"Alright!"
Wang Chong had been resting under an ancient bronze tree, but when he heard these words, he patted off the dust on his body and readily accepted the advice. Without another word, he mounted his horse and beckoned his twenty subordinates to gallop up the mountain without the slightest hesitation.
In just a moment, Wang Chong and the twenty cavalrymen had already disappeared without a trace. Even Xu Gan and the others were taken aback by Zhang Xuan's swift response. They were caught off guard by the sudden turn of events.
They thought that Wang Chong would at least hesitate for a moment, but who could have thought that he would leave just like that?
Wang Chong left swiftly, and he returned even quicker.
Just like before, in less than an hour, Wang Chong returned with twenty cavalrymen. Furthermore, it didn't seem like he had just gone through a huge battle. Instead, it seemed like he had just taken a leisurely stroll around the mountain peak before returning leisurely.
"You succeeded?"
Zhang Lin rode forward on his steed and stared at Wang Chong in astonishment. No matter how he looked at it, Wang Chong didn't seem like someone who had failed the mission.
But wasn't this a little too fast? Not to mention, there wasn't the slightest sound coming from the mountain.
"Un."
Wang Chong nodded with a smile.
"Is it luck again?"
Xu Gan and Huang Yongtu's faces darkened. There were simply too many uncertainties in the matter regarding Wang Chong.
"Hehe, who knows? Perhaps it was really just luck. Who asked the bandits I met to be so weak? "
Wang Chong chuckled.
"Humph!"
Xu Gan and Huang Yongtu harrumphed furiously. The duo was perplexed. Logically speaking, news of the arrival of the army should have spread far and wide within a day.
No matter how weak the opponent Wang Chong met was, he shouldn't have been so careless. At the very least, they should have been more difficult to deal with than the ones in the day, right? Yet, Wang Chong's trip to and fro took roughly the same amount of time as the day, and there was no movement at all.
Could it be that the opponents he met were really weak? Did he eliminate them before they could even send out a signal?
"Let's go and give it a try!"
Xu Gan and Huang Yongtu glanced at one another, and the same thought surfaced in their minds. It was impossible for all the bandits on the road to the west to be of equal strength.
Perhaps the bandits in this section were especially weak.
If even Wang Chong could annihilate them effortlessly, then they would definitely be able to do so with their strength.
The two of them hurried forward, one in front and one behind.
An hour later, Xu Gan led the way into the depths of the forest, killing his way into the depths of the forest. When Xu Gan left, he was brimming with ambition and determination. But when he returned, he was completely dejected and lifeless.
Behind him, the top of the mountain was ablaze with flames, which could be seen from dozens of miles away.
Not only was the other party prepared for this operation, they even managed to catch Xu Gan off guard. Of Xu Gan's subordinates, two steeds and four cavalrymen were injured, and even Xu Gan himself was injured.
It would have been one thing if he had been injured in a face-to-face battle, but if it wasn't a trap, it had to be some kind of poison mist or poison arrows. None of these were honorable means.
If not for Xu Gan's decisive decision to forcefully break through the encirclement and kill the bandit leader, the losses this operation would have been even greater.
Xu Gan was filled with rage, but he had nowhere to vent it.
They were both carrying out a mission to eliminate bandits, but the difficulty of the mission was on a completely different level from that of Wang Chong.
Recalling how relaxed Wang Chong was when he descended the mountain, as if he had just gone on a hunt, Xu Gan felt even more awful.
"That fellow can't be that unlucky, right?"
Huang Yongtu's eyes darted around in astonishment. There was no way he would believe that Xu Gan would be weaker than Wang Chong. In Huang Yongtu's view, there was a high chance that Xu Gan was unlucky this time around.
Naturally, Huang Yongtu wouldn't step on Xu Gan's bad luck.
"I'll give it a try!"
Huang Yongtu rolled his eyes. With a wave of his hand, he led his team forward. He refused to believe that he would be as unlucky as Xu Gan.
No matter what, bandits were still bandits. There was no way they could match up to the official army.
Huang Yongtu left swiftly, and he returned even more swiftly. His hair was disheveled, and his face was dirty. His luck was even worse than Xu Gan's.
The flames that Xu Gan had caused in the mountain had long caught the attention of the bandits. As such, the other party had made ample preparations, using all kinds of traps, ambushing arrows, poison mist, and even attracting the attention of bandits from other mountains.
It had been an arduous battle, and nearly all of Xu Gan's subordinates had sustained injuries. Even Huang Yongtu had nearly been struck by a poisonous saber.
If not for one of the cavalrymen's quick reflexes, using his own body to block the blade for him, Huang Yongtu would have been poisoned and injured.
"Hurry up and help me!"
Carrying the unconscious cavalryman who had blocked the saber for him, Huang Yongtu bellowed in exasperation.
Naturally, there were military physicians in the eighty men group. Fortunately, they were mountain bandits after all, so the poisons they used were very common and not too rare.
