Chapter 60: The Battle at Clear Wind Gorge (4)

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  At a critical moment. I dare not hesitate for a moment, shouting: "Mount your horse! The narrow road is met with the winner! Follow me to charge!"

  Everyone else was also a hot-blooded good fellow, and they shouted in unison: "We swear to follow the lord to death!"

  Although I have fought countless battles in my life, this is the first time I've led a group of hot-blooded men onto the battlefield. My excitement is beyond words. At this moment, my mind is as clear as a mirror, and I've calculated every detail of the entire battlefield.

  First, it's too dark now, and this mountain road isn't straight. If they gallop on horseback, eight out of ten will crash into the wall. So, I didn't mind exposing my target and threw a 'lighting technique' above my head. This light sphere wasn't very bright, and it was more than ten meters high from the ground. If it were too bright, I'm afraid it would have dazzled the warriors' eyes. They had just been in absolute darkness, with their pupils dilated to the maximum. With strong light shining on them now, they would definitely be temporarily blinded for a few seconds. Now is not the time to delay! Moreover, throwing it high has another advantage - the stones and wooden stakes thrown by the people above can be clearly seen, and with their skills, they can easily cope with them, either dodging or blocking. It's much easier than being unable to see in the dark and only relying on aura resistance.

  Secondly, our team was originally one after another, this time the poor way down order: "Two people in a row, follow up behind, and cover each other!" So that the length of the team is shortened by half, so that the attack surface received is reduced by half, plus the mutual cover between them, greatly reducing the probability of injury.

  Finally, it was my turn to use magic to cover our retreat. I had been preparing for this moment and had stored up a lot of magical energy (thanks to Winnie's support, I could borrow her power and feel fully charged!). As a burst-type monster mage, I started by casting "Light Magic" one after another. However, it wasn't long before the thieves were awakened and began attacking us with stones. Large rocks came crashing down, but fortunately, they weren't well-prepared and there weren't many people here, so the number of rocks wasn't overwhelming and we could still cope. Later, their rocks became even larger and more frequent, and we started to get overwhelmed. I tried to fight back to reduce the pressure. First, I cast "Vine Magic" to create a net to block the rocks. Unfortunately, it was easily broken by a giant rock that was about two feet in diameter, rendering it useless. Luckily, Old Horse next to me was a skilled fighter and blocked the attack for me; otherwise, I would have been crushed. Next, I cast "Gale Magic", which finally had some effect. The terrain here amplified the wind's power, not only allowing us to run faster with the wind at our backs but also picking up sand and rocks, blinding the thieves above. While they were rubbing their eyes, they couldn't throw stones, reducing the number of attacks. We took advantage of this opportunity to speed up our escape!

  The gorge was a difficult pass, and there must be some special arrangements here. Sure enough, about 100 meters away from the gorge, I saw that they had set up more than a dozen layers of wooden barriers, and over 100 thieves were hiding behind them with long guns. If it were cavalry charging hard, they would definitely suffer heavy casualties. Unfortunately, they encountered me, this monster wizard. At this moment, I didn't dare to hide my clumsiness anymore, and took out all the high-level fire magic scrolls stored in my spatial ring. Today, I'm going all out, and want them to know what 'rocket artillery' means. The 7th level fire magic 'Giant Explosion Flame' was undoubtedly the best choice at this moment. This magic releases a compressed giant fireball of magical energy, about the size of a face basin, which explodes violently when it hits something. I released nine 'Giant Explosion Flames', all my inventory, in one breath, and blew up both people and barriers into the sky. Even the huge stones piled up behind the barriers to withstand the impact were blown away without a trace. Although I was over 100 meters away, the massive sound still shook me dizzy.

  However, the passage was finally opened, and some people who were not blown up at the back were deterred by the experience of their companions in front, and no one dared to block our way. They were all scared and ran away, and even the leader in charge did not make any move to stop them, but only fled for their lives.

  I was overjoyed, but just as I was approaching the entrance of the valley, a sudden change occurred. A huge boulder fell from the sky, oh my god! It was about 3-4 meters in diameter, what if it crushes me? I didn't dare to think about it! As the saying goes, 'The hero's true character is revealed when the situation is critical!' At this crucial moment, Old Horse Comrade, who was beside me, resolutely pulled out his hidden skills.

  In an instant, his entire body was radiating golden light, with a dense aura that seemed like armor. The ordinary military-issue double-handed heavy sword in his hand also shone with a golden glow. Old Ma let out a furious roar and leapt forward, swinging his sword in a wide arc. After the massive impact, the boulder shattered into fragments no larger than a human head, which fell to the ground, blocked by the two guards behind me. However, I saw that Old Ma had spat out a mouthful of blood, his sword was broken, and he struggled to land back on his horse.

  The poor guy knows he can't stop now, all I can do is give him a "healing spell" and have someone take care of him!

  After passing the last giant stone gate, it was the exit in front. The poor Tao rushed out and carefully observed the terrain on the back of the running Gai.

  Outside the gorge, there was a vast open space. About one mile away was the bandits' granary, where there were still smoldering fires. The panicked bandits could be seen trying to regroup and resist. After the main force came out, I ordered: "Form a circular formation with me as the center!"

