The gates of the small town slowly opened, but the cavalry in the distance had no intention of charging. Above the gates, there was a huge archery tower with more than ten heavy crossbows aimed straight ahead. Relying on cavalry to charge would result in heavy losses. At the very least, catapults or heavy crossbows would be needed to suppress the archery tower in order to truly charge through the gates.
Kind Tree rode his skeletal warhorse and took the lead, exiting the city gates. Behind him were the six Jade Skulls led by the Winged Skeleton and a thousand Undead Knights. Behind the Undead Knights were a few hundred Corpse Soldiers.
The cavalry in the distance were startled by the appearance of so many Undead. They quickly gathered and formed a formation.
The Winged Skeleton directly issued an order in Kind Tree's mind. Kind Tree obeyed and said, "Who is the commander? Come out and talk."
His voice was eerie, and with his disguise, the cavalry in the distance thought he was a Necromancer. No one had expected that a Necromancer would suddenly appear in this small town. The army behind them had yet to arrive, and the cavalry leader was at a loss.
Necromancers were the most difficult people to deal with. Even though necromancy was on the decline, there were still a few dozen Necromancers above level 7 in Qin Yin, and none of them could be provoked.
It was said that Necromancers could attack from over a kilometer away, even more terrifying than Elementalists. The cavalry retreated anxiously, completely unaware that their formation was already a bit scattered.
The enemy was a group of Undead that didn't know pain or fear.
"A bunch of trash," Kind Tree spat out as he swept a disdainful glance at the two hundred cavalry closest to him. The two hundred cavalrymen were frightened out of their wits. Suddenly, they turned their horses around and fled to the rear.
The cavalry at the front only had two hundred people. Facing over a thousand Undead, the mental pressure caused the regular army to collapse.
A black magic pattern over three meters in diameter slowly rose above Kind Tree's head. In the middle of the magic pattern was a three-dimensional crimson eye.
Undead Gaze, a Necromancy spell that could see over ten kilometers away.
The Undead Gaze kept rising. In the Winged Skeleton's vision, over twenty thousand soldiers were surging towards the small town from ten kilometers away. Including the cavalry at the front, Qin Yin's army had mobilized over twenty-six thousand people.
Although Qin Yin's military system was different from Tanggulas', there were still similarities between the two.
A legion of the Tanggulas Empire had twenty-five thousand men, and a battalion of Qin Yin's had ten thousand men. If there were more than fifteen thousand auxiliary soldiers, it would be exactly the number of a legion.
An army of this scale would be equipped with many siege weapons and could engage in group warfare.
The cavalrymen hundreds of meters in front of the Winged Skeleton wore expressions of fear. Clearly, they did not dare to fight against the Winged Skeleton's undead army. The Winged Skeleton sneered. Sure enough, the other party was preparing to attack the city. Otherwise, they would not have brought over 10,000 auxiliary soldiers.
Generally speaking, the attack range of a catapult was five kilometers. Even if the town did not have such a good catapult, the army in the distance would still stop five kilometers away and let the infantry change their equipment and prepare to attack the town.
They knew that there were five thousand soldiers in this town in name, but in reality, there were only five hundred elites. The rest were new soldiers who had never been on the battlefield, while the two hundred or so Metatlin who had entered the town were all elites.
There were less than eight hundred elites in the town. Twenty-six thousand soldiers were enough to take down this town.
What the Qin Yin people did not expect was that Salin did not send a simple transport team. Instead, Salin personally brought people to the Bitter Water Prefecture. And the fact that there was a level-eight undead by Salin's side was even more unknown. When Salin was defending Metatlin, the Winged Skeleton was still overseas and had not returned.
This time, the Winged Skeleton had followed Salin to the Bitter Water Prefecture and brought all the undead he had sealed in the Green Spirit for a long time. There were more than fifty thousand troops. These were all prepared to be used to equip the fleet. For Salin's safety, he did not leave a single one behind.
Sending one thousand undead cavalrymen at once was no trouble for the Winged Skeleton. However, it was also very difficult for him to command too many undead. In every battle, two thousand and five hundred undead was the limit. He was really looking forward to his master's advancement. When he became a level-nine undead, he would be able to command over ten thousand powerful undead in battle. If he completely absorbed the Undead Monarch's soul fire, the Winged Skeleton was confident that he could command over ten thousand undead.
The Monarch's soul fire already had the embryonic form of rules.
The Gaze of the Undead allowed the Winged Skeleton to see the army in the distance. He knew that a battle was inevitable. Different from his plan, the Qin Yin people had not thought of any other methods.
They had used force to destroy this town and stop the Metatlin emissary. There were definitely Magic Shooters in the army in the distance.
Magic Shooters were not easy to deal with. The Winged Skeleton thought to himself and had already given an order to Kind Tree.
Kind Tree pointed his magic staff forward from his skeletal warhorse, and the undead cavalrymen on the two wings immediately urged their warhorses forward.
The undead cavalrymen's weapons were different from humans'. They were rusty broadswords covered in corroded holes. In reality, each hole was filled with a thick aura of death that would only be released when they were chopped. When inhaled by humans, it could quickly evaporate the poison.
