Chapter 363 - Withdrawal Westward (1/2)
Chapter 363: Withdrawal Westward
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The re their comrades in arms compounded the ht was over, the an to fade away They kept looking around blankly, searching in vain for their best friends, until the grief of seeing fa the pile of corpses wrenched their hearts After that, these hard-bitten warriors, ould rather die than surrender before the eneround with the most vacant expression on their face, their in to ponder, ht this battle?”</e froe loss, sofailed to cheer them up
All the tribal chiefs were seriously wounded, and more than 1,000 swordsmen froya, the battle-seasoned macheteman, had dozens of wounds on his body and beca but was unable to utter a word His reputation was untarnished, but he did not knohether there was still any chance that he would be able to use his patronus’ saber again in the future
The machetemen troop he had worked so hard to build up now only had less than 500 people The ly wanting to bring st the four battles during the past 20 days or so, the fourth one caused thethe 4,000 soldiers of the army, only 1,600 survived the battles and nearly half of them were injured
Gu Shenalked past all the survivors, full of grief and anger He swept his gaze across their faces, soradually subdued his anger
He firmly believed that there was a hidden traitor in his army and it was probably one of the five tribal chiefs This traitor had ance of the swordsmen from the Great Snowmountain, and spurred them to launch this suicide attack
Neither the sied macheteman had suspected that there was a scherown up in a world of intrigue, was keenly aware of this possibility
Nevertheless, now the top priority was not finding out the hidden traitor, since it ht further shatter the morale of the army
Gu Shenell aware that justice must be served in an appropriate way, otherwise it would dothe thought of tracking down the hidden traitor right now, Gu Shenwei suether
The Great Snowmountain consisted of five peaks, which were equivalent to five tribes Each peak was further divided into many different valleys, and each valley had a leader, who did not have much real power In accordance with the current rules of the Great Snowmountain, all the matters within a tribe were determined by the tribal chief, and the leaders of the valleys were just in charge of deliveringout orders from their chiefs However, this time, Gu Shenwei decided to break these rules
Beside the five tribal chiefs and Tuo Nengya, ere carried by others to the , Gu Shenwei also invited all the 70 valley leaders of the Great Snowmountain and 23 leaders at all levels fro As such, there were a total of 100 people, including the Dragon King, at the
These 100 people would deter’s h, so he chose an e, all the participants knelt down to round and listened to the Dragon King’s speech Gu Shenwei stood on top of the slope and once again called on everyone to leave with him
Pressed for tie to persuade his soldiers this time around He explicitly told them, “I’ve just come back from the Xiaoyao Lake in the southeast It’s a beautiful and prosperous place, and a natural choke point The locals down there are worried that the Golden Roc Fort is going to expand to the south, so they invite us, the soldiers of the Great Snowainst a co to make such a request The tribal chiefs and the valley leaders began whispering to each other, “Aren’t we going back to the Great Snowmountain?” The leaders of the machetemen all lowered their heads and res look awfully bleak for us It’s better for us to disband and go into hiding at different places, waiting for another chance to come back”
Gu Shenwei could notice their doubts about hiion is totally different The Golden Roc Fort is in league with Norland and their arion A succession of cavalry toward Shu-lik in the west I’ve seen it with doms around the Xiaoyao Lake in the south are not occupied by our enemies, since that place is isolated by deserts This is our only chance Once we occupy that land, we’ll be hunted no ion”
As these words were intended for the leaders of the ue the swords I’ve promised you that I’ll capture Golden Roc Fort within three years, and this promise is still valid I implore you, the people of the Empyrean, the swordsether with me Don’t be depressed by this momentary defeat The Empyrean has appointed me to unite the five peaks of the Great Snowmountain It won’t abandon me e’re faced with forain”
Gu Shenwei did not tell them the whole truth, but his speech still touched many people Firstly, it was the swordsreement, and then the machetemen quickly followed suit
At this moment, several senior leaders of the swordsated to offer sacrifice for the E flatly refused to hold such a cereets ready to leave this camp as soon as possible Let the injured onesas s behind We’ll set out at any minute,” Gu Shenwei commanded
Most soldiers in the ca to step out of this camp, as the Golden Roc Fort’s army had already blocked up the only exit of the valley Despite that, they still ’s order on such short notice
Gu Shenwei climbed up a watch tower to observe then of retreat
He had already sent out soate the situation, but none of theuan brothers to u Xian to withdraw his arot the chance to meet the commander when he returned to the camp, they probably would not have aht Gu Shenorriedly
He was getting increasingly unsure that the Golden Roc Fort’s arht, but this was not his ht if they just delayed their withdrawal What concerned hih the brothers’ scheme He feared that he had pushed the cowardly brothers too hard and stressed thehtto finish the task in a hurry
Tiht the soldiers of the Great Snowot fully equipped to start a journey As they had lostthe previous battles, only the et mounts They were ordered to leave no one behind, and even prepared to carry the unconscious ones with themselves
“We’ll only be able to travel at a very low speed,” </ehed secretly, but he could not command his soldiers to ditch their wounded comrades The swordsmen of the Great Snowmountain were different from the Golden Roc Fort killers and would not tolerate any despicable behavior from their leader, not toa demiGod