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Liu Che and Liu Xiu, with the armies of Wei Qing and Huo Qubing, began their invasion of the hyena plane among the beast races.
Accompanying them were 300,000 troops mobilized by Jiang Zheng from the Sixth Army Group, and a secretly formed new weapon corps.
Adult hyenas stood approximately 2.5 meters tall and weighed over 150 kilograms, with heads resembling those of aardwolves.
They often acted in loose tribal formations or large clans, engaging in collective actions.
Adult hyenas possessed strength above the Silver intermediate tier, and their physical capabilities surpassed those of human martial artists of the same level.
Hyenas typically used blunt weapons and were not inclined towards production and manufacturing, wearing simple leather or iron armor.
Most hyena tribes raised gnolls and bear gnolls as slaves to conduct their production and manufacturing. Sultan Novel Network.
The entire hyena race had two kings: Erisnu, who mastered hyena witchcraft, and Yenogu, the strongest hyena warrior.
Jiang Zheng, while reviewing the hyena data, addressed Liu Che and the others, saying, "My esteemed ancestors, the hyenas are one of the best targets for testing our cannons. Since our primary objective is to experiment with the cannons, let us array ourselves and decide the victor with the hyenas."
Liu Che nodded and said, "Let's do as young Jiang suggests. After entering the hyena plane, we will seal the entire plane's space. Then, Qu Bing will lead the骠骑军 (Piaoji Army) to slaughter a few large hyena tribes, forcing the hyenas into a decisive battle."
"Understood."
Observing the constructed spatial portal, Liu Che waved his hand, and Wei Qing and Huo Qubing charged in first.
Liu Che and Liu Xiu followed closely. After the several kings entered, Jiang Zheng led the 300,000 troops, formed their ranks, and quickly entered the portal in an organized manner.
The hyena plane was similar to humanity's mother star, but it was more desolate. Although it had high mountains and dense forests, the overall terrain was predominantly plains.
Upon entering the portal, Wei Qing and Huo Qubing immediately activated their King's Domain, releasing 100,000 Feathered Forest Guards and 8,000骠骑军.
As soon as Jiang Zheng led his army in, they found a vast plain and instructed the engineers to form defensive positions on the spot.
Tens of thousands of engineers opened their spatial equipment, retrieved pre-prepared steel building materials, and began rapid assembly.
Huo Qubing directly led the 8,000骠骑军 to scout the surroundings and investigate enemy positions.
In just over half a day, before the hyenas could react, a combat fortress with outer walls a hundred meters high was erected, capable of accommodating 500,000 combatants.
Jiang Zheng installed the 10,000 light twin-barreled cannons and 3,000 heavy cannons he brought onto the pre-reserved emplacements and city walls.
Looking at the fully prepared combat fortress, Jiang Zheng said to Liu Che, "Ancestor, you can instruct Ancestor Qu Bing to begin luring the enemy."
Liu Che crushed a jade talisman to notify Huo Qubing, and simultaneously said to Liu Xiu, "Seal the void. Let us exterminate the entire hyena race."
Upon receiving the message, Huo Qubing immediately launched an attack on a large hyena tribe of about 100,000 individuals.
Twenty minutes later, after slaughtering more than half of the tribe, Huo Qubing led the骠骑军 to herd the remaining hyenas towards other tribes to deliver their message.
At the same time, within the combat fortress, Liu Che unleashed the pressure of his high-tier King, which, according to the rules of the myriad races, was equivalent to issuing a declaration of war upon entering another's plane.
Huo Qubing, having completed his task, led the骠骑军 back to the steel fortress. The 8,000骠骑军, with an average strength of Diamond tier, found dealing with a hyena tribe to be child's play, suffering no casualties.
The hyena kings Erisnu and Yenogu immediately converged upon sensing Liu Che's pressure.
Feeling that the void had already been sealed, Erisnu spoke, "The void has been sealed. We cannot seek aid from the other beast races, so we must rely on ourselves."
Yenogu nodded and said, "Since the human race has issued a challenge, it means there is no Human King or Emperor who surpasses the King level. If a Human Sovereign were to appear, it would violate the Myriad Races Pact and trigger a premature war, the consequences of which even the human race could not bear. Gather all our kin and fight the invading humans to the death."
The two hyena kings also issued a full tribal mobilization order, and countless hyena messengers ran across the land of the plane.
Within a few short hours, they encountered members of the tribe destroyed by Huo Qubing, and after learning the location of the humans, nearly 100,000 scouts swarmed towards the human combat fortress for reconnaissance.
Jiang Zheng, Liu Che, Liu Xiu, Wei Qing, and Huo Qubing stood on the city wall, observing the hyena scouts from afar. Jiang Zheng remarked, "Are these hyenas out of their minds? What kind of scouts conduct their reconnaissance stealthily? Ten thousand of them are approaching openly. Is this reconnaissance?"
Jiang Zheng instructed a nearby general, "Issue an order to the sniper crossbow units to engage in long-range sniping and individually hunt the hyena... uh, the hyena scouts."
Ten thousand sniper archers, armed with repeating crossbows over a meter long, targeted the hyenas outside the city for individual elimination.
In a short while, the area visible outside the city was strewn with dense hyena corpses.
Watching the retreating hyenas, Liu Xiu curled his lips and said, "Damn, are these guys not even worth as much as the crossbow bolts?" He then said to Wei Qing, "Have your Feathered Forest Guards go out and clear the battlefield."
Wei Qing looked at Liu Xiu with astonishment and said, "Xiu, have you been drinking fake wine? We are defending the city, and you want me to take out 100,000 men just to sweep the battlefield?"
Liu Xiu honestly nodded and said, "Yes, crossbow bolts are very expensive."
Wei Qing roared irritably, "Get lost and go as far away as you can! What, are my 100,000 Feathered Forest Guards not as valuable as those tens of thousands of crossbow bolts? I truly doubt if your brain hasn't been swapped with a hyena's."
Jiang Zheng sighed and muttered, "This battle feels like a game."
On the other side, Yenogu, looking at the hyena scouts who had lost half their numbers, asked the scout general, "After losing so many of our sons, what useful information have they brought back?"
The scout general knelt and replied, "My King, we have found the location of the humans. They have already built a steel fortress there. Judging by the fortress's size, at most 500,000 human warriors have arrived. Furthermore, upon discovering us, the humans did not proactively attack but used a type of long-range crossbow to shoot our sons. This crossbow has a very long range and is very powerful; even our Gold-tier sons would die from a single shot to a vital area."