Chapter 559: Dragon Rider Charge

Chapter 559: Dragon Rider Charge

Chapter 559: Dragon Rider Charge
The north wind howled and dark clouds covered the city.

The sound of iron hooves was like thunder rolling across the earth.

Faced with the torrent of cavalry sweeping towards them, many officers in the Dengfeng formation turned pale.

"Swordsmen and shieldmen, move forward, archers, prepare for rapid fire!"

"Crane Wing Formation!"

The general of Dengfeng waved his hand, and the warriors in the army held high the command flags. The day-to-day training in the past supported this surrendered army, and the qualities that were ingrained in their bones allowed the centurions and garrisons to begin to command their soldiers.

The Crane Wing Formation, composed of tens of thousands of infantrymen, quickly took shape, with a weak center and strong forces on both wings.

The two thousand-man archery battalions skillfully drew their bows and drew their arrows, and five rounds of explosive rapid shooting were completed in the blink of an eye. However, the price of shooting tens of thousands of arrows was that these archers with extraordinary physical strength could hardly even lift their arms within a short period of time.

Whoosh whoosh!
The rain of arrows shot from the sky were still sharp amid the thundering horses' hooves, like a wall pushing down on them.

The evil guards on the Skeleton Dragon Riders had blank expressions on their faces, not worrying at all that the arrows would take their lives.

At the front, Jiang He held up a pitch-black sword. He slashed in a circle in front of him, and the shadow of the sword lingered, like a rising black sun.

In an instant, the black sun turned into white.

An extreme repulsive force emerged, like a huge invisible barrier blocking in front of them, and the Skeleton Dragon Riders immediately closed their formation.

Dangdang Dangdang!
Arrows fell one after another, those that hit the target shattered, those that hit the side deflected, the rain of arrows was like a river, but it was flowing to both sides. A large number of Northern Wei fleeing soldiers and Wuyang refugees were hit by arrows and fell to the ground dead.

The skeleton dragon riders charged into the formation.

Jiang He slashed vertically with his sword, and the Immortal Dragon Spear Technique: Broken Dragon Spine released an extreme smashing force. The powerful sword energy was like a meteorite, crushing the two hundred heavy shield bearers in the front along with their shields into mud.

A skeleton dragon rider crashed into the edge of a heavy shield. The dragon rider's skull collided with the shield, causing the latter to explode and shatter. Two Dengfeng soldiers flew into the air. The evil guards seized the opportunity and cut the two men in half with one sword.

Three thousand dragon riders rushed past.

The thousand-man shield battalion collapsed directly, with 70% of them killed or injured.

Unfortunately, the twelve evil guards were targeted by the spearmen and grappling hook soldiers and were stabbed to death. Ah Da, who was in charge of the defense, immediately ordered his men to pick up the bodies of their colleagues. As precious materials, these gold elite-level guards could be revived to some extent as long as they had ordinary evil soldiers as the new subjects.

The Arrow and Shield Battalions were unable to stop the enemy for a moment.

The Dengfeng general's expression changed slightly, but he continued to give orders.

"The chariot camp moves forward, and the personal guard camp takes the top."

"Fish scale formation on both sides, attack from both sides."

The fish scale formation is a formation that concentrates military forces.

The two wings of the troops that had been separated by the Crane Wing Formation immediately concentrated their forces and attacked the Skeleton Dragon Riders that had penetrated deep into the formation.

At the same time, a thousand soldiers from the chariot camp pushed chariots and sword walls to the front of the command platform and artificially built a barrier. The personal guard camp quickly filled the gaps. Everyone wore heavy armor, and half of them were second-level elites.

Generally speaking, the personal guard battalion is the most loyal and powerful troop of the commander-in-chief. It is composed of several generations of family sons and relatives. It has the best equipment, the least daily affairs, constant food and wine, and monthly salary is several times that of ordinary soldiers. The worst one gets three taels of silver.

Generous offerings, only for the arrival of the critical moment.

The Dengfeng general had a solemn expression on his face. As long as they could hold out for half a quarter of an hour, the two wings would be able to surround and kill this elite force. Being able to become the general of the Southern Liang border town, he had the courage to use himself as bait and a pillar of resistance.

