Chapter 1710: Chapter 1710: Four Counties

Ma Wu couldn’t understand why Pang Lu, who was half Great Chu, could do such a cruel thing to Great Chu citizens.

When he was slaughtering the Great Chu people and violating Lady Chu, did he never think about his mother?

Pang Lu’s mother was originally a lady from a wealthy family, living a good life. Because her husband’s father was an official in Longshan Prefecture, she married into Longshan Prefecture.

Yet before the wedding rites, she was kidnapped by the Rong people at her residence in the Manor. After being violated and pregnant, she gave birth to Pang Lu and thought that was how life would be.

However, Da Rong would share the foreign women they captured, and when Pang Lu’s father acquired a fresher beauty, he threw her to his subordinates.

Having his mother treated like this, Pang Lu grew up without thinking of avenging her but instead helped the Rong bandits wreak havoc on Great Chu, he truly was worthless!

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"Heavenly Khan, Pang Lu is late to protect, please forgive him!" Pang Lu finally saw the Heavenly Khan, filled with excitement. As long as he ingratiated himself with the Heavenly Khan, no one in the Royal Court would dare look down on him anymore!

The Heavenly Khan didn’t know Pang Lu and almost mistook him for a spy, ready to shoot him dead in a rain of arrows.

Luckily, Shu Tang said, "Heavenly Khan, this is the dog slave we placed with the Bastard Chu."

Dog slave?

Pang Lu understood Rong Language and felt a rising anger in his eyes. He had been devoted to Da Rong for decades, yet the generals only saw him as a dog slave?

But it didn’t matter. As long as he helped the Heavenly Khan fight the enemy and protected him in escape, he would no longer be a dog slave but a true Da Rong noble.

"Did you come from Daokou Gully? What’s the situation there? Is General Azimo still holding the place? Have the warriors been infected with rotworm disease?" Tie He now had a shadow cast over rotworm, urgently asking about Daokou Gully’s situation.

Pang Lu replied, "Reporting to Heavenly Khan, our tens of thousands of warriors are still guarding Daokou Gully. The Eagle Food Gang had thrown rotworms at us, but General Azimo is capable; he immediately burned the infected warriors. There are no rotworms now on Daokou Gully, so the Heavenly Khan can rest assured."

However, too many warriors were burned to death, over five thousand, leading to temporary panic in Daokou Gully.

"Later, I led the Rongshan Gang brothers to search nearby, destroying several Eagle Food Gang hideouts, preventing them from placing more rotworms at Daokou Gully." Pang Lu took the opportunity to boast, hoping Tie He would acknowledge his contributions and take him back to the Da Rong Royal Court.

The rise of the Eagle Food Gang made it increasingly difficult to plunder here in Great Chu. He had also been injured by Luo Ying, getting older, and couldn’t compare to the younger Luo Ying. If he stayed in Great Chu, he’d be assassinated by Luo Ying within five years.

Ingratiating himself with the Heavenly Khan and returning with him to the Da Rong Royal Court, becoming a true Da Rong noble, was something Pang Lu had to achieve.

"General Azimo did right!" Tie He felt relieved, but it didn’t last long before the war drums of the Bastard Chu echoed again.

Unno rode over, saying, "Heavenly Khan, hurry! The cavalry of the Bastard Chu is catching up!"

After speaking, he glared at Pang Lu angrily, pointing at him and shouting, "Take your underdog slaves to face the enemy at the back, hold off the armies of the Bastard Chu!"

They had barely managed to shake off the pursuing Bastard Chu forces, but due to this dog slave, they’d caught up again, and Unno was itching to kill Pang Lu.

Pang Lu’s face sank, feeling a rising hate; he had come to rescue, yet this general wanted him to die!

But Pang Lu didn’t dare utter a word in defiance, saying to the Heavenly Khan, "Low-level General Pang Lu will take my brothers to hold off the armies of the Bastard Chu."

But before Pang Lu could leave with the fierce bandits, a volley of crossbow arrows came from afar.

Whizz, whizz, whizz!

