Chapter 225: Even If Far, They Must Be Punished

The camp exploded!

Because Ban Chao led troops to attack the enemy at night, the main camp of the Kushan forces, which had barely kept its last bit of order for retreat, completely fell into chaos.

The ten thousand warriors stuck in the Front Camp did not resist at all; they rushed directly to the Rear Camp, spreading the news that the “Han Army had attacked at night.”

Hearing the words “Han Army attacked at night,” the Kushan cavalry in the Rear Camp, who were organizing to leave, forgot all about their formation. They scrambled onto their horses and ran wildly toward the exit of the camp.

At this moment, the orders from the Vice-King and the Kushan generals were nothing but empty words. The entire camp was in a complete mess, and no one paid attention to any military commands.

“Vice-King, we should leave quickly too.”

“If we don’t leave now, we will be captured by the Han people.”

“It is still not too late to go now.”

Hearing these friendly advices from several great generals, the Vice-King Xie, who had nothing more to say, immediately raised his hand, mounted his horse, and signaled the mere thousand soldiers around him to run out of the camp.

Defeat was now a certainty. If they did not want to be captured, they had to escape with the fastest speed possible.

Less than half an hour after the Vice-King escaped the camp, Ban Chao led his own soldiers and the cavalry from the Shule Kingdom into the Rear Camp. Glancing at the Kushan cavalry who had not managed to flee, Ban Chao did not hesitate and pointed directly outside the camp:

“Continue the pursuit!”

“Bring me the main general of the Da Yuezhi from this battle, alive or dead!”

…

The pursuit battle to the south lasted from night until the next morning.

At this moment, the tens of thousands of Kushan troops were already scattered and constantly fleeing to the south.

One day later, when Mo Xiaobai led the Allied Forces north and encountered the first group of Kushan fleeing troops, he did not need to try hard at all and directly captured nearly five thousand Kushan cavalry.

Then came the second wave.

Facing the nearly ten thousand Allied Forces rushing from the south, the Kushan fleeing troops did not even engage in a real fight. They were simply scattered by the Western Regions cavalry and persuaded to surrender.

The third wave, the fourth wave.

Moving forward with frequent stops, the ten thousand Allied cavalry soldiers behind Mo Xiaobai soon dwindled to just three thousand. The rest stayed behind to guard the prisoners.

“What a simple battle this is.”

While accepting the surrender of Kushan troops and horses along the way, Fatty and A-Dai gained quite a bit of experience, and both of their levels broke past the 25-level mark, heading straight for 30.

Seeing their levels rise constantly, Fatty grinned so wide his mouth wouldn’t close: “Fighting Dungeons with you, buddy, was definitely the right choice. We have earned our Merit, raised our levels, and got good horses and good swords. This harvest is way better than last time’s Dungeon.”

“Heh, it’s just that our luck was good this time, bumping into a battle we were sure to win. If we had faced a hard fight, we wouldn’t be this relaxed now.” Mo Xiaobai reined in his horse, smiling and replying.

Just as he finished speaking, A-Dai suddenly pointed forward: “Hey, look over there! There’s another Kushan unit.”

“Hmm?”

Following the direction A-Dai pointed, a Kushan unit of only two or three thousand cavalry quickly appeared in front of Mo Xiaobai.

Compared to the previous groups of Kushan troops Mo Xiaobai had met, the number of soldiers at a distance was not too large.

However, this small group of cavalry raised Mo Xiaobai’s interest: “Maogong, Flying General, look at that. The Kushan cavalry ahead can still maintain their Battle Formation. There must be a Great General commanding them. Let’s capture them in one move and see which Kushan Great General has the skill to organize a proper formation now.”

“Leave this to your subordinate!” Li Guang spoke immediately upon hearing this. Since his previous suggestion had been vetoed by Li Ji and Guo Jia, he was now determined to seize this chance to show his skills.

Before Mo Xiaobai could give another order, he led nearly a thousand cavalry and galloped forward to charge.

As the two sides drew near, Li Guang dove straight into the crowd of Kushan cavalry. With his war saber swinging, no one could stop his advance even a step.

Seeing Li Guang so eager to fight, Mo Xiaobai smiled and spurred his horse to catch up: “Let’s go together. Don’t let the Flying General take all the glory alone.”

Three thousand cavalry against three thousand cavalry.

Mo Xiaobai rode forward and swung his spear at the Kushan cavalry blocking his way. A loud metal clang rang out, and the cavalry soldier and his horse were knocked back several steps.

After just one strike, Mo Xiaobai had sized up this group of cavalry.

Although they appeared to still be under the control of a Soldier Formation, these soldiers were essentially no different from the retreating troops they had met before.

They had all gone hungry for several days and had no strength to resist.

Even if they tried to form a formation, they would be easy to break. Otherwise, with Mo Xiaobai’s current martial arts level, which could barely be considered unskilled, he would not have been able to push back the Kushan cavalry in the formation so easily.

A battle that was barely a struggle ended in less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.

The three thousand Kushan cavalry knelt or lay on the ground, completely surrendering their weapons.

“My Lord, these soldiers really did have a Great General commanding them.”

“Oh? Who is it?”

“It is him, the main commander of the Kushan, the Vice-King of their country.”

Bringing a middle-aged man before Mo Xiaobai, Li Guang’s face was full of pride: “Your subordinate did not fail his mission. He has captured this enemy general and brought him to you.”

The main commander of the Kushan?

Vice-King Xie?

Mo Xiaobai had only guessed that this different group of fleeing troops must have been commanded by someone, but he never thought he would encounter the main commander of the Kushan army so “easily.”

And, he had captured him alive!

“Haha~ Are these enemy soldiers actually the personal guard of the Kushan Vice-King?”

Mo Xiaobai took two steps forward and stood in front of the disheveled middle-aged Kushan general: “Go get a Western Regions soldier who speaks Kushan to come here. I have something to ask.”

When the “translator” ran up to his side, Mo Xiaobai immediately smiled: “Tell him to ask if he is really the Vice-King of the Kushan.”

“I am the Vice-King of the Kushan. Who are you, Han People?”

“I? Of course, I am the one who captured you alive!”

“The one who captured you alive is the warrior beside you, not you!”

“He is my subordinate. If he caught you, it is the same as if I caught you, wasn’t it?” Mo Xiaobai asked back with a smile, then glanced around: “You really are a failed Vice-King. How did tens of thousands of troops reduce to so few who still listen to your commands?”

Hearing the mockery in Mo Xiaobai’s words, Vice-King Xie’s face turned almost purple with anger. He wanted to retort but forced himself to hold back.

“What? You want to say something but dare not? Are you afraid that after I hear it, I will order your execution?”

Seeing that Vice-King Xie did not speak, Mo Xiaobai shook his head: “Rest assured. You are the Vice-King of the Kushan, the supreme commander of the Kushan in this war. I will not rashly kill you.”

Hearing Mo Xiaobai say he would not kill him, the middle-aged Vice-King gathered his courage and spoke: “Han People, what do you want? Do you want to humiliate me?”

“Humiliating a defeated general brings me no pleasure.”

Mo Xiaobai shook his head again, then waved his sleeve: “I will not kill you, and Old General Ban probably won’t kill you either. The only reason I am letting you keep your old life is to send a message back for me to your Kushan King Soter. Go back and tell him that never again should a single Kushan soldier enter the Western Regions.”

Stopping here, Mo Xiaobai paused, his eyes suddenly staring intensely at the middle-aged Vice-King in front of him. He spoke word by word:

“Because!”

“For those who boldly offend the strong Han!”

“Even if far!”

“They must be punished!”