Chapter 766

"Orman Province Legion, orders: attack immediately and reinforce the El Province!"

In an instant, the Xiyu Empire Guolian Army began to move.

The El Province Envoy hurriedly transmitted orders:

"All forces, listen: consolidate scattered units into a whole and defend with all might."

"You must hold until reinforcements arrive, you must!"

Upon receiving the order, the El Province Legions immediately closed ranks and resisted the enemy's assault with full force.

Standing on the high platform, the Xine Kingdom's First Princess waved her hand, and the drumbeats below suddenly changed.

The originally urgent drumbeats instantly slowed.

The cavalry units slowly retreated.

Yet, even as they neared their retreat, they did not forget to deliver a heavy blow to those enemy forces that had not yet formed defensive arrays.

The El Province Legion, which had only just over ten thousand soldiers, plummeted below five figures under this strike.

The El Province Envoy's face turned angry.

"Lord Chenxi's fiefdom, truly damned!"

His arm trembled with rage.

However, deep in his heart, he always harbored a fear of the seemingly unremarkable army opposite him.

He did not want to become the next Red Flame Envoy.

Thus, he could only suppress that anger in his heart.

The eighteen hundred thousand troops waiting in the rear arrived on the battlefield in less than ten minutes.

On the Guolian Army side, all forces had already been consolidated.

All were held within ten li of the Tianmen Pass.

Fifty thousand infantrymen with giant shields stood at the very front; behind them, thirty thousand archers carrying longbows stared with bright, focused eyes.

Finally, twenty thousand cavalrymen sat atop their warhorses, waiting silently for orders.

Five minutes later, looking at the eighteen hundred thousand troops now fully assembled.

The El Province Envoy's expression finally eased slightly.

The next second—

He suddenly waved his hand, and the previously silent war drums roared to life.

"Boom~!"

"Boom~!"

"Boom~!"

"Ten legions push straight through the center; three legions on the left flank encircle the left side."

"Three legions on the right flank encircle the enemy's right; the remaining two legions stand ready to fill gaps."

"Attack!"

With the utterance of these final two words, the Xiyu Empire's great army surged forward.

Before the Tianmen Pass, atop the high platform.

The two men standing behind the Xine Kingdom's First Princess looked anxious.

"What do we do, now?"

The First Princess pondered for a long time, finally spitting out two words!

"Hold to the death!"

These two words contained her utter helplessness.

When the enemy numbers were not high, even though their strength exceeded ours, we could still use strategy.

But now, the enemy not only vastly outnumbered us but also possessed superior strength.

And they were in good condition.

Against such troops, even if her strategies were excellent, they would be futile.

As the drumbeats rang out again, the Guolian Army also began to move.

However, they were entirely focused on defense.

All shield-bearers had already wrapped around all the archers.

Forming a three-layer inner and three-layer outer shell, they created an extremely tight defensive formation.

Every five thousand infantrymen would be equipped with three thousand archers.

The Guolian Army divided into eleven camps arrayed before the Tianmen Pass.

Ten combined infantry and archer units with extremely high defense and attack power, and one cavalry unit with extremely high mobility.

The Xiyu Legion, with cries of battle, charged forward.

The Guolian Army, all having been on battlefields and proven their worth, felt not a shred of fear.

As soon as the Xiyu Empire army reached the range of the archers, a sky full of arrows flew forth.

On the platform, the hearts of the three were gripped by this sky full of arrows.