When it was dark, Long Qingying finally broke through the encirclement and entered the fortress. Half of the hundred thousand soldiers had been killed or injured, and that was the best situation. Only seventy-thousand soldiers were left guarding the fortress. It was the most serious defeat that Long Qingying had ever suffered in so many years. After a headcount, there were only about 160,000 soldiers left in the pass. The number of soldiers from the allied Demon and Beast forces was increasing, and it seemed like they were going to attack the pass for a long time. The reinforcements from the Empire were also arriving in an endless stream. The allied Demon and Beast forces shocked the entire country. According to the pitiful amount of information the Empire had, it was only then that they found out that the Demon race had used the marriage of the Princess as a price to urge the allied forces to attack.
The commander-in-chief of the demons was a woman who was as famous as Long Qingying. She was the 'Dark Night Rose' of the continent, Ye Mei.
The Orcs 'strategy had finally been revealed. They were using 100,000 people as bait to force the Empire's army to fight outside the pass. The 200,000 Orcs stationed at the Demon border had already quietly advanced towards Wind Gorge Pass. The Demon army had sent 100,000 people to fight together. The large number of Demon troops was currently holding back a large portion of the Empire's main force on the eastern front. As long as they could take down Wind Gorge Pass, the Demon and Beast alliance army would march straight into the Wind Capital. Therefore, the focus of the battle would be on Wind Gorge Pass. The follow-up troops of the orcs were led by the Lion King and were marching toward the Wind Gorge Pass. The key was whether Long Qingying could survive these few days.
"This painful lesson, I must first reflect on myself.”Long Qingying was the first to speak in the first military meeting after they returned to the pass.
However, Long Qingying wasn't to blame. If she hadn't reacted quickly and went deeper, the fortress might have fallen into the enemy's hands by the time she came back. If Huang Ming hadn't urged her to do so, Long Qingying wouldn't have come out of seclusion to fight the enemy.
"You can't say that. This king is also responsible.”Huang Ming said without any remorse.
"F * ck!" The hot-tempered Yang Chong smashed his fist on the table. His left arm had been shot by an arrow in the defense zone, and it was still in a bandage. He was already furious that Long Qingying didn't get the commander-in-chief position this time, and now, seeing Huang Ming's nonchalant attitude, he was even angrier.
"Yang Chong, what do you mean?" Zheng Guang stood up.
"Boring, I quit!" Yang Chong also stood up.
"If you don't want to do it, then leave!" Zheng Guang sneered at him.
Huang Ming sat in his seat expressionlessly. He wanted to see how Long Qingying would deal with this.
"Yang Chong!" " Get out!" Long Qingying shouted.”
" General Long…" Yang Chong looked at Long Qingying who was fuming, then walked out silently. He knew that Long Qingying was protecting him. If he continued to make a scene, he wouldn't be able to keep his position as the general of the border defense.
"If any of you still want to go out, go by yourself.”Long Qingying looked at Zheng Guang and the others coldly.
Everyone in the tent fell silent. Even Huang Ming didn't respond. Even Huang Wuji was afraid of Long Qingying.
"Your Highness, shall we go out for a walk?”Long Qingying spoke first.
"Ah! Alright!" Huang Ming was pleasantly surprised. Long Qingying's invitation wasn't something ordinary people could get.
The two of them walked out of the tent. Huang Ming smelled the fragrance coming from Long Qingying's body and forgot who he was and where he was.
"Your Highness, my subordinates are all soldiers and have upright personalities. This time, they suffered a crushing defeat and were impulsive.”Long Qingying looked ahead and said.
"Haha…how could this be? How could this king not understand?”As a man, Huang Ming had to be magnanimous.
"Your Highness, look outside the pass. It's surrounded by layers and layers. How can Qingying not be anxious?”
The two of them climbed up the city wall and looked at the light brought by the torches of the allied army of Demon and Beast.
"Yes, this time it's all this king's fault.”Facing Long Qingying's gentle attack, Huang Ming couldn't stand it no matter how proud he was.
"Your Highness, the empire is facing the greatest crisis this time. The allied army of the Demon and Beast race has never happened before in the past hundred years. If this unbreakable Wind Gorge Pass is broken by Qingying, Qingying will have no face to face the people of the empire.”Long Qingying didn't just want to persuade Huang Ming. For some reason, she felt weak for no reason at the moment, and Huang Ming was the perfect person to talk to.
"Qingying, you can't!" Huang Ming had been half-hearted just now, but now, he was really conquered by the sadness and weakness on Long Qingying's beautiful face. He hated himself for being stubborn and leading to the current situation.
" Qingying..." Huang Ming's voice was trembling. He reached out his hand, wanting to touch Long Qingying's shoulder, but seeing that Long Qingying was lost in her thoughts, he had no choice but to put it down, afraid to break the perfect silence." Qingying, don't be so formal in the future. I'm a few years older than you. How about you call me big brother?"”He began to plan in his heart.
"How can Qingying climb up to His Highness's golden body?”Long Qingying smiled tactfully and declined," But, since Your Highness has said so, can you promise me one thing in the next few days?"”
