Chapter 238: Longyou Military Power, Yang Lu’s Desperate Situation

On the evening of April 14, Xia Hong actually saw the Longyou Army take action with his own eyes.

The problem was that the Longyou Army’s opponent that night was the Blood Guard Army, which was of comparable strength.

Therefore, strictly speaking, he has not yet personally experienced how big the gap is between a team formed by hunting team members and a real professional army.

But at this moment, Yuwen Tao, who was far away in Yanglu, experienced it firsthand.

The gap between the two is really too big!

This huge gap can only be described as a world of difference.

It was April 17th, the 48th year in Longyou, and there were still four hours until dawn.

“Wu Shuanghanqiong’s treason, die!”

“Brothers, start killing!”

“A bunch of chickens and dogs dare to challenge Longshan. Kill them!”

“Come on!”

………………

In the northern part of Yangyuan Peak, more than a dozen wooden planks have been laid over the deep ditch.

Hundreds of black-armored soldiers had already stepped on wooden boards and rushed up to the mound. They were stepping on hundreds of corpses on the ground and charging towards the top of the mound with roars.

Judging from the fact that more than half of the wooden boards were destroyed and there were hundreds of corpses lying on the ground at this end of the mound, the battle had obviously been going on for some time.

“We can’t retreat anymore. Brothers, hold on. If the Longyou Army rushes up, we’ll all die. Hold on for a while longer. Support from the south will arrive soon…”

Wu Ying used a sword to cut off several iron arrows flying in front of him, then turned around and roared at the retreating crowd behind him. However, before he could even finish his words, a wave of arrows flew towards his head, forcing him to shut up.

He drew his sword and swung it at high speed. Although he successfully split the rain of arrows and only suffered three minor arrow wounds, he was directly surrounded by the Longyou army rushing down from below.

What’s even more terrible is that the retreat of the crowd behind him is still continuing.

“More than a thousand people want to stop the 500 Longyou troops. That’s a good idea. But since we have to take care of both ends, I’ll let you not be able to take care of either end!”

A middle-aged man in white holding a snake spear suddenly rushed out from the Longyou army that surrounded Wu Ying. It was Li Xuantian who had fled in panic in the first half of the night.

Li Xuantian had a stern face, and looked at Wu Ying with murderous eyes. The snake spear directly knocked Wu Shuang and several others away on the way, and went straight to Wu Ying.

call…………

The ten-foot-long snake spear brought out a flash of fire in the air. Seeing the power of Li Xuantian’s attack, Wu Ying had no intention of taking it head-on and simply dodged sideways. However, how could his speed compare to Li Xuantian’s?

“First collect some interest for He Tu, then die!”

Li Xuantian’s voice was full of anger. Even as strong as Longshan was, the number of cold-resistant level warriors was extremely limited. In the first half of the night, He Tu was killed by Wu Xiong, Han Jiuli and five others in order to escape safely. How could he not avenge such a great hatred?

As soon as he returned to Yucheng, he immediately summoned 500 Longyou soldiers, and brought along thousands of Digging Realm warriors who were under Yucheng’s control, and directly attacked Yangyuan Peak.

Li Xuantian was furious when He Tu was killed, but he didn’t let his anger get to his head. The attack on Yang Yuan Peak, although seemingly hasty and impulsive, was all part of his plan.

And as expected, the success rate is also very high.

He already knew how many people were on Yang Yuan Peak’s side.

Wu Shuang and Han Qiong’s families together have more than 1400 people, and Yang Lu’s own Digging Realm is only more than 600, so the total is just over 2000;

At the cold-resistant level, there are currently only five people, namely Wu Xiong, Han Jiuli, Wu Ying, Wu Lin, and Lin Ye from Zhaoyang. The strongest is no more than Qi Zong, so there is no need to worry.

With such a small force, it is impossible for them to be a match for the 500 Longyou troops. Once the terrain advantage of Yangyuan Peak is broken, the Yangying camp will be within easy reach.

The subsequent development was not much different from his plan. It only took him an hour to lead his men from Yucheng to Yangyuan Peak, and it took him less than half an hour to solve the difficulties of the gullies outside Yangyuan Peak.

