Chapter 573 Ansai Iron Cavalry

Chapter 573 Ansai Iron Cavalry

Chapter 573 Ansai Iron Cavalry
The night was as dark as ink, more like a tide surrounding the city of Yangzhou.

Ten miles outside the city, there were military camps everywhere where the bandit vanguard troops were stationed.

In the entire Jiangnan region, Yangzhou City has great strategic significance. The Qinhuai River connects it with Jiankang, allowing for the continuous transportation of food and grass between the two. Also, because it is located at a key node of the canal, it is a great constraint on the counties along the way.

Fifteen miles outside the city, there is a village that has been reduced to wasteland.

The outlines of the hills in the distance were blurred. The evening breeze swept across the suburbs, causing a fine rustling sound. The withered and yellow wild grass fell down in patches, dewdrops fell, and crows blended into the night and landed quietly.

The stoves in the houses in the village collapsed, and evil soldiers walked out one after another. The two hundred infantrymen were well-equipped due to the reserves from the Yu family's arsenal. Each of them wore a black full body armor of Grade C, held a sword and a round shield, and carried a powerful crossbow and arrows on their backs. Half of them were equipped with Yang steel spears.

All the evil infantrymen walked out of the secret passage, and then tacitly destroyed the entrance of the passage. The skeleton dragon cavalrymen walked out one by one, leading their war horses. Their equipment was even more luxurious. In addition to B-grade yang steel armor and weapons, there were also Gangjin arrows made by someone when he was studying martial arts or alchemy.

It is lighter, faster, and more destructive. Its quality is comparable to that of a true Immortal-grade arrow item. Its quantity is relatively rare, and each Skeleton Dragon Rider has twenty arrows.

Two hundred infantrymen and one hundred dragon riders.

In the secret passage, Jiang He walked out first, followed by Wuhe and Zhuang Ya, and at this moment the prompt sound rang.

[Tip: Main quest ② has been released]
[Mission Name: Lian Zhan]
[Quest requirements: Win seven military victories against bandits at the 0-man level (7/)]
[Task time limit: 30 natural days]
[Quest Reward: Immortal Level Skill Upgrade Scroll*1 (Animal companion obtains epic level)]
[Note: After the vanguard army besieged the city, the great bandit King Dashun was leading 300,000 soldiers to approach Yangzhou. With the secret support of the noble families, the Demon Cult, and the King of Pingxi in Yizhou, the strength of the Dashun army continued to rise. The leader of the Demon Cult and the Sword Immortal of Shu were both in the king's tent. This was a premeditated large-scale joint rebellion against the Southern Liang court, and there were a large number of sentient beings involved.]
Different from the End Battlefield where players often form adventure groups, the All Living Beings Battlefield is more accustomed to the guild model. This type of guild has better organizational capabilities and can easily expand in the real mission world and borrow the power of various indigenous people.

"Uhuhu, find a suitable cavalry bandit group."

"clear."

Wuhe dispatched the bird army.

Jiang He took out the map of Yangzhou and looked at it. Currently, he only had 300 soldiers, so the first pot of gold was still very important. Among the surrounding terrain, ambushes in areas such as canyons, valleys, and rivers were too obvious, and whether they could succeed depended too much on luck, so he simply gave up.

"Let's just find a small hill to make do with."

Jiang He chose a hill five miles away, not far from the official road, and there must be bandits gathering around it.

Seeing this, Wuhe adjusted the direction of screening.

A quarter of an hour later, Wu He turned around and said, "Boss, there is a group of bandits stationed six miles from the hill. They have two thousand cavalry and three thousand infantry. They are probably trying to attack Ansai County which has not yet fallen. According to the intelligence from the Demon Cult, the leader is called Shaotatian."

[Executive exclusive tip: You have learned about the players in the battlefield of all living things. The target is the leader of a small guild, life level: peak gold, guild name: Raging, guild number: 12]
[Tip: Side quest has been released]
[Mission name: Hunting]
[Mission requirements: Destroy the target guild]
[Task Reward: Skill Points*2, Gold Skill Point*1]
[Task time limit: 3 natural days]
[Note: This bandit army has a special fire unit, some of whose soldiers are equipped with "fierce oil tanks", with a total number of approximately 300 people]
Jiang He nodded secretly. The three skill points were very valuable, especially when he was about to be promoted to the master of spearmanship. Even if he was just starting out, the master-level technical passives would be at the top level of heroes specializing in this area. With continuous improvement, they would gradually become comparable to legends or even myths.

As for the gold skill points, they are necessary for upgrading to the Grandmaster level and are equal in value to ten complete small soul crystals or one medium-sized soul crystal.

……

Under the night.

The bandit army surrounded Ansai County but did not attack.

There were bonfires everywhere in the wooden military camp.

The bandit army obviously did not have the military qualities of the regular government troops. Except for the necessary sentinels, everyone sat around the campfires, clinking glasses and drinking meat.

"Brothers, drink big and eat big meat!"

