Chapter 396 "Hurry up, pick them all out and kill them all!"
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Sometimes, people don't need to speak to communicate; a glance is enough for them to understand each other's intentions.
Under Li Shiyue's direct gaze, the two women on the low couch grabbed the robes that Li Shiyue had thrown to them and put them on in just a few breaths.
"Search them! Tie them up tight!"
"Yes, Captain!"
With a stiff face, Sun Xiaoliu searched the two women, then pulled out a rope he had prepared beforehand and tightly bound their hands and ankles behind their backs.
Li Shiyue walked to the door, raised her knife, and slashed the neck of the leader who was lying on the ground, his chest covered in blood, and who was clearly dead.
Even though it had been dead for a while, it still bled quite a bit after Li Shiyue chopped it off.
The two women, who had already been tied up by Sun Xiaoliu, screamed in terror again when they saw Li Shiyue chopping off the leader's head.
Li Shiyue, who was squatting on the ground dealing with the leader's head, looked at Sun Xiaoliu with some helplessness. Before Li Shiyue could speak, Chen Yong and another Turkic soldier, who were very perceptive, casually tore off strips of cloth and stuffed them into the mouths of the two women.
Only then did the shrill female voice stop.
Leaving the two women inside the tent, Li Shiyue, carrying the leader's head, came out with Chen Yong, Sun Xiaoliu, and a few others. Outside, several tents were already ablaze with flames.
Li Shiyue looked at the firelight with satisfaction, "It seems that things are going well on Da Tou's side!"
"Captain, what about us?"
Li Shiyue did not answer Sun Xiaoliu's question, but instead looked at the four Turkic soldiers and said, "Let's shout as we planned."
The only man among the four Turkic soldiers who could understand Chinese nodded at Li Shiyue after hearing her words, and then spoke something in a garbled manner to the three people beside him.
And so, the four of them, in pairs, ran into the darkness.
As they ran toward the places without firelight, they shouted loudly in the Mohe language: "Mof (chieftain) is dead! Mof is dead! Mof is dead!"
Those who surrender will not die! Those who surrender will not die! Those who surrender will not die!
"Let's go, it's time to meet up with Big Head and the others!"
With the leader's still-bleeding head hanging from his waist, Li Shiyue, carrying a knife, ran with Chen Yong and Sun Xiaoliu toward the burning tent.
What are they going to do?
What else could they do besides murder?
The main task assigned to Wang Datou and He Lu by Li Shiyue was to block up the tents filled with Mohe warriors from the outside and then set them on fire.
Of course, this process was not without its challenges.
Meanwhile, Wang Datou and his group weren't very lucky; they only managed to block one tent, failing to block the other two.
However, they had prepared well in advance for the ignition, and they did a very good and successful job.
The burning tent brought light and warmth to the cold night on the grassland.
However, the firelight and warm fuel belonged to the Mohe barbarians.
Now, the entire camp is in chaos, and the night wind carries the cries, shouts, and sounds of fighting to everyone's ears.
Someone picked up a scimitar and started fighting with Li Shiyue and his group who had ambushed them;
Some people hid inside the tent, motionless, too afraid to come out.
At dawn, the sky was still pitch black, so dark that you couldn't see your hand in front of your face.
However, the sounds of fighting had subsided considerably, and the fires on the tents that had been set ablaze had all been extinguished, leaving only the smell of smoke and a scene of utter devastation.
Li Shiyue's face was clean. Although she was wearing a black martial arts uniform, and even though you couldn't see anything clearly at the moment, the strong smell of blood on her was truly frightening.
In addition, she was sitting imposingly on a chair covered with a wolf skin, intently wiping her long knife with a blood-stained handkerchief.
This makes it even more terrifying.
At least, those women and children who were arrested at this moment, gagged, bound, and kneeling on the ground, were terrified of Li Shiyue, who was sitting in a high position and wiping a knife in his hand.
Overnight, the dust settled.
If we have to talk about the sneak attack, it is indeed dishonorable.
But in Li Shiyue's view, war is about deception.
Does it matter whether the methods are dirty or just?
History is always written by the victors.
Whether it's a black cat or a white cat, a good cat is one that can catch mice!
Li Shiyue conducted reconnaissance and ambush, she ordered people to set fires, so what?
The means don't matter; as long as she achieves her goal, that's enough!
By the time Wang Datou and He Lu finished counting the remaining people in the camp, it was already dawn.
Sun Xiaoliu, acting like a lackey, took the golden pot from the leader's tent and poured water for Li Shiyue.
In Li Shiyue's hand was naturally the golden cup that matched the golden pot. After drinking the water, she looked at Sun Xiaoliu's face, which was full of covetousness for the golden cup in her hand.
He smiled and said to Sun Xiaoliu, "What? When they went to loot, didn't you take a few things with you?"
It's customary to go and get something at this time.
Li Shiyue didn't believe Sun Xiaoliu hadn't taken it.
"hey-hey!
Captain, I only took one gold plate, nothing else!
Our Xuanjia Army has rules: we can take, but we can never take more!
"Brother Yong saw it all; I really did take a gold plate!"
Li Shiyue downed the water in her cup in one gulp and tossed the golden cup into Sun Xiaoliu's arms. "Fine, take it if you like it."
This one's on me, and you can have mine.
Just as Sun Xiaoliu was about to say a few more words to Li Shiyue, Wang Datou and He Lu walked over side by side.
"Captain!"
"Lieutenant Li!"
Seeing that there was something important to discuss, Sun Xiaoliu quickly shut his mouth.
Li Shiyue nodded to Wang Datou and He Lu who had come over, then glanced at the leader's head she was standing on, and looked up at the two of them, asking, "How is it?"
How many casualties?
How many of their soldiers are left?
How many warhorses were there? And what about cattle, sheep, and other livestock?
......”
"Captain, three men are dead and twelve are wounded."
All the Mohe warriors we could find were killed, just as the captain had instructed!
However, there was an opening on the north side of the camp that we hadn't noticed before, and about ten people escaped.
The warhorses are all in the pen...
Li Shiyue sat and listened as the two men reported the results of the sneak attack. As she listened, she looked at the people kneeling on the grass in front of her.
Those kneeling before her were women and children dressed in better clothes; behind them were men, women, and children dressed in tattered and dirty clothes; and the last group consisted of Mohe warriors who had surrendered.
After listening to what the two had to say, Li Shiyue nodded again, then looked at He Lu and said, "Please ask them to find out which of these people are their leader's family members." Li Shiyue pointed to the people in front of her.
Who else are the nobles of this tribe?
Oh, especially which ones are actually related to Prince Ayumu?
"Hurry up, pick them all out and kill them all!"
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