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Chapter 138 Rout, Ineffective Surrender Attempts, and the Plan
"Tsk! It's definitely much worse."
"The fact that this supernatural power is always accurate isn't so reliable after all."

Having vaguely seen what was happening in the distance, Wang Dahu couldn't help but sigh.

Upon hearing this, Li Hu, who was closest to him, couldn't help but laugh and say:

"Hehe, General, you're joking. This is several miles away, and to cause such great damage is already quite remarkable."

I've heard that the second characteristic of archery prowess is called "hitting the bullseye from a hundred paces away." But it's not just about hitting the bullseye from a hundred paces away; the arrow you just shot, General, could pierce through metal and split stone from several miles away.
The characteristics of this supernatural power aren't so rigid and fixed; it mainly depends on how the person uses it.

"Hey, what do you mean? You mean I'm bad at archery?"

"Hehe, I didn't say that."

"Alright, that's enough. The Mongol cavalry below have suffered so many casualties that they are nearing their limit and on the verge of collapse."
Come with me out of the city to hunt them down.
"Xu Ming, Staff Officer, I'm entrusting the affairs within the city to you."

"Yes, General, don't worry!"

Xu Ming nodded solemnly.

However, just as Wang Dahu was about to step down from the city wall, he discovered that the Mongol cavalry below had already begun to retreat.

"Huh? You think you can just leave? Not so easy."
Li Hu, come with me!

Open the city gates!

Wang Dahu didn't even have time to walk down the city wall step by step; he took three steps at a time and jumped down the wall as quickly as a triple jump.

Li Hu followed closely behind, quickly descending the stairs in the same manner.

After they went downstairs, two thousand cavalrymen were ready, and the city gates slowly opened.

"Kill! Kill with me, general!"

"kill!"

"Kill!"

With Wang Dahu's roar, everyone roared back, urging their warhorses to gallop out of Shandan Garrison City like the wind.

"Mom!"

The Mongol cavalry outside the city, already nearing their mental limits and on the verge of collapse due to the deaths of thousands, had just received orders to retreat and were beginning a chaotic retreat.

At this moment, seeing the city gates of Shandanwei suddenly open and a large number of militiamen dressed in gray rush out, they instantly collapsed completely. They shouted and, no longer caring about anything else, began to flee frantically for their lives.

In an instant, the soldiers didn't know their generals, and the generals didn't know their soldiers; everyone was fleeing for their lives.

Ten thousand horses galloped straight into the rear of the army.

Seeing this, Lin Dan Khan was terrified. If those chaotic troops were to break into his own camp, everything would be in complete chaos.

"Stop! Halt! I order you to stop!"

Despite his constant shouting, he even ordered his men to kill dozens of people in succession.

However, none of this stopped the chaotic army from fleeing.

In just a moment, all the Mongol cavalrymen were thrown into chaos and could only flee backwards, swept along by the tide.

Anyone who stood in their way was considered an enemy, and they were attacked with their swords without hesitation.

Even Lin Danhan was almost slashed by a knife and died a miserable death.

Faced with this situation, Lin Danhan had no choice but to turn his horse around and speed away.

As the current Great Khan of the Tatar Tumed, his warhorse was naturally of the highest caliber. Soon, he led his personal guards, overtaking many other Mongol cavalrymen, and galloped wildly into the depths of the grassland.

Meanwhile, in the rear, Wang Dahu led two thousand cavalrymen, swiftly slaughtering the lagging cavalry.

"Surrender without killing!"

"Surrender without killing!"

Shouts echoed across the battlefield. Some people stopped running, dismounted, and surrendered, while many others continued to run wildly, only to be caught up and killed by Wang Dahu and his men.

During this process, there were instances where Mongol cavalry turned back to fight, but they were no match for the extraordinary strength and speed of the Salvation Army.

The iron-blooded aura descended, enveloping all the soldiers of the Salvation Army. The military energy of everyone circulated within their bodies through the iron-blooded aura, completely uniting their power into one.

The vast and boundless military energy, under Wang Dahu's command, can be mobilized and used by everyone.

Each attack is empowered by a vast amount of military strategist energy, drawing upon the power of the surrounding heaven and earth to unleash a devastating strike.

Even the man and his armor were cleaved in two, terrifying the nearby Mongol cavalry who cried out "Demon!" and fled for their lives.

In the end, however, they were still caught up and killed by the militia behind them.

After they sheathe their swords, they also draw upon the power of the surrounding天地 (heaven and earth) to quickly replenish their consumed true energy.

With the support of a massive military formation, this recovery speed reached its limit.

Almost immediately after sheathing his sword, the military true energy he had previously depleted was nearly fully replenished.

Therefore, even though everyone was attacking continuously, the vast military energy was not depleted much, and even remained at near its peak.

It seems that things could continue like this forever, until the end of time.

Of course, true qi can circulate endlessly and be generated continuously.

However, the bodies of the people involved could not hold out for much longer.

That immense true energy had exceeded the limits of everyone's bodies, and even with the adjustment of the array-setting supernatural power, it still put great pressure on everyone's bodies.

There are no problems in the short term.

But after a while, everyone's bodies couldn't hold on any longer.

Even so, it was more than enough to hunt down these Mongol cavalrymen.

While Wang Dahu and his men were relentlessly pursuing the Mongol cavalry, Lindan Khan, who was running the fastest on the other side, occasionally glanced back and his face turned deathly pale.

What did he see?
Were those militia members even human?
One slash after another, as easily as chopping melons and vegetables, they cleaved countless Mongol cavalrymen in two, armor and all.

Is this something a human being can do?

