The Wilderness where the Golden Tribe Royal Court was located had a relatively good climate. Water and grass were fertile and there were many cattle and sheep. They had lived for thousands of years and had a dense population, forming more than 20 large tribes. There were nearly 100,000 elite cavalries under the command of the Golden Tribe Royal Court.
Except for the Tang Empire, no other country was a match for the Golden Tribe Royal Court. It was because the Tang Empire had suppressed the Golden Tribe Royal Court in the Wilderness for hundreds of years that the other countries in the Central Plains gradually forgot about the existence of the Golden Tribe Royal Court. Even the South Jin Kingdom dared to boast that it was the second most powerful country in the world.
Even the Tang Empire was reluctant to start a full-scale war with the Golden Tribe Royal Court. Princess Li Yu of the Tang Empire married into the Wilderness to avoid the chaos caused by the Imperial Astronomer's edict. It also proved the importance of the Golden Tribe Royal Court to the Tangs.
Ning Que had dealt with the cavalries of the Golden Tribe Royal Court and the Horse Gang disguised by the cavalries for many years. He was very clear about the strength of the barbarians in the Wilderness. In addition to the extremely fierce cavalries with amazing horsemanship, there were more than ten High Priests supported by the Royal Court, whose cultivation was close to or even reached the Knowing Destiny State.
Therefore, even though he knew that the Golden Tribe Royal Court did not believe in Haotian and there was no legend of the Underworld Invasion, he was still very vigilant when the black horse carriage traveled in the Wilderness.
Ning Que was seriously injured in the battle with Ye Hongyu in the swamp and was slowly recuperating. Sangsang used Divine Skills and consumed a lot of Haotian's Divine Light. The cold aura in her body became more and more restless. Even the Buddhist Dharma could not suppress it. She coughed badly and her body became colder and colder.
He was very worried about Sangsang's health and the people who wanted to kill her. Observing the tracks and ruts, he was sure that many cultivators from the Buddhism and Taoism Sects had arrived in the Wilderness.
Fortunately, the sky of the Wilderness was covered with dark clouds for several days after leaving the swamp. The dark cloud that had been following Sangsang blended into the sky and was hard to distinguish. In the early spring of the Wilderness, many birds flew from Min Mountain and the counties in the north of the Tang Empire. The black crow was no longer so dazzling.
Ning Que made vines and hung them around the horse carriage as a camouflage. He also used the mud from the Gray Powder Rock to cover the Big Black Horse. He used the gift of Heaven to hide his tracks and continued to sneak eastward.
One day, Sangsang sensed that there were cultivators chasing after her from more than ten miles away.
Ning Que looked at the vast plain in front of him. There was no place for him to hide, so he drove the horse carriage to a pile of rocks in the south and continued to hide. If he was discovered, it would be a good place for an ambush.
The first to arrive at the field were not the cultivators who had been chasing after Sangsang, but more than a hundred grassland cavalrymen. Looking at the soft armor on the cavalrymen and the light chariot behind them, Ning Que's expression turned serious. He judged that the cavalrymen should be the elites of the palace, and the people in the light chariot were most likely priests.
A moment later, three cultivators arrived on horseback and met the elite cavalrymen of the Golden Palace in the field north of the pile of rocks. The three cultivators carried Taoist Swords and should be from Haotian Taoism. However, it was unknown whether they were priests from the West-Hill Divine Palace or visiting professors from a Taoist temple in the world.
Ning Que could not hear what they were talking about, but judging from the three cultivators' expressions and the grassland cavalrymen's posture, he knew that the three cultivators had perfectly displayed the demeanor that cultivators showed to ordinary people, which was pride, indifference and contempt. He could not help but fall silent, knowing that a battle was about to happen.
There were three palaces among the barbarians of the Wilderness. Among them, the Right King's Palace worshiped Buddhism and was not aggressive. The Left King's Palace was threatened by the Desolate Man's southward invasion, so they were forced to fight side by side with the allied forces of the Central Plains. Only the Golden Palace was the strongest and had never been stingy with their hostility towards the people of the Central Plains.
If ordinary people had a natural reverence for cultivators, the cavalrymen of the Golden Palace obviously did not. With a whistle, dozens of cavalrymen left the camp and charged towards the three cultivators like lightning. The boxwood bows in their hands were already taut and ready to shoot.
The three Haotian Taoism cultivators had been cultivating in the Taoist temples of the Central Plains all year round and were deeply respected and respected by ordinary people. They would never have thought that ordinary people would dare to attack them. They immediately flew into a rage and pinched the Sword Formula. The Taoist Swords behind them suddenly rose and flew with the wind in the Wilderness, stabbing one of the cavalrymen in an instant.
Ning Que looked at the crisscrossing sword light and realized that the three cultivators were actually masters of the Seethrough State. One of them had even reached the peak of the Seethrough State. No wonder they were still so tough in the Wilderness.
Looking at the light chariot behind the cavalrymen, he still did not think that the three powerhouses from Haotian Taoism could defeat the elite cavalrymen. After all, this was the Golden Palace, not the Central Plains where cultivators could be arrogant.
