[1-200] THE LORD'S EMPIRE

Chapter 18 - Mountain Saber

Translator: Mr Voltaire
Editor: Modlawls123

Bai Qi raised his head and said, “I think Wang Ergou will most likely use the poison. Let alone a bandit village like this, even if it was an ordinary village, there would still be people willing to betray their village for personal benefits.

“This subordinate greatly admires Your Majesty’s plan. First, bandits don’t cook their food separately like normal households, and they instead cook all of their food in a big batch, making it quite easy to poison everyone. Second, Your Majesty chose an unremarkable and minor person who no one would notice. Even though the lord can see everyone’s Loyalty, he needs to manually check each person, making it difficult to detect Wang Ergou’s betrayal. Third, Your Majesty used a brilliant carrot and stick strategy. The Great Qin Village hasn’t created any poisons or antidotes. Your Majesty merely used a poisonous medicinal pill and a non-poisonous medicinal pill to scare Wang Ergou into submission, making him not dare to betray us. Your Majesty also used money, which bandits love most, to lure him in even further. From this, one can see that Your Majesty’s schemes are brilliant. However…” Bai Qi stopped talking and paused.

Zhao Fu nodded and said, “Go on.”

Bai Qi continued, “There’s still a slight possibility that Wang Ergou won’t follow through. After all, as the saying goes, ‘planning is with man, but success is with heaven.’ In case Wang Ergou doesn’t use the poison and is discovered, we need to plan our attack carefully.”

“Mm,” Zhao Fu replied. Bai Qi was right; this was exactly what Zhao Fu had been thinking as well, so they started to discuss their contingency strategy.

Time gradually passed.

The Wild Wolf Village’s Hall had been incredibly lively when suddenly someone fell to the ground and coughed up blood before dying on the spot. After this, other people started falling to the ground and coughing up blood.

The poison that Zhao Fu had given Wang Ergou was refined by Apothecary Zhang Baishu from the venom of 100 venomous snakes, and it was incredibly lethal.

The thug sitting at the head seat was incredibly shocked, and he flipped the food in front of him to the ground. He shot up from his seat, and before he could say anything, someone outside reported, “Fire!”

At this moment, the thug seemed to realize something. His expression darkened, and he drew his large saber and yelled at the few people who hadn’t been poisoned, “Brothers, let’s go! I want to see who’s daring enough to act against the Wild Wolf Village!”

Outside the village, Zhao Fu saw that a few wooden houses had started burning. This was what Zhao Fu had told Wang Ergou to do in order to let him know that the plan had succeeded.

Under the cover of night, Zhao Fu immediately yelled, “Archers, prepare the fire arrows; burn all of the houses in the Wild Wolf Village. Crossbowmen, take down the guards outside the Wild Wolf Village!”

The 10 or so Archers obeyed and shot fire arrows towards the Wild Wolf Village, lighting the Wild Wolf Village’s houses on fire, surprising the guards outside. Following this, the 40 or so Gnome Crossbowmen continuously released crossbow bolts, making it seem as if there was a rain of crossbow bolts. The bandits fell to the ground one after another, and they were shot full of holes like a wasp’s nest.

Zhao Fu was not in a hurry to attack. He once again gave the order to release fire arrows to set fire to all of the houses and told the Gnome Crossbowmen to fire at will.

Zhao Fu did this to safeguard against any traps. Soon, the Wild Wolf Village was transformed into a sea of flames, and the Gnome Crossbowmen had shot quite a few rounds of crossbow bolts. All of the bandits who wanted to rush out of the Wild Wolf Village were all riddled with holes, causing them to retreat back to the village.