The Longyou army crossed the ditch and had already repelled the defenders on the north side. Now they just need to go around to the south side and cooperate with the group of people led by Cheng Guang and Yue Qian to easily defeat the defenders on the south side. They will have no way to escape from the Yang camp!

It sounds slow, but it’s just a thought for Li Xuantian.

Wu Ying was inferior to him in both speed and strength, not to mention that he was surrounded by the Longyou army and had no chance to escape.

The snake spear pierced Wu Ying’s shoulder fiercely. Li Xuantian took advantage of the situation and used his arms to lift Wu Ying up. Then he pulled out the snake spear, drawing a dazzling long edge in the air and suddenly attacked Wu Ying’s neck.

clang…………

“If I had known you were here too, don’t worry, none of you can escape!”

The broadsword attacked from the side, only causing the snake spear to shift a little. Li Xuantian seemed to have anticipated this. He clenched his hands hard with his palms, and used the snake spear to forcibly hold the broadsword, and continued to slash towards Wu Ying’s neck.

Yuwen Tao, dressed in black, saw that he could not block the snake spear. His face changed color and he tried to move forward again with both hands. But the next second, he felt a sword stabbing from behind. His eyes twitched suddenly and his body suddenly retreated to the back, retracting his broadsword to block behind him.

laugh…………

The broadsword blocked the tip of the sword behind him, and a huge force came. Yuwen Tao’s body rushed forward more than ten meters. When he turned around, he found that another thin man in iron armor with a sharp sword in his hand was staring at him fiercely.

“Song Kang, stop him. I will come to help you after I kill Wu Ying.”

Another six-mane cold-resistant level warrior. There are so many masters in Longshan!
While Yuwen Tao was sighing in his heart, he saw that a large number of Longyou troops had already circled the mound and were heading south. His heart was pounding and he forgot to pay attention to Wu Ying for a moment.

“The thousands of people on the south side are also led by two cold-resistant soldiers. Han Jiuli and Wu Xiong, with more than a thousand people, can’t stop them at all. If these 500 Longyou soldiers attack again, Yangyuan Peak will be broken. They can’t even hold out for one night. The strength of the Longyou army is really… too strong!”

Yuwen Tao looked at the Longyou army killing enemies and breaking through the enemy’s formation, and noticed the black armor on their bodies, the silver patterns on their weapons, and the power of the arrows they shot, all of which were over 30,000 pounds. Shock was almost written on his face.

Just as he had expected, Li Xuantian would not let it go after the five of them joined forces to kill He Tu. Sure enough, in the second half of the night, Li Xuantian, who had escaped not long ago, brought 500 Longyou soldiers and thousands of Digging Realm and went straight to Yangyuan Peak.

Li Xuantian did not attack rashly, but sent two Cold-resistant level warriors, leading thousands of Digging Realm, to attack from the south side of the suspension bridge. Han Jiuli and Wu Xiong knew that he had a backup plan, so they sent half of their men to resist in the south, and asked Yuwen Tao and Wu Ying to lead the remaining half of the men to patrol the surroundings to guard against Li Xuantian’s attacks from other locations.

Sure enough, on the north side, they found 500 Longyou soldiers who were setting up wooden boards. According to Yuwen Tao’s original plan, he and Wu Ying, two cold-resistant soldiers, would lead thousands of digging soldiers to guard this end of the ravine. As long as they could destroy all the wooden boards and prevent the enemy from coming over, or directly put some people on the wooden boards and harass them with arrows, there should be no problem in holding on, not to mention defeating the Longyou army.

But it turned out that he was totally wrong.

The Longyou Army defeated the defenders on this side with just one wave of arrows. Afterwards, Li Xuantian personally rushed across the ravine and relied on his own strength to protect a wooden board connecting the two ends, successfully allowing fifty or sixty people from the Longyou Army to come over.

Later, Li Xuantian personally led these fifty or sixty people and forcibly tore open the defense line formed by thousands of Digging Realm soldiers and destroyed their arrow formation. The remaining wooden boards all came into play, and the subsequent more than four hundred Longyou troops all came in a large number.

