Xiao Xun regretted calling for an attack as soon as she finished. Since the opponent could dissolve steel and wood, wouldn't these cavalry instantly become unarmed lambs? No wonder so many people in the Zhiyue Kingdom couldn't defeat the opponent. wΑp.kanshu伍.net
But Xiao Xun knew that the 'water bottles' behind these people were definitely not inexhaustible.
So she called Shuang Yu and asked if he could summon a species that could drill holes in the opponent's 'water bottles'.
Shuang Yu thought for a moment, waved his hands, and summoned countless termites, the winged kind. Following Shuang Yu's command, they began to erode the bottoms of the 'water bottles'.
Because it was night, the soldiers of the Scourge Legion didn't notice at all. When the cavalry charged, they calmly pressed the spray button, but only a little came out before it stopped.
At this moment, the soldiers discovered that the 'water bottles' behind them were leaking.
Before they could react, the cavalry, wielding long spears, sent the soldiers of the Scourge Legion flying. The magic army behind them followed closely, most of them fire-based.
The 'oil burst bombs' dealt high damage and coated all the Scourge Legion soldiers with oil stains. When they were then set ablaze by fire-elemental magic soldiers, all the Scourge Legion soldiers turned into 'fireballs', and screams could be heard incessantly.
Xiao Xun stood on the city gate tower, "It seems these people are also human, and they know pain."
This battle achieved true 'zero casualties', and everyone began to cheer and shout: "Long live the Duke... Long live the Duke..."
Xiao Xun turned to the Twelve Star Envoys beside her and said, "Let's go down and take a look."
After descending the city tower, Xiao Xun was quickly surrounded by the two Grand Army Commanders and the eight Army Commanders, all flattering her.
Xiao Xun raised her hand to stop them and then asked the Army Commanders, "Are there any survivors?"
The Army Commanders looked at each other and lowered their heads, like 'elementary school students' who were being criticized. "We didn't find a single survivor. Everyone was full of fighting spirit and fought desperately against them."
Xiao Xun sighed. It would have been great to capture someone alive at this moment, but it didn't matter if there weren't any. The morale issue was resolved, at least temporarily.
"Then, are there any intact bodies?"
The commander of the Knight Legion said, "We have a few." He then added, "Relatively intact ones."
Xiao Xun led people to the corpses of the Scourge Legion soldiers. These soldiers were the same height as normal humans, with no exposed skin.
She squatted down, looked, and reached out to lift the opponent's gas mask, but Bai Yang stopped her, "My lord, it might be poisonous."
Jin Niu walked over, put on his iron gloves, and removed the gas mask.
The face inside, which was originally intact, turned purple at a visible speed and then vaporized, leaving only a skeleton. From the skeleton's form, it was confirmed to be human, but it was unknown why this had happened.
Xiao Xun picked up a 'water bottle' with some residual liquid inside. She turned to Tian Cheng and asked, "Can you identify the raw materials of the liquid inside?"
Tian Cheng took the 'water bottle', sniffed it first. It was colorless and odorless. Then he said, "I'll try my best."
Xiao Xun touched the material of the 'water bottle' and 'water gun'. It looked like plastic, and also like glass.
Looking at these materials, she suddenly thought, "If these were wrapped around armor and city gates, then..."
Excitedly, she picked up these items and asked Bai Yang beside her, "Do you have any professions that specialize in researching various materials? Like alchemists."
Bai Yang nodded, "Yes, but they are very rare. People in a country on one continent are good at researching these things."
"Is it far from us?"
Bai Yang thought for a moment, "About less than three thousand nautical miles."
Xiao Xun thought to herself: That's too far! There are no airplanes in this world, how can I get there!
"Before dawn, collect all these items and send them back to the front-line arsenal to see if anyone there can replicate this material."
Bai Yang took the items and agreed.
Xiao Xun looked at the distant mountain peaks from the gate and muttered, "Why haven't I seen their 'one-eyed dragon' army commander? Could these people just be scouts?"
