Do Not Offend the Reborn Wicked Wife-Chapter 156: Capturing the Enemy General Alive!
Outside the forest, the Zhou army had already pulled a considerable distance away, but still kept a careful eye on the front. Fortunately, there were many stones here, so the fire couldn’t spread.
Long Yue and Li Qingmu stood closer, feeling the scorching wave of heat sweep over them, bringing a burning sensation akin to a hot summer’s day.
"It’s over," Li Qingmu whispered.
"Yes, it’s over..." Long Yue sighed, having been here for four months, and now, it’s finally over!
Next comes the rewards for merit, could they leave Xinan and return home?
In his past life, Li Qingmu played a crucial role in this battle, particularly in burning grain supplies and exhausting the Xiliang Army, which was incredibly dazzling.
He had heard the story of the boy who cried wolf before, and what he enacted was just like that, time and again causing them stomach troubles, then healing them, and when they grew impatient, directly poisoning!
Killing them off!
This man’s tactics are truly impressive!
But it’s also apparent that he dislikes quick success and prefers to grind away slowly, taking time to perfect!
"Yue’er, A Mu, be careful not to get caught in the fire!"
The fire is merciless, and Cao Yin was worried for their safety.
Long Yue turned back with a smile: "No worries, grandfather. We’re just watching from outside, it’s not a problem!"
"Great General, have we won a complete victory in this battle? With such a huge mountain fire, the enemy army might be completely destroyed!"
"Yes, when we send the battle report up, the Emperor will certainly be delighted. Then comes the rewards for merit, hehehe..."
"Pow! You bunch of brats, just set a few fires and you’re dreaming of good things here? Asking for a beating!"
Luo Xie smacked the back of several attendants’ heads, playfully scolding them, enlivening the atmosphere.
After enduring a fierce battle, now finally successful, naturally everyone wanted to relax a bit.
"Wait, it’s not over yet!"
Li Qingmu’s words made everyone want to curse him, glaring at him angrily, wishing they could strangle him. Kid, will you ever stop?
"Once this mountain fire is out, we should go in and see if any survivors remain! If there are, capturing a few prisoners and bringing them back is a bonus too!"
Hmm...
Everyone looked at each other, feeling a chill down their spines.
This man is ruthless, even now he doesn’t forget to scout for survivors? But... why is he so likable?
"Hahaha, good! Kid, your work is so thorough, good! First let the army return, leave five thousand men to camp here, wait until the mountain fire is extinguished!"
Xiliang Army suddenly lost a hundred thousand soldiers, the Emperor of Xiliang, upon hearing the result, is likely to vomit blood three times. Moreover, with the road here blocked by the mountain fire, no enemy army will appear for the time being, so the Dazhou side calmly moved a few miles away and set up camp.
The mountain fire burned fiercely, burning for three whole days and nights before gradually extinguishing.
"After a big fire, it usually rains heavily, so everyone hurry, complete a search within half a day! Finding survivors would be great, but if not, don’t force it, regroup in half a day and head back!"
"Yes!"
Cao Yin ordered, and Long Yue and Li Qingmu went in to take a look.
There were almost no survivors, just charred corpses, some burned to ash.
"Found one survivor! Wow, this guy was actually hiding in the water!"
A soldier fished out a half-dead Xiliang soldier, barely breathing, from the river. Indeed, with such a huge mountain fire, survival was possible only in the river, but escaping through it was impossible, the fire was too large, some rivers evaporated dry!
"Report to General Luo, ten survivors were captured!"
"Oh-ho, not bad, some people survived, impressive, really impressive, take them back to the camp!"
Luo Xie waved them to retreat, when suddenly, there was a commotion at the front.
"Clang clang clang!"
The sound of long blades clashing came from the front, Luo Xie was stunned, quickly rushing over.
In a section of the river where water still lingered, appeared a filthy mid-aged man, wounded on the chest, bare-chested, fighting against Li Qingmu and Long Yue.
"This man is... enemy General Hatu!"
Luo Xie’s sharp eyes recognized the opponent instantly!
Well, in such a massive fire, he survived and had strength to fight, impressive! Truly worthy of being a general of Xiliang!
"I am the greatest warrior of Xiliang. Even in death, I will fight to the end! Ah ah ah, kill kill kill!"
Seeing the Zhou people, Hatu was furious, his eyes bloodshot, these beasts, actually set fire to burn their forests, utterly heartless!
He fought crazily against Long Yue, but already exhausted, he was no match for the couple.
"Clang!"
Long Yue hit him in the abdomen with a blade, Li Qingmu kicked him in the wound, knocking him down, the two of them dislocated his jaw first, then deftly severed his tendons.
Luo Xie was shocked, mouth agape, nearly dropping his jaw.
Long Yue was expected, her grandfather was a General, with military family bearing, but that young man, he was just a civil servant!
Can civil servants kill enemies too? Then what need is there for military generals?
At this moment, Luo Xie was very frustrated.
"Captured the enemy general alive, hahaha, good job, kid, Yue’er, you two are impressive, this is a huge merit, I must record it, everybody, this was witnessed firsthand, I am not making it up!"
Cao Yin gleefully shouted, proudly, making Luo Xie and Chang E very uneasy.
The Cao Family is indeed lucky, such great merit fell to them? How could heaven be so blind!
At this moment, Li Qingmu looked up at the gloomy sky, hurriedly said: "Grandfather, go, quickly go, heavy rain is coming!"
Cao Yin looked up, indeed, the sky was very dark, with dense black clouds overhead.
"Go, quickly go, get the soldiers moving fast!"
If the heavy rain triggers a flash flood here, washing away their own men, that would be a big joke.
The soldiers understood this too, so they rapidly retreated. There were horses outside, most jumped on them and rode fast, a few tied up the prisoners in a bundle, tossed them onto the horse’s back, and rode quickly away too.
"Rumble..."
In winter, thunder roared, truly strange!
"Retreat, retreat!"
"Hyah, hyah!"
Five thousand cavalry charged, rapidly heading for Hanshui Pass, just as they rushed through the city gate, a crack split the sky, lightning flashed, rain poured down!
"Thunder in winter, truly strange!"
Once inside, Cao Yin spat out a mouthful of rainwater, wiped his wet cheeks, laughed and cursed.
"Yue’er, wear this."
Li Qingmu and Long Yue entered a bit late, ending up soaked through, Li Qingmu quickly grabbed a thick garment to drape over her, fearing she might catch cold.
Seeing Li Qingmu’s thoughtfulness, Cao Yin nodded, thinking his daughter had poor judgment, choosing wrong, but his granddaughter had good vision, finding someone reliable.
"Great General, time to write the victory report!"
Eager soldiers urged excitedly, Cao Yin glared at that person, then pointed at Li Qingmu: "Kid, you write this victory report!"
