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At this moment, Liu Guanyu finally realized, "That's right, Third Brother, there are several Ten Thousand People military camps across from us."
"Both of you brothers, think carefully. First, they are at night; on such a quiet night, the sound will definitely travel farther than usual. Secondly, if they really start shouting, the soldiers across will surely notify their Vanguard Officer immediately. With these two points, it would be hard for them not to figure it out."
"Third Brother, you're quite clever. So what should we do tonight?"
"Second Brother, what's wrong with you? Don't you want to sleep since the ones across are not asleep either? Go back and get some rest."
"Look at me, I'm just too happy. Let's go back and get a good night's sleep."
Inside the military camp across, Na Kuang and Zhong Yi were discussing the plans for tomorrow's expedition inside their tent. "Zhong General, according to our scouts, the enemy has reinforced their city walls. As Vanguard Officers, we should test the enemy's strength for the Marshal."
"Vanguard Officer, let me be the first to go into battle tomorrow morning to test their strength. They have harmed my master and junior brothers; I must take revenge."
"Alright, Zhong General. Since you are eager for revenge, you can go into battle first tomorrow morning while I support you from behind."
"Thank you, Vanguard."
"Zhong General, it's getting late now. You should go back and rest. Tomorrow morning we will go into battle and win a good start for our Majesty."
"Don't worry, Vanguard. I don't take those small fry across seriously."
"Zhong General, you must not underestimate them."
"It's fine, Vanguard Officer. The Starfall Kingdom only has a standing army of one hundred thousand. Even if they recently recruited some more, it would only be around fifteen Ten Thousand People. Meanwhile, we have seven Ten Thousand People just in the Vanguard Camp. They still have to divide those soldiers among four cities; how many can they leave in the main city? Eighty thousand? Ninety thousand? Or one hundred thousand? We still have the Marshal behind us."
"Zhong General, even so, we still need to act cautiously."
"I understand. Don't worry, General. I'm going back to sleep now."
After arranging the night watch duties for tonight, Na Kuang returned to his tent.
Just as Na Kuang and Zhong Yi were lying down in bed and about to fall asleep, a Lieutenant suddenly reported, "Report to Vanguard Officer. There has been a surprise attack."
Na Kuang, who had been awakened, was quite unhappy. However, upon hearing about the surprise attack, he immediately sat up and asked, "What happened?" He hurriedly got dressed and ran outside.
When he stepped outside, he heard no sounds at all; he could only see his soldiers running around like headless flies. At that moment, Zhong Yi also ran over, looking just as disheveled as Na Kuang. Upon arriving, Zhong Yi asked, "What happened, Vanguard Officer?"
"I don't know either. I heard someone say there was a surprise attack, but all I see are our own people—where are the enemies?"
"Orderly! Orderly!"
An Orderly rushed in front of Na Kuang and said, "Vanguard Officer."
"What exactly happened? Go get the soldiers who were on guard earlier."
"Yes."
Before long, the Orderly returned with two guards. "Vanguard Officer, these two are the guards at the entrance."
"You two tell me what happened just now."
"Report to Vanguard Officer. We were guarding at the entrance when suddenly we heard shouting from our left. It startled us both; we thought it was an enemy attack. Their voices were loud enough to wake everyone up. Everyone thought it was an enemy attack, which is why there was such panic."
Upon hearing this, Na Kuang was furious. "You two go get the general who was on night watch today."
After a while, a panting general arrived in front of Na Kuang. "Subordinate pays respects to Vanguard Officer."
"You can't be blamed for tonight's incident, but you need to keep a better watch. Remember not to cause panic again. If this continues, they won't be able to fight tomorrow."
"I will ensure a thorough search is conducted. Please rest assured, Vanguard Officer."
"You take people around to search; it must be the enemy's doing. Capture those people and kill them all."
"Please rest assured, Vanguard Officer."
The person turned and led over five hundred soldiers out of the military camp, starting to search the surrounding grass for the ones who had just shouted.
Na Kuang had also returned to his tent. He took off his armor, and just as he lay down, he faintly heard someone shouting again. The voice gradually grew louder, followed by chaos erupting within the military camp.
Upon hearing the noise, Na Kuang turned over and got out of bed, putting on his armor while rushing outside. When he reached outside his tent, Zhong Yi also came out, and the guard general from earlier ran back in a sweat.
Na Kuang tightened his face: "General Li, can you explain this situation? What has happened again?"
"Reporting to Vanguard, it was that group of people shouting again. I was searching to the left as instructed by the guards, but they shouted from the right this time. I immediately took my men to the right, but there was still no one there. That's why I ran back to report to you. Please forgive me, Vanguard Officer."
"Immediately send people to search the surroundings; we must find these individuals."
"Vanguard, please do not be anxious."
"Zhong General, do you have any ideas?"
"Vanguard Officer, if we recklessly send troops out like this, we might fall into their ambush. It's already dark outside; they are hidden while we are exposed, and we will suffer losses."
"Then should we just let them shout outside?"
"Vanguard Officer, we only need to order the soldiers to shoot arrows at them as soon as they shout."
