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When he saw the thousand armored cavalry charging towards him, his surprise was fleeting. He immediately ordered a change of course and head-on to meet the enemy's charge head-on.
Given the current speed of both sides, Zhou Jian knew that before his spear tip could even touch Wei Tingyu and Prince Li, the Xuanjia Army that had suddenly appeared would intercept him!
At that time, I was using my flank to meet the enemy's frontal attack, and the losses were devastating!
The only way right now is to adjust the direction of the attack and confront the opponent head-on. At least in this round, no one will benefit!
The thousand pursuers led by Zhou Jian were also well-trained, and they immediately followed their commander and changed course!
Only then did Ren Ruyi realize why Wei Tingyu had brought her and Yang Ying here so calmly, as if they were watching a good show.
It turns out that he never intended to take action himself today; he had planned everything perfectly in advance!
He even perfectly predicted the distance between the two sides' impacts!
Ren Ruyi was shocked to realize that if her lord truly had ambitions for the world, he would probably be able to roam freely and become invincible in the future!
Of course, Yang Ying's eyes were now filled with adoring infatuation as she looked at Wei Tingyu!
After all, young girls admire heroes! Now that Wei Tingyu has commanded thousands of troops to save her with a wave of his hand, how could Princess Yang Ying not be even more captivated by him?!
Just as the vanguards of the two cavalry forces were about to make contact, four Golden Shadow Guards from Wei Tingyu's Xuanjia Army suddenly leaped off their warhorses, their swords gleaming with sword energy, drawing four near-perfect arcs of light that struck the enemy forces in front of them!
Immediately afterward, wherever these four arcs of light reached, Zhou Jian's cavalrymen were decapitated, their blood mist flying everywhere!
Their armor offered almost no protection against the sword energy generated by internal force; in fact, even the heads of their warhorses were severed by this sword energy!
With just this one move, Zhou Jian's cavalry suffered twenty or thirty casualties in an instant!
This was precisely the vanguard of their cavalry unit, equivalent to the tip of a spear!
At that moment, the spear tip snapped off instantly, and the cavalry charge halted for a split second!
In that instant, the vanguard of the Xuanjia Army, like a sharp sword, pierced through the gap created by the four Golden Shadow Guards and went straight into the center of the enemy cavalry!
For a moment, the neighing of warhorses and the clanging of weapons filled the air...
Wei Tingyu and his two companions on the hillside saw it most clearly! Amidst the blood mist and severed limbs, the Xuanjia Army, like an incomparably sharp dagger, pierced through the enemy's body, cutting through Zhou Jian's cavalry force!
At this moment, the cavalry from the rear of the Xuanjia Army quickly caught up from both flanks, directly splitting the enemy's cavalry group in two and trapping them in the middle!
The impact caused damage to both sides! However, it was clear that Zhou Jian's men had two to three hundred men thrown from their horses by the impact, while the Xuanjia Army only numbered fifty or sixty!
With their horses possessing far superior strength and their armor being even more durable, the soldiers of the Xuanjia Army could quickly get up and continue fighting even if they were knocked off their horses!
The two groups of cavalry were pressed together, no longer able to charge, and both sides immediately drew their short swords and began to fight each other.
At this point, the Xuanjia Army's advantage became even more apparent! Due to the overwhelming superiority of their weaponry, they quickly gained the upper hand and firmly established their dominance over their opponents.
In addition, the four male Golden Shadows of the Xuanjia Army used their lightness skills to fly up and down in the chaotic army formation, and every time they drew a sword aura, they would take the lives of two or three enemy soldiers!
In less than a quarter of an hour, the outcome was decided!
Zhou Jian was surrounded by more than 900 Xuanjia soldiers with only his last twenty or so guards!
"I surrender! I'm willing to surrender!" Seeing that the situation was hopeless, Zhou Jian threw down his weapon and shouted loudly.
At the same time, his remaining men, seeing their commander surrender, also threw down their weapons and knelt down to beg for surrender.
However, Wei Tingyu did not say anything, but directly raised his arm and made a slashing gesture in the air!
Upon seeing this, Zhou Jian's face turned deathly pale!
He wanted to continue begging for mercy, but before he could utter a word, he felt dizzy and then his vision went completely dark.
A male Golden Shadow Guard sheathed his sword behind Zhou Jian's headless corpse, while his more than twenty surrendered subordinates were instantly killed by the remaining Xuanjia soldiers with long spears!
Upon seeing this scene, Ren Ruyi's expression remained unchanged, and she said nothing.
Instead, Princess Yang Ying, somewhat frightened, clung to Wei Tingyu's arm.
"Don't be afraid!" Wei Tingyu smiled slightly after seeing the two women's reactions. Then, while comforting Yang Ying, he looked at Ren Ruyi and said, "If it's not necessary, I'm unwilling to kill those who surrender!"
"I understand!" Ren Ruyi nodded upon hearing this. A glint seemed to appear in her eyes as she looked at Wei Tingyu, and she added, "The Marquis is only doing this to ensure that nothing goes wrong!"
Wei Tingyu nodded. Fortunately, his little girl was still very sensible and didn't act like a saint or throw a tantrum because of this.
After all, Zhou Jian was a subordinate of the Prince of Danyang, and his loyalty to his master must have been very strong. What use would such a person be to Wei Tingyu?
They don't dare consider him one of their own! He might even cause trouble at a crucial moment...
Besides himself and Ren Ruyi, there was also Yang Ying, a clueless young girl, in the group right now! If he were to be soft-hearted and cause the death of the woman beside him, Wei Tingyu would never forgive him!
As for Zhou Jian's last twenty men, none of them had shown any willingness to surrender beforehand; they were practically suicide squads.
