Amidst the raging flames, the helpless warriors let out tragic cries. Their bodies were covered in flames. When they fell from their horses into the sea of fire, they were instantly burnt to a crisp.
The flames burned the grass, causing thick smoke to billow, suffocating people.
Even with the strength of the Green Beetle Horse, after being attacked by the flames and smoke, it became panicked. The warhorses were like headless flies in the thick smoke, bumping around without any sense of direction. The tight formation made it easy for the warhorses to collide with their companions, causing both sides to be injured.
The moment the flames ignited, Rakshin's face turned pale. He had a premonition that the enemy in front of him was definitely not some roving bandits. A huge conspiracy shrouded the sky above the Sky Order Tribe.
At the crucial moment, he had to take responsibility. He had to do his best to bring his men out of the flames and back to the Sky Order Tribe's main camp.
Rakshin was riding a leader level Green Beetle Horse, an existence that surpassed the Purple Gold rank, like a divine beast. The Green Beetle Horse neighed and was the first to charge out of the ring of flames.
The other Green Beetle Horses followed their leader's cry and charged out together.
The moment Rakshin charged out, he once again felt despair.
The cunning of the enemy was beyond his imagination.
Outside the flames, the enemy's two thousand cavalry were waiting in formation. At this moment, their faces no longer had the exaggerated insolence or wretchedness from before. Instead, they were expressionless and cold.
In an instant, Rakshin guessed that the enemy was a regular army like them.
Just as Rakshin stuck his head out, he was met with a rain of arrows. The dense rain of arrows mercilessly harvested the lucky ones who charged out of the flames.
They had originally thought that escaping from the flames would be escaping from hell. Who would have thought that escaping from one hell to another was just escaping from hell.
The continuous attacks drained the morale and courage of the soldiers in the western part of the town.
The lucky ones who escaped the rain of arrows did not dare to have any other thoughts. They fled pathetically without any will to fight. Even Rakshin, who had escaped once again with the leader level Green Beetle Horse, did not think of forming an army to fight against the enemy. He only rode the Green Beetle Horse and quickly fled towards the Blessed Lake.
The cavalry of Shanhai County did not chase after the last lucky ones. A cornered beast will fight, and a cornered enemy will not be pursued. For the sake of survival, the survivors would erupt with unimaginable strength.
Ouyang Shuo didn't want to touch this group of injured wild beasts after achieving his objective in a situation where he had the upper hand and was in a disadvantageous position. It would only increase the casualties of his side for no reason.
In the end, less than a thousand of the five thousand soldiers in the west managed to escape.
Ouyang Shuo no longer cared about the raging flames that were still burning. He led his troops around the raging flames and went straight to the western camp to harvest his spoils of war.
At this time, the remaining guards of the camp had already fled without a trace.
The elite cavalrymen of the nomadic tribes were usually equipped with three horses, two war horses and one pack horse. Pack horses were specially used to carry things. The two warhorses were used in rotation to increase the mobility of the cavalry.
This was because a warhorse would consume a lot of energy when carrying a heavy load and would easily lose weight. Thus, it was very expensive. Generally speaking, a warhorse would need to rest for a while after galloping for 20 kilometers. At this time, if there were two horses taking turns, they would naturally be able to achieve continuous rapid marching.
Shanhai County had yet to engage in super long distance battles. Hence, the cavalrymen were only equipped with one warhorse. At most, it would be like the First Battalion of the Vanguard Battalion. Since they were equipped with Green Beetle Horses, the horses gifted by the System when they changed professions could be used as backup horses or used as pack horses.
As for the Cavalry Battalion of the Mixed Brigade, since they had changed professions from roving bandits to begin with, even if they weren't equipped with Green Beetle Horses, they still had two warhorses. As for the Second Battalion of the Vanguard Battalion and the Cavalry Battalion of the Pool Water County, they only had one warhorse gifted by the System.
Overall, compared to the nomadic tribes, the cavalrymen of Shanhai County were still too shabby.
Strictly speaking, the cavalrymen needed at least two auxiliary soldiers, one to take care of the horses and the other to carry the bags.
In order to simplify things in the game, by default, there was no need for auxiliary soldiers. The cavalrymen would take care of everything by themselves.
The spoils of war that Ouyang Shuo was referring to were the warhorses that were left in the western camp to be used in rotation. As expected, there were five thousand Green Beetle Horses and five thousand ordinary pack horses in the stable of the camp.
In addition to the one thousand Green Beetle Horses that were collected during the cleanup of the battlefield. In this battle, they had obtained a total of six thousand Green Beetle Horses, which was a huge fortune.
According to the calculation of five gold coins for one Green Beetle Horse, it would be 30000 gold coins. In addition to the pack horses, the total value was more than 40000 gold coins. Most importantly, these Green Beetle Horses were priceless.
Other than that, Ouyang Shuo also found five thousand composite bows in the armory of the camp. With this batch of bows, Ouyang Shuo wanted to achieve 100% of the soldiers in Shanhai County being equipped with bows.
After this battle, the shortage of warhorses in Shanhai County would be greatly filled. The price that they had to pay was the death of 150 cavalrymen. Because they had to travel a long distance, Ouyang Shuo could only order to bury the dead soldiers on the spot.