This coming was the beginning of the retreat.

Before meeting Li Xuantian, Wu Xiong and Han Jiuli were very cautious. Among the thousands of people they brought to defend the south side, only more than 400 were from their own camp. The remaining more than 600 were all in the Digging Realm under the control of Yang Lu, and their fighting spirit was definitely not very high.

But the situation on the north side is different. There are thousands of Digging Realm warriors, all of whom are from the Wu Shuang and Han Qiong camps. Their fighting spirit should be impeccable.

But even so, after the Longyou army rushed through the ravine, they failed to successfully resist a wave and only held out for more than ten minutes before they were completely defeated.

At the front of the battlefield, a Longyou soldier pulled a strong bow and shot an iron arrow that directly pierced through two Digging Realm defenders. Then, while running forward, he put the strong bow behind his back, drew out his broadsword, caught up with another Digging Realm defender and killed him with one blow. The whole set of actions was clean and neat, without any delay.

“Their basic strength is all over 30,000 jin; the pulling force of the iron bow is at least over 30 dan; plus the hundred-forged iron armor and hundred-forged weapons, both their own cultivation and weapons are far superior to those ordinary Digging Realm. Not only that, their combat capabilities are also much stronger than theirs.

On average, a soldier from Longyou can at least deal with three to five people if fighting alone. If a large army comes together, they probably won’t be afraid at all even if they face an enemy that is ten times their number, let alone three or five times their number.

No wonder, no wonder Wu Xiong and Han Jiuli were so scared before, the strength of the Longyou army is really too strong, even if the thousand-man army of Daxia came, the end would not be much better, this is the Longyou army!”

The shock in Yuwen Tao’s heart took a long time to calm down. After truly witnessing the strength of the Longyou Army, he realized how terrifying the gap was between the hunting team in an ordinary camp and a real army.

The selection criteria for Daxia’s intermediate hunting team are already very strict, but the standard for basic strength is only 15,000 kilograms; the penetration rate of hundred-forged weapons is only about 60%, not to mention hundred-forged armor, which, except for the cold-resistant grade, can only be worn by a very small number of wealthy people; as for combat capability, it may be slightly stronger than Wu Shuang and Han Qiong, but compared with the Longyou Army, the gap is still very obvious.

“Without reinforcements, Yangyuan Peak cannot be defended with only Wu Xiong and Han Jiuli. Lord Si Cheng’s plan will probably fail. I have to find a way to retreat first, otherwise I will be surrounded by the Longyou Army and will be badly injured if I don’t die!”

Wu Ying, who was surrounded last time, was now in danger due to Li Xuantian and hundreds of Longyou soldiers, and was only one step away from death.

Looking at Song Kang who was staring at him, Yuwen Tao felt more and more determined to retreat. As long as Li Xuantian killed Wu Ying, he would immediately come over and join forces with Song Kang to kill him. He would not wait here foolishly.

“It’s not that easy to run away now!”

Almost at the moment when Yuwen Tao retreated, the Song Kang people moved.

Obviously, he was not only preventing Yuwen Tao from rescuing Wu Ying, but also preventing Yuwen Tao from escaping.

The sword whizzed away and instantly pierced Yuwen Tao’s back. The terrifying force swept up the snow on the ground, showing the power of this sword.

“How dare you stop me!”

Yuwen Tao snorted coldly. Although his strength was only five manes after the breakthrough, it could be considered as a 30% increase of the holy pattern, which was as much as the strength of seven manes. With Song Kang’s strength of six manes, it was undoubtedly a pipe dream to force him to stay.

His body paused slightly, and his broadsword swung across the air in front of him. With the force of the collision with Song Kang’s long sword, he suddenly bounced forward and fled directly to the east side of the mound.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh… However, before he could escape more than ten meters, a dense rain of arrows suddenly attacked from the south. Yuwen Tao was caught off guard and was hit by two arrows in the arm.

