Boom! A series of explosions rang out in Great Xia's campsite.
"Kill!" As the winged cavalry got closer, dozens of people in front of them brandished their swords and kicked them. The fences made of tree trunks, which were 10 centimeters in diameter, immediately collapsed.
One by one, the winged cavalry emerged from the night sky. Their bodies were much stronger than ordinary people, and their murderous aura sent chills down people's spines.
"Kill!" The winged cavalry formed a conical formation and pounced on the chaotic battle formation that had just been swept by the artillery shells.
"Crossbow battalion, shoot! Archers, shoot at the rear! Soldiers with swords and shields, stop them. Sixth, seventh, and eighth teams, spearmen, go to the front! "A series of orders came from the battle formation, and waves of crossbow arrows were shot at the incoming winged cavalry.
Great Xia's battle formation was in an arc shape. Even if the winged cavalry charged in from the side, they would still be covered by a considerable number of crossbow arrows.
However, the battle formation that had just been swept by the artillery shells was already in chaos, and the crossbow arrows didn't pose much of a threat. The winged cavalry charged into the crowd and set off a rain of blood.
Using mortars to open a path and disrupt the opponent's battle formation, the winged cavalry would charge directly into the enemy's battle formation and engage in hand-to-hand combat. Using the powerful individual strength of the winged cavalry to mess up the enemy's battle formation was a tried and tested method.
Li Qianqiu continued to carry Ren Baqian up and down. The night wind blew in his face, and Ren Baqian wanted to sing, "The cold night wind is carelessly slapping on my face!"
However, his gaze was soon fixed on something.
At this moment, he could already see that the enemy's battle formation had been completely torn apart. The corpses on the ground and the blood flowing freely on the ground looked like a dark red flower from afar.
The rest of the enemy had already begun to flee in all directions. Most of them ran toward the center of the campsite, and the enemy's battle formation in the center of the campsite also moved in this direction.
Just as the fleeing soldiers were about to reach the battle formation, the reinforcements stopped 200 steps away. Then, a rain of arrows covered the sky and covered the moon as they rained down in front of them.
At the same time, the sounds of arrows being drawn overlapped and formed a loud buzzing sound.
Regardless of whether it was the winged cavalry or their own army, they were all within shooting range.
"So ruthless!" Ren Baqian muttered to himself.
One had to know that nearly half of the 20,000 soldiers were still alive. These were the living Great Xia soldiers, their own people. This was not a small number, but nearly ten thousand people.
How was he going to explain to the other soldiers that the enemy's commander was so ruthless? How was he going to explain to the imperial court of the Great Xia Dynasty when he returned?
After noticing the rain of arrows, the winged cavalry warriors picked up the corpses from the ground one after another and raised them above their heads to shield themselves from the arrows. There were also some who brandished their swords so that not even a drop of water could penetrate them.
"Let's retreat!" Ren Baqian said. His goal had been achieved. Today's battle results were good enough.
Again, there were still seven days left. The days were long.
Following Li Qianqiu's orders, Ren Baqian and the others began to withdraw and return to the predetermined rendezvous point.
The winged cavalry took a detour and came back faster than Ren Baqian and the others. When Ren Baqian returned, he saw them sitting there and bandaging their wounds in silence.
Ren Baqian counted from the beginning to the end. There were 976 people, which was a little less.
Even though the strength of an Earth Wheel expert was overwhelmingly superior to ordinary soldiers, and the winged cavalry warriors were like superhumans in terms of strength, stamina, speed, reaction speed, and resistance to attacks. However, there would still be casualties on the battlefield every time.
Most of the casualties were caused by crossbow bolts.
Even after charging into the enemy's formation, crossbow bolts would be shot from the dark. After all, the crossbow battalion wasn't a bunch of fools who would be slaughtered at close range.
In particular, the winged cavalry warriors generally had a bad habit of jumping forward to slash people after killing everyone around them.
There were so many people, yet you still jumped so high. Who else would you shoot if not you?
After circling around the camp, Ren Baqian bade farewell to Li Qianqiu and led the guards to a remote place. He instructed the guards to stand guard nearby before disappearing into the night.
