After rebirth, the Queen and I are on the run.

Chapter 1100 Escape and Attack on the Old Village
Could not bear?
Protecting our comrades?

Escaping with wounded comrades?

That's the tradition of the Wei people. The Eastern Desert doesn't have these things. What the Eastern Desert wants are pure warriors who are willing to sacrifice their lives for the attack!

I don't even have the strength to stand up, yet I want to leave with them?

Those who know what's good for them will die here!
"Yes!" Ye Tuo dared not plead for the exhausted people any longer, but said to them, "You have been loyal to the Eastern Desert, and the Eastern Desert will treat your families well."

Upon hearing this, the exhausted man felt a chill run through his body, but could only kneel down to express his gratitude: "This servant obeys and will serve the Eastern Desert faithfully!"

"Good." Shi Junnu was satisfied then, but then, thinking of something, he asked the great doctor who was holding the flame and wearing a large overcoat, "Great Doctor, can we prevent the flame cultivation site from burning down? Leaving it here will only bring harm to the mountain people?"

Those lowly people from the mountains who dare to surrender to the Wei army will have to pay the price!

The great physician's cold voice came from inside the large robe: "No, the mountain physicians and the Wei physicians have extremely strong medical abilities. This place where the flames are cultivated is not the final stage. If we don't burn it down, even if it kills some people in the early stages, the Wei physicians will definitely find a way to counteract the flame poison from this cultivation site. Then our army will not be able to win without a fight!"

The divine healers said that any poison that can be cultured can be cured.

What Dongmo can utilize is only the first three months of the Fire Seed Poison's spread. After three months, Wei doctors will likely be able to develop an antidote to control the Fire Seed Poison.

"A century-long infiltration must succeed, so even if the fire poison can kill a group of mountain people, it cannot be exposed prematurely. This fire cultivation site must be burned down."

"I understand," Shi Junnu said to his men behind him, "Hurry up and pour pine resin to burn this place down!"

"Yes." A team leader hurriedly led nine team members to bring pine resin, poured it into the cave, lit it, and with a boom, burned the place where the underground fire had been cultivated.

"Escort the Flame to safety, protect the Flame to the death, and be loyal to the Eastern Desert!" Shi Junnu shouted, leading the way and leaving behind the hundred-odd exhausted soldiers.

The exhaustion ailment seemed to be contagious. Before Shi Junnu and his men had even left the old village area, within just a quarter of an hour, members of their ranks began to collapse from exhaustion.

"Master, another 370 have fallen. If this continues, our 3,000 guardian warriors won't be enough to keep up!" Amoto grabbed Shi Junnu and warned him.

He was Shi Junnu's confidant, holding a higher position than Ye Tuo, and Shi Junnu trusted him. Therefore, he had no choice but to stop, confront the problem, and call upon the great physician: "Great physician, go and see what illness they have!"

"If it is truly contagious, then all of us are carriers and cannot join the army."

The great physicians were also anxious. For the safety of the Eastern Desert army, apart from the great physician who was a suicide soldier holding a flame, all the other great physicians were dispatched to examine the exhausted people.

After a frantic half-hour of examination, all the renowned doctors said, "We can't diagnose the illness; it's just the symptoms of exhaustion and night sweats from someone recovering from a serious illness."

but……

“Those of them who suffered from decompression had all eaten the offerings that the mountain people gave to the old village.”

"Offerings? What offerings?!" Shi Junnu pressed, but was also relieved that for safety reasons, he and the doctors had always insisted on not eating anything offered by the villagers.

"I've eaten a lot of things, like medicine, wine, meat, rice, and noodles," the exhausted people said, sweating profusely as if it were summer.

"We've tested everything the mountain people offered, and it's all safe. There's no sign of any poisoning. How could it cause this strange weakness?!" The doctors, fearing extermination, hurriedly protested their innocence.

If their testing for the virus is wrong, causing their people to contract the disease and then infecting the army, their entire tribe will be slaughtered!
Ignoring the physician, Shi Junnu asked the chief physician, "Is it contagious?"

The renowned doctors shook their heads: "It cannot be determined at this time."

