Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
“Feihai City has betrayed us, this is already the twenty-seventh one. Can this be considered being surrounded by enemies on all sides?”
Opposite the Thousand City Alliance army camp is a stone castle. Hu Qianqiu laughed coldly as he placed the letter to the side.
He didn’t destroy it but neatly piled it at one side. This was to settle all the scores when the war ends!
His highness treated people magnanimously but these types of traitorous people, if he didn’t kill some of them, how would he be able to warn others?
At this moment, the situation within Gantian Mountain City wasn’t good. Fires burned everywhere and chaos all around.
Some city lords were giving Thousand City Alliance a flirting gaze, buying in favors and were not far away from betraying Gantian Mountain.
In the eyes of people who didn’t know, Gantian Mountain City was famous for a period ruling prestigiously over land, was already collapsing.
Ling Fakong laughed, filled with emotions for some reason, “Wasn’t that to be expected? Didn’t we also think that the ruler couldn’t control a country and couldn’t beat Zong Shi? However in the end the ruler pulled the situation back on its head. People who didn’t know about the Blood Cloud Cavalry naturally thought that our Gantian Mountain would definitely lose. Seven days, only twenty-seven cities rebelled, that is not bad. This was because the ruler has run the country well and won the hearts of the people…”
Based on Zong Shou’s initial punishment, he should have spent up to ten years in the camp.
However due to the two years where he followed the Gantian Mountain sailors to hunt beneath the Cloud Ocean and fought every day. In the end, Zong Shou pardoned him.
What he was called didn’t change but his status was different from before. Due to this Xuanling, the eye wolf race’s reputation grew even stronger, being listed as one of the four big races of Gantian Mountain.
During this battle, he asked to be part of it and as such felt honored. How could he not participate in such a glorious matter as they begin to unify the Cloud Continent?
Who knows, maybe his title as country duke could be recovered.
“Although the words are said like that, but it is really annoying!”
Hu Qianqiu scoffed coldly, flipping and taking a look at the next talisman, following which he was furious, “Good! Good! Really good, this is from Leqing City lord who says he is willing to join Thousand City Alliance. He said that the ruler is evil, greedy and perverted. That he is a dumb ruler with no morals, and not far away from defeat. He persuades us to not make a mistake and aid him instead. To protect our people, it is best to restrain ourselves and ask for forgiveness from Thousand City Alliance leader. He also said that in a few days, a hundred thousand army will be formed to attack surrounding cities. He wants the city lords to be careful and think it through…”
A vicious smile appeared as Hu Qianqiu directly crushed the message talismans. His eyes filled with violence and rage, Leqing City lord, he remembered that name!
Zong Ling smiled, “Leqing City lord? I remember that this person used to be the subordinate of Blazing Flame City. Last time he easily betrayed Blazing Flame Mountain, this time he went all out against Gantian Mountain. He really doesn’t know how death is spelled. Does he really think that our Gantian Mountain is finished?”
Whilst speaking, he glanced outside the stone hall. Although he didn’t bring any of the city troops, the city lords and generals who were gathered outside of this hall all had a worried expression on their faces
During these two years, most of these cities were forced by Zong Shou to reduce their troops, which was why they only brought the close guards that they managed to keep.
Most of them came here to rise or fall together with Gantian Mountain. Actually there wasn’t much that they could do but they expressed that they would live or die with Gantian Mountain.
In Zong Ling’s eyes, although these people were an eyesore and made one annoyed, they were definitely more loveable than those traitors.
Qiuwei who was burying his head in studying the map in front of him raised his head, “Let’s take about the betraying matters in the future! There should be a huge war tonight!”
Hu Qianqiu’s eyes rose, “I also think that Xiong Yu isn’t someone to be willing to let things stand. With her ambitions, she wouldn’t wait for the results of what happened at Mysterious Cloud Mountain.”
Fa Lingkong nodded his head slightly, “Since they couldn’t draw us out then they would forcefully attack. If what I expected was correct, she should attack from the east…”
Reaching out with his hand and dotting on the map, Hu Qianqiu instantly smiled, “As expected from foxes and wolves, two years of not leading troops and your deduction is still so precise. I think so too!”
He scoffed coldly, “This time who knows if that side would use the sect Dao Soldiers? If we don’t worry about these sect elites, although they have tens of millions of troops, our army can still defeat them. Just one Black Fox Iron Cavalry is enough, how unfortunate…”
At this moment a large portion of Gantian Mountain elites was brought away. A portion of them should be enough to deal with 5 thousand dao soldier elite cavalry.
The rest of them were helpless. It was still Qiuwei who spoke, breaking the silence. Following which he heavily slammed onto the table, “We have to try even if we can’t! Xiongyu can’t wait, we are the same. We can’t disappoint the ruler and we can’t sit here and enjoy the spoils of victory!”
Just as he said that the brows of the people in the hall rose. They felt the spiritual energy above shaking. Grade-9 cultivators of both sides were clashing.
The 4 of them exchanged glances with one another before they got out of the stone hall. Just walking out of the walls they saw that the opposite side had no intentions of retreating. Many cavalries surged out from the barracks. The direction was just as Fa Lingkong said, the east side…
The army drums played, horns sounding out through the heavens.
