Qi Shui walked over the corpses that were strewn all over the place. There was a thick smell of blood everywhere. There were corpses everywhere. Some of them were poisoned to death, while others were hacked to death. There was almost no complete body, and blood was everywhere.
In the past, when he watched blood movies, he always felt that there was too much ketchup. Now, he suddenly felt that it wasn't good to be too realistic. Looking at those halved corpses, broken limbs everywhere, and the ground full of internal organs and flesh, if it was in the past, he would have vomited yesterday night's dinner.
Ren Baqian also saw an interesting thing in the pile of corpses. It was a box with many small holes on it. It wasn't just one or two. That was the central position of the Great Xia army. All the soldiers were poisoned to death. There were many such boxes on the ground, but most of them were trampled on, revealing the crossbow bolts inside. Only a few were still intact.
He jumped down and picked one up. Teng Ji saw it from a distance and said, "It's a Great Xia crossbow. There should be a crossbow battalion here."
Ren Baqian aimed the box at an empty space not far away and found something that looked like a wrench. He pressed it and felt a jolt in his hand. In a split second, 12 crossbow bolts were shot out and nailed into the ground.
"This thing is pretty powerful." Ren Baqian was a little speechless. Even though it wasn't as good as modern firearms, which required half a day to load a crossbow bolt and had a shorter range, it was still pretty powerful.
Previously, this crossbow battalion should have been protecting the central position of the Great Xia army. The opponent's plan was to use the bowmen in the first few rows to reduce the number of winged cavalry warriors. After that, the bowmen would withdraw from the sides and reveal the crossbow battalion. This was the perfect time to deal a painful blow to the winged cavalry.
It was a pity that neither the bowmen nor the crossbow battalion were put to use, especially the crossbow battalion. They didn't even have the chance to display their strength and were immediately poisoned to death.
This could only be considered as Great Xia's bad luck.
Ren Baqian originally wanted to pick up a few crossbows, but after thinking that they were covered in sarin gas, he gave up.
After walking for a long distance, there were only scattered corpses in the surroundings. Only then did the smell of blood in the surroundings disperse.
"Sigh, such is life." Ren Baqian looked at the sky at a 45-degree angle and sighed. He was really a little uncomfortable. Even though there were quite a number of corpses in the past, firstly, there weren't as many as this time. Secondly, he didn't walk on a pile of corpses. The feeling of walking on a pile of corpses from afwas definitely different.
Especially of such a miserable scene.
Fortunately, he only sighed and pretended to be sentimental. Then, he threw this matter to the back of his mind.
Such things happened everywhere, and he couldn't care less about it.
Unless the world was unified and could maintain a few hundred years of peace, it would be the same on every battlefield.
After advancing another few hundred meters, the winged cavalry at the front suddenly rushed forward.
"Your Majesty!" Teng Ji remained at his original position and cupped his hands at the empress.
"What is it?" the empress asked.
"There are many corpses up ahead. Judging from the direction and the way they're dressed, they're probably from the Protectorate of the North."
The empress's face immediately turned gloomy.
When the winged cavalry in front of them gradually stopped and split into two sides, Ren Baqian and the empress finally saw the scene in front of them.
Corpses, weapons, and arrows were strewn all over the place. In the middle stood a headless man, but he held a saber with both hands and stood firmly on the ground. There were wounds all over his body, and his flesh was split open on both sides.
Just by looking at this scene, one could feel a solemn and tragic aura.
The empress got down from Qi Shui and slowly walked over. Ren Baqian quickly jumped down and followed behind her.
The battlefield just now made him feel that it was a massacre, but this place made him feel sad.
There weren't only corpses of aboriginal soldiers, but also corpses of Great Xia soldiers.
All the aboriginal soldiers were like sieves with short arrows pierced through their bodies. They weren't shot by bows, but by crossbows. They were the kind of repeating crossbows that were picked up from the battlefield just now.
