Chapter 228: The Yue Army
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
The silver moon was shining in the sky.
It was a rarely-seen cloudless night after so many days.
However, when it was past midnight, a cloud coincidentally eclipsed the moon on the Yuan people’s side.
“Take action!”
In Xiangyang City, an order was given instantly.
Thud, thud, thud, thud!
Several special flares were launched from the cannons on the city wall, illuminating the sky.
Then, the city gates were opened at the same time, and teams of cavalrymen rode from the drawbridges towards the Yuan troops who had built camps around Xiangyang City!
“The Song army is attacking!”
“Get up and be ready or battle!”
However, none of the Yuan troops who suffered a night attack was really panicking.
That was because, even though many troops had just arrived at Xiangyang City and hadn’t built up defenses for their camps yet, they had overwhelming advantages in number, so they weren’t too worried about the Song army’s decision to seek a field battle at night.
“The Song people are abandoning their advantages!”
The Yuan troops were actually rather delighted.
After all, Xiangyang City had a high city wall and was protected by a moat.
The defenders also had a maritime force to transport resources for them, so they wouldn’t starve. The attackers had to attack the city!
However, a lot of people would die in the attacks, and it was truly unwise of the Song people to seek a battle outside of the city.
“Slings and ballistae, fire at them!”
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
After the Xiangyang City cavalrymen entered their range of attack…
Arrows more than two meters long and stones that were bigger than human heads were launched from the camps.
“Mountain!”
Lu Zhishen, who was leading the charge of the troop in the south, raised his Mandrill Fists that had been strengthened to Extraordinary Rank-7 with his arms that were thicker than thighs, causing a yellow glow that was in the shape of a scary ghost.
However, this time, the ghost was holding an illusionary hill that was about one meter in diameter and ten feet tall.
Crack, crack…
When the Yuan people’s heavy arrows. .h.i.t the yellow hill, it was instantly covered in a yellow sheen of light.
Then, it was stiffened and collapsed to the ground!
“Roar!”
The yellow image of the Mandrill, who looked like an intimidating ghost, roared and hurled forth the illusionary hill in his arms.
To the Yuan troops’ consternation, the arrow flew more than three hundred meters and smashed a shooting ballista into pieces. It also killed a soldier.
[Mountainous Mark]
[Rarity: Special]
[Rarity: Superior]
[Description: This is made by a Transcendent expert of the Mountain Clan with the core of a mountain three hundred meters high. It can only be activated with powers related to earth and stones. The greater the mountain it projects is, the heavier it will be. Everything under the cover of the mountain’s force will be suppressed!]
“Roar!”
Wu Song, on the other hand, cut a stone that had been thrown close and was as powerful as a cannonball into halves.
After that, the b.l.o.o.d.y Tiger Tally hanging on his waist opened its eyes and let out a tiger roar. The circles of b.l.o.o.d.y soundwaves surged towards the Yuan camps, making the soldiers who were controlling the slings pale.
Boom!
Then, Ling Zhen, who was holding a rocket launcher that had been given a greater shooting range through modification, fired four rockets in one launch!
“Souls, come back…”
However, there were battle partic.i.p.ants on Yuan’s side too.
Some of the heroes involved in the battle woke up the remaining souls of the Yuan soldiers who had already died on this battlefield with their special skills as well as the arrays that had been set up on the ground before the camps.
“Wu… Wu… Wu…”
Then, all the ghosts cried and charged at the troops that were coming from Xiangyang City!
“Are they warrior souls?”
Yang Zhi activated the Black Mountain Armor and created the image of the ferocious warrior behind his back.
However, next to the black soul warrior, there was also a spear, which was spoils of war from Yuan, that had a ragged dark red flag fluttering on its tip!
[Army Soul Flag]
[Level: Special]
[Rarity: Common]
[Description: This used to be a regular flag until it gained Transcendent power by absorbing some of the souls of the soldiers who had died miserably. Its power can only be triggered in military camps and on the battlefield.]
This was a Transcendent item that could be activated without any special methods because it was nourished with the souls of the regular soldiers.
“Attack!”
Faced with the crying ghosts of Yuan, the soul general opened its eyes and unleashed abundant soul power that was transmitted into the ragged flag.
After that, a bunch of souls that almost became substantial crushed the ghost soldiers of Yuan in the blink of an eye!
Whoosh!
On the other hand, Yang Zhi stretched his bow and shot out a black heavy arrow.
It darted into the Yuan camps from more than a kilometer away. After penetrating two soldiers, it hit the chest of the Yuan battle partic.i.p.ant who was performing the ritual to wake up the dead.
There were also Lu Junyi, who had activated the extraordinary power in the Qilin saddle and seemed to be riding a purple Qilin, leaving a trail of lightning behind him; and Ruan Xiaoer, who was commanding the pirate ship that had become his flagship to fire at the Yuan troops…
The general-type heroes of the Twin Dragon Mount fort all attacked the Yuan people that surrounded Xiangyang City at night.
However, if one were to observe more carefully, one would notice that Wu Song and the others all focused some of their attention on the main camp of Yuan.
It was because that direction was the Yuan emperor’s “royal palace”.
All the troops that were sent out of the city on this night were to distract the enemy, and their real target was the Yuan emperor.
Although the Yuan emperor would be known as a “tyrant” in history books, it was undeniable that he had quite a lot of military feats, including conquering a hundred cities in a year. He definitely had battle-scarred troops.
Also, it was worth mentioning that his “royal palace” used to be the East King’s camp.
Therefore, the place was not imperfectly defended because the emperor had just arrived!
How many troops did Xiangyang City send to deal with him?
As a matter of fact, only a thousand riders were charging towards the royal palace of Yuan!
According to Ji Ye’s observation with the Mirage Cloud Mirror during the day, there were at least ten thousand soldiers in the “royal palace”.
A thousand versus ten thousand?
After pa.s.sing the moat area, which was relatively narrow, the thousand men quickly changed their battle formation during their rush and showed astonishing teamwork and military expertise.
What was most surprising of all was that, when the formation was established, one of the pages on the book made of unknown materials in the hands of the general in the lead flashed.
In the next moment, an invisible force flew out of every charging soldier and gathered into a bright golden flying eagle above the heads of the thousand soldiers.
After that, the troop that was marching towards the royal palace of Yuan became incredibly fast.
It was the Eagle Formation, a special array of the Yue Army that was a Perfect Special unity. It required at least a thousand soldiers.
That’s right. The Yue army!
The thousand men were the “special unit” that Huang Rong and Guo Jing trained according to the Book of Wumu.
Yue Fei’s courtesy name was Pengju1.
In many fictions, he was described as the reincarnation of the “Gold-Winged Eagle”, which had the highest speed in the world!
On the Land of Inheritance, the troop that Yue Fei, who was likely Legendary, commanded couldn’t be regular!
A real Gold-Winged Eagle Formation required at least ten thousand people. It could increase the army’s movement speed by more than ten times. This Eagle Formation of a thousand men could accelerate them by three times!
That was exactly why the battle formation was formidable.