Longevity by Picking up Attributes in the Battlefield

Chapter 11: Chapter 11: On a Knife’s Edge!

Countless Han troops burst from the city, charging madly toward the Logistics Army camp outside. They advanced step by step, firing arrows indiscriminately.

As they neared the camp, they saw bewildered Qin soldiers rushing out of their tents.

”Kill them! Leave none alive!”

”Kill!”

The Han troops roared, brandishing their weapons and crazily slashing at the Qin Logistics Army soldiers, who were caught completely by surprise. The scene outside Yang City was one of carnage.

The Logistics Army was not a combat unit and was completely unprepared for the sneak attack. They were simply being massacred. Many logistics soldiers were cut down by the charging Han troops while still in a daze from sleep. The sudden, brutal slaughter threw the entire Logistics Army into disarray.

”The Han army is really here to kill us?”

”How is this possible?”

”Where did they come from?”

Wei Quan looked at Zhao Feng in utter terror, and the soldiers around them were just as panicked.

If the defeated Han army had attacked from behind, it would have been more plausible; after all, it was expected for some enemies to slip through the net during the Qin Army’s advance. But an attack from within Yang City was something no one had anticipated. No preparations had been made. Even the Logistics Army’s patrol sentries were positioned outside the city, not on the side facing it.

”It’s obvious,” Zhao Feng said calmly. ”This contingent of Han soldiers must have been hiding inside the city before its fall. They were waiting for Qin’s main force to give chase before they struck.”

”Yang City may be large, but with an army of one hundred thousand attacking, where could they have hidden? There isn’t enough space in the residential houses for so many, right?” Wei Quan was still puzzled.

”Not in the houses? What about underground?” Zhao Feng retorted, turning his head.

Hearing this, Wei Quan’s face turned deathly pale. ”What do we do now? The enemy launched a surprise attack. Our generals probably haven’t even reacted yet, and we’re just the Logistics Army. What can we do?”

”Fall back,” Zhao Feng said without a moment’s hesitation. ”Once the generals understand what’s happening, they’ll have a countermeasure.”

He was not the general of this Logistics Army, merely a minor garrison commander. Facing this unexpected slaughter, there was nothing Zhao Feng could do to change the outcome. Although he now possessed the strength to kill a hundred men, he was still just one person. Faced with an unknown number of enemies while his own side was in complete chaos, charging into the fray would be suicide. Zhao Feng was not that foolish.

”Retreat! Retreat!” Wei Quan immediately shouted, hurriedly signaling his men to fall back.

Nearly a hundred men scrambled away in disarray. They couldn’t worry about anyone else. In wars like this, involving tens of thousands of soldiers, the strength of a hundred men was negligible. Zhao Feng could perhaps charge forward and kill enemies, but it would make little difference. The Logistics Army’s morale was shattered. Unless they could pull back and regroup, him rushing in now would be a senseless sacrifice.

「Inside the city!」

”What is the situation?” Wang Yan asked from her horse, a long spear in hand.

”Reporting to the Chief Junhou, the Han army has broken out through the main gate and is charging straight for the Logistics Army outside the city,” a subordinate Junhou urgently reported.

Hearing this, Wang Yan’s expression changed dramatically.

”This is bad,” Wang Yan said gravely. ”They aren’t trying to capture the city. They’re creating the impression that they are, making us believe that’s their goal. While we gathered our Sharp Warriors for the defense, they struck through the main gate to cut our supply lines and attack our baggage train.”

”Chief Junhou, what do we do now?” Several Junhou looked at Wang Yan, somewhat at a loss.

This was no small matter. If the supply lines were truly severed, it would affect the entire Qin campaign to annihilate Han and could even introduce many new variables.

”Mobilize the troops at once and pursue them! We must not allow the enemy to succeed!” Wang Yan commanded.

”Yes, ma’am!” the Junhou immediately responded.