Yutang's Steel Cavalry roared as they galloped away, returning victorious.
It was a pity that it was not a complete victory. It would only be a complete victory if none of the thirty thousand men from the Steel Cavalry were killed. However, that was only a fantasy in novels. In a real battle, how could none of them be killed when thirty thousand men charged?
Behind the thirty thousand Steel Cavalry galloped away was the messy Dongxuan military camp.
The trail of blood was still open, a ghastly sight to behold.
It was at this moment that a cavalry from the left charged over like a raging dragon. The leader hollered furiously from afar, "Wang Dingguo! Stay and fight me if you have the guts! "
Wang Dingguo could not help guffawing when he heard the challenge. Suddenly, he roared into the sky, "Yutang's Steel Cavalry!"
Behind him, all his comrades guffawed at the same time. "Unrivaled in the world!"
Wang Dingguo did not slow down at all as he led the charge towards his own military camp, roaring, "Dongxuan's Shadow Cavalry! Just bullsh * t! "
"Dongxuan's Shadow Cavalry is just bullsh * t!" The Steel Cavalry behind him galloped away, guffawing.
"The next time we meet, I'll take your head!" Wang Dingguo guffawed. "Grandpa is tired today, I won't keep you company! Hahahaha … "
Amidst the maniacal laughter, Yutang's Steel Cavalry charged back like a torrent!
The Dongxuan Shadow Cavalry who had rushed over almost spat blood when they heard the string of words. They were only ten breaths away from stopping the enemy! Each of the Shadow Cavalry's warhorses had almost broken their legs from running to catch up to Yutang's Steel Cavalry, but they were still a short distance away, unable to stop the enemy!
In the end, they could only watch the enemy gallop away like an arrow released from a bow.
They had even brushed past each other!
They were fuming with rage, but there was no place for them to vent it.
Poof!
The leader of Dongxuan's Shadow Cavalry slammed the spear in his hand onto the ground in front of him, causing a large piece of ground to fly up as he cursed, "Wang Dingguo! I must kill you! "
With a wave of his hand, he ordered, "Go back!"
Witnessing the Steel Cavalry's charge like a gust of wind and retreat like a torrent, his gaze was filled with awe.
The valiance of the Steel Cavalry was so uniform that it had reached a horrifying level!
How could such a strong army be destroyed?!
Fu Baoguo!
As expected of a famous marshal of a generation!
Attacking at this time was obvious.
However … he had done it!
Zhan Ge looked at the generals and Dongxuan soldiers around him. Everyone's faces were filled with rage and humiliation, but it was undeniable that there was still a faint trace of fear on everyone's faces. There was a deep sense of shock at the bottom of everyone's eyes.
The high morale and confidence of victory that had been built up because of Fu Baoguo's cowardice and passive defense, as well as the jubilation from the reunion of the two armies, had vanished without a trace!
The biggest loss of this battle was that their high morale had been ruthlessly smashed back into the dust by the enemy!
Zhan Ge understood that it would be difficult to raise their morale within a short period of time. In other words, before Marshal Han Sanhe's main force arrived, Dongxuan's army would be exhausted.
It was not that they were powerless to fight, but they had lost the drive that they should have.
The enemy's thirty thousand cavalrymen charged through the formation and broke through the confluence of three hundred thousand soldiers twice. After killing them, they swaggered away. The enemy's morale was so high because of this that it could be ignited!
If he were to attack now, there was a high chance that Fu Baoguo would deploy all his troops to fight him!
However, one side's morale was low, while the other side's fighting spirit was high. Under such a contrast of morale, he had no hope of victory. He could only suffer a crushing defeat, or even collapse at the slightest touch. His army would collapse like a landslide, and he would suffer a crushing defeat!
Zhan Ge could not afford such a result!
"All troops, fall back and reorganize. Shadow Cavalry, point forward to prevent the enemy from attacking again!"
Zhan Ge could only give the order after a long moment of thought.
He sighed inwardly.
He had thought that he was not inferior to the world's famous generals, at least not too far away. He had even belittled Fu Baoguo's defense earlier, thinking that the other was merely so-so and that he was undeserving of being called the top of Yutang's younger generation.
Today, however, he had been taught a bloody lesson by Fu Baoguo, whom he had looked down on!
Indeed, those who could rank at the top of the ranking of famous generals were not to be trifled with!
The top of Yutang's younger generation, one of Yutang's three military bosses, Fang Qingtian's appointed successor, lived up to his reputation!
Such a grasp of the battle opportunity, such a swift and decisive method, such an unexpected tactic …
"It's indeed sharp and impressive!"
