The six hundred men Xu Keyi had brought with him were all men who had been training with the Wushang cavalry in the City of Steel. These people were cavalry themselves, so they were well-versed in the tactics and strategies of cavalry. They were true elites. Although they were few in number, they possessed astonishing fighting power and were extremely skilled at dealing with cavalry.
All of their techniques were ingenious, and they would never engage in a direct confrontation with cavalry. Thus, even though the Turks had the numerical advantage, they were unable to inflict any real damage. Not only that, besides their ingenious techniques, their physical strength was also formidable. Just like Xu Keyi, a single slash of their sword could cleave their enemy, horse, and even their thick armor in two!
Swish! Swish! Swish!
One WuZi Steel sword after another silently cut through the night sky, a soundless dance of death in the darkness. There was only the sound of sharp blades cutting through flesh, and then countless heavy objects crashing to the ground. "Aaaah!" The Qixi Armory was littered with corpses and screams.
"Pour the black oil! Use the black oil to deal with them! "
"Light the fire! Burn these Tang people to death! "
There was no lack of shrewd and wise Turks, and the eight hundred Turkic warriors quickly began to move. Water sacks were opened and thrown into the air, pouring black oil over Xu Keyi's group. Some of the Turks had already prepared a match, and with a hiss, they threw it at the black oil.
"You've all gone mad! This black oil is meant to destroy the Qixi Armory!"
"There's no time! If we don't kill them, we'll all die!"
One of the Turks tried to stop the others, but he was quickly intercepted. With the crackle of fire, sparks flew toward Xu Keyi's group. Hwoooo! The flames burned, but when they were still several feet away, they were stopped by an invisible wall of energy. The flames burned in the air, making it impossible to approach, much less get close.
"Profound Martial realm!"
The hearts of the eight hundred Turkic warriors chilled at this sight. Profound Martial experts had thick layers of Stellar Energy around their bodies, so the Arabian oil was incapable of effectively threatening them.
"Hmph, you only realized it now?"
Xu Keyi sneered.
"Everyone, listen up! Kill them!"
With this order, another hundred Turkic warriors were cut down from their horses. While the two sides were locked in a fierce battle, a group of Turkic soldiers had slipped past the two sides and stealthily made their way to the gate of the Qixi Armory. But when they were around one zhang from the gate, something strange happened. No matter how the Turkic soldiers walked, they would always end up back at their original spot.
The gate of the Qixi Armory, which was ten feet away, seemed to be in another distant space and time, and could not be approached no matter what. There seemed to be a huge chasm between the two sides.
"What's going on? Why can't we walk over? "
"What the hell? Why are we back at the same place?"
"What kind of sorcery did these Tang people use? It's too evil!"
"Don't worry about it so much. Let's charge over on horseback!"
"Ah! We ran into a wall! "
… …
The Turkic soldiers felt their hairs stand on end. They had used all sorts of methods to get past the gate and into the Qixi Armory, but they couldn't even get close to the simple gate. The warriors of the Turkic steppe were all true warriors. Even if their heads fell to the ground, they would not so much as crease their brow. But the situation before them was far too bizarre and could not be explained with common sense.
Everyone had a body full of power, but it was completely useless.
"Hmph, the armory is such an important matter. Did you really think that we would do nothing and only send six hundred men to deal with you?"
The half-kneeling Xu Keyi, who had just cut a Turkic horseman and his horse in two, inwardly sneered at these words. Marquis had foresight and had long ago made preparations to deal with Agudu Lan. However, the Qixi Armory was no trifling matter, so how could they not make any preparations?
Elder Fang and Elder Du had already set up an illusory formation and a bewildering formation in front of the western gate of the armory. From a distance, everything seemed normal, but if one got too close, they would immediately be bewildered by the illusory formation and led elsewhere, and the result would be the Turks crashing into the wall. This was because the 'gate' they saw wasn't the real gate at all.
And even if they used brute force to charge through, they would still be led elsewhere by the bewildering formation. This was because under the influence of the bewildering formation, even though they seemed to be charging in a straight line, they were actually moving in a crooked manner. Xu Keyi didn't know how this was done, but he did know that he had Elder Fang and Elder Du try it on him once. That day, Xu Keyi's face was swollen, his head dizzy, and he vomited for an entire day.
These Turkic cavalry were weaker than him, so it would be strange if they could find the main gate.
"Brothers, charge! Kill all of these Turks and let them know the might of us Tang people! "
Xu Keyi roared and charged forward, his WuZi Steel sword slashing at the hooves of his steeds. Klang! Just as Xu Keyi had killed more than twenty Turkic experts and their corpses were scattered all over the ground, a metallic whistle suddenly sounded. An oddly shaped golden saber abruptly descended from the sky, striking the spine of Xu Keyi's WuZi Steel sword. It knocked away the WuZi Steel sword in Xu Keyi's hand, allowing him to avoid the misfortune of having four hooves sliced off.
