Unparalleled Evildoer

Chapter 355: Battle in the Wilderness
The low horn faded the silence of the wilderness, and the rumbling drums brought the roar of the earth.

Fifty thousand cavalrymen in armor lined up like a tide, with flags waving, spears and halberds like a forest, horses neighing, and the momentum was magnificent. Wang Ben, wearing a golden helmet and silver armor, holding a long sword, rode on a war horse, looking at the wide grass slope opposite from afar, looking majestic.

Bixia was also riding a warhorse, carrying a long sword, and watching from the side of Wang Ben with a solemn expression.

"Whoosh..." Thousands of huge and ferocious birds flew up from the grass slope, making strange cries, circling in the sky, covering the sky. Then, the earth shook, accompanied by the sound of metallic rattling. A black army of ferocious beasts gradually appeared on the grass slope, occupying half of the wilderness.

There were not only the monsters that Bixia and the others had seen before, but also minotaur-headed men, tiger-headed men, snake-skinned men, giant mountain apes, four-legged whale monsters, and giant-mouthed sea crocodiles. They were all hideous and ferocious monsters that were terrifying.

When the cavalry saw the army of monsters, they immediately let out a cry of horror. Many horses in the front row were frightened and raised their front hooves. The cavalry hurriedly shouted at them and tightened the reins.

The army of monsters was divided into four major camps. Four generals sat on large chairs and were carried out of the herd by several strong monsters. They came to the front of the camp. Each of them was extremely ferocious and intimidating the wilderness.

Although Bixia had thought of the horrific scene of the army of monsters, she was still shocked when she saw it at this moment. She couldn't help but feel fear and her face turned pale. Facing such a ferocious army, the Qin army had no hope.

Bixia turned to Wang Ben and said sternly: "General, we still have a chance to withdraw our troops. Let's adopt your plan!"

Wang Ben retracted his gaze and forced a smile, "Why, are you afraid of Yuan Jun too?"

Bixia said anxiously: "This is not something to be afraid of. A direct battle like this is tantamount to committing suicide. Why do you have a prejudice against you, sir?"

Wang Ben's face turned stern, and he said, "If I didn't respect Lord Yuan, I would be beheaded for saying such words that demoralize the army. I'm not prejudiced against you, it's just that your strategy doesn't work. Even if the Qin cavalry died on the battlefield, they never retreated. Lord Yuan, please stop trying to persuade me. I have my own way to defeat the enemy."

After saying this, Wang Ben rode his horse to the front of the battle formation and asked the cavalry loudly, "Are you afraid?" Seeing that no one answered, he asked again, "Are you afraid?"

Finally, I heard someone whisper in agreement, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid..." It was obviously said reluctantly.

Wang Ben sneered and shouted, "Faced with such a ferocious monster, if you say you are not afraid, it is obviously a lie. Even I am afraid after fighting for many years, how can you not be afraid!"

Seeing that the cavalrymen in front of him all hung their heads, Wang Ben continued: "Although I am afraid, I know one thing: fear is useless. Fear will only make us lose our weapons and make the enemy laugh at us. Fear will only make us give up resistance and lose our lives. Fear will only make us lose our land and our people be slaughtered. You have also seen that these beasts eat our flesh and drink our blood. They will not let us go just because we are afraid. Think about our families. If we lose today, they will be slaughtered, humiliated, enslaved, and exterminated. At this moment, these beasts are in front of us. We carry the hopes of our families and the fate of the Qin Dynasty. For our families and for our Qin Dynasty, what should we do?"

"Fight bravely and fight the enemy together to face the national crisis!"

Wang Ben raised his long sword, rode his horse and collided with the weapons in the hands of the cavalry in front of the battle, and shouted: "What should we do?"

"Fight bravely and fight the enemy together to face the national crisis!"

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The army's morale was high, and their shouts grew louder and louder, shaking the heavens and the earth.

Bixia felt extremely disappointed. She looked towards the enemy, searching for the man's shadow amidst the shouts. Finally, she saw the shadow beside a three-headed demon king. He was wearing a black robe with his hood pulled down low. He stood there motionless, like a dark and gloomy wizard.

