Chapter 693: Chapter 287: Cloud Dragon Army’s First Battle, Zhou Yuan’s Bloody Struggle, Decisive Victory and Unexpected Windfall (Part 3)
The problem is, they still can’t make any counterattacks.
Moreover, due to the excessive concentration of numbers, while Zhou Yuan and Xia Chuan were fighting, the six Horizontal Blade Camps had already completed the encirclement of this area with the cooperation of four hundred soldiers at the front.
"Damn it, we can’t fight back at all!"
"They’re tightening the encirclement."
"We can only wait for them to run out of arrows. We can’t even raise our heads."
"Hide well, there’s a chance at close combat."
"We haven’t even engaged and we’ve already lost a fifth, what chance is there?"
......
The Long Mountain soldiers were extremely aggrieved at this moment. The vast majority of them hadn’t even seen what the enemy looked like before being suppressed behind the carts, not daring to show their heads.
Many had poised their strong bows ready to retaliate, but as soon as they stood up, several iron arrows would immediately fly their way, leaving them no chance to aim.
At most, only those with exceptional archery skills could quickly blind-shoot a few arrows.
Since it was blind shooting, accuracy was naturally out of the question.
Inflicting injury on the enemy was even more impossible.
Seven to eight hundred people were thus huddled in a circle formed by three carts.
They all knew they could only wait for the enemy to empty their arrow quivers, planning close combat before there would be a chance to retaliate.
The problem was, how many of them would still be left by then?
"Song Ning, take your men and break out from the west side!"
Xia Chuan and the others ultimately couldn’t catch up with Zhou Yuan. He retreated to the middle of the Long Mountain army and immediately issued the order.
Song Ning knew the situation was urgent, so he said nothing and joined Li Yuankai in leading a small team to open the gap on the west side.
As soon as the gap was opened, the sound of iron arrows whistling through the air just happened to stop.
Song Ning, Li Yuankai, and some Long Mountain soldiers immediately realized why Zhou Yuan had them open the west side gap and break out.
The rain of arrows stopped.
The iron arrows of the Great Xia soldiers had all been shot.
There was a chance now!
"Scout Camp, Mo Blade Camp, charge with me!"
Just as hope lit up on the faces of Song Ning and the Long Mountain soldiers, a chilling voice sounded from the very front of the west side.
Whoosh......
A seven- or eight-meter-long iron rod suddenly descended from the sky, aiming directly at Song Ning, who had just rushed out of the west side gap.
The fierce wind whistling past his ear made Song Ning immediately realize that the power of this iron rod exceeded his imagination, so he quickly retreated to avoid it.
Thud......
After the iron rod landed, it directly shook the snow-covered ground within a radius of three to four meters and pierced over two meters deep into the ground, standing upright.
Atop the iron rod waved a black banner, two meters wide and four meters long, with a big golden "Xia" character on the front and embroidered golden Cloud Jiao on the back. The banner flapped wildly in the battlefield wind, and the Cloud Jiao seemed to soar through clouds and mist with majestic momentum.
Beside the banner stood a young man in black armor with a broad sword in hand, his expression indifferent.
What does it mean to plant a banner here?
The Long Mountain soldiers were a bit dazed, but quickly understood.
"Kill!"
Liu Yuan led four hundred soldiers from the Scout Camp and Mo Blade Camp over.
They charged from the west gap. Though initially somewhat scattered, they now all fiercely and precisely aimed for the gap here.
"This banner marks the attack direction for the army!"
Zhou Yuan immediately saw the purpose of the banner, but he had no time to be amazed, angrily shouting to those behind him, "What are you all dazing for, preparing to die? Take up your weapons and break out to the west!"
The distance was too close to even draw their bows.
As Zhou Yuan gave the command, Liu Yuan’s 100 elite reconnaissance soldiers had already surpassed the banner, clashing with the foremost Long Mountain soldiers.
Liu Yuan, at a Cold Resistance Level, smashed into a crowd of Earth-digging Realm Limit soldiers like a god of death, decapitating five or six people in just a dozen breaths, leading a hundred elites to slash and charge several dozen meters inward.
Meanwhile, three hundred Mo Blade Camp soldiers also began to engage with the Long Mountain army.
Wielding giant Mo Blades nearly three meters long, they charged forward with unstoppable momentum, no flashy movements, just relentless advancement.
The Long Mountain army only had sabers a little over a meter long, utterly useless here, unable to even approach the Mo Blade Camp soldiers, getting directly pierced and reduced to anguished cries.
The rout happened in an instant!
While the front row of Long Mountain soldiers retreated, the middle and back rows began to waver, clutching weapons but having no idea what to do.
The space encircled by three carts was only so big, with the Mo Blade Camp’s three hundred soldiers blocking the gap, and the people inside unable to execute any maneuvers.
Zhou Yuan knew it would be over if he didn’t make a desperate effort, so he directly charged towards the foremost Mo Blade Camp, trying to disrupt their attack rhythm.
It had to be said, there was some effect.
The progress of the Mo Blade Camp indeed paused momentarily due to his presence.
But it was only a moment.
Xia Chuan controlled the Sword Puppet, directly blocking the front of the Mo Blade Camp, entangling Zhou Yuan, and the subsequent joining of Chen Peng and another only worsened his situation.
"Push aside the carts, break out from another direction!"
It wasn’t until he heard Song Ning’s words.
Zhou Yuan’s expression changed dramatically. Blocking Chen Yingyuan’s spear with his saber, he found a gap to turn back and angrily shouted, "Don’t push aside the carts, fight inside them."
His warning was too late!
Song Ning presumably thought that since the Great Xia’s iron arrows were spent, there was naturally no need to continue breaking out to the west, so pushing aside the other two carts and dispersing to break out would be the chance.