"An expert!"
Xu Keyi's eyelids twitched as he exclaimed in surprise. To be able to accurately strike the spine of his sword and avoid the sharp edges of his sword, this wasn't a feat that any ordinary martial artist could achieve.
"You scoundrel, your opponent is me! Don't bully those lowly soldiers! "
In the blink of an eye, a cold voice, speaking in the Han language that he had never learned in his life, sounded from above him. Xu Keyi raised his head and saw a fierce-looking Turkic commander dressed in wolf armor viciously glaring at him. Compared to the surrounding cavalry, this Turkic commander stood out like a crane among chickens, his aura clearly much stronger.
"Ha, interesting. If you want to fight, then come!"
Xu Keyi smiled, delighted instead of alarmed. Gripping his sword with both hands, he transformed into a dazzling flower of swords that lunged at the Turkic commander. At almost the same time, Cheng Sanyuan, Su Shixuan, and Chen Bin were also encountering their own opponents.
Clangclangclang! Icy flowers of swords flashed through the night sky as the two groups fiercely battled. Furious roars, screams, and the neighing of Neigh's horse blended together in front of the Qixi Armory. In the distance, the Qixi Protectorate headquarters was deathly still and pitch-black. Everyone seemed to have a tacit understanding that they couldn't hear anything.
While Xu Keyi's side was in a stalemate, Wang Chong's side was completely one-sided …
"Neigh!"
"Rumble!"
Warhorses began to drop to the ground in fear, the thuds of their bodies echoing over the battlefield. The four thousand two hundred men that Agudu Lan had sent out were utterly routed by the Wushang Cavalry, simply no match for them. In a single clash, more than one thousand eight hundred men had died. This sight made Agudu Lan's heart bleed, and he felt even worse than if he had been surrounded.
This was a surprise attack, not a true battle. Thus, Agudu Lan had not brought all his men, only a few elites. For a surprise attack, five thousand men was already quite a lot. But Agudu Lan had not expected that the elites he had been relying on would be so weak in front of Wang Chong.
Although he had long ago known that Dayan Mangpoje's White Braves had been completely wiped out at the triangular gap, only when he was truly fighting with the Tang people did he understand what sort of pressure Dayan Mangpoje had been facing.
Too powerful! Too powerful! Only the Khan's most elite Sanmi Army, the Wolf God Army, and the Golden Tent Army can contend against them!
Agudu Lan felt like a storm had swept through his mind, and he was deeply shaken. He knew that the several thousand men in Wushang's City of Steel were formidable, but he hadn't expected them to be this formidable. This wasn't something that the people around him could deal with. If this continued, the people around him would all die here.
"Retreat! Retreat! Everyone, retreat! "
Agudu Lan was both shocked and infuriated. His dantian exploded, forcing back the five, and then Agudu Lan let out a shrill whistle. Bam! This shrill cry soared into the sky, echoing far into the night. Awoooo! A shrill wolf howl resounded through the night, and as if it was some sort of signal, the howls began to come from the distance like a tide.
"Wolves! This Agudu Lan really is leading a wolf pack into battle! "
As Wang Chong listened to the distant howls and the incoming wolf army, a glimmer of light flashed through his eyes. Of the great powers surrounding the Tang Dynasty, the Turks were the most special. This was because besides their regular soldiers, they could often mobilize a large number of wolves to fight alongside the army.
Although a single wolf was nothing to fear for a fully-armored soldier, when the number of wolves reached a certain level, everything was different. Thus, the true fighting power of the Turks could not be measured in numbers. This was also the greatest headache for the soldiers of the northern frontier when facing the Turks.
Although Wang Chong would become the Grand Marshal of the world in the future, the forces of the steppe would have long since declined, and he would have no chance of fighting. This was the first time Wang Chong had seen a wolf pack fight in a regular army.
"Ha, it seems like you've made ample preparations, but alas, it's useless!"
Wang Chong sneered. If the unparalleled Wushang Cavalry, hailed as the number one cavalry of the world, couldn't even deal with a pack of wolves, then their title of number one would be in vain. Boom! Just when Agudu Lan was about to retreat, Wang Chong stepped forward, following Elder Fang, Elder Du, Li Siye, and Huang Botian to hold down Agudu Lan.
"Haha, Protector-General, I haven't even agreed, so why are you in such a rush to leave? It's rare for you to come here, so why don't you stay here for the night? After all, I can even make a wooden stele for you. "
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