Chapter 464 "Finishing Off! Looting the Corpse! Digging a Hole!"
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Before dawn, Li Shiyue led her thousand-strong Xuanjia Army onto their horses and headed towards the direction of the Khan's deserters, which she had learned the day before through the shared vision of the golden eagle.
General Liu did not leave, and Li Shiyue only took her own thousand soldiers with her.
Yesterday, when Li Shiyue went to talk to General Liu, General Liu strongly disagreed with Li Shiyue leading troops to pursue the Khan's deserters.
In General Liu's words, "We've done what we agreed on here in the royal court, helping Sher kill the Khan and the sixth prince. That's enough."
Why should we help him hunt down those deserters?
All we need to do is wait here with the Youzhou army until She'er has cleaned up the internal affairs and then support him in ascending to the throne as Khan.
When the time comes, we'll take what we deserve back to Andong.
Why bother, go through all that trouble?
Li Shiyue only said a few words in response to General Liu's words.
"not enough."
"What?"
"Not enough, not enough have died!"
The two disagreed, and General Liu, seeing Li Shiyue's tough stance, had no choice but to negotiate with her, saying, "I don't care about the soldiers who came with you; you can take them away as you please."
We can give you more horses, but in the future, if you...
"General Liu, rest assured!"
If anything goes wrong, I will take full responsibility!
If I get any benefits, I'll definitely share some with you!
So, before dawn the next day, Li Shiyue led her thousand-plus Xuanjia soldiers onto their horses without a word, and the clatter of hooves echoed directly towards the southeast.
By the time She'er and He'lu led their men out of the royal court, Li Shiyue and the others had already vanished without a trace.
At this moment, General Liu appeared.
She'er learned from General Liu that Li Shiyue had gone to hunt down the Khan's deserters "on his behalf," and a hint of embarrassment appeared on his face.
What do you mean by "on his behalf"?
Li Shiyue was clearly just trying to kill more Turks and get more spoils.
Of course, for She'er, the people Li Shiyue killed were all Khan's soldiers. It could be said that he was clearing away hostile forces for his future ascension to the throne of Khan. It could indeed be considered that he was doing it "on behalf of" him.
So, after a couple of awkward pauses, She'er managed to stammer out, "Did General Li say when he will return?"
"Your Highness, rest assured, General Li said she will definitely be back within five days."
So, will Li Shiyue really come back in five days?
shit!
How is that possible?
Even with horses, it would take most of the day to traverse this vast grassland.
Li Shiyue wanted to kill more people, so how could she only target the Khan's maternal clan?
Of course, we'll kill as many as we can!
With the golden eagle as a powerful weapon, Li Shiyue quickly led the Xuanjia Army to catch up with the Khan's troops who had fled from the Turkic royal court under the bright sunshine.
There's no strategy involved; once we catch up, we just go for it!
After all, the thousand-strong Xuanjia Army would only win against the Khan's deserters, who numbered only five or six hundred!
"My comrades, advance! Kill!"
Under Li Shiyue's command, the little red horse charged forward. With the immense force of the impact, Li Shiyue swung his blade and cleaved the barbarian soldier in two at the waist!
The person who was cut off at the waist still had their lower legs on the horse, but their upper body had already been sent flying to the ground by Li Shiyue's sword.
The little red horse stomped on him, and although the man was not going to live anyway, the little red horse's hoof accelerated his death.
The little red horse continued forward, and Li Shiyue stood up directly on its back. Using the horse's sturdy momentum, she held a knife in each hand and swung it at the barbarian soldiers in front of her.
The scene was as beautiful as a dance, except that every slash Li Shiyue made took a life.
A thousand-strong Xuanjia Army against five or six hundred deserters would be a one-sided massacre.
Not to mention, Li Shiyue, the commander, directly rode his horse forward, brandishing his sword, and with his first strike, he cut a person in half at the waist.
Chen Yong, Sun Xiaoliu, and the others followed behind Li Shiyue, charging forward with loud shouts.
And what about the Khan's deserters on the other side?
They had already fled the royal court in a panic, and had been running away overnight;
After finally managing to escape for most of the night, I can finally stop and rest.
As a result, Li Shiyue appeared with a Xuanjia Army that was twice the size of them and full of energy.
Li Shiyue and his men not only outmaneuvered the Khan's deserters mentally, but also in terms of actual tactics.
In less than half an hour, the ground was littered with severed limbs, and the air above the patch of grass was filled with the still-warm, pungent smell of blood.
"General, about ten have escaped. Should we give chase?"
Wiping the blood off the tip of the knife, Li Shiyue casually wiped the long sword on the inside of his clothes with his bent elbow, spat to the side, and looked in the direction Sun Xiaoliu was pointing.
Where's Heizi?
Sun Xiaoliu called Hei Zi, who was carrying a longbow, to Li Shiyue and said, "Take ten men and kill those guys and bring them back!"
"I can't let them go back and report; it'll ruin my plans!"
"Yes, General!"
Hei Zi accepted the order and immediately selected ten Xuanjia soldiers, each carrying a longbow and with quivers hanging from their horse's neck, to chase after the fleeing soldiers.
"Finish off! Loot the corpse! Dig a hole!"
These three routines are what Li Shiyue and Sun Xiaoliu and the others have been doing for the past few years.
Last hitting is absolutely necessary;
Some of them are actually pretending to be dead, so you definitely have to finish them off.
Looting a corpse is absolutely necessary;
The convention is that whoever kills the victim gets to loot the body;
From the corpse to everything on it, including the head, the gold and silver hidden inside, the armor, the sword and bow, and the horse it rode, everything was the killer's spoils of war.
However, don't we still have to report back to our superiors?
Therefore, the armor, swords, and horses had to be handed over to the public;
However, the heads of those who were credited and the gold and silver on their corpses could still be considered spoils of war and given to the killers.
Digging a pit to bury the body is an old custom.
The purpose was naturally to prevent disease; the corpses were left unattended and would rot and be eaten by the beasts of the grassland.
For Li Shiyue, the outbreak of disease on the grasslands was naturally of no concern.
However, if it is a highly contagious disease, it can easily spread to Andong as caravans travel across the grasslands.
Therefore, Li Shiyue and his group had to go through the trouble of digging a big pit and burying the corpses scattered all over the ground.
By the time the enormous pit of corpses was finished, it was already pitch black.
Chen Yong and Sun Xiaoliu sat in front of the campfire, slowly munching on dry biscuits and drinking water from their water bags.
Li Shiyue, who was wiping his knife, heard the sound of horses' hooves in the distance and instructed Sun Xiaoliu: "Hei Zi and the others are back from the southeast. Light a torch and take some men to meet them."
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