I Have a Date with a Thousand-year-old Female Corpse-Chapter 1882 - 1884: One Man Guards the Pass, Ten Thousand Cannot Break Through

Anyone with a keen eye can see that the Chief Guardian of Liangcheng doesn’t understand military matters at all. His defensive measures are lackluster. If Xiao San were to be discovered by an opponent like this, he might as well return to Xuzhou and farm.

Xiao San hurriedly explained, "We were not discovered by the enemy. We encountered two soldiers assaulting a woman during reconnaissance, so we dealt with them on the spot."

"I don’t want to see or hear of such things again. As reconnaissance personnel, how can you not understand such a simple concept? This time you were dealing with some riffraff, but what if next time it’s an elite enemy force and you are still so reckless?"

Xiao San had already guessed that you would say this. He has followed you for some time and knows well, along with Little Liu, that although you may seem fierce, brutal, and violent on the outside, you do take care of your own to the point of being overprotective. Xiao San sincerely replied, "There won’t be a next time."

"Hmm, first report on the internal situation." You seemed a bit helpless. Compared to Little Liu, Xiao San is still somewhat lacking, especially in emotional matters. If it had been Little Liu today, he wouldn’t have made such a mistake.

After collecting his thoughts, Xiao San slowly began, "Through various investigations, we’ve confirmed that the enemy’s number is around six thousand. Most of them are mobs and ruffians without any formal training. Their equipment is also incomplete and very crude. The only ones worth noting are Que Xuan’s troops, around a thousand men. They seem fierce and fearless, influenced by Que Xuan. They claim to be soldiers for the Emperor, and Que Xuan also claims to be the Emperor."

After hearing this, you fell silent, rubbing the slightly stubbly chin, staring straight at the Liangcheng County City ahead.

After a moment, you asked, "How are the people in the city reacting?"

"Que Xuan never disciplines his subordinates, resulting in complete chaos within Liangcheng. There are hardly any civilians left in the city; most were relocated by the county official before Que Xuan captured Liangcheng."

"Hmm." You nodded and pondered for a moment, then looked at Xiao San and asked, "Xiao San, I want to hear your opinion."

Hearing this, Xiao San got somewhat excited and immediately pointed towards Liangcheng, "Lord, with our capabilities, we can drive these remnants out of Liangcheng head-on. Why waste time with a night raid?"

You suddenly let out a cold laugh and said to Xiao San, "What if I say, I want to keep all of them here? Do you have any ideas?"

"Keep all of them?" Xiao San fell into thought, frowning deeply, clearly unable to come up with a good idea for the moment.

Not really expecting Xiao San to come up with anything clever, you immediately said, "If we had five hundred men, I would lead you to directly assault Liangcheng, but unfortunately, the number is still too small. It seems we must accelerate recruitment and training once we return. In the battle of Liangcheng, I want to deliver a strong message to the scholar gentry in Xuzhou still sitting on the fence, so Que Xuan and his direct subordinates must die! As for the mobs and ruffians left, they are invaluable labor and could serve a bigger purpose."

After a pause, you continued, "The time is still in the early hours, when people are at their most tired. Even if sleep is disturbed, they will remain confused and disoriented, blindly following. So, after nightfall, you must complete a task within six hours."

"Please give the command, my lord, we swear to complete it!" As Xiao San exclaimed this, all the trusted aides around immediately echoed. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

You patted a large tree beside you and said, "I need a lot of wood. Cut down as many trees as possible and send some people into the city to try and get some oil."

"Understood!"

As the trusted aides began to move, you sat cross-legged alone, closing your eyes and meditating, adjusting your state to perfection for the night’s battle.

At the Ugly hour, a group quietly infiltrated Liangcheng.

You stood alone, a hundred meters from Liangcheng’s Northern City Gate, with a large number of tree trunks behind you. These trunks, along with branches, were placed chaotically behind you. Although there was no light in the deep night, the shadows of the trunks piled high, glaringly clear even by mere estimation.

You were waiting, waiting for the climax of the entire battle. To you, Que Xuan was just a trivial figure, not even worth the effort to kill him personally, so you delegated the beheading task to Xiao San. Meanwhile, each of your trusted aides had their own targets, their mission being to reach the designated locations at a unified time and perform assassination.

Some say waiting is long, but you enjoyed the cool early morning breeze. Tonight, the clouds were thick, without moonlight, so even though there was a massive pile of wood behind you, the scattered soldiers dreaming atop the city walls couldn’t see it.

Suddenly, a burst of firelight emanated from within Liangcheng County City, and soon, fires ignited all over Liangcheng.

At that moment, you took out a fire fold from your chest, blew on it gently, then tossed it behind you—"Boom!"

Flames suddenly roared skyward, and a whole area behind you erupted in fire. You gently smiled, showing no fear of the flames, grabbing one of the fiercely burning, large tree trunks and hurling it with all your might towards the city gate a hundred meters away.

The soldiers on the city walls had just been woken by the chaos all around, yet they hadn’t discerned the situation when a massive burning tree suddenly plummeted from the sky.

"Bang!"

A tree smashed into the city tower, immediately hitting several soldiers!

"Bang, bang!"

One tree, two trees, slammed into the city, setting fire to residences near the city gate.

As the soldiers turned around, they were deeply shocked by the sight before them. Flaming tree trunks fell from the sky, their crashing sites engulfed in flames instantly. The soldiers began to panic, many unwilling to remain on the city wall, fleeing into the city. Some, unfortunately, were struck while running and died on the spot.

A continuous rain of fire descended from above, engulfing the entire Northern City in flames. The soldiers ran frantically, increasingly horrified to find that their officers were all dead, either in the inferno or beheaded in their beds. The six thousand troops of Liangcheng fell into chaos, trampling incidents occurring frequently. With the Northern City engulfed in flames, they dared not venture there and could only flee towards the South city gate.

However, as the soldiers surged towards the South city gate, those at the back consistently heard screams from the front. The flow of people suddenly slowed, then came to a grinding halt.

"What’s going on in front? Why aren’t you moving? Do you want to burn to death here?"

"Damn it, are you running or not? If not, quit blocking my way!"

"The fire is up to our butts, run! Run!"

No matter how they cursed from behind, those at the front dared not advance, for everyone who went forward lost their heads. At this moment, blocking their path was a hundred-man team exuding an intimidating aura!

One man stands, ten thousand cannot pass!