Reclaiming Wasteland: Carefree Mountain Farmer

Chapter 91 Chase
Beijiwu rode his horse swiftly past the supply train on the roadside.

After riding for more than ten miles, Beijiwu encountered a large procession of tens of thousands of archers.

The laborers carrying goods dared not move by the roadside. Some sat on the roadside, some ran to watch, and others lay down to sleep and wait patiently.

The army formation ahead has been formed and has occupied a large area of ​​plains. It is divided into three columns, and there seem to be several more formations behind it.

These military formations, viewed from the front, resemble a maze of city walls.

Kitada Biao approached Arctic Warrior and said, "Chieftain, what should we do? If we go over there, we'll be riddled with bullets!"

Beijiwu glanced at the farmers who were resting in a kilometer-long line by the roadside.

"Drive them away."

Using refugees to charge into enemy lines has always been a traditional tactic in ancient siege warfare.

Such unethical tactics did not arouse opposition from his subordinates; on the contrary, everyone felt that this was the right thing to do.

Arctic Warrior immediately shouted, "I am Arctic Warrior of the Mountain Farmer Clan! Those who don't want to die, keep moving forward! Anyone who dares to utter a word! Kill!"

As Beijiwu shouted, his hundred men quickly surrounded the thousands of farmers nearby.

The farmers and laborers who were forcibly conscripted to fight and work suffered terribly.

"My lord, spare our lives! We were forced into this situation, please spare our lives!"

Arctic Warrior cursed, "You're here to kill us! Do you expect me to just sit here and wait to die?"

The laborers nearby all wanted to flee, while those in the distance, seeing the situation was dire, quickly abandoned their supplies and ran away.

The soldiers responsible for overseeing these things dared not approach the Arctic Army.

Kitada shouted anxiously, "Stop wasting time talking to them! Kill anyone who doesn't move forward!!"

"That old man is really despicable!" Beiji Wu thought for a moment and said gently, "You don't have to move forward, but quickly gather all the oxen and donkeys pulling the cart over here!"

"I've already been very reasonable! I won't let you charge into the enemy lines, I'm just asking you to drive the oxen and donkeys over here! Anyone who tries to run away, I'll kill them!!"

After Beiji Wu finished speaking, a Hu man picked up a bow and arrow and shot an arrow at the fleeing people in the distance.

Several Hu people nearby quickly shot arrows, and soon all the fleeing men were killed.

Pursued by a group of cavalry, those hundreds of meters behind and further away stopped fleeing and began to obediently untie the cattle ropes.

Li Laiyong, who was watching from a distance, didn't understand what was going on at first, but when he saw Beijiwu driving the cows into the middle of the road, he quickly understood the other party's intention.

"Forward troops, advance one hundred meters! Fire arrows!"

The army, composed of more than 20,000 elite soldiers, began to advance forward like a moving maze.

Faced with such a regular army, the cattle on the farmland posed little threat whatsoever.

Two minutes later, a dense barrage of arrows knocked down the oxen that had not yet managed to assemble.

Whether it was a yellow ox, a stubborn donkey, or a tired horse pulling a cart, they all fled in panic.

Arctic Martial discovered that these people even killed their own people, completely disregarding the lives of these laborers.

"You should take refuge quickly. The war has nothing to do with you. Don't go far. After the battle is over, you can kneel down and help the victors with their work!"

Beijiwu shouted and rode his horse around the army formation.

"Scatter! Find a way back to Beiyuanwei! Make them come out! All troops attack!!"

After the ox-and-horse formation proved ineffective, the cavalrymen began to scatter and search for a way out.

At least thirty people chose to follow Arctic Martial Arts, and because there were so many of them, they easily attracted most of the firepower.

Fortunately, the battlefield was large, and the nearby wasteland and hillsides were traversable, so the archers' range of two or three hundred meters posed little threat to the cavalry.

Li Laiyong had never seen the bravery of Beiji Wu before. After discovering that Beiji Wu had not chosen to charge into battle and was about to run back to Beiyuanwei, he immediately chose to attack.

"Order Wang Jinshou to lead a thousand men to contain Beijiwu!!"

Li Laiyong felt that even if a thousand men couldn't catch Beiji Wu, they could at least restrain him and prevent him from running so fast.

As the guards rode through the ranks, giving orders, a troop of cavalry began to move, emerging from the moving formation.

Beijiwu could not see Li Laiyong, and Li Laiyong was also moving.

I didn't go to the nearby mountains to watch the game because there wasn't enough time.

Li Laiyong pondered the various changes and then asked, "Has Beiyuan City not been captured yet?"

The guard in charge of receiving information from the front replied, "Not yet. They are well prepared there. They've thrown away a lot of boiling oil, rolling logs, and barbed wire, but it's still not clean. Just filling the moat has already killed four or five thousand people."

Li Laiyong had no time to ponder why the surrendered Beiyuan soldiers were so loyal and brave; the cavalry regiment ahead had already charged toward Beijiwu.

On the Arctic Wu side, Ögedei shouted urgently, "Chief! Cavalry is coming from behind! Their horses are faster than ours, and they're about to catch up with us!"

Upon hearing this, Beiji Wu shouted, "You all go! I'll cover your retreat!"

"Chief! I'll stay!" Woko shouted immediately, wanting to fight alongside Beijiwu.

Beijiwu stopped his horse. "No need. Go and inform the people in the city to come out and meet the enemy! Each of them has a maximum of thirty arrows, and they'll be done with them once they've used them all."

"Yes!" Woko hurriedly rode his horse past Beijiwu with the rest of his men.

