Time Travel: The Best Doctor in Ancient Times

Chapter 572: Chapter 425: Fight Against the Odds with Our Backs to the Water

”At your command!”

The next instant, behind Mr. Ban Shan, rows of elite soldiers streamed out, their backpacks opening to reveal rows of hand grenades in their hands!

”Boom!”

”Boom!”

”Boom!”

The intense sound of explosions, coupled with the billowing smoke, scattered in all directions.

After tossing their grenades, the elite soldiers quickly retreated, and then more elite soldiers surged forward!

The immense explosive power of the hand grenades, amidst a sea of fire, blasted craters in the ground, and the burning trees around them were blown aside!

Men and women, all covered in wet mud, moved swiftly through a sea of flames...

...setting off a series of thunderous explosions!

...

”My lord?” Hearing the distant booming sounds, Yuan Bao was startled, a trace of horror flashing across his face.

What on earth was this ghostly contraption that it could cause such a big commotion?

Zhou Mu’s hands didn’t stop moving, sweeping aside the burning trees with his palm winds. Hearing Yuan Bao’s words, he looked toward the source of the tremendous noise.

”My lord, couldn’t it be that they’ve encountered trouble?” Yuan Bao asked anxiously.

”No! It’s them! They’re blasting the mountain to create a path!” Zhou Mu swung his palm repeatedly and spoke sternly, ”All troops heed my command, head towards the sound of the blasts to create a path!”

”At your command!”

”At your command!”

Outside, hundreds of Prince Mu’s guards and Three Kingdoms soldiers fought desperately to prevent them from nearing the lifeline their lord had created!

For a moment, the mountain winds changed, and within Baili Mountain, the cries of ghosts and howls of wolves merged into one!

”Kill!”

”Kill!”

The sounds of battle cries and combat, accompanied by the rolling waves of fire, filled the skies!

This moment was a true changing of the winds!

One after another, people fell, their blood illuminated by the firelight, turning the sky crimson!

”Damn bastards! Daring to block my lord’s way! I’ll fight you with everything I’ve got!” Guo Daqian fought with bloodshot eyes, lunging towards those chasing Zhou Mu.

”Pfft!”

The sound of blades and spears piercing flesh was chilling to the bone!

”Everyone! Cover our retreat! Swear upon your life not to let them take half a step onto this path!” Guo Daqian roared, leading his subordinates who were defending the city to block the newly created route.

”To die in battle is an honor even in death! Liao dogs, come meet your fate!”

”Kill!”

”Kill!”

The din of battle was thunderous, truly thunderous!

The fire of the mountain blaze was unceasing, and so were the sounds of combat...

...

”We’re close! I can hear my lord using his inner strength to make a way!” Yhan Ting said with a grim expression.

Protected by the group and making their way through the craters formed by the grenades, Mr. Ban Shan brightened at the news, immediately issuing a command, ”Put away the hand grenades. Those with inner strength move to the front to clear the path! Be careful not to let the grenades injure Zhou Mu!”

”At your command!”

The next instant, led by Yhan Ting and Diao Chan, a few stepped forward eagerly!

Three hundred Female Army soldiers, guarding Mr. Ban Shan and the little bun on the sides, flicked away the burning embers all around them, doing their utmost to protect them both completely.

”Grandpa, will we die?” the little bun, leaning on Han Qiu’s shoulder, peered up with innocent, wide eyes, looking blankly at Mr. Ban Shan.

Upon hearing this, a touch of distress flickered in Mr. Ban Shan’s eyes and he shook his head firmly, ”No! Your Uncle Wood is just ahead, and he will surely get you out!”

The little bun nodded at the words, raised a hand to wipe away the sweat flowing into his eyes, and spoke again, ”Grandpa, what about my mother? Will she be alright?”

The mention of his mother brought a look of worry and distress on the little bun’s face.

Mr. Ban Shan, sensing this, became solemn and spoke firmly, ”No! Your mother is a prodigy. She won’t have any trouble!”

As Mr. Ban Shan spoke, he patted the little bun’s head, continuing his march without stopping, following the group ahead.

”Crossbowmen at the ready! String your bows! After joining with Zhou Mu, we still have a tough fight ahead!” Mr. Ban Shan, judging by the sounds ahead, knew Zhou Mu was close and a flicker of murderous intent passed through his eyes.

If his calculations were correct, Zhou Mu’s million elite soldiers would still be in Southern Fujian by now, leaving him with only the garrison troops of Liuzhou City and his personal guards of Prince Mu’s Mansion at his disposal!

But surrounding Baili Mountain were fifty thousand troops!

If they wanted to fight their way out, it wouldn’t be easy!

”At your command!”

The next instant, the Female Army responded in unison; they were the best archers in Gu Changsheng’s troops!

Leading the way with inner strength was Yhan Ting.

The fire around them dried the wet mud on their bodies, causing it to crack...

But they couldn’t stop; they had to quickly join their lord if they were to break through the encirclement!

”Fall back!”

Suddenly, a loud explosion came from in front of them!

Yhan Ting and the others paused, and then they quickly flew backwards!

It was their lord’s voice!

Undoubtedly, their lord had sensed their position and ordered them to retreat to avoid injuring them with his strikes!

The next instant, a succession of great booms resonated from the front.

A purple-gold figure flashed towards them like a flying shadow!

”Uncle Wood!”

Xiao Gu Ze, seeing the incoming figure from afar, immediately cried out in surprise and delight.

