"Bastard!"
In an instant, the bearded man's face turned ashen, and his lips trembled with anger. He had never thought that the powerful general of the other party would have such amazing archery skills. In a moment of carelessness, the general who had escaped was killed again.
"Retreat!"
The bearded man glared at Chu Ming as if he wanted to remember his face. Then, he waved his hand and carried the headless corpse of the Gale General away. Behind him, the Gale Empire's cavalry left behind corpses on the ground as they quickly galloped out.
"Don't chase a cornered enemy. Be careful of an ambush!"
The armored soldiers of Great Yan Empire didn't chase after them, but started to count the dead bodies on the ground. Great Yan had suffered slightly greater losses in this attack, but Da Feng had also suffered significant losses. After all, this kind of attack at night was made up of the elites of the army, and their combat strength was much stronger than that of ordinary Great Yan soldiers. Overall, neither side gained any advantage.
"Unfortunately, if my strength had been a little higher, that person would not have been able to leave!”
The bearded man was at the peak of the Postliminary Realm. It was easy for Chu Ming to defeat him, but it would be difficult for him to kill him with his current strength. Moreover, the other party was determined to escape, so he was helpless.
"Everyone, gather!"
After a while, Chu Ming glanced at the members of the daring death camp and said loudly. This time, when the gale attacked the camp, seven members of the dare-to-die camp had died in total, which was the least number of casualties among all the troops of Great Yan who had participated in the war. It was normal. The Gale Empire's assault troops were elite, and the dare-to-die camp's combat strength was not bad. To be able to survive in a place like the dare-to-die camp until now, which one of them was not a veteran? Moreover, Chu Ming had disrupted the enemy's formation from the start, so the number of casualties was completely reasonable.
However, there was one thing that puzzled Chu Ming. It had been at least the time for an incense stick to burn since the Great Gale Empire's army had started attacking the camp. However, Ouyang Bo, the highest commander of the camp at Mount Mang, had not shown up. Not only that, but in the entire battle, other than a few commanders and generals, none of the other high-ranking generals and Xiantian experts of Great Yan Empire had shown up.
One had to know that if there had been a few Xiantian experts participating in the battle, none of the Gale Empire's assault troops would have been able to escape. However, these Xiantian experts did not appear from the beginning to the end. This situation was really puzzling.
In fact, Chu Ming didn't understand the rules of the battlefield well enough. Since more than three hundred years ago, Great Yan and Gale had made an agreement regarding the war between the two countries. All warriors above the Xiantian Realm were not allowed to participate in a battle with less than one hundred thousand people. Only those with more than one hundred thousand people were allowed to participate in a large-scale battle. This was because the combat strength of martial artists above the Xiantian level was too terrifying. When their strength reached that level, they could no longer be defeated by numbers. This was like nuclear weapons in modern society. If there were no restrictions and they were used at will, the entire world would be in chaos.
The Gale Empire had only dispatched a troop of about ten thousand men to attack the camp tonight, which could only be regarded as an ordinary small-scale battle. Naturally, the Xiantian experts of the Great Yan Empire would not appear in the battle.
Of course, the rules were set by the strong. The reason why the Xiantian experts of Great Yan were willing to abide by the agreement was that Gale Empire was strong enough, and the national strength of both sides was roughly on the same baseline. If one day, one side's strength was enough to completely suppress the other, then this so-called agreement would most likely be useless.
……
As the Gale Empire's assault troops retreated, the Mang Mountain Military Camp slowly quieted down. When dawn broke, the commander of the dare-to-die camp brought a bookkeeper and a few bodyguards to the camp.
In the past few days, Chu Ming had learned some basic information about this commander from Zheng He. This man was called Wang Gang, and he was considered one of the more senior generals in the Mang Mountain camp. He had been following Ouyang Bo for more than ten years, and Ouyang Bo had promoted him from a small lieutenant to his current position. He had gained Ouyang Bo's trust. If it wasn't for his limited martial talent and his inability to step into the Xiantian realm, he would definitely have one of the three commanders of the Mang Mountain military camp. His hostility towards Chu Ming was undoubtedly from Ouyang Bo.
However, Wang Gang didn't bring his men to the dare-to-die camp to find trouble with Chu Ming, but to record their military achievements. According to the tradition of Great Yan's military, after every battle ended, they had to record the battle achievements immediately. However, if it was a battle that happened in the middle of the night, it would usually be recorded the next day.
"Everyone, line up!" Wang Gang said in a deep voice as he swept his gaze across the members of the Dare to Die Camp.
However, the members of the Dare to Die Camp turned a deaf ear to Wang Gang's words and focused their attention on Chu Ming. Only when Chu Ming nodded did everyone obediently get into formation.