"As long as we take Ansai County, we will follow the old rules and not put down our weapons for three days. If you are quick, you will get the beautiful young ladies from the wealthy merchants. Brothers, you can play with them however you want!"

The guild players boosted the morale. Most of these bandits were honest farmers a few months ago, but after eating meat, they could turn into human wolves at any time. According to the experience they had gained recently, gold, silver, beauties and slaughter were the most effective stimulants.

For a while, there were constant cheers. Not putting down the swords for three days meant a huge carnival. After several months of looting, there were many wealthy people among the bandits present.

"Burn the sky!" Guild players shouted the nickname.

"Burn the sky!" The bandits responded one after another.

The bonfire flickered and the crowd was excited.

In the crowd, there was a tall young man of about seventeen or eighteen years old. He was in his prime, but skinny as a moving skeleton. Because he had just joined, his face inevitably looked a little timid.

But as the scene became more lively, the uneasiness in his eyes gradually faded away. The young man grabbed the beef bones roasting in the campfire and bit them hard. In the past, privately killing a working ox would result in the death penalty.

"Delicious, so delicious."

"Mom and Dad, I've never eaten beef in my life!"

The young man's excitement caused the bandits on both sides to laugh. A centurion dressed in scholar's clothes couldn't help laughing when he saw this. He got up and walked to the livestock camp. He took a liking to the official lady hiding in the corner. He walked up to her and dragged her out by her hair.

"Help!"

"Let go, miss!"

"Hey, there's a gift."

The centurion held one in each hand and dragged the official lady and the maidservant to the bonfire. He ignored the tears on their faces and said boldly:

"Little brother, this is the daughter of the Qingyang County Magistrate. I killed her father, uncles and brothers. Lord Shaotatian gave her to me for my meritorious service. Now I give her to you and a compensation. You are in good health, so you must serve as my personal soldier. We will enjoy a good life in the future."

The young man stayed where he was, feeling that the beef bones in his hands had no taste at all. The fair skin of the two men made him feel a little ashamed.

The centurion threw the two men out, scolding them with a smile, "You useless fellows, hurry up and open your eyes to your brothers!"

Seeing that the man was at a loss, several bandits laughed and pulled the young man's straw-like arms. When they were on the right track, the young man did not need any teaching and roared according to his instinct.

"Sir, you are too biased."

"That's right. Brothers, we've been through life and death together, but we've never tasted this kind of stuff before."

The eyes of the surrounding bandits were like those of wild beasts, eager to try. When the first person stood up, the others could not hold back and pounced on him one after another. The scene was extremely chaotic.

The centurion tried to stop him several times with a stern face, but each time ended in failure. He gritted his teeth and simply took off his clothes and went forward.

The chaotic noise seemed to be a signal, and other campfires became noisy one after another. In the center of the military camp, Shaotatian looked at his energetic subordinates and nodded frequently.

"It's worth a fight. A hungry wolf is better than a sheep."

The vice president beside him smiled and said, "We are more restrained than other colleagues, otherwise Ansai County should have been captured." "Sharpening the knife does not delay the chopping of wood." Shaotatian waved his hand and said, "Without the enthusiasm to attack the city, it will only be a waste of time in the end."

"It's just that we have been unable to capture the city for a long time and our military rations are running low." The vice president hesitated.

“No.” Shaotatian shook his head and said, “Except for the dragon clan, other creatures are not qualified to hunt blood with their own clan. It is said that there is a taboo curse. Besides, we have some bottom line compared to other bandit armies, and we can recruit talents in the name of benevolence and righteousness.”

"The president is wise."

Just as the two were talking, three rapid and sharp sounds were heard.

Three arrows were shot at the same time and hit the sentry on duty on the bridge of the military camp. As the three corpses fell to the ground, the sound of horse hooves stirred up clouds of dust. A young man in a white gown rode straight forward on his horse, with a bronze mask covering his face. Behind him, the young man with black feathers followed closely, and the two rushed straight into the military camp.

The man in white shirt was good at martial arts. He killed dozens of people with the black knife in his hand and killed all the way to the livestock camp. He reached out and grabbed an old man away. The young man with black feathers waved his hands repeatedly, and black feathers like the secret technique of the third realm burst out one after another, killing the surrounding bandits.

The two men turned their horses around and rode away as if they were in an empty place.

Shaota Tianqi laughed and said, "If it were a sub-hero in another world, I might be a little afraid of him, but it's too arrogant to act wildly here. Pass the order and send out the troops. Whoever can take the epic sword in the hand of the white shirt will be promoted three levels!"

Several messengers who were accompanying them immediately ran out.

Shaotatian turned around and asked, "Who did they save?"

The vice president shook his head and said, "I don't know."

"That's a big secret, chase!"

Burn the sky and mobilize troops. If you can surround and kill a lone sub-hero, it will be a golden sign for the bandits. With fame, no matter how many bandits die, they can be quickly replenished and expanded. There is a severe drought, harsh politics and war in the south of the Yangtze River, and the refugees are automatically refreshed.

