Chapter 29: The Reinforcements Finally Arrive

  What's under the smoke and dust that makes all the Chen troops turn pale with terror, even the old general Huang Fa is shocked?

  Roughly seven or eight hundred horse-drawn carriages were speeding towards Chen's army, crashing into them wildly. What made Chen's army shocked and terrified was that these carriages formed a line, with knives, guns, swords, and spears tied to the bodies of the vehicles, their sharp blades gleaming coldly, like a giant iron hedgehog.

  All the horses drawing the carts whinnied mournfully and galloped forward in a frantic panic. Behind them, a thousand Black Armor Cavalrymen charged forth like a black torrent, their unmatched momentum as majestic as a mountain range, rushing towards Chen's army.

  Light infantry can only exert their greatest and strongest strength when they form a formation. Once they lose their formation, their combat effectiveness drops sharply, and with almost no defensive armor, they cannot withstand the charge of cavalry at all.

  "Shoot the horses!" Huang Fa shouted to Chen's archers. As long as the horses were killed and lost their power, those vehicles loaded with soldiers would no longer be intimidating. Even for those cavalrymen, since our troops outnumbered them by more than 10,000, as long as we formed a dense formation, there was no need to fear them.

  However, on this chaotic battlefield, how could an army that only relies on flag signals and drumbeats to issue commands possibly hear his orders completely?

  Chen Jun wanted to hide, but hundreds of horse-drawn carriages formed a straight line, where could they escape? The only way was to desperately rush forward, which would disperse the bowmen formation that was about to execute Huang Fa's order, and they fled forward in chaos, causing great confusion.

  Huang Fa's face was full of anxiety, and he could only shout loudly, urging Chen Jun to quicken his pace. As long as they could break through Yangping City, those horse-drawn carriages and the cavalry behind would be powerless against them.

  The galloping chariot soon encountered Chen's army, and those with bad luck were immediately knocked flying by the horses, breaking bones and tendons. Those who seemed to have good luck dodged the sharp edges of the horses, but the blades of the weapons on the chariot showed no mercy, cutting Chen's soldiers' bodies into fragmented blood clots. For a time, Chen's army wailed and cried out in anguish, their cries shaking the heavens, the entire scene resembling a "tea table" filled with "cup fragments" and "dinnerware".

  "Charge, charge into the city! Don't panic, charge forward!" Huang Fa's eyes were red with rage as he bellowed loudly, his hand rising and falling with his knife, cutting down a soldier who was running around like a headless fly beside him.

  "Great Qi soldiers, reinforcements have arrived! Let's drive back Chen's army together and kill them!" The morale of the Qi army was greatly boosted, and the precarious situation was stabilized in an instant. King Lin suddenly felt a surge of powerful energy within him, his weapon no longer heavy, and his swings became even faster.

  "Kill!" The black tide arrived, all the knights looked up and roared with anger. With a flash of snow-white blades, Chen's soldiers were cut down, their flesh and blood flying everywhere, wailing in agony.

  Huang Fa's eyes were bloodshot as he gazed out at the chaotic battlefield, watching his own soldiers being slaughtered by the black-armored cavalry like vegetables being chopped. His heart was bleeding with despair and anger.

  The damage caused by the Mercedes-Benz carriage was not great, but it had lost its strong impact after advancing more than 100 meters. However, the pressure and intimidation it caused were quite astonishing. The tragic appearance of countless Chen* soldiers at the time of their death deeply shocked their comrades.

  Furthermore, with the Black Armoured Cavalry's sharp charge, Chen's army, which was already in disarray and frightened, naturally became even more chaotic, fleeing wildly, and even Huang Fa's central army was swept away by the routed troops.

  "Huang Fa, can you recognize this general?" A slightly hoarse voice came from afar.

  As Huang Fa looked up, he saw a man in black tight-fitting armor and a crimson cloak riding towards him from hundreds of meters away. The man's long spear was pointing at him, with fresh blood still dripping from the tip. When he saw the man's face mask with a green face and fangs, his whole body trembled violently, and he thought of someone.

  "Are you Langling Wang Gao Changgong?" Huang Fa asked in a low voice.

  The man in black mask is not Gao Changgong, but Gao Xing.

  With a loud laugh, he paused for a moment before shouting angrily: "Huang Fa, you have invaded our borders without reason, occupied our land, killed our people, and caused countless civilians in Huainan to become homeless and destitute. This hatred will not be shared under the same sky! Today, I will use your head as an offering to the spirits of our fallen soldiers and civilians of Great Qi! Soldiers, charge!"

