Chapter 1318
Jiang Hu has found a gold mine
Chapter 1318 Commander Jiang Has Been Partnered with a Giant Gold Mine
The young men from the third village were enraged and ran towards him together.
The third chieftain was quite pleased: "Good, good, not too stupid after all, at least he knows how to escape."
No sooner had he finished speaking than he was tackled to the ground by the local mountain lads, and one of them even punched him twice in the chaos.
After hitting him, he pretended nothing had happened and looked around erratically.
"You old codger, you've completely disgraced our Third Village! Tell me, why are you so afraid of dying?!"
"He's not only afraid of death, but he also has a thing for beautiful women. He married two more wives after just one trip down the mountain!" a young villager added, expressing his disdain for the Third Village Chief's actions and scolding him, "You're a grandfather now, aren't you ashamed?!"
The third chieftain trembled with rage and roared, "How dare you hit the chieftain! You are outrageous!"
"Brother Jiang said that desertion in the face of battle is a violation of military regulations. According to military law, one can be beheaded on the spot without interrogation. We didn't behead you; we just stopped you from escaping. And you still cursed us. You have no respect for your elders!"
"You still don't know what's good for you!"
Traitors! A bunch of traitors from the mountains! The Third Chieftain was trembling with rage.
What made him even angrier was what happened next.
The mountain lads discussed among themselves, "He broke military law, shouldn't we take him to Brother Jiang for punishment?"
"Brother Jiang is very busy right now, and he probably doesn't handle this kind of thing, right?"
"Then who will take care of it?"
"Vice General Lang."
"Even Deputy General Kelang can't control this. This guy is the chieftain. It's said that if the chieftain makes a mistake, our chieftains should jointly decide and punish him. Wei generals can't interfere too much."
"You, you, you! I am your chieftain! By seniority, some of you should call me Third Grandfather! How dare you treat me like this!" The Third Chieftain was so angry he was about to have a stroke. He shouted and struggled, but he was old and useless and no match for these young men.
Two young men from the mountains sat on his back, pressing him down with their weight. If he struggled too much, they would hit him a few times.
Da da da da!
A sound of horses' hooves approached, and the vanguard scouts, led by General Mu Da and General Mu Er, arrived.
Upon seeing this, he rushed over and asked, "Are you the mountain people and soldiers? What happened? Have you captured the enemy troops from the Eastern Desert who had infiltrated our camp?!"
These mountain folk lads were all quite young, around thirteen to sixteen years old... The younger ones were the mountain folk's relatives, who had to go to the city with Aunt Wen and the others to settle down, and no matter how much they made a fuss, they couldn't fight alongside the Wei army.
Therefore, Mu Da Mu Er thought that they were young and did not know how to deal with the enemy.
"I'm innocent!" the Third Chieftain cried out with all his might, "Sir, save me! I am the Third Chieftain of the mountain village!"
Mu Da Mu Er: "..."
After some questioning and with the testimony of three of Deputy General Lang's personal guards, the identity of the Third Chieftain and his attempt to desert were confirmed.
Mu Da Mu Er despised him.
The Third Chieftain has completely lost face.
"The young men did a good job. Officer, write down their merits." Commander Mu praised the mountain lads for their clear distinction between reward and punishment.
The young men were overjoyed, their faces flushed. They pushed each other, and finally asked in unison, "We've all rendered meritorious service, so we're officially Wei soldiers now, right? Can we go to the front lines to fight the enemy?"
"No way," Commander Mu refused. "You are too young and have not received any combat training in the military camp. You are not fit to go to the front lines."
The mountain folk looked dejected.
"However, you can head towards Dongfu Town and lead the way for the Wei reinforcements." When Da Mu saw them, he looked at them as if they were Mu Er when he was just a teenager, so he gave them a trivial task.
Hmm? Just treat it as a way to appease a child.
