Chapter 1327
Royal Tokens
Chapter 1327 Royal Tokens
"Giddy up, speed up... watch out for enemy traps!" several commanders shouted, and thousands of Wei soldiers spurred their horses and galloped away, following Jiang Dalang, Lan Hu, Xu Sanjun and the others to avoid the traps.
Meanwhile, Beiqidel was indeed leading his remaining troops to collect Beiqidewei's body parts: "We must find Beiqidewei's head, neck, and lower back remains, and dig out the royal tokens, otherwise not only you, but even I, a member of the Northern Royal Family, will be punished!"
"Yes."
"Yes."
"Yes."
The hundreds of remaining cavalry responded and dispersed around the bombed area, searching meter by meter for the remains of Bei Qidewei.
However, there were too many corpses, so after finding a bunch, we asked North Chidel to come and identify them.
Although Beiqideer could eat meat, he became furious when he sorted through more than a dozen pieces and still couldn't find Beiqidewei's body parts.
Even if they are angry, they must continue searching, otherwise if the body parts carrying the token fall into the hands of Liang Wei, they will lose face when the decisive battle begins.
A little over fifteen minutes later, Bei Qide finally found Bei Qide Wei's remains, the lower leg, but there was no token on it, so he could only put it in a leather bag and shout, "Hurry up and find it! Find the head, the back of the neck, and the lower back first, quick!"
The Wei army is numerous and powerful. Even if Bei Qide La takes the divine medicine, he won't last long. They must find the token and the remains of the corpse as soon as possible and take away the face of Dongmo!
"Yes!" his remaining soldiers responded, almost crawling on the ground as they searched for over twenty meters.
But the force has a very long reach; with a violent explosion, it can fly from this village to a neighboring village.
"Extend another twenty meters, hurry up and search!" Bei Qideer listened intently. The sounds of battle between the two armies had subsided considerably. It seemed that Bei Qideer and his men had already been wiped out, and they didn't have much time left to collect the corpses.
"Do you still have any poison or germs on you? Take them all out and scatter them all over this area. Give Liang Wei a lesson before you leave!" Bei Qideer was a very competent enemy force. When two armies clash, they should use every means to kill the other side.
Martial virtue?
Nonsense! In a life-or-death battle, what's with all this talk of morality? Do you think your own casualties aren't bad enough?
"Yes!" The remaining soldiers scrambled to find something, but highly poisonous substances were hard to come by. The divine physician's poisonous medicine had already been given to Bei Qi Dewei to set traps. These remaining soldiers only had a packet of potent sleeping potion or filth to smear on their knives, which would cause the Wei army's wounds to fester and become difficult to heal.
"Gather the medicines together, and light the sleeping pill pack before leaving. The smoke will help us hold off the Wei army for at least three-quarters of an hour... Because of the poison in the flames, the Wei army is already hesitant to act, and they are too scared to charge forward when they encounter any poison or smoke!"
This thing has a brain; it must be killed. We absolutely cannot let it return to the Eastern Desert alive.
The Wei army that was to kill him arrived quickly.
"Reporting to the royal family, it's Jiang Dalang! Jiang Dalang is back, and he's brought a large number of Wei cavalry!" The enemy scout returned to report, his words somewhat incoherent.
They witnessed the power of the Heavenly Thunder Weapon, and Jiang Dalang possessed such a weapon.
They were afraid of being blown to pieces.
"You dog slave, can't you even give a proper report?!" If it weren't for the current shortage of troops, Beiqider would have roasted him long ago. He then asked, "How long until Jiang Dalang arrives? How many troops does he have? A hundred men?"
Previously, Jiang Dalang, that lunatic, only brought a hundred or so men to carry out the blitzkrieg, so he probably won't bring too many soldiers this time either.
Hey, you're wrong about that. This time, Jiang Dalang is rich. He brought a full five thousand cavalrymen!
"Five thousand cavalry? Has Liang Wei gathered all its warhorses together?" Bei Qideer was shocked, but he believed it and hurriedly ordered: "Scouts, continue to check the marching distance of Liang Wei; the rest of the Eastern Desert heroes, quickly pile up all the corpses, prepare oil, and burn all the corpses. Liang Wei will not get the bodies of my Eastern Desert royal family!"