The ghost guard turned his head and asked Wuzhan: "Military Advisor, what are they doing?"

Wuzhan replied hoarsely, "They are boosting morale and stabilizing the military spirit. They have such a ceremony before every major war."

Ghost Guard smiled with his mouth open, "Haha, there are such interesting things, humans are really good at making things up!"

Wang Ben took out a bow and arrow, drew the bow to its full length, aimed at the enemy's high altitude, and shot an arrow. The arrow rose to a high altitude and suddenly dropped rapidly. With a "puff" sound, it hit the eye of a minotaur next to Zaochi and went out from the back of its head. The minotaur was stunned for a long while, staggered, and fell to the ground with a muffled sound. The Qin army cheered immediately.

Zaochi became furious when he saw this. He stood up, grabbed a big iron hammer, swung it around, and threw it with all his strength. The iron hammer also flew very high and suddenly smashed into the cavalry team, killing two cavalrymen instantly. At this time, the beast army of Shanbo City roared.

Aozhan stood up and nodded to Zaochi, Jiuying and Guiwei, "Just kill them!"

At this time, huge horns sounded from the Beast Army, and war drums thundered. An army of 20,000 ferocious beasts rushed towards the Qin Army like a landslide and a tsunami. The earth roared continuously, and the ferocious birds circling in the sky also swooped down.

Wang Ben looked at the beast army that was rushing in like a tide, mustered up his courage, and ordered, "Shoot!"

"Buzz..." Tens of thousands of arrows rose up and flew densely into the sky, then fell rapidly, shooting at the oncoming beast army like heavy rain, 'thump thump...' knocking down dozens of ferocious beasts, but most of the arrows still missed the target and hit the ground, or were blocked by the ferocious beasts with their arms. As long as they did not hit the vital points, the arrows were like thorns in the beasts' bodies, unable to stop them from running wildly.

Wang Ben brandished his long sword and ordered, "Form a battle array and charge!"

As soon as the order was given, the horses neighed, dust flew, and 20,000 cavalrymen lined up and rushed towards the beast army like a wave, constantly urging their horses to speed up. When they reached full speed, the cavalrymen pulled their bows to their full length and shot at the beast army. This shooting method was really effective when the two armies were colliding, and the beasts at the forefront were immediately shot down. When there was still a distance of a hundred feet, the cavalrymen dropped their bows, bent down, pulled down the cloth covering their horses, held their spears and halberds tightly with both hands, and rushed towards the beast army shouting and killing.

'Bang...' The encounter between the two armies was like the confluence of waves, with continuous violent collisions. People and horses were either thrown to the ground or rushed into the hall, wailing incessantly, blood and flesh flying everywhere, and the scene was extremely tragic and brutal.

In order to prevent the war horses from being frightened, their ears were blocked with cotton cloth, and sharp spikes were fixed on both sides of the horses. When they impacted, they were extremely lethal. This was the method Li Mu once used to resist the Huns, and it was also the method Wang Ben mentioned.

This method is used to deal with ferocious beasts, and it is a completely lose-lose tactic, because the ferocious beasts are huge in size. Even if the beast is stabbed, the warhorse will die from the huge impact. Once the cavalry falls off the horse, they will be brutally slaughtered.

The giant ape leaped up and slapped the man and his horse to death with one palm. The tiger-headed and wolf-headed men threw the cavalrymen to the ground and tore them apart alive with their mouths wide open. The bull-headed and pig-headed men swung their hammers and clubs, and blood gushed out wherever they passed. The ferocious birds grabbed people, threw them into the air, and threw them to death.

Although the team was large, in a battle like this, victory or defeat would only take a dozen breaths of time, and the battlefield gradually became quiet.

As a result of this first charge, nearly two thousand ferocious beasts were killed, entirely due to the damage caused by the collision, and almost all of the 20,000 cavalrymen were killed in the battle.

This result was also unexpected by the beast army generals. In their opinion, humans were vulnerable. How could they lose so many beast soldiers? They stared at the battlefield with eager eyes, unable to suppress their anger.

