Records of the Human Emperor Chapter 363: The Third Mission!

Chapter 363: The Third Mission!

This time, the response from the royal court came very quickly. Roughly six hours later, the group received a reply from the Bureau of Military Personnel.

The royal court was indeed unaware of the situation surrounding the Iron Cloak Highwaymen, and they were startled to hear that they had grown to a group seven hundred men strong.

The high death toll of thirty-six cavalrymen had also left them gravely concerned.

Under normal circumstances, putting a group of eighty cavalrymen against a seven hundred man-strong group filled with a significant number of True Martial realm highwaymen and bandits, as well as a powerful expert like Iron Cloak Li, the eighty cavalrymen would have been completely wiped out.

Without a doubt, this was a huge screw-up on the side of the Bureau of Military Personnel.

And yet, despite the Bureau’s intelligence failure, Wang Chong and the others managed to slay three hundred men, along with the chief, Iron Cloak Li, and the military strategist, Zhou An, with casualties of only thirty-six men. This feat had shocked even the Bureau of Military Personnel.

The prerequisite given by the Bureau of Military Personnel was that the loss for each platoon shouldn't exceed six, but the death toll of thirty-six had already far exceeded that number.

However, the deaths had only occurred in the second mission, and the root cause of the issue was the Bureau of Military Personnel's intelligence lapse. Taking into account the successful elimination of Iron Cloak Li and Zhou An despite the disadvantageous situation, the verdict from the Bureau of Military personnel was:

【The Bureau of Military Personnel will not pursue the breach of the prerequisite condition in the second mission. On top of that, the recruits who have participated in the mission will have their contributions in this operation marked in their records, and this will also serve as a foundation for their promotion in the military when they enlist in the army in the future.

On top of that, the Bureau of Military Perso

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