

And just as he walked out of the tent and arrived at the entrance of the barracks, the scene before him scared him silly!

One person, just like that, holding a pair of hammers, was smashing back and forth in the army!

And under his violent smashing, the number of troops was decreasing at a speed visible to the naked eye!

And the corpses on the ground were increasing at a speed visible to the naked eye!

In just this short while, the corpses on the ground were already layered and dense!

"My God, this... what kind of monster is this!"

Xiang Liang was stunned; at this moment, he even saw soldiers running away.

Running for their lives!

My God, under the command of a group of military officers and captains, that was nearly two thousand people fighting one!

And two thousand people fighting one, and they were actually being chased away by one person?

"Charge!"

"Kill!"

"Take this man down!"

Xiang Liang was furious and began to command the army to encircle and attack!

Seeing those who were afraid of the battle and wanted to run away, he killed them with one sword and said angrily:

"The opponent is only one person, what are you afraid of?"

"Whoever can cut off this man’s head will be rewarded with ten thousand gold!"

While shouting, he thought of the legend about Li Li Yuanba again!

Legend has it that this is a fierce man who can fight fifty thousand people!

He didn't care whether this matter was true or false, he would just treat it as true, and he wouldn't underestimate the enemy!

He would send one hundred thousand people to deal with him!

One hundred thousand people...

Hehe!

Let alone one hundred thousand people, even if one hundred thousand pigs were placed there for him to kill.

He would be exhausted to death!

Xiang Liang thought angrily and began to order the messenger to mobilize the army.

Today, he was going to use one hundred thousand troops to kill Li Li Yuanba alone!

To be reasonable, this was truly crazy!

However... Xiang Liang didn't feel there was anything wrong with it.

What he liked was crushing!

You can fight a few hundred people alone, one thousand people, that counts as your ability!

One hundred thousand people?

So what if we bully you alone?

On this side, the great battle was underway!

And on the other side!

The sky was approaching dawn!

A large group of people coming from Xianyang City had arrived at the salt pond!

The vast salt pond stretched for a thousand miles!

As far as the eye could see, there was yellow sand everywhere, and dead things everywhere.

Originally, Meng Wu and the others should have arrived here two days ago!

But... mobilizing a large army is ultimately not an easy thing!

Thus, not paying attention, they were delayed for two days!

And although Meng Wu’s army had just arrived here, it was not without barracks!

Several days ago, an advance force had already set up camp here.

When Meng Wu and the others arrived here, they could directly enter the barracks to rest, and at the same time, they could scout for news of the enemy army!

"Report to the Commander-in-Chief, Xiang Yu’s army has already set up camp fifty miles away today!"

"Fifty miles away!"

Meng Wu and Wang Ben began to look at the map together.

Checking the location of that camp.

And just by looking at the location of this camp, Meng Wu, Wang Ben, and Meng Tian couldn't help but sigh in admiration!

"When attacking the Chu State in the past, I heard that Xiang Yan’s grandson, Xiang Yu, had amazing talent on the sand table at a young age!"

"Looking at it now, this child indeed has some ability; the location of the camp is very good!"

"He occupied the favorable terrain!"

"And, he is firmly occupying the water source!"

The three praised together!

Don't look at it as just setting up a camp!

But... in front of a real general, the choice of camp location is an extreme test of a general’s ability to control the terrain!

If it is someone who doesn't understand, it is very easy to set up the camp in a low-lying area or downwind!

Or perhaps deviate from the water source!

And whether it is a low-lying area or downwind, there are fatal threats.

For example, if it rains, camping in a low-lying area, as long as it rains, the rainwater will immediately gather here.

The camp of a forty-thousand-strong army would directly turn into a swamp!

If it is downwind, strong winds will howl, and the tents could be blown away by the wind!

Deviating from the water source is even more fatal.

An army without water, no matter how many troops there are, will all turn into weaklings!

Everyone appreciated Xiang Yu’s choice of camp location.

At the same time, they did not forget to inquire about the training status of Xiang Yu’s army and so on.

All of this had to be figured out.

After all... both sides had arrived, and next, it might be a field battle.

And the choice of time for this field battle, and how to attack, etc., all need to be formulated based on the training status of Xiang Yu’s army!

The three analyzed one by one based on the existing intelligence.

Even Wang Wang Jian’s intelligence was taken out as a reference!

Finally, Wang Ben proposed that tomorrow or the day after, they should first have a skirmish with Xiang Yu, with both sides sending out one thousand people for a test!

Wang Ben said this.

Meng Wu nodded immediately; he believed that this would allow them to see what the strength of Xiang Yu’s army really was!

As for whether Xiang Yu would agree?

He believed he would definitely agree!

Because, any general leading an army wants to figure out the strength, quality, etc., of the opponent’s army!

He wanted to understand Xiang Yu, and as long as Xiang Yu was not a fool, he would definitely want to understand him!

