Braised Dragon with Soy Sauce

Mo Yuming arranged for Su Ce to lead the team, sending out all eight remaining old men, except for Xi Ye, including Shun Ye and Xing Ye.

Instruct them to ambush the generals three miles from the hillside along the official road, and send twenty Falcon Guards with two boxes of Demon-Slaying Arrows to follow them, making sure to capture any generals who manage to escape.

As for the soldiers, they could simply abandon their armor and flee or surrender.

Meanwhile, Master Xi remained hidden in the shadows, keeping a close watch on any unusual behavior from the enemy's Heavenly Realm experts in preparation for any unforeseen events.

Mo Yuming personally led the remaining 170 Falcon Guards to lie in wait on the hillside, ready to fight, just waiting for their prey to take the bait.

A cloud of dust rose in the distance, followed by the rapid sound of heavy cavalry. A dozen or so Crimson Cloud Horses shot out from the dust, like streaks of crimson light cutting across the sky.

In the blink of an eye, they reached the foot of the hill. Suddenly, the lead horse was pulled to a stop by its rider. Due to its high speed, the horse had left several hoofprints on the hard official road surface, and the riders behind it immediately stopped as well.

"Lord Hu, why have we stopped here?"

A general following closely behind clasped his hands in greeting and asked.

"For some reason, I suddenly felt uneasy, as if someone was watching me nearby, but when I stopped to sense it, there was no response!"

The powerful man surnamed Hu, who was leading the way, said this.

"This place has a panoramic view and no cliffs on either side. It doesn't look like an ambush site at all!"

In my opinion, Lord Hu has been overworked and stressed these past few days because of the grain supplies issue!

The general said.

"Although I've been a bit stressed lately, it shouldn't be that bad! Whatever the situation, it's better to get it checked out, just to be on the safe side..."

"Alright! As you see fit, Lord Hu. The three of you go ahead and check. Check the ravine on the left, and the rest of you check the surrounding hillside. Report anything you find immediately!"

The commanding officer immediately made arrangements.

"Yes!"

After giving his orders, the leading general said to the elderly man in brown robes in front of him:

"Lord Hu, shall we dismount and sit on that rock over there to rest for a while?"

"Okay, I'll calm down and sense it properly again!"

"Report! Apart from the rapid current and jagged rocks, we haven't found anything down there!"

The three cavalrymen who inspected the waterway were the first to return.

"Report! Nothing unusual has been observed on the official road three miles ahead!"

"Report! No traces of people or livestock have been found within a 30-zhang radius around the hillside. Apart from trees and weeds, nothing unusual has been discovered!"

"Hehe, how is it, Lord Hu? I told you, this road was blocked by the Marquis before, and there have been patrols coming and going irregularly these past few days. And look, how many places can we hide around here? There are no cliffs or steep walls here, how many people can hide?"

"Our supply escort force numbers in the tens of thousands. Can they really manage with just a hundred or so men?"

"The general who was standing next to the old man in brown said!"

"Perhaps I am just being paranoid!"

The old man in brown robes cupped his hands in greeting to the general beside him and said...

"Hehe, Lord Hu, rest assured, even if there are some suicidal fools who dare to come, my 10,000 cavalrymen are not to be trifled with. Even if there are a few more formidable ones, we still have you and the three gentlemen behind you to hold the line!"

"We've strayed quite a distance from the main force, so let's rest here for a bit and wait for them to arrive before continuing our scouting!"

Behind the weeds on the hillside, Master Xi appeared silently beside Mo Yuming and transmitted his voice:

"The enemy does indeed have a Heavenly Rank expert. And at least at the third level of the Heavenly Rank. I just tested him with my divine sense, and he almost detected me!"

I wonder how powerful the last three are?

"Master Xi, hurry up and tell Master Da and the others to join forces with Master Da, Master Feng, and Master Dian to quickly subdue that Heavenly Realm expert. Be quick and don't let him escape. This is war, don't worry about any chivalrous code or fair duels!"

I estimate that the general may have reached the Heavenly Rank level as well. Let Master Xing deal with him, Master Shun provide support, and Master He, Master Tu, and the Falcon Guards cover the rear and deal with the rest. We must be quick and decisive, ending the battle before the rest of the troops arrive.”

"it is good!"

……

"who!"

The old man in brown, who had just mounted his horse and hadn't even run a mile, suddenly felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar. A bone-chilling cold, like a venomous snake, suddenly surged from the depths of his heart, and four powerful killing intents, like ghosts, locked onto him without warning!

This was the most terrifying experience he had had in nearly a century, and he couldn't help but exclaim, "Oh no!" The thought of escaping flashed through his mind like lightning.

Despite the overwhelming crisis, the old man in brown remained calm. He immediately channeled his spiritual energy, stomped his feet on the back of the Crimson Cloud Horse, and slammed his hands down like heavy hammers. His body shot into the sky like a rocket that had been suddenly launched.

His speed was astonishing, like lightning streaking across the sky. He tried to use all his strength to break free from the overwhelming killing intent and buy himself some room to maneuver.

If he could break out of the encirclement, with his peak third-level Heavenly Rank strength, he might still have a sliver of hope to escape. In that brief exchange of divine senses just now, he sensed that the strength of his three opponents was roughly equal to his own, and that one was slightly weaker, but not by much.

However, he ultimately underestimated the strength of his opponents. With four experts whose strength was in no way inferior to his joining forces to attack, how could he possibly escape?

Just as he had jumped less than ten feet high, a ball of white light, ten feet long, shot down from the sky like a meteorite, like a giant net, completely enveloping all his escape routes.

With a loud bang, the white light shattered instantly like fragile glass, and fragments scattered like snowflakes. The old man in brown was also sent flying back like a cannonball, crashing heavily onto the Crimson Cloud Horse below.

The powerful Crimson Cloud Horse was instantly blasted into a pile of minced meat by the enormous impact, scattering like rain of blood.

The old man in brown was slammed to the ground by the powerful impact, like a kite with a broken string.

The moment his body touched the ground, before he could even react, a dim crimson light, like a will-o'-the-wisp in the dark, and a serpentine blue light, like a venomous snake, struck his body simultaneously like lightning.

Several tiny ice needles, like demons from hell, instantly pierced his heart and dantian.

The old man in brown robes deflated like a punctured balloon, instantly becoming utterly dejected. All his meridians were severed, his internal organs shattered, and blood flowed from his seven orifices.

"Ugh! Shameless scoundrel! How dare you plot against me like this!"

The old man in brown robes slumped helplessly in the blood-soaked ground, his eyes filled with intense resentment, like two sharp swords, fixedly staring at the four equally white-haired, youthful-looking old men standing before him.

"To commit such an act of killing is indeed against the rules and despised in the martial arts world. We also feel a little guilty... But I want to tell you, brother, this is war, not the martial arts world! We are lying in ambush here to hunt down the enemy, not to engage in a duel in the martial arts world! So it cannot be considered shameless."

Da Ye knelt down in front of the old man in brown and spoke softly. After speaking, he raised his hand and slapped the old man in brown on the head.

"you!……"

The old man in brown robes stared wide-eyed, his face filled with resentment as he collapsed to the ground. Master Da casually took the storage pouch from the old man's waist, and with a wave of his hand, swatted the old man's corpse and the shattered Crimson Cloud Horse into the roadside stream as if swatting flies.