Even Batel, the strongest among their Mongol warriors, couldn't do that.

Not to mention, the militia seemed tireless, relentlessly slaughtering the lagging Mongol cavalry, each one killed with a single blow. In that instant, Lindan Khan felt a chill run through his body. He felt that these militia were definitely not human; they were gods or demons.

After regaining his senses, Lin Dahan immediately spurred his warhorse forward, fleeing at an even faster speed into the depths of the grassland.

As time passed, countless Mongol cavalrymen began to scatter and flee, and the distance between Wang Dahu and them gradually increased.

After chasing them for half a day, Wang Dahu could only helplessly stop as the Mongol cavalry gradually disappeared from sight.

Their strength and speed surpassed that of ordinary people, but the warhorses they rode were no different from ordinary warhorses, and under the continuous pursuit, they finally began to be unable to withstand it.

On the contrary, those Mongol cavalrymen, who only knew how to flee, were able to hold out for a longer period of time.

Moreover, they were fleeing for their lives, so how could they care whether their warhorses could withstand it?
Afterwards, Wang Dahu withdrew his array-setting magic.

After the battle formation was disbanded, everyone immediately felt a wave of weakness.

Fortunately, their internal energy was not greatly depleted, and they were able to quickly recover by circulating their internal energy.

After a while, everyone's weakened bodies began to feel a little better.

However, to truly alleviate their weakness, relying solely on internal energy is insufficient; they also require nutritional supplements from food.

Although true qi is said to be the essence, qi and spirit refined from within the body, it has undergone many changes after evolving into true qi and cannot completely replace the nutrients consumed by the body.

Therefore, they still need food to supplement their nutrition and cannot achieve true fasting.

Even if one mastered the supernatural power of fasting, it would still be impossible to go without eating for an extended period.

It can only delay consumption, but it cannot prevent it.

Over time, they will also need food.

Perhaps with further enhancement of the energy of heaven and earth and the level of supernatural powers, one can achieve true fasting.

However, the internal energy within them could not fully compensate for the depletion of their bodies.

However, alleviating physical fatigue and allowing them to maintain strong combat power for a short period of time is still achievable.

Afterwards, Wang Dahu and his men gathered up the defeated Mongol soldiers, but to his disappointment, they only managed to get three thousand surrendered soldiers.

According to postwar statistics, the death toll during the siege was estimated to be around two to three thousand.

After being chased by Wang Dahu and his men, and in their own desperate attempt to escape, they attacked those who blocked their path, resulting in trampling deaths, nearly ten thousand people died.

After listening to the report, Wang Dahu couldn't help but sigh deeply.

These Mongol cavalrymen were truly loyal; even when they were fleeing and facing death, they refused to surrender.

If this had happened in the Ming army, the death toll and the number of prisoners would probably have been reversed, and there might even have been more people surrendering.

After listening to Wang Dahu's exclamation, Staff Officer Xu Ming couldn't help but show a strange expression.

Seeing his expression, Wang Dahu couldn't help but ask in confusion.

"Old Xu, what's wrong with you? Why are you like this?"

"Hmm, do you think it's possible that those Mongol cavalrymen couldn't understand what you were shouting at all?"

Xu Ming suppressed a laugh and said with a strange expression.

"Ah~?"

For a moment, Wang Dahu was somewhat petrified.

He didn't expect that the reason those Mongol cavalrymen kept running away and never surrendered was simply because they couldn't understand Chinese.

So it wasn't that they were particularly loyal or fearless, but rather that they didn't understand Wang Dahu and his men's intention to surrender and not be killed.

Perhaps they thought it was Wang Dahu and his men's excited shouts as they were about to kill the enemy.

"What about those who surrendered?"

After a moment, Wang Dahu, who had come to his senses, couldn't help but ask out of curiosity.

"Some of the surrendered Mongol cavalrymen could understand Chinese, while others were so desperate that they simply gave up resistance, no longer caring whether they were killed or tortured."
There were also some people who were originally Han Chinese, but because they couldn't survive, they joined some Mongol tribes outside the Great Wall, and then, for various reasons, joined the army.

So this is ah
Wang Chao nodded thoughtfully, and then said:
"If that's the case..."
So, what do you think? Should we form a cavalry force that understands Mongolian?
Otherwise, if things turn out like this time, we won't be able to fulfill the leader's instructions."

"You want to form our own Mongol cavalry?"

Xu Ming frowned and asked.

"Hmm, more or less."
Otherwise, we wouldn't be able to arrest many people.
"Didn't the leader say that a large number of people are needed for the development of the territory?"

"Um
"Heh, the large number of people the leader mentioned doesn't necessarily mean these Mongol troops, does it?"

After a moment of contemplation, Xu Ming suddenly spoke.

"Huh? What do you mean?"

Wang Dahu asked in surprise.

"Hehe. Mongolia, there aren't many people on the grasslands, are there?"

Xu Ming chuckled, pointed north, and spoke calmly, as if he were discussing what he wanted to eat that day.

"You mean those Mongol tribes?"

"Yes, we have too few cavalry to annihilate all the Mongol cavalry, and we can't even catch up with some of them."

However, we can continue to launch attacks, encircle and annihilate those Mongol tribes, and capture those Mongols.
They, too, can be used as laborers.

"No! Do it this way!"

After a moment's hesitation, Wang Dahu nodded sharply.

As the saying goes, if the enemy can go there, so can I.

In the past, it was the Mongols who plundered the border areas and abducted people.

Now, it's their turn.

However, before that, they still need to deal with the Turpan army outside Jiayuguan in the west before they can proceed with their plan with peace of mind.

(End of this chapter)