Zhao Hai and the others had been tossing and turning outside for a long time before they returned to the city. At this time, the Holy Academy's camp was in a state of depression. Everyone was unhappy, especially the soldiers. They wanted to sleep, but they were woken up by their commander. It would be strange if they were happy.
In the afternoon, Zhao Hai and the others finally stopped causing trouble. The soldiers could finally go back to their tents and have a good sleep. They slept all the way until night fell.
After eating dinner, the soldiers of the Holy Academy didn't rush to sleep. Instead, they gathered in their tents and waited. They wanted to see if Zhao Hai and the others would come out to cause trouble.
However, they were disappointed. They waited until 9 PM, but Zhao Hai and the others still didn't come out. However, they were still very nervous. This was because today, Zhao Hai and the others didn't have any light on the city walls.
That's right, there was no light on the city walls today. In the past, countless torches and braziers would be lit every night in order to prevent people from attacking the city. But today, there was no light on the city walls.
There were no lights on the city walls. This made the Holy Academy's camp even more nervous. They didn't know what Zhao Hai and the others wanted to do. Why didn't they light up the lamps at night? Did they want to attack today?
In the end, the soldiers couldn't take it anymore and fell asleep. The Holy Academy's camp also calmed down. At this time, countless torches and braziers lit up on the city walls, making it as bright as day. Then suddenly, countless fire arrows were shot into the Holy Academy's camp. These fire arrows were shot from a bed. When these fire arrows entered the Holy Academy's camp, sounds of killing were immediately heard.
These fire arrows lit up all the tents in the Holy Academy's camp. The Holy Academy's camp was in chaos. At this time, all the chariots returned to the city. However, Zhao Hai and the others didn't.
When the Holy Academy's camp finally extinguished the fire and stabilized the camp, they immediately organized a group of Sky Dance Experts to go out and check the situation.
However, these Sky Dance Experts didn't notice anything when they were close to their camp. When they flew forward and got a bit closer to the city, countless arrows were shot from the city. This time, the arrows didn't ignite, so several Sky Dance Experts were injured. They had no choice but to retreat back to their camp.
However, not long after they returned to the camp, the sounds of killing were heard from outside. This made the Holy Academy's people almost explode. But this time, they didn't dare to go out of the city.
After that, Zhao Hai and the others shouted several more times. In short, the Holy Courtyard's camp didn't get any peace. The next morning, the soldiers were listless. They ate some food and then immediately went to sleep.
At this time, Zhao Hai's army went out of the camp. This time, they brought carriages along with them. Moreover, all of them were accompanied by warriors. They were arranged in a neat formation as they headed towards the Sacred Courtyard's camp. When the people of the Sacred Courtyard saw this, they immediately woke up the sleeping soldiers. However, these soldiers couldn't stand the torment of the past two days. They wanted to have a good night's sleep. Unfortunately, their superiors didn't allow them to sleep. They were forced to line up one by one, preparing to meet the enemy.
However, Zhao Hai and the others didn't attack the Holy Academy's camp. Instead, they practiced outside the camp until the afternoon. Then they returned to the city. The Holy Academy's camp was startled once again.
The Holy Academy's people also knew that this wasn't good. If they let Zhao Hai and the others continue like this, then they wouldn't need Zhao Hai to attack them. Because of this, the Holy Academy decided to take the initiative to attack tonight. They would send troops to harass the city.
But at night, they were dumbfounded. This was because Zhao Hai and the others were outside the city. When they were still a few miles away from the city, they lit a fire. At the same time, they also lit a sky lantern above the fire. Although they haven't seen this sky lantern before, they still understood what Zhao Hai meant by this. The Holy Academy discovered that it was impossible for them to attack the city at night. They couldn't even harass the city.
However, when they saw this situation, they thought that Zhao Hai and the others wouldn't harass them today. They thought that they could have a good night's sleep. Because of this, except for the city guards, everyone else went to rest.
However, they didn't expect that after they slept for an hour or so, they would hear a muffled rumbling sound. Those who were experienced could immediately tell that this was the sound of cavalry charging. The reason why the sound was muffled was because the other party had wrapped the hooves of their horses with cloth.
The officers in the camp immediately jumped up. Then the sound of the enemy's attack could be heard from time to time. The Holy Academy's camp was in chaos. The officers took out their scabbards and desperately whipped the sleeping soldiers. Then the soldiers ran out of their tents in panic. Under the officers' shouts, they prepared to face the enemy.
