"Show me something practical." Ying Long was secretly shocked, but he would be an idiot to believe him with just these few words.
"Alright, just watch." Feng Xingtian considered for a moment, and finally, as if he had made a decision, he muttered a sentence in the beast language.
Then, something strange happened. A faint dark red beast pattern appeared on Feng Xingtian's forehead. He pulled open his shirt with both hands, and on his chest, a strange totem surrounded his upper body. This scene lasted for a long time before it faded.
"The prayers of the Druids, the battle hymn of the Great Beast God, the burning of the earth, the majestic race, conquering everything.”"Code name, Blood Wind, imperial order, infiltrate the upper echelons of the human empire's army. General, do you have any other questions?" He mentioned a mission.
"You don't have to live anymore!" Ying Long suddenly shouted.
A large group of soldiers immediately rushed in from the outside and restrained Feng Xingtian.
"Up to you." Feng Xingtian was also unsure of Ying Long's meaning.
"Kill him!" Ying Long waved his hand, and Feng Xingtian was pushed out.
The execution was outside the tent. With a knife against his neck, Feng Xingtian began to panic. He was waiting for an opportunity to fight, but Yinglong walked out.
"In the King's Secret Order, there was a sentence that was mentioned in advance.”Yinglong came over and prepared to personally carry out the operation.
"There is one sentence." Seeing that the saber was about to be raised, Feng Xingtian closed his eyes and said,"That is, there is no content at all.”
The saber did not land for a long time. Feng Xingtian knew that he had guessed correctly. He really could not underestimate the intelligence of this big guy. He understood the principle that all was fair in war.
"This is simple. I will send a secret message. Within ten days, you will live for the time being.”Yinglong signaled the orcs beside him to let him go.
"I'll wait." Feng Xingtian stood up and said in a relaxed manner.
Feng Xingtian was doing pretty well. Other than being confined, there was nothing else. However, the empire's army was in chaos. The debate over whether to fight or defend had reached a very intense level. After Huo Wu recovered, she was naturally promoted to the rank of Thousand Rider Commander. The Grand Marshal had a temporary appointment for positions below Thousand Rider Commander. Those above Thousand Rider Commander would need to be discussed and appointed by the military, the Emperor, and the Council of Elders.
However, during these two days, Huo Wu had not said a single word. No one knew what she was thinking. Chu Gang and the others were in a terrible state. With Feng Xingtian around, there was laughter in the tent. Now, they did not know if Feng Xingtian was dead or alive. Moreover, Feng Xingtian's identity had also been questioned by the higher-ups. They did not care if he was a spy or not. They really did not know if the person who said that had water in his head. Who had not seen Feng Xingtian's desperate efforts on the battlefield?
Similarly, in the cavalry camp, the hundred cavalrymen who had survived the siege that day were also very upset. If it wasn't for saving them, why would things have turned out this way?
Unknowingly, Feng Xingtian's godly bravery and his identity, whose authenticity was unknown, had already made him known to everyone in the entire army.
"General, I don't think we can delay any longer. If the Orcs continue to attack day by day, the morale of the soldiers will plummet!”At the military meeting, all the commanders and above were present. Huang Ming said directly,""General's reputation is known throughout the army. Before Father left, he specifically instructed this king to listen to General's orders. But now, there are Beastmen spies in General's army, and General has not sent troops.”
"What do you guys think?" Long Qingying raised her head and looked at the people below calmly.?
"Long Shuai, I think that Your Highness 'words are not without reason. Our empire has 300,000 soldiers, but we are being suppressed by the orc army. This is not only inconsistent with our usual fighting methods, but also very damaging to our military prestige.”
The first person to stand up and speak was someone from the Clear Shadow Legion, Commander Ten Thousand Horsemen, who was cold and sinister.
"What about you guys?" Long Qingying looked at him for a while, then turned to the other side.
" I don't think so. Defending the fortress for a long time was originally our original strategy. We won't lose, but we won't lose either. In the past battles, our army had always defeated the orcs with superior numbers. This time is no exception. It's better to fight steadily and take one step at a time.”A man in his forties stood up and said. He was Zuo Zheng, the Dragon Knight Commander of the Second Dragon Knight Team of the Qing Ying Legion.