It could be imagined that these soldiers rushed over from the Protectorate of the North to welcome the empress. Together with the winged cavalry, they launched a pincer attack on the Great Xia army, but they were ambushed by Great Xia. Both sides engaged in a chaotic battle here, and eventually, the aboriginal army was completely annihilated.
Furthermore, this happened two days ago. Because Ren Baqian's journey back to Earth was delayed by two days, the Great Xia army calmly intercepted the empress and her party after they reorganized themselves. The result was too tragic to look at.
According to Ren Baqian's imagination, this was a place where Great Xia would first attack with crossbows from both sides. Then, the soldiers would charge forward and use crossbows to kill the surviving aboriginal soldiers and Great Xia soldiers.
Even so, the number of aboriginal soldiers at the scene was much fewer than the Great Xia soldiers. At first glance, the ratio was about one to two to two and a half. Approximately 1,000 aboriginal soldiers and 2,000 Great Xia soldiers were buried here.
As for the burly man who was standing, in addition to the wounds from the swords and arrows, there were also purplish black marks on his body as if he was tied up by something.
Ren Baqian immediately recalled the chain that appeared out of thin air and bound the empress with his binoculars.
Looking at all this, the empress's ice-cold aura became even more intense. It made people around her feel as if the surrounding temperature had dropped, and they trembled all over.
This was emitted from her murderous aura.
"Your Majesty, it's Lin Yaoqi." Li Tanhua still had a poker face. He held a bloody head that was glaring angrily and came forward.
Lin Yaoqi was considered a valiant general in the Protectorate of the North, but he didn't expect to die here.
The only consolation was that the Zhu Mu Elders only lived two days longer than him.
"Your Majesty, there are corpses in the forest as well." At this moment, the winged cavalry warriors who ran into the forest to check on the two sides ran out to report.
Ren Baqian followed the empress into the forest and indeed, there were some corpses lying on the ground. However, there weren't many of them. There were only a few scattered corpses of Great Xia and aboriginal soldiers.
However, the aboriginal soldiers who were able to rush into this place were slightly stronger.
The Protectorate of the North wasn't the winged cavalry. Ordinary soldiers had just attained the strength of a Man Wheel expert, and an Earth Wheel expert could already serve as a low-level commander. Those who could withstand crossbows and enter the forest were at least at the advanced level of the Man Wheel level.
"Bring all of them back." The empress paused for a moment, turned around, and returned to the back of Qishui.
Ren Baqian stood there and watched as everyone took off the heads and hung them on both sides of their mounts. He sighed and returned to the back of Qishui. He didn't know if the families of these 1,000 people would hate him.
Even though the aboriginals didn't view death as a big deal, this battlefield still affected the mood of the troops. For the rest of the journey, everyone was much less talkative.
When the sky turned dark, everyone walked out of this mountain range and saw a plain in front of them.
Everyone rested for two hours before setting off again. As expected, there weren't any obstructions in front of them. By late at night, they had already crossed the border of Great Xia and returned to the territory of Dayao.
Not long after entering Dayao, they encountered a group of mounted scouts holding torches. After asking loudly and confirming that it was the winged cavalry, they immediately asked in delight, "May I know if Her Majesty is inside?"
After receiving a confirmation, they immediately sent someone back to report and brought a group of people to see the empress.
When they got closer, they realized that this mounted scout had some injuries on his body and his arm was bandaged. Not only was he injured, but a few people behind him were also injured.
"What happened? Where's General Hong Wu? "the empress inquired.
"Your Majesty, a few days ago, Tiesuo Pass sent troops to attack Ping City and only retreated today. General Hong Wu is overseeing Ping City, "the soldier replied. From time to time, he would glance at Ren Baqian, who was riding with the empress.
Apart from the depths of the Sixty Thousand Mountains, the news of the empress choosing a husband was almost everywhere in Dayao.
When he saw Ren Baqian, he could guess who he was. Originally, he wanted to see if there was anything strange about him, but he was disappointed when he saw him.
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