Chapter 1748 You Said You Loved Setting Fireworks Off the ...
Li Zhengshang opened his mouth but couldn''t get a single word out. He was utterly shocked and
could only nod.
There was no point in talking to mercenary soldiers about loyalty, because they didn''t care for this at
all.
They only had eyes for money!
He finally understood why Jiang Ning allowed Li Genhong to tell their soldiers that they were going
to fight a bitter war with the Purple Moon Mercenary Army.
It was a ploy to filter out those men who would run in times of trouble!
But many people would not have passed this test.
If everyone really made a run for it and the Purple Moon Mercenary Army came to attack, then that
was as good as Li Zhengshang digging his own grave.
He would have been buried in no time!
But Jiang Ning wasn''t going to let that sort of thing happen, because he was in control of the
situation.
At the same time, he was in control of human nature.
Time continued to tick by and more people decided to leave, but the number of people leaving
started to decrease. The remaining few were those with greater determination, more principled and
with a greater sense of responsibility.
Since they had epted payment, they had to stick to their paymasters to the very end, even if they
might die in the battle the next day.
After some time, the number finally stabilized at just over a hundred men. Nearly two-thirds of the
soldiers had run away!
That meant that Li Zhengshang''s hard work before was just an illusion and didn''t mean anything.
Li Zhengshang med himself for it, but he also knew that Jiang Ning was giving him a chance to
make a mistake and correct it. And he also knew that this would be the only chance that Jiang Ning
would give him!
Meanwhile.
At the Purple Moon Mercenary Army''s campsite.
Halen was in high spirits. He was always in the best mood just before a battle!
The five troops were all ready to go. He was going to lead the men over first thing the next morning
to trample Li Zhengshang and his men underfoot.
He was already having trouble controlling himself.
The sound of a woman moaning away in the room would arouse any man.
"Attack! Attack!" shouted Halen furiously, and just at the most critical moment...
KABOOM!
There was a terrifyingly loud explosion outside and it was ear deafening.
Halen got a shock and shuddered violently. He felt like a deted balloon now and didn''t feel any
more excitement.
He looked down but couldn''t get it up anymore, and he became even more furious.
"What happened?! What''s going on?!" shouted Halen as he pulled up his pants and was about to go
out to take a look when another ground shattering explosion urred.
BOOM!
BOOM!
BOOM!
mes shot through the sky!
This was exactly the hour when everyone was sound asleep. Nobody expected to be secretly
attacked in the night.
The terrifying sts woke everyone up as mes lit up the entire campsite and struck fear in their
hearts.
"Put out the fire! Put out the fire!"
"Who did this?! Get them! Damn it!"
"Who did this?! Get them!!"
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Everyone was in an uproar and it was utter chaos.
Some were rescuing others, some were trying to put out the fire, some were trying to locate the
culprits. They were disorganized and disorderly, making the entire campsite even messier than it
already was.
It took nearly an hour to get the fire under control. All of them were exhausted and covered in
sweat, but they still couldn''t catch the culprits.
"Increase the level of vignce!"
"Troops One, Three and Five, get some rest! Two and Four shall take turns to patrol the ce! If
you find anybody suspicious, capture him and kill him on the spot!"
They had to fight a battle in the morning, so even though they didn''t think much of Li Zhengshang''s
troop, they still had to conserve some energy for the fight anyway.
Far from the campsite.
Several men had been lying behind a hill motionless for a long time now.
"Who''s going to set the second fire?” Brother Gou''s voice was soft, but everyone could hear him.
"Number Eight, I remember you love setting off fireworks the most?"