Chapter 1323
Is this all Jiang Dalang is capable of?
Chapter 1323 Is this all Jiang Dalang is capable of?
"Bombard again!"
Whoosh—whoosh—whoosh!
Rumble rumble rumble!
Another wave of powerful weapons bombarded the cavalry, who had finally managed to assemble and launch a counterattack, and scattered them once again.
"Heroes of the Eastern Desert, rise up! Assemble! Counterattack! You bastards who ate the grain!" Bei Qideer shouted, but all that answered him were the screams of the Eastern Desert cavalry, and...
"It hurts! It hurts! Help me!"
"Killing me will hurt too much!"
The pain of being cooked is too intense; even the fiercest soldiers of the Eastern Desert cannot withstand it.
"Gather! Continue slaughtering these lowly Liangwei bastards! Liangwei are just our food, like pigs! You don't even dare to slaughter pigs?!" North Qider threatened, "Do you want your families to become slaves of the East?!"
These words were incredibly damaging. The Eastern Desert cavalry, remembering the inhuman lives of the people in the East, endured excruciating pain and fear, and shouted again: "Gather, gather! Counterattack! Kill those bastards from Liangwei!"
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
The Wei army unleashed a barrage of crossbow bolts.
Clang, clang, clang; thud, thud, thud. Some arrows were blocked by the enemy's armor, while others pierced the enemy's flesh, causing injury.
"The damage is too low, let's just charge in and hack away!" someone shouted impatiently.
"Obey orders! Attack as far as you can, and do not increase our casualties. Anyone who disobeys will be punished after the battle!" shouted Lao Tao, a centurion under Deputy General Lang.
These young lads are so impulsive, they don't value their lives at all, it infuriates him!
He shouted again, "Shoot the lower body, shoot the weakest points on the armor plates!"
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
The Wei army obeyed the order and continued their long-range attack, targeting the weak points in the enemy's armor. The effect was good, and the damage to the enemy increased.
However, the enemy forces in the Eastern Desert were numerous and powerful. Even with their intelligence and superior weaponry, the Wei army could not eliminate these several thousand enemy soldiers in a short period of time.
Whoosh, boom!
Whoosh, boom!
Whoosh, boom!
Jiang Dalang led Xu Sanjun, Miao Bo, Yao Dayan, and the elite soldiers he had personally trained to specifically target Bei Qidewei.
A fireball the size of a jujube was attached to a crossbow bolt and, with the powerful thrust of the crossbow, hurtled towards Beiqidewei.
Unfortunately, the crossbow bolts, equipped with fireballs, were heavier and had a significantly reduced range. Furthermore, Beiqidewei was heavily protected in the center, and the three fireballs only managed to injure the enemy troops on the outer perimeter.
But this also threw the enemy troops into disarray.
"The bastards Liang Wei are coming! Quickly protect the Wei royal family and retreat! We must not let the Wei royal family fall into the hands of Liang Wei, otherwise all of our families will be begging for death!" A'an Yetai shouted, mobilizing his dead soldiers to block the Wei army with their lives.
"This isn't just any grain supplier, it's Jiang Dalang!"
The moment the name Jiang Dalang was uttered, even Bei Qidewei was taken aback.
Soon, another surge of joy filled him. Remembering his grand ambition, Bei Qide said, "Quickly retreat fifty meters, then form three encirclement formations. Separate Jiang Dalang and his men in batches, surround Jiang Dalang, and capture him alive if possible, otherwise kill him. Since he's delivered himself to our doorstep, let him stay and become our spoils of war, hahaha!"
The remaining Eastern Desert cavalry and royal guards burst into laughter upon hearing this.
First Protector A'an Yetai advised, "Royal Clan member Wei, you..."
"A'an Yetai, is it really that difficult for our forces to deal with just one Jiang Dalang? Besides, we have the Divine Envoy's supervisory team; our forces are plentiful. What are you afraid of? Don't you have any ambition?" Bei Qi Dewei asked angrily, his tone full of dissatisfaction with his status and limitations. Being merely a hostage of royal family with an unknown identity was unacceptable to Bei Qi Dewei. He wanted to lead the royal family into battle like the other princes, to share in the spoils of Great Wei!
"The Great Wei has a vast territory, and new tribes will be established here. We will be allocated new lands and become new kings!" Bei Qidewei encouraged the soldiers from the Eastern Desert.
