Chapter 1328
Don't make us get less of the powerful weapons
Chapter 1328 Don't make us get less of the powerful weapons
"Bei Ying, you lead your troops to stay behind and hold off the Wei army for me. After my royal family escapes, I will divide half of my family fortune equally among your families!" Bei Qideer offered a large sum of money to protect him in order to save his life.
Most of the remaining soldiers were tempted after hearing this, but a small number of them still wanted to live.
After hesitating for a few moments, Bei Ying stopped: "All troops, halt, turn around, form ranks, block the grain supply for the Northern Qider royal family, and be loyal to the Eastern Desert!"
Their 30,000 cavalrymen went out but suffered a crushing defeat. The Eastern Desert Emperor would not accept this result, and they would not have a good end if they returned. It would be better for them to die in battle and at least gain a good reputation for being loyal to the Eastern Desert.
Eighty percent of the remaining soldiers pondered for a moment and then obeyed the order to stop.
The remaining 20% of the soldiers continued to flee for their lives... Some were terrified by the sharp weapons, while others were too young to face death.
Even if they were to die at any moment, all they wanted to do at this moment was escape!
After galloping away for a while, a series of thunderous sounds came from behind.
Rumble rumble rumble rumble rumble!
It sounded like thunder in summer, rolling and exploding in my ears.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh, the sound of sharp arrows.
The sound of knives and axes chopping flesh and bones.
Bei Ying and over three hundred remaining soldiers were all killed by the Wei army.
Hearing these sounds, the remaining 20% of the soldiers became even more terrified, their minds turning to mush.
"Retribution! This is retribution for eating meat! Those who cannot eat meat, as Liang Wei said, will suffer retribution for eating the spirit of all things!"
A remnant soldier from the Eastern Desert shouted these words.
After shouting, he stopped his horse and stood still, holding his broadsword to his neck, but he remembered that he was a hero of the Eastern Desert.
In the end, he dared not commit suicide, but turned around and ran towards the Wei soldiers he had killed: "I have done my utmost for the Eastern Desert, I beg the Emperor of the Eastern Desert not to punish my family!"
Swish, swish, swish, he was riddled with bullets and died.
"Stay away from him, don't touch the corpse, lest you get poisoned and infected! Continue pursuing Beiqidel, that thing is just ahead!" Commander Xiao Ling shouted, spurring his horse to chase after them again.
Just as they were about to catch up with Bei Qidewei, a volley of arrows suddenly came from the side of the mountain.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
Bei Qidewei and his warhorse were both struck by arrows and quickly fell to the ground, convulsing and throbbing, spitting out blood and foam as they died.
"Retreat! Retreat! There are still enemy troops hiding here. They are highly poisonous!" Commander Xiao Ling shouted, leading fifty elite vanguard soldiers, turning their horses around and galloping back.
They ran for more than twenty meters before daring to stop. After reuniting with Zhen Qianhu and the others, they formed a shield formation to defend against arrows that might come from the mountain before continuing to advance towards the place where Beiqider had been killed.
"Medic, clear the toxic fog!"
They stopped five meters away from the body of North Chidel, had the medic prepare a solution to clear the poisonous fog, and then sent the vanguard of the suicide squad to spray the solution.
Fortunately, this deadly poison requires open wounds, so after clearing the poisonous mist from the air and wearing face and head coverings, the vanguard of the suicide squad was able to touch the corpses.
"Use the medicinal liquid to wash him twice from top to bottom, clean off the remaining poison on the armor, and then we can drag the body back. The armor can be reused!" the medic shouted, instructing the vanguard of the suicide squad on how to do it.
"As long as we can keep wearing the armor," the vanguard of the suicide squad laughed.
They were very poor, and not every soldier who went to the battlefield could wear iron armor. Therefore, capturing a set of iron armor made the Wei army happier than killing twenty enemies.
Commander Zhen and his men were also busy, mustering their troops to go up the mountain and check for traces of the enemy forces hidden in the shadows. However, after the fifty divine messengers killed Bei Qideer, they left to join the main army.