Huang Ming looked up and saw that there was an internal debate among them. First, it was the ten thousand cavalry commanders. The Clear Shadow Legion was divided into two parts. One part was to defend, but the small part led by the cold was to come out of seclusion to meet the enemy.
The debate started again. Most of the people in the central army agreed with Huang Ming. Except for Huang Ming and Long Qingying, the others were all in a heated discussion. In the end, they even argued whether Feng Xingtian was a spy or not.
"Enough." Long Qingying's words stopped the commotion." First of all, no one can tell whether Feng Xingtian is a spy or not. There are many mixed-blooded people in the Imperium, and it's not uncommon for them to be berserkers." Second, three days later, he would come out of seclusion to face the enemy.”
Her concise words silenced the audience.
"Alright, three days later, this king and Long Shuai will come out of seclusion to face the enemy.”Huang Mingwei said proudly.
The news that they were going to fight the orcs soon spread throughout the army. The seasoned soldiers looked at the excited new soldiers numbly. Long Qingying planned to leave 80,000 soldiers in the fortress, and she planned to keep the orcs on the plain thirty miles away from the fortress, which would help the heavy cavalries to attack and expand the terrain.
Feng Xingtian was in the camp of the orcs. He looked at the orcs who were busy with their work with a strange expression. They seemed to be retreating. As he expected, the orcs had retreated fifty miles in an orderly manner. Was Long Qingying's army coming? However, it didn't make sense. The Orcs were attacking fiercely, but when it came to a head-on battle, they had to avoid it? This was not the style of the Beastmen.
Although it was strange, Feng Xingtian was still imprisoned in the new camp. He observed the actions of the orcs along the way. It was obvious that they were not actively preparing for war. Instead, they showed signs of retreating at any time.
"Sigh, the great Beastmen have lost all their face this time!”Feng Xingtian had been frowning and nagging along the way.
"Humph! The human's combat strength is not even enough to fill the gaps between our teeth. Who's afraid of you?”A tiger soldier at the side was annoyed to death by Feng Xingtian and mocked.
"That's why I'm puzzled. If they fight, so be it. I've never seen someone in such a sorry state.”Feng Xingtian laughed.
"Who knows what our Bangu is thinking? Kid, are you tired of living?”The tiger soldier elbowed Feng Xingtian and made him stop talking. Yinglong instructed him to look after him, but he did not say that he could not beat him up.
"Brother Hu, don't be angry. Why are you in such a hurry to kill each other? No matter what, I'm also communicating with you in beast language.”Feng Xingtian wanted to see if he could get anything out of this ordinary soldier.
"Lowly traitor, just you wait. Watch how we exterminate the humans!”The tiger soldier was also very clever. After saying this, he did not say anything else.
However, Feng Xingtian had already obtained some information. From the morale of these ordinary soldiers, unless they had absolute confidence, the usually impulsive and blind Beastmen would never swallow their anger and retreat.
Long Qingying, you can't fail." Feng Xingtian sighed slightly and lay down to look at the sky. The ominous feeling in his heart became stronger and stronger.
"Xiao Wu, are you alright?" Long Qingying looked at Huo Wu with concern.
"It's almost done." Huo Wu couldn't hide the sadness on her face.
"Don't worry, he's only imprisoned by the orcs now. His life is in no danger.”Long Qingying comforted Huo Wu, but when she saw Huo Wu's confused eyes, she explained,""The Beastmen's logistics department also has many captured human slaves. We still have some information on the periphery.”
"How are their movements?" Huo Wu did not mention Feng Xingtian.
"There are signs of retreat. Everything is within my expectations, but I just can't figure out the reason.”Long Qingying sighed.
"Qingying, I have a terrifying idea.”Huo Wu sat on the bed with her arms around her knees, looking haggard. She had moved to Long Qingying's tent these days. She was Long Qingying's maid, so it wasn't against the rules.
"Xiao Wu, don't say it first. I understand that this is almost impossible.”Long Qingying tried to convince herself.
"I was just imagining things." Huo Wu shook her head, dismissing the thought in her mind.
