Longzang

Chapter 322 A Heart Full of Poetic Inspiration Was Wasted (Bonus Chapter)
Several cavalrymen appeared in Wei Yuan's field of vision. They were all wearing red armor, and one of them was holding a banner with the character "福" (fortune) written on it.

Xu Yi stood beside Wei Yuan and said, "The Prince of Fu's men? That little kid is here to participate in the hunt too? Why aren't his men doing their jobs? What are they doing here?"

Wei Yuan stroked his chin, wondering why the Prince of Fu's men would come here for no reason.
Looking from afar, Wei Yuan felt that the scenery around the cavalrymen was somewhat distorted, as if water vapor was rising, making them indistinct and difficult to see clearly.

They were just a few soldiers, and Wei Yuan didn't care. He said, "Don't worry about them."

The cavalrymen also spotted Wei Yuan's position, stopped where they were, and one rode off quickly. A moment later, he returned, followed by over a hundred infantrymen, who, judging from their uniforms, were also under the command of Prince Fu. This action seemed to be a summons of comrades for courage.

Behind the hilltops at the edge of the distant flat terrain, thousands of Liao tribesmen lay in ambush, their leader peeking out only with his eyes to observe Wei Yuan's position. This place was barren of forests and water, far from the treasure vault, and there were few Liao tribes camps nearby, meaning there was no chance of a successful autumn hunt.

The sudden appearance of an army position in such a barren and desolate place defies common sense!
Seeing that about a hundred of Fu Wang's men had bypassed Wei Yuan's position and headed north, the Liao chieftain breathed a sigh of relief and began to think about his next move.

Unfortunately, the armor and weapons they found along the way were insufficient, and many of their tribesmen couldn't be properly dressed. How these people would get through would require some thought. At this point, they were only one step away from escaping the hunting grounds; the real battle would be breaking through the two thousand human guards. For now, getting through safely was the best option.

Just as the Liao chieftain was pondering, a sudden earthquake shook the ground, and hundreds of iron cavalry charged out from the battlefield, heading straight for Prince Fu's troops!
This sudden turn of events left the Liao leader's mind blank, and he was momentarily at a loss for how to respond.

Back at the position, Xu Yi asked with some confusion, "Why are we fighting them?"

Wei Yuan said seriously, "I think they are provoking us."

"Provocation? How are you provoking me?"

“They keep staring at me,” Wei Yuan said.

Xu Yi knew, of course, that this was a joke, and understood that Wei Yuan didn't want to talk about it, so she didn't ask any further.

Wei Yuan really couldn't say anything. He couldn't very well say that he suddenly felt a sense of disgust whenever he thought of Prince Fu, could he? He couldn't bear the embarrassment of arguing with a seven-year-old child.

Hundreds of iron cavalry pursued the Prince of Fu's troops like a storm, wiping them out in an instant. Cui Yu, leading the troops, suddenly turned and shouted, "These are all Liao people! They used magic to change their appearance!"

Upon hearing this, Wei Yuan immediately gasped. The Liao people were indeed cunning! If it weren't for his inexplicable dislike of children, he would have let them slip away!
Even Wei Yuan hadn't noticed that the Liao tribe's method of altering appearances was extremely advanced. Although Wei Yuan didn't care about the soldiers and didn't deliberately use his supernatural powers to check, the fact that they could deceive him meant that their magical abilities were extraordinary.

Wei Yuan immediately understood that this group was merely the Liao tribe's advance scout, and the main force was likely still behind. As for the Fu Prince's men who had been replaced, their chances of survival were naturally slim.

Wei Yuan immediately recalled his cavalry and ordered, "Prepare for battle! Level one readiness!"

Wei Yuan left one hundred men in the center of the position as a reserve force, while the rest entered the position. All the knights took out the oiled paper-wrapped ammunition from their backpacks, placed it on the position, and then stroked it with their Dao power. The ammunition immediately became shiny and slippery, making it easy to load. After placing the ammunition, they took out two-foot-long straight-bladed bayonets and snapped them onto their steel-barreled guns.

Seeing hundreds of iron cavalry charge out of the position, the Liao leader's face darkened instantly. He gritted his teeth and said, "The humans are truly shameless, actually deploying a cavalry force here! If we don't wipe them out, none of us will survive. Form ranks, archers in front, let's launch a full-scale attack!"

The terrain to the north is flat, and with hundreds of heavy cavalry pursuing and attacking them, they wouldn't be able to escape for more than a hundred miles. Rather than be gradually slaughtered while fleeing, they'd rather fight to the death here!

