Because they were traveling with over a dozen carriages, they didn’t move very fast.
They were still 5 km away from Xiangyang City when the sun was about to set.
“Wait. I think a battle has started in Xiangyang City!”
Ji Ye, who sat on the first carriage, noticed something just then.
Purple light flickered in his Void Ring, and the Mirage Dragon Pearl emerged.
Because of the overcast sky and the darkness of the night earlier, the Mirage Cloud Mirror couldn’t work.
Now that the sky had cleared up, he could use it to observe things in the distance.
Hum! Hum! Hum!
White Mirage Energy rose out of the Mirage Dragon Pearl, and what was going on in Xiangyang City over 5 km away was projected in the sky.
Numerous Yuan soldiers had been placed in battle arrays outside Xiangyang City, and siege weapons like catapults were at work, throwing stones into the city.
Although Ji Ye couldn’t see more detail because of the distance, he could tell that tens of thousands of soldiers had surrounded the Xiangyang City.
It was obvious that the Yuan army had noticed Lu Junyi’s whereabouts.
Therefore, they took the chance, attacking Xiangyang City when the defense had weakened.
It wasn’t a surprise that they were discovered.
After all, both sides had participants and players from the Ten-Species Competition, and any of them could have special means of investigation like the Mirage Cloud Mirror.
Deploying such a great troop would be very difficult to conceal.
“What?! Shall we hurry up and help them?”
Seeing the scene shown by the Mirage Dragon Pearl, An Quan asked Ji Yi.
“Compared to Xiangyang City, we’re more likely to be the ones who need help.”
Ji Ye shook his head.
Although he couldn’t see the details, he was acutely aware of the fact that the Yuan soldiers only used equipment like the catapults to attack the city, but the soldiers didn’t attack the city with them.
It meant that the enemies weren’t really “attacking” the city. They were more like “surrounding” the city.
Their real target was probably to attack the reinforcement, blocking Ji Ye and his men from the city.
They would then get rid of this isolated army first.
Unlike the Mongolian army, the Yuan army of the Battlefield of Providence had a limited number of cavalrymen just like the Song army. If the Yuan people could annihilate the horsemen of 3,000, they would have a lot more advantage outside the city.
As soon as Ji Ye said that, they saw in the Mirage Cloud Mirror that a part of the Yuan army suddenly moved in their direction.
“Master Ji, you indeed have a lot of experience in fighting the Yuan people. You were able to see through their strategy right away!” Yelv Qi said in admiration.
His admiration was more genuine than when he saw how Lu Junyi greeted Ji Ye.
On the contrary, he wasn’t all that surprised by the Mirage Cloud Mirror.
Because the Cloud Dragon Sword used by Gongsun Sheng could also be used in this way. Although the image wasn’t as clear as that of the Mirage Dragon Pearl, Yelv Qi had already seen it in Xiangyang City.
“There are about 10,000 of them!”
One look and Lu Junyi estimated the number of Yuan soldiers.
They had only brought 3,000 soldiers in total, and the Yuan army was over three times that. They were doubtlessly at a disadvantage.
Based on the speed of their movement, over half of them should be horsemen.
“Elder Meng really is an oracle. The Yuan people are really going to attack us.”
However, Lu Junyi, Yang Zhi, and Lu Zhishen showed no fear. Instead, they only made that remark.
“Yes, Elder Meng was right…” Yelv Qi also sounded excited.
After Huang Rong fell into a coma from the injury, Elder Meng temporarily became the “brain” of Xiangyang City.
“Yesterday, Mister Bug rushed into Xiangyang City with the news.
“Elder Meng immediately saw that things were getting dangerous, and the Yuan people could try to waylay you guys. That was why he told us to meet you here.
“But because the Yuan people have been watching us, we might not be able to stay unnoticed. That was why Elder Meng suggested to Master Guo that we should play along, taking this opportunity to fight the Yuan army. We’ll teach them a lesson for what they did to Mrs. Guo!” Wu Song said in admiration.
And that was the real reason that they brought 3,000 horsemen and Yelv Qi to “greet” Ji Ye.
“We’ve brought the most elite soldiers of Xiangyang City, and every one of them is as good as ten other soldiers in battles!”
Yelv Qi said proudly while he led the soldiers, charging in the direction of Xiangyang City.
Similar to the Song soldiers, the common Yuan soldiers were Ordinary Rank-5.
But the soldiers they had were all Ordinary Rank-6 and above. Chiefs who were in charge of 10 soldiers and more were above Ordinary Rank-7. A lot of capable members of the Beggars Sect were among them as well.
In terms of their capability, they could handle even two times those enemies.
Clip-clop, clip-clop, clip-clop…
The cavalry covered the 5 km distance in almost no time.
When they reached a clearing outside Xiangyang City, they saw the incoming Yuan army.
Hum!
Sitting on his black horse, Yang Zhi drew the heavy black bow that was transformed from the Stone of Civilization.
An arrow heavier than a cannonball flew over 500 m before it hit a Yuan Commander hero wearing an officer’s armor in the chest. The great impact pierced the golden chest plate and sent the man flying backward until he knocked the two Yuan horsemen behind him away!
The battle between two human civilizations had started.
“Charge!”
Lu Junyi gave the order.
They had arrived rather quickly, so the Yuan army didn’t have time to set up roadblocks.
Right now, the assault of the Song army had even created a little confusion, and the Yuan soldiers had to shoot back as they sent out horsemen to stop them.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Lu Junyi, who rode at the frontmost, showed no sign of dodging when he saw the shower of arrows coming at him.
Pa! Pa! Pa!
His Extraordinary Rank-5 Qilin Stick moved so fast that it left an afterimage in the air, smashing all the arrows flying at him.
Everywhere the Jade Qilin went, no arrows could go near him.
However, neither side was given much time to shoot once the horsemen started charging.
The 3,000 horsemen led by the heroes of the Twin Dragon Mount collided with the Yuan cavalry.
Hum!
Lu Junyi’s purple Qilin Stick elongated when they clashed with each other. It was over ten meters long as he smashed it down at the first dozen Yuan horsemen.
After blocking hundreds of arrows, the Perfect weapon accumulated enough power, which was then released like a gushing flood.
Pop! Crackle!
The purple stick swept across the air, and there were the sounds of cracked bones. The dozen or so horsemen flew right off their horses.
After getting rid of the Yuan riders, the purple Qilin patterns on Lu Junyi’s saddle glowed, and the purple light covered his horse with the purple mane before it formed the shape of a Qilin.
Because Lu Junyi had arrived late, he had only obtained an Extraordinary Rank-5 Refined Qilin saddle.
But the saddle had a special characteristic. Once the extraordinary power was activated, it could create the purple shadow of a Qilin, which could protect not only himself but also the horse as well.
Of course, with his stick, the Jade Qilin was almost invincible. He hardly needed any protection, but the horse could use the help.
Because the Yuan cavalry had a mixture of soldiers, which consisted of “wolf horse warriors” who had inner strength and common Yuan camelmen.
The wolf horses were shorter but swifter. Therefore, they might try to attack the horses’ legs.
Of course, the dozen or so Yuan warriors that were swept off their horses could not do that anymore because if one fell off their horse during the attack of the cavalry, they would have no hope to survive.
“Ah!”
The warriors with inner strength could only watch as the shadow of a purple Qilin flitted past them before they were stomped to death by the galloping horses.