Unfortunately, it backfired.

call!
Jiang He slashed with his sword, and flames billowed.

The chariots and sword walls, which were regarded as the greatest enemy of the cavalry, melted away completely.

A Er rushed out of his own flank and took the lead in leading his men to charge into the enemy's formation, disrupting it. As black torches rose one after another, the front line to block the enemy suddenly became tortuous, and the defensive forces showed thickness and thinness.

Jiang He opened his Demonic Eye. The sunlight in the sky made the vision in the distance extremely blurry, but it was enough to see the enemy's weak points. He pulled the reins to slightly adjust the direction of the charge, and the Skeleton Dragon Riders easily tore through the enemy's front line and rushed past.

"how come……"

The Dengfeng general's face immediately turned as pale as paper.

Rather than giving in to the bottom line, he could not accept that he had lost to a royal noble who had done nothing before.

On top of Dongyang City.

Pei Yuwu slowly loosened his clenched fists.

Although the number of Dengfeng soldiers was still overwhelmingly superior, when the fish-scale attack on both wings failed and the central army was empty, the outcome was no longer in suspense unless a meteorite fell from the sky.

He pointed to the battlefield outside the city and said to the clan members:

"He Dengfeng surrendered first, and then did the dirty thing of killing refugees and attacking the city, betraying the country and harming the people. All his reputation and achievements in the first half of his life went down the drain, so he urgently wanted to prove himself and regain his meaning and confidence."

"The specific manifestation and the only way out lies in the military affairs that the generals are good at, so he was particularly bold this time, first using the crane wings and then the fish scales, making it clear that he wanted to eat up Prince Yong and his private soldiers."

"If he wins this great victory, he can tell himself: I am capable, but the Southern Liang just didn't know my worth. If I change my allegiance, I can live a pretty good life in the Northern Wei. Even if I am denounced as a traitor, I am still a famous general after all."

Pei Weidu seemed to understand but not quite, and scratched his head. No matter what the content was, at least the advice from the elders was a sign of respect.

Pei Wuxing sighed: "What a pity."

Unfortunately, Prince Yong was so fierce beyond measure that even if the general of Dengfeng managed to survive this time, he would undoubtedly be crippled. This guy might not have realized that Prince Yong dared to charge straight into the central army trap when the Tiange Army was not far away, and he might know Prince Yong's current military inclinations better than the general himself.

Boom boom boom!
On the battlefield, the 5,000 Dengfeng soldiers who were caught in the flanking attack watched helplessly as the enemy attacked their main general. Just half a minute's difference would mean the difference between life and death. The foresighted defenders had already turned around and ran away.

The cavalry attacked, and blood was everywhere.

"My lord, leave quickly!"

A sturdy man in heavy armor rushed out of the command platform, and his innate secret technique of the peak of the third level of gold was activated. The phantom of a colorful tiger turned into a halberd and smashed out with all his strength. The first-grade yang steel armor on his body made a crackling sound.

The martial arts world cannot defeat the military formation, and armor plays a big factor. A set of Grade A Yang Steel Armor is worth 3000 taels of silver. It is difficult for a normal third-level master to blast it open, but the cost is too high, and the big families cannot equip it. The private armies of their own are basically Grade B.

At this moment, the strong man jumped off the command platform, showing extraordinary bravery.

Jiang He didn't even bother to look at him, he just swept the black knife in his hand, and the devouring force pulled the sturdy man's body out of thin air, causing him to lose balance immediately. He swung his hand up, and the blade chopped the sturdy man into pieces in an instant.

No tricks needed, just one strike to kill.

Rumble!
Several skeleton dragon riders smashed the command platform and the Dengfeng general fell to the ground, his face gray and dead, but unfortunately no one among the evil guards cared about him, and when they charged past, they trampled him into bloody mud.

At the front of the entire battlefield, because of a charge, tens of thousands of Dengfeng soldiers fled, and there were people everywhere, and it was a mess.

