Chapter 613 - Troubled Times (1/1)
Chapter 613: Troubled Times
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Yan Liqiang didn’t even bring his oeapon during his patrol to White Stone Pass this tion Spine Steel spear and hundred-picul strong bow at ho the situation at Wind Border Stockade, Yan Liqiang made up his mind to fck the enemies over without any hesitation
The size of the cavalry fro led five hundred guards hi these five hundredone hundred carried crossbows The two parties together totaled up to 1,800 men, about three battalions of mounted soldiers
The thirty-jin iron lance was light like a straw in Yan Liqiang’s hand Although it wasn’t handy, it was still better than having nothing
As the rhinodrake steeds galloped on, the rew further apart from each other The moment they rushed out of the narrow mountain pass where the White Stone Pass was, the landscape i the Gulang Plains before hi to be there on a sunny day
As the sounds of iron hooves thundered behind hi’s chest as he led the troops into the Gulang Plains for the very first time At this moment, he felt like he was transported back to the ti Sun Bingchen back to the I as he becaainst his face had the smell of steel and blood, which fired him up
This is how a Han Chinesewas in love with this kind of feeling It was at this point that he knew that he would be inseparable with this feeling for the rest of his life
“Brothers! Today is the first time that we, the Great Han E Plains in our ar Plains The Protectorate General is leading us into a battle against the Shatu people Do not be terrified and bring shaion! Let’s harvestNaiwu raised the sword in his hand while he shouted, spurring the other soldiers on Everyone was ignited
Yan Liqiang had seen wang Naiwu once during the opening of the Protectorate General’s Office Back then, his first ixi Prefecture was that he was a rather craftyrealized that wang Naias also an emotional man Apart from his craftiness, he also seemed to have an intrepid side to hie where Mount Qiyun and the Gulang Plains met A distance of several tens of li wasn’t really considered far to the soldiers on rhinodrake steeds Everyone even controlled the speed of their steeds during the journey instead of letting them run freely This was one of the cavalry battle techniques — the real power of steeds should only be released to its full potential at the sight of ene it past a hill, Yan Liqiang was the first to spot the Shatu people ere more than a thousand meters ahead of them, as well as the Wind Border Stockade which was on fire
The valley entrance was surrounded by about two thousand Shatutheir weapons around while gleefully watching two groups of ates of the stockade village They didn’t seeate, watchtower, and soe were on fire Everyone in there was in disarray Many were trying to put out the fire while so arrows from behind the stockade fence There were casualties on both sides Since the Shatu people outnu able to stay on the offensive At this e could only rely on were the sturdy stockade fences they built ooden stakes One could easily iine the outcome if the fences were breached by those Shatu people
Apart froroups ofback and forth outside the stockade village Huge stone mills were tied to their ar at high speeds When the Shatu people reached the wooden stockade fence, they cut off the ropes and released the stoneat e stone mills rolled toward a sturdy stockade fence and crashed into it The wooden stakes, which had been driven into the ground, were either chipped off or even broken froap behind
Now, the stockade fences were already crued
Thewas how those Shatu cavalryed Han Chinese people in front of their saddles By using thee didn’t dare to open fire for fear of harainst the cru stockade fences with stone mills
An elderly Han Chinese ainst the steed as a human shi+eld, tearfully watched as the Wind Border Stockade burned He wanted to screae to open fire, but he had been gagged by the Shatu people so he couldn’t scream even if he wanted to In the end, when those Shatu people were going to charge toward the stockade fence again, the elderly man pushed his head backward as hard as he could and hit the Shatu man behind him on the nose This caused both of theether
The Shatu er, then drew his blade and slit the elderlyAs blood spurted out, the elderlyout from within the Wind Border Stockade in the distance “Grandpa…!”
from inside the Wind Border Stockade The Shatu soldier who had just sheathed his blade after killing the elderly h his throat
Even so, the casualties on both sides didn’t disrupt the Shatu’s offensive rhyth shot toward the stockade village in a steady streaainst the stockade fences
The Wind Border Stockade would be breached soon
An arrow from afar knocked a Shatu soldier off his steed The others looked at the arrohich had embedded itself in their comrade’s back, then instantly turned their head around They then discovered that there were Han Chinese troops closing in on thee in the distance, and were only a thousand ed toward the the Wind Border Stockade immediately fell into a panic…