Only the Ghost Guard was secretly happy, because he followed Wuzhan's strategy and his beast army was not at the forefront, but just avoided the limelight, and they killed the cavalrymen who fell to the ground almost one after another, and reaped a rich harvest.

Wang Ben looked at the battlefield where 20,000 cavalrymen died tragically, and he was heartbroken. He had not expected this result. He did not want to accept such a defeat even if he died in battle. He slowly raised his long sword, his eyes red, and shouted sternly: "Fight bravely and fight the enemy together to save the country!"

"Fight bravely and fight the enemy together for the national crisis! ..." The shouts once again rang out in the Qin army camp. One has to admire the Qin army's spirit of facing death with indifference. This is also one of the reasons why Qin was able to sweep across the six kingdoms.

With tears in her eyes, Bixia wanted to dissuade them again, but no one would listen. The remaining 30,000 cavalrymen followed Wang Ben and rushed towards the beast army.

Not long after, he saw the hell on earth again. Even if she was a Daluo Jinxian, she could not stop the war or reverse the situation. He felt helpless and his eyes were wet.

Looking at the motionless black shadow in the distance, she really wanted to shout loudly, "Go and stop it!" But she knew that would only expose him and would not help. She even began to worry whether that person could eventually defeat the army of ferocious and heinous beasts in front of him.

The fighting was still going on on the battlefield. Wang Ben charged into the herd of beasts, his body covered in blood. He fought more and more bravely, almost going crazy. However, the cavalrymen he led were slaughtered one after another, and their numbers suddenly decreased.

Bixia gritted her teeth, spread her wings, and rushed to the battlefield with her sword. She killed several ferocious birds in succession before she came to the sky above Wang Ben. Seeing that Wang Ben had been surrounded by ferocious beasts, she shouted anxiously: "General, quickly give the order to retreat, otherwise the whole army will be wiped out!"

Wang Ben was so angry that he killed a wolf-headed man who rushed towards him and shouted, "I will not leave. I will die here in battle!"

"Even if the general dies in battle, what's the point? Failure is failure. If you survive and preserve your strength, you will still have a chance in the future."

"What chance do I have? My lifelong reputation has been ruined by these monsters. How can I face your majesty again?"

"Sir, there is still a way to defeat the beast army. The more people the general leaves behind, the greater the chance of victory!"

Wang Ben killed a snake-skin man and roared, "Get lost! Don't even mention him! He's not worthy of being mentioned in the same breath with me. He's a treacherous villain!"

At this time, a giant ape rushed over and slapped Wang Ben with one palm. Wang Ben waved his sword to block it, "Bang..." The long sword hit the giant ape's arm, but only made a cut, but his whole body was knocked off the horse.

The giant ape was furious and jumped up and pounced on Wang Ben. At this moment, a green light flashed, and the giant ape's throat was cut by Bixia's sword. Blood gushed out, and it fell to the ground in front of Wang Ben.

Wang Ben was awakened by this dying scene and spat out a mouthful of blood, but he could no longer stand up. Bixia came down, helped Wang Ben up, jumped onto a warhorse, and shouted, "The general has ordered the troops to retreat!" With swords flying, they broke out of the encirclement.

When the Qin army saw that Wang Ben was seriously injured and heard the sound of the horn, they turned their horses around, fought their way through, protected Wang Ben, and fled on horseback.

The ferocious beast was not willing to let go and chased it madly for several miles before giving up. In the end, less than a thousand cavalrymen escaped.

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On the battlefield, corpses piled up into four big mountains and blood flowed like a river. In this battle, Shanbo City lost 3,000, Chiyan City lost 2,500, Longgong City lost 3,000, and Qingqiu City suffered the least loss, only 300, but gained the most.

Objectively speaking, although the two armies had the same number of troops, their combat effectiveness was very different. Wang Ben used 50,000 cavalrymen to kill 10,000 elite enemies head-on, causing great damage to the vitality of all three armies. As a general, he had achieved the utmost.

But on the battlefield, no matter whether you are weak or strong, all that matters is success or failure. Wang Ben paid a heavy price for his arrogance. He personally killed 50,000 of Qin's most elite cavalry, and from then on he became bedridden.

(End of this chapter)