Chapter 605

Near noon, after resting for half a day, the main army split into two groups. Lei Yi took all the cavalry straight toward the Chilperi Kingdom's royal capital, while Lord Xuan Lord Xuan Wuji and the Third Imperial Prince, Li Chun, kept all the infantry and headed toward Colin Fortress at full speed.

Around three in the afternoon.

After three hours of rapid marching, the entire army was somewhat tired, but it was not a major issue. What mattered was that they had secretly arrived near Colin Fortress.

Lord Xuan Lord Xuan Wuji and the Third Imperial Prince led their men to secretly approach the fortress to observe the situation. Looking at the distant Colin Fortress, covered in craters and blackened by artillery fire, it was not hard for Lord Xuan Lord Xuan Wuji to guess how brutal the battles that had taken place here were.

Just then, the gates of Colin Fortress suddenly opened, and supply wagons loaded with grain slowly rolled out. Judging by the escort, at least 500 men were transporting them. At this scale, the enemy clearly did not yet know that Heavenly Danger Gorge had been breached.

"It seems our luck is good. Your Highness, I will give you 30,000 men; take them and wipe out that supply convoy!" Lord Xuan Lord Xuan Wuji smiled, unable to help but marvel at their good fortune.

"Very well." The Third Imperial Prince, Li Chun, agreed immediately; wiping out a 500-man food escort was far too easy.

"Wait! 30,000 men??? Is there any need to be so exaggerated?"

Li Chun did not question it and stood up immediately, preparing to go back and mobilize the men.

"Wait, Your Highness, I hope you can use a disguise."

"Hmm? A disguise?"

The Third Imperial Prince tilted his head for a moment, looking at Lord Xuan Lord Xuan Wuji in confusion.

"Yes, use 300 men disguised as refugees from the Chilperi Kingdom to openly approach the supply wagons. If the enemy is not a match, they will inevitably send reinforcements from Colin Fortress. At that moment, I will personally lead a team to control the main gate. As long as we control the gate, the Evernight Legion can take Colin Fortress with minimal cost. At the same time, with 30,000 soldiers, Your Highness should know what to do, right?"

"An ambush! Wipe them all out!"

"Yes!"

Lord Xuan Lord Xuan Wuji nodded with a smile; the boy was teachable.

"Go."

Watching the Third Imperial Prince, Li Chun, leave, Lord Xuan Lord Xuan Wuji gave his deputy a look, signaling him to follow.

The deputy bowed to accept the order and followed the departing Third Imperial Prince.

"Pass the order down: prepare to attack the city from the main gate!"

"Yes!"

Given the scale of Colin Fortress, if they were to launch a frontal assault without large siege equipment, the Evernight Legion would inevitably suffer heavy casualties.

As a veteran who had traversed the battlefield for over a decade, Lord Xuan Lord Xuan Wuji had no intention of launching a frontal assault. Going with the flow and adapting to circumstances was the eternal theme of the battlefield!

Before long, the 30,000 soldiers led by the Third Imperial Prince bypassed the flank to the front of the supply convoy, choosing a valley with higher terrain to prepare for the ambush.

To their pleasant surprise, soldiers reported at that moment that there were exactly about 100 kingdom refugees nearby. The Third Imperial Prince immediately sent men to negotiate with them. Upon learning that they were troops sent by the Emperor Tianwu Empire to provide support, the refugees gradually set their minds at ease.

The Third Imperial Prince hoped the refugees could help them, promising them enough food as a reward afterward. The refugees nodded excitedly in agreement. What they needed to do was act: they would send 300 soldiers disguised as refugees to mix in, and the refugees only needed to put on a show, standing in the middle of the road with the disguised soldiers.

Once the battle started, they wouldn't need to fight; they could immediately flee to a safe place.

With this explanation, plus the Third Imperial Prince's repeated assurances after proving his identity, the refugees agreed.

The refugees and the soldiers disguised as refugees stood unarmed in the middle of the road. All they had to do was act and wait for the supply wagons to arrive. The Third Imperial Prince had originally been worried that a group of refugees consisting only of men might be suspected by the enemy; now, with women, the elderly, and children—the real refugees—joining in, it looked much more authentic on the surface.

Soon, the supply convoy was about to reach the road at the bottom of the valley.

"General, a large number of refugees have appeared ahead. It seems these people of the Chilperi Kingdom still haven't given up..." a soldier escorting the supplies reported quickly to the lead general.

The general laughed mockingly.

"Hahaha, let these fellows see the might of our Taki Kingdom! These refugees want to rob our supply wagons? They're dreaming!"

"Yes, General."

The soldier quickly went down, calling out to prepare for battle.

Soon, the soldier brought over nearly half the troops to prepare for battle. Compared to the unarmed kingdom refugees, the Taki Kingdom soldiers were all fully armed, holding swords and blades, walking toward the refugees at the other end of the road with ferocious smiles.

For a moment, the real refugees couldn't help but retreat in fear, but the soldiers disguised as refugees stepped in front of them, blocking them behind their backs. Their hands reached toward their comrades behind them; their comrades had weapons, and the men in front used their bodies to block the view, so the Taki Kingdom soldiers did not notice.

"Prepare for battle."

Xiong Ba, a subordinate of the Third Imperial Prince, was the commander of this operation. He whispered for everyone to get ready. When the enemy was only a dozen meters away, Xiong Ba drew his weapon from behind and charged straight at the enemy.

Kill!

In an instant, all the soldiers drew their weapons from behind and charged at the Taki Kingdom soldiers.

Xiong Ba took the lead, reaching the enemy in a few steps. He swung the battle blade in his hand, and with one strike, he split a Taki Kingdom soldier in two. Blood splattered onto his body and face, and Xiong Ba's eyes held a hint of bloodthirst.

"Kill!"

Facing the siege of four Taki soldiers, Xiong Ba did not retreat but advanced, sweeping his battle blade horizontally.

Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!

Four sounds of metal colliding rang out, followed by the blades in the four soldiers' hands being snapped by the sheer force of Xiong Ba's blade. Not only that, the blade Qi sent the four of them flying backward.

The soldiers behind him saw this and their morale soared; even without armor to protect them, they were able to hack the enemy to the ground.

Xiong Ba, who led the charge, was truly too powerful. In an instant, the Taki soldiers were retreating steadily, and the enemy general's face gradually darkened.

"Damn it, they're refugees who came prepared."

With such powerful guys, it might really be possible for them to intercept the food.

"Someone, fire the signal flare!"

"Yes!"

The anxious general immediately sent for reinforcements. The supply wagons hadn't been out of the fortress for long before encountering such an urgent emergency. The red emergency smoke flare represented that the supply convoy had encountered an attack—an attack by an irresistible force.

If it were just an attack by ordinary refugees or bandits, it would be no problem, but now the fortress commander suddenly felt worried.

Could something have happened to the fortress at Heavenly Danger Gorge?

The kingdom had received reliable news that the Emperor Tianwu Empire had secretly dispatched troops to support the Chilperi Kingdom, ordering them to keep a strict watch everywhere, especially at Colin Fortress, which was the only retreat route for the Taki Kingdom and Leidon Kingdom! New support troops would arrive in a few days.

Although there were only 10,000 men currently, relying on the sturdiness of Colin Fortress, they could withstand ten times the number of enemies as long as there was no large siege equipment.