Zhan Ge's eyes glowed with fighting spirit as he murmured, "But no matter how good you, Fu Baoguo, are, you're definitely not teacher's opponent!"
His teacher, Han Sanhe, was the continent's top general!
However, Zhan Ge did not realize that he had forever lost the right to compete with Fu Baoguo on the battlefield when he thought so.
Wang Dingguo spurred his horse forward like a sharp arrow, charging to the front of Yutang's army. Fu Baoguo was already standing at the door.
His arms were behind his back, his expression calm.
Looking at his expression, it was as if Wang Dingguo had only contributed a little in this battle and was not worthy of praise at all.
It was nothing like the meritorious deed he had mentioned earlier!
In spite of this, the slight trembling of his hands behind his back had long betrayed him, expressing his true feelings at the moment.
Fu Baoguo was also sweating profusely about this battle. Even if the success rate of this battle was already ninety percent and his previous actions had confused the enemy's general, causing them to underestimate him, indirectly contributing to the success of this battle, there was still a great risk involved!
What if the enemy's general did not fall for it? What if he thought deeper? What if he saw through his plan?
The marshal of the enemy, Zhan Ge, was also a famous general of Dongxuan. He was almost the top person in Dongxuan's military after Han Sanhe; his reputation was well-known as well. If Zhan Ge had seen through Yun Yang's intentions, he only needed to conceal the Dongxuan Shadow Cavalry behind where the two armies converged and wait for the Steel Cavalry to attack, intercepting them head-on. Then, all thirty thousand Steel Cavalry would be annihilated without a doubt!
Fortunately, they had finally won this battle. Their mission was a success!
The Steel Cavalry came like a gust of wind, stopping neatly in front of the army with a long horn.
Wang Baoguo turned his horse around and hollered sternly, "Steel Cavalry! Count the men! "
He leaned forward slightly.
The casualties of the thirty thousand Steel Cavalry had been counted. Wang Baoguo turned to face Fu Baoguo. "Marshal! This general has given the order! We've pierced through the enemy twice in this battle. Thirty thousand Steel Cavalry, but there are still twenty-seven thousand three hundred and fifty-two men left! "
Although his voice was heroic, there was an indescribable hoarseness in it. It was only now that the sorrow surged up like a tidal wave.
The twenty-seven thousand three hundred and fifty-two men behind him sat unmoving on their horses like javelins, but their eyes were glistening with tears.
Thirty thousand men had attacked the enemy's two armies, a total of three hundred thousand men, but they had only lost two thousand six hundred and forty-eight men.
It was less than eleven percent; it was a glorious victory!
However, the Steel Cavalry brothers' hearts were heavy at this moment.
More than two thousand brothers who had been with them day and night, who had been so close to them, had been buried in the battlefield, not even their bones were left.
Opposite them, Fu Baoguo's expression was solemn as he raised his hand to salute and said in a low voice, "All troops, listen up! All of you salute our two thousand six hundred and forty-eight brothers! Send them off! I wish all of you a safe journey! "
The thumping of the war drums reverberated in a soul-stirring manner.
"The loyal souls shall not perish, they shall live with the nation!"
When Yutang's warriors died in battle, they would send them off with the beating of the war drums whenever they had time to spare.
Perhaps, other generals would pay homage after the war ended, to pay tribute to the loyal souls.
However, Fu Baoguo would not do so. The first thing he did after each battle was to send off the warriors who had died in battle.
He wished that their souls would not be far away, and that they could still hear the farewells of their comrades from their homeland.
"Well done! Really well done! " Fu Baoguo's Adam's apple bobbed twice, his voice dry. He blinked his eyes hard, trying to control his sorrowful emotions as he called out hoarsely, "Wang Dingguo!"
"Here!"
"Later, I want you to find out the names, achievements, life experiences, birthplaces of our fallen brothers. Make a list of all of them and record them in the file! Seal up their wills and belongings. After the war, report to His Majesty and ask for more compensation. Let the brothers rest in peace and rest in the afterlife with a smile! "
"Yes!"
"The Steel Cavalry has contributed greatly in this war. Tally up the achievements and report them to me as well!"
"Yes!"
"Return to the troops!"
Fu Baoguo commanded.
Twenty-seven thousand men of the Steel Cavalry moved at the same time.
However, at the next moment, everyone froze with an unusually complicated expression.
They froze.
They had not noticed it just now, but it was only now that they realized that more than twenty-seven thousand men from the Steel Cavalry had returned from the war. This was not wrong.
In spite of this, there were more than twenty-nine thousand warhorses that had returned.
In other words, there were still about two thousand ownerless warhorses in the formation. Each of them stood where they were, bewildered and helpless.
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