Li Lin gave the order. The North Manor Army was like a war machine that rumbled as it moved.
One hundred Zhuge Repeating Ballistae were covered with black cloth and pulled into the camp.
The heavy arrows that the ballistae were equipped with were also loaded into their quivers and were sent over.
With the help of the arrow box, the problem of reloading the crossbow bolts was solved. After each shot, the crossbow bolts could be reloaded quickly, and there was no need to worry about speed.
Two days later, the 20,000 North Manor Army auxiliary troops, led by the colonel, sealed off the four gates of White Cloud City.
Dian Wei led 800 Breaking Ranks to patrol the city's defenses. Zhang Zhao and Bai Fu guarded the manor, and 200 Breaking Ranks guarded it.
Zhang Han also led hundreds of Shadow Secret Guards to scout for information and pay attention to the movements in the city.
According to the secret guards, the Yellow Marten Tribe's target was very clear. It was White Cloud City.
Li Lin and the others would not believe that there was no one guiding them.
After all, the temperature had plummeted and it might snow at any moment. At this time, the northern grasslands should be resting.
It would not be like now, where they invaded the south on a large scale.
This was very abnormal.
There must be something wrong with things.
Thus, Li Lin decided to lead the army and bring Li Cunxiao, Gao Shun, the powerful Tiger Guards, and half of the Yue Cavalry Camp.
On the surface, only 20,000 auxiliary soldiers and 1,000 Breaking Ranks were left behind to guard the camp. Only Dian Wei was left behind.
Secretly, Zhang Han had already mobilized the Shadow Secret Guards to hide in various parts of the city. Once someone made a move, they would quickly attack and cooperate with the remaining garrison troops to eliminate those with ulterior motives.
……
Rumble…Boom! Boom! Boom!
Li Cunxiao led a thousand Tiger Guards and ten thousand North Manor Army cavalry out of the north gate.
In the middle was King Jing Li Lin, who was protected by the Iron Eagle Guards with heavy armor, a long sword at his waist, and a long halberd. He was wearing a black dragon armor with a beast face (top grade), an Abyss Rainbow Sword (top grade) at his waist, and a Black Dragon Spear (top grade).
Finally, Gao Shun led the 20 thousand infantry as the rear troops.
When the army of White Cloud City left the camp and headed north, the countless citizens standing along the main road of White Cloud City could not help but raise their arms and shout.
"Wan Sheng!"
"Wan Sheng!"
"Wan Sheng!"
"Dao brother, what do you think of King Jing leading his troops out of the city?”In a restaurant in the northern part of the city, three men and a woman stood by the window and watched the North Manor Army leave. A muscular man, who was eight feet tall and dressed in a warrior's uniform, asked a middle-aged Taoist priest who wore a Daoist robe and had a Taiji Diagram sword on his waist.
"The barbarians in the north deserve to be killed!" The man in the Taoist robe was the deacon of the Holy Land Wudang in White Cloud City, Taoist Master Xuan Yunzi.
The burly man, who was eight feet tall and dressed in a warrior's uniform, was the outer deacon of the sacred land, the Titanium Temple. He was also the deacon stationed in the White Cloud City.
Jingang Temple is divided into inner and outer doors.
The inner sect is a monk, pay attention to the four elements are empty.
The outer disciples were secular disciples and did not have to abide by the rules.
The outer sect was located at the mountainside of the sacred ground of the Titanium Temple, while the inner sect was located at the top of the mountain.
Hearing Daoist Priest Xuan Yunzi's murderous words, a beautiful nun beside him nodded involuntarily. However, the Mount Shu Deacon who was wearing a long robe and a sword in his sleeve did not speak.
After hearing this, the corners of the outer sect warden's mouth twitched. He did not say anything else and silently watched the army leave.
The army left the city and the north gate closed.
Looking at the North Manor Army's auxiliary troops patrolling the city walls, the commoners dispersed. The merchants whispered to each other with a hint of worry in their eyes.
As for the deacons of the various sects and aristocratic families, as well as the itinerant martial artists of the martial arts world, they turned around and left.
However, there were also some people who would look at each other when they passed by.
After the army left the city, under Gao Shun's command, the infantry changed their formation and their speed increased.
Li Xiaocun also ordered the cavalry to speed up.
The speed of the middle army also increased.
It took less than four hours for the army to travel hundreds of miles to the south of the Pillar of Heavens Mountains, twenty miles from the southern end of the Tonglang Valley, and set up camp.
The Tonglang Valley was two miles wide, and the mountains on both sides of the valley were rising higher and higher. At the highest point, there were cliffs that were thousands of feet high. The cliffs were smooth and flat, as if they had been cut open by a sharp blade.
The night was silent.
At around noon the next day, the cavalry scattered at the southern entrance of the valley felt the earth shake, and then a rumbling sound came.
Soon after, a black line approached the valley.
"Retreat!"
A captain of the roaming cavalry shouted. Dozens of roaming cavalry turned their horses around and galloped toward the camp twenty miles away.
"Report!" A group of cavalry carrying a flag on their backs galloped into the gate of the camp and headed for the central army.
"Reporting to your highness, the enemy has already left Tonglang Valley and occupied fifteen li of the camp.”
"All troops assemble!"
Tong, tong…
The war drums sounded. The soldiers who had just eaten breakfast quickly gathered under the orders of the generals. Then, they formed a square formation and walked out of the camp.
Ten miles in front of the camp, the North Manor Army stopped their formation.
Two miles away from them, the eighty thousand yellow marten tribe army had also formed up.
"Khagan, it seems that the news of our dispatch has been leaked.”A general beside the yellow marten said as he looked at the army formation.
"Hahaha, so what? The other party only has so few people. We have 80,000 elites.”The yellow marten looked at the twenty thousand infantry army in front of him, its eyes filled with contempt.
As for the flag-carrying cavalry patrolling around the infantry formation, he didn't put them in his eyes at all.
"But, Khagan, White Cloud City has at least 20,000 soldiers. It doesn't match the information.”Another general looked at the army formation in front of him and his expression changed as he reminded.
"Hong Mo, don't boost the morale of others and diminish your own prestige. It's only 20,000 infantry. Khagan, please give this general 10,000 warriors. This general will definitely slaughter the two-legged sheep on the other side!”
A muscular man with a huge axe in his hand shouted at the yellow marten as he sat on the Dragon Horse.
This person was called Wu Lishi, the number one warrior of the yellow ferret tribe.
With his innate strength and cultivation technique, he was able to fight against a Connate Marrow Cleansing expert at the late stage of the Blood Solidification realm at the age of 30.
Even in the Imperial Court, he had quite a reputation.
This was a natural battle general.
Therefore, he was bestowed the title of the tribe's number one warrior by the yellow ferret.
"Wulishi, you'll have your time later.”The Yellow Ferret Khan did not agree to Wulishi's request to lead his troops out of the battlefield.
In his opinion, a lion had to use its full strength to catch a rabbit.
He had 80,000 troops, so why would he only use 10,000 mercenaries to attack the enemy's army?
Wu Lishi hadn't seen how terrifying the armies of the Central Plains could be, but he had. The armies that seemed to be aided by the gods were especially terrifying.
However, among the 20,000 infantry troops from White Cloud City, there was no such existence.
These were just ordinary border city soldiers.
"Pass down my order. All troops, charge forward. I, the Khan, will annihilate the infantry at the front as quickly as possible and march into White Cloud City!”
"Yes, sir!"
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