However, they were quickly disappointed. This was because the sound of the galloping horses disappeared. This made them stare, they didn't know what was going on.
After waiting for about an hour, there was still no movement. The people of the Holy Courtyard knew that they had been tricked by Zhao Hai. They had no choice but to dismiss the group and have the soldiers return to their tents. The soldiers were now complaining, they couldn't help but complain. They had been tossing and turning for several days now, they couldn't even get a good night's sleep. How could they bear this?
After the soldiers returned to their tents, many of them didn't even take off their armor before they fell asleep. But just as they fell asleep, the cavalry attack came again. The people of the Holy Academy had no choice but to wake the soldiers up. The soldiers were completely exhausted, they couldn't help but fall asleep while standing.
The people of the Holy Academy couldn't just continue like this for a year. In the end, they decided to have half of them sleep while the other half stay on guard.
In fact, the people of the Holy Academy wanted to use this method before. However, they didn't dare to. This was because the camp they were staying in wasn't a city. In a city, there were walls protecting it. Even if the enemy attacked, it wouldn't be easy for them to enter the city.
However, they were in a military camp. The military camp didn't have walls. Although there were guards outside the camp, the defensive capabilities of the guards were far worse than the city walls. If the enemy were to rush into the camp, then the sleeping soldiers would be nothing more than food for the enemy. They simply wouldn't have any ability to resist.
Because of this, although they knew that Zhao Hai was harassing them, the people of the Holy Academy didn't dare to let the soldiers rest. This was because they were afraid that Zhao Hai would suddenly attack them. If that happened, they would be in danger.
However, after these days of harassment, the people of the Holy Academy knew that the physical strength of the soldiers had reached its limit. If they didn't let the soldiers rest today, then they wouldn't be able to fight tomorrow. At that time, Zhao Hai wouldn't even need to attack, they would collapse.
Because of this, the people of the Holy Academy had no choice but to let half of the soldiers rest. While they were resting, the sound of the cavalry charge was heard once again. However, the Holy Academy didn't take this sound seriously. They thought that Zhao Hai was harassing them again and wouldn't attack at all. The reason why they left half of the soldiers on guard was to scare Zhao Hai. They wanted to let Zhao Hai know that they were on guard. If they were to attack, then they would certainly suffer.
However, they were wrong this time. Just after half of the soldiers went to rest for an hour, the Holy Academy's charge began. This time, it was a real charge. A total of 50 thousand cavalry rushed into the Holy Academy's camp like the wind. The soldiers of the Holy Academy were already half-asleep, so their reactions were much slower. Therefore, they simply couldn't block the charge of Zhao Hai's cavalry. Zhao Hai's cavalry charged into the camp and then set fire to the camp. All the soldiers who were awakened were killed by the cavalry. However, the cavalry didn't stay in the camp for long. After charging through the camp, they immediately left. However, their attack caused half of the Holy Academy's tents to catch fire. More than 20 thousand soldiers died, and countless were injured.
By the time the other two camps of the Holy Academy arrived to support the camp, Zhao Hai's cavalry had already retreated, leaving behind a messy camp.
After this attack, Zhao Hai didn't attack again tonight. However, the people of the Holy Academy had no way to rest. In the end, they had to extinguish the fire, gather the troops, and treat the injured. They were busy until dawn.
After dawn, the people of the Holy Academy had no choice but to gather and discuss what to do. In the end, they decided to retreat 30 li. Although this would make it more difficult for them to attack the city, it would also make it more difficult for Zhao Hai and the others to harass them. It can be said that this was the only way.
After the decision was made, the three camps of the Holy Academy immediately began to retreat. Upon seeing the three camps of the Holy Academy retreating, Zhao Hai couldn't help but smile. These past few days had been very hard for the Holy Academy. However, seeing the Holy Academy having no choice but to retreat, Zhao Hai was very happy.
These were the generals of the other city-states. They were all standing by Zhao Hai's side as they watched the Holy Academy's army retreat. One of the generals laughed and said, "Good, those fellows from the Holy Academy finally retreated. It's good that they retreated."
The other Generals also laughed. Zhao Hai looked at everyone and smiled faintly, "Everyone, don't be happy too early. The Holy Academy won't retreat too far. They retreated so that we wouldn't be able to harass them. Get ready, we'll go out tonight and set up traps." Everyone's morale was high. Zhao Hai looked at everyone and smiled faintly.
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