Distant Mountain Battle Song

Chapter 157 A Pretentious Cow's Ass

The tactics of the Ghost Bull Cavalry seem to be very sophisticated. The war bulls are powerful, and their huge bodies are like moving walls. As long as two walls cross each other, the warriors trapped in the narrow gaps will be ground into mincemeat by these two walls.

The warriors of the Guifang tribe on the back of the war bull were also extremely powerful. Yun Ce threw two short spears in succession, but they were either dodged or deflected with the extremely long spear in his hand.

Yun Ce desperately wanted to rescue his companions, but no matter which direction he moved, one war bull would target him, while the other two war bulls would take the opportunity to slaughter the people Yun Ce had brought.

"Dog!" Yun Ce couldn't help but shout for Dog to come and help when he saw yet another warrior being dragged and ground to death by the War Bull Warriors with their spears.

"I'd better not move; the butterfly flirter hasn't come out yet."

"But they're doomed."

"What do I care? It's not like you're going to die. Your lance can't pierce the war bull's body, but your dragon claw can. Why don't you use it?"

"That would expose us."

"You piece of trash, you're afraid of being exposed, but I'm not afraid of being exposed, huh?"

The dog's insults were very vulgar, and Yun Ce had no choice but to accept them. After all, just now, his choices had already hurt the dog's feelings, of course, only if the guy had intended to.

The dog's reminder was timely. Yun Ce's bravery at this moment was still within everyone's understanding. If a miraculous dragon claw or a strange metal wire suddenly appeared, it would be incomprehensible.

Not understanding means being a heretic, and heretics are burned at the stake. That's how the world has always worked.

Yun Ce didn't want to become a heretic, so he could only rely on his own strength to help his companions as much as possible.

Amidst the despairing gazes of the remaining warriors, Yun Ce leaped high into the air, swinging his lance almost like a bent bow as he slammed it down upon the body of the bull-riding cavalryman.

"Ho ho..." The bull cavalryman was clearly a true warrior. Facing Yun Ce's lance, which carried the force of a thousand pounds, the bull cavalryman raised his spear to prepare to meet it head-on. With a crack, Yun Ce's lance broke in half, and the bull cavalryman's thick spear also broke. Yun Ce, who was on the bull's back, swung the half-broken lance and slammed it heavily onto the bull cavalryman's helmet.

The first blow shattered the helmet.

The second blow shattered his skull.

The third blow pierced the neck cavity, leaving only the skull.

Just as Yun Ce was considering how to control the war bull, he heard his companion scream in agony from not far away: "Young master, save me!"

That was the scream of a warrior who had been cornered by the war bull and had nowhere to escape. Yun Ce didn't have time to think about it. He only saw a huge bull's buttocks, so he used all his strength to throw the guy whose head he had smashed into the bull's buttocks, hoping to harass the war bull and see if he could save his companion from danger.

The corpse moved with lightning speed, and with a "plop," it successfully disappeared into the hindquarters of the war bull, leaving only its feet sticking out.

"Moo—" The war bull, which had been silent since joining the battle, suddenly let out a loud howl, stopped charging, and started jumping around in place.

Yun Ce's saber slashed down, severing most of the bull's neck in one swift motion. The bull's head suddenly drooped and fell to the ground, where its hooves trampled it, tearing the head off with a mere tug.

As the massive war bull carcass crashed to the ground, Yun Ce picked up the bull's head with one hand and, with all his might, threw it at the war bull that was still hopping around in place.

With a "plop" sound, the pair of feet at the cow's rump disappeared, replaced by a cow's head with two horns and sharp blades.

Seeing this, the remaining bull rider turned the bull around to run away. Yun Ce grabbed the bull rider who had been thrown off the back of the mad bull, and this time he did not smash his head. After knocking him unconscious, he threw him back at the war bull that was trying to escape.

Amidst the horrified gazes of the remaining eight warriors, the bull rider leaped over a distance of more than ten meters, once again accurately piercing the bull's rump.

Previously, Yun Ce knew that the bull's rear end was large, but he never imagined it could be so large as to swallow a strong man. Seeing the remaining spears and halberds of the bull cavalry on the ground, he kicked them. After the spears and halberds pierced through the body of the Gui Fang cavalryman who was inside the bull's rear end, they pierced through the bull's body from the inside again.

The ox-cavalry's foot combat ability seemed weak, which was likely related to their short legs. Because of their short legs, they were able to stand steadily on the backs of the huge war bulls. After falling off the bulls, the two warriors who had escaped death quickly surrounded them and tied the man together. Without Yun Ce's orders, seeing their brother's haphazardly lying corpses, they pulled out the spear that Yun Ce had kicked over and forcibly stuffed the captured ox-cavalryman into the bull's rear end.

Yun Ce, holding his saber, warily looked into the distance where the fog was churning.

He knew someone was watching him; the dog had been eyeing him for a long time.