The mountain lads were overjoyed. They stood in neat rows, performed the newly learned military etiquette of the Great Wei army, and shouted loudly, "Your subordinates obey! We will definitely complete the mission. Please rest assured, Commander!"
One of the more clever-looking ones pointed at the helmet of the Commander-in-Chief and said, "We've studied how to recognize armor; we know you're the Commander-in-Chief." The Third Chieftain: "..."
What a disgrace! The foolish way these younger generation fawned over the Wei army is utterly disgracing the Third Stronghold!
However, he dared not say it aloud, because he could not defeat these troublesome juniors, let alone the proper Wei army.
"Take the military flag and my personal letter, and go find Commander Zhen and the others... Waiter, give them one of the extra warhorses," said Commander Mu.
These two vanguard troops were fully equipped and even brought several empty horses as backup.
"Give us warhorses? Really?!" The mountain lads were ecstatic, their eyes shining as they looked at General Mu Daqi, leaning forward as if they wanted to pounce on him.
General Mu nodded: "Okay, go ahead."
"Yes, thank you!" The oldest young man from the mountains came out and took the things and the warhorse.
Before he could say anything more, Commander Mu Da, along with Mu Er and sixty vanguard soldiers, rode off to the front lines.
"Hey... the Commander-in-Chief has left. We haven't asked him yet what to do with that old geezer."
The third chieftain jumped up and said, "If you keep calling me 'old bastard' like that, I'll punish you according to the mountain rules!"
"Hmph, we're going to join the Wei army, you can't punish us then!" the youngest mountain villager retorted, hands on his hips.
The third village chief was so angry that he felt dizzy. He wanted to curse again, but the young mountain men ignored him.
"Gather up, gather up, let's go, we still need to pick up Commander Zhen, don't waste time with him, it'll be embarrassing if someone sees us!"
"Yes, yes, gather together, let's set off on our mission!"
The mountain folk were overjoyed, and the whole group (about thirty people) ran away.
The Third Chieftain: "...Come back! If you die, your families will come after me!"
However, nobody paid any attention to him.
"Wait, I'm going to complain to Deputy General Lang!" The Third Chieftain had no other choice but to utter this empty threat.
However, there were other mountain villagers at the back of the group who were not very good at fighting, and when they saw him say this and take a few steps forward, they hurriedly reminded him: "Third Chief, you can't leave. If you leave, it will be desertion in the face of battle, and it will make all of us mountain villagers lose face!"
The three village chiefs went mad, roaring, "I didn't intend to run away... Ahhh!"
Halfway through his sentence, a series of loud rumbling noises erupted. The Third Chieftain had never heard such a sound before, and he screamed in fright, covering his head and lying prone on the ground.
After a while, he calmed himself down, looked around, and asked, "What's going on? Is the mountain god angry and the mountain has collapsed?"
The mountain people shook their heads: "We don't know."
Jiang Dalang was all too familiar with this booming sound... This was the divine weapon that enabled Dasheng to dominate the world, made in Yunfu—a cannon!
Su Su... still decided to introduce artillery.
"Blue Tiger, lead your troops to the location of the loud noise and bring back the person who threw the object. I have questions for you!" Jiang Dalang ordered.
"Yes." Mountain dweller Lan Hu led one of his troops and rode off in the direction from which the loud noise came.
About fifteen minutes later, they met the two chief officers, Mu Da and Mu Er, and learned that they had brought gunpowder weapons.
This powerful weapon was made by Qin Dongjia.
"Such a powerful weapon was actually made by our commander's fiancée!" Blue Tiger was shocked, but also grinned with delight, feeling as if 'our commander has found a gold mine'.
Commander Mu Er looked on with a sour expression: "That's right, your Commander Jiang has hooked up with a big shot."
Good heavens, what kind of fate does Jiang Dalang have? Not only is he valued by all the generals and commanders, but he also has such a great help from Qin Dongjia.
Jiang Qianhu has become so successful that they are filled with envy, jealousy, and hatred.