NABC Chapter 99 Taking advantage of their rest and strength, they ambushed and killed the bandits.
Chapter 99 Taking advantage of their rest and strength, they ambushed and killed the bandits.
Chapter 99 Taking advantage of their rest and strength, they ambushed and killed the bandits.
A figure approached and whispered, "Brother Dou, I was sent by Graybeard to assist you."
"Is it you?"
Dou Liang looked at Gu Yu with a surprised expression.
"Okay, let's find somewhere else to talk."
Gu Yu hurried out of the camp.
Dou Liang hesitated for a moment, but finally followed.
However, the guy was very wary, and one hand instinctively tightened its grip on the sword hilt.
Reaching the edge of the woods outside the camp, Gu Yu stopped and cautiously looked around before turning to Dou Liang, who was following closely behind, and said, "Brother Dou, the plan has changed. Brother Graybeard said we won't make our move in Stone Valley; we'll go somewhere else."
Upon hearing the words "Da Shi Gu," Dou Liang no longer doubted them and angrily said, "What is Graybeard up to? How can he change his mind so easily? Da Shi Gu has a complex terrain, making it the perfect place for an ambush."
"You finally admit it!"
With an angry shout, Tao Fang strode out with several of his men.
The men quickly dispersed and surrounded Dou Liang to prevent him from escaping.
Dou Liang was taken aback and angrily said, "You bastard Tao Fang, how dare you scheme against me—"
The words were still on his lips when he drew his sword and broke through to the left.
Gu Yu was prepared. He raised his hand and threw a stone the size of an egg, which hit Dou Liang squarely in the back, causing the guy to spit out blood and stagger forward two steps.
At this moment, Gu Yu had already caught up behind him, and before Dou Liang could dodge, a dagger instantly pierced his lower back.
"good!"
Tao Fang was overjoyed and couldn't help but shout.
He had thought it would take some effort to deal with Dou Liang, but Gu Yu was so efficient that he ended the battle in the blink of an eye, which saved him a lot of trouble.
Back at the camp, Gu Yu asked Tao Fang to take out the map and study it carefully.
Finally, he pointed to the map and asked, "Is Steward Tao familiar with this Qingsha Valley?"
"Um!"
Tao Fang nodded and explained the situation inside the valley in detail.
After listening, Gu Yu said, "If we speed up our journey, we should be able to reach this valley in six or seven days."
"More or less," Tao Fang replied.
Gu Yu then said, "Steward Tao, why don't we set off tonight and get to Qingsha Valley as soon as possible?"
Upon hearing this, Tao Fang frowned: "But Qingsha Valley isn't far from Dashi Valley, and Greybeard will definitely catch up."
"Steward Tao, with women and horses, we can't possibly outrun Grey Hu. Even if Steward Tao were to rush to Handan at full speed right now, Grey Hu would definitely be able to intercept us."
"this----"
Tao Fang remained silent.
"If we want to get rid of Greybeard, there are only two ways: one is to abandon the women and horses, and then Greybeard will naturally stop chasing us."
Tao Fang immediately shook his head: "Impossible! I won't be able to explain this to Grandpa Wu when I get back."
Gu Yu laughed and said, "Then there's only the second option: kill Graybeard!"
"Huh?" Tao Fang exclaimed in surprise. "Don't forget, we only have a hundred or so guards, while Graybeard has eight hundred bandits under his command. How can we possibly defeat them?"
"As long as we make good use of the terrain, make preparations in advance, and wait for the enemy to tire themselves out, we are not without a chance."
Tao Fang hesitated for a moment before finally saying, "How about we go to Qingsha Valley first and then discuss it?"
"Alright!"
So the group traveled day and night, minimizing rest time along the way, and arrived at Qingsha Valley in less than six days.
Tao Fang first told everyone to rest, while he himself mustered his energy to survey the environment with Gu Yu.
The two walked together to a hilltop. Gu Yu looked around and laughed, "This place is excellent; it's easy to defend and difficult to attack."
Tao Fang still seemed a bit undecided, saying, "With so few of us, can we really handle eight hundred Grey Beards?"
Gu Yu said, "It should take Greybeard at least five or six days to get here, so we have plenty of time to prepare."
After his detailed explanation, Tao Fang finally calmed down.
"Alright, instead of running around like this, let's fight to the death! If we can wipe out the Greybeard this time, we'll have done a great service, and it will be much safer for us to come out again in the future."
The next day, after everyone had rested enough, Gu Yu began directing the guards to dig pits and set traps.
Prepare rolling stones, logs, etc.
A few days later, Graybeard indeed led a group of bandits to the valley.
However, having been traveling for days, the bandits were not in a hurry to attack and began to set up camp in the valley.
On the hillside, Tao Fang observed for a while and couldn't help but say, "It seems they plan to rest enough before attacking."
Gu Yu shook his head: "It's hard to say. It could be a deliberate ruse, and they might launch a surprise attack tonight."
"Then we must be extra vigilant tonight."
Seeing that Tao Fang was a little nervous, Gu Yu comforted him, "Steward Tao, there's no need to worry. We're holding onto this advantageous terrain, it will be difficult for them to break through."
"But our food supply will only last for three days at most. What if they surround us and refuse to leave?"
Gu Yu smiled and said, "It won't take more than three days."
As expected, in the middle of the night, Graybeard really did lead his men in a surprise attack.
Because the mountain roads were difficult to traverse, and the horses had been traveling continuously and needed to recover their strength, none of the bandits rode their horses.
"boom!"
They hadn't gone far when a loud bang was heard.
Then several more screams were heard.
It turned out that several bandits had fallen into a trap filled with sharp spikes, and they were impaled and strangled as soon as they fell in.
"Everyone be careful!"
"Boom boom boom!"
At this moment, many more stones rolled down the slope, frightening the bandits into scattering in all directions.
As they fled, many more bandits fell into traps or died under rolling stones.
In this wave alone, hundreds of bandits were killed or wounded.
Meanwhile, Gu Yu led more than ten people into the bandit camp.
Greybeard never dreamed that his opponent would do the opposite and sneak into his camp while he was launching a surprise attack.
After all, this was just a mob that only knew how to drink, eat meat, and find women. They hadn't been trained at all, so how could they understand anything about the art of war?
Only twenty men remained in the bandit camp to guard the stables, and they were all sleeping against the fence.
Gu Yu and his group approached quietly and dealt with the remaining bandits with almost no effort.
"Alright, proceed according to plan!"
Gu Yu gave an order, and the group quickly dispersed, starting fires everywhere.
Soon after, a raging fire broke out in the bandit camp, its flames illuminating the night sky.
"Oh no! The camp is on fire!"
Enraged, Graybeard shouted, "Withdraw! Withdraw back to camp!"
To their surprise, as soon as they arrived outside the camp, hundreds of frightened horses surged out like a tidal wave.
Logically, a frightened horse should run around in all directions.
Gu Yu had anticipated this, so he first had people set fires on both sides of the camp, and finally set fire to the stable.
After the horses were startled, they naturally ran towards the place where there was no fire, and just then they ran into Graybeard leading his men back to camp.
After a series of collisions and trampling, the bandits suffered over a hundred more casualties.
"I will kill them all and skin them alive!"
A roar like that of a gray-bearded beast echoed through the night sky—