They only agreed to surrender after seeing Zhou Jian surrender! In other words, if Zhou Jian suddenly rebels again, there's a high probability they'll join him in rebelling!
Besides, from the day these people joined Prince Danyang in plotting a rebellion, they should have been mentally prepared to die at any moment.
These people have failed now, and even if they go to the underworld, they will have no reason to say that they were wronged.
After all, if Wei Tingyu didn't have the system to rely on, and without these high-level martial arts skills, the Golden Shadow Guards, and the Xuanjia Army, it would be him and his woman who would die today!
Will Zhou Jian spare his life because he begged for mercy?
It's absolutely impossible without even thinking about it!
So if you do the first day of the month, I'll do the fifteenth! Wei Tingyu wouldn't have any psychological burden about killing someone like Zhou Jian!
As for Yang Ying, needless to say, although she doesn't quite understand why Wei Tingyu wanted to kill these prisoners, in this little girl's mind, whatever he decides must be correct!
She was afraid simply because the bloody scenes made her quite uncomfortable!
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Chapter 186 The Results of Disciplining Ren Ruyi!
Wei Tingyu glanced once more at the hellish battlefield below, then turned and led Yang Ying and Ren Ruyi to a carriage parked behind the hillside. A male Golden Shadow Guard drove the carriage alone towards the exit of Tianxing Gorge.
As for everything here, we can leave it to the remaining three Golden Shadow Guards and the Xuanjia Army to clean up the battlefield...
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"Reporting to the Marquis!" As night fell, Jin Yingwei, who was in charge of leading these Xuanjia soldiers, returned to the camp and came directly to report to Wei Tingyu!
"In today's Battle of Tianxing Gorge, a total of 1,024 enemy soldiers were killed and 211 warhorses were captured!"
"Two portraits and a letter were also found on the enemy leader!"
Upon hearing this, Wei Tingyu took the portrait and opened it. Sure enough, it depicted himself and Yang Ying dressed in princely attire! Moreover, the painting was of exceptional quality, truly lifelike!
As for the letter, it was naturally a secret letter from the King of Danyang to Zhou Jian, instructing them to smuggle the bodies to the border of Anguo after killing the people, and then frame the Anguo army.
In this way, he would have an excuse to break the agreement to welcome Emperor Wu and even anger Anguo!
Then Emperor Wu's life was naturally in danger!
"What a clever scheme!" After reading the letter, Yang Ying's face turned pale with anger. She slammed her little fist on the table next to her, making a loud bang.
"What are our casualties?" Ren Ruyi was clearly more concerned about the combat effectiveness of Wei Tingyu's Xuanjia Army, and quickly asked.
"No one in our army was killed! Seventy-one were lightly wounded, and fourteen were seriously wounded! We lost seven warhorses!"
Upon hearing this battle report, Ren Ruyi was completely dumbfounded! Good heavens! What kind of formidable fighting power is this?!
In a cavalry charge on the battlefield with roughly equal numbers on both sides, not a single soldier was killed; only about eighty were wounded, some slightly and some seriously!
Wei Tingyu was relatively satisfied with the result, after all, he was a level six soldier, while the opponent's strength was at most level four.
Victory is only natural when you are outnumbered!
Of course, Wei Tingyu was quite pleasantly surprised that no soldiers were killed in action.
Because if we calculate based on the actual result of a head-on collision, it is estimated that after eliminating all of the enemy's troops, our side should have suffered at least dozens of casualties and two to three hundred light and serious injuries to be considered normal!
However, because he arranged for four male Golden Shadow Guards to dampen the enemy's morale before the army charged, the Xuanjia Army was able to break through the enemy's formation in one fell swoop. The enemy was divided into two parts and surrounded and killed, so the casualties on his side were greatly reduced!
The brilliant results achieved today are also largely due to Wei Tingyu's own tactical arrangements!
Ren Ruyi understood this perfectly, and when she turned to look at Wei Tingyu, her eyes shone even brighter.
The more I learn about my lord, the more surprises I find!
……
"This is Andu!" Five days later, on a high ground outside the capital of Anguo, a group of five people, one man and four women, looked down. One of them, a cute girl dressed as a man in a magnificent prince's robe, exclaimed.
These five people are Wei Tingyu, Ren Ruyi, Yang Ying, and two female Golden Shadow Guards!
After the ambush by Zhou Jian, Wei Tingyu realized that the hardships he had endured along the way would not be any less.
Furthermore, due to the changes in the storyline, it's possible that the King of Danyang might do something even more irrational, making the entire caravan too large and conspicuous!
Therefore, he ordered the original welcoming envoy team to take 100,000 taels of gold, protected by 1,000 Xuanjia soldiers and four male Golden Shadow Guards, and hide in a mountain valley at the border of Wu and An!
He then led Ren Ruyi, Yang Ying, and two female Golden Shadow Guards, traveling light and quickly on horseback, arriving in Andu in five days via a back road.
At the same time, because Wei Tingyu had seen the plot, he knew that if he went on the mission in an official capacity, Anguo would give them a lot of challenges along the way.
Because he had a mission to complete, Wei Tingyu couldn't just start a massacre in Anguo's territory! But he couldn't ignore the difficulties Anguo was causing on the road, so the best approach was to take the initiative to avoid them.
“Yes!” Ren Ruyi looked at Yang Ying, who was dressed in princely attire, and said with a smile, “But while we’ve been gone for five days, I’m afraid the people of Da’an and Da’wu must be restless and searching everywhere for us!”
"Let them worry!" Wei Tingyu chuckled. He wondered what shocked expression the Prince of Danyang would have when he discovered the more than a thousand corpses of his elite cavalrymen in Tianxing Gorge. It was a pity he wouldn't have the chance to see it with his own eyes!
As for Anguo's spies, they certainly wouldn't miss any information about Tianxing Gorge!