Ambush 2

Zheng Chao and Han Bao entangled in a shouting match.

The other people mainly the foot soldiers, went back to the field and quietly took their wounded, not minding a lot if an enemy was also making their own wounded back next to them.

The amount of wounded they were bringing back behind the line of foot soldiers still waiting if something happened was quite considerable.

There were wounded since during the ambush, not many had the luxury of time to kill off a person, so many of these people were lucky to survive.

As they were being treated, the two diplomats were still in a shouting match that wouldn't lead to anything.

The only thing they were doing was attacking the other dynasty's weak points in governance while then defending their own.

As if this was a debate, not a battle.

Moreover, it was leading to nothing.

Due to that, the elites were losing their bloodthirst and interest to fight today.

Which ended up in both side simply retreating for the night?

That was weird for Xiao Fan.

The fight today had ended just like that? Neither side was feeling that today would be the day they win the conflict decisively, so they would continue it tomorrow?

When the enemy was seen backing off, Xiao Fan got up to Zheng Chao to ask about what was going on.

¨They have failed their ambush today and don't feel like attacking anymore. However, I guarantee that this trip has become a lot harder than we had thought¨ Zheng Chao spoke to Xiao Fan as they were walking back into the camp.

¨So until we get inside the Liang Dynasty's borders, we will be harassed constantly by them?¨ Xiao Fan pried more information about their current situation.

¨Yep, it's going to be just that¨ Zheng Chao said in a tone that Xiao Fan had hit the nail.

¨Well, do you think we can get there?¨

Zheng Chao thought about this for a moment before responding ¨No. I don't think we will make it as a group at least not in the group that we are in right now¨

Xiao Fan was a little shocked to be told that their current situation was like this.

¨How come? Didn't we fend them off?¨ He asked confusedly. By now they had walked back to the camp.

¨We might have fended them off today and went even in the battle, but they have more men and after them, skirmishing against us for a week, or so our numbers will have dwindled too much. Then we lose¨

¨If we would try to break out towards the Liang Dynasty at breakneck speed would we become easy prey for any mutant or groups of bandits to harass, giving the enemy enough time again to catch up¨

¨Then again, at that point, there would be no resistance¨ Zheng Chao spoke calmy although he was speaking about the demise of his retinue.

Xiao Fan, on the other hand, was starting to panic a little.

He had no real way to affect the fight with his current power, nor could he do much to increase their own power currently, but he felt that unlike Zheng Chao, there must be away.

¨Is there truly no way for us to travel into the Liang Dynasty alive?¨ He questioned.

¨Of course¨ Zheng Chao spoke, was the boy thinking that he didn't have a plan?

¨Then tell it to me already¨ Xiao Fan asked nicely yet with a tone that had a hint of panic.

¨We will be abandoning this caravan, they are doomed, and so we will be using them as sacrifices to give us time¨ He spoke without care of someone hearing him.

Hearing that the man was just going to let his men die like that he couldn't say he was shocked.

However, soon realised that them surviving there would be no other way.

Realised this he could only look around him seeing the soldiers going as normal, some of them treating the wounded while others got back into guard duty and such.

But he was also of the same opinion now ¨Then how are we going to be doing it?¨

Xiao Fan was on board with living, and so he was okay with everything that would be happening so that he and his women would survive this.

¨Ah, we will use one of the tricks that I have been taught. You seem wanting to know so we can start it now anyway so gather the women and meet me in my tent¨ He spoke, before going back into his tent to prepare.

¨I'll be there in a minute¨ Xiao Fan replied for the man in his nightwear disappearing into a large tent.

Now told what he would need to do he got back into the tent where Du Lan and Qian Ki had both gathered to wait for him.

¨So?¨ Came a question at him the moment he had stepped into the tent where moments ago he had been rolling around the mat with Qian Ki, who was also now dressed.

So while telling them about the new plan, he also got to dress up with their help.

The two of them didn't react to this plan much.

Du Lan only nodded noting she agreed as she saw no reason not to abandon the people here as bait, in her mind, they had come here anyway to be used just for this.

On the other hand, Qian Ki who after the recent battle and how much blood and pain had flowed was little tenser, or in reality, she was taking her time to calm down, and so didn't answer at all.

But like they needed to think what she thought.

They would let the spawn of devil do what she did best.

As in currently, she was gathering her thoughts that had been going all over the place.

After all, she was a spawn of devil, and her kind flourished where blood and carnage were going on.

And now that she had flourished she needed a little time to get used to the notion, the notions of pleasure and self-growth.

However, despite her being in a state like that, she could still think one thing that was against this plan.