Na Kuang thought for a moment: "General Li, you have heard Zhong's opinion. Let’s proceed according to his suggestion."
"Understood."
At this moment, Na Kuang returned to his tent again. After several back-and-forths, he was feeling very fatigued. However, upon returning to his tent, Na Kuang did not rush to sleep; he was monitoring the situation around him. After a few minutes, the shouting and clanging sounds rose again. Soon after, archers shot arrows in the direction of the shouts. After hearing two screams, the shouting finally ceased.
Na Kuang let out a couple of cold laughs before taking off his armor and lying down on the bed to sleep.
Outside the camp, ten Squad Leaders from Starfall City gathered together.
One of them asked, "Just now, we shouted as instructed, but the other side immediately shot arrows at us, injuring two of our brothers. How am I supposed to explain this to General Liu when we return?"
"Whether you explain or not, just tell the truth. You all know what kind of person General Liu is. However, since the other side is prepared, we should come up with a plan."
At this moment, a previously silent Squad Leader spoke up, "What do you think of my idea? Initially, we only had ten people shouting, so our voices were too quiet. If we had twenty people shouting together or even a hundred, wouldn't we be able to reach them from further away? After all, General Liu's order was to prevent them from sleeping well. We can just extend the intervals between our shouts."
The other nine leaders agreed; if they continued like this, they might end up with more injuries. After discussing it, they gathered all their men and moved to a location out of reach of the enemy archers. They performed simple bandaging on the two injured soldiers; fortunately, their injuries were minor. After resting for a while, half an hour had passed since their last shout.
During this half hour, the entire camp was extremely quiet. The soldiers inside felt that the enemy would no longer disturb them, so aside from those on patrol, everyone else returned to their tents.
At that moment, under the command of one leader, the ten squads erupted into a thunderous shout. This sudden noise startled Na Kuang awake from his dreams. On a silent night, a hundred loud voices shouting together along with the sounds of pots and pans echoed far and wide.
In an instant, the entire military camp erupted as all soldiers rushed out. Many who had been sound asleep were startled awake and stumbled around in confusion.
At this time, Na Kuang stood in front of his tent shouting at his soldiers, "Shoot these bastards dead! Shoot with all your might!"
Just as Na Kuang was about to go crazy, the ten Squad Leaders had already quietly circled around to another direction, while almost none of the arrows shot from the camp reached their previous location.
Amidst the chaos of shouting and running back and forth among the hundred soldiers, Na Kuang was on the verge of losing his mind; even Zhong Yi had to give up sleeping and was observing the surrounding movements.
This continued until dawn approached and the noise ceased. Na Kuang walked over to Zhong Yi and asked, "Zhong Vanguard, how long has it been since they last shouted?"
"It’s been over half an hour now; look at how close dawn is. When I see them again, I will definitely take people to capture them and tear them apart. Bring me five thousand troops; I will personally lead them to catch those bastards."
As they spoke, it was the darkest part of the night—what people refer to as the darkness before dawn. Taking advantage of this favorable condition, the ten leaders led their hundred soldiers quietly near the camp. Since they hadn’t shouted for a long time, many soldiers in the camp had begun to doze off.
Once all ten leaders organized their warriors properly, they gave a command: a hundred iron pots and bowls were thrown into the air. Without even looking back, they mounted their own or their comrades' mounts, which quickly left the camp area in no time.
At that moment, Zhong Yi was sitting on his Mount Thunder Leopard, preparing to take people out shortly. Suddenly, he felt something above his head. Instinctively, he used the iron rod in his hand to poke upwards. With a loud crash, something flew towards Zhong Yi's iron pot, which he smashed to pieces with a single strike. The fragments of the pot even injured several unfortunate soldiers nearby.
With that sound, the entire camp was filled with the noise of iron objects falling or hitting people, plunging the military camp into chaos once again. Many soldiers were startled awake from their dreams and instinctively shouted, "Enemy Attack!"
Following the cry of "Enemy Attack," panic spread throughout the camp. Na Kuang, listening nearby, was furious; there was no enemy attack at all.
After a brief moment of confusion among the soldiers in the camp, they realized it was just a false alarm; what had fallen were not arrows but merely ordinary pots and pans.
As dawn broke, Zhong Yi led his five thousand men out of the camp to begin a search within a three-hundred-meter radius.
When he returned empty-handed, Na Kuang had already tallied up the situation from yesterday and last night. Not a single one of the seventy thousand soldiers in the camp had slept, and several had been injured by the falling pots and pans, with the most severely injured being those struck by the shattered pieces of Zhong Yi's iron pot.
Na Kuang looked at Zhong Yi, who glanced back at him. They both shared a bitter smile and instructed, "It's already bright; they won't come again. Everyone go back and rest."
In fact, even without their instruction, many soldiers had already fallen asleep leaning against their tents.
The entire Vanguard Camp had endured a sleepless first night of combat. They were filled with anger towards whoever had come up with this idea; they truly did not know who had devised such a malicious plan.
One hundred soldiers returned to their tents after being led back by their Squad Leader and went straight to rest. A hearty breakfast had already been prepared for them in their tents, arranged specifically by Liu Guanfeng, ensuring everyone ate before resting.
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