Chapter 111: Momentum Like Splitting Bamboo

  Kerulen City is also a grassland city, the entire city is more like a large tribe, among the civilians in the city, 70% of them are Kerulen family members.

  With a single order from Xiao Yang, the entire city was instantly plunged into disaster.

  Facing dozens of heavily armed black armored cavalrymen, the men of He Lian Cheng fought desperately in resistance, but the huge power gap made this resistance useless.

  Heavily armored cavalry divided into small teams, galloping back and forth along the main street, quickly eliminating organized resistance on the streets. Then they locked down the city gates and began to charge into civilian homes, sweeping through them one by one.

  After Kun Yu's army occupied the villages or cities of Luoyun Sect, they never left anyone alive. In comparison, Xiao Yang's subordinates were slightly better. At least those ordinary civilians outside the He Lian family would not be implicated.

  In Linjin City, Xiao Yang's order was that the Lu Yun Sect would not station troops in Linjin City, so soon after, the Wu Lin light cavalry stationed outside Linjin City also rushed over last night.

  Most of the heads hanging on the city wall were those of Ulin light cavalry stationed in Helian City. Seeing this scene, the Ulin light cavalry naturally became enraged and charged into Helian City with their battle knives, starting a crazy revenge.

  Under the constraint of the heavy cavalry of Xuanjia, this revenge was also restricted to the Helian family as much as possible, but it was inevitable that the fish in the pond would be affected.

  Within the city, wails resound, and the air of bloodshed spreads everywhere. Hot blood splatters on the white snow, only to be slowly covered by new snow again.

  The hunting hawk team of Yunzhijia was still staying in the city master's mansion and did not participate in this action. Listening to the wailing cries of civilians coming from all directions, Lin Feng's eyebrows slightly frowned, and he said in a low voice: "This is wrong."

  Yun Zhiya glanced at Lin Feng, still silent.

  "Hmph, that's because you've been in too few battles and haven't seen the tactics used by the Kunyu Sect when they took down the Luoyun Sect's territory."

  "They are evil, and we follow them in being evil. What difference is there between us and them?" Su Ying frowned and said.

  "New recruits, after all, are new recruits." Yuan Ce shook his head and said, "If it weren't for you few, General Xiao Yang wouldn't have left us here either. I could've gone to take my revenge! This isn't being evil, this is taking revenge, do you understand?"

  "But this revenge, isn't it killing too many people?" Su Yan said in a low voice.

  "The Red Tiger Army launched a surprise attack at night and took down He Lian City, then headed straight to Linjin City. They didn't have time to behead the brothers who died in battle at Wu Lin City. Whoever did this must have been that old man He Lian Lie. He's doing this to show his loyalty to Kun Yu Zong, but unfortunately, he's miscalculated."

  Yun Zhiya swept his gaze over the crowd and continued, "The ones who did this must be from the He Lian family. Those guys who beheaded our brothers in Wulin City are among these people. Our Xuan Jia Heavy Cavalry will never let them off. However, it's not easy to identify these people. That's why Sir Xiao Yang is doing things this way, and he has his reasons."

  "Killing innocent civilians is wrong after all." Lin Feng shook his head.

  "If it were me in charge of this matter, perhaps I would take some time to investigate and reduce the bloodshed. But General Xiao Yang wouldn't do that, he's known as the Bloodthirsty Hundred-Man Commander, after all."

  Yun Zhiya glanced at Lin Feng with a faint gaze: "This matter, revenge is necessary, and no one will disagree on this point. How to take revenge, what kind of means to use, that's where the difference lies. Such things don't have much to say anyway, but because Xiao Yang is our superior, we must follow his orders. Xiao Yang has already given you four enough face by letting us not participate in this action!"

  "If you want to do things your own way, you must have enough power. For example, you, Lin Feng, if today you were the captain of a hundred men and Xiao Yang was the captain of ten men, then it wouldn't be like this now. Do you understand?"

  This was still after joining the Xuan Jia Heavy Cavalry, Yun Zhiya spoke to Lin Feng like this for the first time.

  Lin Feng thought for a moment and also nodded.

  Father Lin Heng once said that power is not just about one's own strength, authority is also a kind of power. If the authority is in one's own hands, one can naturally do things according to their own will.

  Yun Zhiya was also an extremely proud person. Although he had been saved by Lin Heng on the battlefield, he never mentioned this matter and only learned from Lin Heng's example, wanting to become a knight like him. He had long known Lin Feng's identity and naturally didn't have any hostility towards him. However, his pride in his heart also made him continue to keep this secret.

  In fact, if it weren't for Xiao Yang's intentional or unintentional mention of this matter today, Yun Zhiya would not have told Lin Feng about it. And even now, he still puts on a pretence of being unaware of Lin Feng's true identity.

  Lin Feng looked at Yun Zhiya with a glance, and he couldn't quite see through this despicable man either.

  Is his heart not as ugly as his face?

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  By dawn, the heavy snow finally stopped, and the revenge of Xuan Jia's heavy cavalry on He Lian City also came to an end.

  Within the city, tens of thousands of people, 70% of whom were descendants of the Helian family, were all killed by the Xuanjia Heavy Cavalry and the Wulin Light Cavalry. The city was already filled with rivers of blood.

  The Helian City was named after the Helian family. The Helian family was uprooted by Xuanjia Heavy Cavalry, and naturally, the Helian City also became a name that did not match reality.

