Zhao Zilong, observing the high morale of his cavalry, wanted to charge at the Snow Sprite Legion one more time.
Just as he was about to give the order, he heard Ma Mengqi's voice from a distance.
"Zilong, don't panic, Ma Chao is here."
???
Zhao Zilong looked towards the direction of the voice, utterly bewildered.
What the heck.
When did I panic? Against these minor mobs, would I ever panic?
You, Old Wu Ma, can't just spout nonsense. If this word gets out, how am I supposed to maintain my reputation on the streets?
Will I still be able to be this "Double Red Flower Club" enforcer for Huaxia?
He then said to the soldiers beside him, "The glory seekers are here. Everyone pretend you didn't hear that. Follow your general for another charge."
With that, he took the lead and charged out.
Upon hearing that glory seekers were arriving, the Lancers below quickly followed their general and began a second charge against the enemy.
These were all military merits, and they were fighting a bunch of weaklings.
Where else could they find such a good opportunity to bully the weak and earn military merits?
Their own brothers weren't even enough to share amongst themselves, and these latecomers, it would be good if they were left with a mouthful of soup.
Thinking of snatching merit points from them, wasn't that going too far?
Lü Bu and the others also heard Ma Chao's voice and quickly urged their subordinates to speed up the slaughter of the enemy.
Especially Lü Bu's heavy cavalry, they even abandoned their own defense, only wielding their battle axes and war hammers to slaughter the Snow Sprite Legion.
In the eyes of the heavy cavalry, their armor was almost as tough as a turtle's shell. These Snow Sprites, who didn't even have weapons, couldn't pierce their defenses even if they were bitten a couple of times.
By the time Ma Chao arrived, only two or three Snow Sprites were left on the battlefield.
The generals leading the troops exchanged glances and, with the mentality of not coming for nothing,
quickly drew their throwing spears and shot at the remaining Snow Sprites.
Seeing the last few Snow Sprites being killed by his subordinates, Ma Chao said with a smile,
"Generals, you don't need to thank me. We're all brothers, and I wouldn't watch you get surrounded."
Everyone was stunned.
Then, Huo Qubing muttered softly, "This kid's face is really thick."
Li Guang frowned and walked around the battlefield.
He asked the others with a question, "Did you all notice? The temperature seems to be much lower now than before the battle."
Upon hearing this, everyone was taken aback and quickly dismounted to investigate.
They discovered that the ground where the Snow Sprite blood had seeped had begun to freeze, and even the soldiers' armor where the blood had splashed was emitting cold air.
Moreover, the temperature around the battlefield was nearly 10 degrees lower than elsewhere.
Huo Qubing quickly stood up and said, "Tally the casualties, bring the bodies of the fallen, and let's hurry back to report to the Marshal."
The accompanying staff officers looked around at each other, their faces filled with embarrassment as they said to Huo Qubing, "General, there are no fallen brothers, and only a little over a hundred injured, none of them seriously."
Huo Qubing took a careful look around and couldn't help but gasp,
"The Marshal is truly willing to spend money. If anyone still dies fighting these beasts in this gear, then they shouldn't be soldiers. The fortress still needs a few people to shovel manure."
"Collect some blood and take a few Snow Sprite corpses, then we'll withdraw to the camp."
After the human cavalry had departed,
The Demon Race's Imperial Son appeared on the battlefield with Xue Feng and Da Bai.
"Cousin, your plan is indeed effective. I didn't expect that although the Snow Sprite race has weak combat power, their blood has such great use."
Xue Feng said with a smile, "Cousin, I brought 50 million members of the Snow Sprite race on this expedition. As long as they die on the human defense line, the entire human territory will instantly turn into absolute zero."
"Then, if we blow up the Icebound Snow Mountain and divert the deep sea water, the entire human army will turn into ice sculptures. Even if there are still those resisting, if we send lava demons to self-destruct, this extreme cold and heat will instantly blow up all human positions."
"However, for the sake of caution, cousin, you must first send people to consume some of the human race's war resources, otherwise I'm afraid the Snow Sprite race will be eliminated before they can even reach the human defense line."
The Demon Race's Imperial Son nodded and said, "Don't worry, cousin. I know the gravity of the situation. I will let the Undead Race be the vanguard."
Da Bai followed the two, not understanding a single word. However, seeing the smiling pair, he also happily joined in with a silly grin.
On the other side, Huo Qubing and his group, while on their way, helped Ma Chao install the temperature monitoring devices.
Two hours later, everyone finally returned to the human fortress.
Huo Qubing and the others, along with Jiang Zheng, immediately went to report the situation to Lin Zhan with the accompanying staff officers.
"What are the casualties?"
Lin Zhan asked as he watched them approach.
"Reporting to the Marshal, there are no fatalities, and only over a hundred brothers sustained minor injuries."
Lin Zhan nodded and said to Zhang Dabiao, "Tell the arms factory to take the injured soldiers' armor back and see if their injuries were caused by issues with our armor."
"Yes, Marshal." Zhang Dabiao quickly arranged for a staff officer to handle the matter.
Huo Qubing carefully described what had happened to Lin Zhan.
Lin Zhan frowned and said, "Where are the Snow Sprites you brought back?"
Huo Qubing quickly replied, "They have already been handed over to the accompanying Shennong race members for examination. The autopsy report will be sent to the Marshal soon."
As if on cue, Zhang Dabiao brought Lin Zhan the autopsy report on the Snow Sprites from the Shennong physician, along with a detailed set of information about the Snow Sprite race.
Lin Zhan took the documents and began to read them carefully:
"The Icebound Snow Mountain is the territory of the Snow Demon race, which has many powerful warrior tribes. Even if they don't fancy you and haven't dispatched the Frost Giants, they shouldn't have sent these useless Snow Sprites to attack you."
After reading the information, Lin Zhan said to General Huo Qubing, "General Huo, does the blood of the Snow Sprite race truly possess such potent freezing properties?"
Huo Qubing nodded and said, "This is something I witnessed with my own eyes. Even the soldiers' armor was partially corroded by the splashed blood, especially some of the defensive runes, which were significantly damaged by the cold energy in the Snow Sprite blood."
Lin Zhan said to Dabiao again, "Dabiao, have the arms factory carefully examine the armor damaged by the Snow Sprite blood and give us a report on how much the armor's performance has decreased."
The little Daoist priest beside him, upon hearing Huo Qubing's words, picked up the Snow Sprite information on the table with curiosity and began to read it.
After a short while, the little Daoist priest happily exclaimed, "Holy crap, turns out these snow monkeys are all treasures!"