Heavy cavalrymen are equally formidable when dismounted and fighting on foot, but the Liao leader knew he had no other choice but to fight!
As the Liao people appeared across the mountains and plains, Xu Yi was utterly shocked. What shocked her most was not the sheer number of Liao people, but that they were wearing Western Jin armor and carrying Western Jin weapons.

“The Crown Prince, the Prince of Fu, the Prince of Wei… the military governor of Yunxiang, oh, these clothes were thrown away by us… six families? All six families were wiped out?” Xu Yi was truly incredulous. Cui Yu also said, “All countries have the tradition of autumn hunting, and it is not uncommon to use foreign tribes as prey. But to have foreign tribes become an army like the Western Jin Dynasty, only to have their own hunters wiped out, is something I have never heard of before.”

"Who knows what the Prince of Jin is up to behind the scenes?" Xu Yi said.

Wei Yuan frowned slightly and said to Xu Yi, "Tell them to go around to the side, we won't attack."

Xu Yi shouted, only to be met with a deafening laugh from the other side, followed by a curse: "Shameless humans! You go back on your word, even a child wouldn't believe what you say!"

In the main hall of the military camp, Prince Jin finally showed a slight smile and said, "Wei Yuan's military strategy is still a bit crude. The Liao people are not really stupid as pigs. How could they be fooled by his straightforward words?"

The King of Jin laughed, and everyone else naturally had to laugh along. Some people secretly despised him, thinking, "Does a barbarian even deserve to use military strategy?"
Wei Yuan was also helpless at this moment. He was full of sincerity, so why did he not get the response he deserved?
At this moment, the vast landscape could not be manifested, there was no Heaven and Earth Madman, no blessing of fortune, the Hive Flying Sword Launcher could not be used, and there were no Momentary People. Wei Yuan felt weaker than ever before and really did not want to fight this battle.

But the Liao people had already charged forward!
As the attacking Liao troops formed neat battle formations, they surprisingly generated a soaring military spirit!

In the main hall of the military camp, Prince Fu stared, speechless, while the others remained expressionless, inwardly shocked. Judging by their military might, even a large cavalry force of equal numbers from a major Northern Liao tribe wouldn't be much stronger. Most of these foreign tribes were ordinary herders; where did they get such strength?
On the northwestern edge of the hunting grounds, the Liao soldiers in the barracks had already changed into their armor and mounted their warhorses, each with two horses to spare. At this moment, the Liao youth's expression shifted. He looked eastward and said, "The army's morale is high. Commander Mengda has already mobilized. It's time for us to go home!"

"We swear to follow the Great Khan to the death!"

An elderly Liao man said, “We failed to force out the poison pills, so we stayed here to hold off the pursuers for the Great Khan. When the Great Khan returns to this place one day, remember to avenge us!”

The boy pounded his chest with his hand, nodded solemnly, then spurred his horse out of the camp and headed north.

Dozens of riders galloped away like lightning, disappearing into the north in the blink of an eye. Only a dozen or so remained, one of them suddenly shouting, "I don't want to die! I want to go back to the north too!"

Ignoring all attempts to stop him, he spurred his horse northward. But after galloping a few miles, just past the edge of the hunting grounds, he suddenly fell off his horse.

The Liao elder said, "See? Running away means certain death, so why not fight a glorious death here and have a good time!"

The Liao people drew their swords and pointed them to the sky, shouting in unison.

Wei Yuan looked at the hundreds of Liao people approaching with their superior crossbows and cursed inwardly. Not only could his teammates not defeat the Liao, they also gave away their excellent equipment.

The large Liao army slowly approached, firing crossbow bolts as they advanced. The moment anyone peeked out from the position, several bolts whistled through the air. The Liao people's reputation for archery was well-deserved.

However, the trenches dug on the position were more than half a person deep, and if you crouched down against the wall inside, you couldn't hit them no matter what. The Liao tribesmen approached to within a few dozen feet and began their charge. Warriors in various colored armor bypassed the archers and charged towards the position.

The knights on the front lines instantly rose to their feet, raised their lances, and fired. Amidst the roar, a plume of smoke appeared in front of the lines, and a group of Liao soldiers charging forward suddenly fell.

The knights holstered their guns and reloaded their weapons with fluid movements, and then another roar resounded as another group of Liao tribesmen fell.

Compared to the Liao people, who were generally skilled in physical cultivation, the knights, being Dao Foundation cultivators, were extremely fast, with concise and precise movements. They fired their spears instantly, their eyes and hands moving in perfect unison. In the blink of an eye, they unleashed three consecutive shots, cutting down swathes of Liao soldiers in the front ranks.

(End of this chapter)