The great camp of the Bing Prefecture border fortress.
As the sky at the horizon just showed a hint of white, the desolate and silent border fortress was filled with dust and the thunder of ten thousand horses.
The day after Xie Lu San settled his great army at the Bing Prefecture border, he led his troops south. Ten thousand golden cavalry, with sabers curved like crescent moons on their backs, rode through the vast yellow sands towards the south!
Not long after Xie Lu's army had departed, a great army of ten thousand slowly appeared at the edge of the sky, unhurriedly approaching the border fortress.
As the army moved slowly, it was Gao Shun, Cheng Yaojin, and others who had rushed from the Liang Prefecture fortress. The two had been ordered to seal the Bing Prefecture border and trap the ten thousand golden soldiers deep within the Wu Kingdom in a pre-arranged encirclement.
To annihilate them in one fell swoop!
As the army advanced slowly, a Tang cavalry soldier suddenly galloped his horse and arrived before Gao Shun and Cheng Yaojin.
"Reporting to the generals, the ten thousand golden cavalry set out south at rapid speed an hour ago. The Bing Prefecture fortress is now completely deserted!"
After the Tang cavalry soldier finished his report, he spurred his horse towards the distance!
Before long, outside the Bing Prefecture border, a Tang cavalry soldier galloped his horse and arrived before the great army.
"Reporting to the generals, a force of approximately twenty thousand golden soldiers has been discovered to the northwest. The leader appears to be Wanyan He, the commander of the Liang Prefecture border fortress!"
Upon hearing this, Gao Shun exchanged a look with Cheng Yaojin and said, "It seems the Liang Prefecture border fortress was just a ruse. Their target from the beginning was to enter Bing Prefecture! Since Grandmaster Wanyan He has also led his troops to Bing Prefecture, it seems General Zhou Yuji is no longer in danger!"
The two had left the Liang Prefecture fortress, leaving Zhou Yuji to guard the border alone. At first, they had worried about him, but only now did they breathe a sigh of relief. Grandmaster Wanyan He, a powerful figure from the golden border fortress, had left the Liang Prefecture border fortress.
With Zhou Yuji guarding the Liang Prefecture border, there was no longer any danger!
"General Cheng, since the Bing Prefecture fortress ahead is out of danger, please lead fifty thousand Tang cavalry south to quell the chaos in Bing Prefecture and seal the ten thousand golden cavalry in the Wu Kingdom's capital!"
Gao Shun said in a deep voice. The cavalry would advance rapidly and catch up with the golden soldiers, successfully implementing the encirclement, while he himself would guard the Bing Prefecture passes to prevent any counterattacks from the golden army!
This was the strategy they had discussed on their way to Bing Prefecture. To better implement Yang Hao's plan, splitting their forces and fighting separately would yield greater benefits.
Upon hearing Gao Shun's words, Cheng Yaojin replied heartily, "Since that is the case, then this old Cheng will take his leave. General Gao, I entrust the border to you!"
After the two bowed respectfully to each other, Cheng Yaojin turned his horse, and all fifty thousand Tang cavalry also turned in unison, rapidly pursuing the ten thousand golden cavalry.
Gazing at Cheng Yaojin's army disappearing into the distance, Gao Shun slowly turned his head and said to a soldier of the Vanguard Camp, "Go and continue to scout Wanyan He's troops."
To avoid alerting them, they had to wait for these twenty thousand golden soldiers to enter the country's borders. Killing them all in the Bing Prefecture fortress would be the best course of action.
The Vanguard Camp scout received the order and rapidly galloped out of the territory.
Gao Shun, leading eight hundred soldiers of the Vanguard Camp, slowly entered the Bing Prefecture fortress.
The desolate yellow sand whirled in the wind. A force of ten thousand men advanced slowly, heading towards the Bing Prefecture fortress of the Wu Kingdom not far away.
As the army marched, Wanyan He made no attempt to hide his intentions. He looked at this land with disdain. "This land, forget about the King not wanting it, even if he wanted to attack, I wouldn't volunteer!"
The Wu Kingdom's poverty was well-known in the Jin Kingdom!
"I wonder why the King suddenly ordered a direct march on the Wu Kingdom's capital?"
Wanyan He rode his tall warhorse, his proud head raised, surveying the yellow sands.
The Jin Kingdom's strength far surpassed that of the Wu Kingdom. It would not take much effort to destroy the Wu Kingdom. For the past thousand years, the Jin Kingdom had not actively attacked the Wu Kingdom.
This was because they disdained this barren land. In their eyes, conquering the Wu Kingdom would only be a burden, slowing down their national progress.
Therefore, for a thousand years, they had only accepted tribute from the Wu Kingdom and had never proactively sent troops to attack it. However, the Wu Kingdom did not learn its lesson and thought it could challenge the Jin Kingdom with its newfound strength.
The Jin Kingdom would then send a general to lightly subdue the Wu Kingdom. This had been the pattern for a thousand years!
If it weren't for the Xuanyuan Order, the King of the Jin Kingdom would probably not have sent troops to the Wu Kingdom.
At this moment, Gao Shun, leading eight hundred Vanguard Camp soldiers, stood atop the tall, broken fortress, gazing at the ten thousand troops on the yellow sands.
The army advanced slowly. The short marching route was prolonged by the golden soldiers as if it took ten thousand years.
After a long while, the golden soldiers had advanced thirty li into the Wu Kingdom and entered the Vanguard Camp's range. Gao Shun kept his eyes fixed on the golden army. After some time, the golden soldiers slowly advanced to within ten li of the fortress. According to the Su Dan Novel Network.
Without a word, Gao Shun saw the golden soldiers approaching the city. Being far from the Jin Kingdom's mainland, this was an excellent place to annihilate twenty thousand golden soldiers. There were no people here, so killing the golden soldiers would be silent. Thinking this, Gao Shun waved his hand directly.
"Release the arrows!"
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
In an instant, a dense rain of arrows broke through the air, countless arrows slicing through the sky with a humming sound.
The arrows flew, penetrating the ten thousand golden soldiers. The Vanguard Camp soldiers at the eighth level of Yuan Nascent, with all their might, struck, causing countless golden soldiers to tremble!
Wanyan He, at the center of the army, was suddenly jolted awake by the whistling arrow rain. Seeing the Yuan force mixed within the arrows, Wanyan He immediately recognized the strength of the attackers.
Eighth level of Yuan Nascent!
This was ordinary among the Jin Kingdom's troops, nothing unusual. What shocked him was that all these countless arrows came from soldiers with the cultivation of the eighth level of Yuan Nascent.
An army composed of eighth-level Yuan Nascent cultivators, what immense power must support it! In the Jin Kingdom's capital, he had seen many of the King's kin troops, all composed of soldiers at the peak of Yuan Nascent cultivation!
This!
When did the Wu Kingdom have such a lavish expenditure?
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
These arrows rained down, densely covering the sky and shooting at the golden soldiers. Although the arrow rain could not enter within three feet of Wanyan He, a Grandmaster, his two thousand men were not so lucky.
"Not good! Enemy attack, hurry and defend, defend!" The deputy general beside him, fending off the incoming arrows, roared and stabilized the panicked army.
Whoosh, whoosh!
The furious arrow rain continuously shot downwards. Golden soldiers, from the Houtian realm to the Bone Forging realm, were all pierced by the arrows and died!
After just a few volleys, a large number of Jin soldiers fell on the spot. However, soon, under the deputy general's loud shouts and timely organization of defense and resistance, casualties began to decrease.
Soon, they freed up their hands and launched an attack on the fortress!