Before the army set off, the Yellow Emperor Alliance held a grand ceremony.
The altar was located on the outskirts of the Yellow Emperor City and was made of huge stone slabs. The altar was square and eighty-one meters long. It was divided into five levels and its surface area decreased with each level. There was only one flight of stairs on the south side. There were eighty steps leading to the fourth level of the altar. Two large cowhide drums stood on both sides of the stairs.
The fourth level of the altar was where the main ceremony took place. Four huge torches stood on each of the four corners. Apart from that, there were also two large cowhide drums on both sides of the south side of the stairs.
The fifth level of the altar was the most mysterious. It was five meters tall and shaped like the Eight Trigrams. There was a stone slab at the top of each corner with a scroll full of witchcraft characters hanging from it.
On the east and west sides of the altar were the totem flags of various tribes, including tigers, leopards, jackals, and wolves. On the left and right sides of the south side were the flags of the Yellow Emperor Tribe and the Yan Emperor Tribe. As for the players' flags, only Ouyang Shuo, who was the representative of the Mutants, had the right to place the flag of the Shanhai Town on the east side.
After Ouyang Shuo placed the flag on the east side, he heard a system notification.
"System notification: Congratulations to player Don't Say You Don't Have Clothes. The Shanhai Town's Lord Flag has been blessed by the Yellow Emperor Tribe's altar. It has gained a territorial characteristic – God's Protection (increases territorial defense by 10%)."
Ouyang Shuo was overjoyed. He immediately told Wang Feng, who was standing next to him, to remember to take back the flag after the ceremony and hang it in the middle of the city tower.
Around the altar, there was a spacious area. The Yellow Emperor Tribe's army of fifty thousand lined up on the south side of the altar. The Yan Emperor Tribe's army of thirty thousand lined up on the west side of the altar. The small and medium-sized tribes' army of forty thousand lined up on the east side of the altar. As for the eight thousand mutants, they lined up on the north side of the altar. More than a hundred thousand soldiers surrounded the altar in a dense manner, looking extremely spectacular.
The auspicious hour had arrived. The ceremony officially began. The shamans of the Yellow Emperor Tribe presided over the ceremony. It was already nine in the morning when the entire process was completed.
Then, the Yellow Emperor read out the declaration of war against the Chiyou Tribe.
Finally, it was the grand dance ceremony. The shamans led the women of the tribe. They wore colorful makeup and danced, singing songs and chanting forbidden spells. The warriors around them followed the rhythm of the songs and danced for battle. It was a spectacular scene. The spectating players were shocked.
Regardless of whether it was the Shaman Dance or the Battle Matrix Dance, they were both incredibly simple. They just had to swing their arms repeatedly and jump left and right with the rhythm. However, only when one was truly there could one feel the power of the wilderness. It was rough and mysterious. Only then could one experience the wisdom of the ancient ancestors. It was simple and immortal.
"This trip was truly worth it!" Bai Hua exclaimed from the side.
"That's right. Even if we don't get any rewards in the end, it's worth it to personally experience the Ancient Sacrificial Ceremony." Feng Qiuhuang echoed.
Ouyang Shuo, on the other hand, wasn't as sentimental as these two beauties. He smilingly said, "Are you satisfied with this? There's more to come. "
Towards Ouyang Shuo's lack of understanding, the two beauties very tacitly gave him a dirty look.
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After the ceremony, the Yellow Emperor raised an army of 120,000 and set off for the wilderness of Zhuolu, heading straight for Chiyou Village.
The Yellow Emperor's tribe's fifty thousand soldiers formed the center, the Yan Emperor's tribe's thirty thousand soldiers formed the left wing, and the small and medium tribes' forty thousand soldiers formed the right wing. As for the eight thousand mutants, they formed the rightmost side of the right wing.
The Yellow Emperor's tribe's center army had totems of bears, bears, wolves, leopards, eagles, dragons, owls, and other beasts. They were the Yellow Emperor's tribe's secret weapon.
As the mutants' representative, Ouyang Shuo had the authority to arrange the formation of the mutants. He arranged for the Mountain and Sea Alliance's two thousand people to be in the innermost area, while the three thousand people of the allied army were on the outermost area. Di Chen's army was on the outermost area.
The innermost area seemed dangerous, but it was beneficial for them to fight the Chiyou Tribe's soldiers and earn contribution points. On the other hand, the outermost area had to fight the Chiyou Tribe's mutant army face to face.
Although Di Chen gritted his teeth at Ouyang Shuo, he could only swallow his anger.
In the ancient times, there weren't many strategies when it came to marching and fighting. Basically, they were all straightforward. Both sides agreed on a location and set up their battle formation. With a single command, the warriors of both sides charged forward and engaged in close combat without any fancy moves.
At most, they would use the weather to their advantage, such as rainstorms or droughts. Previously, the Yellow Emperor's tribe had used the flood to destroy the Chiyou City. It was considered a relatively high-end strategy.
The Chiyou Village was less than ten kilometers away from the Yellow Emperor City. When the various tribes' troops gathered in the Yellow Emperor City, Chiyou had already found out. Today's large scale battle formation couldn't escape the Chiyou Tribe's detection.
