Returning Laden with Spoils

"Quick, tend to the wounded!" Sheng Huai'an ordered.

In cavalry versus cavalry combat, casualties were inevitable, but thankfully, they weren't too heavy.

Two soldiers had fallen, and about ten were injured.

After all, they weren't proper cavalry; compared to the Xiongnu Cavalry, there was still a significant gap.

This was even with Sheng Huai'an charging ahead and killing many Xiongnu Cavalry himself.

Otherwise, the casualties would have been even greater.

Tang Yunshan and the others began to treat the wounded.

After the injured took healing pills, their wounds healed quickly.

The two fallen soldiers were buried on the spot.

Having completely annihilated a hundred-strong unit of Xiongnu Cavalry, they had captured over sixty intact warhorses.

They also took their sabers, armor, and other equipment.

They had plenty of horses now, and the horses could carry their supplies.

More than ten injured warhorses were slaughtered, and their meat was taken.

The rest were left to fend for themselves on the grassland.

After clearing the battlefield, Sheng Huai'an led his soldiers away, moving to a new location to prevent any large Xiongnu Cavalry units from tracking them.

With the horses and supplies, everyone happily departed, having won another battle and killed over a hundred Xiongnu cavalrymen.

This military merit wouldn't be small, and they might even receive a good amount of prize money.

Around noon, Sheng Huai'an and his men encountered another Xiongnu unit transporting supplies.

Looking at the supply convoy, Tang Yunshan and the others looked to Sheng Huai'an.

"Captain, should we go for it!?"

Now, when they encountered the Xiongnu, they no longer wondered if they could win; their thought was to just go for it and snatch everything.

"Brothers, we have a plump target right in front of us. What do you say, should we eat it or not?" Sheng Huai'an asked, smiling as he turned back to his soldiers.

"Eat!"

"We definitely should!"

"Captain, give the order. I can't wait to charge."

The soldiers' eyes were filled with fighting spirit, eager to charge.

"Alright, brothers, follow me!" Sheng Huai'an roared, leading the charge on his horse.

The injured soldiers stayed behind to look after the horses, while everyone else followed Sheng Huai'an in the charge.

Their horses galloped like the legendary Lu, their bows twanged like thunder!

Initiating the charge, as they neared the Xiongnu army, they nocked arrows and fired.

Sheng Huai'an's men were now each carrying a bow, all captured from the Xiongnu.

Seeing the charging cavalry and the arrows flying towards them, the Xiongnu supply unit only realized what was happening belatedly.

"Enemy attack!"

The commanding officer shouted!

The soldiers in the Xiongnu army quickly dodged.

However, the conscripted ordinary herders, unable to dodge in time, were shot and killed by over twenty arrows.

Sheng Huai'an's subordinates had few archers, and many didn't know how to shoot, resulting in a very low hit rate.

"Mount up and counterattack!" the enemy commander yelled.

The Xiongnu cavalrymen quickly mounted their horses and charged towards Sheng Huai'an's men.

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

Facing the charging hundred-plus cavalry, Sheng Huai'an and his men showed no fear, drawing their sabers to meet them.

Judging by their opponents' reaction speed, they had encountered an elite unit.

Sheng Huai'an charged at the front, his battle robe fluttering in the wind, his armor gleaming coldly in the sunlight.

A bloody, malevolent aura emanated from his saber, which had turned a blood-red color.

The true essence within his body began to surge, his blood pumping, as he intended to unleash his full power and kill the enemy commander in one blow. Otherwise, the battle would not be in their favor.

After all, the enemy outnumbered them by double.

"Clang!"

"Pfft!!"

Sabers clashed, and a spray of blood erupted simultaneously.

The head of the Xiongnu enemy general flew off and landed on the ground.

A martial cultivator at the late stage of the Martial Practitioner realm was completely defenseless against his full-power strike.

Sheng Huai'an's current strength was comparable to a mid-stage Martial Master, and dealing with Martial Practitioners was akin to bullying.

After beheading the Xiongnu army general with a single saber strike, Sheng Huai'an, like a fierce tiger, charged into the Xiongnu Cavalry. Wherever he passed, people died.

Watching Sheng Huai'an slaughtering his way through, Wang Wu, Tang Yunshan, Hai Dahe, and the others were not to be outdone, drawing their sabers and hacking away.

"Kill!"

Sheng Huai'an's saber techniques were sharp, and each strike claimed the life of a Xiongnu soldier.

The perfected Blood Fiend Saber Technique in his hands was simply masterful.

As he killed more and more enemy soldiers, the Blood Fiend energy on his body grew heavier.

Wang Wu marveled at how Sheng Huai'an had cultivated the Blood Fiend Saber Technique to such a degree.

He truly lived up to his reputation as a monstrous prodigy; in such a short time, the Blood Fiend Saber Technique had advanced to this level.

