CHAPTER 1417: CHAPTER 1418: HE, WORTH A THOUSAND TROOPS

Moreover, the distance between one soldier and another was quite large.

It just gave An Jing and Li Wuyu an opportunity.

An Jing and Li Wuyu quietly swam to the opposite bank where there were no soldiers guarding, then lay on the bank, watching the situation before them.

A lot of soldiers were stationed here, there were many tents alone.

Because it was nighttime, torches had already been lit in the camp; it was neither bright nor completely dark.

Probably having finished dinner and now nothing to do, a small bonfire was lit not far away, with some soldiers gathered around it for warmth, and chatting idly.

"Have you heard, have you heard," a soldier said excitedly, "I heard the one leading the army to attack us is Xiao Changyi."

"I heard. Yesterday, when I followed the Deputy General to patrol the border, I even saw him standing on the Xilin City Tower." The soldier who said this was also excited, with a hint of showing off in his words.

"Tch, you don’t know Xiao Changyi, how do you know it’s him standing on the Xilin City Tower." Someone who couldn’t stand that soldier’s bragging sneered.

"I don’t know him, but the Deputy General does. The Deputy General personally saw Xiao Changyi lead troops to repeatedly push back our Chilin in the past. When the Deputy General saw Xiao Changyi yesterday, he pointed him out to us."

Upon hearing that this soldier really knew, someone asked excitedly and with curiosity, "Does that Xiao Changyi have three heads and six arms?"

"Too far away to see clearly, but I can bet, he doesn’t have three heads and six arms, but just him standing on the city tower, the aura alone could rival thousands of troops."

"Aura alone can rival thousands of troops? Hey, don’t brag, no matter how formidable, it’s not like that."

"I’m not bragging, you didn’t see it, anyway, that’s how it was! Our Deputy General saw him yesterday, was especially excited, and when he came back, he told our General, our General was also very excited. You don’t know, our General often talks about him, praises him most, saying he’s a rare military genius in the world. If it weren’t for him, how could Xiyun have repelled invasions from all countries back then, it would’ve long been dismantled and divided by them."

"Your General often talks about him, huh? Our General also often talks about him. Says that back then, he was like King Yama on the battlefield, wherever he fought, rivers of blood flowed, and at the end, they almost retreated at the mere mention of his name."

"They say the one who made enemies avoid him like the plague back then was him."

"Yes, yes, yes, it’s him!" A soldier echoed and then worried, "He’s that formidable, doesn’t that mean we can’t hold the city this time..."

"If even our 650,000-strong army can’t hold him off, then it’s fate for us to lose the city."

Hearing this, An Jing only then realized it wasn’t the 600,000-strong army she estimated, but a 650,000-strong army.

"Yeah," a soldier agreed, "with so many soldiers, if we still can’t hold off, then it truly is fate."

Because Xiao Changyi was leading the army to attack Chilin, and with Xiao Changyi’s well-known reputation, the soldiers dared not underestimate the attack they would face, and couldn’t help but worry more or less.

The atmosphere became somewhat heavy.

Seeing this, a soldier scolded, "Let’s not boost others’ morale and diminish our own prestige, we have so many people! We won’t fail to hold the city! Didn’t the Great General say, they’ll come but won’t go back!"

The soldiers thought about their 650,000-strong army; apart from the Imperial City, no city has so many soldiers stationed, and in this way, they were somewhat comforted.