I wield power with my innate talents, and forge the Heavenly Court.

Chapter 54 First Victory, Harassment and Ideas
In fact, Chen Ying felt that the breaching of those villages and hamlets was not necessarily a bad thing.

He was even able to seize more.

Thinking about this, Chen Ying wondered if he should have slowed down his journey a little.

Instinctively, Chen Ying slowed down.

Seeing this, a squad leader standing nearby moved closer.

"Lord Centurion, is there something amiss?"

As he spoke, the sergeant cautiously glanced around, as if afraid of an ambush.

Seeing his expression, Chen Ying couldn't help but laugh and scold him.

"Look at your stupid face, those rioters don't dare to ambush us, do they?"
Give the order: hurry up and go rest in the woods ahead for a while.

It's damn hot!

"What kind of world is this? It's already August, and it's still damn hot."

"Yes, Commander!"

"Hurry up, hurry up, all of you get running! The centurion is being considerate and has allowed him to rest in the woods ahead for a while."

Upon hearing this, everyone perked up and instantly sped up their pace.

In the woods ahead where they were preparing to rest, someone beside Li Yu asked a question as they watched Chen Ying and his group moving quickly ahead.

"Squad leader, have these soldiers spotted us?"

Judging from their appearance, they seemed to be coming directly for us.

"Shouldn't it be possible?"

Li Yu frowned slightly.

“The soldiers seemed to completely disregard us, and didn’t even send out scouts or night watchmen, so how could they have discovered us?”
However, it's always good to be careful.

"Have the soldiers prepare to attack at any time."

"Yes!"

The messenger quietly acknowledged and went to deliver the message.

Before long, Chen Ying led his soldiers to the edge of the woods, and they eagerly rushed into the trees, wanting to enjoy a moment of rare shade.

Seeing Chen Ying surrounded by a group of people, Li Yu narrowed his eyes, instantly took out an arrow, drew his bow, and aimed at Chen Ying.

Although it's quite far, I should still give it a try.

After aiming for a while, it became clear that Chen Ying had no intention of going deeper into the woods, while the other soldiers were getting close to their ambush site. If they waited any longer, they would probably be discovered.

Seeing this, Li Yu couldn't help but sigh inwardly at the pity.

"Whoosh!"

In the next instant, Li Yu shot out an arrow.

"Pfft~!"

"Ah~!"

The arrow, which had not been hoped for much, unexpectedly hit the distant Chen camp to Li Yu's delight.

Unfortunately, due to the distance, the shot, which was aimed at the chest, only hit the left arm.

Moreover, the force was already insufficient; although it had caused damage to his arm, blood instantly soaked his sleeve.

However, the arrow didn't even linger; with Chen Ying's instinctive tremor as he was wounded, the arrow fell to the ground.

Despite this, Chen Ying still shouted out loud, his heart pounding like a drum, and his face turned deathly pale.

He almost died.

"Ah! Enemy attack! Defend against the enemy! Defend against the enemy!"

"kill!"

Meanwhile, Li Yu, who was lying in ambush, suddenly gave the order.

"whoosh whoosh"

In the next instant, countless arrows flew out, overwhelming and engulfing the soldiers.

"There's an ambush! Defend quickly!"

"Run! There's an ambush! Run!"

In an instant, the officers and soldiers were thrown into chaos.

But what can you expect from farmers who have only been trained for twenty days? In a life-or-death situation like this, how much combat knowledge can they recall?
Chen Ying and the garrison soldiers initially did want to organize a defense.

However, most people were focused on escaping and had no time to heed their shouts.

In the end, they could only be forced to flee the woods by others.

Looking at the fleeing government soldiers, Li Yu and the others exchanged bewildered glances. Had they really defeated the government soldiers so easily?

"Kill! Fight your way out! Then decide what to do next."

Li Yu quickly made a decision and led his soldiers out of the ambush location.

"kill!"

"kill!"

"Kill them!"

Accompanied by shouts of battle, about a hundred people rushed out and charged towards the government troops.

There were twenty or thirty of them, but their speed far exceeded that of their comrades. Led by Li Yu, they quickly caught up with the officers and soldiers.

"Tsk~!"

"Pfft!"

"what!"

The sound of sharp blades piercing flesh, accompanied by screams of agony, made the fleeing soldiers wish they had two more legs. They used every ounce of strength to run away.

However, after escaping the woods, with more room to maneuver, Chen Ying began to quickly gather his forces.

Gradually, he managed to gather about four hundred people again and reorganize the defensive formation.

It must be said that he does have some skill, being able to reorganize the defense under these circumstances.

Upon seeing this, Li Yu immediately ordered his soldiers to retreat without saying a word.

"withdraw!"

"Hulala"

In an instant, the numerous soldiers who had been charging at breakneck speed instinctively stopped and began to retreat in an orderly fashion, following their usual orders. Perhaps the face-to-face, life-or-death combat of the imperial army, which had only been training for a month or so, was no match for those veterans who had experienced countless battles.

However, even with their current overwhelming victory and dominant position, they are still able to follow orders very well.

At this point, the soldiers who had been left behind had already distanced themselves from Li Yu and his group of twenty or thirty people by more than a hundred meters.

After seeing Li Yu and the others begin to retreat, they exchanged glances and also began to retreat with wry smiles.