Long Qingying suddenly showed a mischievous look, which made Huang Ming's eyes pop out of his head.
"The Central Army and the Clear Shadow Army are the armies that Your Highness will enthrone. We will fight side by side in the future, don't you agree, Your Highness?”That was the power of Long Qingying. She couldn't fight Huang Ming head-on. Sooner or later, the prodigal would cause internal strife in the army of the Imperium. By then, she would be in chaos before the allied army of Demon Beasts could break through.
At the same time, Long Qingying was also tired. It wasn't that she couldn't stand failure, but that she had failed. She was very tired, and she keenly felt that the gap between the Field Army and the Central Army was going to get bigger and bigger. In this era where the emperor ruled the world, a democratic army was just a pale facade. When a soldier had a political consciousness, his career would end. Coincidentally, she had long been the King of the North. If Huang Wuji didn't have any scruples about her, she would have become the King of the North. This time, it was definitely not as simple as just letting Huang Ming make contributions.
In the same way, Long Qingying was also wary of the central army when she assigned the troops to attack the orcs. She had chosen Liu Yuan and Zuo Zheng, whom she trusted, to surround the two flanks of the orcs. She had asked Ren Qiang, who had been acting ambiguously, to lead the troops back, and Zheng Guang, who was obviously against her, to be the vanguard.
"This…of course. Besides, before Father set off, he had repeatedly instructed us to listen to Qing Ying on the battlefield, but I…sigh!……”Huang Ming felt that something was wrong.
"Alright then. In the future, please listen to Qingying's military instructions.”Long Qingying smiled.
"Ah! Haha…of course, of course." Huang Ming laughed!
When the two of them walked back to the tent, Huang Ming had indeed become much more obedient. Without his support, Zheng Guang and the others couldn't cause any big waves. The Imperium's army was temporarily united to face the enemy and tide over the difficulties together.
Fire Dance felt uneasy after returning. She had just met Feng Xingtian when he fell into a situation where his life was uncertain. She had also received news that the Lion King's personal army behind the Orcs was heading toward them. This meant that Feng Xingtian's group had no way to retreat. The Orcs had devoured the 2,000-plus cavalrymen they had besieged in the blink of an eye. Thinking of this, Fire Dance felt despair.
Most of the reserve troops had been converted into the regular army. Since the reserve troops were always at the back during the war, there were not many casualties. Their main responsibility was to replenish the casualties. Chu Gang and the others were also assigned to the regular army of the second dragon cavalry.
Chu Gang was promoted to the rank of captain due to his heroic performance on the battlefield, while Li Xiang and Song Yu were promoted to the rank of squadron captain. At the same time, they also knew that Sen Jie was also a captain of the 1st Dragon Riders, and he was working in his brother's cold cavalry.
Sen Jie would come to their camp to provoke them from time to time. He was bent on asking for news about Feng Xingtian. Everyone suppressed their anger because of the rules and only hoped that Feng Xingtian could return safely.
Feng Xingtian led his troops along the mountain path for a few days. It was extremely difficult for cavalrymen to march in the mountains, but Feng Xingtian had given a strict order. If they could not ride on horses, they had to walk on foot. Even if their speed was slow, they had to protect their horses. This was the foundation for their survival on the plains in the future. More than 2,000 light cavalrymen were enough to escape the siege of tens of thousands of infantrymen.
The cavalrymen had a feeling that Feng Xingtian was like a cunning beast in the mountains. He could sniff out all kinds of dangers in advance and cleverly lead the troops to avoid the orc army. If Snowy was here, she would definitely laugh at them for believing this idiot who would get lost wherever he went. However, in the hearts of all the soldiers, their trust in Feng Xingtian began to increase.
However, this was the territory of the orcs. It was impossible not to encounter the orcs.
When they were about to leave the mountain, Feng Xingtian, who was walking in front of the troops, suddenly waved his hand. The troops behind them stopped one after another.
Feng Xingtian leaned against the ground and listened for a while, then quietly summoned the three Battalion Leaders.
"There are troops ahead. I want to do something. What do you think?”Feng Xingtian's tone sounded like a bandit robbery.
"We're fleeing now. It's better not to alarm the Beastmen.”Sun Ce whispered.
"Yeah, we alerted a large number of Beastmen. Everything we did these past few days was in vain.”Another battalion leader, Zhou Cang, continued.
"Tell the team to hide in the forest nearby. I'll go ahead and take a look.”Feng Xingtian thought for a moment and said.
After Feng Xingtian left, the three battalion leaders didn't say anything. In the end, it was Zhou Cang who spoke first.
"Do you trust him?"
"He should be able to.”Fan Li said. He knew that Zhou Cang was afraid that Feng Xingtian would report to him.
"However, no one knows if he is a spy of the Beastmen. Besides, how could he escape from the Beastmen's camp?”Sun Ce overthrew Fan Li's words.
"Then let's be prepared. If something goes wrong, we'll kill this kid first!”Zhou Cang was furious. For a moment, the three of them did not speak.
