Chapter 342
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Chapter 342: Zhao Pan’s Double-Edged Sword
Meanwhile, Li Yuanjie, who had just found a place to set up camp and rest, evidently had no idea about the situation at Iron Wall City.
At this moment, he was in a state of agitation.
The opponent’s sudden blaze was too timely, forcing him to retreat.
After all, even beastmen were not invulnerable to fire and blades, when it was their time to die, they would still die.
However, being an experienced veteran of the Bronze Rank, Li Yuanjie’s thoughts were clear.
The opponent could temporarily hold him off, but that did not mean they could defeat him, those were two different matters.
In a direct confrontation, Li Yuanjie was supremely confident in the combat prowess of his beastman army.
“I want to see how long you can keep this fire burning!”
Just as Li Yuanjie was thinking this, a quickly approaching wolfman attendant poured a basin of cold water on him.
“Great Chieftain…”
After a whispered exchange with his fellow tribesman, Li Yuanjie’s heart was instantly alarmed.
“Take me there quickly!”
Following the wolfman attendant to the military medic’s tent, he saw the Elephant man lying outside.
The beastman was riddled with countless arrow wounds, with the most severe ones undoubtedly caused by the enemy’s heavy crossbow bolts.
At this moment, however, these were not the main concern.
The crucial point was that the Elephant man lay there sickly, almost motionless.
If not for its breathing, Li Yuanjie would have suspected it was already dead!
Quickly seizing an arrow that had been removed from the Elephant man, the wolfman’s keen sense of smell allowed him to clearly detect the foul odor mixed with blood.
“Luo Ji!!!”
Li Yuanjie snapped the arrow in half, his face ashen.
Recalling the previous battle, the enemy archers had suddenly unleashed a flurry of arrows.
He had initially thought the enemy was panicking, but now, he realized their intentions were utterly malicious!
These fellows had actually dipped their arrowheads in feces!
Feces contained a large number of pathogens and parasites.
When an arrowhead tainted with feces pierced a soldier’s body and came into direct contact with blood, the consequences were easily imaginable!
The enemy intended to spread disease within his beastman army!
After a bout of furious rage, a distinct sense of urgency arose in Li Yuanjie’s heart.
How many soldiers in his beastman army had been struck by arrows during that siege?
At this thought, Li Yuanjie immediately shouted.
“Quick! Tell all soldiers to clean their wounds! Hurry!”
Indeed, this was the other double-edged sword Zhao Pan wielded.
Compared to the fire outside the city wall, this move was one he was even more reluctant to use, not because it was unethical, but because once a plague spread, it would be beyond human control.
If it spread here, even they would suffer.
However, this time, Zhao Pan had miscalculated.
Of course, ultimately, the reason was not him.
Having never fought against a beastman civilization before, and not knowing what beastmen truly were, how could he understand their civilization’s characteristics?
Let alone him, even Luo Ji standing here would be useless.
There were gains and losses.
Beastmen possessed physical advantages far superior to ordinary humans.
Every beastman, without prior training, inherently had a significantly stronger physique than humans.
And races like the Elephant men had even more exaggerated strength, a single blow on a city wall would likely have destructive power comparable to siege weaponry.
If the two armies engaged in a direct confrontation, the beastman army would probably hold an almost overwhelming advantage!
But conversely, this civilization would inevitably have its flaws.
One such flaw was their relatively poor hygiene.
If these characteristics were also given a numerical value, then for hygiene, the beastman civilization would definitely be in the negative!
In other words, within beastman civilization, epidemics frequently broke out.
Beastmen who could survive in such an environment undoubtedly developed powerful antibodies against various transmitted viruses and bacteria.
This was not to say that these antibodies made them completely immune to disease, but rather that beastmen with these antibodies had a much lower chance of being infected with diseases than ordinary humans.
And something like this, even Luo Ji could not possibly know.
Thus, if Zhao Pan’s double-edged sword had been wielded against a human army, it might have been remarkably effective.
But wielded against a beastman army, its effectiveness was greatly diminished.
After repeatedly instructing the accompanying foxman army medic to ensure the Elephant man’s life was saved, Li Yuanjie, with a somber face, quickly left the medic’s tent.
Although beastmen had antibodies to diseases, Li Yuanjie’s wolfman body contained the soul of a modern person.
Upon hearing words like “epidemic” or “plague,” he inevitably became overly nervous.
He then quickly spoke to the wolfman attendant beside him.
“Go and check all parts of the military camp.”
“If you find any other sick soldiers, immediately isolate them to prevent the spread of the illness.”
After giving these instructions, Li Yuanjie, slightly relieved, forcefully gnashed his fangs together, producing a clicking sound as they continuously collided.
His black wolf face gradually became ferocious and terrifying.
“Luo Ji, I will absolutely settle this score with you!”
As night fell, the walls of Iron Wall City were brightly lit.
The soldiers who had endured a defensive battle during the day remained vigilant during their night watch, without the slightest relaxation.
Tonight, there was no moon, and thick clouds completely obscured the entire sky.
Below the sky, apart from the firelight on Iron Wall City’s walls, the hills outside the city were pitch black, utterly indistinguishable from the night.
However, just then, a soldier standing on the wall seemed to see something flicker in the darkness.
He instinctively rubbed his eyes and asked his comrade beside him.
“Hey, did you guys just see…”
His words were cut short as, accompanied by pairs of eyes glowing green in the darkness, a relentless volley of arrows swept over Iron Wall City’s wall.
The speaking soldier died instantly, struck by several arrows.
Seeing his comrades shot dead by stray arrows, one lucky soldier, not hit in a vital spot, fell onto the wall, enduring the pain to let out a furious roar.
“Enemy attack! Enemy attack!”
The hoarse shouts broke the silence of the night.
In the military camp not far from the city wall, Zhao Pan, who hadn’t been sleeping soundly, suddenly woke up upon faintly hearing shouts.
He immediately sat up from his bed.
“Enemy attack? At night?!”
Without time to think, Zhao Pan quickly donned his outer armor while striding towards the outside.
Clearly, he wasn’t the only one in the military camp who heard the shouts, many soldiers, startled like him, had already rushed out with their weapons.
“Sound the alarm! Everyone who’s awake, head straight to the city wall!”
No sooner had Zhao Pan finished speaking than several soldiers, obeying his command and rushing towards the city wall, instantly collapsed amidst screams.
In the pitch-black night, those pairs of green eyes appeared so eerie and terrifying!
“Those monsters, they’ve broken in?!”
