Chapter 228: Jade Perfects You
That night, Yun Ce slept very soundly. The reason he wasn’t worried about an enemy raid was not only because Doggy was on alert, but also because there were seven people by his side who hadn’t slept all night.
When the sky was slightly bright, Yun Ce automatically woke up. He checked the chain on the chain hammer, checked the bowstring, and even pulled out the saber inserted at his ribs.
The Red Date Horse didn’t need checking. This guy hadn’t bathed for many days, and plus these days circling the coal mine area, he had long changed from red date color to black.
Zhao Qi came to Yun Ce’s side and said, “The enemy has at least three hundred cavalry.”
Yun Ce nodded and said, “I didn’t let you ride away on horses last night. You won’t blame me, right?”
Zhao Qi shook his head and said, “Last night was Crescent Moon Night. The ground was pitch black. We’re not familiar with the roads here. Riding at night would be pure suicide.”
Yun Ce smilingly placed both hands on his shoulders and said, “You are a very good leader. However, not yet. In the future, before doing things, you must know yourself and know the enemy to achieve victory in every battle.
Don’t be reckless. Strategically, you must despise the enemy, but tactically, you must take the enemy seriously. Don’t give the enemy any opportunity.”
While speaking, Yun Ce took out a book《The Art of War》 from his bosom and patted it on Zhao Qi’s chest, continuing to laugh: “Study this book thoroughly, develop your own insights. In the future, for a very long time, we Han People will be in a war environment. We need you to become a very good general.”
Zhao Qi hugged the book, his face changing greatly as he said, “Brother Liu, what are you going to do?”
1 Yun Ce laughed: “You haven’t prepared for battle yet, so this battle belongs to me alone. I will charge from the front. You take the opportunity to leave. Don’t go back to Iron Enclosure Pass. Go directly to Luoyang.
1 When you are prepared for battle, come to the Northern Territory to find your Brother Liu. Then we will fight side by side.”
1 “No, Brother Liu. I saw Mad Ox Knights in their ranks. Charging like this is suicide.”
1 “Whether it’s suicide or not, we’ll know after fighting. The devils’ Mad Ox Knights aren’t invincible. Get ready. When I entangle with the enemy, that’s when you should leave. Remember, there might be enemies on the road back to Iron Enclosure Pass. Go directly to Luoyang.”
1 He punched Zhao Qi’s chest again and said, “Don’t let my sacrifice be meaningless.”
1 After speaking, Yun Ce reached out and tapped the little girl’s nose: “Go back and get married. Your fiancé is not bad.”
1 He said to the leather armor woman, “Protect yourself well, and also protect them.”
1 Without waiting for anyone’s reaction, Yun Ce jumped onto the filthy Red Date Horse. Without urging, the Red Date Horse stepped lightly and directly charged toward the Gui Fang Cavalrymen who had emerged from the darkness.
1 Zhao Qi was wrong. There were indeed Mad Ox Knights in the Gui Fang ranks, but not one, three. In the morning mist, the Mad Oxes’ small-mountain-like bodies gradually appeared. Each heavy stomp of their hooves on the ground produced a thumping dull sound.
1 The knights on the Mad Oxes were majestic as mountains. Their weapons were exceptionally large, exceptionally long, and exceptionally heavy.
2 Behind them, three centurions closely followed the Mad Ox Knights. Although their advance speed wasn’t fast, they brought mountain-like pressure to the enemy.
2 “This is the devils?”
2 The little girl swallowed a mouthful of saliva and doubtfully asked Zhao Qi.
2 Zhao Qi sighed: “We were too complacent…”
2 “But, but, Brother Liu…”
2 Zhao Qi watched Yun Ce’s horse speed up, resolutely charging toward the enemy formation. His eyes welled with tears. Choking, he ordered: “When Brother Liu charges into the enemy formation, that’s when we break out to the south.”
2 The Red Date Horse’s steps were as light as a falling leaf. Doggy’s tentacles, already eagerly extended, excitedly waved wildly. Yun Ce had long swung up the meteor hammer, preparing for a one-strike kill.
2 “Oh oh, those poor fools are moved by your actions, huh?”
2 “They are good kids. Though a bit reckless, as long as given good guidance, they will grow into the Great Han’s most steadfast warriors. This is my reward for their courage.”
2 Yun Ce’s meteor hammer heavily smashed onto the head of the middle Mad Ox. With one hammer, the Mad Ox’s sharp horns shattered. The Mad Ox Knight hiding behind the sharp horns didn’t have time to raise his heavy wolf-tooth club before another meteor hammer flew over, smashing his left shoulder. The force of this hammer was so great that it easily shattered his left shoulder along with the thick armor.
3 Doggy let out a strange cry in Yun Ce’s head, and four silver tentacles pierced in from the wound on the Mad Ox Knight’s shoulder.
3 The Mad Ox, whose head was already smashed open and eyeballs burst out, bellowed and crashed headfirst into the Mad Ox on the left. The knight on it was shocked and tried to avoid the collision, but the Mad Ox’s huge body had already collided with the running Mad Ox. The two giant beasts veered off course simultaneously, crashing into the devils’ horned horse team, causing chaos with men and horses tumbling.
3 At this time, Yun Ce’s meteor hammer smashed toward the Mad Ox Knight on the right with a dark clouds covering momentum. The Mad Ox Knight raised his shield to block. The moment the meteor hammer touched the giant shield, the giant shield shattered, and the Mad Ox Knight’s shield-holding left arm immediately drooped limply.