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The intense battle lasted to early in the morning. Millions of people were surrounding these few low slope hills as well as few-layered walls as they continued to fight and tangle with one another.
The intense battle had already lasted for close to 12 hours, 2 out of 3 of the hills had already been occupied.
As for those few layers of walls, most of them were leveled out by spirit masters using earth element spells.
The Thousand City Alliance side had paid a heavy price, four hundred thousand of them were buried here.
Fresh blood had already dyed a small half of the ground red, causing numerous eagles to circle in the sky. Only when the battle ended did they dive down to enjoy the fresh taste of the corpses. Only a few thousand people died on the side of Gantian Mountain. This was due to the forceful attacks, not bothering about the number of casualties.
In exchange, the twenty towns on the side of Gantian Mountain didn’t have any advantageous place to defend. They could only form up on the plains to block.
However even if the situation had reached such a level, Qiuwei was still expressionless and extremely calm.
Such a battle can’t be rushed. If not, huge mistakes will occur. The battle between countries wasn’t on who was smarter but on which side makes fewer mistakes.
Moreover this defense line was still intact and firm.
Using the substitution technique, Thousand City Alliance had already swapped troops three times. Each time they would use millions of troops, to try to wear them out.
However the outcome wasn’t that apparent. Gantian Mountain had three hundred and sixty towns, all of which were elites. Some of them were entering the battlefield for the first time. However they had peak martial master cultivation, 7 days of tough battles and they could already be considered as experienced troops.
Most of them would be able to rest freely even if the soldiers were in front of them.
With just these 200 thousand people, he had the confidence to crush 10 times more of the land!
What Gantian Mountain was good at wasn’t defending a city but fighting in the wild!
In an army battle they were as good as a sharp blade!
Although they were tired, they could still fight!
In front of them was already the fourth wave. Along with those, slowly tired armor soldiers and cavalry retreated to the sides in an orderly manner.
Dozens of more formations in the front pushed forwards. A huge city’s elite troops in the middle and supported by other cities at their side.
This time the number was fewer, only around seven hundred thousand. However, what was eye-catching an elite cavalry army on the left. Less than six thousand of them with strong aura far stronger than the other troops.
Their armor was all high-grade spiritual artifacts.
Qiuwei’s eyes rose as he casually waved his sleeves. On the side of the commander platform, there was a square formation that lined up in an orderly manner that walked slowly towards the front of the formation.
Four thousand Wind Splitting Mo Knife Warriors, four thousand Iron Tiger Large Halberd Warriors, and three thousand Wind Bear Mountain Splitting Warriors; the top elites of Gantian Mountain. They might be a little weaker than the dao soldiers but they were enough to fight.
However using infantry to fight cavalry was a little passive. As for what happens, it would depend on how the generals on both sides use the troops…
Only Qiuwei didn’t want this battle to decide the victory or defeat but that it should be from outside the battlefield.
Looking out into the distance, Hu Qianqiu’s side should probably start attacking. He just needed to tangle up this group of elite cavalry.
At this time it was a commotion behind him.
“Those are the sect dao soldiers! It probably isn’t good!”
“Based on what Xiong Yu said, as well as what masters of the art of war said, with this elite cavalry at hand, it was like adding wings to a tiger!”
“This place is dangerous and can’t be defended, using infantry to face cavalry. Governor Commander, please prepare early. It is best if we retreat backward a little…”
Even Qiuwei who was always calm and composed, his lips couldn’t help but twitch.
Did these people have so little faith in him?
Obviously he knew that they had no chances of winning? They might not lose but they definitely wouldn’t be able to win.
However what he lacks outside, he will make up for it in other areas.
These people had some identity so he couldn’t punish and chase them away. As such he could only act like he couldn’t hear them, continuing to move troops at a decent pace.
Following which there was another commotion, only to see that in the center of the area opposite were warriors all dressed in white. Their flags dancing in the wind, on it was a huge “Xu” word.
“Xu? Xu Zhengyuan, Cloud Saint City?”
After being slightly startled, Qiuwei came to his senses and laughed.
Did the heavens want him to win?
Zong Ling was beside him, at this moment he muttered, “It really is destiny…”
Qiuwei’s expression calmed down and recovered back to normal. He raised his head to the sky and made his mind up, “This chance is hard to get! Order the left wing, the Fourth Town of the Mysterious Dragon Army, to retreat seven hundred feet!”
On the commander platform of the Thousand City Alliance, Xiong Yu frowned as she looked at the sky.
“It looks like there is going to be heavy rain!”
Sighing in her heart, the heavens weren’t helping her. Even if she could win today, once there was rain, she wouldn’t be able to pursue and expand her rewards.
Just as she thought that way, she heard someone beside say, “Sect leader says that we can use Gantian Mountain to wipe out some of these Cloud Saint City troops. Xu Zhengyuan’s old injury is because of our sect. Although he didn’t have hatred and grievances towards us, keeping him is also problematic.”
It wasn’t Zu Renkuang but another grade-7 Lingyun Sect spirit master who was standing behind her with an expressionless face.
Xiongyu responded indifferently before she blurted out an “Oh” as she was astonished.