It didn't take long for the cavalryman's condition to stabilize.
But at this moment, the atmosphere in the eighty men group had turned a little bizarre. Xu Gan, Huang Yongtu, and Bai Siling turned their gazes to Wang Chong at the other end of the path.
It was one thing for Xu Gan to be unlucky, but it was the same for Huang Yongtu as well. But it was the same for Huang Yongtu as well. Were the two of them unlucky at the same time?
Was Wang Chong the only lucky one?
It was one thing for the opponents he met in the day to be weak, but at night as well? Could it be that all the good things had gone to him? So far, Wang Chong was the only one who had completed the mission of the three of them, and he had done it with ease at that.
It was impossible for them to believe that there was nothing amiss here.
"Let's give it another try. I don't believe that he will still be so lucky on the third day!"
Xu Gan and Huang Yongtu looked at the smiling Wang Chong beneath a camphor tree on the other side of the path, and the same thought surfaced in their minds.
The pride of the two of them made it impossible for them to accept the fact that they were no match for a commoner from the Kunwu Training Camp.
Xu Gan and Huang Yongtu's expectations didn't come true. On the third day, there was still no change in the situation. Not only did Xu Gan and Huang Yongtu fail, their condition was even worse than the first day.
Even Xu Gan had sustained some injuries from the clash.
On the journey west, the further they were from the capital, the stronger the bandits and highwaymen would be. Lieutenant Zhang Lin had already warned them about this.
But on the other hand, Wang Chong seemed to be hunting leisurely as if he was drinking water. There was no sign of injury on him at all.
In fact, it was hard to tell if he had really climbed up the mountain to eliminate the bandits.
"Something's wrong!"
For the next three days, Wang Chong managed to suppress Xu Gan and Huang Yongtu, who had been drifting apart from each other, finally reunited once more.
"There's something fishy about that lad!"
"Indeed. It's impossible for his luck to be that good. How can the bandits he meets be so weak? That lad is trying to trick us! "
Huang Yongtu said. There was a tinge of anger in his voice.
Every time Wang Chong returned, he would use the same excuse, "The bandits I met are probably weaker than the others." Initially, the duo thought that it was true.
But thinking about it now, it was clear that the lad was mocking them.
Just the thought of it was infuriating.
If Wang Chong's Shenwei or Longwei had appeared, the duo would have to admit that they were no match for him. But Wang Chong hadn't even finished forming his True Martial realm war halo.
How could the duo possibly be willing to face a commoner who was weaker than them?
"We'll send a few men to follow him later on. Let's see what's going on! "
Xu Gan spat furiously.
He had never been looked down upon in such a manner before. Just the thought of it was infuriating.
"Un."
Huang Yongtu nodded. He was also curious to know how Wang Chong managed to wipe out the bandits. It was so fast and easy, and it didn't even cause the slightest commotion.
The duo discussed under the tree, and it didn't take long for them to come up with an idea.
"Wang Chong, it's your turn now."
After the duo finished their discussion, Huang Yongtu suddenly leaped onto his steed and rode up to Wang Chong with a livid face.
"Oh?"
Wang Chong's eyebrows shot up. He didn't seem to recall that it was him. But since Huang Yongtu wanted him to set off first, he didn't mind either.
"Alright!"
Beckoning to the back, Wang Chong led his troops up the mountain just like before. Not too long after Wang Chong left, Xu Gan gestured to a cavalryman, and a cavalryman immediately dashed off in the direction Wang Chong and the others had left in.
...
Peng!
Without any sound, a bandit with a black scarf over his face hiding in the depths of the treetops, who looked extremely vigilant, had his neck cut off by a sharp dagger that stuck out from behind him.
The corpse fell to the ground with a dull thud, reminiscent of a heavy object crashing into the ground. However, amidst the rustling of the rustling leaves in the forest, it wasn't particularly conspicuous.
As the corpse of the bandit fell to the ground, similar thuds echoed from other parts of the forest.
"Lord, it seems like someone is following us."
At this moment, Ma Song suddenly spoke up. His gaze subtly shot a glance behind him, and his expression was extremely wary.
"Oh? Are you sure if it's in front or behind us?"
Wang Chong's brow rose as he calmly said.
"Behind us, about fifty steps away from us, behind a bush."
Ma Song replied seriously.
"Oh, let him be then. There's no need to pay him any heed. "
Wang Chong waved his hands nonchalantly.
"But lord..."
"Hehe, relax, Ma Song. If I'm not mistaken, it should be a spy sent by Xu Gan and Huang Yongtu. If it's really a bandit, do you think that he would still be so indifferent to us? "
Wang Chong faintly smiled, appearing extremely relaxed.
"So lord already knows about it."
Ma Song was taken aback.
Wang Chong chuckled softly, not bothering to explain. After being humiliated by him for three consecutive days, it would be weird if Xu Gan and Huang Yongtu remained indifferent.
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