Chapter 948
948 The first battle
After the first wave of Wolf cavalry soldiers had suffered a loss, the remaining ones had learned to be smart. They did not rashly charge into the range of high heaven city’s arrows to provoke them. Instead, they formed a formation to guard the North of high heaven city, waiting for the scouts they had sent to find out more.
To the cavalry, high firmament city was not considered big. The city walls were tens of kilometers long, and the cavalry would be able to run across one side in an hour. As for the situation on the city walls and the number of soldiers, one could roughly tell from a distance.
At this moment, the 500 elite soldiers of high heaven city were all gathered at the north gate. This way, the wolf cavalry soldiers would be able to see that high heaven city’s walls were completely empty, and even the guards were not standing properly. High heaven city’s “strength” would be exposed.
Cui Hao saw Xia Pingan return from the city gate tower, and also observed the movements of the wolf cavalry soldiers outside the city. His face was a little serious, ” my Lord, those Wolf cavalry soldiers are spying on high firmament city from all directions. If we let them spy on us like this, I’m afraid our strength will be revealed to them. I’ve already asked 1000 farmers to prepare and pretend to be soldiers on the city wall at any time. Those farmers also have a certain level of combat power, and they are still waiting in the soldier hiding cave under the city wall. My Lord, do you think we should let those farmers go up the city walls to confuse the wolf cavalry?”
Of course, the farmers of high firmament city had the ability to fight. Although the strength of the farmers could not be compared to the elite soldiers that were summoned, the farmers of high firmament city all knew how to practice the five animal Frolics. They had also been influenced and learned the classics of the Holy Master Hall. Their wisdom had already developed. With a little training, they could even pick up Spears and kill people to defend the city. In the past two days, Cui Hao had organized some of the farmers in the city to train and turn them into a militia-like team. They could be put to use at critical times.
From Cui Hao’s point of view, the enemy had already arrived and it was the most crucial moment.
Xia ping ‘an looked at the wolf cavalry in the distance with a profound gaze, but he just smiled and said, ” tell them to watch carefully. By the way, don’t let those farmers you’ve prepared to climb up the city wall. Immediately pass down the order. Tell those untrained farmers and women to each send 500 people from their fields to climb up the city wall. There’s no need for order or weapons. Just use their farming equipment as weapons. It must be chaotic, the more chaotic, the better!
Cui Hao was stunned for a moment, but he saw that Xia Pingan seemed to have a plan in mind, so he did not ask any further. Instead, he immediately passed down an order for the 500 farmers and women near the city wall to take hoes and carrying poles and other things to the other city walls to defend.
The order was quickly passed down, and not long after, while the wolf cavalry soldiers outside the city were still scouting the situation around high heaven city, the farmers who had received the order rushed up high heaven city’s Eastern, Western, and Southern walls.
The farmers on the city wall were all wearing ordinary clothes and didn’t look like soldiers. Many of them were working in the field with their trousers rolled up and tank top. Their legs and bodies were covered with mud and they were holding simple farming tools such as carrying poles, hoes, Sickles, manure forks, and so on.
Because the blacksmiths in high firmament city hadn’t forged many things in the past two days, all of the farmers “homes shared a vegetable knife. Some of the farmers” women came with a vegetable knife or a wooden stick, and they rushed up the city walls. From a distance, it was a mess.
Even so, those one thousand farmers swarming onto high heaven city’s city walls looked like a handful of sesame seeds being scattered into a large VAT. Even if those farmers occupied the city walls, on average, they would only occupy a few dozen meters per person. They looked sparse and did not have the slightest bit of deterrence.
The wolf cavalry scouts outside the city circled around high firmament city once, then returned and reported what they saw to their general.
The wolf cavalry general laughed heartily. this is definitely a new city. The land outside the city has not been developed for farming, and there are only a few hundred soldiers on the city walls. They can’t even take up one side of the city wall. We just need to hold them back for a while and make them run for their lives. A city like this can be easily taken down with 10000 soldiers at most. When the divine Kingdom of GRU’s Army arrives, we can attack from all sides and easily break the city!