Wang Gang's eyes flashed with anger, but he quickly suppressed it. He looked deeply at Chu Ming and turned to the registrar." We will start recording the battle achievements now!"
"Yes, Lord Commander!" The registrar nodded respectfully. Then, with one hand holding the battle merit book and the other holding a pen, he began to record. Beside him was a soldier holding an inkstone.
"Zhang Long, kill ten enemies and get a fifth-class merit!”
"Tian Fang, kill three enemies, not enough to accumulate the minimum battle points!”
"Zhao Fei, you killed four enemies and didn't reach the minimum battle merit level.”
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According to the rules of the Great Yan Empire, ten enemies below the rank of lieutenant would be given a fifth-class merit. The higher the rank, the higher the battle points recorded. For every officer who killed an enemy, he would be given a fourth-class merit. Kill the enemy commander and commander level, remember the third-class merit once; Kill a general or commander, and get a second-class merit; Killing an enemy commander or a lieutenant would give him a first-class merit. If he could kill an enemy general or a member of the royal family, he would give him a special-class merit.
The military rank system of Great Yan Empire was also linked to military merits. For example, to become a lieutenant, in addition to reaching the Houtian realm, one had to accumulate enough fourth-class merits. To become a commander or commander, one had to accumulate the corresponding number of third-class merits, and so on. Of course, battle merits could be accumulated and upgraded. Accumulating ten fifth class merits would be counted as one fourth class merit, accumulating ten fourth class merits would be counted as third class merits, and so on. The members of the dare-to-die camp could also leave the camp by obtaining enough military achievements, or they could directly retire or join other troops.
However, although the military rank promotion system of Great Yan Empire was perfect, it might not be the case when it was actually implemented. After all, the situation on the battlefield was too chaotic. Few people had the time to collect the enemy's heads immediately, especially in a more intense battle. It was very likely that you might not even remember how many enemies you killed yourself. Therefore, this had to be judged by your superiors. If this superior was a fair and strict person, it would not matter. However, if you met a superior who was selfish or dissatisfied with you, then your battle achievements would definitely be deducted by a lot.
He could predict that with Wang Gang's attitude towards Chu Ming, Chu Ming's battle achievements would be greatly reduced.
Sure enough, when it was Chu Ming's turn, the official book read out an extremely ridiculous record.
"Dare-to-die Battalion Commander Chu Ming, killed four enemies, not enough to accumulate the minimum battle merit level!”
"What is it? This is impossible…"
"Kill four enemies? Is there a mistake?"
……
As soon as he said that, the members of the daring death camp burst into an uproar. What a joke! Chu Ming's performance last night had been witnessed by everyone. He had killed at least 30 to 40 ordinary soldiers in the beginning, and he had even killed a general of Gale Empire with a single arrow. With such a battle record, he should at least be awarded a third-class merit. But now, the registrar said that he had only killed four ordinary soldiers of the enemy and did not even get the lowest fifth-class merit. This was clearly a blatant lie and deliberately deducted his merit.
"What are you arguing about?"
Seeing the crowd clamoring, Wang Gang's expression turned stiff and he said coldly,""The battle achievements of all the soldiers in the dare-to-die camp are personally judged by me. If you are not satisfied, you can directly find the lieutenant to impeach me.”Wang Gang looked at Chu Ming with a playful look, obviously fearless.
"It's a very 'fair' judgment, I'm not unconvinced!”Chu Ming looked at Wang Gang expressionlessly. The word "justice" clearly emphasized his accent. It was completely within his expectations that Wang Gang would deduct his battle merits, but he didn't expect this guy to deduct it so ruthlessly and so brazenly. However, it didn't matter. He didn't care about military ranks or battle achievements. The only thing he cared about was the Merit Points.
He was already very satisfied with his gains last night. Adding on the three Purple Cloud Sect disciples he killed in Wan City, he now had more than 1,500 Merit Points in reserve. Moreover, the most important thing was that after the first battle last night, a new mission had been activated in the mission panel-" Human Butcher."
Similar to the novice quest, this "Human Slaughter" quest was also divided into several stages. The first stage was to kill 100 people (Kill 100 third-rate warriors and above, reward 1,000 merit points, 100 reputation points); The second stage, Thousand Kill (Kill 1,000 third-rate and above warriors, reward 10,000 merit points, 1,000 reputation points); The third stage, 10,000 People Kill (Kill 10,000 third-rate and above warriors, and kill at least 10 second-rate warriors, gain 50,000 merit points, 5,000 reputation points); The final stage, Human Slaughter (Kill more than 100,000 third-rate warriors, and at least 100 second-rate warriors, 10 first-rate warriors, and one super-first-rate warrior. Reward: 200,000 merit points and 20,000 reputation points). Time limit: 1 year.
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