Hearing the deputy general's reply, Zhou Yuji hesitated no longer and immediately ordered, "The army will retreat three li."
"Once the enemy enters the ambush, the army will immediately launch an attack!"
Buzz~~
Not long after, the earth buzzed, smoke rose everywhere, and air currents surged!
Tack tack!
Dust filled the air, horses' hooves pounded, and a ten-thousand-strong army appeared on the horizon, charging towards the Gobi Desert at full speed!
In an instant, ten thousand cavalry charged from the end of the road!
Swish!
Boom!
Horse traps appeared one after another, sharp long spears instantly reaped a wave of heads. For several miles, dust flew, and shouts rose and fell!
Rows of cavalry instantly disappeared into the ground!
"Ah!"
"No good, it's a horse trap!"
The ten thousand cavalry suffered heavy casualties.
Clang!
"Turn quickly, be careful to dodge!"
Lin Yue shouted loudly. Cavalry was extremely precious and required a lot of resources to cultivate. Every soldier lost pained him.
Swish!
Arrows three feet long shot up into the sky, covering the sun and moon. The arrowheads were sharp and soul-stirring!
The blinding cold light tore through the void, and the roaring sound echoed in all directions!
Screech!
Feathered arrows, emanating boundless sharpness, swept towards them, tearing through the heavy armor of the cavalry. In an instant, ten thousand arrows pierced their hearts, and men and horses were shot like hedgehogs!
Instantly taking a wave of lives, the ten thousand cavalry, upon arrival, had already lost more than half of their numbers!
Tack tack!
The earth shook, and dust rose. Five thousand Ningwu cavalry, wielding sharp blades, appeared, their momentum shaking the heavens, dust rising to the sky!
"How can this be? Yizhou is mostly mountainous. Where did such powerful cavalry come from?"
Lin Yue, with his strength at the fourth level of Xiantian, could see at a glance that these five thousand cavalry were all at the first level of Naxuan cultivation. He couldn't help but exclaim.
"My lord, retreat! If we don't retreat, our decades of foundation will be ruined!" The deputy general's face turned pale, his courage shattered by the five thousand cavalry, and he urged retreat in a hurry.
"You!"
Lin Yue's eyes flashed with cold light. With a single sword, he cut off the deputy general's head and laughed wildly, "Hahaha!"
Because he knew he couldn't escape. A powerful spear intent had been locked onto him tightly.
"Charge the entire army!"
Zhou Yuji roared, holding his Tiger Head Chiseling Gold Spear, and took the lead. His powerful sharpness, like a meteor, crossed the battlefield, and his powerful spear intent directly pierced into the enemy ranks.
He unleashed a bloody stream, and in Lin Yue's terrified gaze, it pierced through his mount. With one strike, Lin Yue, a strong cultivator at the fourth level of Xiantian, was blasted off his horse by Zhou Yuji!
Lin Yue hastily stood up, and suddenly he sensed a fierce aura whistling towards him, a fist smashing towards his chest.
"Pfft!"
Boom boom!
The fist shadows whistled, and he had no time to block. A single punch caved in his chest, causing him to freeze.
Fist after fist landed, Lin Yue's body was loose and unbearable, his bones shattered!
As the dust settled, Zhou Yuji, expressionless, with not a drop of blood on him, looked coldly at Lin Yue, who had collapsed to the ground.
Lin Yue lay limply on the ground, spitting blood, his face filled with terror. He had wanted to be an honest man, but his greed had been reignited.
Lin Yue gave a bitter laugh, his body trembling violently. Blood gushed from his seven orifices, and his life force rapidly dissipated, making him sway precariously! Sudan Novel Network
His eyes looked at the dim battlefield, filled with burning passion and unwillingness, and he died with resentment!
"Kill!"
Seeing Zhou Yuji strike down his enemy and blast the opposing general to death in the midst of his army with a single punch, the morale of the troops soared. The five thousand cavalry, like a torrent, tore through the enemy ranks.
