Time Travel: The Foolish Lady is Forced to Become a Female General

Chapter 169 Close combat

"Get on the rocket!"

Lie Shu roared, and dozens of archers behind him moved in response, quickly stepped forward, and stood in a row in an orderly manner.

Each of them held a strong bow, put arrows on the bows, and aimed the arrows in their hands at the woods ahead.

The so-called "rocket" they used was actually some flammable materials such as grease-soaked linen tied near the arrow head of an ordinary arrow shaft. This design allowed the arrow to burn during flight, thus achieving the effect of arson.

As the sound of bowstrings rang out, dozens of arrows carrying oil fire shot straight towards the woods where Xia Qin and Mo Ye were like meteors.

These rockets drew beautiful arcs in the air, carrying burning oilcloth, and headed straight for the hiding place of Xia Qin and Mo Ye.

Mo Ye and Xia Qin stood where they were, staring quietly ahead. They looked calm and didn't seem to care about the flaming arrows that were shot at them.

The Night Spirit members reacted quickly, firing their hidden weapons and shooting down the flaming arrows twenty meters away from them.

"If these fire arrows are used at night, they might be of some effect, but in broad daylight, it is too childish." Mo Ye said softly with a hint of disdain in his tone.

Seeing that dozens of fire arrows he shot were easily solved in an instant, Lie Shu's eyes became sharp and the expression on his face became much more serious.

"As General Zhao and the Japanese said, there are many martial arts masters protecting the Mu family." The purple-clothed woman next to Lie Shu said solemnly, "General Lie, these martial arts masters may not be our opponents in a head-on confrontation, but they have always acted in a secretive way, so we must be careful."

Lie Shu looked at the place where Xia Qin was hiding, a teasing smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he whispered: "They have the same habit as Lord Qin, and they actually trust people in the martial arts world. They are hiding there. How do you think we can force them to show up?"

The purple-clothed woman looked up at the clouds in the sky that were rapidly drifting southwards and chuckled, "The north wind here is softer than in the western regions, but it is enough."

"I heard from the Japanese that this woman named Mu Jinyan once used poisonous smoke against them. Why not let her have a taste of this, Military Advisor Liu, you really have foresight." He turned to face a fat man beside him and ordered, "Go, move all the poisonous lacquer grass here."

"Poison smoke!" Xia Qin, who was far away, witnessed the Da Xia soldiers busy piling up bundles of weeds, and instantly understood their intentions.

She looked at the surrounding terrain and thought to herself that if she chose to retreat now, given the enemy's speed, they would probably catch up soon.

But how could the soldiers endure the choking smoke if they stayed in the woods? Not to mention whether the enemy had other sinister tricks.

The forest extends eastward for dozens of miles, seemingly endless at a glance, while a few miles to the west is a wide and flat road.

"Let's go," Xia Qin shrugged and turned to look at Mo Ye, "There's no need to waste time here with them."

After saying that, she and Mo Ye jumped up together and landed gracefully on the ground like a pair of immortal lovers.

The guards watched the two men fly down hand in hand, with a trance in their eyes, but they quickly came to their senses and realized that they were still in a standoff with the enemy.

"Mr. Mu Shi, are we retreating now?" The guard raised his head to look at the golden eagles hovering overhead, his tone full of worry. "I heard that this fierce technique relies on this thing above our heads to detect the enemy's movements. As long as we make any unusual movements, they will immediately know. If we retreat now, they will surely chase us on horseback. I'm afraid we will be caught up in a moment. I'm not afraid of fighting, but..."

"You lead the troops to retreat, and Mo Ye and I will cover your retreat." Xia Qin replied to the guard lightly.

However, the worry in the guards' eyes did not diminish at all, but became even stronger: "Mr. Mu Shi, you must not do this! The whole Great Xia Kingdom knows that General Mu loves his sister. If I lead my troops to retreat and leave you here, it would be better to fight to the death with the enemy directly."

"Is this what my brother taught you? I am the commander-in-chief, and this is a military order!" Xia Qin said angrily, but after looking at the guards who were somewhat at a loss, she said softly, "Don't worry, I will be fine, you lead the soldiers to retreat now!"

The guard looked helpless, lowered his head and sighed, "I will obey your orders!"

Xia Qin looked at Mo Ye and blinked: "Let's go, the two of us will go meet this Yan clan general."

Mo Ye responded with a faint chuckle, and the two of them shuttled through the woods and flew westward.

Behind them, members of the Night Spirit Organization and the Night Owl Squad dressed in black followed closely.

Lie Shu was looking towards the woods with some pride, wanting to see if the other party would take the initiative to fight, but the cries of a few eagles a hundred meters in the air startled his expression.

"No need to set fire!" He looked puzzled and surprised, but without a moment's hesitation he shouted, "All troops attack!"

He took the lead, waving a whip in his hand, and rushed towards the road west of the woods like an arrow. Thousands of aggressive cavalry followed closely behind him. The sound of horse hooves resounded through the sky, raising a cloud of dust that covered the sky and the sun.

Just a few minutes later, Lie Shu arrived at the front of the road between two woods.

"Liefeng, lead a hundred elite soldiers to guard both sides of the road to prevent these cunning guys from attacking us!" Lieshu shouted loudly.

"Yes, sir!" A young man who was about the same height as Lie Shu but thinner responded loudly.

He immediately led a hundred elite soldiers and rushed quickly to both sides of the road.

However, just as they approached the road, there were several deafening noises.

The sudden sound frightened their horses, and they stopped and dared not move forward.

Although the other party had no intention of taking their lives, the flying iron chips still caused deep cuts on many people.

But compared to the Jingzhou army, both these soldiers and their mounts were much more well-trained. They quickly calmed down and looked vigilantly at what was in the woods.

"It looks like a bamboo tube, and its sound is like thunder. Iron filings fly out and injure people," the purple-clothed woman murmured. "It seems that what Zhao Nande said is true."

"Stop hiding!" Lie Shu obviously lost his patience, "Come out and fight with real swords and guns if you dare."

"it is good!"

As the voice spread, a black shadow shot out from the woods, like an arrow shot from a bow, with a fierce momentum, flying straight towards Lie Shu.

"Shoot!" The woman in purple gave the order immediately without any hesitation.

She knew very well that although the martial arts masters were personally powerful, they did not have much advantage against this kind of regular army.

After all, martial arts masters are good at assassinations and life-and-death battles, not dealing with situations like this.

Just like the rapid rain of arrows coming towards us, among all the martial arts masters in Daxia, there are probably no more than a handful who can deal with it safely.

However, Mo Ye is one of them.

His figure was as fast as lightning. Facing the rain of arrows, his figure kept changing position in the air, easily avoiding most of the arrows.

Every time he landed, he would use the reaction force of the ground to jump up again and continue rushing forward.

After only landing a few times, he had already advanced a hundred meters and attacked Lie Shu.