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How is this possible?

For a moment, countless complex thoughts flooded Weichi Honglie’s mind, and he never expected that the little lost runt of the Weichi clan could actually become the supreme commander of the enemy!

Was the other side really treating this war as a child’s play?

Weichi Feihu was with the opposite side, and Weichi Peng had mentioned it yesterday. He knew children could sometimes be willful, sometimes be misled, but even so, he could not have imagined such a scene!

Now he thought about it, those absurd military decisions made earlier, the initiation of an attack across the river to confront their cavalry unit, an act only a military idiot would commit, could it have been that kid doing it on purpose?

After that kid got the command, did he command arbitrarily in order to serve the Imperial Court?

But that shouldn’t be the case either, it’s so obvious. Does that man named Xuu Hu have muscles for brains, not caring at all?

A multitude of doubts threw Weichi Honglie’s mind into chaos for a time, until the lieutenant by his side called him three times before he came back to his senses.

"General, general..... general!"

"I heard you..." Weichi Honglie shook his head, tossed all doubts aside for now, no matter what, dealt with the battle at hand first, Weichi Feihu’s matter could wait!

"The enemy has begun crossing the river, what do we do now?" The lieutenant hurriedly asked upon seeing Weichi Honglie respond.

"Execute the plan as before!" Weichi Honglie said gravely: "Signal with the flag, the army will retreat, leaving enough space to give the cavalry room to charge.

Watch for my command, on my signal, the cavalry on both flanks charge immediately, the shieldbearers press forward to clean up the remnants! "

"Yes!"

No matter what, he must be doing the right thing by taking such measures against such a foolish advance from the enemy; it surely couldn’t be wrong.

But soon, this thought vanished!

All he saw was those ships reaching the middle of the river, and the soldiers on the other side turned into black specks, leaping into the air, then hurtling down from the sky like cannonballs, only to hear a series of booming sounds, smokescreen rising from the ground, and the horses not yet dived into a state of restlessness!

A group of lieutenants’ eyes bulged in complete astonishment!

How is this possible?

Indeed, soldiers of the bloodline do possess a physique far beyond an ordinary person, and a Fifth or Seventh Rank Warrior can leap a hundred meters with built-up force, which is not impossible.

But first, the surface needs to be solid, and secondly, the distance can only be a maximum of a hundred meters!

That river isn’t far, but it’s also five hundred meters across, a distance only a Third Rank or above Warrior could leap, not the soldiers from the opposite side.

The quality of the soldiers opposite is very high; as Weichi Peng previously mentioned, each one is no less than Seventh Rank, fully capable of standing shoulder to shoulder with the elite Five Dragon Guard.

Therefore, from the outset, they did not take it lightly, never entertaining the idea that the enemy would attempt to cross the river, yet they could never have imagined that the enemy could indeed leap across!

Even though the soldiers were leaping from halfway across the river, it still couldn’t be feasible!

Firstly, using the boats as leverage is unstable; secondly, even from mid-river to this side is over two hundred meters, which isn’t a distance that can be leaped!

And the key point is, aren’t those soldiers wearing armor?

Just by the commotion of the soldiers landing from the sky, it was clear that their armor weighed at least two hundred pounds!

That kind of weight, being able to leap two hundred meters?

That would at least require the abilities of a Fourth Rank Warrior, right?

Could it be that all these soldiers are of Fourth Rank Warrior level?

If that was the case, Weichi Honglie felt there was no need to fight; even if they brought over the once three hundred thousand Golden Dragon Guard, they would probably be beaten to a pulp!

What was even more puzzling to him were those ships on the other side?

So many armored soldiers, with that kind of jumping force, could the boats withstand it?

He had seen clearly just now; at least thirty people were on board each ship, with that kind of force, wouldn’t two people be enough to shatter a wooden boat?

For a moment, including Weichi Honglie, all the Military Generals felt a sense of absurdity as if Warrior logic no longer existed!

"General.....what is this?"

Some lieutenants were shocked to the point where they did not know how to signal with flags for instructions.

"Don’t panic....." At this moment, as the supreme commander, Weichi Honglie, although his worldview was utterly shattered by the absurd scene before him, his years of battlefield experience still allowed him to snap back to his senses.

No matter how ridiculous the situation, the war had already begun, and pondering how the enemy could achieve this was no longer significant. Currently, there were only two choices before him: fight.....or retreat?

Actually, according to his past experience with military tactics, retreating was the best choice in the face of such a bizarre situation.

