Translator: ryangohsff Editor: Nora
Chapter 949 – Inevitable Trouble
Yongren City city wall.
Wang Meng’s movements of the Alliance Army were all seen by Baiqi.
How would such small antics stop Baiqi? He immediately ordered, “Zhao Po Nu!”
“Present!”
“Immediately gather a group of soldiers and gather at the south city gate. Wait for my orders!”
“Yes!”
Zhao Po Nu followed the order.
After that huge battle, the Dragon Legion Corps lost six thousand men. Luckily, the enemy had stopped the siege. Apart from leaving a portion of them to defend the south city wall, the remaining was gathered by Zhao Po Nu for a total of 30 thousand men.
Baiqi followed up by ordering, “Sound the drums!”
“Yes commander!”
‘Dong! Dong Dong!’
This was the first time the war drums had sounded on the Yongren City city wall. This was not for the defending soldiers, and the rushed and powerful drum beat spread into the ears of the Guards Legion Corps soldiers fighting outside.
When they heard the drums, they were instantly energized; especially Er’Lai and the other Major Generals, who ordered their deputy general, “Focus on the flags on the city wall.”
“Yes.”
Baiqi had told Er’Lai that when the battle reached a standstill, he would personally command the Guards Legion Corps using flags from the city wall.
The Guards Legion Corps soldiers were engaging in slaughter, so their field of vision would naturally be obstructed. Even with the discipline of the Guards Legion Corps, there might be some troops who went the wrong way or were left behind.
If one was not careful, they would be ambushed by the Alliance Army.
With Baiqi’s move, there would be no problem.
Baiqi was looking down from above at the entire battlefield, and everything could be seen clearly in his eyes. Furthermore, he had extremely high commanding standards and could flexibly command the troops as to where to attack and where to avoid.
Baiqi was the eyes and brains of the Guards Legion Corps.
With Baiqi’s commanding them, the City Protection Legion Corps only needed to follow instructions. They did not need to care about the rest.
With the two working together, things were done really efficiently.
As expected, under Baiqi’s leadership, Wang Meng’s defenses were easily avoided, and they directly attacked the backlines of the Alliance Army. Once again, they sent the enemy into chaos.
If there were troops buying them time to recover, maybe they could fight. However, just as they managed to catch their breaths, those war gods descended once more, so how could they not be terrified?
Rumors started to spread out amongst the army.
At the start, it was ‘Great Xia sneak attacked us from the north with 100 thousand men’, slowly it became ‘Great Xia has set a trap for us with 300 thousand men.’
Who knew that the soldiers would actually believe that?
If not, how would the enemy troops be able to beat them so easily?
“There’s no news as true as that.” Swore the soldiers as they retreated. Only then could they flee in peace.
As for those ten thousand enforcers, they could not do much in the huge crowd, and they could not even protect themselves. That was because the Asura Baiqi had noticed them!
The expressionless Baiqi was like an expert surgeon, and the Guards Legion Corps was like the scalpel in his hand as he dissected and cut up the Alliance Army.
Which group to attack to destroy their defense line, which castle to break to breach, and which position to attack to deal the most damage.
Baiqi was really clear about all of this, and his god eyes moved like lightning.
In comparison, Wang Meng’s leadership appeared a lot weaker. Seeing that the Alliance Army was in a mess, Wang Meng was slowly losing control.
A full scale collapse was unavoidable.
The first to retreat were the players of Xiao Alliance. All of them subconsciously fled to save their lives at the start, but now they fled due to the gore of the situation.
Think about it. A person who basically only fought monsters and mountain bandits was now in such a noisy and gory environment, where it was a total mess. Moreover, everyone around them was people they did not recognize.
Thinking about how the killers behind them might catch up at any moment, how would they not feel terrified?
Now, why would they bother to care about the big picture? It was best if they escaped as soon as possible. With the experience today, these players would not dare to step on a battlefield.
It was better to fight with monsters and mountain bandits.
The collapse of the player forces became an accelerant to the full scale collapse of the Alliance Army. A collapse that no one could stop was on play outside of Yongren City.
Looking out, on the southern outskirts of Yongren City, there were soldiers stretching hundreds of miles who threw down their helmets and armor and fleeing.
Grain, resources, siege weapons, and even equipment were abandoned on the battlefield.
Smoke bellowed on the little hill that the Alliance Army command center was on. Before Wang Meng fled, he ordered all the army information and the tent to be set on fire.
Luckily, Wang Meng had some heart, and he let Xiao Nianying go before he left.
Baiqi knew that it was settled, but he still was not satisfied. He wanted to win even more, “Order Zhao Po Nu to immediately exit the city and chase.”
“Yes commander!”
After a short while, the south city gate that the Alliance Army did not take down opened from the inside.
