Chapter 1319
They want us to do their work for free
Chapter 1319 They want us to do their work for free
Blue Tiger and his companions felt honored upon hearing this.
Qin Dongjia is a gold mine; they've already witnessed the great benefits he can bring to people last year.
Because of Qin Dongjia, the mountain people met many important people, received many benefits from the imperial court, and were given supplies for free by many powerful and wealthy families.
To put it simply, although there were many conflicts among the villages in the mountains last year, the Lunar New Year was the most prosperous one they had ever experienced. The villagers saw many food, clothing, and other items that they had never had before.
"Commander Jiang's order!" Lan Hu hurriedly got down to business: "Please send the personnel who deployed the bombardment weapons to report the situation in detail!"
"Understood." Commander Mu Er replied, but did not leave immediately. Instead, he continued to use his sharp weapons to help the Wei army defeat the enemy.
We're all normal people, not crazy, so we have to defeat the enemy first before we can report back.
"Report! The catapults have been turned!" On the front lines of the battlefield, the supply battalion had already turned the two catapults to the left and right sides according to the orders of Commander Bai and Mu Da Mu Er.
"Xiao Er, let's personally adjust the position and aim, and make sure to achieve the greatest result with one shot!" Chief Commander Mu called to Mu Er, went to the catapult, closed one eye, adjusted the position with his hand, and shouted, "Fire!"
"put!"
Whoosh-!
Whoosh-!
As soon as the armorer loosened the rope, the lever arm carried the stone and the eight-pound gunpowder pack... Without the stone, it wouldn't work. A single gunpowder pack wouldn't be heavy enough, and the throwing distance would be shortened. It might even deviate from its course due to the wind, which could greatly reduce the casualties on the enemy.
Boom—!
Boom—!
With two loud bangs, another 30% of the cavalry on the left and right flanks of the east were overturned. Combined with the previous 30% of the cavalry that had been feigning an attack from the flanks, the two cavalry units that had been attacking from the flanks were now completely scattered.
Da Liao and Dong Er Tu were stunned, staring in disbelief at the cavalry they led... men and horses were thrown about, some were even killed, and some had severed limbs and heads scattered around.
"Retribution?" Dong Ertu recalled this phrase.
In order to make up for the annual tribute of meat and grain, the eastern regions would go to the large market at Dingmangtai Pass every year to buy Wei people...
When they didn't have enough servants under the death contracts, they resorted to deceiving and kidnapping the people of Dawei.
When a citizen of the Great Wei learned that he was to become sacrificial meat, he cursed them, saying, "You beasts! You will be punished for doing such a thing against the natural order! Your descendants will be punished too!"
After being scolded so much, Dong Ertu learned the word "retribution".
Dong Ertu, his father, and the Easterners in charge of meat and grain offerings never took these words to heart. They believed that they were protected by gods in the Eastern Desert, and that killing as many people as they wanted would only bring divine protection, without any retribution.
But at this moment, the Second Turk of Dongguan truly witnessed retribution!
"Arise! Heroes of the eastern part of the Eastern Desert, rise! Gather yourselves! Continue the attack on the right flank of Liangwei! We must not disgrace the people of the East! Be loyal to the Eastern Desert!" Dong Ertu struggled to his feet, raised his knife and bow, and touched the poison pouch he carried with him: "Prepare to perish together with the bastards of Liangwei! With the death of Liangwei, we will complete our path to godhood!"
"Gather! Kill that bastard Liang Wei! We can't let the Easterners down!"
"We can't afford to add any more crimes or punishments to the people of the East!"
"Charge! Kill that bastard Wei!"
The two hundred surviving cavalrymen of the Eastern Second Slaughter Division roared and continued their charge toward the right flank of the Wei army.
The same was true for the eastern cavalry of the Da Liao tribe. The remaining three hundred or so cavalrymen either rode on horseback or charged forward, all in the hope of perishing together with the Wei army.
