Chapter 236 Take it down!
The morale of Changning's side was high, while the morale of the Tartars was somewhat low.
Although the Tartars had the advantage in numbers, they had already lost some men due to Lin Changning's sneak attack. Lin Changning led a dozen men like a sharp arrow, fiercely charging in.
The Tartars, terrified by the killing, found themselves in a state of disarray, unable to defend or charge, left only to passively endure the onslaught.
Before the leader could even adjust, Lin Changning locked onto him. The murderous aura emanating from Lin Changning's eyes could be felt even across the ranks.
Lin Changning was betting that this leader was afraid of death and valued his life, and that fighting was all about courage.
As the team's commander, he struck fear into the enemy as soon as he arrived, making their leader want to protect himself. He also made the enemy afraid to approach, which was a blow to their morale.
When he and his personal guards pressed in, the Daxing border troops who were well-coordinated with him would surely converge on him.
As for the right guards who hadn't experienced much combat, they would unconsciously follow anyone who took the lead on the battlefield.
The word "kill" ignites the morale of their own side while demoralizing the enemy, meaning they have already won most of the battle.
Lin Changning raised his sword and led the soldiers who followed him in a frenzied charge toward the leader in the center.
At this moment, the opposing leader had already realized that his own morale was low. If he continued to avoid battle, all of them would have to stay here today.
As the Third Prince was right, Da Xuan was indeed determined to keep them here.
It's just a pity that I left a little too late.
The Tartar leader raised his scimitar and led his personal guards to meet them head-on. Lin Changning's eyes lit up. Wow, a chance to earn military merit by sending someone to their death!
As soon as the person arrived, Lin Changning raised his twin swords and rode Moyun straight towards them.
As soon as the two met, the leader raised his scimitar and grazed Lin Changning's neck, preparing to strike down. Lin Changning blocked the scimitar with one of his own blades, and then plunged the other blade directly into the leader's chest.
With a flick of his wrist, Lin Changning drew his longsword. The opposing leader's face turned pale instantly; his chest armor was no match for Lin Changning's sharper blade.
Seeing Lin Changning deflect his curved sword with a single strike, and then bring another fierce slash at him, he hurriedly withdrew his sword to defend, seemingly not expecting Lin Changning to possess such extraordinary strength.
Perhaps it was due to the poor quality of the scimitar, because when Lin Changning struck, the scimitar shattered instantly. The longsword, following the broken scimitar, slashed fiercely at the leader's chest.
The leader glanced at the broken scimitar, seemed to pause for a moment, and then rode off in an instant.
After snatching a curved sword from one of his own men, he once again confronted Lin Changning, who was relentlessly pursuing him.
Seeing their leader being subdued, the guards around Lin Changning also rushed towards him in a frenzy.
Sitting on his horse, Lin Changning dodged a knife from the side and then stabbed the leader's personal guard in the chest, this time hitting the guard's heart precisely.
In a single exchange, the leader's personal guard fell off his horse. Seeing the leader turn around and snatch his sword back, Lin Changning sheathed one of her own swords. This man's martial arts skills were mediocre, and it wasn't her turn to use two swords.
Lin Changning held the knife in one hand, watching the opposing leader slash diagonally towards him. He simply blocked the curved blade with one hand, then raised an eyebrow and mocked, "Is that all?"
After saying that, he forcefully pressed the enemy leader's knife backward, causing the enemy leader to break out in a cold sweat as he watched the curved blade slowly approach his shoulder.
Lin Changning silently increased his strength and mocked again, "This won't work either, you're too weak."
After saying that, he suddenly let go. Caught off guard, the leader on the other side lost control of his sword, which flew forward and the sharp blade slashed into the neck of his warhorse.
The warhorse, in pain, reared up and threw the rider off its back.
As the leader slumped to the ground, preparing to stand up, Lin Changning's longsword appeared at his neck in the next second.
Without wasting words, Lin Changning slashed down hard with his blade, swiftly cutting across the leader's neck.
In an instant, his head rolled across the ground. The Tartar soldiers looked down and saw their leader staring at them with wide, unwilling eyes.
She screamed, "The leader is dead!!! The leader is dead!!!"
After the scream rang out, one by one, the stunned Tartars, and those who had heard the earlier messages, stopped fighting and tried to charge out on their horses.
With their leaders all dead, those who remain have no one to command them and can only wait to die. They might as well run away now.
A group of people instantly lost their will to fight, and screams and cries came from all directions. Many more people ran frantically outside.
Lin Changning raised his long sword high and roared, "The bandit leader is dead! Surrender now!!!"
The Tartars standing in the middle looked at each other. Some chose to fight back desperately, but were killed by the soldiers who slowly surrounded them. A small number of them actually managed to escape.
He rode his horse and galloped away without looking back.
Many others silently put down their longswords after seeing their leader die. These were the ones who charged the hardest, and they were in the very center of the battlefield, surrounded by soldiers of the Great Xuan.
Unlike the people on the periphery, these people had no way to escape, so they had no choice but to surrender.
As soon as one surrendered, another followed, and soon a large group of people were throwing their scimitars on the ground.
Clutching his head and crouching down, Lin Changning squinted at the people beside him, then glanced at the hundreds of people fleeing in the distance: "Take them down! Wan Jin, take five hundred men and follow me. None of these people will escape!"
After saying that, he took the lead and chased after them outside. Wan Jin sighed in the middle of the group, not bothering to count his men anymore, and shouted loudly, "500 men on the outer perimeter, follow me and charge!!!"
After saying that, he chased after Lin Changning and followed the fleeing Tartars. Lin Changning was like a tiger entering the forest, closely following behind the fleeing Tartars.
Once she caught up, she would deliver a vicious blow, and in no time, more than a dozen people had perished under her long blade.
The fiercer she was, the faster the Tartars ran, and the more terrified they became. Some of them turned their heads and saw the miserable state of those behind them, frantically urging their horses to gallop away into the distance.
Mo Yun was a spirited and fine horse, and had been fighting alongside Lin Changning for a long time. It quickly caught up with the people behind it.
Lin Changning's eyes gleamed with excitement and bloodlust. He was like a butcher cutting melons and vegetables, grabbing anyone he saw and slashing them with his knife.
If he couldn't kill someone with a single blow, he would cut them off their horse. Wan Jin's mouth was practically stretched to his ears with a grin. Following behind Lin Changning, he finally rediscovered the thrill of picking up bargains back in the day. These were all military achievements, naked military achievements.
I finally found that feeling again, back in the Daxing battlefield, when I was picking up military credits from behind Lin Changning.
"The Thousand Households are mighty!! The Thousand Households are mighty!!!"
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