"Yes!" The remaining soldiers went off to carry out the orders.
But when it came to the final step, they could only gather a little over eight pounds of kerosene. The body parts weighed three to five hundred pounds, and since they were raw, they were difficult to burn. Eight pounds of kerosene wouldn't even be enough to cook them properly, let alone burn them.
Rumble rumble rumble!
Three thunderous booms stunned the remnants of the Eastern Desert army. Bei Qider hurriedly ordered, "Pile the leather, cloth, and firewood onto the mountain of corpses, pour oil on them, and intensify the fire! Quickly! Prepare to mount your horses, two or three people per horse, and leave immediately to rejoin the main army!"
North Qider hurriedly gave the order, and he had already mounted his horse, ready to flee... That weapon could attack from a distance, with a range of tens of meters. If he was too slow, he would really be blown to pieces!
He didn't want to break himself.
With a splash, the remnants of the Eastern Desert soldiers hurriedly poured kerosene on the body parts and lit them. With a hiss and a whoosh, flames shot up, igniting the kerosene-soaked body parts, cloth, leather, firewood, sleeping pill packets, and other items.
"Mount up and go!" Bei Qideer shouted, already galloping several meters ahead. The rest of the enemy troops from the Eastern Desert also mounted their horses and galloped away from the area.
They didn't wait for the scouts from the Eastern Desert.
So much so that when one of the scouts returned to report the news, he only saw the fire; all his comrades were gone.
He inhaled too much of the drug smoke and collapsed to the ground with a thud.
Boom boom boom!
"There's poison! Hold your breath and go around!" Jiang Dalang and his men chased after them and saw the enemy soldiers suddenly collapse. Looking at the different colored smoke rising from the fire, they realized there was something in the fire.
"Commander Zhen, Commander Feng, Commander Ling, and Commander Zhao, you must quickly detour and kill Bei Qideer. Use sharp weapons to kill him... Beware of the enemy's hidden supervisory team!"
Wherever there is a war, there are supervisory teams, and these teams may resort to underhanded tactics.
"Hey!" Zhen, Feng, Ling, Zhao and the others were very happy.
Especially Feng Lingzhao and the other two, none of them had any military merits yet. Jiang Dalang ordered them to pursue the enemy royal family, which was an opportunity for them to make merits.
Fan and Fan had both already earned military merits and spoils of war, so they readily led their troops to stay behind, preparing to extinguish the fire, salvage the body parts, and find Bei Qidewei's head and the royal token.
If found, the military merit will be even greater.
"Charge!" Commander Zhen shouted, and Commanders Ling and Feng, not to be outdone, led the vanguard with the best horsemen and chased after them at full speed.
After a short while, the remnants of the Northern Qider tribe came into view... two or three people on a warhorse, their speed was greatly reduced.
Bang bang bang bang!
There is no camaraderie in the Eastern Desert, especially in life-or-death situations. Two or three men riding a single warhorse would fight amongst themselves, pushing dozens of Eastern Desert soldiers to the ground.
"Thump!" The Eastern Desert soldier who had been pushed off cursed, nocked his arrows, and charged towards his comrades who were riding away.
Zhen, Feng, Ling, and their two companions, along with their Wei soldiers, were all shocked: "..."
"A bunch of bastards! Quickly bring the small projectiles and blast them!" Commander Zhen ordered, recalling the incident of the enemy troops in Dongfu Town throwing bones at them. He didn't want to let any enemy soldier go.
They're not human; letting one go could lead to a dozen more murders!
Small catapults were carried by warhorses and could be used without assembly.
In just a short while...
Rumble rumble rumble!
Three powerful weapons were unleashed, blasting down the slowest dozen or so enemy cavalrymen.
"Continue the pursuit! When you get close to these fallen enemy soldiers, shoot them with arrows!" Commander Xiao Ling said, and took the lead in rushing out to chase the enemy.