Zhou Mu moved as swift as the wind, covering the ground with a few leaps before stopping in front of Han Qiu. He snatched Xiao Gu Ze from her arms, gave the child a quick up-and-down look, then pressed him to his chest, unable to help himself from speaking, ”Thank goodness you’re safe! Thank goodness you’re safe!”

If anything happened to Xiao Gu Ze, his woman would probably collapse!

At this moment, Zhou Mu was immensely relieved that he had arrived in time!

Otherwise, if Xiao Gu Ze had perished in this mountain fire, his woman would have probably lost all will to live!

”No time for idle chatter, Zhou Mu! If you’re here, you must have fallen for their diversionary tactics. My daughter might be in mortal danger at this very moment! We have to break out! We have to save my daughter!” Mr. Ban Shan, upon seeing Zhou Mu arrive, spoke abruptly in a cold tone.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Mu’s expression darkened. Holding Xiao Gu Ze in his arms, he commanded in a deep voice, ”Everyone, follow orders! Protect the master, and advance with haste!”

After uttering those words, he took the lead and sprinted forward!

The next instant, Gu Changsheng’s eight hundred subordinates sprang into action swiftly!

Seeing the reaction of His Highness Prince Mu, their master must really be in mortal danger!

They had to fight their way out!

...

”Crap! Reinforcements have arrived!” Guo Daqian wiped the fresh blood smeared across his face and sneered loudly.

”Get down!”

The next moment, a chorus of female warriors’ delicate shouts came from the distance!

Caught off guard, Guo Daqian didn’t hesitate and immediately withdrew from the fight, sprawling to the ground!

Those around him didn’t hesitate either!

They understood all too well that among Lady Changsheng’s forces, there were three hundred female warriors who hailed from brothels!

Each of them was no less valiant than the men, trained into skilled fighters accustomed to killing!

Just as those who were previously locking blades with them now lay flat on the ground, the Three Kingdoms’ army was momentarily stunned!

”What’s going on?” a soldier asked, hesitating for a moment with his spear raised.

The soldiers of Great Zhou were sprawled right in front of him. Should he strike or not?

”Swish!”

The next instant, a short arrow precisely lodged into his chest!

His spear clattered to the ground as he looked on incredulously, then stiffly fell to the side!

”Swish!”

”Swish!”

”Swish!”

The sounds of arrows cutting through the air were endless, followed by the sound of arrows thudding into flesh, as one after another, the Three Kingdoms’ soldiers fell!

”Good God, at a hundred paces piercing armor, not a single arrow misses!” Lying on the ground, Guo Daqian raised his head to glance at the row of female warriors in the distance, and then at the soldiers of the Three Kingdoms in front of him. He swallowed hard!

Godfather! At this distance, so far away!

Yet each and every arrow strikes with chilling precision!

And those short arrows seemed to fly without needing to draw a bowstring, one after another zipping over his body!

Guo Daqian couldn’t help but feel a chilling sensation down his spine!

This was life-threatening!

Aren’t they afraid of the arrows missing their mark or falling short, turning themselves into a hornet’s nest?

Too terrifying!

”What are you dawdling for? Get up and face the enemy!” A sharp rebuke echoed above his head.

At this command, Guo Daqian lifted his head and caught a glimpse of a flash of red. In a blink of an eye, the figure was already more than a zhang away!

”Damn it all! Are these even women?” Guo Daqian immediately scrambled up from the ground and, spear in hand, plowed into battle!

Godfather, each of these women, with their speed and the precision of their strikes, had outperformed them by miles!

This was simply against the natural order!

”We have no reinforcements! With fewer than two thousand, facing an enemy of fifty thousand!” Zhou Mu held Xiao Gu Ze, watching the two sides engaged in battle, and spoke solemnly.

They had no reinforcements.

The reinforcements had already received his orders and set off for Liuzhou City!

Now, he could only hope that it was not too late—that his Changsheng was unharmed!

”My beloved elite soldiers, heed my command! She has raised you for long, and today, this prince wants to see your true skills!” Zhou Mu spoke with a grave expression, pointing his long hand towards the black mass of Three Kingdoms soldiers blocking the way down the mountain, and declared in a sonorous voice, ”Vanguard troops, form up! Disrupt their formation for this prince, tear a rift for us!”

”Understood!”

Dozens of dirt-covered figures replied, bursting forth like lightning and disappeared into the opposing army’s ranks.

”Female Army, clear a path! Rearguard soldiers, charge and kill! Follow this prince to break into their rear and drive them into the mountain fire!” Zhou Mu held Xiao Gu Ze in one arm and brandished his longsword with the other, his voice infused with inner strength that reverberated through Baili Mountain’s depths, ”This prince wants these fifty thousand men to serve as a sacrifice to my beloved’s stronghold!”

As his voice fell, the soldiers of the Three Kingdoms felt their eardrums vibrate and in the next instant, red figures that had emerged from nowhere were upon them, with daggers in hand, precisely and fatally slitting their throats!

Only the fastest remained unbroken!

Gu Changsheng’s training of his troops focused on breaking the limits of the human body!

Fast! Fierce! Accurate!

A fatal blow with every strike!

In that instant, facing the elusive attackers whose movements they couldn’t catch, the formation of the Three Kingdoms’ army was thrown into disarray!

A look of panic appeared on the soldiers’ faces!

”Ghosts! They are ghosts!”

These were not humans! It was impossible for humans to move at such speeds!