C35 The battle of life and death (1)

"General, everyone is on standby. The horses' hooves are wrapped in cloth and their tongues are tied. We just need to wait for the general's order to set off!" A man who was dressed as a Profound Nether Empire general reported to a young man who was about 30 years of age and was dressed like a general of the empire.

"Wait a little longer. When it is completely dark, the soldiers will all dismount and rest, and the horses will be fed with grass. The horses will be the biggest factor in the success of this battle. And also keep an eye on the situation in the Anbei Town! "

"Understood, General Helian!"

The Prince of Profound Nether Empire, Xianyu Hetu, had taken a fancy to the Prince of Profound Nether Empire when he was a teenager, so he accompanied the Prince on her expedition to the battlefield to serve him. After more than ten years of fighting, Helian Rong developed an extremely bad habit, which was his bad temper, with the Prince as his backing, he had nothing to fear. It could be said that other than the Prince and His Majesty, he looked down on everyone else. However, this person did indeed have the ability to lead soldiers to fight, so many people could only open their eyes and close them.

The process was especially arduous. One must know, who would have nothing to do and fight with over a hundred generals, and even beat those generals up, how much physical labour was this? Because of this, Prince Xianyu Hetu had a headache, and was under so much pressure, the prince had no choice but to order Helian Rong to immediately send him off like a god of pests. He was also the most troublesome boss in Xuanming.

"Bring your trouble making abilities to the people of Honglong Empire!" This was what Prince Xianyu Hetu had entrusted his personal guard to him before Helian Rong left.

The night was dark and the moon was high.

"How is Anbei Town? Are there any movements from the defending troops? " Helian Rong rode on the horse, seeing that the time to leave was right, he asked the assistant general beside him.

"General, they haven't made any unusual moves and are still hiding in the city. They haven't even sent out scouts."

Very good. For the sake of the Empire, victory is guaranteed.

Following the continuous muffled sounds, the team of horses moved forward in succession. In order to not cause too much noise, they took off the armor on their bodies. The tens of thousands of soldiers and horses advanced in silence. Although this kind of march was slow, under the cover of the night, at least their safety could be guaranteed.

However, the troops still maintained their vigilance. After all, their mission was to penetrate deep into the enemy lines, and they only had a few days' worth of rations on them, without any logistics support. If they were to encounter an enemy encirclement, there could only be one outcome, which was to have their entire army wiped out!

"Reporting to General, we have discovered that there are about 10 people in the enemy scout group. They have also noticed us at the same time, and are retreating towards the southwest direction of Anbei Town.

"We don't want them to spread our message, immediately kill them and send orders to the third cavalry, we must kill all of them and reap all the enemy's heads. Also, we must warn their captain, these ten or so people are just scouts, the direction they are retreating towards will definitely have a large force of enemies, be careful not to get ambushed!"

"Yes sir!" The messenger turned around and left.

"Looks like this trip won't be as easy as I thought!" Helian Rong's heart suddenly had a bad omen, he felt that there was an eye on him that was plotting against him.

"Everyone else, stay in formation and speed up. We're in a hurry!" Helian Rong decisively gave the order. He knew that once the 70,000 strong cavalry he had brought with him left this mountain area, no one would be able to surround them and no one would have the ability to annihilate them.

Time continued to pass by, almost an hour had passed, but the tens of thousands of riders were still maintaining their formation, and were constantly increasing their speed, but Helian Rong's heart had become heavier and heavier, not for anything else, but because he had not received any news from the third squadron yet.

"Reporting to General, we have discovered that the enemy regiment level Cavalry has about 1500 to 2000 people. They look a little pathetic, as if they are fleeing towards the south."

"Haha, it's probably the work of the third regiment. It's not bad!" The assistant general beside Helian Rong made his judgement.

"We cannot be careless. Immediately send the 4th, 7th, 9th and 10th Cavalry Regiment to support the 3rd Regiment. At the same time, we shall have them contact the third regiment and ask the third regiment commander why they have not contacted the headquarters in such a long time. "

"Yes." The messenger went to the rear to pass the order.

"Everyone be careful, from now on, the entire army will rush to the mouth of the Green Cloud Mountain as fast as possible, inform the vanguard groups, unload their luggage and hand it over to the rear, then immediately head to the mouth of the Green Cloud Mountain. We must control the important parts of the mountain before the enemy arrives, and ensure that the main force passes through the mouth of the Green Cloud Mountain, otherwise we will face them head on!"

"Let's go!"

"General, could it be?" Helian Rong's assistant general asked doubtfully.

"That's right, the enemy may already know of our plan. In addition, we have prepared defenses and measures to deal with them. The odds are against us coming here!"

"Then General, should we retreat and seek something else?"

Impossible, not to mention that I've already issued a decree, just tell them that in order to carry out this strategy smoothly, in these past few months, the entire army of the Empire's south has cooperated and deployed at full strength. They can't let this all go to waste just because of us, otherwise, I'd rather die in battle here.