If an army without Magicians encountered undead cavalrymen, it would be the most painful battle. The Winged Skeleton saw that there were no Magicians among the two thousand cavalrymen. There were less than ten white-robed Magicians among the one thousand three hundred infantrymen. After all, they were only the vanguard, used to attack the enemy.
With the charge of the undead cavalrymen, the quality of Qin Yin's army was immediately shown. Among the one thousand infantrymen, eight hundred of them were divided into two layers and raised huge wooden shields. They didn't bring any vehicles. The metal shields were with the main infantrymen at the back.
The infantrymen arranged themselves in a defensive formation. Eight hundred infantrymen in front and five hundred behind. The infantrymen at the back took out their composite bows and shot at the sky.
The infantrymen's reactions were too mechanical. Because the two sides were very close, the undead cavalrymen's charge didn't slow down or speed up. The skeletal warhorses directly increased their speed to the maximum.
Qin Yin's arrows were sharp. Logically speaking, five hundred infantrymen should have been able to shoot three arrows before the cavalry reached the infantrymen. However, the undead cavalrymen were too fast. By the time the second arrow was released, the undead cavalrymen in front had already crashed into the wooden shields.
Behind the wooden shields, the thick wooden supports were broken. The infantrymen couldn't stop the undead cavalrymen's charge at all with their bodies. It was as if a huge rock had been thrown into a pond. The shielded infantrymen at the front were scattered. The shielded infantrymen at the back stabbed their spears, but they were also forcefully knocked away by the undead cavalrymen.
In order to kill the undead cavalrymen, they had to at least use enchanted alchemy arrows, or directly shoot the undead cavalrymen's soul flames.
The undead cavalrymen swept their blades wildly. The shielded infantrymen were completely scattered. Their heads flew everywhere. Because they didn't have fully enclosed armor, these infantrymen were only wearing light armor. They were poisoned by the surging aura of death and fell to the ground.
The white-robed Mages at the back wanted to dispel the aura of death, but they couldn't. They were dragged onto horses by a dozen infantrymen and fled into the distance.
The infantrymen could fight with their lives, but these Mages had to be kept alive. First-level Mages were also rare treasures. Qin Yin didn't doubt this at all.
How could the Winged Skeleton allow these Mages to escape? He waved his giant axe and cut a ten-meter wide path through the infantrymen. Kind Tree was completely dizzy. Under the protection of six Jade Skulls, he moved forward, forward …
In the eyes of the enemies, Kind Tree was a violent Necromancer. After fiercely charging at the infantrymen, he passed through the infantrymen and chased after the white-robed Mages.
The white-robed Mages were scared out of their wits. The Necromancer didn't use magic. Instead, he chased after them with terrifying undead creatures. Was he going to capture them alive?
The white-robed Mage was right. The Winged Skeleton planned to capture these Mages alive. If he killed the Mages directly, he was also worried that one of the Mages had an inheritance and would anger the master of the Mages. If he captured them alive, he could sell them for a good price.
However, the cavalrymen didn't think so. They thought that the Necromancer was going to kill the white-robed Mages. Even though the white-robed Mages didn't use any offensive spells against the Necromancer, dispelling the aura of death from the Necromancer was an offense.
Originally, the cavalrymen were going to launch a counterattack and attack the undead cavalrymen from the flanks. Now, they had no choice but to split up to save the white-robed Mages.
The Winged Skeleton was overjoyed. He had guessed correctly. The cavalrymen were taking good care of these Mages.
Now that they were taking good care of them, the Winged Skeleton waved his giant axe. The four-meter long axe split everything in half. Under the protection of the seven skeletons, Kind Tree's courage grew. Under the guidance of the Winged Skeleton, he pointed his magic staff in all directions. Following the guidance of his magic staff, a small group of undead cavalrymen would rush forward to save the Mages' cavalrymen.
These Qin Yin cavalrymen weren't prepared. They were armed with crossbows, which were good weapons for breaking armor or combined attacks. However, they didn't do much damage to the undead cavalrymen. Against the undead cavalrymen, heavy swords were more reliable.
The Winged Skeleton deliberately slowed down so that the Qin Yin cavalrymen could cut in front of him and block his advance. He happily waved his giant axe, cutting the cavalrymen and their horses in half. The most unlucky ones were the few high-level Swordsmen. If their weapons were suitable, they wouldn't have been cut in half.
No one had ever encountered such a ferocious undead. Under the Winged Skeleton's enormous strength, the Qin Yin cavalrymen couldn't even last one round.
The white-robed Mage was the bait. The Qin Yin cavalrymen were like moths to a flame, fearlessly charging towards the undead cavalrymen. The undead cavalrymen's giant swords danced in the air. The strength of both sides was about the same. However, the charging power of the undead cavalrymen's horses was too great. The Qin Yin cavalrymen were at a disadvantage because of their mounts. The undead cavalrymen broke through the ranks. Wherever they passed, the black aura of death condensed into purple, scattering everywhere.
On average, it took five Qin Yin cavalrymen's attacks to knock one undead cavalryman off his horse. The undead cavalrymen who fell off their horses waved their giant swords again and rejoined the ranks of Corpse Soldiers behind them.
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