Zhang San, please behave yourself!
Chapter 627 - 578: I’ll Just Try Shooting Once! _2

Chapter 627: Chapter 578: I’ll Just Try Shooting Once! _2

After passing the frequent pitfalls, mechanical crossbow arrows, and long-range urns behind the Great Wall, Wugu Li finally confirmed one thing.

These Sui Army soldiers lacked many skills, but their ability to set traps was truly first-rate.

Moreover, as the sky gradually darkened, Wugu Li dared not let his troops advance further.

They had already fallen victim during the day; to think of traveling in the evening was unimaginable, fearing how many Lingwu Army inventions awaited them ahead.

Bai Dushu used this psychology of the Tujue people to buy an entire night’s time.

That night, Bai Dushu, leading his men, arrived at the original camp of the Lingwu Army. The fifteen hundred men who had prepared all the timber and rocks upon seeing Bai Dushu return with his group were somewhat shocked.

Originally, these fifteen hundred men thought that with only fifteen hundred willing to stay behind to defend the Great Wall, a single charge from the Tujue side might be fatal; they had never imagined not only blocking the Tujue but also managing to retreat.

Even the previously stationed Dare-to-Die Army, a fifteen hundred strong, suffered casualties of less than a hundred men.

Seeing this, many soldiers who had initially planned to leave were utterly astonished.

Some even began to think that if they had stayed, they might have been able to achieve significant merit.

Bai Dushu allowed the retreating soldiers to rest in shifts, while those who had laboriously returned early to the Lingwu Army’s camp helped prepare supplies.

Early the next morning, Bai Dushu let the soldiers who had returned early to the Lingwu Army camp leave to find the main army of the Lingwu Army in Li City.

This time, however, many soldiers chose to stay.

If these men truly wished to stay, Bai Dushu naturally was pleased.

After all, each additional person meant added strength.

Thus, another six hundred chose to stay, adding to the original remaining fourteen hundred, making a total of two thousand men.

Meanwhile, Hu Xingxiang also brought some Martial Artists of low strength from Spring Breeze Town.

Most of these Martial Artists were in the Primordial Qi Realm.

Previously, Changsun Wuji had sought the Town Martial Office’s help to ambush the Tujue cavalry from behind, deploying those above True Core Realm along with the Martial Artists from the Town Martial Office itself.

After all, the battlefield was extremely perilous.

Therefore, both Changsun Wuji and Xiong Chumo had not dared to let others participate in the risky operation.

But this time was different.

On one hand, the friends and families of these Martial Artists were in the northern regions of Longyun Path, and now that the Tujue were advancing, they too wanted to contribute, not for anything else but to protect their own family and friends.

On the other hand, this battle was to be coordinated as a military operation.

Although they hadn’t undergone specialized training, the innate strength of these people was far superior to that of ordinary soldiers.

Most importantly, aside from contributing significant amounts of money to recruit these Primordial Qi Realm Martial Artists, everyone also knew of another identity linked to Hu Xingxiang: she was the woman admired by the Military Chief Zhang San.

Just for that reason, if they followed Hu Xingxiang and won this battle, upon returning they might not be able to blend into the Town Martial Office, but they could certainly establish close contacts with some people within it.

Thus, even before the battle had begun, Bai Dushu had a total of four thousand men under his command.

Half were from the Lingwu Army, half were Martial Artists from the Primordial Qi Realm.

Before noon, the thundering sound of horse hooves from the Tujue main army could be heard in the distance.

Hearing this sound, the brows of both soldiers and Martial Artists furrowed.

Everyone knew, the real battle was about to begin!

At that moment, the northern sky was filled with dense clouds, as if a fierce wind was about to sweep through.

At this time, Wugu Li, mounted and after a night of rest, found his troops’ morale at its peak.

Moreover, throughout their journey, they had encountered no traps laid by the Lingwu Army.

This led the Tujue people to believe that the Sui Army had been thoroughly intimidated by their formidable presence so much that they didn’t even dare to lay traps on the ground anymore.

Therefore, numerous commanders requested to take the lead straight to the grand camp of the Lingwu Army.

But Wugu Li, with a smug expression, waved his hand and said, "No need! Absolutely no need! This time with our twenty thousand Iron cavalry, we will surely trample the Lingwu Army down! Let the Lingwu Army’s formations turn into mere mud beneath the hooves of my warhorses! Ha ha ha ha...ah—"

Thud—

Rumbling—

Just as Wugu Li, who was at the forefront, was reveling in his moment, he was suddenly tripped by a horse-tripping rope set by someone at this location.

Wugu Li fell off his warhorse.

Of course, with his strength, he naturally managed to stand up quickly and was not injured by the traps on the ground.

But his nearby commanders and some personal guards weren’t so fortunate.

More importantly, as the horse-tripping rope was triggered, many other traps set around the area were also activated at that moment.

In an instant, countless arrows shot from all directions.

Even more terrifying was that under the feet of the cavalry behind, some deep pits suddenly appeared for unknown reasons.

These deep pits were initially covered with wooden planks.

But as the mechanisms were triggered, the supporting planks also began to collapse.

In an instant, over twenty thousand cavalrymen suffered the seemingly gentle hits of these traps.

But the psychological damage inflicted on the Tujue was immense.

Because at that moment, everyone realized one thing.

The Sui Army hadn’t given up; they had even set traps on the path they traveled.

It was just that no traps were set on the previous paths; they were all concentrated in this place.