Chapter 151: Come Out and Accept Your Death Right Now

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The sharp spear tips, driven by the Iron-armored warhorses at their maximum speed, possessed an astonishing impact force. The Blood Wolf Soldiers were originally light cavalry, and since they were disguised as Horse Bandits, they wore tattered clothes; how could they have any protection to speak of?

How could their meager Fighting Qi form Protective Gang Qi?

Puff, puff, puff~

A continuous series of sounds of long spears piercing bodies rang out endlessly. The Blood Wolf Soldiers who were hit fell off their horses one after another. Before they could even struggle, the heavy iron hooves trampled over them, crushing their bones and smashing their internal organs.

In just the first encounter, dozens of Blood Wolf Soldiers were lost. The Wedge Formation was originally a formation with extremely strong penetrating power. Cheng Xiao’s martial strength was impressive. Relying on the speed of his warhorse, he knocked several Blood Wolf Soldiers off their horses in just a few breaths.

Without stopping, they charged forward recklessly. Those riderless warhorses of the enemy, driven by the Iron-armored cavalry, also began to run for their lives with all their might. If they ran a bit slower, they would be stabbed to death by long spears.

Amidst the crowds of men and horses, they charged forward for a full twenty to thirty zhang before their speed slowed down.

This wave of charging was like a heavy hammer ruthlessly striking the chaotic Blood Wolf Army from the back of their heads. The number of Blood Wolf Soldiers who were crashed into, stabbed to death, or crushed to death was no less than a hundred.

Most importantly, the Blood Wolf Soldiers, who had lost their command, were in chaotic disarray, pushing and shoving each other.

“Kill!”

But clearly, this was just the beginning. Cheng Xiao raised his long spear high, drove his warhorse forward, and roared: “Kill! Kill them until not a single piece of armor remains!”

The Iron-armored warhorse charged and crashed, directly sending a Blood Wolf Soldier who had fallen off his horse flying. With a horizontal thrust of his long spear, another Blood Wolf Soldier was stabbed down. His combat style was just like his personality: simple, direct, fierce, and efficient.

However, lacking the impact of a charge, the Iron-armored Heavy Cavalry killed people at a clearly slower speed. But even so, with the enemy’s morale on the verge of collapse, each Iron-armored Heavy Cavalryman was still like a killing machine, simply driving their horses forward and repeatedly thrusting their long spears.

The spear tips were like a forest, blood sprayed everywhere, and the area was filled with wailing.

There was no shortage of experts in the Blood Wolf Army, and there were several Bronze-rank experts. But a defeated army is like a mountain collapsing; even Bronze-rank experts, facing the layered advance of the Iron-armored Heavy Cavalry and their long spear formation, and lacking support from their comrades, did not dare to risk charging into the spear array.

Of course, the Iron-armored Heavy Cavalry were definitely not completely unscathed. Only a few dozen breaths had passed since the battle started. After killing over a hundred enemies, three Iron-armored Heavy Cavalrymen were heavily wounded by javelins thrown by experts and fell from their horses, dying miserably under the hooves.

When the area ahead was filled with nothing but riderless horses in disarray, the Iron Cavalry, lacking impact force, could charge no further. At this point, staying on horseback no longer held the imposing momentum of a charge or the leverage for power; instead, fighting on foot would be more flexible and powerful. Without space and distance, the warhorses were just a burden.

Cheng Xiao shouted again: “Dismount! Form formation!”

With a small team of only two hundred men, a commander with decent Fighting Qi cultivation could completely use his voice to command on the spot.

Although the team had not been formed for long, Lei Qing paid special attention to military orders and organizational training. Personal combat power could be put aside for now, as personal bravery was not decisive on the battlefield. But obedience and organizational power could multiply the power of an army. Cheng Xiao himself was an outstanding training instructor for the Iron-armored Cavalry within the Iron Cavalry Regiment. Otherwise, he would not have been sent to help Lei Qing organize the cavalry army.

The majority of the Black Flag Regiment’s Iron-armored Cavalry were trained by Cheng Xiao.

Under harsh training again and again, these cavalrymen understood the importance of military orders. Since every violation of an order came with a heavy price, even if they heard a very unreasonable command, they would subconsciously execute it.

These things were the norm in the Iron Cavalry Regiment. Mad Blade Xiahou Huan and his Iron Cavalry Regiment were able to rise rapidly within twenty years and become a dominant force second only to large powers; naturally, they had their unique strengths.

The Iron-armored Cavalrymen dismounted one after another upon hearing the order. They formed two rows on the spot. The front row held shields and spears with one hand, while the back row held spears with both hands. This formation took only a few dozen breaths to complete.

Cheng Xiao also joined the long spear formation, holding a spear and shield, his imposing manner distinct. He ordered: “Advance! Kill, kill, kill!”

A buffer of several dozen breaths allowed the Blood Wolf Soldiers to more or less emerge from their chaos. But they were still without command and were blocked within the concave valley by the Iron-armored Cavalry, clustered together.

However, their decent combat instincts made them start to fight back individually. Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, feathered arrows poured down from the darkness.

Thud, thud, thud~ The dull sounds of arrows hitting shields and the clinking sounds of arrows hitting heavy iron armor were endless. Several more Iron-armored Soldiers were hit in vital spots by heavy javelins or arrows shot by experts, falling to the ground and groaning, their fates unknown.

But the Iron-armored Soldiers had already begun to advance with heavy steps, crossing the scattered herd of horses and pushing directly to the front line. The Blood Wolf Soldiers, who had been squeezed to the point where they could no longer retreat, were forced to engage in close combat with the heavily armored soldiers.

