Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Encounter
Five days later, everything was ready.
Gu Xuan had finally learned how to ride a horse, although he had been bumped in when he was a beginner, Black Hitomi and Hill were also familiar with their respective imperial tools.
In addition, the news of a big event also reached the imperial capital: Najeshitan rebelled!
The spies sent back by Estes brought the news that Najehitan had her arm cut off and an eye gone, but she managed to escape and join the revolutionary army.
If nothing else, Najehitan, who defected to the revolutionary army, should start to establish a "night attack".
Of course, this has nothing to do with Gu Xuan, he now took Black Pupil and Hill and set off to a military base near the imperial capital. There 2000 soldiers were mobilized with the Tiger Talisman, as well as an officer with a mass face.
Marching to fight is not child's play, and it is impossible to let an inexperienced person lead the army.
Therefore, Bud asked Gu Xuan to go to White Horse Mountain, on the one hand, to avoid Earnest, and on the other hand, to exercise Gu Xuan's commanding power with the assistance of this public-faced officer.
It is said that he is an officer with rich experience in leading troops, which is enough for Gu Xuan to learn a lot of knowledge. However, Gu Xuan always wondered if it was because of his public face that he had not been able to transform from an officer to a general.
Along the way, Gu Xuan and this public-faced officer had a very happy conversation. It seems that he also knows the ease of this mission, coupled with Gu Xuan's identity, he accepted the request to teach Gu Xuan a lot of precautions for marching and fighting along the way.
White Horse Mountain, located in the southern part of the empire.
In addition to the fact that the northern alien nations have been at war with the empire, the northern borders of the empire are full of wars, and the western alien nations are also ready to move and have a great tendency to cooperate with the revolutionary army.
At present, only the southern alien races are stable, and they are not blatantly shouting at the empire, or they are afraid of the frontier soldiers in the south of the empire.
As a result, the southern part of the empire was considered a zone of less war.
After another three days of marching, Gu Xuan led 2,000 soldiers to the foot of White Horse Mountain, a town called: White Horse Town. Or maybe it's already in the ruins of Hakuba!!
The bleak wind of late autumn made everyone feel a biting coolness, but the main thing about this coolness was everything that was shocking in front of them.
Everywhere there are collapsed buildings, not to mention the scorching smell of the wind that carries through the snorts, and these collapsed buildings have also been swept by the flames. The surrounding fields were a bare wasteland, littered with corpses, dead wreckage, and silence that could not breathe.
The atmosphere suddenly became tense, and the temperature seemed to drop below freezing.
"Alert!" Gu Xuan roared angrily, and the whole army was ready for battle. He was horrified by the apparently looted town, and it seemed that the task of defeating the bandits was not as easy as it seemed.
Burst! Burst!
At this moment, from a dark corner came out of a cold and deadly arrow, and the arrows rained down!
"Enemy attack, defense!" Gu Xuan drew his twin knives and flew desperately to resist the dense arrows, while Black Pupil and Hill were also desperately defending with their respective imperial tools. This sudden attack made the soldiers led by Gu Xuan panic, and they were immediately shot over by more than fifty people.
Can't go on like this, it's too passive! Gu Xuan glanced at the fallen soldier with his peripheral vision, and when he was preparing for a round of arrow rain, he decided to raid!
Thousands of miles flying!
Gu Xuan also judged that the number of enemies was definitely not as large as theirs, but because it was a mountain attack to defeat the bandits. Therefore, in addition to the logistical soldiers, one thousand two hundred were infantry, and three hundred were archers.
In terms of long-range attack, Gu Xuan's archers have the upper hand, plus the enemy is sneak attack to take the lead, relying on archers to attack is not a desirable method. But if the enemy is allowed to attack, these soldiers will definitely suffer heavy damage.
This was not a situation he wanted to see, so Gu Xuan decided that with his strong personal ability, he wanted to attract the enemy's target.
"Attack!" Gu Xuan gave orders as he flew into the sky.
Sure enough, the next round of arrow rain did not shoot in the general direction of the army, but aimed at Gu Xuan in the sky.
"Ice Flower Heavenly Burial!"
Gu Xuan didn't have a trace of panic, he frantically used this skill to extract the water vapor in the sky. Let them condense into ice flowers, and finally become a wall of ice in front of you.
These were just wooden arrows, shot weakly at the ice wall, leaving only faint chisel marks. Gu Xuan, on the other hand, pushed the ice wall and swooped down from the sky.
Rumble!
The ice wall slammed into the ruins of a building, destroying it into rubble and scattering it in all directions. Forcing these enemies not to shoot from a distance, but to draw their blades and besiege Gu Xuan.
Gu Xuan's inhuman speed danced wildly in the encirclement of the enemy. With his powerful perception, even Gu Xuan knew about the attack behind him. Coupled with the speed at which these soldiers' blades were swinging, it was completely slowing down in his eyes. Even if he sometimes shoots arrows in a sneak attack, he can easily dodge them with his quick reaction speed.
And his sword rose and fell, and the flames of the knife were like a deadly death, and one charred corpse fell down.
Gu Xuan, whose whole person was bathed in blood, this strange feeling made his blood flow faster, and he felt a sense of bloodthirsty excitement.
As a result, the blade he wielded became sharper and sharper, and his figure was like a yaksha in the battlefield, as swift as a ghost.
"Demons! This is a demon with inhuman powers! Finally, after besieging Gu Xuan for half a day, the surrounding enemies were horrified to find that instead of Gu Xuan being solved, the people on their side suffered heavy casualties.
The bloody scene of Gu Xuan's shuttling and slaughtering reminded these enemies of the Emperor Gu envoy who had the Emperor Tool. Legend has it that the Imperial Envoys possess inhuman powers, and they all possess inhuman powers, and they are often able to ignore the suppression of numbers on the battlefield, just like this man who can wield the power of the flames in nature.
His expression was indifferent, as if he had died under the knife, and his face shone with a cold-blooded grin, like the most dangerous lone wolf in the wilderness. Finally, all the confidence of these besieging soldiers was sunk into the sea.
Stomp, stomp!
At this time, the infantry led by Gu Xuan also joined the battlefield. Originally, the enemy's side was inferior in numbers, and in addition to their hearts, the defense line had collapsed. Soon the defeated army was like cutting straw and died on the battlefield one after another.
"Sweep the battlefield!" In the end, after the enemy was almost killed or wounded, Gu Xuan declared victory in the battle.
"My lord, we lost 53 men in this battle. A total of 477 people were killed, 18 people were captured, and a total of more than 2,000 gold coins and more than 200 pieces of armor were obtained. ”
A statistical logistics staff reported the results of cleaning the battlefield to Gu Xuan. In general, Gu Xuan was quite satisfied, and there were very few casualties under control. But Rao is so, the dead companions and the wailing wounded soldiers inevitably fill the whole army with an indescribable silence.
Suddenly, Gu Xuan saw a familiar appearance among the corpses. It was the public-faced officer who was also the person Gu Xuan cooperated with in this mission. He had an arrow stuck in his head, and his eyes were wide open, but it couldn't change the appearance that he couldn't die again.
Gu Xuan gasped suddenly, what kind of joke. After the death of this mass-faced officer, the entire army can only be led by him, a man who has never led a soldier. Although leading an army makes you feel a sense of enthusiasm, commanding an army is not something that can be solved with blood!
This simply turned what was originally a copy of the novice man-machine difficulty into a hell-level difficulty in an instant.
Now, the time has come to test Gu Xuan's commanding power!!