Chapter 1333
Living Military Merit
Chapter 1333 Living Military Merit
"He's dead, Commander Tang! This butcher is dead! You've avenged those Wei people and soldiers he slaughtered!" Commander Zhong shouted several times before Commander Tang calmed down.
"Is he really dead? Will he come back to life?" Commander Tang asked, convinced that "they are evil spirits, not humans, and they will come back to life!"
"Search the body, set it on fire, and burn Dong Zisheng," Commander Zhong ordered.
"Yes!" His personal guards did not hesitate, and one of the dead soldiers immediately went to search the body and prepare to burn it.
Commander Zhao, who had gathered his troops, reminded Zhong, "Commander Zhong, this is a high-ranking enemy officer. It would be better to take the body back."
"I will take responsibility for burning the body; it has nothing to do with you." Zhong Baihu was very firm, and he also hoped that this was the best medicine to cure Tang Qianhu.
Soon, the dead soldier finished searching the body, took a pile of the loot, and retreated to the side.
With a whoosh, the small sachet of pine oil was poured in, and with a sizzle, flames leaped up, quickly igniting the dry firewood and grass on the mountain, setting the corpse ablaze.
Commander Tang squatted by the fire like a child, keeping watch.
"Protect Commander Tang well, the rest of you follow me to fight the enemy!" Commander Zhong left a group of men behind to stay with Commander Tang, and then led the rest of his troops to fight the remnants of west Liuer and west Yiru's army.
Well, our reinforcements arrived in large numbers, and there weren't even enough of the remaining enemy troops to go around. They even captured west Liuer alive.
west Liuer was completely stunned, her mind blank, devoid of any thoughts.
*Slap! Slap!* Two slaps followed. Wei Jun yelled, "Hey, wake up! Are you out of your mind?"
"Hey, Xiao Xiangzi, stop right there! This is our live military merit, and he's from a noble family. How dare you hit him? If you ruin this military merit, are you going to compensate the brothers?!" Commander Tao practically jumped up and roared, showing how much he treasured Xi Liuer.
He couldn't help but laugh again, and said to the Wei army, mountain people and heroes he knew and didn't know, "Look, this is someone I, Tao Fufu, and my soldiers captured alive. He's a nobleman from the west. You can all come and take a look, but you're not allowed to touch him!"
"We are under the command of Deputy General Lang. My uncle is Old Tao, a centurion named Tao Youyong!"
"These are some of my junior officers, this one is called..."
Oh no! The soldiers under his command wanted to cover their faces, but the victory of capturing the enemy noble's son made them grin from ear to ear.
I'm so happy. So what if I'm embarrassed? Anyway, these comrades don't know their names. The ones with their full names are the Tao family uncle and nephew, as well as the junior officers.
"We will be loyal to the Eastern Desert, and we will never surrender. The Eastern Desert will surely win and live forever!!" Having already led his troops to break through to the foot of the mountain, they were still surrounded by the Wei army and had sharp weapons pointed at them. Xi Yiru and his remaining soldiers knew that they were doomed. With a shout, they stabbed their own necks with their broadswords.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
The arrow shot toward Xi Yiru's arm holding the knife, but it was too late.
After stabbing himself, west Yiru sneered at the Wei soldiers who were besieging him, then drew his sword again and stabbed himself in the neck.
Seeing this, Commanders Fu, Zhao, Dai, and Gu felt a chill in their hearts... The soldiers of the Eastern Desert were not only brave and fearless, but having powerful weapons was not enough for them to win this battle.
They must be more valiant and fearless than the Eastern Desert soldiers, more tactically adept, and suffer fewer casualties in order to gradually erode the Eastern Desert army in battle after battle until a complete victory is achieved!
"The medical battalion and the dead soldiers go and search the corpses. If the corpses don't carry any germs, they'll be taken back to the city. That's a battle achievement." Commander Gu then called to the other commanders, "Let's go check on Commander Zhong and the others. We still need to pursue that enemy light cavalry that suddenly appeared."
“Okay, let’s go.” Dai, Zhao, Fu, and the other two, along with Aunt Wen’s team of Shanying weapons, nodded and followed.