After the wolf cavalry general finished speaking, he immediately ordered a small team of Wolf cavalry soldiers to return to the divine Kingdom with the map they had explored along the way and report back. He asked the divine Kingdom to send more troops to break through the city, while they set up camp outside the city and prepared to besiege high firmament city.
Soon after, Xia ping ‘an and the others, who were standing at the northern city gate, saw that all of the wolf cavalry soldiers had started to set up camp three kilometers away from the northern city gate. They had set up barricades and were prepared to face off against high firmament city for a long time. There was also a small group of Wolf cavalry soldiers, about ten of them, who had left the group of Wolf cavalry soldiers and were riding fast horses, quickly charging towards the rear.
“Those wolf riders are going back to report and attract more troops!” Xue Rengui glared at him and immediately cupped his fists. my Lord, please let me fight. I can kill those wolf riders by myself! he said.
“Don’t worry, I’ll give you the chance to kill the enemy soon!” Xia Pingan smiled and watched the team of Wolf cavalry soldiers leave. Then, he asked Cui Li, ” if those Wolf cavalry soldiers go to their divine Kingdom to recruit soldiers, how long will it take for the Army of guru divine Kingdom to reach Lingxiao city? ”
“Judging from the terrain around high firmament city, it’ll take at least two months for the divine Kingdom of GRU’s Army to arrive after receiving the news!”
“How about the number of people?”
Cui Hao thought for a moment and said, ” there are only 500 soldiers in the city. In two months, our Lord’s divine power can be fully restored twice and he can summon more soldiers. According to common sense, there are only 800 or 900 soldiers in the city. To completely destroy such a city, the Army sent by the divine Kingdom of GRU will have at least 5000 people and no more than 15000 people!
Summoners in the Land of the Gods would also recover their divine power once a month. However, in this place, the divine power that was recovered every time was completely recovered, not just half. From this perspective, this place where Summoners could ascend to godhood was rich in spiritual energy, which was indeed friendly to Summoners.
“That’s right, it’s just as I thought!” Xia ping ‘an smiled. He had been worried that he would not be able to defend against the Army from the divine Kingdom of GRU, but now, he was only worried that the Army would not come.
“Xue Rengui!” Xia Pingan’s face turned serious, and his tone became serious.
When Xue Rengui heard this, he knew that it was a mission. He immediately cupped his fists and said, ” I’m here!
“I’ll give you a mission. From now on, the storm cavalry will be split into two teams. You will lead two teams of storm cavalry out of the city and harass the wolf cavalry camp. Before dark, you must not let the wolf cavalry rest well. Remember, your goal is to harass, not let the wolf cavalry rest well. Killing the enemy is secondary, but you must not let the enemy surround you!”
“Yes!”
“Go!”
Upon receiving the order, Xue Rengui flicked his cloak and rushed down the city gate tower. A few minutes later, the gate below opened, and Xue Rengui, dressed in a white robe, took the lead, leading 50 storm cavalry, and charged like an arrow towards the camp of the wolf cavalry.
All of the storm cavalry that charged out only carried bows and crossbows on their backs. They did not carry any long weapons. The cavalry and warhorses were all lightly equipped. The cavalry did not wear armor, only leather armor. The warhorses did not wear any armor either. This way, the speed of the 51 cavalrymen reached their maximum.
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The wolf riders who were preparing to set up camp did not expect that with so few people in the city, they would still dare to take the initiative to attack. By the time they could react, Xue Rengui and his 50 storm cavalry had already closed in on the camp.
The wolf riders who had just gotten off their horses immediately panicked. They quickly got on their horses. The leader of the wolf riders cursed and was ready to crush Xue Rengui and his men. Soon, hundreds of wolf riders rushed out of the camp towards Xue Rengui and his men.