Qin Xiaomi, who was not present, said: Don't worry, this symptom is not contagious. It's not an epidemic, it's just a parasite that can make you feel weak.

That's right, the exhaustion syndrome in the old village of Shannei was caused by the secret weapon that Qin Xiaomi gave to Aling and the others.

Insect eggs were added to the medicinal powder, wine, and salt that did not require boiling. These good things from outside the mountains were always given priority to the old village.

This led to the consequences. But Ishigawa didn't know it wasn't contagious. Because of the fire poison, Ishigawa thought that the weakness was contagious.

He closed his eyes briefly, and a moment later, he drew his knife and, with two sharp cracks, beheaded a doctor and a man suffering from exhaustion.

Gurgling.

Two bloodied heads rolled on the snow. Silence fell, and none of the Eastern Desert people dared to utter a sound.

"You dare to eat the things of the lowly people in the mountains, the things given to you by the lowly people who share the same ancestors as the Wei people? You must have been spies for too long and have been assimilated by the Wei people!"

That accusation is going too far.

All the exhausted men knelt down and kowtowed: "Master, we are willing to serve the Eastern Desert to the death, please give us a chance!"

Shi Junnu: "You are all heroes of the Eastern Desert. I will not kill you indiscriminately. Now I will give you a chance... to retreat separately. Those who have eaten the food offered by the lowly people in the mountains will form a team to cover our retreat for two hours."

"Two hours later, follow the route to rejoin the army."

"If, during the rendezvous, it is discovered that the exhaustion disease is contagious, commit suicide on the spot to serve the Eastern Desert... It would be best to find a Wei village, die there, and bring disaster to the Wei people."

"Do you understand now?" Shi Junnu asked, scanning the exhausted man.

"Understood, sir." The exhausted men responded, then shouted, "We will be loyal to the Eastern Desert, even if we die, we will drag the Wei people down with us!"

Those bastards are really inhuman.

Shi Junnu was satisfied. He then said to the others who had not yet received any offerings from the mountain people, "Let's go and escort Huomiao away!"

With a soft rustling sound, Shi Junnu's troops trudged through the snow, but this time, their numbers had drastically decreased from three thousand to three hundred.

Three hundred elite soldiers were already the red line for reserving manpower.

It is because they adhered to the red line that they now have 300 men available.

Boom boom boom!
A loud explosion rang out, and countless jars were hurled into the old village by catapults, flames rose, illuminating the entire village.

"Yes, the Wei army has stormed the old village... Master, let's go!" Amo Tuo hurriedly grabbed Shi Junnu, urging him to leave quickly: "They've stormed the old village too fast. It's obvious the Wei army has broken through our trap again. We must retreat immediately, otherwise, given their speed, they'll catch up with us very soon!"

"Retreat!" Shi Junnu panicked and dared not linger, immediately escorting the physicians to safety.

But great doctors spend all their time with germs and bacteria, and their bodies are so weak that they get tired after running just a few steps; they really can't run very fast.

Fortunately, the Eastern Desert is much colder than the Great Wei, and it snows as early as September. Therefore, the people of the Eastern Desert are not afraid of the cold and have not perished in the snow.

……

Inside the old village, Da Azu led the Dongmo people who remained behind to fight off the Wei army and mountain people who attacked the village.

He didn't give up and continued to use the identity of the Great Ancestor to shout: "People of the mountains, I am the Great Ancestor from the First Village. I am not a spy from the Eastern Desert. Don't be fooled by Jiang Dalang of the Wei army!"

“Jiang Dalang and his wife from outside the mountains have ill intentions. They poisoned us, and the old village is now plagued by a disease that causes weakness. I wanted to report him, but he got angry and is now trying to drag you all here to destroy the old village!”

These words were repeatedly shouted by the Dongmo people who remained behind, in the Wei language.

Unfortunately, just as Shi Junnu said, the people of the old village had started a killing spree, killing the mountain people. The blood feud had been formed, and no matter how much they tried to deceive or win over Azu by using his identity, it would be useless.

All the surviving mountain people want is to kill the people of the old village and avenge the dead!