Ch 336: Chaos, Slaughter, Utter Annihilation

Amidst the chaos of war, the nobles and officers, already panicked by the total annihilation of the Holy Knights and Duke Ryan’s desertion in the face of battle, were now fleeing towards the military camp, each with their personal guards.

However, the military formation currently engaged in battle was not something they could escape from simply by wanting to. The densely packed formation left them no space to turn around and flee, even if they wanted to.

Left with no choice, the nobles and officers unanimously issued the same order:

“Anyone blocking the way ahead, regardless of friend or foe, kill them all!!”

Instantly, long blades were drawn, and one full head after another flew into the air, before quickly falling back down with gravity, either smashing onto someone’s body or rolling on the ground, left to be trampled upon by those still alive.

The soldiers along the way, seeing this, quickly made way, allowing them to pass through quickly.

With the increasing number of nobles and officers fleeing, the command system of the Migard Expeditionary Force completely collapsed.

The soldiers could not find any generals, and when facing an army that was already stronger than their own, they all panicked.

Without unified coordination, the consequences for an army in battle were fatal.

Battles that would normally require a period of fighting to end were now quickly ended by the Zhou army, who used the coordination between soldiers to swiftly defeat this group of scattered sand, without even needing a military formation.

At first, the Zhou army charging into the formation maintained their military formation at all times, but after a long time, they discovered that activating the military formation, apart from wasting everyone’s Essence, Energy, and Spirit, was useless.

It even caused the speed of killing the enemy to be slower than when the military formation was not activated due to the overall integrity of the military formation.

So they simply deactivated all military formations and relied on the cooperation between soldiers to strangle this group of scattered sand.

The fleeing nobles and officers were not having an easy time either.

When many soldiers saw the army in front collapsing like a mountain, they all had the intention of retreating and prepared to run towards the rear.

However, a large number of unorganized people running in one direction would inevitably lead to congestion.

The nobles and officers, seeing this scene, directly ordered their soldiers to carve out a path.

This immediately stirred up a hornet’s nest. The surrounding soldiers, especially those directly in front of the nobles and officers, seeing this, took out their weapons to resist.

Where there was one, there was two, and one soldier after another rushed towards the nobles and officers’ contingent.

Gradually, everyone went mad with killing!

Under the immense pressure from the approaching Zhou Kingdom soldiers, more and more soldiers began to imitate the personal guards of the noble officers, wielding their butcher knives at their compatriots in front of them, and the soldiers in front had no choice but to take up arms to resist.

Lost, they made way for others.

Won, they turned their weapons to the soldiers further ahead.

The ferocity of the slaughter was no less dangerous than fighting the Zhou army at the very front.

Yang Qian stood in the air, frowning slightly as he watched the scene before him, but said nothing.

But Yang Kang, who was beside him, could not help but speak.

“Are these people idiots? Clearly, as long as some people are left behind, it is possible for most people to retreat safely, why do they have to rely on killing their own people to escape? Aren’t their brains broken!”

Yang Kang did not understand the magical thought process of the Western Barbarians, doing such a self-defeating behavior.

Yang Qian glanced at him and said lightly:

“There is no great truth in this. When faced with life-threatening danger, everyone’s first reaction is definitely to avoid it, or rather, to run away. This is everyone’s instinct.”

“Moreover, people are selfish. Just like you said, these people only need to leave some people behind to cover the retreat, and it is possible to retreat most of the army without us taking action, but have you ever thought about who will cover the retreat and who will retreat?”

“You must know that their commander-in-chief has already escaped at the first moment. I am not surprised that they would do such a thing now.”

Yang Kang fell silent after hearing this.

Putting himself in their shoes, he could not guarantee that he would voluntarily stand up to cover the retreat for others without the constraints of the above.

Therefore, when he saw the scene before him, Yang Kang’s mentality gradually eased.

Then he heard Yang Qian instruct:

“Order our army to maintain restraint, to give them enough pressure, but also to keep a distance from this group of crazy Barbarian army, in case the other side goes crazy and causes us additional losses.”

“Yes, General, I will go and give the order.”

Yang Kang received the order and immediately turned and left.

Yang Qian looked at the earth stained red with blood and sighed regretfully.

The military drill that had been going on for only a few months was about to end like this.

War is always a catalyst for the army. Although this group of Western Barbarians were not very competent as sparring partners, it was better than nothing.

Now that it was ending like this, Yang Qian felt a little regretful.

The order was quickly delivered to the lower ranks. The Zhou army’s offensive trend was significantly slowed down. Many Migard soldiers on the front line found the opportunity to escape and joined the infighting with their own people.

The Zhou army just hung behind the Migard army at an unhurried pace. The chaotic state of the Migard army turned the already slow-running rank into a turtle’s pace.

Gradually, the Migard army became bloodshot in the self-slaughter, and even forgot to escape, just to swing a knife more and kill one more person around them.

Time passed quickly in the slaughter, and a day and a night passed in an instant.

The soldiers of the Migard army gradually woke up from the slaughter. They subconsciously put down the sticky weapons in their hands and looked at their hands that had been stained red with blood until they turned black.

They looked up at their comrades around them, who had the same confused look in their eyes, and murmured tremblingly:

“What exactly happened? What exactly did I do!”

The number of people left in the tens of millions of Migard army was less than 100,000. Yang Qian looked at the group of soldiers who were stunned in place and said coldly:

“Advance! Kill all the enemy troops!”

Yang Qian’s voice spread throughout the battlefield. Although the Zhou Kingdom army was frightened by the crazy killing of the Migard soldiers before, they quickly took action with the advantage in numbers and a clear understanding of the strength of both sides.

However, the shadow of the previous slaughter was still a bit too big. The attacking Zhou Kingdom soldiers unanimously deployed their military formations and rushed towards the Migard soldiers.

One, two, three…

One Migard soldier after another was killed. After a day and a night of fighting, they had no strength to resist at all and were cut down by the Zhou Kingdom army.

Soon, the Migard soldiers on the battlefield were completely wiped out.

Yang Qian looked at the army that was cleaning up the battlefield and was filled with emotion.