Chapter 46: The First Battle

  "Counterattack" The opponent has made a move, so Geli naturally won't hold back. Liu Yu and the remaining three wolf tribe warriors all picked up their bows and arrows and fired a barrage in the direction of the incoming arrowheads. Archery is a compulsory course for every candidate, and Liu Yu had used his bow and arrow to hunt many times before in the Desa Mountains, so his aim was still quite accurate.

  The Farnese archers opposite them did not remain idle either, they also shot several rows after the first arrow.

  However, the bushes here are relatively tall and large, and the warriors on both sides have not stood up. At first, neither side was very clear about the other's exact position, so they were all blind shots, and the possibility of hitting them naturally became very low.

  After several rounds of shooting, both sides stopped at the same time. After all, the number of arrows is limited and cannot be wasted in this wilderness where there is no place to replenish. Liu Yu's side had no casualties, and the other side was probably about the same.

  The hidden wolf warrior to the right front, who had been hiding all along, spoke out again. He hadn't made a move in the previous battle, so the enemy didn't detect his position either. At this time, the voice he transmitted meant that the enemy should retreat.

  Liu Yu looked far away to several tens of meters outside, and it seemed that the grass bushes on the other side were also swaying slightly, which should be the opponent's retreat in a hurry and accidentally trampling these grasses.

  Liu Yu suddenly stood up from the grass, drew his bow into a full moon shape, and poured all his energy into the arrowhead. A golden light shot through the air like lightning, rushing towards the distant grass thicket, and then disappeared without a sound.

  "Bullseye!" Liu Yu's heart leapt with joy, his arrow infused with martial energy would normally explode if it didn't hit flesh, now there was no reaction, indicating that he had gained something.

  Ke Liu Yu hadn't had time to feel happy when he suddenly felt himself lose balance and heavily thud onto the ground. Then, seven or eight arrows flew over his head and shot into the ground beside him. Two of the arrows were accompanied by a red glow, blasting open a patch of ground. Clearly, the enemy scouts had also infused their arrows with internal energy when they shot them.

  The opponent fired a row of arrows, and immediately followed with another row. Liu Yu, who was on the ground, sensed the fluctuation in the air and quickly jumped to a few meters away. A figure also jumped to a few meters away like him, and the small piece of land just now was directly shot into a porcupine by seven or eight arrows.

  The four wolf tribe warriors who had not been attacked all took action, shooting out a number of arrows from two directions to attack the enemy in front of them, and the enemy in front fell silent after the second row of shots.

  "Lucky" Liu Yu took a deep breath. Then, there was a commotion behind him, and when he turned around, dozens of Wolf Tribe warriors and two Mongol warriors had arrived.

  Geli made a gesture to the two tribesmen behind him, indicating that they should move forward with their heads bowed and not reveal themselves. Then Geli gave Liu Yu a fierce stare before leading his troops forward.

  Liu Yu realized that he had been careless just now, and the habits developed from years of hunting in the Desa Mountains almost got him into trouble. The opposing side was a scout squad strictly selected by the Fano Empire, not the Desa Mountain horned rabbits who would only escape without fighting back.

  He stood up completely when he shot the last arrow, and his height of about 1.8 meters in this bush was really too conspicuous, directly becoming a living target for the opponent, fortunately, Geli directly pounced on him to save his life.

  Dozens of warriors rushed to the place where Fanode had just scouted, but the other side had already retreated. Only one corpse of a Fanode soldier wearing blue military uniform and light leather armor was left on the ground, nailed to the ground by an arrow from his back. There were many arrows shot by Liu Yu and others inserted into the ground around the corpse.

  Gelei approached the dead soldier, pulled out the arrow, turned him over, and rummaged through his body. He pulled out a piece of iron medal-like thing, took a look at it, and casually threw it to Liu Yu.

  "Soldier Alexander, killed one enemy, meritorious once." After Geli announced Liu Yu's military achievements to the surroundings, he ordered the troops to continue advancing.

  The arrows used by the Bimon warriors and the wolf tribe warriors are different. The Bimon is far superior to the wolfman in terms of strength, so his arrows are heavier and longer than those of the wolfman, making them easy to distinguish.

  "Oh, ah" The temporary camp of the night patrol team, a tent occasionally transmitted painful moans. Liu Yu was lying on the ground mat, hurting and shouting non-stop, at this time his back was covered with a thin layer of white blanket, faintly visible some bloodstains.

  Liu Yu's heart was filled with regret, thinking that he had gotten away with just a glare from Geli after recklessly shooting an arrow earlier. But to his surprise, when they set up camp in the evening, Geli publicly announced that Liu Yu would be punished with ten lashes for violating military rules. Liu Yu thought that his merits could offset his mistakes, but Geli said that in the army, rules and achievements cannot cancel each other out.

  Liu Yu, who finally knew he was in the wrong, could only take off his clothes and be flogged ten times in public. Before, it was just fighting with monsters and orcs in the Desa Mountains, wearing a leather armor on his body, but this time he was flogged without any protection, the pain was simply "endless", Liu Yu, who had been lying for half a night, still hadn't recovered.

