The Glory After Rebirth

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C130: Siege, Engagement and Hunt (2)

The place that Zhang Chong had fled to was an upland covered with thorny bush. For some reason, the whole area was full of thick thorns and thistles ridden with barbs extremely prone to hurt people, making it almost impossible to get through.

Driven by an overwhelming desire to survive, Zhang Chong steeled himself and ordered his men to cut through the thorny bush. At the cost of dozens of soldiers’ lives, they made it through the area and fled into the woods.

The main road leading to the east was right on the other side of the hill. Once he got over it, it would be rather difficult to catch him. As a result, Dai Cheng was hotly pursuing him sparing no effort, and there had been several occasions when he was within an inch of intercepting Zhang Chong successfully.

“Should we lend Dai Cheng a helping hand, Marshal?” asked one of the men covertly following Dai Cheng.

“There’s no hurry. Dai Cheng could be counted as an experienced commander. We shall stand by unless he really fails to catch Zhang Chong.”

However, Yuwen Tong, who regarded Dai Cheng as an experienced commander, ended up being disappointed. Despite the fact that Dai Cheng was within an inch of catching Zhang Chong for several times, he still failed to stop Zhang Chong from getting out of the woods. What was more embarrassing was that Dai Cheng himself was trapped in the woods by Zhang Chong who managed to advantage himself by making full use of the terrain!

The corners of Yuwen Tong’s mouth twitched. “What a bunch of good-for-nothings.”

His bodyguards didn’t dare to utter a word.

“Let’s move,” ordered Yuwen Tong. He ignored Dai Cheng and his men who were trapped, led his bodyguards out of the woods and successfully intercepted Zhang Chong who had already reached the main road.

At this time, apart from his two surviving deputy commanders, Wang He and Dou Li, Zhang Chong had only a dozen personal guards by his side.

As the interceptors popped out of nowhere and blocked their path, faces of Zhang Chong and his men changed drastically with alarm. “Who are you!”

Since Yuwen Tong was in inconspicuous clothes and also wearing a mask, Zhang Chong and his men didn’t recognize him.

“People who are going to kill you.” Yuwen Tong flicked a glance at a bodyguard beside him, who then answered Zhang Chong’s question.

Right at this moment, Ling Zhang, carried by another bodyguard, also arrived. Seeing the two sides confronting each other in the front, he didn’t precipitously run over. “Wait a moment.”

The bodyguard put him down.

Ling Zhang looked around and noticed the absence of Dai Cheng, which brought him into the realization that Dai Cheng must have been lost by the targets.

“I don’t think there are any feuds between us. Why do you want to kill me?” said Zhang Chong flintily.

“You’re a rebel. Do I need a reason to kill you?” replied the bodyguard standing beside Yuwen Tong, and with that, in a cold voice, he instructed the others, “Finish them!”

Immediately, all bodyguards launched their attack.

Yuwen Tong’s bodyguards were all highly experienced kung fu experts with numerous confirmed kills. And their combat capability was far greater than that of common soldiers. Soon, Zhang Chong and his two deputy commanders were the only ones still alive.

“I surrender. Please spare me.” Unexpectedly, Wang He dropped his weapon and capitulated.

Zhang Chong, went angry. In his disgust for those who betrayed him or surrendered to the enemy, he tried to take Wang He’s life.