Zhang San, please behave yourself!
Chapter 637 - 585: The Vanguard Army of Bipedal Sheep!_2

Chapter 637: Chapter 585: The Vanguard Army of Bipedal Sheep!_2

Military Chief Changsun Wuji immediately informed Zhang San of the situation in Ren City and the current state of the Lingwu Army.

After listening, Zhang San smiled slightly.

"This matter is simple," he said.

"First of all, we need a group of martial artists who are not afraid of death. I’m not talking about the kind who fearlessly face death on the frontline but those who fear neither offending the Shuofang Army nor possibly being held accountable by the Imperial Court. Does anyone fit this description?"

The three Hall Masters of the Wind Divine Hall and many people present all stood up.

Zhang San nodded in satisfaction and said, "You all prepare now. Just over a hundred will do. Head to the southern part of Ren City and have them open the city gates."

Feng Bubian smirked and said, "But the Shuofang Army won’t let the Lingwu Army enter the city, let alone us!"

Zhang San laughed, "That’s impossible! The Shuofang Army is not disguised as Tujue people, how could they possibly stop you from entering the city? Unless they’ve been bribed by the Tujue, or are Tujue in disguise. If... I mean if... the Tujue are masquerading as the Shuofang Army blocking the south gate and preventing our Lingwu Army reinforcements from entering, you should have a way to quickly scale the city walls and fight your way in, then open the gate for the Lingwu Army behind you, right?"

Feng Bubian and the others immediately understood.

"Military Chief Zhang, rest assured. We will not go easy when slaughtering the Tujue curs!" they said.

Zhang San nodded in satisfaction and then turned to Changsun Wuji, "You brought three thousand elite troops, didn’t you? Follow behind them. Once the city gate is open, charge in. But your mission is not to rush to the aid of the three walls currently under attack. You won’t be able to hold those three walls with just your three thousand men. Find Mei Fei, capture Mei Fei, and then take control of the Shuofang Army’s officers. So, we’ll also need some experts to station with Changsun Wuji and help him suppress some military officers. Once you have Mei Fei and the other officers under control, send out a signal!"

Changsun Wuji nodded repeatedly.

"Additionally, immediately send someone to inform Military Envoy Changsun that once the Tujue troops start retreating, he should command his forces to pretend to pursue them. But remember, it’s just a pretense—don’t actually catch up, because we don’t know if the Tujue have any ambushes prepared."

Finally, Zhang San looked at the remaining martial artists and said, "We now need two groups of martial artists. One group will split into three and, once the signal is given from within Ren City, you will launch a sneak attack on the Tujue from behind. Remember, it’s not about how many you kill but making your techniques cover a large area so the Tujue can’t gauge how many people have come."

"The other group will immediately follow Changsun Wuji’s personal troops to the Lingwu Army’s main camp. I expect that there will certainly be some Tujue attire there. Put on the Tujue clothes and figure out a way to blend into the Tujue ranks."

"The Tujue are cautious against the Lingwu Army but not their own. Once you’ve infiltrated them, focus on their supplies. If they have siege equipment, destroy it. Then start fires everywhere, and escape in the chaos."

With Zhang San’s orders given, everyone immediately set into action.

Meanwhile, Baili Niezhen, who was standing behind Zhang San, asked, "Master, what do we need to do?"

Zhang San, curious, asked, "Aren’t you tired?"

"Not tired! We want to achieve merits!" they said eagerly.

"Yes! We want to earn merits!"

Seeing the maids’ group of cat-eared ladies so enthusiastic, Zhang San asked, "Do you want public merits or ones earned in secret?"

Baili Niezhen and the others were curious, not understanding what Zhang San meant.

"Secret merits involve doing some unsavory tasks that naturally can’t be officially recognized, but I will make sure you are not shortchanged," he explained.

"Public merits, of course, mean performing tasks that can be officially acknowledged."

After thinking it over, Baili Niezhen said, "Master, whatever task you assign, we will undertake it. But this time in the north, we hope to earn more merits, especially great merits!"

Hearing this, Zhang San thought for a moment and then said, "Alright, I have a very important mission for you. When the time comes, also disguise yourselves as Tujue soldiers, secretly infiltrate the Tujue camp, and then..."

Soon, the south gate of Ren City was attacked by martial artists.

Tong Piyan, the officer in charge of guarding the south gate, was split open by Feng Bubian with a single strike.

Then the martial artists opened the city gates, and Changsun Wuji immediately led his troops to Mei Fei’s residence.

After all, capturing just a few Shuofang Army soldiers and interrogating them, one could find out the whereabouts of Mei Fei and other important Shuofang officers, and even the original commander of Ren City.

In less than two hours, Changsun Wuji had already taken control of the entire command structure within Ren City.

However, at that moment, a large number of Tujue soldiers had already begun their assault on the three city walls.

It was even said that all three walls had been breached, and Sharlobi had sent out thirty thousand troops as reinforcement.

If tonight’s sneak attack succeeded, truly opening Ren City’s gates and conquering them, it would then be possible to advance unobstructed towards the Capital Region Road and strike directly at Daxing City.

At that moment, within Ren City, a pillar of fireworks shot into the sky.

The next moment, countless martial artists suddenly attacked from behind the Tujue forces besieging the three sides of Ren City.

For a time, the brilliance of their techniques lit up the night sky.

Some of the Tujue soldiers who had just scaled the walls looked back and saw tens of thousands of Great Sui martial artists attacking from outside the city.

Others saw streams of fire dragons coming down from Broken Dragon Mountain, which likely numbered a hundred thousand!