Under the tearing and charging of the five thousand Ningwu cavalry, the enemy army was like loose sand, scattered by the wind.
In less than a moment, the entire Gobi Desert was strewn with corpses, and rivers of blood flowed. The ten thousand Longxi cavalry were slaughtered to the last man.
Clang!
Zhou Yuji pulled the Tiger Head Chiseling Gold Spear from the corpse of a warhorse, raised his arm, and shouted, "The army enters the city!"
"Charge!"
The five thousand Ningwu cavalry, forming a torrent, rushed towards Longxi. The five thousand infantry seized the fleeing warhorses and closely followed the pace of the Ningwu cavalry.
The thunderous roar of the army surged into Longxi!
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Tianshui Commandery.
"What's the latest on Wudu?"
Ma Sanye, the leader of the Liangzhou bandits, had a grim expression. Since he had led the Liangzhou bandits to occupy the four commanderies of Liangzhou, he had been in a stalemate with the Liangzhou provincial government.
Since the bandits entered Liangzhou, they had been in contact with Ma Sanye, offering money and women. But a few days ago, Wudu, which had been supplying women on time, suddenly lost contact.
He sent his subordinates to investigate, but none of the brothers sent to Wudu returned, as if they had vanished without a trace, without causing even the slightest ripple.
For safety's sake, Ma Sanye dispatched his capable subordinate Du Longfu, a strong cultivator at the fourth level of Xiantian, to Wudu to investigate the situation.
"No... no."
A few minor leaders serving nearby replied cautiously.
Gulp gulp gulp!
He downed the wine jar in his hand and Ma Sanye smashed it with the Nine-Ringed Tin-Topped Hammer he held. Blood splattered, corpses flew, and blood stained the entire hall.
"A bunch of trash!"
Ma Sanye swung his arm and roared, smashing the Nine-Ringed Tin-Topped Hammer against the wall, glaring at the pile of dismembered bodies.
"Reporting to the Grand Commander, Leader Du Longfu has returned."
A petty soldier among the bandits, seeing the bloody corpses scattered everywhere, trembled and reported in haste, cold sweat trickling down his cheeks.
Not long after.
"Grand Commander!"
As soon as he spoke, a one-eyed man hurried in, sweating profusely, panting loudly, "Grand... Grand Commander!"
"This is bad!"
"What's the rush?"
Ma Sanye immediately shouted. What was he rushing about in such a panic? Du Longfu had followed him through thick and thin, seeing all sorts of situations.
Yet today, he had lost his composure.
After recuperating for a moment, Du Longfu said hoarsely, "All the brothers in Wudu are dead!"
"Mm!"
Ma Sanye stood up abruptly and instantly moved in front of Du Longfu. "What did you say?"
Those were thousands of bandits, his most capable troops. The leader of the Wudu bandits was someone he had personally promoted and who was loyal to him.
Du Longfu's body trembled slightly. "Grand Commander, all the brothers in Wudu have been executed, and thousands of heads have been burned by flames and embedded in the city walls of Wudu!"
Ma Sanye's eyes narrowed. "How dare you, in Liangzhou, under my nose, break off one of my arms."
At this stage of stalemate with the Liangzhou provincial government, losing a major support was undoubtedly adding insult to injury.
"Did you find out who did it?"
Ma Sanye stared intently at Du Longfu, the cold glint in his eyes piercing Du Longfu's soul. His hand-trained subordinates had been slaughtered, and he was determined to exterminate the entire family of the perpetrator!
"Liao Hua of Hanzhong!"
Du Longfu said in a low voice.
"Liao Hua?"
Ma Sanye carefully checked his memory. There was no such person in Hanzhong. He had often visited Hanzhong before, and the strongest was no more than the third level of Xiantian. Who was this Liao Hua?
Seeing Ma Sanye's doubt, Du Longfu opened his mouth and said, "The Yang family of Yizhou!"