But the Tiange Army remained as solid as a rock. They never surrendered and became helpless.

Without giving their troops a chance to catch their breath, let alone clean up the battlefield, ten thousand Tiange cavalrymen suddenly charged forward at a constant speed. Captain Baibao Wanfu had an extremely keen sense of war, and he accurately seized the fleeting opportunity when the enemy's charge was interrupted.

A black torrent of cavalry came, divided into three rounds, front and back.

"Wave formation, kill!" the captain shouted angrily.

The evil guards showed no sign of weakness. The first round of confrontation was three thousand against three thousand.

Both sides could see only the enemy, and the sound of horse hooves was like thunder, almost deafening.

Deng Deng Deng!
Running wildly but on the panting skeletal warhorse, Jiang He stabbed the sky with a knife, turning the energy into thunder, and released the Dragon Spear Technique: Ten Thousand Prisons. Streams of energy as thick as millstones fell from the sky, crushing the five hundred riders in front into dust, reducing the pressure on the guards in various positions.
boom!
The cavalry of both sides crossed each other. Ah Da had a ferocious look on his face. He held two hammers in his hands and swung them continuously without regard for the cost. The strength of a fourth-level sub-hero was unreserved. He rode his horse to clear the way and hammered to death hundreds of cavalrymen, and their corpses flew everywhere.

A centurion who was at the peak of the third realm in martial arts, with a sword as sharp as a snake, strangled nine evil guards. Ah Er turned his horse's head sideways and rushed out with his spear, the tip of the spear tore the enemy's right arm. Before the centurion could calm down from his fear, the power of poison swept through his body, and he immediately fell off his horse, turning into a pool of pus.

In the first round of mutual attack, both sides exchanged 200 for 1,400. The over 100 casualties were undoubtedly the biggest loss since the establishment of the Evil Guards. Someone and the two Evil generals bore the greatest pressure.

The Skeleton Dragon Riders continued to move forward.

Suddenly, Jiang He turned his body, and the huge bow in his hand bent like a full moon, and an extremely dazzling arrow shot out.

boom!
The captain, who was still congratulating himself for having dodged the three masters, suddenly felt a pain in his chest. He lowered his head in confusion, only to see that his chest was empty. In an instant, the force exploded, and he was blown to pieces.

The second round of clashes followed.

Three hundred for one thousand and one. With the consumption of energy and physical strength, the damage of the Evil Guards increased significantly.

But the one whose heart was truly bleeding was General Hou.

On the general's platform, General Hou looked gloomy for the first time. The loss of 2,500 skilled cavalrymen might affect the subsequent strategic advance.

"Arrow Camp, get ready!"

In sight, the final round of confrontation has already begun.

Among the 4,000 Tiange cavalry this time, there were a full 1,000 Baibao Iron Cavalry serving as the main force, many war horses had two people sitting on them, and more than 200 disciples of the Demon Sect set foot on the battlefield.

boom!
The cavalry torrents collided left and right.

Fusion, interweaving, and fall.

Crushing, crashing, and rumbling.

In the extreme chaos, the roar of horses galloping as if to tear the earth apart was incessant, spears pierced through the twilight, iron blades split the blood mist, and the horses of both sides occasionally stood up, veins bulging on their necks. The neighing mixed with the crisp sound of armor shattering, exploded scarlet ripples above the battlefield.

The chest of the vicious guards in the front row was pierced by a spear, and blood splattered on the visor of his colleagues behind him. One by one, the Hundred Guards Iron Cavalry were stabbed in the body, and the flying broken bones brushed past the ears of their own cavalry. The iron hooves of the war horses heavily trampled on the throats of the fallen ones, raising dust wrapped in internal organs.

The disciples of the Demon Sect attacked one after another, and Ah Da and Ah Er fought back specifically. The two sides strangled each other, dyeing the surroundings into a turbid ochre color.

boom!
A thin and extremely sharp knife line emerged.

The energy in Jiang He's body dropped by half, and his physical strength was even worse.

The sub-legendary level Anger-amplifying Space Slash finally cut a crack in the space of the Zhulu World.

