The Emperor is Above

Chapter 555 Brutal Fighting
The fire flows in the seventh month, and the clothes are given in the ninth month.

The Dragon City was buried in September, when autumn deepened and the weather became cooler.

In Xianyu territory north of Yunling, the weather has become even colder, with white frost in the mornings and evenings.

On the flat and endless wasteland, a hint of green remains among the withered yellow grass.

Even the last bit of green in autumn gradually became scarce due to the gradually colder climate change, until heavy snow covered the entire wasteland in early winter.

If someone observes carefully, they can see traces of fighting everywhere on the withered grassland, scattered bones, and blood-stained grass.

Ever since King Xianyu personally led an army of 150,000 elite soldiers southward and recruited hundreds of thousands of troops to follow the army, the nearly two million troops left in the territory of Xianyu soon fell into chaos.

Except for the hundreds of thousands of tribes directly under the Xianyu royal family and a dozen larger clans, the remaining millions of tribes quickly fell into fighting each other.

The nomadic tribes on the grasslands have been like this since ancient times, using the strong to bully the weak and the majority to oppress the minority. The large and small clans, which were already in conflict with each other, took this opportunity to attack, kill, and annex each other.

It was not just to vent past hatred, but also because of the extreme cold last winter, which caused heavy casualties among the Xianyu tribe. The sense of crisis forced them to plunder more supplies to survive the cold winter.

Five hundred miles north of Yunling there is a small mountain range that is more than ten miles long and over a hundred feet high.

Even though most of the leaves on the trees on the mountain have fallen, one can still imagine the lush greenery of spring and summer.

This is a very popular winter camp in Xianyu territory. The hills to the north can block the cold wind and snow in winter, protecting the safety of the tribesmen and livestock.

According to tradition, this time of year is when the cattle and sheep are at their fattest, when the clans trade most harmoniously, and the camp is always filled with laughter.

But at this moment, outside the winter camp, tens of thousands of cavalrymen from the two Xianyu clans were entangled and fighting together, as if they had been engaged in a blood feud for hundreds of years.

"kill--"

War horses neighed, exotic beasts roared, ferocious birds cried, and the shouts of killing reached the sky.

The bodies of the dead soldiers were trampled into meat paste everywhere, and the bright red blood turned the dry soil into bloody mud.

The entire battlefield was shrouded in a thick stench of blood. Both sides suffered heavy losses, but they showed no signs of stopping.

The fierce fighting lasted from morning to afternoon. When both sides were exhausted, they suddenly felt a terrible ground shaking.

"Rumble--"

Accompanied by the terrible sound of horse hooves, they were horrified to find that a third party force had appeared.

"Blood Cavalry, Fire Cavalry, Iron Cavalry—"

"How is it possible? Didn't they follow the king to the south to fight? How come they are here?"

The tens of thousands of cavalrymen that quickly appeared from the southwest were all exotic beast cavalry consisting of iron-hoofed horses, blood-sweating horses, and red-chested horses.

Coupled with the cavalry's sophisticated armor on horseback, the sharp weapons in their hands, and the extremely strict formation, all of these made the cavalry of the two clans shiver in their backs.

Many cavalrymen speculated that the king had heard about the infighting between the two tribes and had sent out his elite cavalry to stop it.

However, the clan leaders had personally witnessed the Iron Cavalry, Blood Cavalry, and Fire Cavalry under King Xianyu's command, and quickly recognized that the other side was an enemy, not a friend.

One of them shouted at the top of his lungs, "They are the enemy. They are from Xing, not the cavalry directly under the king. Be careful!"

It must be said that the two Xianyu clans also knew the principle of fighting among brothers and defending against foreign aggression, and they immediately united to fight the enemy without hesitation.

This cavalry of exotic beasts was of course part of the coalition army led by Qing Yi. In addition to the 5,000 Dragon City Guards Right Camp under Fu Shou, there were also nearly 10,000 soldiers of the Central Plains coalition army led by Shen Buhai. Hundreds of exotic beasts and ferocious birds from the two tribes that were originally fighting each other, under the control of dozens of beast masters, their eyes flashed with bloodthirsty light, and they pounced on Fu Shou and his men.

Most of these hundreds of strange beasts are the giant wind wolves, wasteland giant bears, and grassland giant otters that are common in Xianyu territory, and their average realm is about the fifth level.

Faced with hundreds of powerful beasts rushing towards him, Fu Shou was not at all panicked. Instead, he patted the purple horse under him and signaled the cavalry around him to make way.

"Meow--"

Following the roar of the mountain cat Dabao.

The raccoon dog and the red leopard followed closely and rushed out, attacking the group of Xianyu monsters.

Behind them was an army of strange beasts led by blue oxen, white horses, black tigers and dark bears, as well as the lazy giant gorilla.

"Roar--"

"Ouch——"

The bloody battle as imagined did not break out between the hundreds of strange beasts. The few third-grade strange beasts that took the lead were completely killed by three first-grade strange beasts in the blink of an eye.

Under the influence of the little fox's magic of illusion, the remaining hundreds of strange beasts turned around as if they were drunk, roaring and rushing back towards the Xianyu clan, causing the other side to panic.

"Kill these rebellious beasts!"

Hundreds of strange beasts ranging from seventh to fifth and fourth grades caused heavy losses to the cavalry of the Xianyu clan, and the annoyed clan leader had to order them to be killed.

Another clan leader roared: "Today, the two clans fought for the winter camp, but unexpectedly, the fisherman gained the advantage while the snipe and the clam fought, which led to a sneak attack by the Xing army.

There is a deep blood feud between my clan and the Xing Kingdom that has existed for hundreds of years. Even if you surrender, you will be slaughtered. If you don't want to be exterminated, just follow me and kill me!"

The members of the Xianyu tribe also knew about the blood feud that had led to the Xing State being destroyed twice over the past 300 years, especially the second massacre in the capital of the Xing State, in which millions of people were killed.

Therefore, with fear in their hearts, they chose to resist without hesitation. The two clans now had nearly 30,000 cavalrymen together, and they rushed towards the more than 10,000 alien beast cavalrymen.

"The Longcheng guards, listen to my command. The entire army will encircle the enemy to the left!" Fu Shou roared and galloped to the left. Shen Buhai also led 5,000 cavalrymen to encircle the enemy to the right.

The remaining 5,000 cavalrymen did not panic, but instead made way for a wide passage, and hundreds of golden armored vehicles galloped forward.

Then they quickly deployed their formation and fired fiercely at the charging Xianyu clan cavalry. Huge mushroom clouds rose from their ranks, and every explosion caused dozens of Xianyu cavalry to roll in the sky.

"Boom boom boom——"

Each chariot fired five shells at a time, making the charging Xianyu cavalry feel like they were experiencing an unprecedented baptism of storm.

The cavalrymen who were directly hit by the artillery attack were lucky and turned into piles of flesh and blood on the spot, without having to suffer too much pain.

The Xianyu cavalry, who were a little further away, were only wearing leather armor and were hit by the splashing mud, sand, gravel, blood and flesh. Broken bones were considered minor injuries.

Many cavalrymen had their arms and thighs blown off by the explosion, and some were even broken in half at the waist, but they were not dead yet.

Some people were struggling desperately, trying to push their broken lower bodies back together, while others were howling meaninglessly, as if hoping to get help.

But in the violent explosion, no one could save them, and the violent explosions were causing tragic casualties all the time.

(End of this chapter)