A quarter of an hour later, two thousand cavalry rushed out of the military camp one after another, followed by a large number of infantry. Military orders were passed on, and military strategists including the ragged scholar centurion took action one after another. Some of these people came from local counties, some from surrendered government troops, and some were disciples of the evil cult who hid their identities.

The Sun Soldier Evil swept over and enveloped the two camp-robbery masters, but it had no significant effect on the war horses, whose life level was no different from that of ordinary people. The two sides chased each other fiercely on the official road.

boom!
Shao Tatian raised his big hand and a lifelike fire dragon burst out. It was an immortal-level spell, and its power was equivalent to the third-level peak secret technique in this world.

Whoosh!
One arrow defeated the fire dragon, but it continued to pierce through the chests of three cavalrymen with incredible power.

"Shoot!" Shaotatian said angrily

The bandits and cavalrymen drew their bows and shot arrows, but due to the uneven quality of the soldiers, the rain of arrows was sparse and could not form a scale at all, and the hit rate was shockingly low.

The two sides chased each other for a while, and the bandit cavalry and infantry had already pulled away from each other. When passing a hill, fog gradually rose all around, and a full one hundred skeleton dragon riders swooped down.

At a close distance, five rounds of arrows were fired rapidly, and the bodies of hundreds of bandit cavalrymen exploded, with their remains falling off their horses. Looking down from the sky, a flowing arrow broke through the bandit cavalry in the middle, and then disappeared into the fog.

"Small world!?" Shaotatian was shocked and doubtful.

Wow!
Two hundred evil soldiers stood up from the soil and blocked the enemy's advance path. Facing the cavalry charge, these evil soldiers were not afraid at all, and half of them directly raised the thorn round shields in their hands.

The round shield created by the Hand of Thorns - the "free shaping" special effect, instantly spread out into a car shield as big as a house.

The warhorse was shattered into pieces as it crashed into the object.

A hundred vicious soldiers leaped over the chariots and shields, slashing and killing with crudely made black knives in their hands, and the two sides fought in a group.

The scholar centurion had a ferocious look on his face. After landing, he pushed his spear forward, but the vicious soldier in front of him just flipped the blade. Suddenly, a pulling force came from the black knife, which led the spear away.

Swish!
The evil soldier stepped forward and slashed at the man's face with his sword.

The middle door was opened, and the scholar centurion quickly grabbed the young man on the straw and chopped him vertically with a black knife. Two crossbow arrows attacked and shot the scholar centurion at a tricky angle.

Before the war, two hundred evil soldiers had been trained in the Gluttonous Land for half a year, and they had perfect coordination and skilled skills.

In just a quarter of an hour, two thousand cavalrymen were blocked by the thorn chariot shields and suffered heavy casualties.

"Fire."

Three hundred cavalrymen carrying flaming oil tanks held up their spray guns. This ancient weapon similar to a flamethrower spurted out fire dragons. In the battle for supremacy in the world, the use of modern props would greatly reduce invisible damage. Some Dusk players who were good at rubbing atomic weapons complained bitterly about this.

Boom boom boom!
The fire dragon attacks.

At this moment, the chariot shield disappeared, and a hundred evil soldiers pushed their round shields forward. The fire dragons scattered one after another, and someone's thorny hand had an epic fire-immune special effect.

"Shameless!" Shaotatian exclaimed.

The infantry advanced, and the Skeleton Dragon Riders rushed out of the fog repeatedly, cutting and smashing the enemy. Twenty of the dragon riders besieged Shaotatian, and after four fire dragon spells killed nine people, the Skeleton Dragon Riders gained a huge advantage with their weapons and armor, because the enemy's energy value was almost exhausted.

In the fog, Jiang He rode on horseback and watched Shaotatian go to his doom. The goal of this attack was not to kill, but to verify the combat effectiveness of the evil soldiers.

Facing the bandits who are far from elite, it is not very difficult to fight against two thousand with three hundred. Most of the bandits cannot break through the defense of the Skeleton Dragon Riders.

"Not having a military strategist is indeed a problem."

"Qingzhou has the Pei family, so we need to find a partner here in Yangzhou."

Jiang He turned around and said, "Wuhe, find a bandit army of more than 10,000 people. We will not rest tonight."

"I understand." Wuhe replied.

In the mist, a skeleton dragon rider risked his own life to be burned to ashes, and thrust his spear into Shaotatian's heart.

At the end of the battle, seventeen Skeleton Dragon Riders were killed, one hundred and sixty Evil Soldiers were killed, and all the bandit cavalry were wiped out.

Jiang He stretched out his palm and black light flowed out. One by one, the war horses lost their flesh and blood and turned into skeletons with dragon heads and horse bodies. The bodies of the dead dragon riders stood up again. One by one, the bandits dissipated and reorganized. The creativity of the top alchemist master was fully revealed.

Just a moment.

One hundred dragon riders and seven hundred evil riders were born. The armor fragments and broken weapons all over the ground were refined into weapons. The sin of gluttony and the master of alchemy meant terrifying logistical capabilities.

"Ordinary evil cavalry, that's called the Ansai Army."

(End of this chapter)