Gu Xin gripped Ajir's arms with both hands, using the momentum to raise her legs high, keeping them in a straight line, and kicked Ajir in the forehead with her toes.
There was no way around it; she stretched during her martial arts training, so these kinds of movements were a piece of cake for her.
Ajir felt the pain and loosened his grip slightly. It was in this moment that Gu Xin seized the opportunity to subdue Ajir.
But just then, an eagle circled in the sky, swooped down, and was about to peck at Gu Xin.
Gu Xin sensed the danger, released Ajir, and rolled to the side.
Agil escaped.
She galloped toward her warhorse, mounted it, and then raced back, with the eagle following above her.
Gu Xin spat out some sand: "Damn it, I'll raise my little white dog and it'll peck you to death sooner or later."
Just then, Cheng Huaijin rode over on horseback: "Xinxin, are you alright?"
Gu Xin watched Ajir and her few remaining troops depart into the distance, and shook her head: "No."
Cheng Huaijin reached out his hand, Gu Xin took it, and jumped onto his horse, sitting behind him. The two rode towards the main group.
On the battlefield, the soldiers of the Flowing Sand Kingdom were cleaning out the equipment of the Cloud Sea Tribe, including weapons, horses, and some soldiers even managed to find a few gold coins on their bodies.
This time, they were able to fight 30,000 men with only 20,000 men and not a single one died, which was an unprecedented achievement. The soldiers who were seriously wounded and had broken hands and feet seemed to feel no pain and cheered one after another.
Gu Xin rode back to her warhorse, raised her sword, and said, "Listen up, everyone. We've finished looting, it's time to head back. The uninjured brothers, take the seriously wounded. The lightly wounded brothers, take the spoils. Let's go back to the city and divide the spoils!"
"Long live the princess!"
"Long live the princess!"
Long live the Kingdom of Quicksand!
The soldiers cheered.
Gu Xin brandished her sword, signaling everyone to stop: "Everyone, save your energy. Let's go back quickly, recover, and then keep going! Today, we were able to kill 30,000 of them with 20,000. In the future, we can wipe out the 300,000-strong army of the Cloud Sea Tribe with 100,000 of our own!"
"annihilate the Cloud Sea Tribe!"
"annihilate the Cloud Sea Tribe!"
"annihilate the Cloud Sea Tribe!"
Another round of cheers erupted.
Looking at the jubilant soldiers, Gu Xin couldn't be happy at all.
This battle appeared to be a great victory for the Flowing Sand Kingdom, with the Cloud Sea Tribe suffering heavy casualties. However, only Gu Xin, Cheng Huaijin, Xue Qianyu, and the Flowing Sand Kingdom's ruler knew that such a victory could only happen once.
Because they used poison.
The poison that Gu Xin concocted took half a year to prepare, and this time it's almost used up. Even if Gu Xin had the time, she wouldn't have enough materials to make another one.
Therefore, we cannot rely on poison every time.
However, this victory has given the Flowing Sand Kingdom some breathing room.
Because no one in the Yunhai tribe knew whether the Liusha Kingdom still had this poison, and whether the people from Yunhai would be killed if they came again.
The army returned home, but instead of going back to the capital, they went to garrison a city on the very edge of the Flowing Sand Kingdom.
Upon arrival, Gu Xin immediately instructed people to begin treating the wounded soldiers.
For serious cases, she would handle them personally; for minor cases, the doctors she had trained in the palace over the past six months would take care of them.
The people in the city also volunteered to bring food to the soldiers and help treat the wounded soldiers to the best of their ability.
The entire nation of Liusha was of one mind, which greatly boosted people's confidence.
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