The martial artists of Great Xia were defeated faster than they had imagined.
Before this, Ren Baqian hadn't seen the aboriginals and Great Xia fight openly. They had always been defending the city or attacking at night.
However, according to some rumors, the casualties of Great Xia's elite troops were usually 30 to 50 percent. This ratio was already considered a strong army.
Even though these practitioners wouldn't obey orders, Ren Baqian had always felt that they were more courageous and had a huge numerical advantage. In addition, they usually lived on the edge of a knife, so they would only collapse when the casualty rate was at least 30 percent.
However, Ren Baqian ignored the psychological pressure these practitioners felt when they faced the silent winged cavalry warriors. There had always been rumors that the aboriginals could defeat ordinary practitioners of the same level.
In particular, they could see their own people falling one by one with blood spurting out from their bodies. On the other hand, the other side had very few casualties. Other than some famous Earth Wheel experts who could contend with or even defeat them, most people were barely holding on and completely using their lives to fill the gap.
Under such circumstances, many people had the intention to retreat when they found out who their opponents were.
If their opponents were ordinary aboriginal soldiers, they could still see some hope.
However, they couldn't see any hope of victory when facing these winged cavalry warriors.
In addition, they weren't the elites of the army who obeyed military orders. Even the death of Lu Pinghai could cause an uproar among the practitioners in the north, let alone when they were faced with hundreds of Earth Wheel experts and were surrounded by death.
Some of the quick-witted ones had already started to flee.
This kind of behavior also spurred the others on.
Furthermore, many of them weren't fleeing toward the Great Xia barracks but toward the northwest. As long as they could escape back to Great Xia, it would be better to conceal their identities than to lose their lives here.
When the casualty rate was about 20 percent, the Great Xia practitioners began to disperse and flee in all directions.
This 20 percent casualty rate was due to the winged cavalry killing too quickly. Most of the casualties were the weaker practitioners.
Many of the winged cavalry kicked the ground and flew into the distance like cannonballs.
If one didn't consider dodging techniques, Great Xia practitioners who were below the Earth Wheel level were definitely no match for the winged cavalry when they ran in a straight line. However, Great Xia practitioners who were at the same level were far superior to the winged cavalry.
"Chase them for 500 meters and return!" Li Qianqiu's voice rang out!
Ren Baqian aimed the anti-aircraft gun for a long time and finally gave up resentfully.
Otherwise, the winged cavalry would suffer the most casualties tonight.
The winged cavalry warriors gave chase for a short while before returning. Each of them sat on the ground and used the strips of cloth that were torn from the corpses to wipe their sabers.
Not long after, the winged cavalry warriors came out from the forest. At the very least, within their range of perception, there were no other living beings apart from them.
The Great Xia soldiers were completely annihilated, and only a few managed to escape.
The winged cavalry was more familiar with the forest.
One had to know that most of the winged cavalry were recruited from the Sixty Thousand Mountains.
"Has the Great Xia barracks not come out yet?" Ren Baqian sat on the ground and asked through the walkie-talkie.
"Sir, they haven't come out yet. They've only strengthened their defenses."
"Oh," Ren Baqian replied and fell to the ground with his head raised. Great Xia's response was very normal. If they came out to rescue, it would probably cause even more casualties. Under the circumstances of night and limited visibility, the strength of the Great Xia army was at its lowest, while the strength of the aboriginals wasn't affected.
Even though they knew that there were only a few thousand ancient race soldiers outside, they still didn't dare to move recklessly.
However, in Ren Baqian's mind, it was only a matter of time before he died.
It would take at least a week to reach the border from here. There was no way they could make it out alive.
Li Qianqiu wouldn't let them make it out alive either.
The hands of this army were stained with the blood of the aboriginals.
Although Ren Baqian didn't see it with his own eyes, he heard that many villages that weren't notified in time were directly flattened.
There were also a few cities that had been destroyed.
Ren Baqian looked at the galaxy in the night sky, sighed, and turned to ask Li Qianqiu, "Do you think the Great Xia people will also want to seek revenge on us?"
"Just kill all those who want revenge. Kill them until they don't even dare to think about it." Li Qianqiu grinned cruelly in the style of the aboriginals.
