187 White Robes (1/2)
Since the first inhabitants of Yuan Country from the grass plains, they were sceptical.
They settled down in areas with vegetation and water sources, and there were only a few large cities in the entire region.
As Fang Yuan led the countries towards Dragon City, they did not encounter many locals on their way, and therefore there was little resistance.
Of course, as he got closer to Dragon City, there were obstacles in his way.
In front of Fang Yuan were rows and rows of calvaries. Although they appeared disorganised, they still seemed powerful. Every one of them looked fierce, and the horses were all strong ones with red eyes and an occasional puff of visible air from their mouths. A row of white teeth was revealed as the horses snarled.
”Master, I have the details!”
As the soldiers were waiting for their command, Xie Lingyun rushed over to Fang Yuan's side on a horse. ”What we see in front of us is the Golden Sheep Division and Louqie Division. There are the armies of the Third and Fourth Prince! Should we send someone to talk to them?”
”That won't be necessary. Send all the country governors here!”
Fang Yuan was considered to have unofficial control over the country governors. He, as a single person, was able to decide their life and death. Therefore, when the command was given, no one dared to disobey.
No long later, Wu Qiankun and company arrived before him.
”The huge grass plains of Yuan Country is a big problem for us. I am useless, yet I want to solve this problem!”
Fang Yuan commanded. ”Order all the calvaries to gather and follow me as we break their formation!”
”Hold on, should we hold talks with them?”
Wu Qiankun appeared to be confused.
On one hand, he hoped that Fang Yuan would die from rushing into their formation.
On the other hand, seeing the internal conflict in Yuan Country made him feel that he was so close to success, and therefore felt a little regretful.
In the end, the thought of letting Fang Yuan fall into their trap won over his head.
”There's no need! They are not afraid of us! If we do not defeat them, there will be no ground for negotiations!”
Without wearing an armour, Fang Yuan immediately gathered his 5,000 strong calvary troops and began to charge.
”No one can match us!”
Draped in white robes, Fang Yuan rode a white horse and came to the front of the formation with much elegance.
A white horse was not auspicious! This was because, in the ancient times, many horses were brown or black, and riding a white horse would attract too much attention. Furthermore, it could be easily picked up by firepower. Needless to say, Fang Yuan did not care about all these.
”Charge!”
”Kill!”
”Kill!”
”Kill!”
Even though the attack was planned in a rush, Fang Yuan's spirit and passion were infectious, and all of them felt the vigour to fight.
”Calvaries from the people of the South?”
On the opposite camp, both princes were enraged as the people of the South did not hold their line of defence even after seeing their own troops. ”Destroy them!”
”Charge!”
The cavalry units on the grass plains were shouting as they made their horses sprint.
Their battle horses were much taller than the horses from the South and were also ferocious.
Rumour had it that on the grass plains of the Yuan territory, there was a Heavenly Horse. It came from the Nine Heavens and was the leader of all spiritual beasts.
The Heavenly Horse would not live with the normal horses, and would only be found in perilous areas.
Every time when shepherds had managed to track the whereabouts of the Heavenly Horse, they would let out the most obedient and beautiful female horse into the mountains and valleys.
Among 10 of these female horses, there would be at least one that came back pregnant, carrying the descendant of the Heavenly Horse.
After many generations of mating, this became the standard for battle horses on the grass plains.
Even though they only had a hint of the Heavenly Horse's genes, they were still very much stronger than normal horses. If martial artists with inner force were to form a human wall, these horses would still be able to break through it easily.
The two lines of calvaries became spearheads as they approached each other.
”Bang!”
”Bang bang!”
Finally, after a few collisions, a few soldiers were flung at each other, becoming a pile of bloodied corpses.
”Fire!”
The people of the Yuan Country grew up on horsebacks. Their archery skills were commendable and could even shoot at full power from close range.
”Whoosh whoosh!”
Arrows fell like rain and landed on Fang Yuan. However, they could not even penetrate the energy field around him as they were deflected to the ground.
”Die!”
His eyes flashed with anger. As he waved his hands, the heads from two horses rolled onto the ground.
'Their too weak! Even after my discreet hypnosis, they can only produce such standards!'
Fang Yuan looked behind him. Many cavalry units were slashing their spears around as they were engaged in fierce fights with the cavalry units from the grass plains. It was a pity that it was an ugly sight to behold, for most in most of the fights, two soldiers were required to fend off one soldier from the Yuan Country. They were useless beyond hope.
'After all, they are not professionals. Furthermore, we have only just combined forces, and the soldiers do not know their Thousand-trooped Commanders well as the Thousand-trooped Commanders know their soldiers. Therefore, I should not fault them!'
'Luckily, my plan did not require any dependency on them!'
Looking at a direction, Fang Yuan leapt off his horse's back.
”Whoosh!”
His Giant Eagle Metal Body Technique was used to the maximum, and the raining arrows could do nothing to slow him down. From the naked eye, he had transformed into a white shadow. After a few leaps, he had already arrived in front of the Yuan Country's Thousand-trooped Commander who was giving orders.
”Kill!”
This person's skin was like metal as it was extremely reflective. Seeing Fang Yuan approaching him, he revealed a cunning smile and leapt backwards, in the meantime returning a few slashes from his broad knife.
”Protect the Thousand-trooped Commander!”
From the surroundings, many cavalry units rushed towards Fang Yuan. All of them were martial artists in the 4 Heavenly Gates, and this Thousand-trooped Commander was even stronger, with a cultivation at the peak of the 12th Gate.
His retreat and the narrowing of the circle around Fang Yuan happened within seconds. However, they all seemed to be well versed in the tactic, as though they had practised it for a thousand times before. It was obvious that this was a tactic they had prepared for this type of war.
After all, in this world, there was the existence of Wu Zongs and spiritual knights! War had to adapt to this fact.