Chapter 313: Despair
313 Despair
Soujin only managed to shake Ye Jiu off when it was already night. Overall, he was on the losing side and Soujin mood kept on fluctuating because he realized that his opponent was really mysterious.
"Soujin, are you alright?" Jun Hua came over to see him.
"I'm fine, but that Ye Jiu is indeed like a prophet," Soujin answered, then he instructed his men, "Lou, send some people to investigate Ye Jiu further, the one from before is not enough."
"Yes General."
Soujin rubbed Jun Hua's hair, "We are going to win the next one. You don't have to worry so much. Rest first, I will come over to you."
Jun Hua nodded her head. She knew that Soujin wanted to review the map to investigate this area once again. Although the lost seemed small, she knew that Soujin almost didn't have any change when fighting that prince. It was almost as if every movement Soujin made has been predicted by Ye Jiu.
This was the first time Jun Hua met with a general as peculiar as Ye Jiu. All this time, she had encountered many types of general, but she never found one that could be called as a prophet. This battle was going to be interesting.
Ming Hui and Yan met with Soujin after they had finished their task.
"The battle today is really fierce," Ming Hui reported, "The number of wounded soldiers increased compared with yesterday."
Although Jun Hua already made the precaution in case their strategy failed, the damage done to their soldiers couldn't be undone. No matter how much she tried to minimize the damage, there were still some damages.
Soujin nodded, "I see. Do you have any idea about facing him tomorrow?"
Ming Hui and Yan shook their head. The matter with the military was outside their area of expertise. Although they do have some knowledge, it was really limited and even lesser compare with Soujin's other generals.
Soujin didn't say anything more as he sat down. "Tomorrow, I will use frontal attack without many tactics."
Ming Hui frowned, "Based on skill alone, the two armies are almost the same. Based on the number, we are certainly on disadvantages."
There was no helping it. Pan Kingdom was the biggest kingdom amongst the five kingdoms and naturally, they have the biggest number of soldiers. Usually, Soujin could use the skill of his soldiers to overwhelm them, but this time, the skills of these soldiers were almost on par with his soldiers. He can use some unique tactics, but if his tactics were all being guessed by Ye Jiu, there was no use making such complicated strategy anymore.
Of course, they were nowhere close with him, but he had his hand tied up dealing with Ye Jiu. If he didn't have to face Ye Jiu, those soldiers would already meet their creator. The same could be said to him. If his side didn't have him, his soldiers would be sent to their grave by Ye Jiu who would gladly do that.
"This time, your existence plays too big of a role," Ming Hui frowned. Once Soujin down, there would be almost no hope for them. He could ask for Jun Hua help, but that way, he would make the wound on the girl's body worsen and possibly sent her to her end.
"Let's rest."
After going their separate ways, Ming Hui looked around to search for Jun Hua. He found her sitting on the grass as she gazed towards the sky.
"Jun Hua, what are you doing here?" he asked.
Jun Hua didn't bother to turn around as she answered, "I'm looking towards the sky. Tonight the stars are really beautiful."
Ming Hui took a seat near her, but still maintained quite a distance, "What do you think about tomorrow fight?"
"You don't have to sit that far," Jun Hua said, "If Ye Jiu can really predict the future, tomorrow we are going to lose. But if he can only guess, then we do have the chance to win."
"Why is that?"
Jun Hua looked towards Ming Hui, "Because guessing would always have the possibility of wrong."
"I see…" Ming Hui didn't say anything more. He sat near the girl for a few more minutes before he stood up and walked back to his tent while Jun Hua still sat down to look at the sky. The supernatural things in this world really make her troubled.
The next day, Soujin led the soldiers to face with Ye Jiu once again. He led the soldiers to face off with Ye Jiu head on. With their momentum, they crashed and started the fight once again. It didn't take long for him to meet with Ye Jiu and started their duel.
"Jun Hua, where have you been?" Ming Hui was surprised to see Jun Hua only came now.
"I'm instructing something to Yabei before coming here," Jun Hua answered as she stared at the battlefield. Her face turned awful.
"What is it?"
"Behind the infantry, there are groups of soldiers ambushing our soldiers. Using a sneak attack, they are dealing much more damage to us compare with yesterday," Jun Hua sighed.
"We need to counter them fast."
"There is no need, I already instruct Yabei to come down. But, this way, we are going to lose the battle if we cannot turn the tables around."
Jun Hua looked towards the battlefield as their formation changed. Her face changed drastically and she took out her bow once again. There was no way she was going to let them finish making that formation and trapped Soujin inside.
"Yan, you better come down and break the way on the right side."
"I understand."
Although Yan didn't like being told by a girl, he still did what Jun Hua told him because the condition was indeed bad. Making his way towards the reserve soldiers, he led them to the right part of the battlefield.
On the other hand, Ming Hui also came down to treat the soldiers who were wounded. Many of them managed to get escorted to the back, so he could help them.
After a long time, finally Soujin broke free from Ye Jiu and the two armies retreated. Although Soujin face was calm, the rage within his eyes was crystal clear. They knew Soujin was angry at the result of this battle. That Ye Jiu could predict their movement perfectly and countered them very well.
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