Xiao Xun wanted to put on this 'gas mask', but she was afraid it was poisonous, as Bai Yang had said. And the rapidly withered corpse she had just seen was still lingering in her mind.
Thinking of this, Xiao Xun threw the things in her hand aside and wiped her hands.
Bai Yang went to deliver the items. Shuang Zi said to Xiao Xun, "My lord, it's almost dawn, you should go and rest!"
Hearing the word 'rest', Xiao Xun yawned cooperatively, stretched, and said to the two Grand Army Commanders, "Strengthen patrols. The army has been tired all day. Take turns resting. If anything happens, call me immediately."
The two Grand Army Commanders replied, "Yes!" and then watched Xiao Xun go into a tent set up near the square.
Lying down, Xiao Xun tossed and turned, unable to sleep. She didn't know what had happened in her original world or how her mobile game company was progressing. Thinking of this, she wanted to go all out, drive away the Scourge Legion, and return to her normal life.
Restlessly, she got up and started writing a letter to Selerpei, detailing everything that had happened in the past two days, adding her longing for them, and hoping for reinforcements of equipment and supplies.
Although there was no shortage for the moment, war was about resources, which was the same in any world. Even robots needed energy replenishment and regular maintenance, let alone these living people. Feeding eighty thousand mouths was a headache every day. They couldn't live off the war, as the troop types of the Scourge Legion clearly didn't seem to be the kind that brought their own food.
In the past, Xiao Xun thought fighting wars was very simple, like a computer game. As long as the troop types were well-coordinated, strategy was understood, and surprise tactics were used, victory could be achieved. In a confrontation between two armies, there was first mockery, then output.
But now that Xiao Xun was actually leading troops, she had to worry about everything and inquire about everything. She couldn't sleep much each day.
It wasn't that she didn't delegate authority, but the results of delegation were far from her expectations.
She even wanted to peel open the heads of these army commanders and put her own brain in.
After guarding the capital of Midoya for three days, three waves of scouts were sent out, and none of them returned.
The morale that had just been built was quickly dissipating, especially among those far from home, who missed their families greatly.
Xiao Xun allowed them to write one letter home each month, which was collectively sent back by battlefield couriers. True family letters were worth ten thousand pieces of gold.
Xiao Xun genuinely wanted to go to the Zhiyue Kingdom herself to see what the situation was. How capable were they that no one could return?
While patrolling the military camp, she came to the kitchen, where the cooks were making bread.
"Everyone put down your work. Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival. Shall I teach you how to make mooncakes?"
Although they didn't know what mooncakes were, given Xiao Xun's status, and that she was here to teach them cooking, they would have to swallow whatever she taught, even if it wasn't edible.
Xiao Xun asked Bai Yang to find some thicker boards. Bai Yin, however, found mallets that city women used for washing clothes.
Looking at the mallet in her hand, Xiao Xun was overjoyed, "How did you know I was looking for something like this?"
Bai Yang said to Xiao Xun, "Teacher always made us make mooncakes together around this time, so I've seen them."
Tian Xie picked up a mallet and carved a circle on it, then carved a flower on the circle.
Xiao Xun demonstrated to everyone, shaping the dough into a ball and then stuffing it with bean paste filling.
She smeared oil in the middle groove, inserted the filling-wrapped dough, pressed it firmly, and then tapped it out.
Holding the mooncake, she showed it to the surrounding cooks, "After making it like this, bake it in the oven. It will be ready in about fifteen to twenty minutes."
Then she said to the Twelve Envoys, "Since you've done this before, lead them in making it!"
The Twelve Star Envoys were very reluctant, but they couldn't disobey Xiao Xun's orders. At this moment, they were all blaming Bai Yang for being too talkative.
Bai Yang, who was being blamed by everyone, was spared from making mooncakes and went with Xiao Xun to patrol the military camp.