  This time when King Kuo gave Liu Yu a few bottles of medicine, they were all reserved for life-saving purposes at critical moments. Looking at the situation today, it is indeed dangerous on this border, and these medicines will definitely be useful. Liu Yu didn't dare to use these precious medicines to treat these flesh wounds, so he could only endure.

  It's still better than the Mongolian army's treatment of the wounded, Liu Yu has a separate tent tonight and can scream in pain freely. Before going to bed, Ivan came to mock Liu Yu again, making him so angry that he puffed his beard and glared with his eyes, but he couldn't take revenge like this, he could only secretly swear that once he recovered, he would definitely find trouble for him.

  "Does it hurt a lot?" Just as Liu Yu was calculating how to collect the debt from Ivan, he suddenly heard a voice coming from behind him in the fire watchtower. He hastily turned his head and prepared to stand up and greet them.

  "No need, you're injured and don't have to get up. Military etiquette isn't absolute." Ge Li said calmly as he pressed down on Liu Yu who was trying to get up.

  "It's Huo Wei, sir." Liu Yu could only respond with a sentence. In fact, he didn't want to get up in the first place. The wound on his back still made it very inconvenient for him to stand up. Moreover, this whip was personally wielded by Ge Li, and since his rebirth, no one had ever hit him before. He hadn't expected that just a few days after joining the army, he would suffer such punishment.

  So Liu Yu knew that Ge Li had saved his life and was punished for it, but he still didn't get along with Ge Li in his heart.

  "Little one, you resent me?" Ge Rui asked with a seemingly amused yet concerned expression as he gazed at Liu Yu's pained and groaning figure.

  "Under him dare not" Liu Yu turned his head and took a look at Ge Li's faintly smiling face, and he wanted to beat him up.

  "Haha, want to hit me?" Geli saw Liu Yu's eyes brighten with a big smile. Upon hearing this, Liu Yu became even more dissatisfied, just as he was about to say something, Geli stopped him.

  "You should have been aware of this when you joined the military camp. If you do something wrong, you must take responsibility for it. This is not a training ground where the guards tell you to go and fight monsters, but actually protect you everywhere, even if you encounter powerful monsters, nothing will happen to you. But that's not the case here." Glei's voice suddenly became stern, his face, which was originally covered with brown hair, looked somewhat ferocious at this moment.

  "This is the front line, this is the border. Our opponents are the elite warriors handpicked from tens of thousands of troops by the Fano Empire. One careless move and you could lose your life. Just because I can save you today doesn't mean I'll be able to save you next time. Your life belongs to you, don't joke about it. The rules in the army were bought with the blood of countless soldiers, following them won't harm you." Geli suddenly spoke out a reasoning that left Liu Yu speechless.

  Liu Yu thought carefully and realized that the few arrows from today almost brushed past his body, if not for Ge Li's timely intervention, he might have really seen the beast god.

  In his previous life, he was inexplicably struck by lightning. Fortunately, Alexander's body gave him a chance to be reborn. This life is not easy to come by. If he's not careful next time, he may not have the opportunity to be reborn again. Even if there is, he doesn't want to experience the feeling of death again.

  "Huo Wei, I was wrong." Liu Yu was also a person who understood reason, and once his sense of justice had passed, he naturally didn't hold a grudge against Ge Li anymore. He just considered the ten lashes as the price for buying his life back, and so he let it go.

  "Alright, remember that our opponents are not ordinary Farnese soldiers..." After Greed left, having lectured Liu Yu for a few sentences, the latter's discontent dissipated and he was able to sleep soundly.

  Afterwards, Liu Yu and his men continued to patrol the border. Each patrol team of the Beastman Kingdom had to inspect a 300-mile border, ensuring that no large forces of Fanaled stealthily crossed the border. Each such patrol lasted nearly half a month.

  Fanojde's border patrol team also shoulders the same task, and the border line between the two countries is not very clear. From time to time, the patrol teams of the two countries will collide with each other.

  Liu Yu heard that the scouting teams of Farnode were at least as strong as a three-stage Dou Shi, and some officers even had the strength of a five-stage Dou Jiang. Adding to this, their scouting numbers were generally slightly higher than those of the Beast Tribe, so when the two armies met, the Beast Tribe would not usually take the initiative to attack.

  On the other hand, the beast tribe's cultivation of Qi is generally higher, and Fanord's scouting team also dare not act rashly. Therefore, it is usually after a few rounds of blind shooting that both sides withdraw. After the scouts on both sides withdrew, the patrol teams behind them naturally changed direction and proceeded.

  After several months of patrolling, Liu Yu and the Farnese Empire scouts had a few encounters that all ended in blind shooting. However, Liu Yu's luck was good, and he gained something from each blind shot, with the military department recording that he killed four Farnese soldiers. This made Liu Yu idly calculate his own military achievements like a local landlord, thinking about what rewards the kingdom could give him.