The Wei army's left and right flanks were actually the mountain people of the Eighth, Tenth, and First Villages led by Aunt Alan; as well as the mountain people led by the Fourth and Twelfth Village Chiefs. This was the first time they had witnessed the ferocity of the enemy army from the Eastern Desert.
but……
Aunt Alan shouted, "Mountain people, think of the tragedy that happened in the old village! How many of us have been harmed by them! Kill these bastards for me! With the help of Wei's weapons, we will not lose!!"
"Hey, you woman, don't be impulsive! Don't rush forward! They might have poison. We need to attack from a distance first!" Uncle He shouted, extremely anxious.
His wife tends to act recklessly when she gets into a fight.
But this kind of big battle is not a brawl; you have to pay attention to formations and advances and retreats, and you can't be reckless!
"Where's the antidote? Have you figured it out yet? You've spent your whole life studying medicine, but you can't do anything about the enemy's poison. You're utterly useless!" Aunt Alan yelled at him.
"..." Uncle He shouted again, "Use the poison I gave you for a long-range attack, weaken them with the poison, and then finish them off with arrows!"
"Quickly, quickly, send poison to General Alan!" Uncle Ahe called to the mountain medical team and the mountain villagers and laborers, who carried poison bags on their backs and ran towards Aunt Alan's place.
"Don't send them all over here. Send a batch to the Fourth Chieftain and the others as well. We must hold the left and right flanks. This is a matter of face for our mountain stronghold!" Aunt Alan shouted again.
That old hag is still so competitive.
"I already sent someone to deliver it. You focus on fighting the enemy and stop shouting back and forth. What kind of general is like you?!" Uncle He reminded her, truly afraid that this woman would be ambushed.
"Enough with the nonsense!" Aunt Alan yelled as she strapped poison to the large iron arrow on the crossbow and aimed at Da Liao (who wore the most impressive armor, so he must be an official): "Pull, pull back... release!"
Whoosh-!
The large iron crossbow bolt struck like lightning, piercing Da Liao's chest with a whoosh and sending him flying backward off his horse.
Ding! The large iron crossbow bolt sank deep into the soil.
With a bang, the force shattered the poison pouch attached to the crossbow bolt... Da Liao wasn't dead yet, just severely injured. He saw the countless tiny insects crawling out of the poison pouch, inhaled a few breaths of poison, and closed his eyes.
Whether he was dead, poisoned, or terrified by the thousands of tiny insects, his eyes were closed.
"General Da Liao!" the cavalrymen shouted, their fighting spirit broken... Their general was dead, and their thousand cavalrymen had been reduced to only three hundred. What harm could they possibly do to the hundreds of thousands of Wei soldiers?
Thump thump thump, thump thump thump!
A strange drumbeat erupted; it was Bei Qidewei ordering his men to beat the war drums, reminding them to charge!
If they don't charge, the people of the East will be sentenced to death... Every household in the East will have to send one person out to be slaughtered.
"Heroes of the East, charge!" The remaining cavalrymen spontaneously formed ranks and continued to charge towards the Wei army.
Jiang Dalang frowned as he looked on... What were the Beiqi brothers trying to do by sending this group of eastern troops into such a meaningless death battle?
"Immediately issue the order to launch a long-range attack on this group of troops in the east. After killing them and completing the disinfection, no one is allowed to touch the people or things belonging to these eastern troops... to prevent them from carrying the virus!"
He suspected that this group of enemy troops from the east were spreading the plague, and that was the only reason why so many cavalrymen were worth sacrificing.
"Yes, sir!" The messengers hurriedly spurred their horses forward, shouting the order repeatedly: "Commander Jiang Qianhu's order: launch a long-range attack on the eastern cavalry. Make sure to get close to this eastern enemy force, as they may be carrying poisonous germs!"
These words infuriated the Wei soldiers.
If the enemy carries the virus, they won't be able to collect the loot: "Our money, our equipment, we're going to lose it all!"
"Damn the enemy's ancestors! Launch a long-range attack, bomb them to death!!"
You can be ruthless or hard to kill, but you can't pollute our spoils and make us do all the work for nothing!