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Half an hour later, Commander Zhen and his troops returned and reported to Jiang Dalang: "Commander, there are signs of human activity on the side of the mountain and on the mountaintop. There are also many bloodstains, surviving internal organs, and heads on the mountaintop. Judging from their appearance, they are people from the Eastern Desert, but not from the East."
The people from the east look very much like the Wei people, but the facial features they found on their heads are completely different from those of the Wei people, so they can conclude that they are from other tribes in the Eastern Desert.
"Judging from the tracks, this group of Eastern Desert soldiers has headed towards Tianmang Prefecture, probably to join up with the Eastern Desert army. This area is safe for now."
Zhen Qianhu and his men reported their findings to Jiang Dalang, who was the commander of this small-scale skirmish and all participants had to obey him and inform him of the military situation.
Jiang Dalang said, "Let's go back to camp!"
At a command, Commander Zhen and his men, carrying loads of spoils (including officers' heads, tokens, gold and silver treasures, banknotes, weapons, armor, and warhorses), bypassed the poison traps set by Bei Qidewei and headed towards the Wei army camp.
Along the way, they encountered groups of Wei soldiers and mountain people picking up spoils of war and chasing after enemy warhorses.
Upon seeing Jiang Dalang and his men, they all stopped to salute and greeted them, "Greetings, commanders, centurions, and captains!"
Some, unable to distinguish the armor ranks, simply greeted, "Greetings, sirs!"
Why not call him Commander Jiang or Commander Zhen?
It's ridiculous. With an army of over 100,000 men, they've only seen these commanders from afar. They've never seen their faces clearly, and they don't know what each one looks like or why they're called Commander Jiang.
Dangdang Dangdang!
"Comrades, beware of enemy soldiers who are not quite dead yet shooting arrows from the shadows. Avoid enemy poison traps. Those with wounds are forbidden from picking up spoils, as they may be contaminated with the poison and germs on the enemy's bodies! There is half an hour left. Stop picking up spoils and break camp to return to the city!"
Along the way, messengers rode back and forth on horseback, shouting reminders to everyone.
With this, the small-scale skirmish came to a complete end.
About half an hour later, Jiang Dalang and his men brought Bei Qideer's body parts and the battle report to see Deputy General Lang.
After listening to the report, Deputy General Lang was very pleased and praised Jiang Dalang: "Good, good, good, you commanded well. With this experience, you are now a true general."
Without experience in command, no matter how skilled Jiang Dalang was at killing enemies, he was still just a soldier, and at best, he would only ever be a commander of a thousand men.
With this experience, Jiang Dalang was able to be promoted to general.
Deputy General Lang, fearing that Commander Zhen Lingzhao and Fan would not be convinced by Jiang Dalang, said, "Commander Jiang did not become the chief commander because of our promotion, but because of His Majesty's will."
They didn't hide it from them, nor from Jiang Dalang, because Jiang Dalang needed to know that His Majesty was the one who promoted him, so that he could better and more loyally serve His Majesty in the future.
Well, Your Majesty may be wasting your time, because this man is rather selfish, and in this life, he will only be loyal to Qin Su.
In their past life, Su Su gave everything to help him realize his ambitions; in this life, it's his turn to give everything to help Su Su realize her ambitions.
"Greetings, Commander Jiang! This battle was not only brilliantly commanded, but the lightning strike that annihilated the enemy was also astonishing! We are completely convinced!" Zhen Lingzhao, Fan Fan, and other commanders bowed in unison, indicating their willingness to follow Commander Jiang's lead in battle again next time.
Deputy General Lang was surprised: "You've given up so easily? I thought you would fight Da Lang several times and be beaten down at least three times before you would listen to him."
These guys are all troublemakers. Even if they know that Jiang Dalang has real skills and is someone His Majesty wants to promote, they won't immediately submit to him.
So Deputy General Lang asked another question: "Is he really surrendering or just pretending? Or is he planning something bad?"
Commander Zhen panicked: "Deputy General Lang, don't try to sow discord! We admire Commander Jiang the most, just like we admire Master Qin!"
Weapons! Deputy General Lang, don't stir up trouble and make us get fewer weapons!