The knife line swept out, and the cavalry along the way were split in half. Countless corpses fell to the ground, and blood gushed out like a fountain. With one knife, nearly two thousand cavalry were killed, among which the Baibao Iron Cavalry suffered the greatest target.

The not-so-bright sword light made the entire battlefield seem quiet, as if time had stopped.

Mr. Jian's eyes were extremely heavy.

General Hou's eyes were bloodshot.

There was no cheering on the city wall of Dongyang. Pei Yuwu and others looked at each other in bewilderment, almost speechless.

When the sound of horse hooves returned to my ears.

From the belly of a warhorse, a bloody elder of the Demon Cult rushed out fiercely. Amidst the exploding blood mist, he slapped the enemy with one palm. Using the secret moon technique of the Sun-Moon Demon Cult, bright moonlight emerged from his body. This was the body of the Shining Moon.

A crescent moon escaped from the palm of my hand.

The silver light was extremely sharp and cut off someone's black knife, leaving an arm-long scar on his chest where the bone was exposed.

But in the next moment, the strong force sutured the wound. Jiang He's eyes were calm and he pointed with his backhand.

The powerful force actually reverberated in circles of ripples, repeatedly interweaving into hundreds of spears that materialized around the Demon Cult elder, and then suddenly fell together, killing one person.

Swish swish!
The Demon Cult elder grabbed the moon with both hands and chopped the spears into pieces back and forth. Any attack could instantly kill a peak third realm cultivator. A spear pierced through his chest, but the total damage was reduced by 80%, which only caused him serious injuries.

Just when he was about to overcome the crisis, a bone-chilling gaze was cast upon him. Jiang He dismounted and charged forward, activating the God Hunt, a speed that surpassed the sub-hero level.

"Mr. Jian, save me!"

boom!
Jiang He passed by the enemy.

The power of two dragons and one elephant, combined with the strong force, makes the hand knife so violent that it is indestructible.

A head flew up in the gushing fountain of blood.

The Demon Cult elder fell, and General Hou was the first to come to his senses. He calmly gave the order:

"Arrow rain!"

Whoosh whoosh!
The arrows shot rapidly, coming in like a sea.

Nine white suns floated in the air, and the repulsive force was like countless shields.

Jiang He turned around and shot an arrow, which flew straight towards the general's platform. A middle-aged scholar opened the sword case and a small dark green sword shot out, cutting the arrow in the middle. The huge force was transmitted from the tip of the sword to his body. He staggered back two steps, but only felt a slight tightness in his chest.

As four-level sub-heroes, there are ten candidates in the world, which is very different from their normal counterparts.

"I'm back."

The Skeleton Dragon Cavalry turned around and went back to the city. The guards leaned over and used their swords to hook away the corpses, especially the Hundred Guard Cavalry, the Demon Sect disciples and the strong men in the army.

During this siege, one third of the Evil Guards were killed, and only 5,300 cavalry and 3,700 infantry were killed. Among them, one person alone killed more than 4,000 enemy soldiers, but his condition was seriously deteriorating.

……

On the general platform.

The middle-aged scholar said, "King Yong may be qualified to fight a life and death battle with the immortals on earth."

"It's okay, Duke Chi-Le will be here soon." General Hou said seriously, "Now is a good time to kill Prince Yong."

The middle-aged scholar looked surprised and said, "Didn't Lord Chi-Le lead his army to stop the enemy's reinforcements? Why is he here?"

General Hou sneered and replied, "It's not surprising that the Southern Liang didn't send any reinforcements. If they were united, these noble families wouldn't have to flee south in such a miserable state."

"Still fighting?" The middle-aged scholar couldn't help but raise his voice. Decades ago, the eunuchs and civil servants in the court of the previous dynasty fought each other so fiercely that the Northern Wei Dynasty became powerful. He felt that they should learn a lesson.

"To fight for the foundation of the country." General Hou answered briefly, but suddenly his eyes lit up.

"Yes, Prince Yong is the prince!"

"The best strategy is to attack his opponent's strategy. We are not the only ones he faces."

(End of this chapter)