To Ren Baqian, Li Qianqiu was a pretty good person. However, to outsiders, all the aboriginals were cruel and bloodthirsty.
"The enemy of another is my hero!" Ren Baqian sighed and threw this matter aside.
In the past, he felt that human life was very important.
He always felt that he was a good person, helping an old lady cross the road, being friendly to others, and helping others whenever he could. Even though he hadn't done any of these things before, he still felt that he was a good person.
Even so, he still felt that he was a good person.
Only the heavens knew when it started, but in his heart, human life had become just a noun.
When the 3,000 soldiers returned and everyone was preparing to sneak toward the two ambushing troops in the south, they received news that the two ambushing troops were actually preparing to return to their barracks.
Great Xia was originally prepared to leave a few ambushing troops to attack Dayao from the front and back, but they didn't expect the ambushing troops to become dishes on the table. How could they still leave those two troops there?
When the aboriginal troops in the south realized that the other party was actually returning to their barracks, it was already too late. They could only watch as they returned to their barracks in the dark of the night.
"We have fought tonight. Come again tomorrow night," Ren Baqian said as he yawned.
In one night, they had destroyed one-seventh of Great Xia's troops and scattered those practitioners. Now that Great Xia had already set up their battle formation in their barracks, there was no need to continue.
When it was almost daybreak, the two armies finally converged.
The 3,500 soldiers originally belonged to the Protectorate of the Center. At this time, they didn't cause any waves when they returned to Li Qianqiu's command. Other than the necessary scouts and sentries, the rest fell asleep.
There were no tents or anything like that at all.
In the wilderness, the aboriginals basically used the sky as their blanket and the ground as their bed. Given the physique of the aboriginals, they didn't care about the damp and cold at night.
Ren Baqian slept in his clothes for the night. The next day, he woke up with a bruise on his forehead and an embarrassed look on his face.
This bunch of damned mosquitoes.
After killing livestock and barbecuing meat, everyone chased after the Great Xia army. The other party had just set up camp when Ren Baqian and the others arrived. They started a fire and barbecued meat dozens of kilometers away, waiting for the night attack.
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A few hours later, in the middle of the night, Ren Baqian and the others found their way to the outside of the Great Xia barracks.
"Sure enough, they are waiting for us!" Ren Baqian said after checking with the night vision device.
Although the Great Xia barracks weren't in a battle formation, the tents outside were all empty, just like the day before. Inside the barracks, there were large areas of heat sources lying in ambush waiting for them.
The other party was so densely packed, and tens of thousands of people were standing there like fools. Ren Baqian felt that he would be letting them down if he didn't fire a few cannons. He immediately used mortars and fired two cannons at the densely packed area.
Following the explosions, there was obviously some chaos in the barracks, but it was quickly suppressed.
"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"
After seven or eight cannons, the chaos in the Great Xia barracks could no longer be suppressed. They didn't even see the enemy, but every explosion sent people tumbling.
"Sir, what should we do?" A few generals gathered in a corner of the Great Xia barracks.
"Let's kill our way out!" someone suggested.
"Kill our way out? That group of barbarians is waiting outside. We saw smoke in the distance in the evening, and they might have gathered together. There are at least 6,000 to 7,000 of them. If we go out at night, I'm afraid we will die. "Another general frowned.
"But staying here is also a dead end. If we continue to wait, our morale will be gone. We might as well go out and kill a few more barbarians!" another general said anxiously.
The timely sound of the cannons was a footnote to his words.
The group was caught in a dilemma.
They couldn't go out now, but they couldn't stay either.
If they went out, the aboriginals would be waiting outside. If they fought in the dark, the outcome would be obvious.
If they didn't go out, they would be passively beaten. Furthermore, they couldn't even see the enemy. The soldiers below had already started to get restless. After a while, they would be in chaos before the enemy came to fight.
Aggrieved. Everyone had the same thought in their hearts. This battle was too aggrieving. They didn't know whether to advance or retreat. They had never fought such an aggrieved battle before.
"Wait!" Finally, the person who was surrounded in the middle spoke. "I don't believe that they won't run out of these weapons."
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