Chapter 92: Collision of Two Armies

They were of course facing the rear, with their backs to the refugees on the slope. However, a refugee ran past Commander Xiao, suddenly erupted, took out a dagger from his waist, and stabbed fiercely at his neck!

Commander Xiao was armored and armed, basically only his neck was exposed.

It was very dark, and this was a sudden attack; the distance between the two was only a few feet, and his personal guards couldn't rescue him in time.

He Lingchuan was standing diagonally behind Commander Xiao, seeing a flash of light in the dark, knowing it was bad, but it was already too late to pounce, so he could only watch—

A bright saber light flashed, and the head and body separated.

Actually, strictly speaking, this saber slashed from diagonally below to above, directly cutting the opponent from the left rib to the right shoulder. So a perfectly good body was cut into two pieces when it landed, and blood gushed out wildly.

He Lingchuan choked.

The lightning speed of this saber, the ruthlessness and decisiveness of this saber, reminded him of the feeling of facing Nian Songyu in the Panlong Illusion.

He was so diligent and hardworking usually, yet he couldn't practice such saber intent at all.

Commander Xiao lowered his saber, and a string of blood beads dripped from the tip to the ground. There was blood on his face, but he was too lazy to care, just letting the rain wash it away slowly.

Why wipe it? He still had to kill the enemy later; why bother? The personal guard was ashamed. "Master..."

Commander Xiao raised his hand to interrupt his words. "Stay vigilant!"

He Lingchuan muttered, "Good saber technique."

"Those who save themselves are saved by heaven; you need to grow more eyes on your back," Commander Xiao looked at him. "Good skills."

He Lingchuan was very ashamed. "Too slow." The assassin was still solved by Commander Xiao himself.

The other party was also very cunning, changing into civilian clothes and sneaking into the enemy's rear to steal a beheading. If it had succeeded, the battle here would have been over in a flash.

Just seeing how proficient Commander Xiao was, one knew how dangerous the battlefield was.

"You are a civilian, not a soldier." Borrowing the lightning in the sky, more than a hundred fast cavalrymen rushed over not far away. Commander Xiao stared at them and said to the crowd, "You performed excellently and can be selected into the city army! Food and housing will be prioritized!"

In wartime, resources were prioritized for the strong, and no one could have any objections.

He Lingchuan's heart stirred. "Can I join the Great Wind Army?"

As soon as this was said, all the new recruits turned their heads to look at Commander Xiao, clearly very concerned about this question.

Commander Xiao revealed a smile. "Thinking quite beautifully, you aren't qualified enough yet!"

Between the Panlongcheng defense army and the Great Wind Army that roamed the wasteland, there was still a deep chasm.

Everyone was a bit disappointed, and another Great Wind Army cavalryman said, "Guarding the city is stable, what's wrong with that? When the Great Wind Army goes out, there must be danger."

Although he said so, his expression was quite proud.

Another new recruit asked, "When the time comes, will someone teach us how to kill the enemy?"

"That's for sure."

Commander Xiao also said, "There is a joint drill every ninety days. If you are lucky, you might be able to see the Red General teaching on the spot."

Red General! Even without the person appearing, just showing this name could boost morale.

In the shocked eyes of the crowd, he performed a saber flower. "My saber technique was personally guided by the Red General!"

He Lingchuan heard the smugness in his voice.

Only having been guided by the Red General, could he practice such a fierce killing saber technique? Then, the hundred-plus fast cavalry on the opposite side rushed over.

Commander Xiao didn't wave his saber, but ordered everyone to move the carriage formation's opening a bit more.

This was a friendly army.

After the hundred-plus people climbed up the slope, they jumped off their horses, helped everyone gather the carriage formation, arranged them in three rows, front and back, and then interspersed into them, standing in battle array.

They had just come up, and He Lingchuan smelled a fishy wind, which was the thick blood. Afterward, he saw bloodstains and wounds on most of them.

The leader of the general hit palms with Commander Xiao, and Commander Xiao laughed. "You actually managed to escape alive; it seems the Baling people didn't have enough to eat today!"

The general was out of breath. "You want to claim credit; it's not that easy! There are seven hundred Baling soldiers chasing, a small detachment under Zuo Qin."

"Are there any civilians behind?"

"Those who are alive have all been rushed back. We lost six brothers."

The subtext of the first half of the sentence made people shudder. However, this was a battlefield, and civilians were cannon fodder.

The Great Wind Army had long been accustomed to such human misery, and several people talked and laughed, while the enemy also rushed near this canyon.

The sound of horse hooves was rapid, and it was a vast expanse of bright armor.

He Lingchuan looked behind him; even adding the friendly army that had just returned to help, there were still only a hundred-plus people, less than one-seventh of the opposite side.

However, the enemy's cavalry was only two hundred-plus, and the rest were infantry, who rushed near and lowered their halberds, wanting to cross the carriage formation that blocked the road.

Horses couldn't pass, but people could jump.

As they rushed near, Commander Xiao waved his hand, and a rain of arrows shot down from the top of the slope and the trees.

After the friendly army arrived, he deployed more people to hold bows, increasing the number of archers to eleven.

Eleven people, sixteen arrows.

Among them, several held crossbows, which could fire two arrows in succession.

There were many feathered arrows in County Magistrate Sun's boxes, and they used them generously.

However, facing seven hundred soldiers in bright armor, this wave of arrow rain was still a bit thin and couldn't form an effective suppression.

There were many feathered arrows in Governor Sun's chest, and they used them generously.

Commander Xiao shouted, "Go! Kill them and leave no armor!"

The Great Wind Army roared in unison, waving their soldiers to meet the enemy.

On their bodies, pale yellow light erupted—

Commander Xiao enabled the State Foundation Order, adding a bonus to the soldiers under his command.

Counting it, everyone here had to fight seven with one, and one more point of help reduced one point of pressure.

The light blooming on the bodies of the Baling army was pale green.

This meant that the rank of the opponent's general was below Commander Xiao, or the morale of this team wasn't as high as the Great Wind Army. However, no matter how good the State Foundation Order was, it was only a bonus, and the true outcome still depended on the basic combat power of both sides.

Zero plus bonus was still zero; He Lingchuan's basic math was also quite good.

The State Foundation Order had miraculous effects on the battlefield, but it wasn't the only variable that determined the outcome. This point had been proven by countless battles throughout history, so the Baling army facing the Great Wind Army behind the carriage formation was also fearless.

In the blink of an eye, the two armies collided.

Commander Xiao stood right behind the first row of the carriage formation, facing all enemies first. If the Baling army was a spear and halberd, he was a silent rock, fiercely resisting the first wave of offensive.

He Lingchuan stood by his side, slashing a saber at the enemies rushing up.

This was his first time feeling the divinity of the State Foundation Order; the most intuitive feeling was that his strength was stronger and his skills were more agile. A wrong step forward, jumping further than before, was as if a spring had been added to the soles of his feet, which actually startled himself.

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