That's a huge difference.

Their charge is meaningless; they can only serve as backup.

Envy immediately appeared on everyone's faces, and a fervent look flashed in their eyes.

After joining this special operations unit, they gradually learned about its unique characteristics.

Every day, some people are led by Officer Li Yu to meet the leader, the Dynasty.

After they return, both their strength and speed will begin to increase rapidly.

This led them to speculate that the leader might possess some kind of elixir or magical technique that could allow them to rapidly increase their strength.

Now, they have distanced themselves significantly from those people.

This can be seen from the fact that the government troops are currently pursuing them.

The fact that their men could pull away those who were merely running away by nearly a hundred meters while attacking and killing government soldiers shows the difference in strength between the two sides.

This naturally made them extremely envious.

Unfortunately, perhaps due to some limitations, only a very small number of people can be promoted each day.

And these people haven't even had their turn yet.

However, their turn will eventually come.

Of course, it would be best to be selected earlier.

Without realizing it, they all secretly resolved to train even harder when they got back.

Li Yu's selection of personnel is not arbitrary; it is based on training rankings.

Therefore, although they envied those who were selected first.

However, there wasn't much jealousy.

Because that's what they deserve.

However, regardless of what they thought, their retreat was not slow at all, and they showed no intention of stopping to wait for Li Yu and the others.

Hmm, is that what they waited for?

If we retreat together, they will only hold us back.

Only by setting off first can they ensure they are not left behind, and at least withdraw from this battlefield to avoid being pursued by the enemy, so that they can regroup and march at a normal pace.

A short while later, Li Yu and his men had completely broken free of their hiding place, leaving only a group of disheveled soldiers and a pile of corpses.

Watching Li Yu and the others escape, Chen Ying gritted his teeth in anger, cursing the bandits for being cowardly and shameless, but secretly he also breathed a sigh of relief.

If those bandits were really stubborn and insisted on charging forward, he didn't have much confidence in stopping them with the few defeated soldiers he had just gathered.

Especially the dozens of people in the lead.

It's unbelievable! Are they all lightning fast? They run faster than rabbits and almost caught up with him.

You should know that when he was resting earlier, he was on the outermost edge, the furthest away from those bandits.

If the fleeing men hadn't scattered after escaping, and if the bandits hadn't also had to disperse to pursue them, he wouldn't have had the chance to gather the routed troops.

This also shows that Li Yu and his group still lack battlefield experience.

If they had gathered together and chased after Chen Ying, this ambush might have turned into the final battle to secure victory.

At their speed, Chen Ying had no chance of escaping, let alone regrouping his routed troops.

The inevitable result would be that they would be killed or captured by Li Yu and his men.

It's a pity that there is no if in this world.

At this moment, Li Yu and his men didn't think too much about it. They simply followed the Wang Chao's original plan: to ambush and launch surprise attacks, and to fight if they had the chance, and to retreat immediately if they didn't.

After organizing his men to lightly assess the damage, Chen Ying launched into another tirade of curses.

They were still quite a distance from Bird and Mouse Mountain, and dozens of them had already died, with dozens more wounded and unable to fight.

All in all, he lost more than a hundred people. How could he not be furious?
Looking at the remaining four hundred or so people who were still in shock, Chen Ying hesitated for a moment before finally deciding to continue.

Those bandits just now only caught them off guard.

If they had taken precautions beforehand, it wouldn't have been so easy for the bandits to launch a surprise attack.

"Continue forward, be wary of enemy attacks! Have night scouts scout ahead."

This time, Chen Ying was much more cautious, and sent out all the necessary scouts.

However, relying on their speed and the advantage of being deep in the shadows, Li Yu and his group still launched several surprise attacks in the following period of time.

Although it did not cause too much damage to the officers and soldiers, it was enough to keep them busy.

Chen Ying was so angry that he flew into a rage, and he did consider giving chase.

However, Li Yu and his group were too fast and too good at dodging.

They often chased the enemy halfway before they disappeared from sight.

In fact, they were ambushed several times by Li Yu and his men, resulting in the loss of a significant number of their men.

If Li Yu and his men weren't outnumbered, he would have been prepared to launch a surprise attack.

Their battle situation has already been reported to the dynasty.

Furthermore, through the projection of the Heavenly Rank, the dynasty gained a more detailed understanding of the battle between the two sides, which made him wonder if he had been too conservative.
He felt they could easily take down all of these officers and soldiers.

Even in the initial ambush, if Li Yu had concentrated his forces to attack the enemy commander, he might have been able to rout the officers and soldiers in one fell swoop.

Although the most basic supernatural powers at present do not seem to have yet demonstrated the power that supernatural powers should have.

However, compared to ordinary people, they already have a huge advantage.

Around 2:30 PM, Wang Dahu, who was closest to the mountain, finally returned to Bird Mouse Mountain.

Looking at Wang Dahu's beaming face, Wang Chao knew that he had made a great haul this time.

"Haha, Chief, this time we've seized a full thousand taels of silver, two hundred taels of gold, and two thousand bushels of grain. That's enough for us to stay on the mountain in peace for a long time without having to worry about money or food."

"Hahaha, good!"

Upon hearing Wang Dahu's report, Wang Chao couldn't help but burst into laughter.

(End of this chapter)