Soon, in no time at all, more than 800 Dos soldiers were killed, leaving only five men.
In this battle, not a single member of the Hu-style archer cavalry was injured!
Given their already superior overall strength, coupled with Bai Qi's "God of War" aura, the two sides' combat power was on completely different levels!
Bai Qi waved his hand, and the archer cavalry stopped attacking. He rode his horse toward the few Hu cavalrymen, his eyes cold.
"How many of you have come, and where are you all?" Bai Qi asked sternly.
The reason he didn't kill the five people was that he wanted to extract information from them.
Seeing the traitor stammering, Bai Qi's eyes turned cold, and he pierced a man's chest with his halberd!
Bai Qi's attack was swift and ruthless, startling the traitor into trembling.
The Dos people were cruel and bloodthirsty, and were not intimidated by Bai Qi at all. They chattered on and on in a lot of languages that Bai Qi could not understand.
"What did they say?" Bai Qi asked again.
The traitor gritted his teeth and said, "They say that the warriors of Dos would never betray their own people!"
Upon hearing this, Bai Qi's expression remained unchanged. He raised his chin and said coldly, "Kill them all!"
As soon as the words were spoken, several Hu-style mounted archers brandished their longswords and charged out! Screams rang out, and these men instantly lay dead on the spot.
At this moment, Bai Qi said again, "I have a hundred ways to torture people, do you want to try them all?"
The traitor, who had betrayed the Great Xia out of fear of death, turned pale with fright and immediately knelt down, shouting, "I'll talk! I'll tell you everything!"
After hearing the traitor's information, Bai Qi raised his Heaven-Shattering Halberd without hesitation and killed the traitor.
"Traitor, die!"
Afterwards, he walked out of the town, looked towards the border crossing, and seemed to be deep in thought.
Bai Qi then walked over to a mounted archer, whispered a few words of advice, and then led the remaining mounted archers toward the pass...
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On a hill overlooking a major road, a long table made of pine wood was set up, covered with a tablecloth.
Guo Wenlong, the military commissioner of Shuyong Pass, had his main tent right next to the table, with a red and gold banner fluttering on a long pole. He himself was having dinner with his important generals here.
Mo Yuanhang was in pain all over his body and staggered up the gentle slope.
The march that day was long, and even ordinary soldiers would feel exhausted, let alone him, whose hands and feet were shackled. One can imagine how difficult the journey must have been.
It was dusk, and the sky was filled with fireflies, as if they had come to life.
The cook was serving up the evening's main course: four plump lambs roasted to a golden brown and crispy perfection.
Upon smelling the aroma, his stomach immediately began to rumble.
The last time I ate was three days ago; it was a moldy steamed bun that was very difficult to swallow.
At the dining table, Guo Wenlong, the military commissioner of Shuyong Pass, sat in the main seat, drinking fine wine.
There were two other generals at the table. Mo Yuanhang glanced at them and immediately recognized that they were both garrison commanders of Shuyong Pass.
One of them wore a greasy outer garment over chainmail; he was thin, with a cold gaze and an icy expression.
The other was also thin, but his body was distorted: one shoulder was high and the other was low, and his hunched posture while eating resembled a crow feasting on a carcass; this person had yellow teeth, black eyes, and greed in his eyes, and his forked beard was mixed with silver.
Guo Wenlong himself donned ornate armor; despite his splendid appearance, he remained an ugly man. His almost colorless eyes, in particular, were repulsive.
Upon seeing Mo Yuanhang, Guo Wenlong smiled and said, "You've arrived? General Mo!"
"He stinks." The slumped-shouldered general tossed aside the bone he'd just gnawed on and wiped his hands with the tablecloth. "Why do we have to bring a clown to disgust us during meals?"
Mo Yuanhang was tortured for more than ten days, but he was not defeated. He angrily spat a mouthful of bloody saliva at Guo Wenlong and cursed, "Damn bastards, the King of Shu will skin you alive!"
He'll rip your heart out! He'll feed your traitorous heart and lungs to the wolves, you scum!
Like a sharp sword cutting through cheese, the yellow-toothed general spoke up to stop the insult, "My lord, kill him!"
"No, I want to spare his life so he can witness firsthand how the King of Shu was brutally murdered!" Guo Wenlong laughed. "It's said that General Mo is one of Marshal Lin's most capable subordinates. I wonder what he'll think when he sees the young general's corpse?"
"Bah! Coward, traitor! The King of Shu died the day before yesterday? Don't dream!" Mo Yuanhang roared. "Are you still pretending to be stupid? The King of Shu can wipe out the bandits in Shu, he can definitely annihilate the barbarians in the Western Regions and take your heads!"
"Hmph, what's the use of wiping out a bunch of bandits? They're just a rabble. Do you think these Dos cavalry are so easy to deal with?" the skinny general said with a look of disdain.
Guo Wenlong thought so too. How could bandits compare to the fierce Dos people? Could Lin Mo's ten thousand men possibly defeat them?
To be honest, he did not get along well with Yang Fei, the commander of the Shu region, and they had a lot of conflicts.
Therefore, Lin Mo chose to remain neutral in the conflict between him and Yang Fei.
Lin Mo swiftly and decisively took control of Xichuan City, shocking Guo Wenlong. For a moment, he even considered joining Lin Mo's side.
However, Li Hu's secret order came quickly, instructing him to withdraw all the garrison at Shuyong Pass and allow the Duosi people to enter the pass.
As soon as Lin Mo dies, Li Hu will petition the Empress to appoint Guo Wenlong as the new King of Shu.
Sending his own troops to fight the Dos people alongside Lin Mo would undoubtedly be suicidal. After weighing the pros and cons, Guo Wenlong decided to side with Li Hu.
Just then, a subordinate rushed in to report.
"My lord! The Shu King's troops... they've killed the Dos people who entered the pass!"
Upon hearing this, Guo Wenlong raised an eyebrow, and the wine glass in his hand fell to the ground. "What? Killed the Doss people? How many? How many men did he bring?"
The subordinate immediately replied, "Reporting to your Excellency, there were only a few hundred men. After killing more than five hundred Dos people, they headed towards the pass. It seems they are going to leave the pass and head to the Dos grasslands."
Upon hearing this, Guo Wenlong looked at his subordinates with disbelief.
"Hundreds of people? They killed people and then came out of seclusion? What is Lin Mo planning to do?"
"Hahaha, this kid is asking for it, it's like heaven is helping us!" said the yellow-toothed general.
The subordinate quickly added, "My lord, I suspect this is the vanguard of the King of Shu. Since the scouts didn't see the King of Shu himself, his main army should be in the rear."
"Fool, he doesn't have any large army. The court didn't give him a single soldier this time. General Li also said that he only has a few thousand men! Dos has a hundred thousand soldiers, which wouldn't even be enough to fill their teeth! Hahaha."
"Yes, who can defeat the Duosi people on the grasslands?"
The subordinate stammered, "My lord, I'm afraid you're unaware of something. The advance team sent by the King of Shu seems to be quite..."
"Extremely what?" Guo Wenlong asked in surprise.
"Extremely powerful. They annihilated the vanguard of the invading Dos forces, and then... not a single one was injured!"
Upon hearing this, Guo Wenlong and the other two generals trembled. "What did you say?"
At the dinner table, everyone fell silent, except for Mo Yuanhang, who burst into laughter.
"Hahaha, the King of Shu will slaughter you all!"
This burst of wild laughter sent chills down Guo Wenlong's spine...
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