The crossbow arrows approached like lightning, directly targeting Tie He.

Clang, clang, clang!

Fortunately, the Death Soldier Guards beside Tie He were not to be trifled with, quickly using a thick iron shield to block the strong crossbows.

Quite a few strong crossbows were blocked by the thick iron shield, but some powerful ones pierced through the iron shield, killing the Death Soldier Guards hiding behind.

But that wasn’t the most terrifying thing...

Bang, bang, bang!

The sound of medicine bags exploding was heard, poison spreading and numbing many Rong soldiers.

"It’s poison again, Unno, quickly escort the Heavenly Khan away! All Rong soldiers disperse and leave the poisoned area!" Shu Tang shouted, leading the troops to dodge, then pointing his large saber towards the source of the strong crossbows: "Kill your way over and slaughter those beasts!"

Daring to harm the Da Rong Tian Khan, they must have a death wish.

Mr. Chi didn’t intend to poison the Da Rong Tian Khan, but had no choice. Who wouldn’t take such a rare opportunity when the Da Rong Tian Khan was close to Pang Lu? If he didn’t launch some poison arrows, he’d be letting his ancestors down.

But unfortunately, their poison was scrapped together, with not much lethality; it only poisoned and stunned the Rong soldiers. The Da Rong Tian Khan, protected by Death Soldier Guards, had a mask soaked with detoxification medicine on his face and wasn’t poisoned.

However, the poison and strong crossbows alarmed Tie He, who yelled, "Retreat! Retreat!"

This place couldn’t be stayed in, they had to flee quickly.

Pang Lu wasn’t foolish, immediately saying, "Heavenly Khan, follow me. I know a shortcut that leads to Daokou Gully faster!"

But Unno disagreed, "We can’t take the shortcut; if you know it, surely the Bastard Chu people know it too. What if they’re lying in ambush there for the Heavenly Khan?"

"Heavenly Khan, let’s take the main road, with a garrison of hundreds of thousands soldiers, it’s safer on the main road." Unno glared at Pang Lu, unwilling to see him, shouting, "Go to the back and block the pursuers, dare to run, and this general won’t spare you dog slaves!"

After speaking, he led the troops to protect Tie He, rushing toward Daokou Gully.

Tuogude hadn’t spoken, observing from not far away, but he remembered Pang Lu... such a servant familiar with the Bastard Chu was worth recruiting.

However, Tuogude didn’t immediately speak to Pang Lu but led his troops to Daokou Gully.

Pang Lu was furious; damn Unno, he still remembered this matter.

But he didn’t dare disobey the orders of such a noble general like Unno, so he could only lead the fierce bandits of Rongshan Gang to battle the Great Chu soldiers at the back.

However, Pang Lu just made the fierce bandits of Rongshan Gang blend into Rong soldiers, shooting arrows from a distance while retreating, not intending to fight to the death.

General Xu Da and his troops surged forward like a rainbow, pursuing, even though ferocious and cunning like Rongshan Gang, many fierce bandits were shot dead by strong crossbows.

"Swish, swish, swish!" Pang Lu knew they couldn’t beat Xu You, and immediately blew a secret whistle, signaling Rongshan Gang’s fierce bandits to retreat.

The fierce bandits of Rongshan Gang, upon hearing the secret whistle, abandoned horses to blend into the Rong infantry, quickly retreating.

After retreating a distance, they slipped into a nearby path, taking a shortcut towards Daokou Gully.

Pang Lu and the fierce bandits of Rongshan Gang escaped disaster.

But the Rong infantry were devastated, many became souls of the dead.

General Xu Da’s forces were unstoppable, pursuing the Rong soldiers for four days and nights, resting only two hours a day before continuing the chase. Finally, at dawn on the fifth day, they reached Daokou Gully.

But unfortunately, they were late; Tie He had already led hundreds of thousands of troops to seize the fortress at Daokou Gully.

However, Xu You did not feel regret; they had to chase them here. Only by doing so could they reclaim four counties occupied by Rong bandits.

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