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

Chapter 1393 The Sudden Death of Chief Escort Guan
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Having finally endured an hour, Dong Xin immediately said, "We've watched for a full hour. Let us go immediately, or we'll split into two groups. One group will fight you to the death, and the other will break through and escape. We're sure one or two of us can escape and tell the Nango nobles the truth about our deaths, so that our deaths won't implicate our families and clansmen in the east!"

Xiao Cao and Xiao Qi were quite the actors; they started getting emotional and choked up again, shouting, "My fellow brothers, you finally consider yourselves human beings and stop only thinking about being loyal to our traitorous father, Dongmo!"

"Furthermore, loyalty isn't expressed in this way. Warfare is about casualties, and true comrades wouldn't encourage their own comrades to die in battle! In our Great Wei, we believe in minimizing casualties among our comrades. If a general's troops suffer too many casualties, the general will be punished!"

"Those who care about battle losses are true compatriots; those who don't care about your lives are false compatriots!"

"Shut up! Shut up! If you dare to sow discord between the Zhen tribe and us again, we'll kill you!" Dong Xin roared, having gone mad.

Xiao Cao and Xiao Qi ignored him and continued talking to themselves: "True compatriots would never mistreat the families of fallen comrades. Our Great Wei will only treat your families well, give them five times the compensation, grant your sons favors, and help your children get married and start their own families!"

"Look at how your traitorous father, Dongmo, treated your family! After your defeat, your family members were to be dismembered! No normal person would do such a heinous thing. Using people as food is against the principles of heaven and earth, and is intolerable to both heaven and earth!"

Speaking of this, Xiao Cao and Xiao Qi were truly filled with hatred, gritting their teeth: "My fellow brothers, do not follow evil, for evil will bring retribution. You have been bullied by the various tribes of the Eastern Desert, which is the consequence of your constant recognition of the enemy as your father!"

"Fire arrows! Kill the bastard Liang Wei! Be loyal to the Eastern Desert!" Dong Xin was furious and immediately ordered the attack to begin.

Xiao Cao and Xiao Qi: "..." This is a disaster!

Boom boom boom!
"You can leave now, we won't use heavenly lightning to kill you!" Commander Zhen hurriedly shouted.

These eastern troops could all understand the language of the Great Wei. Upon hearing this, they did not fire their arrows, but looked at Dong Xin and waited for his orders.

Dong Xin sighed inwardly, feeling that the situation was hopeless... His Eastern troops had begun to hold back against the Wei soldiers, whereas before they would kill them indiscriminately on orders!
The reason they are in this state now is because they have accepted the idea that they share the same ancestry.

"Foolish! Don't believe in any talk of shared ancestry. We can only be people of the Eastern Desert, and we can only be loyal to the Eastern Desert. Otherwise, I will help you serve the Eastern Desert!" Dong Xin warned the Eastern troops in the Eastern Desert language.

Only through absolute loyalty can they, along with their families and clansmen, survive.

Otherwise, the same way they slaughtered the Wei people, the other tribes of the Eastern Desert would slaughter the people of the East!

"Yes, we understand." These soldiers from the East knew very well that only by remaining loyal to the Eastern Desert could they survive. They raised their hands to the sky, gave a scribbled salute, and shouted, "We will serve the Eastern Desert to the death!"

That being said, they didn't continue to fight Zhen Qianhu and his men to the death, but instead rode away.

"Hey, take the ancient history books and ancient maps!" Commander Zhen shouted, only to receive a barrage of arrows in return.

Ding ding ding ding!
The arrow was blocked by the shield.

Commander Zhen was furious: "You unfilial descendants, how dare you disrespect your elder brother! Bah, I am not the elder brother of these wicked beasts."

"Commander, Brother Jiang said that from now on, whenever we meet any soldiers from the eastern part of the Eastern Desert, we must address them as brothers and not say anything wrong." Commander Lü reminded him, "Brother Jiang said that many voices can melt metal, and many things only become true after they are said a lot."

Brother Jiang said that the Eastern Desert has a whole set of methods for taming people, which is why they can raise these enemy troops in the east who are willing to fight to the death. Therefore, the Great Wei should also use rhetoric to tame people, sow discord in the Eastern Desert, and make the enemy troops kill each other.