With Chiyou's temper, how could he tolerate such provocation? He immediately gathered his troops and rushed out of the Chiyou Village, determined to fight the Yellow Emperor and Yan Emperor.
The two sides' armies of more than two hundred thousand unexpectedly met in the Zhuolu Wilderness. They were less than a kilometer apart. The horizontal formation stretched for several miles, with no end in sight.
The Yellow Emperor stood on the chariot and shouted, "Chiyou, today is the day you die!"
Chiyou didn't want to be outdone. He roared, "Yellow Emperor, don't try to win with words. Who is the overlord of the Central Plains will be decided in today's battle. Just wait to submit to me. When the time comes, I'll spare your life. "
The eighty-one brothers standing beside Chiyou burst into laughter, mocking him to the extreme.
The Flame Emperor couldn't stand it anymore. He looked at the Yellow Emperor and said, "Yellow Emperor, give the order."
The Yellow Emperor nodded. He raised the sharp stone sword in his hand and swung it forward, shouting, "Kill!"
"Kill!"
The warriors of both sides roared and rushed to the other side. The short distance of a kilometer took less than two minutes before the two sides collided. In an instant, flesh and blood flew everywhere, forming a river. If one looked down from the sky, they would see that the two torrents were tangling with each other on the several miles long battlefront.
Compared to the simple and direct battles between tribes, the battles between the mutant armies were much more skillful. The cavalry took the lead in charging, followed by the saber and shield soldiers, and then the archers.
After the two sides clashed, Ouyang Shuo kept an eye on them. He ordered Zhang Liao to lead the cavalry of five hundred to avoid the mutant armies and directly penetrate the Chiyou Tribe diagonally across from them. They would coordinate with the allied forces and charge. He ordered Mu Guiying to organize the archers and cover the cavalry's charge.
In this way, Di Chen and his allies were fighting hard against Xiong Ba and his people, while Ouyang Shuo and his people were earning contribution points crazily. If it weren't for the fact that killing mutant soldiers could also earn contribution points, Ouyang Shuo thought that Di Chen would go crazy.
The well-equipped cavalry, under the double cover of the archers and allied forces, unexpectedly tore an opening in the Chiyou Tribe's left flank. The fifty heavy armored cavalry at the front were like beasts in the world, tearing the enemies in front of them into pieces like an arrow. Lin Yi, who was leading the charge, was covered in blood, like a demon from hell.
The Chiyou Tribe's warriors were famous for their bravery, but they had never seen an army like this. After a little resistance, they all shivered and didn't dare to get close. Just like that, the five hundred cavalry shuttled back and forth in the Chiyou Tribe's left flank, as if there was no one there.
Seeing this opportunity, the Yellow Emperor decisively ordered Chang Xian to lead five thousand people to reinforce the right flank, trying to break through the Chiyou Tribe's left flank in one fell swoop.
With Chang Xian's reinforcements, Zhang Liao's cavalry was even more proficient. Compared to Lin Yi, Zhang Liao's strategic foresight and knowledge were clearly superior. He ordered his troops not to be greedy, not to fight passionately, and to focus on destroying the enemy's main force. As soon as the enemy showed signs of regrouping, they would immediately disperse, not giving the enemy a chance to regroup.
Seeing Ouyang Shuo's troops on the battlefield, Di Chen and Lord Chunshen weren't idiots. While the mutant armies could earn contribution points in a civil war, the losses were too high, and the gains didn't make up for the losses. Both sides unexpectedly stopped fighting, each leading their own troops to charge into the enemy's army, harvesting contribution points without interfering with each other.
Ouyang Shuo stood at the side, shaking his head as he saw the mutant army's strange state. As expected, these big forces' representatives weren't easy to deal with. They weren't people he could easily control. He only had the advantage this time because of his identity as a representative of the mutants.
Lord Chunshen and Wolf Warrior led the mutant army, just in time to intercept Chang Xian's reinforcements. For a moment, the battlefield was once again in a stalemate.
Since the mutant army had stopped fighting, Ouyang Shuo decisively ordered the rest of the mutant army to advance and coordinate with the cavalry to kill the Chi You tribe's left wing.
The whole battlefield was like a chess game, interlocking with each other. Ouyang Shuo's right wing took the initiative, and in the end, it slowly caused a chain reaction, and the Yellow Emperor tribe began to gradually take the initiative.
The two armies fought for a whole day, and only stopped fighting in the evening.
The originally lush green plains had already been dyed red with blood. Broken arms and limbs were everywhere. Broken sabers, spears, axes, and battle-axes were everywhere. Under the setting sun, the scene looked even more tragic.
Bai Hua, Mu Lanyue, and the other girls couldn't stand the bloody battlefield any longer, and had long retreated to the rear. Even Ouyang Shuo himself, although he had experienced many bandit raids before, was not used to the scene in front of him.
When retreating, Di Chen passed by Ouyang Shuo and said coldly, "Brother Wuyi, good plan, I admire you."
Ouyang Shuo smiled and said casually, "Thank you for your praise, Brother Di Chen. I will truthfully report Brother Di Chen's contributions to the Yellow Emperor during the military meeting tonight. "
Di Chen's expression froze, and then he remembered Ouyang Shuo's special privileges. He coldly snorted, turned around, and left without looking back. (To be continued.)
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