Chapter 503: Chapter 503: Of Gods and Ghosts
Scanning the nearby Tartar army, Hua Jin, with a cold and fierce expression, suddenly smiled slightly as she looked at the gathering troops.
Gathering together is good, the interest is almost collected, time to leave, let’s give them a final big gift, it wasn’t in vain to labor for two days in the space.
In Hua Jin’s light laughter, one Thunderfire bomb after another floated in mid-air.
"Go," with a gentle hook of her index finger, each Thunderfire bomb swiftly fell into the crowd.
"Hu-wa..." Amidst the sound accompanied by violent explosions, limbs flew, splattering onto the living warriors, pushing those who were already on the brink of collapse completely insane.
Some even went berserk, unable to distinguish friend from foe, raising their weapons to hack at the people beside them, wanting to quickly eliminate the enemies in front of them.
Seeing this scene, Hua Jin was satisfied, left the last few Thunderfire bombs, and disappeared into the night, swiftly leaving this desolate village shrouded in firelight.
The intense and dense sounds of explosions could be distinctly heard even several miles away in the state city, where several generals standing on the city wall gazed intently towards the direction of the explosion with knitted brows.
...That was precisely where the Northern Depot army was located.
"General, why don’t I lead some men to investigate," requested a deputy general.
"Fine, gather some men and go quickly, return swiftly, and report immediately if anything happens," General Li spoke after a moment of contemplation.
"Yes."
"General Li, do you think it might be the doing of the righteous warriors."
It wasn’t unreasonable for them to think so, the sounds of explosion were too familiar. In the battle during daylight, they had used Thunderfire bombs to scare the Northern Depot Tartar army out of their wits, making them scramble in panic away from the city gates.
Such things could only be possessed by the benefactors who sent the Thunderfire bombs.
The more they thought about it, the more it seemed likely, watching the team that had just set off through the opened city gates, eager for them to arrive quickly to figure out what happened?
This hundred-men team hurriedly traversed the crack heading towards the desolate village housing the Northern Depot, while Hua Jin had already passed through the crack back into the city, ignoring the tense atmosphere within the city. Still, when she saw the wild vegetable porridge, thin enough to use as a mirror, that the wounded were consuming, she ultimately couldn’t bear it.
In this year’s time, the space had harvested two crops of grain, dried countless vegetables, various eggs, as well as slaughtered a significant amount of sheep and pork, all stored in the space, not to mention the reserves from before.
Watching these soldiers at the front line risking their heads and shedding their hot blood, using their emaciated bodies to stand strong for the safety line of Lingyun State, protecting a state’s people, Hua Jin couldn’t just stand by and watch.
Without concern for exposure or wanting to waste more time, Hua Jin chose an empty space and moved out all the harvest of hundreds of acres from the space, including several heads of freshly slaughtered pork, over a hundred bags of dried vegetables, and several medicinal herbs needed desperately by the army.
...
The patrolling soldiers could hardly believe their eyes, rubbing them continuously.
"Boss, am I seeing things, did a mountain just appear out of thin air ahead?"
The one he called boss looked blankly at the small mountain ahead, clearly not comprehending what had happened.
"It seems like it," another brother said dumbfoundedly, blinking repeatedly, trying to dispel the illusion from his eyes.
A group of them stared dumbfounded at the small mountain ahead until another team arrived, waking them up.
"What’s going on here, why aren’t you moving?"
As they got closer and the torches illuminated the scene, the mountain revealed its true form, a mountain of supplies appeared before everyone’s eyes.
"What is that?"
Followed by hurried footsteps as they quickly ran into the small mountain, their eyes filled with disbelief.
The squad members, upon collecting their wits, approached the small mountain swiftly, and when they touched the food, they realized it wasn’t an illusion.
"Quick... report to the general."
Everyone stared in shock at the mountain, eyes filled with surprise and disbelief.
Such a familiar scene!
Upon seeing the enormous mountain, General Sun’s mind was occupied by the same thought.
"You say these appeared out of nowhere."
"Yes," Liao Mu’s team nodded uniformly, still somewhat bewildered.
"And you?"
"Returning General, these were here when we arrived, we didn’t see how they appeared, nor did we find anything unusual."
"General, it’s the Immortal, the Immortal’s blessing..."
A grassroots soldier from Liao Mu’s squad suddenly shouted, his eyes filled with reverence as he looked again towards the small mountain ahead.
"Yes, yes, it’s the Immortal," another person shouted.
"Nonsense, have you forgotten the military rules?" General Li scolded sternly.
Under the severe tone, the two soldiers dared not say more, shrinking and lowering their heads.
"The night is deep and dark, you’re seeing things," General Li asserted again.
"Yes," whatever the general says, we saw wrong.
Yet how to explain all these things plainly visible before everyone’s eyes?
"Undoubtedly, the benefactor who delivered us the Thunderfire bombs brought them, there’re many capable people under heaven, how would we know their methods," General Li eyed everyone and continued.
It definitely couldn’t be supernatural, the military could not afford such beliefs, lest all hope was pinned on ghosts and gods. This would lead to complacency, the most lethal on the battlefield.
Even if he had doubts in his heart, he could not allow such thoughts to circulate within the army, lest it disturbed the troops.
Upon General Li’s words, all soldiers were caught off-guard. It made sense; the Thunderfire bombs had appeared in the general’s tent without warning, accompanied by a letter explaining it was human doing.
Perhaps they were overthinking this, the thought occurred to everyone.
"Why are you still standing around, Vice-General Wang, bring more men, hurry and store these supplies" seeing the dazed people, General Li shouted.
Seeing the people move, he eagerly joined General Sun and the others, walking around the small mountain, the light in his eyes growing brighter, especially upon seeing the grain and medicinal herbs, a grin broke his face.
...these supplies solved their army’s huge dilemma.
Months of constant fighting, the grain consumption had reached a staggering amount, and what’s more, the soldiers needed strength, crucial for the war effort.
Until now, the grain wasn’t sufficient to last half a month. Despite the Lord Governor’s efforts to find a solution, who would part with their grain in these times, wouldn’t that be akin to giving away their lives.
Now with this large batch of grain, surviving a few months would be no problem, and the new grain would soon be harvested.
The generals let out a heavy sigh of relief, finally able to provide the soldiers with something more than the vegetable broth that barely reflected a shadow, referred to as porridge, which in truth was merely watery soup.
At Hua Jin’s side, upon seeing people arriving, she retreated into the distance.
There’s grain, medicine, gunpowder, and the grand gift she had delivered, with all of this Lingyun State’s warfare shouldn’t be an issue now.
Feeling reassured, Hua Jin left the state city, preparing to head home with a relaxed mind.
Being away for so many days, her family must be worried again.
The journey home was much faster than the way there, more familiar with the route, in less than two days Hua Jin appeared in Shanggu Town. Sweeping a glance at the street, now reduced to ruins, Hua Jin sighed and disappeared from there.