The dozens of cavalrymen who stayed put were the first to shoot arrows. The arrows fell on the three cultivators like rain. One of the cultivators called back his Taoist Sword and set up a sword screen in front of him to block most of the arrows. Then, the cavalrymen pulled out short spears from the side of their saddles and threw them again with a deep roar.
The short spears were much heavier than the arrows. The dozens of short spears pierced through the air with a shocking momentum.
The cultivator pinched the Sword Formula and kept slashing in the air with his Taoist Sword. However, he could no longer block the short spears as easily as he did with the arrows. His Taoist Sword was even trembling from the attacks.
After a dozen muffled sounds, the hard short spears were inserted into the ground of the Wilderness.
One of them stabbed into the abdomen of a horse ridden by a cultivator. That horse neighed miserably, jumping about in pain, immediately throwing that cultivator off its back.
The leader of the cavalrymen shouted and the dozens of cavalrymen who stayed put also joined the charging team. The first dozens of cavalrymen were extremely fast and were already in front of the three cultivators.
The three powerhouses from Haotian Taoism suddenly looked serious and used their Psyche Power. For a moment, the sword light flashed and there were cavalrymen falling off their horses or horses neighing and falling. However, the power of the Taoist Sword was limited and could only make a small cut on the leather armor. Moreover, many of the cavalrymen were hiding in the bellies of the horses and could not be pierced by the flying swords.
The distance of dozens of feet seemed very long, but it was very short for the cavalrymen of the Golden Palace. After a few breaths, more than a hundred cavalrymen surged over like waves and drowned the three cultivators in an instant.
There were only a few clean swishing sounds and blood splattered. The cavalrymen of the Palace scattered and the three powerhouses from Haotian Taoism fell to the ground in the middle of the field. They had already become corpses.
The powerhouse at the peak of Seethrough was lying in the grass, covered in blood. He held an item in each of his hands. The one in his right hand was his life-saving measure and the one in his left was a firework communication device. According to the agreement, if he saw Ning Que and the Daughter of Yama, he had to turn on the device and inform the main force.
However, whether it was his life-saving measure or the firework communication device, he did not have time to turn it on before he was killed by the wolf-like cavalrymen of the Palace. One could imagine how fast it all happened.
The cavalrymen of the Palace cleaned up the battlefield and left quickly. Looking at the number of corpses on the horses, there were only about a dozen people who died under the flying swords of the three cultivators.
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A chance encounter in the Wilderness turned into a sudden battle. The three cultivators in the Seethrough State, faced with more than a hundred cavalrymen of the Palace, did not seem to have any ability to resist and were killed cleanly.
The black horse carriage came out of the pile of rocks and turned south. Ning Que thought about the bloody battle that had suddenly started and ended. After a moment of silence, he once again confirmed a point of view.
Non-martial cultivators, if they had not joined the Devil or entered the Knowing Destiny State, would never be a match for the army.
This conclusion was completely different from the impression of most ordinary people in the world, but it was the truth. Because cultivators had a weakness that could not be solved, and that was their bodies.
The bodies of cultivators were as weak as those of ordinary people, and it was the same when they entered the Knowing Destiny State. Whether it was feather arrows or machetes, they could easily take their lives, not to mention the tens of thousands of arrows shot at the same time when two armies fought, or the terrifying catapults and ballistae during sieges.
More importantly, cultivators used the Qi of Heaven and Earth to control their natal flying swords. The killing range of the flying swords was limited by the degree of Psyche Power. Most flying swords could not exceed the range of feather arrows.
Moreover, if the flying swords wanted to break all kinds of armors, they had to be extremely sharp. However, they could not be too thin to avoid damage after breaking the armor, so it was extremely difficult to cast them.
This was why ordinary cultivators did not dare to go against the country, and had to serve the imperial court of each country. This was also why, in the traditional view, a Sword Master always had a warrior as his bodyguard.
When Ning Que was serving in the army in the City of Wei, he had basically never seen cultivators, let alone fought with them. He only remembered General Ma's expression when he was drunk and told stories about the battlefield.
General Ma's attitude was very contemptuous. He thought that cultivators were very strong individually, but not very useful on the battlefield. Therefore, he was not surprised by the result of the battle between cultivators and the army today.
But the process of the battle surprised him. The palace priest in the light carriage did not make a move, and the cavalry easily and neatly finished the battle, turning the three cultivators into corpses.
The elite cavalry of the Golden Palace was indeed strong, and even stronger than before. He looked out of the window at the scenery that was gradually becoming familiar, and his expression was slightly solemn.
The heroic former Golden Palace Chanyu, Li Yu's man and Xiaoman's father, had died young, which was not necessarily a good thing. His younger brother had taken over the position of Chanyu, and now it seemed that the Chanyu was no less intelligent and capable than his elder brother. It was rumored that the Chanyu was more ambitious.
Ning Que was a Tang, and also a Tang soldier who had been stationed at the border for many years. Even though he was fleeing with Sangsang, he still could not help but start to worry about the situation at the northern border of the Tang Empire.
Sangsang looked out of the window at the scenery of the Wilderness, and her little face was slightly red from the wind. She said, "It looks a little familiar. Have we been here before?"
Ning Que looked out of the window and said, "I brought you here once. If we go further south, we will reach Shubi Lake."
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