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Chapter 500: Breaking Out
Chapter 500: Breaking Out
September 25, 2017
Zhang Daosheng was well aware that Lu Hai Kong's group was undoubtedly small in number, but they were exceptionally elite.
It had taken them three hours to annihilate a camp guarded by a historical warrior and a top-tier historical minister. Such an elite force was hard to come by, and Zhang Daosheng knew that, at this moment, the main force of the Yellow Turbans was stationed in Ye City.
Given the circumstances, Zhang Daosheng decided to go against the grain and continuously transport the lowest-ranked troops to the battlefield.
"You think you can fight? You think you can kill? I'll let you have your fill of killing! I want to see if the soldiers and generals under your command are made of iron!"
With Zhang Daosheng's clever strategy, Lu Hai Kong's arduous battle began.
Hordes of Yellow Turban rebels swarmed forward, wave after wave, falling one after the other, determined to kill Lu Hai Kong's group.
As Lu Hai Kong's group emerged from the canyon, they immediately found themselves in a fierce battle.
The so-called fierce battle wasn't due to the enemy being particularly tenacious or powerful, but simply because there were just too many of them.
Zhang Daosheng had mobilized countless Yellow Turban rebels, throwing them at Lu Hai Kong's group without regard for their lives.
Although the Yellow Turban rebels were dying in droves, wave after wave kept coming, and Zhang Daosheng wasn't blindly sacrificing them to feed Lu Hai Kong's group. He still had some tactical maneuvers up his sleeve.
As soon as he noticed Lu Hai Kong attempting to break through in a particular direction, Zhang Daosheng immediately reinforced that area, blocking Lu Hai Kong's group and keeping them within his encirclement.
From the moment Lu Hai Kong's group charged out of the canyon, they fought relentlessly for half an hour, but they couldn't break through the five-mile radius surrounding the canyon.
It couldn't be said that Zhang Daosheng's strategy was particularly powerful, but it was undoubtedly tailored to counter Lu Hai Kong's group.
Lu Hai Kong's elite force specialized in penetrating enemy formations, assassinating local commanders, and disrupting enemy formations to win battles.
However, in this battle, while Zhang Daosheng's side had a commander, the commander wasn't within Lu Hai Kong's line of sight, making it impossible to execute a decapitation strategy. Meanwhile, the Yellow Turban rebels were densely packed, mostly ignoring the cavalry and focusing their attacks on the knights' mounts.
This was the first time Lu Hai Kong had encountered such a battle strategy. Although they initially broke through with their formidable strength, after being entangled for over half an hour, casualties began to appear among Lu Hai Kong's group.
Most of the casualties were among the elite troops, while the Bloodthirsty Knights, though they hadn't activated their Bloodthirsty Rampage skill, showed a growing momentum. However, their warhorses seemed to be reaching their limits!
If this continued, Lu Hai Kong's force would eventually be wiped out.
Speaking of which, Lu Hai Kong had quite a few trump cards up his sleeve, and he shouldn't have been holding onto them for half an hour without using them.
In the current situation, Lu Hai Kong had many newly acquired items in his hands, which could help alleviate or even resolve his predicament, but he kept holding onto his trump cards.
It wasn't that he didn't want to use them; he was waiting for the right moment, a crucial moment!
The area just outside the canyon wasn't spacious, and there were no intersections. The Yellow Turban warriors couldn't provide any assistance and even increased the difficulty of Lu Hai Kong's group's breakout.
Therefore, Lu Hai Kong needed to break out a little further, to the plains a few miles ahead, where it would be most suitable for Lu Hai Kong to unleash his full power.
Zhang Daosheng saw through Lu Hai Kong's calculations and, as Lu Hai Kong's group fought their way towards the plains, Zhang Daosheng unleashed all his tricks to keep them contained.
The sheer force of Lu Hai Kong's charge was overwhelming, and it was impossible to completely halt their advance. However, there was no need to stop them entirely; all they needed was to exhaust their energy by the time they reached the plain.
Daosheng Zhang couldn't believe it. He had mobilized nearly a hundred thousand Yellow Turban rebels, yet he couldn't stop Lu Hai Kong's mere four thousand troops.
The charge continued, and so did the slaughter.
On Lu Hai Kong's side, more and more of the Mercenaries [Excellence] began to fall behind.
From the moment they charged out of the canyon, to the half-hour-long charge, the number of troops had dropped from around four thousand to less than three thousand.
The casualties weren't gradually decreasing; instead, they were plummeting.
In the first twenty minutes or so, there were hardly any casualties, but in the following ten minutes, the number of casualties exceeded five hundred.
Although the Mercenaries [Excellence] were elite, they were neither Bloodthirsty Knights nor Mountain Bandit Vanguards. They didn't have the ability to become stronger with each battle, so as they charged forward, when their energy reached its limit, many of them began to die.
"Are they finally reaching their limit?"
Hidden in the shadows, Daosheng Zhang, upon learning of this situation, became excited and intensified the encirclement.
Lu Hai Kong was still ten minutes away from the plain, and Daosheng Zhang didn't believe it. He didn't think Lu Hai Kong could make it through this stretch, and even if they reached the plain, Daosheng Zhang wasn't unprepared.
The breakout continued, and the Mercenaries [Excellence] kept dying one after another. However, when Lu Hai Kong's troops were six or seven minutes away from the plain, a turning point emerged.
Some Mercenaries died during the breakout, while others broke through and advanced to become Bloodthirsty Knights, although there were only a few at first.
In the final few minutes of the journey, more and more Mercenaries [Excellence] died, and the number of those advancing to become Bloodthirsty Knights also increased.
This was a cruel process of advancement or elimination, as thousands of troops died little by little over a span of ten minutes.
Throughout this process, Lu Hai Kong's face remained cold, and his Savage Axe kept claiming lives without him uttering a single word.
He quietly waited for the last of his Mercenaries [Excellence] to either die or advance.
When the last of Lu Hai Kong's Mercenaries [Excellence] advanced to become a Bloodthirsty Knight, Lu Hai Kong's cavalry suddenly came to a halt, not moving an inch.
Upon seeing this, Daosheng Zhang not only showed no joy but instead felt a hint of worry.
As expected, the next moment, this legion erupted with a completely different aura—bloodthirsty, brutal, and savage beyond recognition.
At this moment, Lu Hai Kong's Bloodthirsty Knights finally began to reveal their true ferocity.
With a wave of Lu Hai Kong's hand, the Bloodthirsty Knights charged with madness, and unlike before, this cavalry regiment grew stronger and more frenzied with each kill and charge.
Their momentum was unstoppable, like a bamboo breaking through barriers, and no one could match them!
This was the feeling the Bloodthirsty Cavalry Regiment gave off after unleashing their bloodthirsty rampage.
They couldn't be stopped, and Daosheng Zhang stared in disbelief as Lu Hai Kong's group of a thousand or so troops directly crushed through his defenses, layer by layer, and charged out.
After reaching the plain, Lu Hai Kong suddenly waved his hand, and thick fog filled the sky.
Daosheng Zhang, who hadn't expected this move, changed his expression, and quickly took action to lock down Lu Hai Kong's group.
But strangely, not long after the fog rose, Lu Hai Kong's cavalry seemed to have vanished into thin air, and no matter how Daosheng Zhang searched, he couldn't find any trace of Lu Hai Kong's group...
(End of Chapter)
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