“It’s impossible to rely on me alone!”

puff…

Hearing Song Kang’s sneer in his ears, Yuwen Tao reluctantly pulled out the two iron arrows from his arm. Seeing blood gushing out of the wound, he immediately took out a handful of golden wound powder from his arms and applied it to the wound. Then he turned his head to look to the south, his face suddenly gloomy.

The Longyou army that Li Xuantian brought with him numbered about 500 people. When they just rushed across the ravine, their casualties were almost zero. They completely defeated the thousands of people stationed on the Tuqiu side, with only more than 20 people lost at most.

Of the remaining four hundred people, only dozens were cooperating with Li Xuantian to encircle and kill Wu Ying; the remaining four hundred people had originally taken a detour to the south side.

But at this moment, hundreds of people came back from there.

Moreover, after using bows and arrows to capture Yuwen Tao, this group of people immediately rushed over and surrounded him.

“We can spare hundreds of people to come here. It seems the south has also been breached!”

While Yuwen Tao’s face was gloomy, he turned around and found that the sound of fighting on the mound had spread to the outskirts of Yang Lu’s base, and his mood became even heavier.

“The Longyou Army is too strong. If we don’t go back and inform you in time, the camp will suffer a great loss if we confront them rashly!”

From the appearance of the feint attacking army in the south to the time when the Longyou army broke through Yangyuan Peak and reached the outskirts of Yanglu’s garrison, it took less than two hours in total.

You know, Wu Xiong and Han Jiuli have a full two thousand defenders.

Combined with the terrain of Yangyuan Peak, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Two hours…

Not to mention the fact that it happened so quickly, the key point is that the casualties of the Longyou Army were not that great!

According to Yuwen Tao’s own observation, on the northern side, at most only twenty people died. Most of them were too careless in charging, and were surrounded by the defenders here, and finally killed by the human wave tactics.

Li Xuantian had already deployed thousands of Digging Realm soldiers on the south side for a feint attack. The pressure on the 400 Longyou troops who had just passed by was even less than that on this side, and the casualties were estimated to be negligible.

Only I know how much pressure these nearly 500 Longyou troops have put on the Beehive after occupying Yanglu. I must send the message back at all costs!

Yuwen Tao’s gaze gradually became firm. Although it had only been one year since the country was incorporated into Daxia, in this year, he had gained and been promoted more than in the previous ten years. Therefore, he had long had an extremely strong sense of belonging to Daxia.

This sense of belonging made him naturally put the interests of Daxia first no matter what he did, even above his own life and death.

So when he was surrounded by hundreds of Longyou troops and Song Kang at this moment, his first reaction was not to consider his own life and death, but the subsequent response of Daxia.

“what…………”

Not far away, Wu Ying’s scream was heard.

Yuwen Tao moved upon hearing the sound, without any hesitation, and fled madly to the east.

If Wu Ying died, Li Xuantian would be free, and with Song Kang and the 100 Longyou troops, he would really have no chance of escape.

We must seize this last opportunity!
“Fire the arrow quickly!”

Song Kang obviously did not expect Yuwen Tao to be so decisive, but he reacted quickly. While chasing him, he shouted to the Longyou army to shoot arrows to block him.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh……

The Longyou Army had extremely high combat proficiency. Upon hearing the sound, they immediately fired a rain of arrows, blocking Yuwen Tao’s escape route to the east. Yuwen Tao was forced to flee to the top of the mound, which was the outskirts of Yanglu’s base just south.

Song Kang grabbed the sword and followed closely behind him, but before he could catch up for a few breaths, Li Xuantian behind him came up with a human head in his hand and passed by him directly.

“Zhaoyang Forestry, it’s your turn, die!”

Li Xuantian held Wu Ying’s head in his left hand and a spear in his right hand. He caught up with Yuwen Tao in front of him with a few big strides. With a roar, the spear swept out a snow mist of more than ten meters and suddenly stabbed at Yuwen Tao’s back.

call out…………

The tip of the spear was moving so fast that sparks flew when it rubbed against the air, evaporating the surrounding snow mist. It seemed as if it had condensed into a speeding dagger, which quickly pierced through Yuwen Tao’s back.

call out…………

Yuwen Tao’s body, which was already in a state of rapid speed, flew forward for dozens of meters and directly hit the wall of the building outside Yanglu’s base, knocking down two houses in a row before finally stopping.

