With that, another round of arrows was fired with so much vigor.
The madman collapsed and died on the spot.
The madman was dead and the sound of killing could be heard from the surroundings.
Shen Ling had brought 100 young sharecroppers with him. 60 were used to set up an ambush while the other 40 were responsible for opening the city gates.
From the sound they heard, the soldiers who had undergone a month of special training should have charged in by now.
Two thousand against twenty thousand!
The difference in number was quite huge, but Shen Ling wasn’t bothered at all.
“Freedom of movement!”
With his command, the surrounding young sharecroppers turned around and left the scene.
Shen Ling searched the body of the madman and found an iron body technique book.
“Wow!”
When he saw how well-preserved the book was, he took it and put it in his pocket.
Now that the madman was dead, as long as he could get hold of the chief and deal with him, he could easily win this battle.
As for the rest of the bandits…
He didn’t even have to worry about them.
“Kill!”
As soon as they entered the city, the soldiers’ morale was greatly boosted.
The front row held longswords, while the back row held crossbows. Ten people were in a group, looking after the front and back.
Under the formation that Shen Ling had arranged, the soldiers got rid of all the bandits.
Soon it was daytime.
The bandits, who had been beaten without mercy, threw off their arms and fled in panic.
They were just two thousand soldiers, but they ended up defeating the rebel army, which was ten times their own. This could be regarded as a good example of defeating the strong with the weak.
Even at that, the soldiers who participated in the battle knew that they didn’t feel so much pressure because the pressure that they should have felt was shouldered by Shen Ling and the young sharecroppers.
“We won!”
“We won!”
The soldiers began to celebrate, but the young sharecroppers remained very calm.
To them, Shen Ling was the target of the bandit. So, this battle was not worth celebrating because some of them had been injured in the process.
However, Shen Ling was very happy. “You have all performed well. Thank you so much for your hard work. It was worth it.”
When the sharecroppers heard this, they felt flattered.
Shen Ling smiled at them.
Never could he have thought that the young sharecroppers, who didn’t have a foundation in martial arts before, could have made such great progress.
What moved him even more was how loyal they all were.
It was his honor to deserve such loyalty from them.