Chapter 1000.
The purging of the horse thieves lasted until sunset and dusk before it was declared over.
Because two thousand elite Feather Forest Guards joined the battle, not even one tenth of the horse thieves were able to escape the battlefield in the end, countless corpses were scattered in a dozen mile radius, and the flowing blood dyed a large portion of the grassland red.
This battle is undoubtedly brilliant, after counting afterwards, a total of tens of thousands of horse thieves led by the White Wolf Pirates were killed, while the casualties paid by the Feathered Forest Guards were not more than a hundred.
During this period, a large number of horse thieves knelt down to surrender, but were mercilessly killed by the Feather Forest Guards.
In the end, a few survivors were left.
These horse thieves were all stained with the blood of civilians and deserved to die, while the mission of the Feather Forest Guards was to escort Princess Qing Yun to Great Yan, so it was impossible to bring a large number of captives with them on the road.
Sending them on their way was naturally the best option!
When the peace procession camped and settled down again, Sun Zhengheng brought people to send three heads to Wang Duan.
Three dead heads!
Wang Duan understood at first glance, “Horse thief leader?”
“This is the White Wolf leader.”
Sun Zhengheng pointed at one of the one-eyed, white-haired heads and said, “The total bounty hanging on him is over a million taels.”
The White Wolf Pirates have been victimizing the Western Sea Prairie for decades, plundering an unknown number of merchants and travelers, the local government and major chambers of commerce naturally hate them to the bone, and the accumulated bounty is naturally extremely high.
Just white wolf leader ferocious and cunning, there have been high-level martial artists to organize a team to try to kill it, the result instead of burying his life.
The other two heads were also the leader heads of the White Wolf Bandits, all of which were at the cultivation strength of a fifth-ranked Martial Zong!
These two heads added up to several hundred thousand taels.
Wang Chen swept a glance and was more or less impressed.
With his current seventh-ranked Martial Saint’s strength, a few fifth-ranked Martial Zongs were actually not much different from ordinary horse thieves.
None of them could block a shot from Wang Dust!
And from the mouths of the captives, he learned that this action to intercept the peace procession was initiated by the White Wolf Chief, who then enlisted dozens of people from the Western Sea Prairie to form such a large scale.
In this battle alone, the horse thief gangs on the West Sea Prairie were almost swept away!
“Wang Taibao.”
Sun Zhengheng licked his lips and said, “We’ve forced out where the thieves’ nest is, it’s right here in the Lianyun Mountains, I intend to lead a team to go ahead and clear it out right now, and kill him cleanly!”
For this operation, the White Wolf Bandits could be said to have come out in full force, with the three main leaders all making an appearance, and as a result, they were all wiped out.
Now that the lair was extremely empty, it was just the right time to go over and end it.
“Good.”
Wang Dust nodded, “I’ll stay here to protect His Highness, you guys go and come back quickly, pay attention to safety.”
In his heart, he knew very well that the most important purpose of Sun Zhengheng’s impatience to end the thief’s nest was, I’m afraid, for the wealth that the White Wolf Thief had accumulated over the years.
In addition, Wang Chen’s performance in this battle was too stunning, and Sun Zhengheng did not want to make himself and a group of Featherwood Guards look too incompetent, so he took the initiative to take on this errand.
“Don’t worry!”
Sun Zhengheng was full of complacency and immediately gathered up 1,000 elite Feather Forest Guards and took the captives with him to head to Lianyun Mountain to clear out the thieves’ nests.
As the sky gradually darkened, a bunch of bonfires were set up in the camp.
The Yu Lin Guards who had fought for half a day gathered around the bonfire, drinking and eating meat while talking and laughing.
Today’s battle was too painful!
And when they saw Wang Duan, they all rose and saluted, each in awe.
After this battle, Wang Chen was the descending God of Heaven and the God of War on earth in the minds of these Featherwood Guards!
Wang Chen’s prestige completely crushed Sun Zhengheng.
“My lord.”
It was at this time that a female knight came over and said softly, “His Highness invites you to come over for a moment.”
Wang Chen thought about it and still came to the carriage that Princess Qing Yun was traveling in.
“Master!”
The next moment, Princess Qing Yun poked her head out of the carriage window, “Come on in, it’s comfortable to sit inside!”
Wang Dust cried and laughed, politely declining, “Your Highness, I think it’s better to stand and talk.”
In the past, when he was in the city of Daye, Princess Qing Yun had come to him privately for advice, and there was no problem with the two of them being in the same room.
But now, in the middle of nowhere, in full view of everyone, how would it be appropriate for him to get into the princess’ carriage?
Even with the name of master and disciple, it was overstepping the rules!
“Alright then.”
Princess Qing Yun wrinkled her nose and revealed a big smile, “Master, you’re really great, so many horse thieves were fought off by you alone, I don’t think there’s anyone in the entire Great Liang who can compare to you!”
Wang Duan laughed, “Did you invite me over just to brag about me?”
“Not ……”
Princess Qing Yun lowered her head and hesitantly asked, “Master, you are so powerful, can you take me away?”
“Take you away?”
Wang Chen was startled, “Where do you want to go?”
“Anywhere.”
Princess Qing Yun’s face flooded with faint sorrow, “I don’t want to marry to Great Yan, and I don’t like any third prince.”
A faint cold light flooded her eyes.
Wang Dust: “That’s fine.”
Although taking Princess Qing Yun to elope might have completely disrupted his plans, but looking at this poor human being in front of him, his heart could not be hardened no matter what.
No matter what, Princess Qing Yun was his disciple.
The only one!
“Huh?”
Princess Qing Yun, however, had her pretty eyes wide open, “You, you’re serious?”
She couldn’t believe her ears.
“Of course.”
Wang Chen said indifferently, “I can first send you to Great Yan to complete your mission, and then bring you away after Sun Zhengheng and the others return, guaranteeing that I won’t hurt you in the slightest.”
If they took Princess Qing Yun away now, then Sun Zhengheng and the three thousand Featherwood Guards would be in bad luck!
In order to calm Great Yan’s anger, perhaps the Great Liang side would behead them all.
Delivered the people, and then on the way back to the accident, then the board naturally can not hit Sun Zhengheng their bodies.
Emperor Shao Wu could still turn around and hold Great Yan accountable!
“Master ……”
Princess Qing Yun was moved to tears, “Thank you, but I, I, forget it.”
She wanted Wang Chen to take herself away, just a momentary impulse, and when she came to her senses, she realized that things could not be done.
Because this marriage was related to the covenant between Great Liang and Great Yan, the peace and happiness of hundreds of millions of people, and the reputation and honor of the Great Liang royal family.
Imagine if she disappeared in Yan Capital for no reason, leading to the failure of the marriage alliance and the disagreement and suspicion between the two countries.
Then who would benefit?
It was bound to be the strong northern enemy, Da Qi!
As a member of the royal family, how could she disregard the greater good due to her own selfishness?
Wang Chen sighed darkly and said, “Then think about it first, you can tell me until you arrive at Yan Capital anyway.”
Princess Qing Yun blinked her eyes as two crystalline teardrops slid down her cheeks as she smiled, “Master, you are so kind!”
This Princess Highness felt that being able to meet Wang Chen was the greatest fortune of her life.