"We're overthinking it!" The deputy general still held hope because he knew that even if he died, he had to follow the plan. There was no room for negotiation. He had to win this battle or else it would be his life's greatest shame. It was for no other reason but the fact that he was a soldier. He was a soldier who had died in battle, a soldier who had no shame. If a soldier were to bear the shame, he would have to wash it with his blood.

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"What's the situation now?" Gongsun Ztian had a serious expression on his face. It was impossible to tell what he was thinking or feeling.

The situation is not bad, but the enemy's combat strength is not ordinary. When the first and second squads were ambushing us, they did not expect that the enemy would send one squad, and after three volleys of arrows, only less than half of them remained.

"He really isn't an average person!" "Command the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Regiments to increase their speed to receive the Third and Fourth Regiments."

"Yes sir!" Deputy General Cheng called for a messenger and ordered.

"Young General means that they will send out their superior forces?"

"It's hard to say. This Helian fellow has something in his head. He is not a simple person. Just in case! "

"Then do we need to send more troops?"

"No need, they won't draw too much out of us. Our troops, together with the traps we have set up in advance, and the arrows and sneak attack first, also, we're hiding in the dark. We have a greater psychological advantage over them, so I believe that Zhang He will be able to give me a satisfactory answer."

"The general believes in the boorish man? Do you not believe in my Old? I should be the one leading the team. For such a big battle, you want me to watch it with you? "

"Alright, since there's a time for you to use it, then just don't acknowledge me as your bear. How's the layout of the entrance to Qingyun Peak?"

"It's all prepared. The mountain passes have been blocked, the surrounding highlands are all under our control, the crossbow men are also ready. The materials you wanted are all in place."

"Alright, the real key to the victory lies in this, the entrance to the Qing-Yun Realm, where the bones are buried."

Two hours had passed, yet Helian Rong still had not received any news from the three squads. Even the four squadrons that were dispatched afterwards did not receive any news from them.

Although he wanted to retreat, he knew that even if he wanted to retreat now, what awaited him would be an ambush. Blood was dripping in his heart, and he was unwilling, because beside him were his brothers in the war with the north, there were no undead in war, but dying in the battlefield in front of the army would be worth it, but dying in such a crafty scheme, it was all because of them and him. It was not worth it.

"Was it betrayed by one of our own or was cooperating with Hong Long, that so-called 'prince', a mistake in the first place?" Helian Rong did not know, nor did he expect it.

"You, come here!" He called over a scout.

"General, what orders do you have?"

"Leave the army immediately and walk on the mountain path. You must meet His Highness the Prince and tell him that we fell into his trap. We might have been the ones who fell into his trap, either as traitors or as spies, or as a result of being tricked by him, the Prince Hong Long." Please avenge us. That's all. Let's go! "

"General, I am willing to die with you!" The scout was a bit excited. He did not want to be a deserter at this time!

"Cut the crap, bringing these words of yours along is the most deserving for me! He deserved the sacrifice of his brothers. "Hurry up and leave, bring a group of people with you and pass on what I just said to everyone. You have to guarantee that at least one of them will be able to carry my words back, please!"

"Yes, General. Take care. We will not disappoint you."

"Farewell!" "Hurry up and leave!"

Not long after the scouts team left, the Cavalry that was led by Helian Rong suffered all sorts of attacks.

Sometimes arrows from the mountain highlands were shot at the same time. Under the cover of the arrows, many soldiers died even though there was a shield covering them.

Sometimes it came from traps along the way, such as stumbling ropes, horse stalls, or giant boulders and trees that fell from the sides of mountains. In short, there was nothing you couldn't think of. There was nothing they couldn't do!

However, as long as they entered the range of the arrows, even if they fired a few rounds at the same time, it would make the soldiers of Helian Rong's rear army miserable, but when they turned their horses around and wanted to counterattack, the other side would also turn their horses around and immediately run away. Moreover, they would run quite flirtatiously, occasionally shooting a few arrows at the Profound Nether Cavalry that was in pursuit, you should stop and not chase them, they should also stop and not run, waiting for you to turn around and leave, they would probably chase after you once again, and after a while, a group of them would change.

Let alone the incomparably depressed soldiers under Helian's command, even Helian Rong felt an indescribable sense of grievance. Having fought so many battles, his killing intent had made the enemy tremble in fear, and his fighting spirit had made the enemy lose all will to fight. But what was going on today? He could only take a beating and not fight back. If he wanted to fight back, the enemy would run! If he hadn't known that he was the one in the enemy's rear, would he have thought that he was the bandit leader in the Empire? To these people, it was a hooligan. The commander of these people was also a hooligan, a big hooligan! Bullying a hooligan who wanted to cry!

Helian Rong's cavalry army continued to advance, but continued to attack along the way. Their troops had been reduced by more than 10,000, adding the previous five regiments that had lost more than 15,000 people, they still had around 50,000 people. Although their injuries were not small, they still had the strength to fight.