Chapter 4: Autumn Wind Brigade

  Chaogehan was overjoyed to ride on horseback, as the commander of a thousand men in the Hulan Empire, he was undoubtedly a seasoned general. Since the great victory of the Hulan army, the central government of Shenglong had already become a mere shell, with the four major families owning their own armies and the entire Central Plains becoming a hunting ground for the Hulan Empire. The Hulans transported large numbers of captured men and women as well as plundered wealth to the north to support their expedition against the various kingdoms on the western continent of Shenglong. Chaogehan was one of the escort teams.

  Suddenly, a shower of arrows shot towards Hulan's cavalry team. After the people and horses fell, only a delicate red-clothed girl led more than ten archers to ride on war horses and rushed towards the front mountain. When leaving, she still made provocative gestures. Chaharhan was furious, but after all, he was an old general who had been in many battles. He waved his hand and three hundred men killed him.

  When the hundred men killed halfway up the mountain, a strange thing happened. The war horses of these cavalrymen suddenly stopped in their tracks, no matter how hard the warriors drove them, and only lowered their heads to eat the scattered horse beans on the ground. It turned out that these war horses had been exhausted all day and had just gone through intense exercise, now seeing delicious food in front of them, what else could they care about?

  At this time, the bow and arrow men who were ambushing on the mountain fired a thousand arrows at once. Immediately afterwards, a team of long spear soldiers formed a neat square formation and charged over. Chahar saw that things were not going well, hastily left two hundred people to guard, personally led the remaining horses and rushed up. However, when they arrived at the hillside, only the corpses of the three hundred people teams were laid out in front of them.

  Chahar's face turned pale with rage, and he lost nearly a third of his troops in the chaos. However, they didn't even catch a glimpse of the enemy, which was not only a huge embarrassment but also meant severe punishment under military law. Just thinking about Hulun's strict military law made him shudder. With no other choice, Chahar gritted his teeth and led his remaining troops in a desperate charge up the mountain.

  When he arrived at the top of the mountain with a fierce momentum, he was wondering why several fire arrows were shooting towards the unmanned place. Suddenly, a big fire broke out, reflecting the entire sky red, and the fire was so fierce that even the knights had to retreat three times. Only then did he realize that he had led his troops into the enemy's pre-set ring of fire.

  The scorched and wretched people of Hulan had barely escaped the ring of fire, only to be met with a hail of dense arrows and the murderous aura of the Holy Dragon Knights.

  Soon, these five hundred men also followed in the footsteps of their compatriots.

  The two hundred-man squads left behind were frightened by the battle in front of them and didn't know what to do.

  Shortly after, the victorious Seiryō cavalry shouted slogans from the mountain, "Kill the Hulan dogs and gain freedom", and came down to kill.

  With the momentum of geographical height and the remaining prestige of victory, the demoralized Hulan people were simply no match.

  The sturdy youths who had their shackles cut off by the attackers also began to launch an attack on the Hulan people.

  Driven by their deep-seated hatred for the Hulan people's plundering of their homes and wanton humiliation, these brave warriors were in no way inferior. The balance of victory soon tipped in favor of the attacking side.

  Standing leisurely on the high slope, this battle was fought well, annihilating a thousand-strong team from Hulan, capturing 100,000 gold coins and a large amount of grain, and rescuing tens of thousands of compatriots. A large number of strong men requested to join, seeking revenge against the Hulan people who invaded their homeland. After careful selection by Feng Yu, the team suddenly expanded to three thousand people.

  The storm formed the troops into five large teams: The infantry team of 1,800 people was divided into two teams, led by Luo Xin and Chen Liang respectively; Zhuo Jingwen led the archery team of 300 people; Qiuli led the light cavalry team of 500 people; Wei Liao led the vanguard team of 300 people; Feng Yu personally selected the best 100 people as the Imperial Guard.

  The rest of the people who were dispersed with travel expenses will spread today's situation throughout the Central Plains, and it won't take long for Feng Yu and his army to become famous all over the world, forming a sharp contrast with the incompetent Sacred Dragon Central Army and the four major families who stood by and watched. Although the strength is still weak, Feng Yu knows that he has more chips on the road to success.

  "I also want to join the army, why can't I be allowed to enlist?"

  A burst of noise interrupted the pensive mood of the rainy night.

  All that could be seen was a young boy staring intently at Chen Liang, who was in charge of organizing the troops. He looked like he was only thirteen or fourteen years old, with delicate skin and a slender build, looking quite elegant. At first glance, one might even mistake him for a girl.

  "Feng Yu smiled and said: 'What can you do by joining the army?'"

  "I can kill the enemy and report back to our country!" The young man said loudly.

  "Haha!" The warriors around Feng Yu and Lin Dong all burst out laughing.

  Chen Liang said loudly, "Alright, if you win against me, I'll let you join."

  "Alright, let's make a deal then!" The young man said fearlessly, his eyes fixed on the wind and rain, as if he felt that they were the leaders here.

  The wind and rain did not prevent some people from liking the young man in front of them. He smiled and said, "Alright, you can try competing with each other."

  However, the result was a huge shock to Feng Yu and everyone else. In just a short span of time, Chen Liang, the great general's guard, was actually knocked down over ten times by that young man named Eugene.

  The agile body and the sharp sword path are the young man's winning reliance. On the other hand, Chen Liang is in an awkward situation where he has strength but nowhere to use it due to his clumsy figure.

  After hearing the rescued compatriot say that this young man was captured by the Hulan people for the sake of those villagers, Feng Yu stepped forward to stop Chen Liang who had become somewhat angry and announced in public that Eugene had joined Feng Yu's Imperial Guard.

  Eugene, who would later be known as one of the Xuan-Yuan Twin Wings, joined the future leader of the Xuan-Yuan Sect.

  "There is no distinction between the noble and the humble, only the strong are revered. I name my army after the autumn wind, from today on, our army will sweep across the land like autumn wind blowing away fallen leaves, driving out the Khitans, eliminating evil tyrants, all who follow me will be brothers, every household will have its own fields!"

  This is the famous Autumn Wind Oath. Later historians unanimously believed that the establishment of the Autumn Wind Army in 753 AD was undoubtedly the first step towards dominating the world! At the same time, it was also the prelude to the beginning of changes in the entire world situation.

  After regrouping and reorganizing, the Autumn Wind Brigade soon faced one battle after another.