443 Heroic Souls Don’t Die! (1/2)

Yutang's Steel Cavalry howled, leaving only dust behind as they returned victorious.

It was too bad that it was not a complete victory – they would only consider it complete if all thirty thousand men of the Steel Cavalry could come back safe and sound. That was only a wild wish that would happen in novels. How could there be no casualties in a real battle of thirty thousand men?

Behind the dust filled back of the 30 thousand Steel Cavalry, it was the incredibly chaotic military base of Dongxuan.

The bloody path was not yet closed off, it was still frightening to look upon.

Then, a line of cavalry could be seen rushing over from the left flank, raging like a dragon. Their leader was yelling from afar in fury, ”Wang Dingguo! Stay and fight with me if you have the guts!”

Hearing the invitation from afar, Wang Dingguo could not help chortling in amusement and then howled into the sky, ”Yutang's Steel Cavalry!”

His comrades behind him guffawed coarsely as well, ”Peerless in the world!”

Wang Dingguo did not slow down, leading his troop in galloping towards their own base, and roared, ”Dongxuan's Shadow Cavalry! Only bullsh*t!”

”Dongxuan's Shadow Cavalry! Only bullsh*t!” His Steel Cavalry repeated his coarse insults verbatim.

”We will take your worthless head the next time we meet!” Wang Dingguo was still laughing. ”Your grandfather is tired today, and shall not be your company anymore!”

Amidst the savage chortling, Yutang's Steel Cavalry charged home like a sweeping wave.

Dongxuan's Shadow Cavalry that had rushed here speedily almost spat blood when they heard the cheer. They were only about ten breaths away from catching up to stop them! The Shadow Cavalry's horses had almost broken their legs trying to catch up to Yutang's Steel Cavalry, but they had still lacked that tiny amount of distance and had not managed to stop the other party.

Ultimately, they could only watch as their opponent escaped like a released arrow – swiftly passing them by!

They were infuriated, but there was nowhere to vent their rage.

Puu!

The head of Dongxuan's Shadow Cavalry threw the spear in his hand onto the ground in front of him. A big piece of soil splattered at his feet. He was madly cursing, ”Wang Dingguo! I shall kill you!”

With a wave of his hand, he ordered his troop to retreat, ”Head back!”

Zhan Ge, who had witnessed the Steel Cavalry coming like a hurricane and leaving like a tsunami, showed deep shock in his gaze.

The Steel Cavalry was so uniformly dauntless, it was terrifying!

How could he annihilate such a solid army?

Fu Baoguo – a famed marshal of his time indeed!

The intention was clear for him to strike at this time, yet he had done it magnificently!

Zhan Ge looked at the generals and soldiers around him, all of them were angered and humiliated, yet, there was no doubt that there was also faint lingering fear in their faces. Their eyes spoke of being deeply intimidated by what had just taken place.

The boosted morale and affirmation for victory from Fu Baoguo's perceived lack of response and passive defense, and even the celebratory joy when both troops assembled were all gone, without a single drop left.

The greatest disadvantage of this battle was that their peaking confidence had been devasted by the enemy, driven straight into the ground!

Zhan Ge was well aware that the team spirit on his side could hardly be spurred again in a short amount of time. In other words, before Marshal Han Sanhe's troop came, there was no way Dongxuan's army could go to war again.

It was not that they were too lethargic, they had lost the sense of invincibility that they had worn around them before.

The thirty thousand men of the Steel Cavalry had savagely breached their fortifications manned by an army of three hundred thousand men twice, slaughtering and leaving as they wished. In turn, their morale had escalated incrementally.

If Zhan Ge were to attack now, there was a high chance that Fu Baoguo would deploy all his military strength to contend against him.

However, one side was low in spirit while another was fervently itching to fight; under such a distinction of morale, Zhan Ge had no hope of victory. There was only defeat waiting for him; his troops could break down at once, resulting in a landslide loss!

Zhan Ge could not afford such an outcome.

”Draw back the troops, reorganize the supplies. Shadow Cavalry, forward, be prepared for the enemy's next attack!”

Zhan Ge could only command this after serious contemplation, sighing in dejection inwardly.

He had thought that he did not pale in comparison to the reputable general – at least, the contrast was not that great. Prior to Fu Baoguo's passive defensive mode, he had even felt a sense of ridicule of his enemy's abilities, thinking that the opposite party was only as it seemed – that his reputation as the top military talent in Yutang's younger generation was utter rubbish.

However, he had been taught a brutal lesson by Fu Baoguo whom he had looked down on today!

Indeed, the few people who could be at the top of the ranking were never ordinary.

The top military talent of Yutang's younger generation, the appointed heir to Yutang's three military bosses, Fang Qingtian, rang true to his name indeed!