Chapter 199 Thousand Pines Mountain

　　Yue Region, Thousand Pines Mountain.　　Sitting on the hillside, Bai Liang gazed at the fortified village of Thousand Pines Mountain across from him, unsure of what to do next.　　He had sent scouts to investigate, and they reported that not only was the front of the fortress guarded, but also its flanks and rear, all surrounded by an array of perilous magnetic stones known as Lei Yin. Attempting to breach such a formation would be suicidal.　　Observing the orderly patrols of the guards and the intricate traps of crossbow arrows, he could see the smoke from cooking fires wafting inside the village, and his frustration mounted.　　If only his soldiers possessed the same skills and prowess as he did, storming the defenses, disabling the traps, and dismantling the fortress would have been a cakewalk. But such idealism was far from reality.　　Glancing back at the two thousand soldiers behind him, Bai Liang struggled to devise a strategy to eradicate the power of Thousand Pines Mountain.　　Initially, he had thought it simple: his troops, well-fed and supplied by Shao Wen, would simply wait for the besieged inhabitants to run out of food. Little did he anticipate that Fu Yanghui, with his ext