After a while, Feng Xingtian retreated." In front of us is the Beastmen's supply team. This mission is done for. The rations we brought are almost finished. If we can't find supplies, we won't use the Beastmen. We'll starve to death first."”He found their silence strange.
"Alright, let's fight then. We'll leave after the fight. How many of them are there?”Sun Ce said.
"There are about 1500 to 1600 of them. They seem to be from the Cat Clan, but their combat strength isn't too strong.”Wind Travelling Sky released his battle song.
"We now have 2432 people. All of us will go into battle and be divided into four groups. I will lead 500 people to attack from the front. Captain Sun and Captain Fan will each lead 500 people from the flanks. Captain Zhou will lead 600 people to cut them off from the middle. After being attacked, the cat people are cunning and do not want to fight. They will definitely run away. The rest will be ambushed by a few hundred riders. The battle must be resolved within half an hour. No one can be left alive. Any objections?”After Feng Xingtian finished speaking, he looked at the three of them.
"We'll do as Milord says." Sun Ce was somewhat emotional. To be able to come up with such a comprehensive strategy in such a short period of time was clearly something he could not do. He really did not know what this person did in the past.
"Alright, let's go."
Feng Xingtian didn't say much. The three battalion leaders went to relay their orders and the troops began to move.
"Milord, we finally have a chance to fight side by side again.”Huang Liang came to Feng Xingtian's side. This time, Feng Xingtian had specially chosen his team to follow him as the vanguard.
"What are you talking about, brother? I still have to call you Lord!”Feng Xingtian led 500 people to hide on the mountain road in front of them, watching the team moving towards them from afar.
"Since Lord Huo Wu has handed us over to you, you are our Lord.”
Huang Liang's words reminded Feng Xingtian of his many brothers during training. He wondered how many of them would make it back alive.
"Let's not be strangers. If you don't mind, you're a few years older than me. I'll call you big brother in the future.”Feng Xingtian liked to befriend such straightforward people.
"It's my fortune to have a brother like you.”Ever since he heard Feng Xingtian's words when he was surrounded that day, Huang Liang knew that he owed this person a life in the future.
The Beastmen escorting the rations gradually approached. Feng Xingtian gripped the warsong in his hand tightly. When he could almost see the face of the Beastman in front of him, Feng Xingtian took the lead and rushed out.
He pulled the reins with his left hand, moving almost at the same speed as the horse. When they reached the flat road, Feng Xingtian mounted his horse with a beautiful flip. At this time, he had already rushed in front of the orcs. He raised his sword and slashed down. The orc at the front didn't have time to pick up his weapon before half of his body was sent flying.
There was no bugle call for an attack. The cavalrymen behind were encouraged by Feng Xingtian's skillful skills and bravery. The 500 warhorses rushed towards the defenseless Beastmen, stirring up clouds of dust.
At the same time, the cavalrymen from the two wings also rushed over. The long line of orcs was split into two from the middle. The cavalrymen would have a 100% chance of winning against the infantrymen, and it would be an ambush.
After resisting for a while, the cat tribe was not as fierce as the beast tribe. They retreated while fighting, and in the end, they simply ran away.
They had barely taken two steps when a large number of cavalrymen charged out from behind them. Several groups of cavalrymen gradually gathered together, and the number of Beastman corpses on the ground began to increase. Windwalk Heaven prohibited the use of hand crossbows, and they could not be replenished after using them.
The battle quickly ended. After checking the number of casualties, there were less than 100 people. Feng Xingtian wanted to replenish the arrows and provisions. As for the food of the orcs, it was not something that ordinary people could eat. However, Feng Xingtian was the first to pick up the black and hard steamed buns and eat them. Only then did the cavalry reluctantly start packing.
Everyone was filled with bags that could not be taken away. Feng Xingtian ordered them to be burned and their weapons thrown into the mountains. After half an hour, the troops quickly left the battlefield. If they continued forward, they would officially be in the most dangerous place.
In Fengxia Pass, the allied army of Demon and Beast had begun to attack the fortress day and night. The defenders of the fortress had not slept for two days. In this kind of battle, the commander's wisdom was no longer of much use. The number of troops would determine the final victory.
A portion of the empire's central army had already arrived. The three great field legions, the Ferocious Tiger Legion stationed at the western border of the empire, had also dispatched two dragon cavalry squads to support the Fengxia Pass. However, facing the allied forces of the demon beasts and the demons on the eastern front, the empire's most powerful army had become somewhat strained. The entire empire had begun to recruit soldiers on a large scale, and they had also made preparations for a long battle.
Without Huang Ming's restraint, Long Qingying fought calmly even though she didn't have enough soldiers. She had also sent a small group of troops from the fortress to attack the Magical Beast Camp at night. The two sides had reached a draw for the time being. The war became the first direct confrontation between Wushuang Qingying and the Dark Rose.
Five days later, the 300,000-strong Beastmen army led by the Lion King Kankula arrived at the battlefield. With this, the allied army of 700,000 Beastmen and Demon Beasts had arrived at the pass. Humanity was facing the most serious crisis since the founding of the country!
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