Their tattered leather armor formed a sharp contrast with the fine iron armor worn by the Iron-armored Soldiers. Their curved blades and feathered arrows, unless exerted with great power and penetration, could hardly break through the defense.

“Thrust!”

With Cheng Xiao’s shout, the long spears thrust forward like a forest. The dense array of spear tips formed a wall, making it impossible to resist.

Blood Wolf Soldiers fell one by one, blood spraying everywhere. Even Bronze-rank experts only dared to throw javelins and shoot arrows from the rear.

No one could stop the spear thrusts of the heavy armored soldiers. They kept leaving corpses behind and retreating.

“Roar~”

Yuwen Hu, after paying the painful price of over a hundred of his subordinates’ lives, finally split the neck of the Gold-rank One-Horned Tiger with an axe. Before he could roar in celebration, he felt as if his soul had returned, and he heard the screams of the Blood Wolf Soldiers coming from the rear.

He had been immersed in his own world of slaughter just now. Now, looking back, he saw the dense ranks of heavy armored soldiers, looking like monsters, completely suppressing his Blood Wolf Soldiers and advancing while killing them like cutting vegetables.

The Blood Wolf Soldiers often had to pay the price of more than ten men being heavily wounded or killed to take down one heavy armored soldier.

The continuous travel and the exhaustion after extreme excitement had already left the Blood Wolf Soldiers physically and mentally exhausted, in an extremely poor state.

Before this dawn, they were outflanked from the rear by a group of Iron-armored Heavy Soldiers. The killing was terrifying. Amidst the chaos, morale had already dropped to the extreme. They had no fighting spirit in their hearts, only thinking about how to escape and save their lives, so how could they have any combat power?

In contrast, the heavy armored soldiers of the Black Flag Regiment had momentum like a rainbow, their killing intent shook the sky, their movements were uniform, powerful and vigorous, advancing layer by layer. They stabbed Blood Wolf Soldiers to death one after another, harvesting lives.

A thousand aggressive Blood Wolf Soldiers had originally come to flatten Yehe Town. But after several twists and turns, less than five hundred remained, and they were five hundred men lacking morale and fighting spirit, in complete disarray.

Yuwen Hu was extremely furious. Just as he was about to disregard his injuries and charge at the group of Iron-armored Soldiers, a earth-shattering shout of killing rang out from the pile of rocks behind him. Taking advantage of the night at dawn, dense arrows poured down from all over the pile of rocks. Although the Blood Wolf Soldiers were not weak, they waved their curved blades and the like to block.

But there were too many stray arrows, and the night was deep, making it impossible to see the trajectory of the arrows clearly.

Puff, puff, puff~ One arrow after another stuck into the bodies or horses of the poorly protected Blood Wolf Soldiers, causing heavy casualties.

Yuwen Hu roared continuously and began to command the Blood Wolf Soldiers to fight back with bows. But the Rocky Ridge was gloomy, with stones standing everywhere; they couldn’t even see where the enemies were clearly, so how could they shoot accurately?

Several waves of arrow rain caused the Blood Wolf Soldiers to lose dozens more.

Every moment, Blood Wolf Soldiers were dying, and everywhere there were Blood Wolf Soldiers howling in pain from their injuries. Such a tragic scene caused the already low morale of the Blood Wolf Soldiers to collapse. Some went mad and rushed into the Rocky Ridge, but after a few miserable howls, there was no further news.

Others tried to forcefully charge the Iron-armored spear formation, but were all stabbed to death by long spears.

In the Blood Wolf Army, people were constantly getting injured and dying. Even Yuwen Hu was injured too heavily. There were too many arrows shooting randomly at him as a target. His long-handled giant axe was sharp in attack, but swinging it to deflect arrows was too exhausting. His Protective Gang Qi was also weak. In just a few breaths, he was hit by several arrows. The arrows had inertia and force, piercing two to three inches into his body.

Fighting in an army was like this; it was not as simple as a brawl. Even a peerless expert, once caught in a chaotic battle and surrounded by the enemy, could be shot to death by a dense array of stray arrows.

“Brothers, follow me and charge the Iron-armored Soldiers!” Yuwen Hu might have been crazy, but his beast-like survival instinct was extremely strong. He instinctively knew that the Rocky Ridge was incredibly sinister, with complex terrain; rushing in meant the situation was unclear, and life or death was uncertain.

However, the Iron-armored Soldiers, though strong, were only arranged in two rows. With his martial prowess, even if he was heavily wounded, tearing open a gap would not be a problem.

Yuwen Hu crazily swung his long-handled giant axe and led his men to the front of the Iron-armored Soldiers. With a sweep of his giant axe, he chopped off several long spears. With a violent crash forward, using the strength of his shoulder, the two heavy armored soldiers in front flew away along with their armor. He swept around again, forcing back more than ten heavy armored soldiers, and opened a gap.

He didn’t care about killing to vent his anger anymore, and led his men to break through forward. Seeing this, Cheng Xiao calmly ordered the Iron-armored Soldiers to plug the gap, then turned over and led dozens of men to chase and kill them from behind.

Clatter, clatter, clatter~

Amidst such fierce fighting, another series of hoofbeats came from the mouth of the concave valley. Cheng Xiao listened and was secretly startled in his heart. Not good, could it be Helian Bo, who escaped, leading his men to launch a return strike?

“Yuwen Cat! I ~ fuck ~ your mother!” A voice extremely familiar and inspiring to the Black Flag Regiment members rang through the entire valley: “Dare to attack my Yehe Town, attack my Black Flag Regiment? Why don’t you come out and accept your death right now.”

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