  With a loud whoop, he leaned forward, his feet kicking the horse's belly, and with a swift tug on the reins, the horse shot out like an arrow from a bowstring, racing straight for Huang Feihu's command flag. All the cavalrymen quickly gathered behind Gaoxing, rapidly forming a sharp triangle that pierced into Chen's army like a steel wedge.

  A spear thrust upwards and downwards, flashing cold light, stirring up a bloody rain. A series of mournful cries and painful wails rang out, Chen Jun's body fell to the ground, lifeless.

  His eyes locked tightly onto Huang Fa, filled with endless killing intent, cold as frost, yet the face under the mask wore a sorrowful smile.

  "Huang Fa, surrender! Your big camp has long been without a single grain of food, and the logistics troops in the rear have also been intercepted and burned by this general. You no longer have any hope of victory, hurry up and surrender!"

  "Gao Changgong, you dare to speak nonsense and confuse our army's mind! Soldiers, do not listen to his nonsense! This man is the King of Lanling of Qi State, with a noble status beyond ordinary people. Whoever can behead him will be promoted three ranks and rewarded with 10,000 taels of gold! Follow me to kill!" Huang Fahan glared at Gao Xing angrily, shouting loudly, suddenly drawing out the sword from his waist, directing the soldiers beside him to squeeze towards Gao Xing's cavalry.

  Without room for maneuvering and turning around, this thousand-strong cavalry would not have had such great killing power.

  "Huang Fa, are you still hesitating? Don't you recognize that those carriages and weapons belong to your own Chen State? Seeing the soldiers who have been with you day and night fall in pools of blood, can you remain unmoved? Do you really want to exchange the lives of over 10,000 soldiers for a reputation of loyalty and bravery?"

  Delighted, he killed people while shouting loudly, his loud voice spreading far and wide, reaching the ears of most of Chen's army. Originally, they had no intention of resisting, but now their hands hesitated, filled with both doubt and bewilderment.

  No wonder the breakfast was so sumptuous, and the general's words were so gentle, promising that as long as Yangping City was captured, one quarter of the city's wealth would be divided among us.

  "Those who surrender will not be killed!" he roared with joy, his voice shaking the heavens.

  "Spare those who surrender, spare those who surrender!" The cavalry behind him shouted in excitement, the defending troops of Yangping City also shouted together, and the people in the city followed suit. For a time, the momentum was overwhelming, shaking the sky and even dispersing some of the dense clouds, allowing the faint sunlight to filter through and fall on the earth.

  Chen's soldiers knew that their commander's words were not empty, and their morale plummeted. Under the influence of the Qi army's shouts, their combat effectiveness declined sharply. On the other hand, the Qi army was in high spirits, with a strong desire to win, and Chen's army was forced to retreat step by step.

  "Kill him! Kill him!" Huang Fa's eyes were wide with rage as he bellowed loudly.

  "General, let's retreat!" The deputy general beside Huang Fa urged anxiously and bitterly. Chen's soldiers had already lost their will to fight, and if this continued, even if they annihilated Gao Changgong's cavalry, without grain and fodder supplies, they would be unable to capture Yangping City, the defeat was certain, and the longer they delayed, the greater the losses would be.

  "What are you talking about? You, General Chen, have not even fought yet and already speak of defeat, disturbing the morale of the troops. Take him down for me! We'll deal with him according to military law after this battle is over!" Huang Fa shouted in a rage.

  "Who dares to move!" The general's hand grasped the blade, placing it on Huang Fa's neck, sternly staring at Huang Fa's personal soldiers who were about to charge forward.

  "General, this is not the time to be stubborn. I'm doing this because there's no other choice. Our army has already lost, and continuing to fight will only lead to more deaths among our soldiers. If I can still see you again, I'll follow your orders!" The deputy general looked at Huang Fa with a mixture of disappointment and pity, then ordered his men to remove Huang Fa's armor and bind him up, handing him over to his personal guards with instructions to protect Huang Fa as they made their escape in the chaos.

  After doing all this, Chen * Jun deputy general gave the order to retreat and then led his own personal soldiers towards Gao Xing.

  Chen's army retreated like a tide, and Wang Lin led the soldiers in the city to pursue them wildly, cutting off their tails and killing them. Chen's army was so defeated that they threw away their armor and weapons and knelt down to surrender.