Fearing being killed for his overwhelming merits, the empress decided to marry him.

It was late at night, in front of the main tent of the military camp.

More than two hundred robust Wuzhao soldiers, each holding a bowl of wine, stood shirtless in the dead of winter, their faces resolute.

Fu Lin'an personally served each of them a bowl of wine. After doing all this, he raised his wine bowl to the crowd and solemnly said, "I entrust this to you all. You are the bravest soldiers of Wuzhao. Whether we can turn the tide in this battle and drive the foreign barbarians out of Wuzhao depends entirely on you!"

After speaking, Fu Lin'an tilted his head back and drank the wine in one gulp.

"For the Emperor! For the Kingdom of Wuzhao!"

More than two hundred assassins shouted in unison and poured the liquor down their necks.

Immediately, they slammed the wine bowls heavily onto the ground.

The atmosphere instantly became incredibly intense.

"Dare-to-die warriors, advance without retreat! Set out!"

At Fu Lin'an's command, two hundred elite soldiers stepped out of the camp and made their way towards the Chu army's stronghold under the cover of night.

Their only goal was to locate the main camp among the many camps on Zijin Mountain, then destroy the command post and capture Shen Lang alive.

This is almost an impossible task, but they have no choice but to do it now.

Watching the departing figures of these soldiers, Fu Lin'an and the other tens of thousands of soldiers of the military camp silently prayed for them, hoping to see their triumphant return...

Two hundred soldiers left the camp, wrapped their warhorses' hooves in thick cotton cloth, and put ropes over their mouths to prevent them from making any loud noises.

The distance was ten miles, and the two hundred soldiers of the military camp quickly arrived at the foot of Zijin Mountain.

The leading commander immediately began to deploy tactics: "Alright, brothers, let's gather at one point and quickly wipe out one stronghold."

Then we'll swiftly capture the next location. As long as we create chaos and prevent the foreign invaders from coordinating their efforts, we'll win this battle.

"Okay, understand!"

However, just as they stepped onto the Zijin Mountain trail and prepared to carry out their night raid plan, searchlights suddenly lit up the various strongholds on Zijin Mountain, illuminating the mountain as if it were daytime.

In an instant, the assassins were all dumbfounded. They never expected that the plan would be exposed before it even started.

Before they could ponder why the searchlights were brighter than luminous pearls, they heard loudspeaker alarms coming from all the outposts.

"If any enemy enters Chu territory, all strongholds must immediately go on high alert."

"We have obtained permission from our superiors to retaliate against the invading enemy."

The commander's mind went blank, but instinct made him raise his arms and shout, "Brothers, we've been exposed! Let's fight them to the death!"

"Fight!"

Da da da da——

The next moment, a dense hail of bullets rained down on them.

Before the two hundred assassins even had a chance to raise their swords, they were already swaying precariously amidst the hail of bullets and the howling wind.

The battle lasted only a short time, less than twenty minutes. When the gunfire stopped and the soldiers began to clean up the battlefield, they discovered that all the officers and soldiers of the military camp had been riddled with bullets.

"Inform the commander that the enemy's night attack was detected by our army, and the invading enemy has now been completely annihilated. We await his next instructions."

……

Inside the Wu Zhao Army camp, Fu Lin'an paced back and forth in his tent, his heart filled with anxiety.

Just then, a scout came to report: "Reporting to Lord Fu, Elong'an and his men were ambushed by the enemy as soon as they entered the barbarian camp, and now they are... they are..."

The scout lowered his head, not daring to say anything more.

The atmosphere inside the tent was so quiet you could hear a pin drop. Apart from the faint crackling of the burning charcoal in the brazier, there were only bursts of rapid breathing.

After a long silence, Fu Lin'an gave a bitter smile: "I never expected to lose like this, I really never expected it."

He shook his head and looked at the scout: "What was the reaction of the foreign barbarians?"

The scout shook his head: "I haven't detected any further moves."

Fu Lin'an sat back down at the main table without saying a word.

He knew perfectly well that this was the end for them, and the Chu army would definitely not remain inactive.

There is only one possibility why the Chu army has not launched an attack at the moment: they are preparing for battle.

"Notify the entire battalion to immediately break camp and leave this place, and quickly assemble towards Qingcheng."

Taking advantage of the Chu army's opportunity to launch a counterattack, Fu Lin'an could only try to mitigate the damage and minimize further casualties.

but……

boom--

A shell landed directly inside the camp.

The violent roar instantly scattered the warhorses.

Fu Lin'an and Tong Yuanshu were both startled. They looked at each other and saw a trace of fear in each other's eyes.

"retreat!"

The next moment, the two of them shouted out at the same time.

Tong Yuanshu immediately went to inform the officers and soldiers of each battalion.

However, the artillery fire continued, and the grenades that landed on the camp exploded everywhere, making it impossible for Tong Yuanshu to transmit the order to retreat to each camp and tent.

On the Chu army's side, Shen Lang personally led a brigade to launch a fierce counterattack against Wu Zhao's camp.

Four 75mm field guns and twelve individual mortars continuously unleashed their shells onto the enemy camp.

Before long, the camp was ablaze with flames.

Shen Lang guessed that this was caused by a fire in the enemy's supplies, but he felt no sympathy whatsoever.

"If you dare to break the contract, then you must be prepared to bear the consequences."

"Each unit shall attack Wu Zhao's camp in platoons and companies, and annihilate them without leaving any survivors."

Boom boom boom——

Da da da--

The roar of artillery and heavy machine guns echoed continuously in front of Wu Zhao's military camp.

Under the cover of night, the camp was filled with corpses lying in pools of blood, victims of artillery fire.

At this moment, this force, which was hailed as the elite of Wu Zhao, was like a frightened bird in the face of the Chu army's offensive, fleeing in all directions.

"Bring it to you!"

One of the soldiers snatched a horse from a cavalryman from an outer vassal state, leaped onto it, and fled quickly toward the camp gate.

The soldiers whose horses had been stolen were not about to give up easily. They decisively drew their arrows, nocked them, and fired without hesitation at their comrades who had stolen the horses.

The arrow pierced his heart on the spot, knocking him to the ground.

Another group of military officers and soldiers, taking advantage of their numbers, trampled over the fallen soldiers and their comrades, and desperately fled towards the camp gate.

The next moment, a grenade exploded in their crowd.

With a sharp whistle, the group of government soldiers, along with the vassal soldiers on the ground, were thrown several meters away by the shockwave and went straight to the Yellow Springs.

The military camp was in complete chaos. Faced with life and death, these elite troops of the Wu Zhao Kingdom completely exposed their long-hidden flaws.

Some stole their companions' warhorses, some stole their valuables, and some even turned against each other, brothers.

A military camp that has lost its organization and discipline is essentially a mob, no different from the local officers and soldiers, and perhaps even worse.

Seeing that the military camp was in complete chaos, Fu Lin'an knew that there was no way to reverse the situation, so he simply found a few fast horses and, together with Tong Yuanshu, rushed out the gate first.

Under Shen Lang's command, the Chu army began to systematically eliminate the remaining officers and soldiers of the military camp who had not yet fled, leaving no survivors.

The fighting continued until dawn, and only when it was confirmed that there were no more soldiers resisting in the military camp did Shen Lang order a ceasefire.

At this point, Fu Lin'an had already run three hundred li in one breath. When he came to his senses, he only had eight personal guards and his deputy general Tong Yuanshu by his side.