Chapter 77: More Military Merits Have Arrived
Lee Zhi ordered one group to keep watch and another group to sweep the battlefield. They were retrieving Wei Yuan’s short spears as well. After all, the arrows they loosed were all mystic artifacts. Of course they would like to retrieve them if possible.
A Dao Foundation squad leader produced a battle axe and chopped down all of the tents. Then, he poisoned the well to ensure that the campsite would be permanently unusable.
This camp was situated in Liao territory. Unless they expanded their fengshui array to this location, few humans would be able to survive even if they claimed this camp for themselves. Thus, both Lee Zhi and Wei Yuan agreed to destroy it completely even though a water source was quite valuable.
The personal guards were all elites. Their sweep of the battlefield was equally professional. They were able to complete their task in just an incense stick or so. During this time, both the soldiers and the warhorses were able to get adequate rest as well.
With the battlefield cleared, Wei Yuan and Lee Zhi charged toward the second camp[1].
No smoke rose from the second camp. They began accelerating when they were still twenty li away, charging full speed toward the encampment. Ten li passed in the blink of an eye, and the camp came fully into view. To their surprise, they spotted over forty Liao cavalrymen inside the camp, all of them scrambling to mount their horses!
The number of enemies had exceeded their estimate. Under normal circumstances, humans would be at an absolute disadvantage when fighting against an equal number of Northern Liao barbarians. However, neither Wei Yuan nor Lee Zhi were normal people, and they were holding the advantage of a surprise ambush. Thus, they continued to charge at full speed. Lee Zhi even produced three arrows that were shining like rainbows and nocked them all at the same time.
In the previous camp, the Northern Liao cavalrymen had dared to counter-charge Wei Yuan and Lee Zhi even though there were only seven of them[2]. This camp had over forty cavalrymen, so of course the thought of retreating had never crossed their minds. They charged the human riders while hollering at the top of their lungs.
Just like before, the arrows rained from above when the two cavalry were a hundred zhang away from each other. The Liao barbarians boasted tough bows, heavy arrows, and natural archery skills. The iron cavalry of Southern Qi boasted mystic artifact grade arrows that boasted immense power and automatically homed onto an enemy after being loosed. Thus, both sides immediately lost several riders at the first exchange. It was, more or less, an even exchange. The next moment, over a hundred cavalrymen clashed and engaged one another in a fierce melee. Riders kept rolling off their horses, and the death toll began mounting in earnest.