Chapter 62: The Battle of Eagle's Beak Mountain (I)
"Are you going to war with the coalition? A weak voice interrupted Lu Chen's thoughts.
Lu Chen looked up at Bei Li, who was sitting on the other side of the table.
How can I forget her, Schuller's daughter is still in my hands, and maybe it will have an unexpected effect when it comes to war.
"Well, for the sake of freedom, I had to fight. Lu Chen said.
Bei Li's eyebrows furrowed slightly: "Freedom, I only know that war will kill many people, and many families will lose their husbands." ”
Lu Chen put down the wine glass in his hand and looked at Bei Li expressionlessly, looking at Bei Li uncomfortable.
"Nobody likes war, but we have to fight, you see what kind of life these little tribes live, they will starve to death if they don't take up arms to fight, it's the royal family that doesn't give them a way to live. Lu Chen said with a cold face.
Bei Li looked at Lu Chen stubbornly and shook his head: "The royal family is not what you think, in fact, the royal family also has difficulties. ”
"Bitterness? The royal family drinks wine and eats meat, and lets these small tribes gnaw bark and grass roots? Is this a bitter cause? These small tribes are required to pay 70% of the tax every year, is this a bitter cause?" Lu Chen's face became colder and colder, and his voice became more and more stern.
"I ......" Bei Li was directly interrupted by Lu Chen before she could speak.
"You are a greenhouse flower that grew up under your protection, you don't understand the hardships of a small tribe at all, the kind of head that can fight for a small piece of bread, I am afraid that you will never see this kind of scene in your life. There was a hint of disdain in Lu Chen's eyes.
After getting along with these small tribes for so long, Lu Chen became more and more sympathetic to their suffering, originally helping the Buda tribe was purely to complete the task, but now he really wants to help the Buda tribe and more small tribes get rid of oppression.
"Say no more, sleep. Lu Chen's cold voice sounded.
Bei Li's whole body trembled, and she walked to the bed with her head down, her face full of grievances, and tears kept rolling in her eyes.
In the early morning, a strong and powerful horn sounded, and one by one the battle formations were drawn from the station, and Lu Chen and Bei Li sat in a carriage and marched towards Eagle's Beak Mountain.
Without everyone noticing, the dragoons who had been following the back of the group quietly broke away from the large group, led by Gree and Sasso, and no one knew where they were going.
The large force continued to advance normally, and the spies relayed news of the front every hour.
"Stop!" Lu Chen shouted, and the herald next to the carriage quickly ran to the front to deliver the news, and the large army stopped in front of a large forest.
Lu Chen stepped out of the carriage and carefully observed the forest, faintly sensing that something was wrong.
The woods were so quiet that you couldn't hear the birds.
"Why did it stop all of a sudden. Hall asked, confused.
"Something is wrong with that forest, come on, look again. Lu Chen shouted at the spy.
As soon as he finished speaking, the five spies rode into the woods, and a moment later they saw a few birds in the woods flying in shock.
Twenty minutes later, the five spies rode out of the forest and returned to Li Chen.
"Report! No anomalies were found in the forest. The spy dismounted and reported respectfully.
Hall breathed a sigh of relief: "Lu Shao, let's move on." ”
The corners of Lu Chen's mouth rose slightly: "No, I ordered the forest to be set on fire." ”
"What? Lu Shao, are we too vigilant, the spies ran into the forest, and a bird flew out, indicating that there was no one in the forest. Hall wondered.
"It's these birds, the other party is very smart, but it's a pity that these are the leftovers of the ancestors. Lu Chen said.
1,000 archers fired rockets into the forest, and in an instant, the fire spread throughout the forest, with an astonishing speed.
Suddenly, there was a loud cry in the woods, and I saw soldiers running out of the forest in a panic.
"We surrender! We surrender! Don't let go of the arrows!"
"We are willing to submit to the Buda, please give us a chance!"
It's a pity that no one sympathizes with them, and they are greeted by arrows.
When Shaq saw the scene in front of him, he closed his mouth in surprise: "Lu Shao, you are really a god, how do you know that there is an ambush in the woods?"
Lu Chen smiled slightly: "Secret." ”
The battle was overwhelmingly won, with a total of 3,000 people in ambush in the forest, nearly 2,000 burned alive, more than 700 people managed to escape from the fire and were shot into hedgehogs by Buda arrows, and only more than 100 survived the surrender.
"Whoever you are leading, stand up. Lu Chen looked at the more than 100 captives squatting on the ground in front of him and asked.
After waiting for a long time, no one stood up.
"The leader was killed by an arrow. A soldier stood up tremblingly and said.
Lu Chen: "It's dead? It doesn't matter, let me ask you, where is your big army?"
"The big army is in the Valley of the Falling Clouds in the Eagle's Beak Mountains. The soldier replied cautiously.
"Alright, come on, take it up. Lu Chen waved his hand and stepped into the carriage.
Half an hour later, the large force continued its march towards Eagle's Beak Mountain.
The main business tent of Luoyun Valley in Eagle Beak Mountain.
"What, the ambushed vanguard battalion is wiped out?" Schuller slammed the table and stood up.
The herald trembled and said tremblingly: "Of the 3,000 people, more than 2,800 were killed in the battle, and only more than 100 were captured. ”
"How could the Buda know that there were people in the woods, did you show your feet?" Schuller squinted at the herald.
"It's all going according to the layout of the commander of you, and the Buda have sent two sentry in, but nothing out of the ordinary has been found. The herald said.
Schuller first thought of this, but quickly overturned it, for even the high priests of the royal family did not have such strength.
"Give the order to bring back all the battalions that were sent out to ambush. Schuller said with a frown.
"Yes!" the herald replied.
The army slowly passed through a scorched earth forest, charred corpses everywhere, and an eerie smell of flesh filled the air.
Lu Chen endured the tumbling of the river and the sea in his stomach, forcing himself to imagine that it was roast chicken, not human flesh.
"Gross!" Bei Li stuck her head out of the carriage and vomited, the scene in front of her frightened her into a cold sweat and couldn't let go for a long time.
When Bei Li's stomach was empty, he really couldn't vomit anything, and the whole person sat in the carriage in prostration.
"Are you blaming me for being so ruthless? Lu Chen looked at Bei Li and said, from last night to now, this is the first time Lu Chen has spoken to Bei Li.
Bei Li glared at Lu Chen fiercely: "Isn't it?"
"War is like this, if I had softened my heart at that time, and it was us who was lying on the ground, did you ever think that you would become one of them at that time?" Lu Chen said indifferently.
"You ......" Bei Li was speechless by Lu Chen's words, and turned her head away and ignored Lu Chen.
"Huh. Lu Chen sneered, picked up the wine bag and poured it hard, the spicy wine made him feel a lot more comfortable.