Chapter 1309: Successful Escape

Brothers, there is only the last line of defense ahead. Follow me, and use our blood to open a path for the brothers behind!

After the Leaders' mobilization, the second wave of assault troops began to move again. Behind them, various armies followed closely.

They all stepped over the corpses of fallen soldiers. Of course, they all knew how brutal the battle was.

Moreover, on both sides, the battle continued, and other armies were using their lives to prop up this escape route for them.

In the rear of the main force, Cheng Gang and the others who had first returned to intercept the puppet army were all dead.

Now the second batch of people were also charging forward to meet those puppets.

Ye Liuyun's suggestion for them was the same: get as close as possible to the puppets for melee and strike their throats.

He had scanned the puppets' structure with his Golden Pupil and knew their defense was weakest there.

Charge!

With a command, the 300,000-strong army, standing in rows, began to charge forward.

Their charge was faster, aiming to reach the puppets for close combat.

Thus, when the last of the 300,000 fell into a pool of blood, the 50,000-strong puppet army had been reduced to just over 30,000!

This was also the effect of those soldiers' final frenzy, knowing they would die.

Damn it! When did the dynasty's army become this strong!

Song Fanjun, accompanied by Ling Haokun and others, only arrived after the battle ended. From afar, they had witnessed the whole frenzied battle.

Some soldiers were almost cut in half at the waist, yet even as they died they clung to a puppet, giving their comrades a chance to kill it.

Some even relied on speed to rush forward and hug a puppet, refusing to let go even when the puppet beat them to death.

The soldiers who arrived later simply chopped off the puppet together with their own comrades' heads in one stroke, with no hesitation.

For any hesitation would allow the puppet to break free, or be rescued by another puppet.

Seeing the shattered corpses strewn everywhere, Song Fanjun also thought this unit was utterly insane.

Of the 300,000, not one fled; they knew they would fight to the last person.

Ling Haokun's eyes showed delight, but he could not express it.

He discovered that the soldiers of the Great Xia Dynasty had actually found the puppets' weak point.

This gave him hope as well.

He harbored considerable ambition, but he would absolutely not surrender to the foreign tribes as Song Fanjun had.

Although he must now carry out his orders, they are imposed upon him, not his true will; he does not wish for the Great Xia Dynasty to fail.

"Reorganize the puppet troops and continue hunting them!"

Song Fanjun ordered Ling Haokun.

Ling Haokun's soul was under his control, so he could only continue issuing commands to the puppets.

Although he felt regret for these puppets in his heart, he could do nothing about it.

Soon, the puppets formed ranks again and continued their pursuit forward.

However, this time Ye Liuyun's elite troops and the army's vanguard, coordinating inside and out, had already opened the gap.

"Cover the flanks and seal the gap!"

"Qin Peng, lead the main force in retreat. Replace the Fourth Prince's unit and hold the gap."

"Withdraw all defending troops, let those puppets chase after them, and leave them to my unit to handle!"

Ye Liuyun kept issuing orders.

The 300,000 who had prepared to fight the puppets to the death finally saw a chance to live and immediately began to withdraw at full speed.

For this unit, Ye Liuyun did not arrange for them to intercept the puppets in place; instead, they followed the army, going wherever they went.

Now that the gap passage was open, they no longer needed to fight desperately.

Using the lives of 300,000 to take down a few puppets was not worth it.

But these people would serve as the vanguard for a counteroffensive.

Although the outcome might be similar for them, one is taking the initiative, the other is reacting, and the feeling inside is still different.

Ye Liuyun, leading that elite squad, continued forward; only after all units had exited the innermost encirclement did he lead the elite squad in retreat, covering the rear against the puppet army's assault.

Meanwhile, the troops left on the two wings to block the gap were completely slaughtered.

200,000, not a single one remained. They were the same—none fled, and they stubbornly held that gap until the very last moment.

Ye Liuyun looked at the corpses strewn everywhere and silently praised, "Well done!"

He had previously looked down on the dynasty's army, thinking they were incapable in battle.

Now it seems that, at the moment of life and death, these people still displayed a different kind of fervor, forcing him to admire them.

Behind Ye Liuyun, the foreign tribe's great army immediately gave chase.

Ye Liuyun followed at the rear of the unit, occasionally firing a backward shot.

His elite troops found killing these ordinary corpse demons about as easy as fighting the puppets—both were very simple.

Thus, whenever a foreign tribe unit that dared to show its head drew near, Ye Liuyun would turn and wipe them out.

Only after they swiftly passed the second line of defense did the puppet army led by Song Fanjun catch up.

"Warships, intercept!" Ye Liuyun ordered the warships to form a fire net, temporarily delaying the puppet army.

Meanwhile, he led his unit out of the second encirclement.

As for the first encirclement ahead, it is now jointly guarded by Qin Peng, Zuo Mu, and the Fourth Prince; it is very secure, even wiping out many of the foreign tribe reinforcements that came rushing.

Now it can basically be confirmed that the entire army can break out of the foreign tribe's encirclement.

Of the 3 million-strong army, Ye Liuyun saved them all at the cost of only 1 million lives.

To anyone, this seemed a hopeless situation, yet Ye Liuyun managed to solve it.

Moreover, he rescued two million people.

These two million people are the entire remaining main force of the dynasty!

However, Ye Liuyun was not satisfied with just saving people!

His nature of not suffering loss was once again displayed to the fullest.

He had already prepared a counteroffensive plan even before rescuing people!

"Begin the counterattack!" Ye Liuyun, while leading the elite troops in retreat, issued the counterattack order.

"Brothers, it's time to avenge our fallen comrades! Let those living dead also see our might! As always, fight to the death, never retreat!"

The Leaders began mobilizing the assault troops.

After experiencing that previous major battle, they instead displayed vigor and bravery!

"Kill, kill, kill!"

The soldiers followed suit and began shouting.

Thus, the 300,000-strong army at the rear immediately turned around and marched to meet the Foreign Tribe in battle.

Qin Peng and Zuo Mu also immediately shifted from defense to offense, striking the Foreign Tribe's armies on both wings into successive defeats and completely destroying their outermost encirclement.

Thereafter, all the armies, following the plan, launched a full-scale counteroffensive.