"Go to sleep. Twenty to ten, I'm still confident.”Long Qingying hugged Huo Wu with heartache. She found Huo Wu's whole body was cold. After Feng Xingtian's accident, half of Huo Wu's soul was gone.
Soon, it was time to send troops. Long Qingying chose to send troops in the morning. Seventy-thousand infantrymen, thirteen thousand light and heavy cavalrymen, sorcerers, archers, and cavalrymen of the Clear Shadow Legion were all sent out. The central army left fifty thousand and thirty thousand border guards to defend the city. Nearly two-hundred-thousand troops marched out of the pass.
Huang Ming put on the mighty marshal uniform again and rode side by side with Long Qingying. As his vision widened, he thought about the triumphant return of all the orcs.
The thunderous drumbeats sounded. Long Qingying stopped after advancing for about thirty miles. The army of 200,000 soldiers was divided into five large square formations. The central army of 60,000 soldiers was in the center, guarding the flag of the commander. The two sides of the formation were divided into 40,000 soldiers each. In the front were heavy cavalrymen and archers, followed by the magic battalion, and flanked by light cavalrymen. With enough soldiers, this formation was the most favorable for the battle on the plains.
The battle hymn of the orcs soon rang out. Under the formation of the three-meter-tall Behemoth Cavalry, the orcs formed a square formation and marched to the front line. Their heavy bodies shook the earth. The commander, Ying Long, rode a fierce beast to the front of the team in full military uniform. The weapon in his hand was a long ax.
Long Qingying also rode her horse to the front. The entire plain was dyed black by nearly 300,000 people from both sides. The entire battlefield became quiet, with the occasional low neighing of horses.
"Haha, Marshal Long, how have you been?”The two of them rode their horses to the empty space in the middle. Ying Long was the first to laugh.
"General is known as the second strongest warrior of the beast race.”Long Qingying responded with a smile.
"Marshal Long, you humans have a famous saying that good birds live on trees. Marshal Long, why don't you submit to our Great Beast Kingdom? Our Lion King will definitely make Marshal Long the Queen Protector, haha!”Ying Long laughed frivolously.
"Alright, that will depend on whether the general has the courage.”Long Qingying smiled and turned around.
Yinglong also followed, and a battle of hundreds of thousands of people was about to begin!
The behemoth cavalrymen started to charge first. However, Long Qingying changed her commander's flag, and the heavy cavalrymen in front of them immediately split up. When the behemoth cavalrymen got closer, nearly a thousand sorcerers gathered together and released a huge magic energy that covered the sky and covered the earth. However, the behemoth cavalrymen had a very high magic defense, and a few casualties couldn't stop them.
When they got closer, the archers released a rain of arrows, and the sorcerers launched two waves of attacks. They all retreated. Long Qingying's army began to move in an orderly manner, and soon, they formed a gap, waiting for the orc cavalries to arrive. The bear infantrymen followed the cavalries and charged forward. Long Qingying didn't give the order to attack, but just ordered her troops to retreat in an orderly manner.
Huang Ming couldn't hold it in anymore. What kind of battle was this? This was obviously an escape.
However, he couldn't say anything at this moment. Long Qingying was commanding the army to move back slowly while destroying the few orcs who were surrounded by the orcs.
What was even stranger was that after Yinglong gave the order for the first wave of attacks, he actually gave the order not to pursue.
At that moment, Long Qingying sent out a small group of cavalrymen to fight back. The orc soldiers roared, and the orcs caught up with them.
Just like that, they advanced and retreated step by step. The two sides slowly moved back. After retreating for more than ten miles, the winged dragon on the fierce beast suddenly made up its mind and gave the order to retreat immediately. Those who chased in front would be killed without mercy! Long Qingying had always been good at luring the enemy into a deeper area. The orcs had limited troops, and if they continued to chase after her, they would soon be surrounded by the enemies. He observed her carefully for a while and found that the number of troops on Long Qingying's right wing had decreased by more than half.
As expected, as soon as the orcs turned around, they heard a loud battle cry from behind them. Long Qingying had given the order to launch an all-out attack. Hundreds of thousands of orcs rushed toward the orc camp, and the two sides started fighting again.
