Chapter 966 - Different Paths But Never Far (1/2)

The battle for Mt. Zuoyun was about to end.

Actually, the expeditionary army's defeat was foreseeable from the moment the wolves arrived. All that was left now was cleaning up the battlefield.

The Qing Consortium's nanosoldiers led by Luo Lan had fought their way from the South to the North. How could the already defeated barbarians possibly be a match for these elite troops? Moreover, they were even equipped with 2,000 40 mm underbarrel grenade launchers.

If the Qing Consortium were fighting on the main battlefield, they would definitely not deploy all of their underbarrel grenade launchers in one army. But now it was like these troops were given a cheat code and routed the expeditionary army until they did not even have the courage to fight back.

Meanwhile, on the 6th Combat Brigade and the wolves' side, both parties were constantly applying pressure on the expeditionary army's area of movement until there were no barbarians left alive on the battlefield.

Hassan and the nomads rode on their sturdy horses and patrolled the battlefield. When they saw the barbarians' huge axes, their eyes lit up. ”These are great!”

With that, they immediately gathered all of the axes and took them as the spoils of war for the nomads.

Although the Qing Consortium had provided firearms to them, there were still too few to equip all the nomads. As the nomads did not have the capability to manufacture firearms, they were naturally very happy to find these axes.

When P5092 and the others saw the Battle for Mt. Zuoyun had ended, they emerged from behind a makeshift blind and headed towards the nomads.

When Hassan saw them, he welcomed them warmly with the other nomads.

Hassan knew full well that these troops were led by his master's brother, so they were on the same side.

But when the two sides got closer, the nomads were stunned. They learned from Hassan that the barbarians from the Far North had surrounded this place for more than ten days, so they thought this should have been an evenly fought battle between the Central Plains and the barbarians.

As such, they felt the Central Plains troops here should also be elites.

But when they saw the soldiers of the 6th Combat Brigade, they were all covered in dust and dirt. Some of them even had to use their guns to steady themselves.

There were fewer people in the 6th Combat Brigade than expected, and their clothes were all tattered and dirty, making them look pathetic and battered.

Nearby, Bulan Zir asked, ”Is this all of you?”

P5092 smiled. ”What, you expected more?”

Bulan Zir looked at the thousands of soldiers of the 6th Combat Brigade. They had encountered the expeditionary army at the salt pool and witnessed the combat strength of the barbarians during their reconnaissance. Therefore, it was very difficult for him to imagine it was just these few people in front of him who had held the expeditionary army's 70,000 troops here for a dozen days.

Bulan Zir walked forward and patted P5092 on the chest. ”You're all men worthy of respect. If there's a chance, come visit the steppe, and we'll definitely play host to y'all with the best wine.”

P5092 did not mind. He said with a smile, ”Thank you for coming to our aid. If it weren't for you all, we couldn't have held out for much longer. But now is not the time to talk about that. We still have to rush north.”

”As it happens, my master's also headed north, so let's ride together.” Bulan Zir turned around and commanded the nomads behind him, ”Bring the horses!”

For this long-range raid, every one of the nomads had to bring two horses along in case one was unable to bear the long journey.

Now that they were willing to let the soldiers of the 6th Combat Brigade ride their horses, it could be considered as a way of showing their admiration.

…

At this moment, Yan Liuyuan was staring blankly at Ren Xiaosu north of the battlefield of Mt. Zuoyun. He did not expect that the matter he had been worried about for so long was simply brushed aside by Ren Xiaosu.

Ren Xiaosu said, ”During the war against the Zong Consortium, I killed at least several thousand people. Later, I went to Stronghold 146 and nearly wiped out an entire brigade there. When Stronghold 146 was destroyed, there were definitely civilians who got injured as well.

”And the East Lake cave-in at the Zhou Consortium's Stronghold 73 also caused quite a stir even though the stronghold was not destroyed.

”After that, I also killed several hundred people at the Kong Consortium's strongholds and another thousand-odd people at Luoyang City…” Ren Xiaosu recalled. ”Now that I think about it, I feel like I'm jinxed. It's as though whichever stronghold I go to, they all end up getting destroyed….”

Yan Liuyuan did not say anything for a while. He realized Ren Xiaosu had killed far more people than him!