  Obviously this command was beyond their expectation. Now we should take advantage of the chaos and charge forward, shouldn't we use a charging formation? How can a circular formation be used for charging?

  However, the elite are the elite. Although they were puzzled in their hearts, they executed my orders without any hesitation. Even Li Gang, who was not convinced, didn't say much and honestly came to my side. The others, although from different teams, did not show any signs of panic, forming a neat array in less than a minute.

  The poor Dao was very satisfied with their military discipline, but now is not the time to praise them. From the spatial ring, take out the "Dragon Clan's Friendship" and pour all the remaining magic power into it without leaving any residue. This horn emits a pure white light circle, level 10 light system spell "Light of Praise", and every person who is swept by the light circle has an additional layer of white mist-like armor on their body. Obviously, the defensive power of the fog-like armor is close to zero, but its special effect lies in its ability to heal wounds on the body, equivalent to carrying a sustainable "healing spell" with them, and it's easy to imagine how great its effect is. Moreover, it also continuously stimulates and relaxes the warriors' muscles, not only increasing their strength by a factor of two, but also allowing them to quickly eliminate fatigue, giving them nearly infinite physical strength. It also has another effect, which is to boost morale, making them have an unwavering faith in the gods, and under the influence of this fanatical faith, their morale is boosted, somewhat like spiritual magic.

  So many extremely practical attributes added together, it's indeed worthy of being a tenth-level spell! I secretly admire it, because one must have an extremely devout faith to learn this spell, so there are only a few masters on the continent who can use it. I know that faith determines the power of this spell, but I don't know whether their faith or the White Dragon King's is more unwavering? I certainly don't hope that those bird people's accomplices have abilities that are too extraordinary!

  The poor way's magic was exhausted at the right time, just enough to add up all the people. Although I felt extremely tired from drawing out my strength, I still forced myself to shout: "Change formation, impact formation, attack!"

  These guys were like they had taken stimulants, and formed a 15x20 phalanx with three triangular protrusions, charging towards the enemy's camp. I was tired and didn't want to really charge forward and kill people, so I followed behind them with Old Horse and several masters as guards.

  These thieves never thought we would come here, and the so-called camp didn't even have a fence. More than 1,000 people barely formed a square array to meet the enemy. Faced with the charge of heavy cavalry, let alone these weak infantrymen, even the most elite infantrymen couldn't stop it! Not to mention that it was a charge by the famous Qinglong Iron Cavalry on the mainland. Before they even made contact, the thieves' phalanx had dispersed and fled in all directions. Afterwards, it was simply a one-sided slaughter. Thieves who failed to dodge were killed one after another. It's like a tiger entering a flock of sheep - within just a few minutes, we had occupied this place.

  Fortunately, I didn't want to create more killing, so I told them not to chase and hurry up to burn the grain. This made those high-spirited guys give up on chasing and killing, and they all came back to start burning. My magic power had slightly recovered, so I activated a fire-type fifth-level spell scroll 'Sea of Fire', which set everything within dozens of meters ablaze, using it as a makeshift fire source. The others divided into two teams: one team of 200 people dispersed to keep watch, led by Di Yun and Zhao Qing respectively; the other team of 100 people was in charge of burning, led by Li Gang. The grain wasn't easy to burn, but fortunately, we found some edible oil, which made it much easier to set on fire.

  After everything was arranged, I asked Old Ma: "How are your injuries, Master Ma?"

  "Master, it's more comfortable for me if you still call me Old Ma! My injury is nothing serious, just need to rest for a few days!"

  "How can this be? Grandpa will scold me!"

  "I like it! Otherwise I can go back and pull!" Old Horse insisted

  "Alright! Alright! Don't pull me!" The poor Taoist said helplessly, "You've achieved a great merit today, I didn't know you were so formidable!"

  "Haha! Nothing!" Old Ma said with a silly grin

  "Why are you in such a hurry?" The poor Taoist asked strangely: "Your skills can be a general, at least a Wanfu Chang above!"

  "I've received great kindness from the old master, he was framed and had his leg crippled, but there are still people trying to assassinate him, that's why I became a coachman to protect him personally, until now. Hehe!" He suddenly laughed: "Although I'm not a general, my salary is several times that of a general, the old master treats me very well, I'm content with what I have!"

  "Really!" I thought for a moment and said: "You saved my life today, you've made great contributions, your sword is broken, so this 'Fire Dragon Sword' is yours!" I handed him the sword that I had bet with Li Gang.

  "I haven't even used this sword!"

  "Huh? Why?" The poor Taoist asked strangely

  "I'm carrying it, and anyone who sees me will know my identity. If the assassin is on guard against me, it'll be hard to do a good job of protecting you!" Old Ma explained: "If Master really wants to reward me, just give me some gold coins instead. My son's getting married soon, and we still haven't fixed up the house!"

  "Alright! Is one million enough?"

  "Thank you young master, it's enough! More than enough!" Old Ma said excitedly

  At this moment, Di Yun came to report: "Two teams of cavalry have come down from the two mountains, 3,000 on the left and 2,000 on the right. Please decide, young master!"

  Whoa! The sun is out already! The food isn't even cooked yet, how did it come so quickly?