Forgotten Legend of the Bloodied Flower

Chapter 892: The River Banks (2)

He occasionally pierced them to the ground on their way to the river banks while Feng Ao Kuai was leading the group. His night vision was better than Nan Luo. Besides, his keener senses allowed him to be able to walk without tripping even at night.         

    

Si Kang and Xiao Yan were in the middle, making sure that the soldiers were not scattered and still followed the lead properly.     

Nan Hua was scouting ahead.     

She only stopped occasionally to wait for the others to catch up while making sure that there were no enemies around. With her keen senses, it was easy for her to detect if there was someone who was spying on them.     

She stopped around a kilometer away from the river banks.     

There were rocks formation around the area along with some tall trees. She glanced at the rocks and leapt up agilely. Her eyes swept on the ground as she noticed that there were several people who were guarding the area.     

They were all feeling sleepy.     

However, they would definitely be able to notice if there was anyone who approached the river banks.     

Swish! Slash!     

"Wha…?" The second man was about to shout when a slash reached his throat. Blood spurt out, cutting him short from speaking.     

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Nan Hua proceeded to kill the third man, who was sleeping peacefully and then checked her surroundings. She looked at the other side and realized that there were three watch guards' area.     

In that case, she would kill them all.     

Swish!     

At this time, Feng Ao Kuai and Nan Luo had gotten closer. They could see the river a distance away from them, but they didn't dare to approach it recklessly. The sun was already going down, so it was dark here.     

"Where's Nan?" Nan Luo asked quietly.     

"She should be here soon." Feng Ao Kuai's eyes narrowed as he sensed the faint metallic tang of blood. Raising his head, he could see the faint silhouette rushing towards them and stopped not far from them.     

Nan Hua was indeed the best scout in this situation. None of the soldiers could match her ability to travel in the night and erased her presence. No one would even notice that she was standing there in the broad daylight if Nan Hua didn't want them to notice.     

Though, they knew that they couldn't rely on her forever.     

They had to train someone to be able to be the scout of their army. After all, Nan Hua wouldn't be staying as Adjutant Nan forever and would eventually leave.     

"There are soldiers on the two areas behind the rocks. One on the left and the other at the right," Nan Hua's report was concise. "Each of them had around 1000 to 2000 soldiers."     

4000 soldiers in total?     

Feng Ao Kuai and Nan Luo looked at each other.     

They were in disadvantage in terms of numbers, so they had to make sure that they would be able to defeat the other party quickly and swiftly. If they delayed the battle, wouldn't they be put in disadvantages?     

"What's the idea?" Nan Luo asked. He really didn't have that much confidence to beat 2000 people with only 500 people he brought with him. Yes, they were all experienced, but it didn't mean that each of them was capable of bringing down three to four people at once.     

Not to mention, they might be surrounded if they recklessly advance forward.     

"Use the rocks?" Feng Ao Kuai asked in a low voice. He also had low confidence because it would be hard for them to attack in this situation. What if the other party rushed over?         

    

And his archers wouldn't be able to eliminate most of the enemies.     

Nan Hua looked at the baskets and other tools the soldiers carried to bring water. She pointed at those. "Use them as drum to make the enemies confused about your number and surround them. More than half stay at the top of the rocks to shoot the nearest enemies while the others attack from the two sides between the rocks."     

Nan Luo and Feng Ao Kuai were both stunned.     

They looked at each other and nodded.     

"That will do."     

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The noise in the darkness would make them unable to differentiate how many enemies there were actually. If they thought that the enemies were more than their number, they wouldn't be able to fight properly.     

After all, being able to judge how many enemies they have was quite pivotal in terms of determining the strategy they needed to use. This method of confusing the enemies were usually used to make people think that their soldiers were at higher number.     

More soldiers could create more deterrence.     

In this place, they could use noise to attract attention and made the enemies felt as if they were being surrounded.     

"Make an ambush first before ringing the noise. This will attract their attention and didn't alarm them of our number."     

"Got it!"     

Nan Luo and Feng Ao Kuai separated their soldiers as they briefed the plan to these people. Xiao Yan would be staying at the top of the rock while Nan Luo would be leading one side to kill the soldiers.     

The archers could only shoot those who were nearby while the other soldiers wouldn't get close at all.     

"In case they started to climb the rocks, you should stop shooting and switch to melee." Nan Luo didn't want his soldiers to misfire and kill their comrades.     

"Yes, Young Commander!"     

"Let's go."     

Nan Hua looked at Nan Luo for a moment before turning towards Feng Ao Kuai. Compared to Nan Luo, who was skilled at close combat, she was more concerned with Feng Ao Kuai who had lower close combat skill.     

Feng Ao Kuai led the soldiers to the rocks while Si Kang led one of them to one end. The other was tasked to another commander in their army to make the surprise attack.     

The first one to attack would naturally be Feng Ao Kuai.     

"Everyone get ready."