He had been practicing the Blood Fiend Saber Technique for two and a half years and had only just achieved minor success.

Sheng Huai'an was like a god of slaughter, striking fear into the hearts of the Xiongnu enemy forces.

He moved as if through an empty realm, with no one among the Xiongnu enemy forces able to stop him. Of the hundreds of cavalrymen, he alone had killed over sixty.

After the charging cavalrymen were annihilated, Sheng Huai'an led his troops to charge at other Xiongnu soldiers.

With the elite cavalry all dead, the remaining soldiers and herders were completely defenseless, and were all cut down by Sheng Huai'an and his men.

During the battle, Sheng Huai'an also killed a herder without any cultivation. He noticed that killing this herder had not yielded any Slaughter Value.

In this one battle, Sheng Huai'an alone killed over a hundred Xiongnu enemy soldiers.

Looking at the murderous aura covering Sheng Huai'an, Wang Wu and the others felt a sense of dread.

Wang Wu, in particular, felt that the gap between people was sometimes greater than the gap between dogs and humans.

He had been practicing martial arts for ten years and had only just broken through to the late stage of the Martial Practitioner realm.

Wang Wu had personally witnessed Sheng Huai'an start practicing martial arts from being an ordinary person, and in just a few days, he had caught up to him, even surpassing him several times over in strength.

"Clear the battlefield, take whatever you can carry!" Sheng Huai'an didn't want to waste the abundance of horses by burning them.

He planned to lead his subordinates to raid a few more small Xiongnu tribes before returning to Anning Pass.

If they waited until the Xiongnu army reacted and sent a large cavalry force to intercept them, they might not be able to escape the grasslands.

After annihilating this Xiongnu supply transport army, Sheng Huai'an led his troops to continue searching for small Xiongnu tribes.

In the span of one afternoon, they had swept through five or six small tribes, yielding substantial spoils.

The strong young men and warriors from these small tribes had all been drafted to the battlefield, leaving only the old, weak, and infirm, who were no match for their might.

Looking at over a thousand warhorses and piles of supplies, Sheng Huai'an decided to return to Anning Pass that night.

Only by securing these spoils would they be considered true gains.

The route back naturally had to avoid the Xiongnu army in front of Anning Pass.

Looking at their spoils, everyone's face was beaming with smiles.

"Captain, we've collected a total of gold and silver jewelry worth thirty thousand taels of silver. Over a thousand warhorses, quite a few pills, and other supplies too numerous to count," Tang Yunshan said happily.

"The gold, silver, and jewels will be converted to silver and distributed among the brothers. The fallen brothers will also receive a share, a larger one to be sent back to their families," Sheng Huai'an said.

"As for the pills, we'll keep the ones for healing, and the pills for cultivation and breaking through realms will be distributed to the brothers to help them improve their strength."

"Yes, Captain!"

The other soldiers were overjoyed to hear Sheng Huai'an's distribution plan. Following such a general, they would not only win battles but also share the spoils with their subordinates, promising a bright future and ample wealth.

In the evening, after finishing dinner, they did not linger and continued on their journey.

With so many horses and supplies, the longer they stayed on the grasslands, the greater the danger.

During the day, the Xiongnu army continued to attack the pass. The Left Virtuous King had dispatched two Grandmaster realm martial artists, but they were still unable to deal with Yang Ye, the defender of Anning Pass.

The Xiongnu army's attack on the city was once again thwarted.

The Left Virtuous King's most beloved vase was smashed by him.

"Useless, damn it! How can a mere Anning Pass not be taken? How many days has it been!?" the Left Virtuous King roared in frustration.

The generals below dared not even breathe.

If this small Anning Pass were so easy to take, they would have taken it long ago. Did they really think Great Wei was a soft persimmon?

The generals below couldn't help but mutter in their hearts.

"Reporting to the Left Virtuous King, there is military intelligence," a messenger entered the Left Virtuous King's tent.

"Speak!"

He thought it was the Great Prairie urging him to quickly take Anning Pass, and his mood was extremely irritable.

"My King, two of our supply convoys in the rear have been attacked. A hundred cavalrymen have disappeared, and over a dozen small tribes have been plundered. The person who reported it said it's suspected that enemies have entered our rear." The messenger reported.

"What?"

"Enemies have infiltrated our rear? How dare they!" The Left Virtuous King was furious.

Did they really think he was made of mud?!

"Send out two thousand cavalrymen. You must find them and annihilate them." The Left Virtuous King's chest heaved with anger.

The supplies had already been mostly destroyed during the camp raid. Now, they dared to send troops to attack his supply convoys.

Without sufficient supplies, how could the soldiers eat enough to fight and kill enemies?

Sheng Huai'an and the others were unaware that this matter had already been reported to the Left Virtuous King.

And the Left Virtuous King was also unaware that Sheng Huai'an and the others were already making their way back to Anning Pass with substantial spoils, taking a detour.