The Sky Order Tribe had already become a place of trouble, and it was not advisable to stay for long.
The troops changed into Green Beetle Horses and drove the remaining horses to the west.
The direction of the retreat had been decided long ago. The troops could not retreat to the south, as it would easily expose the location of Shanhai County. They could not retreat to the north either, as it would bring trouble to Mulan Town. They could not retreat to the east, as the Sky Order Tribe was still stationed in the east. Therefore, they could only retreat to the west.
The vast group of horses could not cover their tracks at all. They could only rely on the speed of the Green Beetle Horses to quickly retreat from the grassland before the Sky Order Tribe and the other tribes could react.
Because each cavalryman had two Green Beetle Horses in rotation, the troops had traveled more than 80 kilometers before nightfall. Compared to the speed when they came, it was an order of magnitude higher.
The next day, at five in the morning, the troops set off again. After a day of rapid marching, they directly traveled more than 100 kilometers, completely out of the grassland area occupied by the nomadic tribes, and into the wilderness.
At this time, Ouyang Shuo finally felt relieved. When the troops marched during the day, they had encountered the nomadic tribes' patrol troops, and they were directly dealt with.
However, the direction of their retreat was also exposed, and it was a good chance to set up a diversion.
On the third day, the troops turned south, and finally arrived at the upper reaches of the Friendship River before nightfall. At this time, the North Sea Fleet had already been waiting there for a long time.
The reason why the North Sea Fleet could accurately grasp the direction of the troops' retreat was the Military Intelligence Department's hummingbirds. These little fellows provided by the Mystic Bird Tribe looked inconspicuous, but in fact, they were very useful.
With the help of the North Sea Fleet, the troops smoothly crossed the Friendship River, and at this time, they were finally completely safe. There were no forces that could threaten them on the banks of the Friendship River.
No matter how big the bandit camp was, in front of the huge cavalry troops of Shanhai County, they could not resist. As for the players' territories, as long as Ouyang Shuo did not provoke them, they should be burning incense and praying to Buddha. How would they dare to come out and cause trouble?
After crossing the river, the North Sea Fleet would rest by the riverbank for the night, and the next morning, they would go along the river and return to the North Sea Port station. Recently, Pei Donglai had been stepping up the training of the troops, planning to counterattack Moon Island.
After crossing the Friendship River, the troops walked for a full two days before returning to Shanhai County at 5: 30 in the afternoon on the second day of August. All in all, this Wildfire operation had taken up a week's time. It really wasn't easy to travel such a long distance.
After returning, before the vanguard battalion could rest and reorganize, they were driven back to the North Camp by Ouyang Shuo to replace the two battalions of the Mixed Brigade. On the way back, they did not know how much this Wildfire Operation had caused in the grassland. Ouyang Shuo was really worried about the North Camp.
When the vanguard battalion returned, they did not bring a single Green Beetle Horse.
Of the six thousand Green Beetle Horses, five hundred were left for the Mixed Brigade Cavalry Battalion, and the Pool Water Cavalry Battalion took another five hundred. As for the remaining five thousand, three thousand were temporarily kept at the farm on the west side of the city, and the last two thousand would be sent to the Storm Valley Military Horse Farm to expand the breeding scale of the Military Horse Farm.
Ouyang Shuo was not extravagant enough to give a cavalry two Green Beetle Horses. In his plan, the Green Beetle Horses were mainly used for charging, and usually, the cavalry would still ride on the original warhorses.
As for the five thousand Pack Horses, Ouyang Shuo was going to hand them over to the Carriage Office. The carriages had been manufactured long ago, but without the horses, it was useless. Because of this matter, the Chief of the Carriage Office, Zheng Shanpao, had been pestering Ouyang Shuo.
Now, it was all settled in one go.
As they landed in the county, it was a full five kilometers from the Lord's Mansion to the North Gate. If they walked, it would take an hour. Therefore, it was imperative to develop the city's public transportation, which was horse carriages. With this batch of Pack Horses, the Carriage Office could consider setting up a carriage company in the city to solve all these problems.
After returning, Ouyang Shuo first went to the Armory and stored the five thousand Composite Bows. As for the distribution of the Composite Bows, the Military Office would naturally be in charge, and he did not need to worry.
It was already six o'clock when he returned to the Lord's Mansion. Ouyang Shuo did not return to the office, and walked towards the backyard.
"Brother, you're back!"
Bing'er's eyes were sharp, and she saw Ouyang Shuo at a glance. She wanted to run over and let Ouyang Shuo hug her.
This could be considered the longest period of time that Ouyang Shuo had been away from Bing'er in recent years. The little girl naturally missed him, and asked everyday when her brother would come back.
After going out for a week, Ouyang Shuo was covered in dust, and his body was dirty. Although the blood had been wiped away, it definitely did not smell good. In this state, how would he dare to hug Bing'er? He hurriedly stopped her and said, "Darling, brother is too dirty. Let brother wash up first, and then I'll accompany you to eat, okay? "
Bing'er came over and sniffed, and there was indeed a strange smell. She said crisply, "Smelly."
Ouyang Shuo smiled bitterly, and suddenly reached out his hand, and pinched her tender face, leaving a stain. Before Bing'er could react, he turned and ran. (To be continued.)
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