Chapter 318: Why Not Annihilate the Liao Army in Huai County
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
When rhe Liao soldiers saw this sight, they became terrified and quickly lost their fighting spirit.
The pressure on Qin Xiaoyaos side was quickly reduced, which finally gave her time to look for the Liao army s commander.
That was right. The task of killing these low-ranking soldiers should be left to others. She still preferred to slay the other party’s generals and commander.
In any case, she had already killed Xiao Tu previously, so if she continued to kill more second-generation descendants of these officials, she wasn’t afraid of drawing more hatred to herself.
It would be best if she could run into Xiao Yuan and kill that old fart as well.
Qin Xiaoyao chased the enemies all the way to the Liao army’s campsite, only to discover that Huang Fei and Liu San were actually stealing her job.
The two of them were riding on horses, pursuing several Liao generals who were fleeing frantically.
When she saw that her brothers would catch up with their quarry soon, she swiftly killed a Liao cavalry soldier beside her.
Then, she mounted his horse nimbly and went after those few Liao generals.
“Giddy up!” As she went in hot pursuit, she repeatedly spurred the horse onward.
Her slap on the horse wasn’t light. As she had injected some special ability force, the horse was so agitated that it galloped faster.
Soon, Qin Xiaoyao was not far from the Liao generals.
Of course, she was also not far from Huang Fei and Liu San.
Huang Fei noticed her presence and guessed his Leader s thoughts. He quickly raised his arm and aimed his arm crossbow.
He was just about to pull the trigger and snatch the kill from his Leader when the Liao army generals nor far away all fell to the ground suddenly.
Huang Fei was shocked.
He turned his head and saw his Leader with a smug smile on her face.
“Whoa!” Huang Fei pulled the reins and halted his horse glumly. He exchanged a look with Liu San, who had stopped as well and then rode his horse slowly toward Qin Xiaoyao.
At this moment, the two of them had the same resentful look in their eyes.
Pfft! Qin Xiaoyao burst into laughter when she saw their expressions.
“Alright, alright! Their heads are more useful to me now than to you.
“After I’ve settled Xiao Tu’s matter, if there’s such an opportunity in the future, I’ll return a few heads to you!” Qin Xiaoyao said in a forthright manner.
Huang Fei and Liu San looked at each other.
They seemed to realize something suddenly, and immediately withdrew the resentment on their faces.
“Leader, if you need them, just take them!” Huang Fei cupped his fists at Qin Xiaoyao.
“We can also help Leader get a few heads!” Liu San added.
The two had already discussed the matter of Xiao Tu before among their comrades. Some people analyzed that their Leader might get into trouble because of this.
They didn’t take it seriously back then as they felt that the analysis was too groundless.
However, it seemed that that man s worry had some validity.
Now that their Leader was in trouble, they would definitely nor shy away from helping her.
Even if they were to carry out more dangerous missions and get more heads for their Leader, they would be more than willing, not to mention these few heads!
Qin Xiaoyao chuckled.
“Don’t worry. There will still be chances. We still have a long journey ahead of us,” she responded.
Then, she instructed the two of them to help Chu Jin kill enemy soldiers while she went hunting for more prey herself.
Just like that, before daybreak, the Jin army scored another big victory and annihilated all the Liao soldiers that surrounded Yellow Flower Town.
By the time the battlefield was cleared, the sky had just turned bright.
Chu Jin walked over to Qin Xiaoyao in high spirits.
“In this battle, you have made great contributions again, Teacher! When I return, I’ll definitely report to the Second Prince and fight for rewards for your contributions!”
Qin Xiaoyao smiled faintly and turned around to look at the vast fields outside the town.
“I’m afraid that this little military merit is not enough for the Second Prince to protect me,” she spoke casually.
Chu Jin was silent.
“How about we exterminate the Liao army in Huai County while we still have time?” Qin Xiaoyao suddenly turned around.
Chu Jin was stunned.
Then, his brain began working furiously.
“With just the few of us?” he asked. He was already a little tempted.