  Armies from various small towns in Qinglan County gathered together, forming a large army of tens of thousands. The heavy armored cavalry under Xiao Yang's command also rushed over.

  Leave 2,000 people to garrison He Lian City, Xiao Yang let the infantry and cavalry continue to advance slowly, while he himself brought 100 Xuanjia heavy cavalry to continue advancing forward.

  One hundred Black Armors heavy cavalry, is a very terrifying force. After pulling out all the He Lian family's villages along the way, Xiao Yang's Black Armors heavy cavalry also arrived under another small city, Wenling City.

  The city of Wenling originally had a small squad of Red Tiger Army stationed inside, but now they have also withdrawn back to Jintai City. So the current Wenling City is basically defenseless for the Xuanjia Heavy Cavalry.

  Wen Ling City Lord Wen Yanqiong was already extremely resentful of the withdrawal of the Red Tiger Army, so when the Xuan Jia Heavy Cavalry arrived, he directly surrendered to the Luoyun Sect.

  Although he surrendered without a fight, Wen Yuanshou did not receive the same treatment as Tuoba Hong. Tuoba Hong was directly appointed as the garrison commander of Linjin City, while Wen Yuanshou had to wait for arrangements from the Luoyun Sect.

  Not long after taking down Wenling, in another small city of Qiuyuan City, the heavy cavalry of Xuanjia encountered a bit of trouble.

  Similarly, without the presence of the Red Tiger Army, the lord of Akihara Castle, Aki Hitoha, showed great courage. When the mysterious heavy cavalry appeared, more than 100 ballistae shot out like raindrops.

  The heavy cavalry of the Black Armor Regiment formed a line and launched a counterattack, with each of their Tianxing bows firing armor-piercing arrows like a torrential downpour onto the city walls, instantly destroying most of the bed crossbows.

  Qiu Yiye led the private army to fight desperately, and thousands of bodies were thrown down from the city wall. The private army was annihilated, while Qiu Yiye himself chose to commit suicide.

  This head-on confrontation on the battlefield, naturally wouldn't hold grudges, so after the fall of Autumn Origin City, Xiao Yang didn't order his troops to take action against the civilians inside.

  Within two days, the four cities of He Lian, Lin Jin, Wen Ling and Qiu Yuan fell into the hands of Xuan Jia Heavy Cavalry. The next target for Xuan Jia Heavy Cavalry would be the last gate of Jin Tai City, Wo Hu City!

  After waiting for half a day in Qiuyuan City, Xiao Yang set off again with the heavy cavalry towards Wohu City after receiving infantry reinforcements.

  …………

  The news of the heavy cavalry's rapid advance also reached Liu Quan's hands through a special channel. However, at this time, Liu Quan was not in Jintai City, but outside Wohu City.

  Wotou City is backed by Wotou Mountain, with dense forests on both sides. A main road passes through the city and traverses Wotou Mountain, directly connecting to Jintai City. Wotou Mountain divides Jintai County into two halves, blocking Jintai City from view.

  In the dense forest outside the city, far from the main road, by a secluded spring, a tall man stood. Not far from him, Chu Xuehan sat barefoot on a bluestone, gently stroking the neck of a red tiger beside her.

  Liu Quan took the intelligence and walked towards Chu Xuehan, bitterly smiling: "Xuehan, your guess has come true. The troops led by Lao San were completely defeated outside Linjin City, with their heads arranged to form a 'kill' character by Xiao Yang. That Xiao Yang is showing off his power to me!"

  "Liu Yu thinks he's right, and Liu Bai is of the same moral character. People like them will never live long." Chu Xuehan said calmly.

  "Brother Quan, Xiao Yang's temper is like a raging fire. We've sent someone to launch a sneak attack on him. He'll definitely be enraged and will probably lay siege to our city soon! Brother Quan, it's time for us to put our plan into action!"

  "Ah, okay, I'll listen!" Liu Quan nodded, "Ever since you've been around, I've found that I don't even think about things anymore, haha."

  Chu Xue said with a shake of her head: "You're a man! How can you not think things through?"

  "Isn't it good that you're by my side?"

  Chu Xuehan bit her red lips and said in a low voice: "If one day... I leave you?"

  "Xue Wan, we've come together at such great cost! How could you possibly leave me?" Liu Quan said confidently.

  "I'm saying if..."

  "If it doesn't work either!" Liu Quan laughed and walked over to gently put his arms around Chu Xuehan.

  Chu Xue's body stiffened slightly, and she let out a soft sigh, burying herself in Liu Quan's broad chest.

  "Snow Lotus, when will you be willing to truly become mine?" Liu Quan whispered, lightly kissing Chu Xuehan's earlobe.

  "Brother Quan, let's wait until we leave the Tian Nan mountain range! At that time, I will be yours..." Chu Xuehan said softly.

  "Ah, it should be soon, I'll just endure a little longer!" Liu Quan said with a happy smile.

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  The road was rugged and difficult to travel, but the heavy cavalry of the Xuanjia army was not affected. Xiao Yang rode at the front, followed by ten squad leaders behind him.

  "In front of us is Sleeping Tiger Mountain, and once we take Sleeping Tiger City, we can directly attack Golden Rooster City! By then, the goal of our operation this time will also be achieved!" Xiang Yang laughed.

  "If I were Liu Quan, I wouldn't be trapped in Jintai City, but would choose this place as the final battlefield." Yun Zhiya glanced at the dense forest on both sides and said softly.