After everyone gathered, they learned of Dong Zisheng's actions in demoralizing various parts of Dongming Prefecture, and their eyes turned red with hatred: "Beast!"
There were many swear words they wanted to use and many questions they didn't understand, but in the end, the officers could only utter the word "beast."
In a battle between two armies, people don't need a reason to kill you, and you don't need to look for a reason. If the enemy kills you, you kill the enemy to avenge them. "I, Gu Ling, swear to avenge this blood feud with my life, to destroy the Eastern Desert Royal Court, and to exterminate their race!" Gu Qianhu was truly filled with hatred and made this vow.
After all, they were old comrades-in-arms. Commander Fu wanted to accompany one of them, but the vow was too great for him. He only wanted to continue living a good life after defeating the enemy.
Why go to the Eastern Desert Royal Court?
He wouldn't go on a journey that was too far, as he feared he might die far from home.
"You dare to bite your tongue and commit suicide? Do you have the courage? You'd be in so much pain if you only bit half of it, you little bastard!" Commander Tao raised his foot and kicked west Liuer several times.
west Liuer's mouth was covered in blood, and his chin was drooping, clearly indicating that his jaw had been dislocated when he bit his tongue, leaving him unable to bite.
He was groaning and moaning, whether from pain or wanting to curse, he looked quite pathetic.
Ding ding ding ding!
"Commander Zhen has arrived! What has happened here?!"
With a loud gong, a large group of cavalry charged up the mountain. It was Commander Zhen who had spotted the command arrow on his way back to the city and led his cavalry to investigate.
The parties then explained the situation again.
When Commander Zhen heard about the evil deeds Dong Zisheng had committed, he was horrified: "Beast!"
He added, "Then quickly gather the troops and send the cavalry vanguard with sharp weapons to kill Dong Zisheng's troops."
"Send the order to summon the vanguard cavalry to assemble!"
"Yes!" Zhen Qianhu's personal guards fired a volley of command arrows, the color of which was only for summoning the vanguard cavalry.
In a quarter of an hour, Jiang Dalang arrived with three thousand vanguard cavalry.
Upon learning of the situation, he surveyed the scene and appointed his generals: "Commander Zhong, these three thousand cavalrymen are all quite energetic. I'm entrusting them to you. You lead them to kill the two thousand-plus men under Dong Zisheng's command... wipe them out completely. At the site of their slaughter, erect a sign that reads 'The Wei army is acting on behalf of Heaven to punish, and the Eastern Desert has suffered retribution.' This will boost the morale of the surviving Wei soldiers and intimidate the inhuman enemy army!"
Although Jiang Dalang/Sheng Ting loved leading troops to kill neighboring countries and plunder their treasuries in his previous life, he never massacred enemy soldiers.
The practice of creating slaughterhouses along the way to demoralize the troops in the Eastern Desert is an outrage against heaven and earth in any dynasty or era!
"Yes, we must kill them and avenge the Wei people and Wei army!" shouted Xiao Tao, the flag bearer, and volunteered, "Commander Jiang, this humble general requests to go and kill the enemy!"
With a snap, Old Commander Tao dismounted and rushed out, grabbing Junior Commander Tao by the back of the neck and cursing, "Commander Jiang has his own arrangements; who gave a mere junior commander like you the right to interrupt!"
"Ha, Uncle, it really is you back!" Little Commander Tao was overjoyed to see Old Commander Tao. He didn't care about the grudge of being choked and hugged him back.
"This is Tao Youyong, the old hero, who is also the uncle of the hero Tao Youyong!" A group of Wei soldiers and villagers, whether they knew him or not, ran over and gathered around to watch the old Tao Youyong, as if it were a rare sight.
Old Tao, the centurion, looked rather awkward.
"What's going on?" Old Tao asked his nephew in a low voice, "Did you make a fool of yourself and make me a laughingstock too?"
Commander Tao was furious: "Don't underestimate me. I've really done you and our Tao family a great service by capturing a noble young man from the eastern desert. He's alive, and that's military merit!"
Old Tao, the centurion, was shocked and could not believe it.
Those around him confirmed, "That's right, that's right! Commander Tao was incredibly brave. He captured west Liuer alive and won the greatest victory in this battle!"