"This is called psychological warfare, the most effortless way to kill the enemy."

Zhen Qianhu's ears were ringing from being nagged: "Alright, alright, I'll change. Stop nagging. Hurry up and catch up, lest Dong Xin and the others go straight to Daheng Prefecture to vent their anger, and the people of Daheng Prefecture will suffer."

Dongxin's two hundred soldiers, along with the several hundred cavalrymen who had previously fled, could indeed cause some damage to Daheng Prefecture.

"Yes." Commander Lü responded, leaving a hundred men behind to clean up the battlefield, collect spoils of war, and bury the bodies of the镖师 (bodyguards) and some of the Wei civilians. Then, he and Commander Zhen led the remaining troops to pursue Dong Xin and his men at a distance.

Dong Xin and his men didn't head towards the capital of Daheng Prefecture. Before dawn, they turned into the mountains and forests. Commander Zhen and his men gave chase for a while, then stopped, marked the mountains and forests, and returned to the main road, continuing their journey straight to Daheng Prefecture.

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Commander Tang and Commander Zhong led 900 soldiers to escort 10,000 Wei civilians, as well as some wounded, towards the capital city.

Along the way, they would stop to set up sentry posts, both visible and hidden, clean up the places where the carrier pigeons landed, leave them food, and leave their men behind before continuing their journey.

While Zhong Baihu and his men were making these arrangements, the Wei people urged, "Sir, why did we stop again? Hurry up and move on, or the enemy will catch up and we'll all die!"

"Waaah, sir, we want to get back to the city as soon as possible..."

"Shut up! If you keep making noise and obstructing military affairs, you'll be dealt with according to military law!" Commander Tang said angrily. "Commander Zhen and his troops are blocking your way. The enemy can't easily get close to you. Shut up, all of you, and take this opportunity to rest. Don't complain again when we're on a rapid march!"

Leading a group of new recruits is easier than leading them; it's too annoying.

The people of Wei were indeed tired. After being scolded, they stopped arguing, rested, and cooked.

After finishing their meal, Zhong Baihu and the others returned.

Boom boom boom!
"Set off, set off! Run! Aren't you all thinking about getting back to the city as soon as possible?" Commander Tang led the Wei army, chasing after the Wei people.

The people of Wei were in dire straits.

Guan Biao Tou was a镖头 (bodyguard/escort) who led a team of镖师 (bodyguards/escorts) to help the villagers carry people and their belongings, in order to lighten their burden.

However, Guan Biaotou discovered that not only Zhong Baihu, but also Wei soldiers were watching him from within ten meters.

They kept an eye on him, and when he went to relieve himself, two Wei soldiers followed him.

Guan, the镖头 (bodyguard), thought of the code he had shouted and felt despair... The Wei army must have heard it, or a Wei civilian had told the Wei army the code.

He could fool Wei Min and perhaps get away with it.

But he couldn't fool the Wei army, especially Commander Zhong. Once they returned to the city, Commander Zhong would definitely take him to the military camp for interrogation and find out the meaning of that code!

Guan, the head镖师 (bodyguard/escort), was trembling as he gripped the reins. He knew he couldn't escape and had to kill himself to stop the calamity of the secret signal from reaching him.

Only then could his family, clan, and the master he had never met be safe.

That way, he'll suffer less.

Guan, the镖头 (bodyguard), feared that if he delayed any longer, Zhong, the 百户 (commander), would notice his abnormality and leave him no chance to commit suicide.

Therefore, he dared not cling to life any longer. While riding his horse and carrying people on the road, he directly used the dagger he had hidden to stab himself twice in the neck.

The turn of events was sudden, and even Zhong Baihu, who was keeping an eye on him from time to time, was startled. He hurriedly shouted, "Subdue the head镖师 (bodyguard/escort), the military doctor, save him!"

"Guan, the镖头! Guan, the镖头!" The镖师 (bodyguards/escorts) were also shocked. They dismounted and rushed towards him, shouting, "镖头!镖头! What are you doing?! We were all saved! Why are you thinking of doing this?!"

Those of you who didn't know the code were naturally saved, but not Guan, the镖头 (bodyguard/escort). From the moment the code was shouted out in public, his fate was sealed.