“Catch him. Think of your children. They want to be the strongest. You have to catch that guy. He’s much stronger than that Ten Generals.”

Upon hearing this, Yun Ce took two steps forward, looked back at the eight remaining warriors, and finally sighed, "Now that we've killed the War Bull, we have a reason to retreat."

A clever warrior immediately chimed in, "Young Master is truly awe-inspiring. It is all our incompetence that has hindered your further achievements." Just then, a low, mournful horn blast came from the direction of the chariot formation, signaling a retreat. Yun Ce glanced at the dead oxen lying on the ground and said to the warriors, "Collect the bodies of your brothers."

After saying that, he shouted into the distance, "It's a great pity that I didn't have the chance to fight you this time. Next time we meet, I will definitely kill you."

Just when I thought there would be no reply, I heard a melodious female voice from the other end.

"General, your divine strength is truly admirable. May I ask your name?"

Yun Ce was about to say his name when Cao Kun's eager face suddenly appeared in his mind, and he couldn't help but shout, "I am Cao Kun, the eldest son of the Cao family of Qiuhe Prefecture."

As soon as he finished speaking, the cold yet pleasant female voice rang out again from the other end.

"I have remembered the humiliation that Young Master Cao inflicted on the Gui Fang cavalry. I will definitely retaliate next time."

The moment the sound rang out, Yun Ce had already drawn his bow and fired three arrows toward the source of the sound. Unfortunately, the arrows missed their mark. The sound of the arrows hitting the trees could be heard, but no one was hit.

The battle on the chariot formation ended earlier than the battle on Yun Ce's side. When a group of warriors searched the area, they did not immediately participate in collecting the bodies of their comrades. Instead, they gathered around the three dead war oxen and whispered among themselves, occasionally glancing with awe at Yun Ce, who was sitting on a rock drinking water.

The first to charge out are always the last to return to camp; this is the rule of the battlefield. By the time Yun Ce returned to the chariot formation, the corpses around the formation had been cleared away, and the warrior leader was redeploying his troops.

The old steward stood at the entrance of the chariot formation. Seeing Yun Ce return, he chuckled and asked, "How was the taste of the Ghost Fang cavalry?"

Yun Ce laughed and said, "They were just slaughtered and cleaned, and we haven't had a chance to taste them yet."

The old butler chuckled, “One cow’s heart and ten pounds of beef; you can enjoy it to your heart’s content.”

Yun Ce smiled and bowed, saying, "Thank you for the reward."

Covered in blood, Yun Ce stood on the ground while several warriors who had escaped death with him used large buckets of ice water to wash away the bloodstains.

Cao Kun came running over from afar like a lapdog, ignoring Yun Ce who was taking a cold shower, and hugged him tightly, saying, "I heard you were planning to send me a bull cavalryman stuffed in a bull's rear end?"

Yun Ce was a little annoyed by his hot breath, and pointed to the camp gate, saying, "They should be here. You should go and see them quickly, or they'll suffocate in a bit."

Upon hearing this, Cao Kun eagerly ran to the camp gate to wait for the Guifang soldiers he had been longing for.

After washing away the bloodstains, the warriors helped Yun Ce remove his armor, and the task of maintaining the armor naturally fell to them. After returning to his tent, he wiped his body with warm water and leaned against a wool pillow, lazily waiting for the afterglow of the battle to fade from his body so he could sleep.

"It's a pity you didn't catch that Ghost Fang woman. If you could have, that would have been great. I could sense that the energy on her was a very high-level energy, far higher than that of the Ten Generals."

The dog's incessant chatter echoed in Yun Ce's mind.

"This is the Iron Enclosure Pass, the focal point of the battle between the Han and the Guifang people. It's easy to encounter the kind of high-level energy you mentioned here."

Don't worry, we'll have plenty of opportunities.

"Okay, it's better to play it safe. I've recently felt a new energy, and this energy has a bit of an exploratory feel to it, which is very similar to how I felt when I faced Shehuo directly."

"There are no folk performances in Tiewei Pass. I heard that there is only the fighting spirit left by Huo Qubing and some strange things left by the Dragon God. When we get to Tiewei Pass, we can explore these energies carefully. I really want to know why the Yellow Emperor and Huo Qubing had their own energies, but I have nothing."

"I guess you haven't been here long enough. If you stay longer, you'll definitely discover something."

Just as Yun Ce was getting tired of chatting with Gouzi, Cao Kun rushed in again. As soon as he entered, he said to Yun Ce with annoyance, "You could have tied up the ox cavalry and brought it back, but why did you stuff it up in the ox's rear end? Now it's suffocated to death."

Yun Ce laughed and said, "I met a Gui Fang woman with a very beautiful voice on the battlefield. She asked me who I was, and I told her that I am Cao Kun, the eldest son of the Cao family of Qiuhe Prefecture."

"How about that? Did that cheer you up?"

Cao Kun's tongue was trembling with excitement. He grabbed Yun Ce's sleeve and asked, "You really said that?"

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