Cunning General Si Ning
Chapter 258: Formation

Chapter 258: Formation

Si Ning’s ears were still howling and this was due to the men that were wounded but still wanted to follow him, some even cried as they knelt at his feet while O San Mi nodded because he interpreted their loyalty to Si Ning meant that Si Ning was a very good leader and a trustworthy person so seeing them wail as if their General was abandoning them was pleasing to O San Mi but Si Ning was firm that he was only going to take along only those Xiao Pei pointed out. O San Mi promised to take care of his men so Si Ning left with forty two men including Jiang ChenMu, Yi Chen, Song Feng and Xiao Pei and thirty men of the Yang tribe except for Shang Jin and after accessing the narrow passage in the mountain which seemed to be built secretly they soon found themselves arrive at where Ge Liang’s camp was, it was nightfall so they went in hiding to wait for when the Xilie men fall asleep and during that time it was only Shang Jin that asked what was the plan because the reserved force all acted like they knew the plan and Si Ning also went with the flow but he soon closed his eyes to think of a plan.

"General we should use formations two and nine." Jiang ChenMu told Si Ning. "From what I can see, I do not think formation three can work but I think combining formation two and nine is the best, what does General think?"

Si Ning had no idea what formation two or nine was but all he knows was that they were in the woods for hours and they should be approaching midnight, they were looking down at their enemies, who were busy eating, talking loudly, playing, and shouting while others were sleeping, with no awareness that they were about to be ambushed. Si Ning’s hand started to shake slightly, he wanted to jump on them and slaughter as many of them as possible but the problem was if they do it means death because all the people in that camp could be over three thousand soldiers so they needed a plan to attack them and all the plan Si Ning devised after closing his eyes, none seemed to be possible but the moment Jiang ChenMu told him they should use formation two and nine, not three, he could finally see that formation seemed to be some sort of plan that the reserved force was trained with and that seemed to be the reason none of them seemed to be working out a plan even Jiang ChenMu was relaxed.

"General." Xiao Pei called because Si Ning didn’t reply to Jiang ChenMu.

"We go with formations two and nine." Si Ning announced. "Shang Jin, you and your men will wait." He said confidently like he knows what he was doing but all he wanted to see was the formation, he doesn’t want to be in a position where he had to explain to Shang Jin what he doesn’t know so he made a subtle order for them to wait.

Si Ning diverted his gaze from the Xilie soldiers to his men, he saw them all removing their armour quietly and placing it on the floor, none of the armour made a sound like they had practised removing their armour without making a sound which was quite impressive. Their inners were in black, both their pants and their crossed over tops, they pulled like a hood which was attached to their collars over their heads and produced a dark cloth from their waist pouch which they sprinkled some liquid in a transparent bottle on it and used it to cover their noses. All of them were ready at once and with light feet, they lined into rows.

Jiang ChenMu turned to Si Ning only to see their General raise a questioning brow at him like he was waiting to see what his command would be like if he permitted him to command. "In Two." He said more like a whisper.

The forty two men divided themselves into two, one side took their bows and arrows, securing them at their backs and moved over to the trees around them then all at once, they started to climb the trees around them just like a monkey, so fast and smooth but Si Ning had no time to be amazed because he already knew his reserved force were talented in the act of spying and assassination.

The ones that climbed the trees all disappeared due to the darkness and the leaves on the tall trees that the little moonlight wasn’t touching them nor did the tree branches shake to reveal their positions.

"In Two." Jiang ChenMu said so the twenty one men left, they divided into eleven and ten.

Ten came forward and brought out something that looked like a lamp from their packed bags and started packing what seemed like herbs in it then the eleven covered them when they wanted to lite it, the reason they covered them was so that the Xilie soldiers would not even see something like a spec of light that might attract their attention. Jiang ChenMu gave Si Ning a dark cloth to cover his nose with as the lamps began to bring out smoke.

Si Ning tied the cloth and perceived something sharp like a faint unknown chemical which surprising had a nice smell and he knew Jiang ChenMu sprayed the liquid in the transparent bottle on it. Shang Jin and his men already covered their noses with cloths also sprayed, Xiao Pei gave Yi Chen a cloth too and Song Feng’s nose was already covered as he looked at Si Ning and his men with amazement.

Then those with lamps except one all nodded then scattered into different directions, their feet light on the ground as they disappeared. It was still confusing for Si Ning because he had no idea what was happening, then the rest of the team, eleven in number crouched and waited, the only one with a lamp among them was standing.

The one holding the lamp was in the middle and just like a kingfisher he stretched his leg forward and one after the other carefully approached the camp then the rest that crouched waited and after the one holding the lamp already took like five large steps, they all started following behind him, the lamp now bringing out faint smoke that was almost undetected.

Si Ning gripped his bow hard not knowing what was about to happen but he knew he didn’t foresee the formations two and nine so his heart kept accelerating that it seemed it would burst out of his chest because he had no backup plan but when he saw Jiang ChenMu serious face, he knew it was Jiang ChenMu that was pressed about the plan failing because he was the one that suggested it.

Shang Jin with his men also watched like they were seeing something new as they watched the twelve men approach the camp and soon as the one with the lamp reached the edge of the cleared area, he waited and saw the others with lamps had also surrounded the camp and they all started moving towards it at different angles. Moving towards the middle slowly. Si Ning watched as Xilie’s soldiers started falling on their knees and then fell to the ground, then the eleven men following the one holding a lamp all brought out daggers and started to stab and cut off the Xilie’s soldiers’ throats in a very fast manner and those that stood up alarmed were shot down by arrows of those on the trees.

It was a quiet Massacre that Shang Jin and his men also moved forward to assist because more Xilie men were now awake. Si Ning also wanted to shoot some arrows but Song Feng stopped him by placing a hand on his bow while he shook his head. Si Ning agreed so he allowed Song Feng to collect the bow from him. Yi Chen and Jiang ChenMu joined the attack because getting rid of like three thousand soldiers wasn’t a quick work because some of the soldiers were now awake and fighting, some that were strong against smoke poison fought but unlucky it was the Yang tribe and the arrows that dealt with them.

Seeing this Si Ning started to chuckle which turned out into a laugh, Song Feng watched as Si Ning’s eyes glittered like he was watching the most beautiful scene because he was winning without his men shedding blood. It was a good reason to laugh but there was nothing funny about Xilie men dying because as a doctor, Song Feng was trained to save a life so he turned to Xiao Pei and just as he expected Xiao Pei had an impassive look.