The two sides quickly approached each other, and when they were only about 200 meters away, Xue Rengui’s eyes suddenly turned cold. He immediately drew his bow, and 3 arrows flew out like meteors. The 3 wolf riders in front of him fell off their horses and disappeared into light spots.
The arrows of the wolf cavalry soldiers could not reach that far. Seeing that Xue Rengui could shoot them down from so far away, they were shocked and angry. They shouted and continued to rush towards Xue Rengui.
Xue Rengui was like a bolt of White Lightning. He held the bow in his hand, and his hands were as fast as lightning. In almost an instant, he had shot 5 times and shot down 15 Wolf cavalry soldiers.
Seeing that both sides were about to enter each other’s shooting range, Xue Rengui and the 50 storm cavalry turned their horses around and charged towards the east. The wolf cavalry quickly caught up, and the two sides began to circle around Lingxiao city, shooting at each other.
The range of the storm cavalry’s arrows was just a bit longer than the wolf cavalry’s, and their accuracy was better. The arrows were obviously higher, and the horses of the storm cavalry had been resting in the city for the past two days. They were not as tired as the wolf cavalry’s horses, which had come from a long distance. The gap between the two sides was immediately obvious.
On the city walls, Xia Pingan could only see the wolf cavalry soldiers chasing after the storm cavalry. As they exchanged arrows, some of them would fall off their horses and turn into light. On the other hand, none of the storm cavalry soldiers had fallen off their horses, only injured.
This was especially true for Xue Rengui. This valiant general of the great Tang truly had terrifying archery skills, and his arrows never missed their target. Of the wolf cavalry soldiers chasing him, the first to be shot dead were the best at archery, and the rest were even less skilled than him and the storm cavalry.
Xue Rengui led the wolf cavalry soldiers around Lingxiao city like he was walking a dog, and more than a hundred of the wolf cavalry soldiers chasing after him were shot down by his cavalry.
The wolf cavalry general saw that the situation was not right, so he immediately sent out two more Wolf cavalry soldiers to surround them from the left and right. Seeing that the situation was not right, Xue Rengui had already led 50 storm cavalry soldiers into the city from the East Gate before the enemy could surround them.
As soon as the wolf riders who had come to kill Xue Rengui approached the East Gate, they were shot down by the archers on the East Gate tower. After leaving behind more than 20 dead bodies, they had no choice but to retreat back to the camp.
Xue Rengui’s graceful bearing on the battlefield made Xia Pingan’s heart burst with joy. He clapped his hands and praised him. This fierce general of the Tang Empire who could stop the sky Mountain with three arrows was really powerful. He went out with 50 men and came back with 50 men. He didn’t leave a single person behind, but he fought over a hundred enemies.
Of course, the storm cavalry were also tough enough to achieve such results.
The judgment and control of distance between top archery Masters were as superb as top boxing long-distance mobilization. Coupled with their flexible control of the horse, Xue Rengui seemed to be being chased, but in fact, he completely controlled the rhythm and pace of the battle.
Only a dozen or so storm cavalrymen had suffered light injuries, as the arrows that had hit them were all spent. After breaking through their leather armor, the arrows that had hit them had basically no power left.
It was the first time Cui Hao had seen Xue Rengui’s style on the battlefield. His eyes were shining, and he was greatly impressed. this Xue Rengui really has the bearing of a famous general!
Xia Pingan glanced at Cui Hao and thought, ” of course.
Looking at the newly added divine power on the giant tower, Xia Pingan was completely relieved.
After all that, when the wolf riders returned to the camp, their morale had dropped by a lot, and they looked a little dispirited.
Just an hour later, before the wolf cavalry soldiers could sit down and the heat from their horses could dissipate, the north gate of high heaven city opened again. Xue Rengui once again led 50 storm cavalry and charged towards the wolf cavalry’s camp.
The wolf cavalry’s camp was once again in a state of unrest.