¨Fan'er what about all the equipment I have? I can't just leave them be here. The enemy will most likely take them with them, and then I cant keep cultivating so well¨ She cried out trying to sway his opinion.

Qian Ki felt that there would be no way for her to separate with those items right now.

She couldn't be the first person in the lineage to lose all of those items; for her, they hold real power and meaning, for her, they aren't some objects with only their material value.

Xiao Fan understanding this realised that this was a real pickle for them ¨Hmm, what if we hide them somewhere and when we get into the Liang Dynasty we can have people come to retrieve them¨

He reasoned.

¨You know our lives are still more important, besides we can build a new collection together Ki'er¨ They had no time to think more about this so he could only coax her to give up the thought of them carrying a few carts of items with them.

Qian Ki looked first as if she wasn't okay with this, but she could also see that there was no way to take them with her.

So after a moment of thinking, she replied ¨Okay, but I will go and get a few items that I NEED from the carriage, and you will still help me with recreating the new collection¨ She would agree to these terms.

¨Sure, you get those items, then you after you have gotten them meet us at the biggest tent there is in the camp¨ He spoke, then proceeding to take Du Lan's hand and lead her back into the command tent.

Du Lan had her things already packed for this, so she was leaving with him with no comments.

She was already happy enough to be holding his hand like this; nothing else would matter to her progress.

...

It didn't take long for Qian Ki come inside the largest tents she could see after taking some small items she genuinely needed.

So with a few objects and things to poke into a body, she came into the tent where Du Lan and Xiao Fan were waiting for her on one side while Zhen Chao and a few of his people were on the other side, also waiting for him.

When Qian Ki came to Xiao Fan and sat on the other side of him that was still free Zhen Chao begun to speak.

The Liang Dynasty elites didn't think much about Zhen Chao's plan while Xiao Fan and the women were a little shocked to learn what type of tactic they would be using.

Though that didn't mean it was bad at all.

As in all honesty, they couldn't have come up with a better plan, and it would seem that a dynasty which possessed super soldiers would have a few tricks in their sleeves.

For after only a few minutes of talking they watched as in the quiet of the night the few elites and Zhen Chao began to dig downwards from inside the tent.

Xiao Fan and the women didn't, of course, just watch this.

They were moving dirt and rock out of the way of the others, who were deepening, expanding, and reinforcing the tunnel.

In the end, it didn't take a lot of time as before the sunrays would hit the tunnel spot they had been digging. Yet when the sun rays hit it, there was nothing unusual there.

And while the men marched forward to their doom unknowing that they had been abandoned, Xiao Fan and the group with him were inside that tunnel, waiting.

Zheng Chao's plan had been to wait for the storm to pass and then come back up at a later date.

For now, they were now holding inside that tunnel they had dug.

There were some rations and other things, so it wasn't too bad for almost every person had gotten their room made into this makeshift bunker, and the items that Qian Ki had and some other stuff was also brought down here.

This place for someone like Xiao Fan, who had lived in a prison cell this was like a second home. This was actually a better place to be in than the prison cell, especially so for one good positive that Zheng Chao had hinted to him.

Because as mentioned before.

Almost everyone had their own room, meaning that Zheng Chao had his own then the few elites had their barracks.

And then, Xiao Fan and his women had one room, one bed.

And how would that one bed be used?

Of course, all three of them were sleeping on it at the same time, so this type of plan didn't even feel negative for Xiao Fan; he was greatly appreciative of this.

For Qian Ki and Du Lan, this was a little uncomfortable to be sharing the same bed like this for a night, but there was no other choice as they couldn't make new rooms either.

Because of this, the two of them little shyly took up the offer to be sleeping in the same bed, Xiao Fan in the middle.

Still, Xiao Fan was very affected, he like everyone else had very big complications during this! For he didn't know how to sleep with two women around him!

The tragedy!

What could Xiao Fan do? If she hugs Du Lan during the night, Qian Ki will kill him! If she hugs Qian Ki? The same thing will happen; however, this time, the blade that ends him will be in the hand of Du Lan!

How can Xiao Fan solve this huge mess?

Thankfully Xiao Fan is a very bright person when it is truly needed, so to solve this problem he masterfully laid on his back! Where he then allocates one hand per woman!

Masterful technique!

Even Du Lan and Qian Ki seemed to recognise the talent of Xiao Fan.

Seeing as both of them took the offer and captured their Xiao Fan mandated arm, and then from there fought for the position on his chest.

'Great success!' Xiao Fan thought when he was closing his eyes.

He also thought about how this would bring his plan of having both women at the same time forward.

For if they slept like this would they surely get looser around the other.

Though there seemed to be problems, as mentioned before they weren't completely harmonious, but were trying to one-up the other before going to sleep.