[COMPLETE] Beauty Feng Vol. 1

Chapter 98: Trickery

Reality was that they were faced with fifty thousand men. When the first shock dissipated, these Hu Ren soldiers regrouped. More than half of their number entered the city walls. They hid under the shelter of the houses.

The latter half was already aware of the trap and stayed outside to camp instead of going for the obvious trap.

"This is where it gets tricky." Su Chen's usual crazed eyes were replaced with a thoughtful look.

His thousand-man troop was already sustaining damages from the Hu Ren soldiers below. The bastards used the houses to sneak arrows.

"Damn it! Hide! What are you sticking out your heads for?!" He angrily commanded.

He scratched his chin and looked at the distance outside the walls. Sweat trickled down the side of his face. It was only early morning but his whole body was already suffused with heat.

Fifty thousand and they had one thousand on this side. Relying on the momentum of the ambush earlier, he estimated they managed to reduce the number by a thousand or two.

Far from satisfactory... But it didn't matter.

"Ready your fires!" When he shouted, their Danwan soldiers from the back lit the huge clay pots every ten meters on top of the walls.

The sweltering heat increased.

All arrows passed through the fire before shooting. But this time, Danwan seemed to have lost their aim and no Hu Ren soldier was hit.

The barbarians laughed. What kind of shooting prowess was this?

Did the people of the mainland finally lose their wits?

But the Danwan soldiers gritted their teeth and continued shooting every chance they could get. Amidst the laughter and sneers, the first explosion happened. It was the place closest to the east wall.

The whole house easily caught fire like it was made of cotton and then suddenly exploded. The men closest to the house weren't spared. They didn't even know what happened. They just suddenly lost their hearing. Some lost limbs, some caught fire, some transformed into grotesque human porcupines because of the shrapnel.

This wasn't the only explosion. Soon, the whole outer districts were filled with similar sounds.

"Flee from the city!" Who knew who shouted first but the higher ups of the soldiers all had the same idea, However, how could it be so easy?

"Want to run? Did you ask for permission?" Su Chen sneered.

The Danwan soldiers made sure to cover the exits of the outer districts with fire. It seemed they had long given up this part of Suliang and planned to entrap the Hu Ren people here. The other half of their numbers couldn't enter either as the gates exploded one by one.

This was indeed a suicide mission.

Su Chen and his men weren't entirely unaffected. Soon, smoke wrapped around the whole district. And the smoke rose to where they were along with the scorching heat.

"Retreat!" He immediately gave the order and saved those who were about to fall from the collapsing walls.

It was good that the inner and outer Suliang was divided by a river and martial law was imposed. Even if the situation here was like this with all the noise that could be faintly heard on the other side and the thick rising smoke was visible, the people weren't allowed to cross the river.

General Su was reassured. Fifteen thousand Danwan soldiers were left there to protect Suliang.

But he felt a bitter feeling. Here, they were defending the motherland to death and the empire still sent soldiers to arrest the commander.