3 “Aha—”
3 Yun Ce’s furious roar echoed across the battlefield. Zhao Qi, who was hugging the saddle and madly running, felt his nostrils heat up, and two streams of blood sprayed out, staining his hands holding the reins red. He turned back and roared wildly at the already chaotic battlefield, whipping the warhorse whose speed had slowed with the little girl’s tearful eyes on its buttocks.
3 He shouted desperately: “Go! Don’t let Brother Liu die in vain.”
3 The little girl burst into tears with a wail, then tightly hugged the warhorse as its speed surged, following the team to continue madly dashing.
3 “Crack.”
3 Hearing the sound of the meteor hammer smashing the skull, Yun Ce was extremely satisfied. As long as he didn’t encounter Yu Sang on the battlefield, or Shen Tingyu who could still revive, Yun Ce felt the battlefield was the most comfortable place he had ever been.
3 No need to think about anything else, just unleash his full ability to fight. Pure killing, pure barbarism, pure release of wildness—this was the place in the world that made men feel the freest.
4 Doggy’s sucking speed also reached its peak. In just seven or eight breaths, the body of the first Mad Ox Knight killed by Yun Ce visibly deflated.
4 Doggy couldn’t finish sucking and released the Mad Ox Knight. His body fell off the Mad Ox, then was trampled into meat paste by the chaotic hooves of horses and oxen.
4 The Red Date Horse was as fast as lightning, shuttling back and forth in the military formation. The meteor hammer was like the Grim Reaper’s scythe—wherever it fell, there would be a patch of dead and wounded.
4 The Mad Ox Knight finally had a chance to go berserk. He heavily pounded his chest twice, spat out a mouthful of pale red blood mist, and his broad armor was immediately filled with muscles. His arms, now half again as thick as before, gripped the huge wolf-tooth club and swept horizontally toward where Yun Ce was.
4 How clever the Red Date Horse was. After sensing something wrong with the ox nearby, it immediately carried Yun Ce away. The horned horse cavalrymen who had just filled Yun Ce’s position took the horizontal sweep for him.
4 Yun Ce ducked to avoid the flying Gui Fang Cavalryman. The meteor hammer made a big turn in mid-air and directly struck the back of the Mad Ox Knight’s head.
4 The Mad Ox Knight looked imposing, but it was actually achieved through wisdom and reaction in a short time for a burst of martial power. He could have ducked Yun Ce’s meteor hammer by lowering his head, but he insisted on using the wolf-tooth club to smash down that flying hammer.
4 Under Yun Ce’s intentional guidance, the number of Gui Fang Cavalrymen killed by the Mad Ox Knight even exceeded those killed by Yun Ce.
4 The other Mad Ox Knight finally calmed the two Mad Oxes that had fiercely collided. Mainly, one had fallen and wouldn’t get up, and the other Mad Ox quieted down after stomping more than a dozen times, panting heavily.
4 “Cavalry, listen to orders. Withdraw from the battlefield.”
5 The cavalrymen who had been dodging kills from both the Mad Ox Knight and Yun Ce finally breathed a sigh of relief and drove their warhorses away from this messy battlefield.
5 “In one clash, to kill the Mad Ox Knight Black Mountain—Your Excellency is definitely not an unknown nobody. State your name!”
5 Yun Ce dodged the smashing wolf-tooth club and glanced at the bearded knight standing on the ox back: “Liu Chang’an. I am Liu Chang’an. Time to pay with your life!”
5 The meteor hammer bounced up again, swung round, and smashed toward the bearded knight who had his saber ready on the ox back. This guy hadn’t gone berserk yet—this was probably the biggest mistake of his life.
5 The meteor hammer seemed slow, but midway, it disappeared like magic. The next moment, it appeared at the Mad Ox Knight’s chest ribs. The bearded knight hurriedly twisted aside, dodging the meteor hammer but not the spikes on it. With a ripping sound, the spikes plowed across his back, not only tearing his armor but leaving two bone-deep gashes on his back.
5 Yun Ce laughed heartily. When the meteor hammer returned to his hand along the chain-controlled trajectory, Yun Ce swung out the other meteor hammer that had been accumulating power in his bosom for a long time.
5 As for the berserk Mad Ox Knight behind, the Red Date Horse naturally dodged with nimble footwork.
5 The bearded knight cried out in pain and fell sitting on the Mad Ox’s back. Seeing Yun Ce’s other meteor hammer coming, he barely raised his broad saber to block in front of his chest.
5 The hammer smashed plainly onto the blade face. The violent impact nearly flung the bearded Mad Ox Knight off the ox back. Before he could steady himself, he felt like four fire tongs were inserted into the wound on his back, causing him to howl madly again and immediately enter the berserk state.
5 Doggy gurgled and sucked. It discovered that after the knight berserked, its sucking speed more than doubled.
6 Yun Ce and the Red Date Horse circled the knight sitting on the Mad Ox back. Behind, another Mad Ox Knight chased tightly. Perhaps after two laps of chasing, this guy’s chest full of violent killing intent could no longer be suppressed. The wolf-tooth club fell on the bearded knight’s head, smashing it off in one blow.
6 Doggy reluctantly withdrew its tentacles from the dead body, in a bad mood telling Yun Ce: “This one needs to be savored slowly. Not a drop can be wasted.”