“Puff…”

Yuwen Tao stood up from the ruins, spitting out a mouthful of blood, his face pale. Looking at the wound on his chest, he immediately took out a pill and stuffed it into his mouth.

After the pill entered his stomach, his pale face instantly recovered a little, and the blood that was gushing out of the wound on his chest also stagnated immediately.

“Luckily I have the Blood Sore Pill, otherwise I would be dead now!”

A look of relief flashed across Yuwen Tao’s face. Realizing that Li Xuantian was still chasing him relentlessly, he immediately stood up and fled towards the inner circle.

“I want to escape and dream!”

Li Xuantian’s angry roar came like a nightmare, and the terrifying snake spear attacked from behind again. Yuwen Tao was really a little desperate this time.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh……

However, at this moment, a wave of arrows flew in from the buildings on both sides, forcing Li Xuantian to stop.

“Brother Lin, come in quickly!”

Wu Xiong’s voice was no less than the sound of nature to Yuwen Tao at this moment.

He looked up and saw Wu Xiong, Han Jiuli and Wu Lin. He quickly stood up and ran to them.

“Five hundred, how could there be five hundred Longyou troops coming? There are only one thousand Longyou troops in Longshan, and half of them are coming here. Aren’t they going to deal with Hou Hu?”

“The 1,000 digging masters on the south side are all Yu Cheng’s men. We can’t defend them with so many of them. We have to send someone to inform Hou Hu to send reinforcements, otherwise we will all die!”

The three men looked flustered and frightened, no longer having the high spirits they had when they defeated Yang Lu and drove away Li Xuantian. They kept trembling as they tried to notify Hou Hu and ask him to send reinforcements as soon as possible.

This is being beaten silly!

It seems that the camps in Longyou don’t know much about the strength of Longshan. They all know that the Longyou army is powerful, but to be so powerful is obviously beyond their expectations.

“Where is Wu Yingren? Brother Lin?”

Wu Xiong remembered something and asked Yuwen Tao.

Just as Yuwen Tao was about to answer, a human head flew over from the north.

“The person is here, go ahead!”

Li Xuantian sneered, and more than 400 Longyou soldiers, plus about 700 Yucheng’s digging realm, had regrouped behind him.

Yue Qian, Song Kang, and Cheng Guang, three members of the Cold-Resistant Class, stood behind him.

Yuwen Tao covered his chest with his hands and looked around at the remaining people on his side. He roughly counted that there were less than nine hundred people. His face instantly became gloomy.

He personally participated in the battle in the north just now.

Not to mention the strength of the 500 Longyou troops, the thousand people led by Wu Ying were defeated almost at the first encounter. However, precisely because they fled so quickly, the death toll was not too high, only more than 300, less than half.

But now there are only more than 800 people left here.

In other words, in the previous battle on the south side, more than a thousand people died, but only more than two hundred were left.

“Li Xuantian was right. He wanted to take care of both sides, but ended up not being able to take care of either. Even if there were reinforcements, they wouldn’t arrive in a short time. It’s only been six days since these two families took over Yangyuan Peak, and the ownership has changed so quickly!”

Yuwen Tao had a gloomy face and his eyes kept moving around the flanks, trying to find an opportunity to escape, but after searching for a long time, he still found nothing.

Li Xuantian brought three cold-resistant soldiers, each with more than a hundred Longyou soldiers, and blocked them from all four directions: front, back, left, and right. It was obvious that he did not intend to give them a chance to escape.

“Don’t you have guts? Don’t you like to follow Hou Hu to challenge Longshan? If you dare to kill He Tu, I will expel both of your families today. Come on!”

Wu Ying alone was obviously not enough to dispel the anger in Li Xuantian’s heart.

He sneered angrily, raised the snake spear in his hand, and pointed at Wu Xiong and others outside the building. The first wave of arrows from the Longyou Army attacked, and Yu Cheng’s digging realm followed closely, and began to advance step by step and shrink inward.

“Kill, leave no one behind!”

(End of this chapter)