After Jian Shaotang returned to the camp, he and Li Tianxiao led the main attack before dawn. Jian Shaotang led the vanguard into the formation, and his morale was greatly boosted. They fought bloody for two days and defeated the assembled tribesmen.
The battle between Tianliang and Feng Aotian was equally fierce. This battle was for the emperor's order and for dignity. Both sides fought with all their strength and risked their lives.
There is the sound of horse hooves everywhere in the grassland.
The green grass facing the wind was almost completely flattened by horse hooves, and there was overwhelming smoke and dust everywhere, as well as the sound of fighting horns.
The black Central Plains troops surged into this pure green like a surging tide, like dark clouds covering the sky and blocking out the light.
On the third day when Tianliang and Feng Aotian led the troops, the Katu tribe was unable to defeat the Xifeng army. After retreating steadily, the soldiers were divided into two groups and retreated to Katu. The Xifeng army took advantage of the victory and pursued them. Feng Aotian led the army to pursue.
Tianliang led thousands of elite soldiers to pursue the coach.
After five days of hard work, the Katu army was finally encircled and suppressed by the Xifeng army, and only a few stragglers remained, fleeing in panic.
"General, the enemy's remnants were found five miles ahead and are now fleeing towards the Katu tribe."
When it was time to return, the deputy general reported the situation ahead to Tianliang. Tianliang looked around at the smoke and barren grassland and ordered: "Return to the team and meet with His Highness."
"General, no. Although the remaining troops in front are few in number, it is suspected that the commander has escaped among them. We have not found the body of Commander Katu. We must not let the tiger return to the mountain like this. Otherwise, if the soldiers refuse to obey, it will inevitably cause future troubles for our army.
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The lieutenant-general spoke sternly to persuade him. Tianliang looked back and glanced behind him. Hearing the lieutenant-general's words, everyone was eager to capture the general and seize the opportunity. He gritted his teeth and ordered, "Everyone, follow me to the front to capture the commander."
After saying that, he reined up his horse and led the troops behind him in pursuit. After walking for a while, he saw the commander of Katu who was fleeing on horseback with less than a hundred wounded troops. When the weather was cold and he was about to lead his men to rush forward,
Suddenly, in the queue, there were more than twenty men, women, and children wearing civilian single-breasted uniforms that were different from the Katu army soldiers——
After fighting for several days, the Katu commander also had some understanding of Tianliang's tactics of leading troops and fighting methods.
Along the way, except for regular battles, the troops led by Tianliang were ordered not to indiscriminately hurt innocent people and capture civilians. Now it seems that the commander of the Katu tribe knew that there was no escape, so he took advantage of Tianliang's weakness and absconded.
At that time, he tried to mix the fleeing people into the fleeing tribesmen, hoping to escape.
"General, this is the other side's plan," the deputy general warned, "You must not be merciful."
Of course Tianliang knew that this was a strategy... But in such a short period of time, the Katu soldiers had no conditions to disguise themselves, and those accompanying them even had children around ten years old, so they must be innocent people...
Her heart was like ants, she was confused, her hands were stiff, her throat was dry for a while, and she couldn't give orders.
Seeing the cool weather, the deputy general hesitated. He quickly raised his hand and ordered, "Strike the bow, raise the arrow, and shoot. Don't miss anyone!"
As he finished speaking, countless black arrow feathers were shot out, and the sound of the arrows piercing the air was so sharp. The sound of resistance, the sound of weapons interlacing, and the screams were so harsh--
Tianliang saw many common people being hit by arrows, falling down and staring angrily at the approaching Xifeng troops, with eyes fixed on them and lifeless.
Shouting to the sky, the soldiers of Xifeng's elite troops rushed forward and mercilessly killed everyone with long swords. General Katu was intercepted by three lieutenants, and finally beheaded the horse with one sword.
Beheaded.
The enemy forces in Katu were all wiped out. General Xifeng and his soldiers rushed their shining blades and sword peaks towards the sky that had already been covered by dust and smoke. It was so bright that no one dared to look directly at it.
Cheers of victory resounded non-stop, and morale was high. They jumped on their horses and shouted in unison for the general to return to the camp.
Tianliang jumped off his horse, walked to the corpses, looked at the dead people, and said in a low voice: "I will be back later, you can go back to the camp now to receive the rewards."
Then, he bent down and walked to the people who died tragically, tilted his head slightly, closed his eyes and mourned in silence.
Sure enough, after the lieutenants looked at her with strange eyes, they whipped up their horses, led their men and horses, and carried the head of the Katu commander, and ran towards the camp, striving to join the army as soon as possible and receive the reward.
Tianliang heard the sound of horse hooves moving away, put down his hand, opened his eyes, pursed his lips, and said nothing.
She knew that if she did this, she would lose at least three points of her military morale.
She also knew that what she had just done seemed pretentious in the eyes of others, but that was all she could do.
She cannot be responsible for the consequences of her own choices and persistence, and for the disappearance of these lives. The only thing she can do is this.
Tianliang stood quietly for a long time, and when she turned to leave, she suddenly heard a faint moan. She turned around and saw that it was the cry for help from a young woman who was pressed under the soldier's body.
She walked over quickly, pulled the body apart, bent down to explore, and when she saw that there was still a faint breath, she pinched the young woman's middle, took out the water bottle from her waist and fed the young woman a few sips of water, then patted her face and tried to kill her.
wake.
The young woman opened her eyes and saw that her rescuer was wearing a Xifeng military uniform, and there was also the leader. She opened her eyes wide in confusion, opened her mouth, bit the back of Tianliang's hand that slapped her face, and said fiercely to her.
Pulling and tearing her apart, there was hatred in his eyes that wanted to tear her bones off!
"Let go of me, I can save you and barely save your life." Tian Liang looked at his hand in her lips, without avoiding or stopping her, he just gave a word of advice quietly.
The young woman gritted her teeth and pulled away violently, tearing off a piece of flesh from the back of Tianliang's hand with her teeth, causing the flesh to burst and bleed.
Tianliang saw her own blood, which dyed her gray lips red and splattered her face with blood.
The young woman's body twitched a few times, she suddenly raised her head and smiled coldly at the sky, fell down, closed her eyes, and lost her breath.
Only then did Tianliang realize that she was not asking for help from herself. She was just using the last bit of strength in her life to express her incomparable resentment and anger towards the invaders. Therefore, when she saw the culprit who invaded the grassland,
Only when the culprit was bitten by her until his skin and flesh burst open would he smile so satisfied.
Tianliang didn't feel any pain, and didn't care about the injuries on the back of her hands. She just stared at the young woman's body in a daze, squatting and saying nothing.
She didn't know how long she had maintained this posture, and she didn't care that her limbs were already numb and weak. However, when she saw the dead young woman's swollen belly from the corner of her eyes, her eyes heated up and she shed a line of hot tears.
"What on earth am I doing..."
Tianliang held his head in his hands, clenched his fists and muttered to himself, his whole body trembling.