Therefore, this battle, also called a test, would definitely take place!

"It’s just... tomorrow or the day after... would it be a bit rushed?"

"Our army just entered the camp today!"

Meng Tian pondered.

Meng Wu said: "This battle is a test; winning or losing doesn't matter. If we lose, let the soldiers know shame and then be brave, intensify training, and fight desperately in the subsequent field battle!"

"If we win, then it will boost morale!"

"Make an appointment to fight with Xiang Yu; set the time for the day after tomorrow!"

Meng Wu gave the order, and finally, Meng Tian took out a piece of linen paper and began to write a letter of challenge, letting the messenger send it to Xiang Yu’s camp!

Next, the three began to rest!

And speaking of Wang Ben, Wang Ben had to sigh in admiration for his old father, Wang Wang Jian, again.

He was not only outstanding in military affairs, but his means of manipulating people’s hearts were also first-class!

Just a while ago, he followed Wang Wang Jian’s method and was late.

The First Emperor actually asked him why he was late!

He reported according to Wang Wang Jian’s words.

The First Emperor actually patted his shoulder and promised that in the future, when he caught the rebellious son, he would definitely send him to Wang Wang Jian’s mansion first to apologize to Wang Wang Jian!

"This... your subject is terrified!"

Wang Ben knelt hurriedly!

Recalling all this, Wang Ben sighed constantly in his heart!

But at the same time, he also lay on the bed!

After marching for many days in a row, he was ultimately a bit exhausted.

However... just as he was sleeping soundly.

Suddenly, the sound of incredibly urgent horse hooves came!

Immediately after, it was the messenger’s shout: "General, General, the Commander-in-Chief is urgently summoning!"

"The Commander-in-Chief is urgently summoning!"

"What is it?"

Wang Ben was dazed, but he still entered Meng Wu’s tent immediately!

In the central army tent, in the Commander-in-Chief’s tent, Meng Tian and many other generals were also there!

And on the side, there was also a messenger standing!

Meng Wu’s expression was serious, his incredibly cold eyes swept over the messenger, and then, he looked at everyone again!

After discovering that everyone had arrived, he said to the messenger:

"Repeat what you just said in front of me and the many generals!"

The messenger said: "When the lowly one arrived far away from Xiang Yu’s army camp, I discovered that Xiang Yu’s army was undergoing a battle!"

"And what they were facing was one person!"

"And this one person killed Xiang Yu’s army until it was a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood!"

"When I arrived at the entrance of the barracks, the ground was densely covered with corpses, many barracks were on fire, and many soldiers were shouting for mercy, and even more soldiers were running away!"

"What?"

"One person, killing Xiang Yu’s army until it was a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood?"

"One person, fighting Xiang Yu’s forty-thousand-strong army?"

Once these words were out, Meng Tian and Wang Ben were simply stunned!

Even Meng Wu, who first knew this intelligence, had his scalp tingling!

Finally, he said to Meng Tian and Wang Ben: "Although this matter sounds exaggerated, this person is my personal guard and one of the people I trust most; his words cannot be false!"

"I suspect that this person is highly likely to be Li Li Yuanba!"

"It is... the New Emperor who sent him here!"

"Of course, as generals, all of this has nothing to do with us!"

"Now, I want to discuss with you all, what should we do now?"

"Should we watch from the sidelines, or help Li Li Yuanba and immediately send an army to reinforce him!"

"In this battle, even if we can't wipe out Xiang Yu, at least we can kill more people and boost morale!"

Meng Wu asked.

At that moment, many generals lowered their heads and didn't speak!

Mainly because this matter was too big.

And, it sounded too fantastical.

One person!

One person dared to charge into the camp of someone else’s forty-thousand-strong army.

And, killed until it was a sea of corpses and blood?

Many generals had a hard time accepting this.

After pondering for a long time, a general finally stood up and knelt: "General, no matter what the enemy camp is like, our army just arrived today; now, the vast majority of soldiers are incredibly exhausted; if we send troops at this time, it will make the soldiers dissatisfied!"

Another general knelt: "And there is... what if this matter is false? Of course, I am not doubting that the people under the General would send false intelligence, but what if Xiang Yu is acting for us to see, leading our army to raid the camp, and then setting an ambush?"

"This matter must be guarded against!"

Everyone discussed heatedly!

And once these words were out, Meng Wu’s expression was very ugly!

But he could also understand!

These people, after all, were not his own trusted subordinates!

These were, after all, soldiers levied or transferred from various places.

Their hearts were not yet unified.

If they were his own direct descendants, his word would be law; let alone the soldiers being exhausted now, even if they were making babies with their wives, if he gave an order, they would all have to crawl out of bed and rush to the battlefield!

Meng Wu had anger in his chest, but... he didn't say anything.

Instead, he looked at Meng Tian and Wang Ben: "What about you two? What do you think?"