It was as if the order had changed. Now it was the Beastmen's turn to fight and retreat. However, the Beastmen's combat power was displayed at this moment. Any human soldier that fell into the Beastmen's encirclement would be instantly devoured.
Long Qingying had also given a strict order, saying that the battalions could only cooperate with each other, and that they couldn't pursue the orcs alone.
Fire Dance once again regained her bravery from that day. She faced a Behemoth Cavalry by herself, facing a Behemoth that was twice as tall as her. She fearlessly charged forward, and when the Behemoth let out a high-spirited cry as it mounted her warhorse, Fire Dance waved her hand and chopped down the cavalryman on it. She then leaped onto the Behemoth's back and forcefully pulled its reins to turn it around. She then led the army behind her and charged at the Beastmen in front of her.
When Chu Gang gave the order to pursue, he shouted and raised the spear in his hand. His action caused the reserve troops behind him to close their eyes and shout to boost their courage.
The effect of his usual training was quickly shown. Li Xiang used his spear to block an orc's spear and stabbed it with his backhand. A beautiful stab pierced into the orc's neck. Even Song Yu became a different person from usual. His spear had long been knocked away, and he only had a heavy sword left in his hand to fight a tiger soldier in close combat.
No matter how hard the orcs retreated, they couldn't get rid of Long Qingying's army. At this moment, Ying Long finally realized Long Qingying's extraordinary commanding ability. In the end, the orcs simply ran away.
"Long Shuai, it's time to pursue!" Huang Ming said excitedly.
"Your Highness, let's withdraw our troops today!" Long Qingying looked ahead and said worriedly.
"Alright, Dragon Commander, retreat first. I want to see if these beastmen really have four legs like their ancestors.”Huang Ming seemed to see himself leading his army to destroy the orcs 'base camp.
" Your Highness, don't be rash." Long Qingying frowned slightly.
"I hope that Long Shuai doesn't forget that this king is still the commander of the three armies of the Central Army, a guard!”Huang Ming shouted and quickly gave the order to gather 100 soldiers from the central army to pursue the orcs.
" Please go ahead, Your Highness. Be careful." Long Qingying didn't stop him.
Huang Ming, who was not stopped, was overjoyed. He gathered the left and right generals and chased after the orcs.
The orcs who were left alone were quickly wiped out by the remaining soldiers of the Clear Shadow Legion. Long Qingying ordered the soldiers to clean up the battlefield and slowly march forward to meet Huang Ming. She felt more at ease with the two generals around her. Besides, she felt that today's victory was a bit sudden. She analyzed the intelligence she had received in the past two days and found that 80,000 reinforcements were still coming from the orc kingdom, but they wouldn't arrive in the next few days. The strange behavior of the orcs these days was really puzzling.
" Master, they..." Liu Yuan rode his horse to Long Qingying's side.
"Put it down. His Highness and the others will return.”Long Qingying saw his worry.
"Sir, please forgive me for being blunt, but why should we give the Central Army this opportunity for nothing?”
After a while, Long Qingying said slowly,""Don't forget, they are the Central Army after all.”
Liu Yuan understood that Huang Ming had come here for the military merits. War was always inseparable from politics.
The orcs were ready to retreat again, so Feng Xingtian had to follow them. While the soldiers were talking, Feng Xingtian knew that Long Qingying had won the battle, and the imperial army was coming.
In the evening, Huang Ming returned with a beaming face. This time, they chased the Beastmen until they retreated a hundred miles and killed more than ten thousand Beastmen.
"Long Shuai, in this king's opinion, we should take this opportunity to continue chasing the beastmen and attack them.”In the tent, Huang Ming shouted.
"Your Highness, we should take it step by step. If we go any deeper, we'll be fighting alone.”Long Qingying didn't want to talk to him about basic military skills. With 200,000 soldiers, it was only a matter of time before they failed.
"Then let's listen to Long Shuai one more time."
Huang Ming's words were getting more and more outrageous, and the generals of the Clear Shadow Army were getting more and more displeased. He was so arrogant after only one victory. He was really a young man of the royal family who had never seen the world. Besides, it was obvious that Long Qingying had given him the military credit.
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