Taking Zhangye was a piece of cake for Oliver Sheng.
The Hu Jie army had only two purposes: to become his kill points and to train his soldiers.
Inside Qi Yang City, most of the residents had looks of fear and numbness in their eyes.
To them, the Great Wei army might just be the next Hu Jie army.
Only a few dared to approach the Great Wei troops.
Seeing this, Oliver Sheng found someone on the street to ask.
“You, come here!”
“General, what do you need from a lowly commoner?” The haggard middle-aged man was startled when Oliver Sheng called him, speaking in broken Great Wei language.
Seeing the fear in the man’s eyes, Oliver couldn’t help but frown. These people had suffered enough under the Hu Jie.
“Don’t be afraid. I need you to tell the people in the city that our Great Wei army will not steal your belongings or harm you. We are here to rescue you,” Oliver said.
“Yes, yes!” The weathered middle-aged man quickly bowed and nodded.
Seeing this, Oliver knew that words alone wouldn’t be enough, so he waved the man away.
Then he turned to Wesley Hu and the others, saying, “Make sure the troops do not oppress the people here. No wanton killing or looting. Strictly enforce military discipline.”
“Yes, General!!”
Wesley Hu and the others quickly nodded.
To occupy Zhangye, Great Wei would need to govern slowly, turning these outsiders into Great Wei citizens, teaching them the Wei language and Central Plains culture, and gradually assimilating them.
The army stationed in Qi Yang City, Oliver Sheng continued to let Zane Wang lead scouts to explore and clear the routes for further attacks.
Calvin Yang led his troops to Acai Town, where thirty thousand Hu Jie soldiers were stationed.
Looking at the town ahead, Elliott Sun couldn’t help but say, “These Hu Jie are too lax. They don’t even have any guards.”
“Isn’t that perfect? No defenses mean we can charge in and wipe them out easily,” Declan Li said with a smile.
“General, give the order to charge. I can’t wait any longer,” Edward Zhao said.
Calvin Yang glanced back at his army, fifty thousand cavalrymen. This was now his force.
Since joining Oliver Sheng’s command, their Peace Army had upgraded to full cavalry, with new armor and weapons.
“Alright, today we make our mark. Everyone, charge with me and crush the Hu Jie,” Calvin Yang raised his black-gold Overlord Spear and shouted.
“Charge!!”
“Wind!”
“Wind!”
“Great Wind!!”
Calvin Yang led fifty thousand Peace Army soldiers in a charge. Influenced by the River West Army, the Peace Army now also shouted “Great Wind” during their charges.
The thunderous sound of hooves instantly alerted the thirty thousand Hu Jie soldiers stationed in the town.
“General, bad news, enemy troops!!”
“All troops, prepare for battle!” Zha Guli shouted.
He was puzzled. Where did these enemy troops come from?
Weren’t the troublesome Barbarians next door already wiped out by Great Wei?
When Zha Guli led his troops out of the town to meet the enemy, he was shocked to see the overwhelming, unstoppable cavalry charge.
“Quick, retreat to the town and defend from the walls. Archers, archers!”
Seeing the enemy retreat back into the town, Calvin Yang immediately ordered;
“Archers, fire!!”
The army charged, drawing their bows, and with a “whoosh,” countless arrows rained down on the town.
Faced with such a terrifying arrow rain, the Hu Jie soldiers didn’t dare to show their heads.
Anyone who did was turned into a pincushion.
Seeing his soldiers getting shot down like hedgehogs, Zha Guli knew the town couldn’t withstand the army’s attack.
It was too late to escape.
How could they outrun cavalry?
So, there was only one way left.
“Warriors, pick up your steel knives and follow me to kill the enemy. Fight with them, and we might survive,” Zha Guli shouted.
Hearing Zha Guli’s shout, his soldiers regained some morale.
“Follow me, and let’s show them the might of Hu Jie warriors,” Zha Guli led his troops to charge at Calvin Yang’s army.
Seeing the infantry charge at them, Calvin Yang was a bit surprised.
However, the enemy leader was an early-stage Grandmaster, somewhat worth noting.
“Kill!!”
Calvin Yang shouted, charging at Zha Guli with his Overlord Spear.
His spear transformed into a raging black dragon, striking at Zha Guli.
Zha Guli swung his large knife with all his might.
Boom!!
The knife flew out, and Zha Guli fell, unwilling, with a spear through his chest.
On the verge of becoming a Great Grandmaster, Calvin Yang’s single strike was now unstoppable by ordinary late-stage Grandmasters.
After killing the enemy leader, Calvin Yang led the charge, slaughtering the enemy.
“Kill!!”
Elliott Sun, Declan Li, Edward Zhao, Wu Qi, and others led their troops in the charge.
“Slash!!”
Blood splattered, staining the ground red.
Facing the terrifying Great Wei cavalry, the Hu Jie soldiers were like lambs to the slaughter, unable to resist.
Soon, the thirty thousand Hu Jie soldiers were annihilated, and Calvin Yang’s army occupied the town.
There were few original residents left in the town, most having fled from the Hu Jie.
Resting his army in Qi Yang City, Oliver Sheng felt his kill points increasing, knowing that Calvin Yang and Qin Lin had made their move.
Calvin Yang successfully took Acai Town, but Qin Lin’s side didn’t fare as well.
He failed to annihilate the twenty thousand enemy troops, letting their leader escape with a few hundred men.
The leader of these twenty thousand troops was an early-stage Grandmaster, and Qin Lin didn’t have the strength to kill him.
Watching the fleeing enemy, Qin Lin frowned, feeling that this battle was a failure on his part.
“General, a great victory!!” Qin Chuan said happily.
Qin Lin looked at his nephew and shook his head, “What great victory? We didn’t annihilate them, and their leader escaped. Our attack on Zhangye won’t be a secret anymore. The prince will probably scold me.”
“How could that be? We killed nearly twenty thousand enemies and lost only two thousand,” Qin Chuan said.
“You, your mind is too simple. You can only be a charging general, not a commander,” Qin Lin said, looking at his nephew.
He was sure that Calvin Yang had annihilated the enemy on his side.
This was the difference between border troops and inland troops, not something that could be bridged quickly.
Qin Chuan was not convinced by his uncle’s words.
Wesley Hu, Harrison Zhou, Sawyer Shangguan, and others could be commanders, and he was also in the Prenatal Realm. Why couldn’t he be a commander?
“Quickly clean up the battlefield. Leave a battalion to guard this place, and the rest, take the wounded and follow me back to report,” Qin Lin ordered.
The ten thousand Hu Jie troops guarding the east were wiped out by Oliver Sheng’s army in one battle.
The fleeing Zhuo Yang led a few hundred remnants towards Shangdang City.
That was the capital of Hu Kingdom, where King Yan Amo Zhi’s army was stationed.
In Shangdang City, inside Amo Zhi’s palace, there was a feast with wine, meat, and beautiful women.
“Beloved secretaries, drink to your heart’s content!”
“To our king!!”
The officials were all indulging in pleasure, having a great time.
Zhuo Yang and his remnants fled to Shangdang City. Seeing the approaching troops, the city guards immediately raised their spears and shouted;
“Stop, or we’ll kill you!”
“Quick, inform the king, the Wei army is coming,” Zhuo Yang shouted from afar.
“What is he shouting?!”
The guards looked at each other.
“Didn’t hear clearly!!”
“Seems like he said the Wei army is coming.”
Seeing no reaction from the guards, Zhuo Yang continued to shout, “The Wei army is coming, King Yan Aguda has been killed.”
This time, the guards heard clearly.
The Great Wei army was coming!
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