A'an Yetai was not content to be just a hostage of the royal family's bodyguard and wanted to advance further.
"By order of the Wei royal family, capture Jiang Dalang alive, make a great contribution to the war to destroy Wei, and you will be rewarded with territory!" A'an Yetai shouted.
Roar! Roar! Roar! The Eastern Desert cavalry and royal guards roared excitedly, quickening their pace and rushing towards the back of the main road.
Only after retreating a sufficient distance can they form a defensive formation and carry out interception operations in batches.
"Chase!" Jiang Dalang spurred his horse, leading ten of his most trusted men, followed by the troops of General Mu Da Mu Er, in pursuit of Bei Qi Dewei's more than a thousand soldiers.
"Brother, Commander Jiang is indeed brave. He dares to pursue more than a thousand enemy soldiers with only ten men. Isn't that courting death? Should we retreat?!" asked Second Commander Mu.
"Shut up, keep chasing. We'll see how things go. If we're about to be surrounded, we'll use a sharp weapon to escape!" Even Commander Mu felt that this pursuit was going to be very risky.
But I don't want to miss out on this big shipment, so I want to give it a shot.
"Hahaha, is this the general of Liang Wei? Nothing special, just a brave fool, doomed to die!" Bei Qidewei laughed loudly, and the first interception formation was already in place, with a full five hundred soldiers.
These five hundred soldiers alone could chop Jiang Dalang's small squad, as well as the less than one hundred Wei soldiers behind them, into mincemeat.
"Commander Jiang, we're surrounded! How are we going to fight? Give the order!" Mu Er shouted.
"Giddy up!" Jiang Dalang turned his horse around and led Xu Sanjun and the others up the mountainside on the right side of the main road.
Mu Er was dumbfounded and hurriedly called out to his brother, "Brother, brother, is he trying to take a shortcut down the mountain on horseback and charge into battle? Is he crazy?!"
Although the mountains on both sides of the main road are not cliffs, they are still difficult to traverse. What kind of riding skills do you have to dare to ride like that?
Moreover, the enemy has bows and crossbows, so there's no fear of being riddled with bullets.
"Shut up! Launch an immediate attack on the enemy and cover Commander Jiang!" Commander Mu reacted the fastest and had already led his troops to attack.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Boom!
Arrows and weapons were fired simultaneously, attacking the first five hundred cavalrymen in the encirclement formation.
But they only have sixty men against five hundred; it's a joke.
"Damn Jiang Dalang, he's ruined us!" General Mu Er's admiration for Jiang Dalang vanished instantly. He cursed and attacked the enemy, then ordered, "Fight them hard! Kill as many as you can! In half a quarter of an hour, retreat and run for your lives!"
Mu Da didn't yell "Shut up!" because he agreed to the order.
No matter what Jiang Dalang wanted to do, they could only help him for a quarter of an hour.
"Hahaha, look at this general of Wei, he's just a monkey who just came down from the mountain, he doesn't know anything about military operations!" Seeing Jiang Dalang being so crazy, A'an Yetai was in the mood to laugh.
Seeing this, Bei Qidewei also reined in his horse and stopped. Looking at Jiang Dalang, he ordered, "Fire with crossbow bolts! Shoot the horse, but don't let this great Wei general die!"
The lowly Wei scion who swiftly attacked the northern cavalry more than ten times, killing thousands of them, cannot simply die like this. He must be captured alive, humiliated, and then dragged to the front lines of the battle to be beheaded on the spot. This would crush the morale of the Wei scion and be the best way for Jiang Dalang to die.
This method of death was originally intended for General Liang, but since they couldn't find anyone with the surname Liang, they decided to use Jiang Dalang as a substitute.
"Yes, fire the arrows and shoot Jiang Dalang's warhorse!" A'anyetai called to the guards.
Very quickly, whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!
A whooshing sound rang out, but the direction seemed wrong; it appeared to be coming from behind them, specifically from the mountainside on their left.
Bei Qidewei/A'an Yetai felt his hair stand on end and instinctively turned around, shouting, "Oh no, there's something buried..."
Rumble rumble rumble rumble rumble!
Five loud bangs echoed from the mountainside on the left. It was Xue Feng's and Lan Hu's troops who, while Jiang Dalang was distracting the enemy, were crawling along the narrow mountain path, carrying small catapults and weapon packs...