Chapter 300: No Mercy
"Kill without mercy, take no prisoners!"
Faced with the bandits from Dingjun Mountain who had once slaughtered the civilians of Daxia, Wei Shifeng directly issued the execution order.
The messenger by Wei Shifeng’s side immediately raised his voice to shout.
"The general has ordered, kill without mercy!"
"Take no prisoners!"
With the messenger’s loud shout, the soldiers of the Sharp Brave Guards were filled with murderous intent.
On the other hand, the bandits from Dingjun Mountain, even when confronted with the deadly attack of the Sharp Brave Guards, didn’t muster the courage to fight desperately, but instead ran faster.
Dingjun Mountain is vast, as long as they break through the encirclement and enter the mountain, they have a chance to survive.
As for fighting desperately against the Sharp Brave Guards?
They weren’t fools, how could they risk their lives for someone else’s survival?
The bandits sprinted towards the direction they came from, trying to break through before the Sharp Brave Guards closed in. However, in this retreat path, the Sharp Brave Guards had laid the fiercest and strongest ten-hundred-man team.
Even with Yuan Wangdi’s bravery, he could only be a centurion here.
To put it bluntly, if Yuan Wangdi hadn’t caught Wei Shifeng’s eye, he would be just a centurion in this thousand-man team. After all, wherever you are, without some backing, to occupy a high position requires ten times more effort, or even more.
The bandits tried to break through the thousand-man team’s blockade, if they could get out, they would have a chance to live.
But faced with a thousand warriors as ferocious as Yuan Wangdi, the bandits quickly tasted the bitterness of despair.
Surrender?
Wei Shifeng takes no prisoners.
Escape?
The retreat path was already blocked.
Finally, the bandits realized that they must fight desperately, for without it, death was certain.
However, their realization came too late.
The auxiliary troops of Sharp Brave Guards arrived at the battlefield.
After a day and a half of marching through the night, the auxiliary troops were tired and exhausted, but everyone understood that this was their chance to earn merit, their chance to join the Sharp Brave Guards.
Therefore, the auxiliary troops screamed and charged into the encirclement.
The bandits utterly lost their chance to survive.
Some bandits, in despair, broke down and, in madness, started hacking at those beside them. Some bandits chose to end themselves, only seeking a quick death.
Only a small fraction of bandits still fought desperately.
However, the result of fighting desperately was an even more miserable death.
The ambush battle lasted the entire night.
Until dawn broke, the battle finally came to a close.
All the bandits from Dingjun Mountain who were surrounded were slaughtered on the spot.
On the battlefield, corpses lay scattered everywhere, blood flowed like rivers, truly like rivers.
Even the experienced Sharp Brave Guards couldn’t help but vomit upon seeing the scene.
Above the sky, crows circled.
In the forest, tigers and wolves lurked but dared not approach too closely.
This area was filled with invisible murderous intent, and the animals sensed it keenly.
Following the battle, the Sharp Brave Guards rested on-site.
The auxiliary troops, however, had to seize the time to clean the battlefield and bury the bodies.
For it was unbearably hot, and if the bodies were not promptly buried, they could potentially cause an outbreak of disease.
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While the Sharp Brave Guards were resting outside the mountain, in the Juyi Hall of Dragon Head Village at Commanding Peak of Dingjun Mountain, the master of the Star-picking Tower and all its high-ranking members were dumbfounded.
Over a hundred years of accumulation by the Star-picking Tower, were all lost in one night.
"Everyone, Dingjun Mountain must not stay!"
"Scatter and hide each on your own!"
"We will take our time to avenge this!"
The master of the Star-picking Tower understood that they had walked the wrong path. As assassins, they should be hidden from the light. It was laughable that they dared to openly wage war against the dynasty.