The 30 thousand Dragon Legion Corps came out of the gates charging. Along with the Guards Legion Corps troops, they started to surround the Alliance Army.
Chasing out, there were countless of prisoners.
One party chasing and one party fleeing; nightfall quickly arrived and troop movement was impossible.
Be it the chasing side or the fleeing side, they all earned themselves precious breathing time to stop, rest, and eat up.
Tragically, the Alliance Army soldiers noticed that they had tossed away their grain and resources, so they had no food to eat. Helplessly, they could only fill themselves up with river water.
This night was destined to be one that no one could fall asleep.
Wang Meng could be considered a responsible general who was not in a rush to commit suicide to seek forgiveness. He knew that at such a time, he needed to be responsible as the overall commander.
Under the night sky, Wang Meng sent out personal troops to try to gather up the remnant men to get them together. That was because he knew that the Great Xia Army would not easily let them go.
As soon as the sky turned bright, that pack of wolves would chase up.
The Alliance Army soldiers who had calmed down slightly now still did not understand why they had fled so crazily in the morning. Their minds were not even working, and they only had one thought.
‘Run, run toward the south!’
When they calmed down, they were all embarrassed. How were they like a proper army?
Receiving the gathering order from the commander, most of them decided to come over. Not for other reasons, but because it was the best chance for survival.
One must not forget that they were still in Great Xia territory.
Scattered troops were unable to escape the chase of the enemy soldiers. Only by working together would they have a chance to survive.
Wang Meng had once again become the heart of the Alliance Army, and even the Xiao Alliance players did not leave alone. Without the protection of the army, they did not feel confident about escaping back to Dali.
The problem was that Er’Lai, Zhao Po Nu, and other Great Xia generals definitely would not let Wang Meng do as he wished.
Just as he sent out small groups, Er’Lai sent out elite cavalry to launch sneak attacks at night to disturb the Alliance Army so that they could not rest easy.
Every time the Great Xia cavalry attacked, no matter how many there were, it caused the Alliance Army soldiers to run. They did not even consider staying back to retaliate.
On this night, the remaining Alliance Army troops that were fighting for a whole day were tortured for an entire night and did not have a good night rest.
Early in the morning, their eyes were blood red.
And this was just the start of their nightmare.
The moment the sky turned bright, the Great Xia Army started chasing and engaged in slaughter again.
The main focus of their attack was the Alliance Army that Wang Meng had spent so much effort to gather up. Under the leadership of Er’Lai, they split the Alliance Army apart.
When Wang Meng saw this, his heart was filled with despair.
The two sides engaged in a life and death chase in the Dongchuan Prefecture wilderness.
The remaining Alliance Army troops were devoured one by one or chose to surrender. The number of war prisoners grew exponentially.
This lasted for a full two days and two nights.
In the morning of the third day, the remaining troops finally ran to the border. It looked like they were about to enter the Dali Prefecture. Only around 60 thousand Alliance Army troops managed to reach here.
“Phew, at least we escaped!”
The Alliance Army soldiers had a feeling of coming back from the dead, and their nerves finally relaxed.
In the army formation, Wang Meng, Little Mutuo, Xiao Nianying, and the like were tightly guarded by the Personal Guards. However, their faces did not show the confidence and aura from before, only exhaustion.
Xiao Nianying’s heart was as dead as ash.
After the huge battle, less than 30 thousand Xiao Alliance soldiers remained.
Just the compensation fee alone was a sky high amount.
If he needed to compensate them one by one, the Xiao Alliance would go to bankrupt. Not to mention that this battle had caused their overall strength to drop, so they would not be able to keep their position as the top guild in Dali.
A huge crisis was walking toward Xiao Nianying, and it covered the heads of the Xiao Family and the Xiao Alliance.
Him alone would not be able to escape this.
The reason why he was able to hold on till now was that hope. After all, this whole thing started because of Yanhuang Alliance, and they definitely would not leave them in the lurch.
Xiao Alliance was not a chess piece that could be casually tossed aside like Xunlong Dianxue. The Xiao Family was a part of Silver Hand and could not be easily provoked.
The only thing was that they were defeated in this battle.
When they reached the border, the Dali guards commander suddenly frowned and said, “General, isn’t it a little too quiet?”
Wang Meng was stunned and reacted, “It is.”
Something was definitely up.
Waking over, Wang Meng felt that he had forgotten something immensely important.
“Ask the army to be on guard!” Wang Meng ordered.
Seeing which, Little Mutuo said causally, “General Wang, you are making a mountain out of a mole hill. You really got frightened by the Great Xia Army?”
The moment his words landed, the sound of horse hooves broke out from the forests on both sides.
The moment Wang Meng heard that, his face instantly turned ashen white. He finally remembered what he forgot, “Damn it. The Great Xia Tiger Leopard Cavalry has not appeared in Dongchuan Prefecture.”