By now, many people had their own guesses. Since the beginning of Ren Baqian's journey to Liao City, even though Ren Baqian had tried his best to find a separate room and disappear, there would be a bunch of things around him every few days.
As a result, Ren Baqian was already prepared to be guessed. In any case, he had mentioned the "hearthstone" to Tong Zhengye before. However, no one asked him, and he allowed them to speculate in secret.
However, the idea of traveling between worlds was still too distant for the aboriginals. In their hearts, Ren Baqian's country was still somewhere in this world.
When Ren Baqian returned to Earth, he still had two short knives with him. The knives were about 70 centimeters long, 40 centimeters long, and three fingers wide. The hilt and scabbard were made of gold and silver respectively. One of the knives was engraved with the words "Golden Time" and the other with "Silver Time".
The knives belonged to the guy who was almost sent to the moon by Ren Baqian that day. His corpse was scattered, but the knives were still intact.
When Ren Baqian received them, he tested them and found that they could indeed cut through iron like mud. The other sword that was picked up by the soldiers was broken after three slashes.
After obtaining these knives, Ren Baqian felt like he had found a treasure. Unfortunately, he was too weak and couldn't use them. He hugged them to sleep for a night before throwing them aside.
This time, he specially brought them back. The aboriginals didn't use these knives, and he didn't know how to use them. Therefore, he brought them back to show off.
Occasionally, he had to bring back some good stuff to prevent them from looking down on that world.
When he returned to the villa, he first threw the knives aside, prepared a pool of hot water, and took a good bath. He then strolled to the room next door that was full of snacks, took a few bags of dried fruits, beef jerky, and drinks, and ran to the first floor to watch TV.
After fighting for more than a month, it was now mid-April in Dayao, and March 2019 on Earth.
Although he would watch the news every time he came back, he felt that his sense of alienation from Earth was getting heavier.
The main reason was that his mind was filled with bombs, artillery shells, and grenades every time he came back. Other than Yang Sen and his family, he had very little contact with other people. The ordinary life on Earth seemed to have little to do with him.
In addition, time was not synchronized. The timeline on Earth was moving too fast, and the result was that this sense of alienation became more and more obvious.
Ren Baqian sighed with emotion. He felt that as time passed, this sense of alienation might still appear between him and his family. As time passed, this situation would become more serious.
However, this was something that couldn't be helped.
If he lived to be 100 years old, he would at least live until 2170 on Earth.
At that time, not to mention his son, even his great-grandson would die.
After staying on the sofa for a day, Ren Baqian picked up his phone to return missed calls. One of them was from his mother. His father was going to celebrate his 52nd birthday and wanted him to bring his girlfriend home.
Last year, his mother was already upset that he didn't bring his girlfriend back for her 50th birthday.
She had been thinking about the person in the photo for a long time. The result of her thinking was his father's 52nd birthday, and it seemed that she would continue to celebrate his mother's 51st birthday this year …
Other than the two of them, no one else would celebrate their birthday …
The other call was from Chen Qing.
The hangover medicine, "Blue Bottle," was already on the market. In a very short period of time, it immediately became popular. Its powerful effects immediately crushed all the similar products in the market, and its reputation spread abroad. Although there were some doubtful comments about Blue Bottle on the Internet, anyone with a discerning eye could tell that it was created by a competitor.
Now, "Blue Bottle" didn't lack fame or sales. What it lacked was production.
At present, Papa Chen was loftily marking up land in the south to plant green vines.
Another piece of news was that a special medicine to treat leukemia had been developed and was about to undergo clinical trials. At present, the nation was very concerned about this medicine.
After hearing this news, although Ren Baqian smiled and responded, he didn't feel much.
As mentioned before, he hadn't come into contact with the lives of ordinary people on Earth for a long time. Money, which was very important to him in the past, didn't have much meaning to him anymore. He didn't even have many opportunities to spend money, and it was really just a number.
Ren Baqian thought about it and suddenly felt that he was quite pitiful. Other people still had a few friends or enemies, and they still had someone to act cool to when they had nothing to do.
But what about himself? Other than dealing with the nation, he didn't even have someone to act cool to …
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