Yellow Flower Town was considered the center of Huai County. It was also for this reason that the food rations and military provisions of the nearby towns were all arranged to be stored here.
Over the past two days, the Liao soldiers had come to attack Yellow Flower Town on and off, but they were all wiped out by the Jin army.
Right now, in some of the nearby towns, the number of Liao soldiers was actually very low.
If their Jin army were to attack them, it wasn’t impossible to take down those towns.
In fact, some of the towns could be taken back without much effort.
The only difficulty was that he had limited troops.
Even if they managed to take back the town, he didn’t have enough people to guard it.
If he were to distribute his troops to defend the towns, then when there were too many towns, the available troops left for him would be fewer and fewer.
“Of course nor,” Qin Xiaoyao chuckled.
“It’ll mainly be me and the Special Forces Team. You guys just need to help me hold the line and wait for an opportunity to charge in.
“After we take down the town, we ll let the Imperial Court’s army guard it.
“As long as we get in touch with the nearby Imperial Court’s army in advance, they should be happy to station themselves in the towns we’ve conquered.”
Chu Jin’s eyes lit up at once.
The Imperial Court s army was weak and the Imperial Court s attitude was unclear, so they didn’t really engage the Liao troops in direct confrontations.
After Huai County was invaded by the Liao army, the Imperial Court’s army within the county had withdrawn from the county.
In spite of this, the Imperial Court’s army did not go far.
If he sent someone to contact them, he should be able to make contact very quickly.
Most of the Imperial Court’s soldiers were originally from Huai County. It would be odd if they were unwilling to return to Huai County to guard their towns.
“This is a good idea!” Chu Jin quickly replied.
“In addition, we have to send someone to inform the Second Prince. Get him to help to delay the negotiations between the Liao and Jin States.
“If we can take back Huai County, the terms of the peace negotiations may change.”
Chu Jin’s eyes lit up brightly.
“Alright! I ll immediately send people to High Pass Town!” he quickly said.
Huai County wasn’t far from High Pass Town. If they recovered this county, it would be a great encouragement to rhe Jin army.
Following that, as long as rhe Second Prince sent more troops, it was very likely that they could rake back more counties.
They did not need to recover all the county cities occupied by the Liao army. They only needed to reclaim the county cities near High Pass Town. As long as they could cut off the retreat route of the Liao army, that was good enough.
As such, as long as the follow-up Liao army could not enter High Pass Town, the Liao army that invaded rhe Jin State would nor be able to retreat. It was only a matter of time before they were devoured.
If the situation could really develop in this vein, the outcome of this battle between the Jin and Liao States might be changed.
When he thought of this, Chu Jin’s heart was filled with excitement.
Qin Xiaoyao smiled and watched Chu Jin leave.
Now, it was up to the Second Prince to decide.
After calming down her emotions, Qin Xiaoyao returned to the town alone.
After returning to her tent, she fell asleep at once.
By the time she woke up, it was already afternoon.
Qin Xiaoyao rubbed her empty tummy and instructed the soldiers outside to bring food.
In the end, rhe soldier informed her that Chu Jin had already prepared a meal for her.
He was also waiting to talk to her.
“Then bring the food up and invite Colonel Chu over,” Qin Xiaoyao said.
“Yes, Colonel!” The soldier then excused himself.
Thereafter, the piping hot food arrived.
Qin Xiaoyao had just picked up her chopsticks when Chu Jin entered the tent.
“Do you want to join me for some grub?” Qin Xiaoyao invited Chu Jin with a smile when she saw him enter.
Chu Jin smiled. “No, thanks. I’m not hungry yer.”
With that, he went to rhe seat next to Qin Xiaoyao and sat down.
“I’m here to talk to you about the Imperial Court’s army.
“The man we sent our has already contacted the Imperial Court’s army. The county magistrate and the generals of the Imperial Court’s army are all in one place.
“They said that as long as we take down the town, they are very willing to send troops to guard it and let Huai County return to peace earlier..”