strictlysupreme Chapter 341 Came for Me?
Chapter 341 Came for Me?
"With you here, I'm no longer worried about fighting. All I know is how to ambush and raid; I don't know anything except speed," Shen Li whispered in Lin Wan'er's ear.
She also didn't want the eight thousand men who followed her to know that their general was incapable of fighting.
"Speed is of the essence in war. You've grasped the core principle; no matter how you fight, you'll be justified." Lin Wan'er encouraged her, "Isn't this a very good fight? So many people..."
"I've fought my whole life and still haven't achieved as much as you."
"You're just praising yourself, aren't you?" Shen Li laughed. "Going straight into the royal court is enough for you to gain a foothold."
"I never thought I'd make it out alive, all thanks to you," Lin Wan'er said sincerely.
She didn't go there to gain merit, but rather to trample the royal court and slaughter the Rongdi royal family, even if it meant mutual destruction. She wanted to instill fear in the Rongdi people and let them know that the Great Zhao also had people with blood in their veins and were not to be trifled with.
Unexpectedly, Shen Li was also there, and her presence on both sides completely threw the Rongdi tribe into disarray.
"Why are you being so polite with me?"
"My solo mission was out of necessity, but why did you come in on your own initiative?" Lin Wan'er looked at her: "You didn't come here to see me, did you?"
Shen Li felt there was nothing wrong with admitting it, but looking at her slightly mocking gaze, she felt that admitting it was like falling into her trap.
This seems to be an admission of how much he cares about her.
"You're overthinking it." So she didn't admit it, her gaze shifting slightly as she looked at the setting sun on the horizon: "Let's talk about the current battle situation, it's getting dark."
Lin Wan'er saw through her thoughts and smiled slyly but also touched.
The two talked for a while under the setting sun. After dark, more than 20,000 people had already turned their horses around.
The Left Wise King's troops were resting, eating and feeding their livestock, but they did not intend to sleep. Instead, they continued marching under cover of darkness, hoping to find an opportunity to launch a surprise attack.
Just as the Left Wise King was making plans, he suddenly heard shouts of battle. When he came out of his tent, he saw iron hooves approaching. The Rong and Di people, who were eating and resting, were caught off guard and thrown into chaos.
It was a dark and stormy night, and I didn't even know how to launch a counterattack.
Knowing that things were not going well, the Left Wise King immediately left the camp, changed into a soldier's uniform, mounted his horse, and fled.
Lin Wan'er saw him through the crowd, but it was too late to ride over; by then, he would have vanished.
"Do me a favor." Lin Wan'er looked at Shen Li.
The next instant, Lin Wan'er stepped on the stirrup and leaped into the air, falling towards Shen Li. Shen Li raised her hand and caught her with her spear. The spear was bent by Lin Wan'er, and Shen Li straightened it. Lin Wan'er used the force to bounce into the air.
Everyone saw Lin Wan'er fly out, land on the head of a Rongdi man, use the momentum to leap into the air again, and then flip over in the air, now holding a short musket.
"boom!"
The musket fired with a loud bang in the air, striking the head of the Left Wise King's horse.
The horse crashed down, and the Left Wise King also tumbled down.
"Arrest them!" Lin Wan'er ordered, having already seized a horse and a spear from the enemy ranks.
When the Rongdi people encountered this female killing goddess, they couldn't muster any fighting spirit. Their already scattered ranks became even more demoralized, and they simply ran off in all directions, abandoning the fight.
"Impressive!" Shen Li was also amazed by his skills from a distance.
The battle left the Left Wise King utterly helpless. Afterwards, when the battlefield was cleared, 20,000 corpses of Rong and Di people were found, while the remaining 30,000 people scattered and fled. Everywhere they went, people said that Shen Li and Lin Wan'er were leading an immortal demon army.
As a result, everyone in the tribes lived in fear, and no one dared to organize troops to intercept them anymore. The once fierce Rong and Di people became lambs to the slaughter without being able to fight back.
This shocked the Rongdi merchants who had come with Shen Li. They never imagined that the Rongdi would be swept away by two women leading tens of thousands of people.
Thus, the army entered Mokou Pass without hindrance and returned to the territory of Dazhao with the prisoners.
When the battle report reached the capital and the Xiongnu Chanyu's tent, Emperor Cheng and Huyan Lie both showed disbelief at first, followed by one being overjoyed and the other spitting blood.
"With all three sons in my hands, what can he possibly fight with?" Emperor Cheng laughed loudly in court. "Truly, women are just as capable as men, making our Great Zhao Dynasty proud!"
Whether the court officials were truly happy or not, they all smiled along with Emperor Cheng and offered words of congratulations to please him.
On the contrary, Gu Chang'an couldn't laugh. He was still scared. Thinking of A Li's solo expedition, he even broke out in a cold sweat.
After vomiting blood, Huyan Lie fainted. When he woke up, his eyes were wide open, and he only said two words: "Withdraw the troops."
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid we can't retreat now. Xiao Qi's troops are closing in on us. If we turn our horses around now, we'll definitely be attacked," the general below said with a bitter face.
Since Xiao Qi took over as commander-in-chief, they have suffered repeated defeats on the main battlefield. If they hadn't been constantly retreating, they might have suffered even more crushing defeats.
"Send down the letter of surrender and submit to the Great Zhao." Huyan Lie said through gritted teeth, then spat out another mouthful of blood.
"what?"
The generals below were incredulous upon hearing this. The royal court had been attacked, and members of the royal family and officials had been killed. This was an utter disgrace! The Great Khan was not thinking of revenge, but instead bowing down and submitting.
“Your Majesty is wise. Now that the Queen and the Prince have been captured, and most of our supplies have been destroyed, our morale is completely low. Continuing to fight will only lead to exhaustion,” an official sighed.
"But they've gone too far!" the general said angrily.
The other generals were also dissatisfied.
"Generals, please don't be angry," the official advised. "We are only short of supplies and have not suffered any real damage. As long as we endure until the army retreats and we coax our prince back, we can attack whenever we want."
The generals present exchanged glances, their expressions shifting from arrogance to gradual compromise, and even showing a hint of cunning when they heard that they could still take action at the last minute.
That's right. Once the three major camps are transferred back to the capital, Dazhao will still be their granary, no different from before.
Patience is only temporary.
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After leaving Mokou Pass, Shen Li and Lin Wan'er headed straight for Langya Pass. On the way, Shen Li saw the miserable state of the people in the western border: their grain had been looted, countless people had frozen or starved to death, and there were people selling their children everywhere.
Not to mention the towns that were massacred; it is said that the land was soaked in blood, and the bodies were still burning after a month. When you passed by, you could see billowing smoke and smell the acrid odor of burning.
"The blood was still wet when I arrived," Lin Wan'er said from the side. "At that time, I thought that even if I had to risk my life, I would make them pay the price."
Shen Li still frowned.
"It's a pity we have too few troops," Lin Wan'er sighed. "Simply injuring them isn't enough; we need to break their arms and legs to make them feel the pain."