Chapter 360 - Chapter 360: Traitor
Chapter 360: Traitor
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Shen Hui and Chen Lin endured the abdominal pain and slowly chased after Yang Rui with a wooden stick.
Yang Rui found the road signs and changed directions with his knife. As he climbed up the mountain, he suddenly realized that there were two hungry wolves staring at him.
Yang Rui pulled out his waist knife. The wolf rushed over and bit Yang Rui’s leg. Yang Rui slashed the wolf’s head and cut off the wolf’s scalp. However, the wolf bit a lump of flesh on his calf, instantly revealing white bones and blood. The other wolf grabbed Yang Rui’s chest with its claws and opened its fangs to bite his neck. Yang Rui hurriedly pulled out his knife and slashed the wolf’s back. The wolf wailed and collapsed. The wolf, whose scalp had been cut off, pounced on Yang Rui and bit his wrist. Yang Rui pulled out a dagger with his left hand and stabbed the wolf’s neck. He stirred it twice and the wolf wailed and fell to the ground.
Yang Rui sat on the ground and knew that he couldn’t stay there for long. He staggered forward with the hilt of his saber.
When Li Yu and Ji Xiang walked along the army in front of them, the increasingly obvious traces left behind continued to pursue them. Ji Xiang shouted at Li Yu from behind, “Madam, it looks like we’re about to catch up to General Shen. Why do I feel that their marching speed is too slow? Could something have already happened?”
Li Yu had long discovered this situation and was wondering if Shen Shuo and the others had already been plotted against.
Physician He had already found all the herbs and began to boil them. The forest was filled with exhausted soldiers.
Shen Shuo looked at the soldiers lying on the ground and thought of the wolves and tigers howling at night. He began to worry. He thought that he had to prepare firewood while it was still early. Otherwise, his army would probably become the first in history to be wiped out by tigers and wolves because of diarrhea.
Shen Shuo gathered a few soldiers who were in a better situation and instructed, “The few of you, find more firewood nearby and pile them up.”
“Yes, General.” They quickly moved to cut down the dead trees and pick up firewood to pile it up.
Yang Rui dragged his injured leg forward and sat down on a huge rock. He panted as he looked at the desolate deep mountains and forest in front of him. Then, he looked at his wrist and calf. Blood kept seeping out from the places where he had been bitten by the wolf. There was also a faint pain in his chest. Looking at the gloomy dense forest in front of him, Yang Rui’s heart was a little heavy. He took out the Golden Injury Medicine and sprinkled it on his wrist where a piece of flesh was hanging. He also felt dizzy from the pain in his exposed white bone calf. Yang Rui tore his clothes and bandaged his wound. He ate some dry food and continued to rush forward.
Shen Hui and Chen Lin drank the medicine twice in a row before they felt that their stomachs were not so uncomfortable anymore. Chen Lin said to Shen Hui sadly, “General Shen, I never expected that Yang Rui was actually a spy from the Qi family. If we didn’t know the news before we set off, wouldn’t we be finished had Yang Rui prepared some poison for us on the way?”
Shen Hui thought about it and suddenly felt a little glad. If it really had been a pot of poison, it would be f*cking embarrassing to have more than a thousand soldiers poisoned to death by a spy. “Old Chen, I didn’t expect you to be such a wonderful person. After hearing what you said, my mood improved a lot. Tell me! This Yang Rui looked like a good person! Look, he’s already been promoted to general and is also the fiancé of Miss Wei. I heard that the Wei family is as rich as a country and has endless money. Would one be afraid of not having a good future after marrying Miss Wei? How could he be a spy for the Qi family?
If I didn’t see it with my own eyes, I would not have believed it.”
Chen Lin suddenly felt a little worried. “General Shen, do you think there will be spies like Yang Rui under our general?”
“It’s fine if you and I say this. When everyone arrives, don’t spout nonsense. You can’t afford to shake the morale of the army,” Shen Hui reminded Chen
Lin.
Chen Lin turned his head and cupped his hands at Shen Hui. “Thank you, General Shen. I’ve followed you for so many years before I spoke without thinking in front of you. In front of others, I’m just a saw-mouthed gourd.”
“I called you along because I know you’re steady,” Shen Hui said with a smile.
As the two of them spoke, they were on Yang Rui’s trail. When they reached a mark, Shen Hui and Chen Lin looked at the traces that had been changed and were worried. Chen Lin looked at Shen Hui and said, “General Shen, what do you think?”
“I’ll take a look around before making plans.” Shen Hui walked around and saw the traces left behind by the scouts in front. “Old Chen, let’s follow the traces left behind by the scouts! Look, these marks were obviously left not long ago.”
“We’ll do as you say.” Chen Lin swallowed the dry food in his hand and quickly followed.
On the other side, Physician He had already given the soldiers the herbs. After drinking the herbs for more than an hour, most soldiers stopped having diarrhea. Only then did Shen Shuo heave a sigh of relief. He thought that Yang Rui had been raised by him. If he continued to delay the military plans and the Qi people barged in, he could only pay for his mistake with his death.
After a few days of traveling day and night, coupled with Shen Shuo and the others’ delays, Li Yu and Ji Xiang arrived not far from Shen Shuo and the others before dark.
At night, Shen Shuo got someone to light a fire and gathered all the officials in an open space to sit together in a circle to prevent wild beasts from attacking. At the beginning of the year, the forest in the distance was already dark. A soldier looked at the forest above for a while and shouted to Shen Shuo, “General, look at the green lights on the slope above. Are they the eyes of wolves?”
Shen Shuo and everyone turned around and realized that there was indeed a wolf pack. The wolf pack stood on the mountain and stared at the crowd below with their green eyes as if they were weighing whether they could defeat this large group of humans.
Shen Shuo estimated that there were probably 30 to 40 wolves in this group. “Soldiers on the periphery, prepare your crossbows and long sabers and prepare to face the enemy.”
The soldiers at the periphery prepared crossbows and long sabers after hearing the order. They confronted the wolf pack at the periphery. The soldiers in the inner circle burned the fire even brighter. The fire illuminated a nearby forest. The wolf pack saw the fire and a large group of people and watched as Shen Shuo and the others stopped. Li Yu and Ji Xiang could also see it on the mountain ridge below.
Ji Xiang climbed up the tree and looked at the fire in the distance. He said excitedly to Li Yu, “Madam, General Shen and the others might be ahead. Why don’t we continue chasing?”
Li Yu drank a few mouthfuls of warm water and glanced at Ji Xiang on the tree. “Don’t be agitated and tire yourself out. You should rest for a while so that we can be on our way.”
“Yes.” Ji Xiang slid down the tree unhappily. He picked up the water bag and drank two mouthfuls of water. He gave some horse feed to the horses before leaning against the tree and closing his eyes to rest.
Shen Hui and Chen Lin each climbed onto a tree and sat on a branch to rest. Chen Lin suddenly saw a fire in front of them and shook Shen Hui. He whispered, “General Shen, look ahead.”
Shen Hui opened his eyes and saw that it was indeed the case. He thought to himself, Why did this dog only travel so little? Shen Hui pulled Chen Lin and said, “Let’s go down the tree and quietly sneak up to catch this traitor..”