Seventy percent of the soldiers who had come were cavalry, highly mobile.

If they retreated now, since the enemy soldiers were all clad in heavy armor, they wouldn’t be able to catch up to them.

The downside was the possibility of being forced to abandon the shieldbearer troops that had already pushed forward, and Weichi Peng!

Although Weichi Peng could fly, if that Xuu Hu kept tangling with him, Weichi Peng wouldn’t dare to turn his back and fly away. Once knocked to the ground or targeted by some magic from the opponent, he would be in great danger!

Moreover, reputation and honor didn’t allow him to retreat.

If he commanded a retreat before the fight had even begun, and the process was relayed to the Imperial Court, those civilian officials who didn’t understand military affairs would probably drown him in their spit!

In the blink of an eye.....numerous pros and cons flickered in his mind, leading him to choose the other path!

"Signal the flags, cavalry charge!"

At this point, more than half of the opposing soldiers hadn’t reached the shore. Charging now, while the enemy had yet to stabilize their formation, was advantageous and also ensured Weichi Peng’s safety to the greatest extent.

The key point was, not to retreat without a fight, that was simply not the Weichi Clan’s style!

Though the deputy generals were somewhat hesitant upon receiving the order, with the chief general’s decision made, they immediately sent the flag signals, commanding the cavalry on the left and right flanks to charge!

As the flag signals were issued, a series of demon horse neighs, more terrifying than a pack of wolves, rang out. The soldiers all roared, tightening their grip on their horses. In the next instant, tens of thousands of cavalry charged.

Many of the young soldiers were initially frightened by the shocking jumping abilities of the enemy, but as the charge horn sounded, they became enraged, recalling yesterday’s humiliation, remembering the enemy soldiers’ arrogance just now.

Anger overcame their initial panic, and with demon horses bolstering them, they charged without hesitation!

The opposing soldiers were in disarray, and they weren’t even the spear-bearers most effective against cavalry. Daring to jump so scattered onto the shore, they clearly didn’t take them seriously!

Soon, the War God Army, numbering less than two thousand on the ground, immediately faced a flood-like cavalry charge.

The demon horses’ eyes turned blood-red, dust clouds billowed behind them like a sandstorm, with an overpowering momentum as if in the next moment, they would devour their enemies without a trace!

Visually, those grounded troops of the War God Army, facing the overwhelming cavalry charge, looked like lambs to the slaughter.

Yet, faced with such a terrifying cavalry onslaught, a group of landed warriors didn’t panic at all; instead, they moved forward with sinister grins, drawing the large swords from their backs!

Something’s not right!

Weichi Honglie observed with growing unease, the unease in his heart intensifying. Everything could be faked, but the enemy soldiers’ morale couldn’t.

From their initial reaction, it seemed they weren’t the least bit panicked.....

But facing such a level of charge, even if they were all Fifth Rank soldiers, they couldn’t withstand it, right?

After all, when demon horses charged, their power was immense. Even if you could fend off one charge, the cavalry behind would follow immediately. Even a Third Rank Military General, if facing such a charge alone, would be trampled into mush within a few breaths!

Bang, bang, bang!

Just as Weichi Honglie couldn’t make sense of it, the soldiers moved!

They all took a large step forward, making a rhythmic sound as if tuning to a drumbeat. Then, miraculously, as the cavalry charged within a hundred meters, the ground around those soldiers began to churn!

As if earth dragons were turning over, the entire ground seemed to be levered up!

Such a significant change in the terrain immediately threw the charging cavalry off balance. The front riders fell from their horses one after another, the following cavalry stumbled and tumbled into a chaotic pile. In an instant, the originally neat cavalry formation turned into a complete mess!

"What... what... what is this?" Weichi Honglie steadied himself, his face filled with disbelief as he looked at the opposite side. At such a critical moment, how could there be an earth dragon turning over?

"It’s magic!" Luo Yi beside him was also in complete shock. Such a large-scale use of earthquake magic, not even a First Rank magician could deploy it so quickly. After all, if a magician could change terrain instantly, they would have dominated battlefields long ago!

But the enemy was indeed using magic.....

An utterly absurd but the only explanation for the scene before him popped into Luo Yi’s mind.

These soldiers..... all knew how to use magic!

That’s why, with the cooperation of a few thousand soldiers, they could set off an earthquake!

In other words..... these few thousand soldiers..... were all magically and martially double-trained!!