736 Su Part 1 (1/2)

This sorcerer's black magic robe only had one symbol, that meant that he was a grade-7 sorcerer. Being newly promoted, he was not very vigilant. He was still used to being protected by warriors.

From afar, Saleen noticed this grade-7 sorcerer, as his eyebrows furrowed. He was looking forward to seeing the grade-8 sorcerer, ”According to the winged skeleton, that grade-8 sorcerer is very powerful, he should be close to grade-9 already. If such a character is executed, the enemy will surely be shaken.” Saleen might not even be afraid if he fought with this grade-7 sorcerer. He possessed the water puppet which could release the Crystal Finger, as long as Saleen got close to this sorcerer he could definitely be killed.

Such a target was not worthy of Saleen's attack, but Saleen would still expose his skills if he attacked.

”Cuisi, the four of you shall go kill the cavalrymen who are protecting the mage.” Saleen pointed into the distance. Cuisi and company nodded, they then wielded their weapons and crept over stealthily within the midst of the spirits. Saleen's heavy infantrymen had already done a roundabout, they were turning around now. The heavy infantrymen had to ride on horses and retreat earlier. An area in the camp complex had been cleared, as four-thousand heavy cavalrymen from the Bitter Water County charged in while riding on skeletal warhorses.

If skeletal warhorses were not available, these heavy cavalrymen would face quite a bit of danger when they entered the camp. In such a confined environment, the cavalrymen would lose their charging impact. They could be easily thrown off their horses by an infantryman's spear.

Outside the camp, the trebuchets had already tossed all of the flaming bags of oil, then they were destroyed and abandoned. The light infantrymen who were conducting an onslaught in the camp had gradually left. Boarding the horses and empty chariots, they retreated swiftly.

Within the camp, less than one-thousand light cavalrymen and four-thousand heavy cavalrymen remained. The other people left were Saleen's trusted soldiers and spirits.

This time around, Saleen had finally witnessed the charging impact of the Qin cavalrymen. These cavalrymen would form a column of eight while wielding cross spears, they then would utilize the strength of the skeletal warhorses to ram into Cloudflow's forcefully assembled formation. A cross spear was not a heavy weapon, but in the hands of these Qin heavy cavalrymen, it unleashed a power akin to that of a giant lance.

The cross spears easily stabbed the chests of the infantrymen, with a twist, blood would spew in all directions. Five columns of cavalrymen made up a squad. Going to and fro once, they could totally disperse the enemy's two-hundred infantrymen. They then would charge in a new direction. In this tapered camp, these people from the Bitter Water County acted as if they were on a vast plain, darting about swiftly.

Saleen's team did a surprise assault. There was another wall on the second level of the camp and the cavalrymen did not attempt to overcome it, they simply started a massacre on the first level.

Atop Cloudflow's battlements, any soldier who tried to use alchemical crossbows to retaliate would be accurately sniped by Eleanor. The handheld crossbows and continuous-fire crossbows used by the infantrymen were helpless in the face of the heavy cavalrymen. From time to time, there would be infantrymen who managed to open their pedal-operated crossbows, but they would quickly become the targets of the cavalrymen.

The lethality of a pedal-operated crossbow was pretty high, they could usually penetrate heavy armor. The moment any cavalryman from the Bitter Water County got shot, they would fall back right away. The skeletal warhorses were not afraid of arrows though. As long as the wounded cavalryman remained atop the warhorse, the enemy would not be able to capture them.

The reason there was such an outcome was because Saleen's heavy infantrymen had already cleared the obstacles inside the camp using their poleaxes. The sturdy barracks, wooden stilts, and barriers were destroyed by the heavy infantrymen. To most of the Cloudflow people, who just woke up and had not put on any armor, these cavalrymen were a nightmare.

The horns and drumming from the port were getting increasingly urgent. Saleen smiled then gave the order to retreat. This order was only directed at the heavy cavalrymen. During this onslaught, less than twenty heavy cavalrymen had died, but more than two-hundred people had been shot by arrows. If the battle perpetuated, the casualty rate would exceed twenty percent.

Since the enemy's main forces had not arrived, Saleen seized the opportunity to retreat first, allowing the spirits to hold the fort.

The Cloudflow sorcerer flew over, but he was not fast enough. The two-hundred cavalrymen below him rushed out from the wooden doors in the middle of the camp compound and charged in Saleen's direction. As they rushed into the midst of the spirits, their short golden lances would attack swiftly. Each attack would cause one spirit to collapse.

The winged skeleton, who was leading three jade skeletons to execute the Cloudflow soldiers, turned around abruptly and stared at the sorcerer in the air.

Even if the winged skeleton did not release any death magic, his killing speed was still faster than everyone else. Whenever his four yard long axe danced about, even the jade skeletons would steer clear of him. In the air, the sorcerer could clearly see that the two yard tall skeleton would create a pile of mashed bodies wherever he passed by.

This sorcerer noticed that there were three skeletons clad in armor behind this towering skeleton, protecting a black-robed mage. The sorcerer was petrified, then he turned to flee.

When the winged skeleton raised his head, he felt disgusted. ”There are times when the Cloudflow sorcerers are so timid. This sorcerer is fleeing shamelessly, he turned around without any warning whatsoever, he didn't even bother informing the soldiers on the ground who are protecting him.”

That two-hundred cavalrymen were still charging forward, they did not realize that the sorcerer in the air had fled.

”Does that mage have any dignity?”