Lords of the Heavens

Chapter 391 Ambush Circle

Under Li Wei's forceful command, everyone who had activated and bound their cavalry cards had their cavalry experience points forcibly cleared. Fortunately, everyone remained calm and did not complain. Even if they did, Li Wei would not hear them.

Many guys without cavalry cards were unwilling, but Li Wei forced them to comply.

Damn it, don't you want to live?

In short, under Li Wei's powerful pressure, everyone else, including the twenty new recruits, activated and bound their one-star cavalry cards. Of course, this required Li Wei to consume thirty-nine black iron tokens, 39000 standard gold coins, and a large amount of experience, including his own hunter and woodcutter experience.

Just to force growth.

Thankfully, the forced growth ultimately succeeded.

All newcomers who bound their cavalry cards simultaneously gained 10 free attribute points, leading to another unseemly feast.

Everyone was in a state of mixed emotions; no one was happy, including Zhao Xuanxuan. All her experience had been completely taken away. How could this be? Foolish Li Wei, you bastard Li Wei!

You're like Pigsy looking in a mirror—neither inside nor outside the mirror.

How could anyone come up with such a damn idea? It's the worst idea ever.

But that wasn't all. While Li Weiyi ordered the soldiers who had been newly bound with cavalry cards to practice riding around the area and familiarize themselves with their new powers, he also began to take out logs and start cutting them.

He himself wasn't in a hurry to leave. He had originally planned to rest for two hours, but now he wanted to rest until early tomorrow morning. Okay, okay!

You're the boss, I support you unconditionally.

Yes, Li Wei is cutting the wooden shield.

Although all the lightly armored soldiers were bound to cavalry cards and received a 30% bonus to control, 30% to riding speed, and 30% to mounted melee damage, they were only wearing two-star or even one-star light armor. Although their weapons were decent, their defense was really poor.

The key issue is that these guys weren't skilled enough before, so they weren't equipped with shields; only the forty-two heavy cavalrymen had steel cavalry shields.

Therefore, Li Wei directly cut four-star logs into cavalry shields. The defensive effect was definitely not as good as that of the steel cavalry shields, but they were still very helpful in preventing dense barrages of arrows.

Li Wei cut out forty heavy wooden shields in one go and immediately had Zhao Xuanxuan distribute them so that the guys could quickly practice and adapt.

And then, it wasn't over yet; Li Wei started cutting wooden vests again.

Zhao Xuanxuan laughed at this.

That's hilarious.

The others didn't think so either.

Only Li Wei took it seriously.

Moreover, his cutting skills were superb; he only needed to chisel a few holes and bind them with leather straps to provide some vital protection for his warhorse.

The warhorse might be a little uncomfortable—more like a ghost—but it's better than losing its life, isn't it?

Anyway, Li Wei was busy all night. After cutting the wooden vests, he started cutting the wooden half-body armor for the lightly armored cavalry.

But this time, everyone was too tired to complain; whatever.

We've become numb.

In short, Li Wei continued cutting and carving until noon the next day. Only after he had cut out a set of wooden half-armor for all the lightly armored cavalrymen did he finally let out a long sigh of relief.

This time, I finally feel a little bit at ease.

"Li Wei, do you want to rest?"

"No rest, let's set off immediately. We must continue forward." Li Wei shook his head. Time was of the essence. This was already his fifth day heading north. He wondered how things were at the riverside fortress, and whether the flood peak had passed.

If his risky northward journey ends in failure, it would be a major mistake.

Because, among the many conditions for upgrading a level 4 territory to a level 5 territory, it is not too difficult overall.

Now that the southern fortress has been completed and the main structure of the Black Mountain fortress has been poured, there is not much work left to do. So we can free up manpower to build the level four city wall. This task may require at least two spellcasters and no less than a thousand strong laborers.

It's almost August now, and there are only three months left until the cold winter arrives, so there's no way the construction can be completed.

However, we can prepare in advance by digging the foundation, stockpiling materials, etc., and start construction again when the snow melts next spring. Theoretically, we can definitely finish this level 4 city wall by June or July next year.

Then there's the one-star mage tower, the two temple priests, and even the establishment of the internal affairs system and the construction of residential buildings. These can all be accomplished in a certain amount of time; there are foundations and methods for all of them.

However, the population issue, which seems simple, could actually be a ticking time bomb, causing him to fail before he even gets started, falling at 99% of the progress bar.

Yes, even though he is currently short of less than 800 people, it must be understood that Zhao Kewu in the east and Ron and Socrates in the west have actually plundered this nearly four or five thousand miles of territory.

I don't know what's going on with Xiang Nan.
But that's the Ice Duke's stronghold.

I don't know what's going on to the north, but the Ice Duke is currently raiding people like crazy in that direction, which is going to be terrible.

