https://novelcool.info/chapter/Chapter-430-The-War-s-Imminent-Conclusion/13041620/
https://novelcool.info/chapter/Chapter-432-Wang-Ti-and-Zhao-Er-s-Actions/13041622/
Chapter 431: Mission Accomplished
Chapter 431: Mission Accomplished
September 25th, 2017
Upon learning that Wu Yan Yong was leading the remaining Wu Xian rebels to attack Xianyang, Lu Hai Kong heaved a sigh of relief and immediately adjusted his course of action.
No longer in a state of high alert for city defense, Lu Hai Kong left Cheng Lian in charge, providing him with a thousand bandit raiders to maintain order, while Lu Hai Kong himself led the remaining raiders and the Blackwind Army towards Xianyang to finish the job.
Yes, it was not a battle but a mopping-up operation!
Lu Hai Kong was well aware that since capturing Jiuyuan and dismantling the rebels' main camp, the Wu Xian rebels had been pushed to the brink of desperation. They were out of food, and if they couldn't take Xianyang within a short time, this massive rebel force would collapse in just a day or two.
So, Lu Hai Kong wasn't going to fight but merely to finish them off.
As Lu Hai Kong's forces set off, the Wu Xian rebels had already reached the outskirts of Xianyang.
When Wu Yan Yong led this force of 150,000 to 160,000 rebels to the gates of Xianyang and launched their all-out assault, Gao Shun, without hesitation, unleashed a barrage of siege engines, skillfully blocking their advance and effortlessly causing the rebels to break their heads against the city's defenses.
Wu Yan Yong, in despair, realized that the target he had carefully chosen, specifically avoiding the Jiuyuan County seat, was actually a tougher nut to crack than Jiuyuan County itself.
"Let's go, it's pointless," Wu Yan Yong said, dejectedly ordering his troops to retreat after his army's charge had been brutally halted by the Xianyang defenses.
He knew the army was finished, utterly defeated, and at this point, he didn't even consider trying to salvage anything.
Meanwhile, within the army, several units had already broken away, resolutely leaving the main force.
This world has never lacked intelligent people, and if Wu Yan Yong could see the army's impending doom, others could too. Wu Yan Yong knew that if he was planning to flee, others would do the same.
As a hastily assembled force, when the top brass scattered, the entire high command disappeared in the blink of an eye, leaving only the lowest-ranking troops—the enraged tribesmen still attacking the city.
It wasn't that Wu Yan Yong didn't want to take these people with him, but at this point, the battle was already underway, and the tribal leaders couldn't quickly identify their own people. This mixed army of over a hundred thousand came from dozens, if not hundreds, of tribes, and it was impossible to sort them out in a short time.
Moreover, they were also out of food, and the rebels were collapsing. Why waste time and effort to resolve the food crisis for these low-ranking soldiers when everyone was trying to save themselves?
So, these soldiers were abandoned.
The massive army of 150,000 to 160,000 was reduced to less than 100,000 in the blink of an eye.
After attacking Xianyang for a while, this leaderless army finally realized something was wrong.
Just as they stopped in confusion, Lu Hai Kong's cavalry arrived.
"Your mission, 'Suppress the Wu Xian Rebellion,' has changed. The mission objective has been updated."
Lu Hai Kong's forces had just reached the vicinity of Xianyang when they received news from the Blackwind Army, who had been monitoring the battle, that the Wu Xian rebel leaders had largely abandoned their troops. The system notification followed suit.
Without hesitation, Lu Hai Kong opened his attribute panel.
Suppressing the Wu Xian Rebellion (Completed)
Quest Description: N/A
Quest Difficulty: Evaluating
Quest Rewards: Evaluating
The Suppression of the Wu Xian Rebellion quest is complete. The next quest is generated: Hunt Down the Wu Xian Rebel Leaders.
Hunt Down the Wu Xian Rebel Leaders
Quest Description: Although the rebellion has been suppressed, many high-ranking rebel leaders have escaped. Please do your best to hunt down the remaining rebels.
Quest Rewards: Varies based on completion.
It was apparent that after the retreat of Wu Yan Yong and the other high-ranking leaders, the system had already deemed this quest completed.
Lu Hai Kong was not particularly pleased about this. To be honest, he was quite disappointed.
Lu Hai Kong had originally hoped that when the Wu Xian rebels were exhausted of ammunition and supplies, he could swoop in and crush this final army of over ten thousand, and gain a surge in quest evaluation. However, this quest abruptly ended at this stage, and Lu Hai Kong's plans were completely ruined.
But there was nothing he could do about it. Lu Hai Kong couldn't argue about this situation, so he could only vent his frustration on the remaining ten-odd thousand Wu Xian rebels at the gates of Xianyang City, who were already on the verge of collapse.
In the 1691st chapter, he took a look at the latest version!
Previously, these ten-odd thousand Wu Xian rebels could barely be considered an army. At this point, having been completely abandoned, they could only be described as a mob of rioters.
How could an unorganized mob possibly be a match for Lu Hai Kong? Despite Lu Hai Kong's cavalry being only a tenth of the rebels', the battle between the two sides couldn't even be called a battle; it was a massacre!
This massacre lasted for over two hours. After two hours, three to four thousand of the Wu Xian rebels' ten thousand-strong army had been annihilated, two to three thousand were captured, and the rest had mostly fled.
Lu Hai Kong would send people to sweep the area later, but before he did so, the scattered rebels would likely take action sooner than Lu Hai Kong. For them, this was the best opportunity to earn merits and complete quests.
After Lu Hai Kong stabilized the situation, and Gao Shun's men came out to clear the battlefield, the system prompt followed.
"Congratulations on winning a battle. You have gained 150,000 allocatable skill experience and one golden chest."
"1,772 of your Bandit Raiders have been promoted to the 'Excellent' rank."
Perhaps because Lu Hai Kong had such an easy victory, the rewards for this battle were somewhat meager. However, the unexpected promotion of nearly two thousand Bandit Raiders to the 'Excellent' rank was a pleasant surprise.
Since the deployment of Lu Hai Kong's 15,000 Bandit Raiders, they have only fought in two battles. The first was relatively more challenging, with nearly five thousand casualties. This second battle was much easier, and from start to finish, it was mostly a slaughter. The rebels were unable to organize any significant resistance, and by the end of the battle, Lu Hai Kong's forces suffered fewer than a thousand casualties. Moreover, over half of the Bandit Raiders have already been promoted to the 'Excellent' rank.
"It seems that war is the fastest way for soldiers to improve their ranks," Lu Hai Kong realized.
In addition to this realization, Lu Hai Kong had an even deeper insight.
He discovered that the wars in this world were fundamentally different from those in the world of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. In this world, the outcome of a battle is not solely determined by the number of troops deployed by each side."
The true factors that influence victory in war are the quality of the soldiers, their equipment, cohesion, and the capabilities of the generals on both sides."
If this trend continues, future battles may increasingly involve smaller numbers, with fewer instances of massive armies of hundreds of thousands...
(End of Chapter)
Chapter end
Report
