Chapter 2314: Chapter 2314 The Last Battle
Sui Fenghu’s greatest concern at the moment was that Ye Liuyun might suddenly appear, seizing this final opportunity for a decisive battle to launch a surprise attack on him.
As a commander of a large army, it was impossible not to take advantage of such a golden chance. Ye Liuyun was not foolish enough to wait until all his allies were slaughtered before facing Sui Fenghu alone.
As for the remaining civilians, apart from the women who might still have some use, the others were not even fit to be slaves and were essentially of no value. Sui Fenghu did not care much about them and he guessed Ye Liuyun wouldn’t either.
Therefore, as long as Ye Liuyun did not make a move during the battle, Sui Fenghu could be certain that Ye Liuyun had already left before they arrived.
So, Sui Fenghu cautiously led his troops into the city opposite the Alliance State, waiting for the martial cultivators to attack him. This way, he could rely on the city walls for defense without dispersing his forces.
Every day, he would climb the city walls to scout the surrounding area, even sending out several decoy squads to patrol and lure Ye Liuyun and the opposing martial cultivators into making a move. But there was no sign of activity.
Little did he know, Ye Liuyun was currently seizing the opportunity to take control of the soldiers. Over this period, Ye Liuyun had even managed to gain control of two complete ten thousand man units. Others who were under his control were ready to strike at key commanders at any moment.
The local martial cultivators were also well aware of the high cost of a siege and had no intention of launching an attack. Instead, they focused on defending with all their might. They believed that the longer they could delay, the more time the civilians would have to scatter and hide.
After waiting for nearly half a month, Sui Fenghu saw that the enemy had no plans to attack and could not find any trace of Ye Liuyun. He decided it was time to march out. After all, they were not locals and could not afford to stay here indefinitely, locking in a stalemate.
But before setting out, he left three thousand war wolf cavalry and ten thousand soldiers in the city as a reserve force, ready to support him at any moment.
The twenty thousand man units controlled by Ye Liuyun, having deliberately slowed their departure, became the rear guard of the main army.
Sui Fenghu did not pay much attention to this and directly ordered the front force of forty thousand soldiers to lead the main attack, with ten thousand on each flank for defense. The two twenty thousand units under Ye Liuyun’s control were tasked with vigilance and preparation.
As soon as the battle began, the Alliance State activated their protective formation, aiming to deplete the enemy’s energy reserves.
Once the defensive formation was breached, the local martial cultivators knew they could not hold the city and charged out.
Many low-level martial cultivators rushed to the front, using their bodies and treasures to shield the higher-level cultivators from arrows.
The battle commenced with a few martial practitioners of slightly higher cultivation levels acting as decoys to draw the soldiers’ attention, while the ninth tier experts among them launched deadly strikes.
As soon as the fight began, the local martial practitioners with lower cultivation levels fell in rows, yet their fearless determination remained unshaken.
This put immense pressure on the Galeocerdo Legion. Their attacking force consisted of twenty thousand soldiers in the front and another twenty thousand in the rear.
Quickly, the front lines were breached by the local martial practitioners and surged forward.
Despite heavy casualties, the sheer number of local martial practitioners began to show its use. Nearly four hundred thousand of them launched a relentless collective assault, which indeed overwhelmed the forty thousand soldiers.
Sui Fenghu furrowed his brow in concern watching from the rear. However, this was a critical moment and he dared not deploy his entire force to engage in a direct confrontation.
He even held back the flanks, ordering the twenty thousand soldiers at the frontline to hold their ground while the twenty thousand from the rear end to provid support with long-range crossbow fire.
At this point, the lower tier martial practitioners among the locals voluntarily stepped forward to shield their higher tier martial practitioners from the arrows, using whatever treasures they had to form human walls.
"These people truly fear no death!" Ye Liuyun, observing the scene, couldn’t help but admire their indomitable spirit.
Even though the twenty thousand soldiers located at the frontline were armed with shields, they were desperately struggling against the overwhelming number.
Seeing the situation going south, Sui Fenghu immediately dispatched three thousand war wolf cavalry to the rear of the that four hundred thousand martial practitioners, aiming to alleviate the pressure on the front lines.
The stampede of three thousand war wolves, charging from behind and crashed into the midst of the local martial practitioners.
Unyielding, the martial practitioners hurled their treasures from all directions at the cavalry. Those at the forefront of the stampede did not retreat, attacking with all their might and determined to hold their ground as much as possible.
This resulted in significant losses for the cavalry, though the local martial practitioners suffered even more casualties. Yet, they seemed utterly indifferent to their losses.
"These people truly fear no death!" Ye Liuyun couldn’t help but admire their indomitable spirit while observing.
"Charge!"
Witnessing the heavy losses among his cavalry and the faltering momentum of the beast tide, he finally ordered the remaining twenty thousand soldiers to join the fray.
Simultaneously, the flanks and rear guard advanced strategically, tightening the formation.
The newly deployed soldiers were immediately engulfed by the surging tide of martial cultivators, transforming the battlefield into a chaotic melee.
The air was thick with the clash of steel and the cries of the fallen, as the bodies of the fallen dropped with every passing moment.
"Deploy five thousand archers from the flank to reinforce."
Sui Feng dispatched another ten thousand archers for reinforcements after noticing the dire situation.
His nerves were on edge as he extended his spiritual senses, probing the surroundings for any sign of the anticipated reinforcements.
"If that army is still out there, they should have made their move by now!" He thought anxiously.
The local martial cultivators were dwindling rapidly with their bodies piling up on the blood-soaked ground. If this continued, they would be wiped out entirely.
Though numerous, the martial cultivators were mostly of lower realms, making them easy prey. With just over fifty thousand soldiers, Sui Fenghu had managed to hold them off in their desperate onslaught.
Yet, he knew that sending in more troops would minimize casualties and hasten the battle’s end.
Sui Fenghu waited a while longer. He ordered the ten thousand standby archers to engage the battle after he detected no movement.
He then commanded the flanks to advance another ten thousand archers for reinforcements, while redistributing five thousand from Ye Liuyun’s reserve force of twenty thousand to reinforce each flank.
Once everything was set in place, Ye Liuyun finally felt the moment had arrived.
Sui Fenghu had only a thousand guards by his side, along with four thousand war wolf cavalry in the spatial world. The forces under Ye Liuyun’s command had already encircled Sui Fenghu.
"Now!"
At Ye Liuyun’s signal, the pre-arranged ambush was sprung. Qiong Qi, Mo Shaowen, Liu Yang and others launched divine soul attacks on the commanders of the twenty thousand man troops.
The moment the divine soul contracts in their ocean of consciousness were destroyed, Sui Fenghu immediately sensed something was amiss.
"Hmm?" He initially thought Ye Liuyun had made his move.
"Stay alert!" He quickly ordered all his soldiers.
Except for his personal guard, the soldiers from all directions began to charge directly towards him.