Therefore, this battle for population is very likely to begin amidst this sudden change.

So even though he knew there was likely an ambush ahead, and that the enemy was maneuvering extensively in front and behind him, trying to encircle him from the rear, he still had to grit his teeth and charge forward to destroy the enemy!

This will require a series of absolutely bloody and brutal battles. It could very well escalate into an unexpected regional strategic showdown!
Just a few days ago, Li Wei didn't even have this understanding!

Honestly, he hadn't even thought of this a few days ago.

That's why he insisted on forcing things to grow faster, and why he had to carve wooden shields and armor like a clown.

The more you prepare now, the more cards you'll have up your sleeve when it matters most.

Rumble!
The sound of horses' hooves echoed far across the plains. Li Wei was at the very front. The bright afternoon sun shone down, reflecting bright halos on his five-star heavy armor, making his imposing figure appear even broader and more solid, like a mountain.

Zhao Xuanxuan lagged fifty meters behind, and ten meters behind her were Benjamin, Javier, Santiago, Sith, Grant, Javier, Paul, Jocelyn, and Zhao Bowen—the nine Riverside Knights, the most important core of their cavalry unit.
Then, ten meters apart, came the heavily armored cavalry in rows of five, and at the very back were the guys jokingly called the wooden cavalry.

Of course, jokes aside, once the rest period is over, everyone will be ready to fight at any time.

This is what elite troops should look like.

Moreover, everyone now has a general understanding that if they allow their lord to grow up too quickly, there might really be a series of fierce battles to come.

This is a battlefield; the victor reigns supreme.

It was quiet ahead and quiet behind. Li Wei led the team for an afternoon, traveling 150 miles. The terrain ahead turned into mountains again, but not steep mountains, but huge rolling hills. Even the temperature had dropped slightly. It seemed that they had entered another country.

So far, Li Wei and his group have advanced about 1,500 li to the north and moved about 600 li to the west.

Yes, even the architectural styles of the small towns and villages along the roadside are completely different.

As the last rays of the sunset shone directly from the west, Li Wei was about to order a rest when he suddenly had a thought: he saw two white birds circling and dancing in the sky under the glow of the sunset.

coming!

Has the enemy's ambush finally been set up?
Thinking of his beloved Ah Dai, Li Wei continued running forward without making a sound.

He knew he had definitely jumped into an ambush.

However, his biggest trump card has already been revealed: the boost from the full cavalry card is simply too great.

This means that even a three-star warhorse can travel five hundred miles continuously with the support of a one-star cavalry card.

Oh, aside from his warhorse, his rare scout card only makes him proficient in riding and archery, but it doesn't provide any additional benefits.

However, the problem is that he has two four-star warhorses that he can switch between at any time, and the warhorses can recover their strength in just ten minutes.

So he wanted to see how much the ambush set up by those Nepalese could do to him.

The terrain ahead gradually opened up, but the sun was blocked by the huge hills to the west. Some cool, moist air rushed towards us, which felt very refreshing.

It feels like the deep grasslands of the north on the other side of the earth.

Yes, at least the latitudes are similar.

A huge city began to appear in the distance, well, a rather huge city, dark and gloomy, at least the size of a third-tier city.

Moreover, the city is clearly inhabited, as there are quite a few traces of it in the area.

"Waaaaah!"

The eerie and desolate sound of a bull horn echoed from the city, audible even from twenty or thirty miles away.

Li Wei stopped, closed his eyes, and took a deep breath, seemingly trying to discern the subtle information conveyed in the air.

Not bad, not bad.

There should be an ambush hidden behind that huge hill a dozen miles to the west.

About thirty miles to the east, there should be a large lake that would block his way.

Then all we need to do is set up a few hundred more ambushes behind him, and wouldn't that be an inescapable trap?
"Take a break, eat something, and drink some water."

Li Wei shouted, leaped off his horse, and even did a set of stretching exercises.

Everyone else followed suit, remaining tense as they were, and relaxed as they were relaxed. A fierce battle was inevitable, so of course they had to try their best to get back into shape.

However, the enemy did not seem willing to give them this chance to relax. A huge fireball suddenly flew out from the giant city in front of them and crashed towards them at no less than twice the speed of sound.

But Li Wei didn't even glance at him, continuing to do his chest expansion and stretching exercises.

"boom!"

A fireball the size of a water tank crashed to the ground, its ferocious flames sweeping across a radius of a hundred meters, but reaching their peak right near Li Wei, rendering them largely ineffective.

Hmm, there's actually a magic mine in this city. And there's a real, reliable spellcaster there too.

interesting.

Those Nepalese wouldn't place the bridgehead they need to build for their cross-border mission here, would they?
Li Wei smiled silently; he had made the right bet.

(End of this chapter)