The Empress’ Livestream
chapter-502

Chapter 502: Besieging Fengyi County (X)

Many were startled and they said in their hearts, “Oh my mother, were these ladies provoked by someone?”

No one ever imagined these women could have such a scary side, with hatred almost akin to stabbing their father’s murderer. This isn’t right. If their fathers were murdered, they might not deal such a violent blow since everyone knew the background of these ladies in the women’s camp. They are all the useless ones abandoned by their families, they lived unhappy lives, and they were constantly in turmoil.

Then they quickly proved this judgement wrong; compared to these women troops, the reactions of those ladies who were tied up were more frightening. They used their weapons to cut off the hemp rope on the women’s wrists. At first their eyes were in a daze, but afterwards they became like wild beasts and roared. They sprawled crazily on the ground and used both their hands to lift the rocks beneath them. Before the others could react, they raised them high and allowed them to crash downwards.

Clang… clang… clang…

With each step, they expended all the energy in their bodies, their hard skulls had been bruised, their brains were mingled with blood and broken bones which flowed freely and covered the ground.

She splashed the dirt onto her face so that she didn’t notice. Then she hatefully clenched her teeth, her expression was sinister, her eyes could kill.

This seemed like a signal almost like a button being pressed; it unleashed many of the ladies’ wildest and most hateful sides. Some even intentionally fell on the Tsing Yi soldiers, they opened their mouths and cruelly bit their enemy’s neck, nose and chest… they bit into flesh mingled with blood. Following the increasingly chaotic situation, many women vented their anger on Tsing Yi army’s corpses and almost lost control. The soldiers were stunned by this sudden turn of events, some of their throats were squirming incessantly and so they determined to step back.

“Commander Meng, aren’t you going to stop them?”

Liyun saw the actions of these people and he inevitably shuddered in fear. These women were exploding with so much craziness that even he was trembling. Some of the corpses of the Tsing Yi soldiers had been smashed to a mesh of flesh and bones like a meat patty. Yet they showed no intentions of stopping.

Two ladies even snatched spears away from the female soldiers’ hands, they held the spear firmly with both their hands and continually stabbed Tsing Yi soldiers who already died. Fresh blood flowed from the sieve-like holes in the corpses and even those experienced troops used to witnessing bloody scenes had no heart to look directly.

Meng Hun witnessed these women’s reactions and he kept silent momentarily. He raised his hands to stop Liyun.

They have suppressed their emotions for too long, there are two circumstances in this instance. Either let it become a handicap and forgo the rest of their lives; or they could vent their anger completely and change their personalities to a large extent. This group of ladies who were abused and tortured by the Tsing Yi army as slaves, a minority of them have already been tormented till they lost their senses. The other group are aggressive like insane people. The best solution is for them to have an outlet.

“No worries, let them continue to vent their anger. We will organise the carriage of supplies and not tarry at this place.”

If these military rations fail to reach Chengan district, it is hard to guarantee that Tsing Yi soldiers will not be dispatched to provide reinforcements.

Liyun was startled. He was fixated on those women who had gone crazy, only after a while did his voice return.

“But…what should we do with these women?”

If they all remained at their initial positions, the ravaging wolves and tigers were prowling about and Chengan district which is nearby has a large contingent of the Tsing Yi army.

Meng Hun turned around and stopped shortly, then said rather helplessly, “We cannot bring them along as we are the vanguard battalion.”

Liyun understood this reasoning, ultimately he must consider the big picture.

Meng Hun sighed then added, “It is less than half a day’s journey on foot to reach Chengan district. When the lord dominates Chengan district, these ladies will be safe.”

If the main troops met up with them, they could possibly take them in temporarily. But they are the vanguard battalion, so it was impossible for them to bring them along. With one hand, Jiang Nongqin tore cloth from the Tsing Yi soldiers’ corpses to clean her bloody knives while she walked towards two of them.

With a hoarse voice she said, “I will get the soldiers to inform these ladies and get them to quickly move to a safe place while waiting for news from Chengan district. It has been a lengthy period since the Tsing Yi army has waited for their provisions. If these women remain here, they will be implicated…”

At that moment, the soldiers already started cleaning up the battlefield. Those not injured are responsible for moving the carriages away while the injured experienced “tender loving care” from the women troops. Those who received first aid service from them unbearably trembled, it was evident on their faces that they were afraid.

“Why are you trembling?”

A certain female trooper looked stern, her face and neck were covered with the enemy’s blood. This was gruesome enough and yet she now also wears a menacing face.

Since when did women become so violent? The soldiers carefully swallowed their saliva, they were afraid of provoking the other party if their actions were too obvious.

The women troops didn’t just carry weapons with them; they also had equipment to administer first aid and to disinfect wounds and bandage injuries. This was a compulsory lesson in the first aid course, and almost all the female troops were forced to learn, or at the very least they are expected to understand the concept. When they were learning, they had nobody to practice their skills on, thus they only learnt in theory but had no practical experience.

Luckily, on the battlegrounds there was no lack of people to practice on.

Even when it wasn’t even a deadly wound, they were rather rough when treating the wounds. Some of the soldiers felt so much pain that they clenched their teeth. Initially, they wished to shout in anger, yet before them floated the image of the heartless faces of the women troops while they had been killing their enemies. They could only hold back their grievances and swallow back their desire to shout in anger.

Mother, are these formidable women still considered women?

Because they were confident of the background support from the troops with bows, this surprise attack had been launched successfully without many deaths. Although many were injured, the wounds weren’t deadly. After the carriage of supplies was moved away, the vanguard battalion did not deal with their enemies’ corpses but rather they left the bodies to rot in the wilderness and to be torn apart by wild beasts.

Those women had vented their anger mercilessly. When they exhausted their energy, they regained their senses and their rationality. Each of them cast malicious, cautious eyes and stared at the vanguard battalion troops. Nevertheless, the soldiers did not care about them, instead they fully concentrated on pushing the wagon of supplies away.

The military rules were followed strictly; none dared to challenge them. Let alone two corporals and a lance corporal, who dared to take up this matter? Another reason was that they were frightened by the women troops and for the time being they have a psychological scar towards women.

“Quickly leave this place and escape to the mountains to hide for a few days. The Tsing Yi army may send out reinforcements from the city to aid the troops guarding the supplies. If they discover your tracks and see this field of corpses, they will definitely not let you off.”

Within half a day, Chengan district will have received news that their military supplies wagon had been sabotaged. Once they are aware that those men responsible for transporting the rations have all dispersed, the news cannot be kept under wraps for long.

The women troops conveyed the message from their commander Jiang Nongqin, but the guardedness and ill-intent in those women’s eyes did not disappear.

When they saw this group ignore them, and moreover that even the male troops didn’t notice them, someone couldn’t stand it.

“You guys… can you bring us along… save us please…”

Even if they had survived, to be thrown in the wilderness with the surroundings filled with unrecognisable corpses belonging to the Tsing Yi army, they were inevitably sore afraid. Previously fearless because they had been empowered by hatred, now that their emotions calmed down, their weak side became dominant.

“We can’t.”

The female troops decisively rejected them.