Although there were tens of thousands of people behind them, everyone believed that the Arctic Martial Arts Association would be alright.

Beijiwu watched as the cavalry drew ever closer, the two sides now only fifty meters apart.

"I surrender! Don't kill me! I am Han Chinese!"

Beiji Wu begged for mercy without any regard for his image, dropping the long sword in his hand. Wang Jinshou didn't recognize Beiji Wu, and looking at Beiji Wu's youthful appearance and short hair that barely reached his fingertips, a cruel smile appeared on his face.

Since Bei Jiwu was unarmed, Wang Jinshou thrust his more than four-meter-long steel spear into Bei Jiwu's stomach!

Beijiwu smiled and dodged to the side, then grabbed the approaching wooden handle with one hand.

As the two passed each other, the immense force transmitted from the lance caused Wang Jinshou's hand to slide backward.

Arctic Martial grabbed the long spear with his left hand and punched the man in silver armor with his right, knocking him to the ground.

The heavy lance proved its worth in the hands of the Arctic Warrior, and the closest guard was caught off guard and stabbed in the neck by his master's lance.

Beijiwu got up from his horse and switched to a fast-running spirited steed.

The spirited horse beneath him seemed to have chosen its master, showing strong resistance when the stranger mounted it, and began to jump and sway incessantly.

As Beijiwu tamed his wild horse, he laughed as he stabbed, cleaved, and swept away cavalrymen one by one with his long spear.

The thousand-strong cavalry quickly dwindled to fifty or sixty men; all the light cavalrymen who approached the Arctic Wu died on their horses.

The remaining cavalry began to expand the encirclement, trying their best to block Arctic Warrior's retreat.

Ultimately, Beijiwu didn't have time to tame this wild horse. Just as the horse lost its balance and was about to fall, Beijiwu also landed on the ground and rolled around.

"on!"

The nearby knights shouted excitedly and charged towards Arctic Martial.

The high vantage point gave these knights a tremendous sense of superiority.

However, Arctic Warrior is actually not very good at riding horses.

"His strength could uproot mountains! His spirit could cover the world!!"

Beijiwu gripped his long spear with both hands and swept it around the approaching cavalry with all his might.

The more than one-meter-long steel blade at the top of the spear transformed into the blade of a lawnmower, severing the forelegs of three nearby horses.

The warhorse let out a mournful whinny.

The rider and his warhorse fell to the ground together.

"Hahahaha!"

The knights gathered together like the wind, forming a dense cloud.

The Arctic war stirs up storms, and the blood on the ground stains the earth.

Li Laiyong watched as a lone young man fought a thousand meters away, decimating his more than a thousand cavalrymen to only four or five hundred.

"Deploy the Wanzhou Iron Cavalry! This traitor must be slain! Whoever kills him will be rewarded with the title of Marquis of Ten Thousand Households!"

Li Laiyong finally understood why the Beiyuan Guard's resistance was so strong. A military general with strong personal strength who also knew how to cover the rear for others would naturally win the loyalty of the others.

If this man doesn't die, then the North will never have peace!
Li Laiyong brought out his elite force, a heavily armored cavalry unit that had followed Emperor Wanye in his campaigns across the country!

The Wanzhou Iron Cavalry were selected and trained by Emperor Wanye from among brave soldiers. Each of them was treated as a centurion and usually only obeyed the orders of Emperor Wanye, and were only used in key battles!

The archer formation can only defend; it cannot catch up with the Arctic Warriors.

Now that Beiji Wu has no horses, the Wanzhou heavy cavalry, along with the approaching archer formation, will surely kill Beiji Wu!

While Beijiwu was fighting with the cavalry, he suddenly saw an arrow flying towards him.

Before long, he saw the nearby light cavalrymen raising their bows and arrows and aiming them at him.

Arrows rained down on Beiji Wu. Seeing this, Beiji Wu quickly grabbed a wounded soldier from the ground and threw him aside. Then, he dragged his long spear and ran towards the nearby grassland.

"Chase!"

The cavalrymen quickly pursued Arctic Warrior, continuing to fire as they rode.

Arctic Wu ran extremely fast, leaping into the tall grass like a rabbit and disappearing from sight.

The cavalrymen rode into this desolate land that no one usually treads on.

The soldiers on horseback all saw Arctic Warrior, who had already run more than a hundred meters away and was still moving faster.

The arrows rained down on Arctic Warrior, who had just been stirring up trouble, but now fled in panic, dodging the arrows that fell into the grass behind him.

Unable to break through this natural barrier, the cavalrymen's horses slowed down noticeably in the tall grass, and could only move forward on foot; some even refused to continue.

The Wanzhou cavalry, arriving late, could only watch from outside the bushes.

A mounted scout discovered Arctic weapons.

"There they are! Arctic Martial is heading towards Northern Plains Guard!"

Looking at the hundreds of corpses on the ground, Li Laiyong immediately gave the order.

"Charge with full force against Beiyuan Guard! Kill Beiji Wu! Beiji Wu is exhausted. Kill Beiji Wu and you will be granted the title of Marquis of Ten Thousand Households!"

Arctic Warrior was indeed a bit tired. Looking back, he saw that the army was still far away, so he stopped to rest for about ten seconds before slowly moving forward.

Not far ahead, a haystack was burning fiercely.

This was the signal agreed upon by the Arctic Martial Arts and the Northern Plains Guards; black smoke rose into the air, signaling a counterattack.

Meng Hetong and his men had finished assembling inside the barbican.

"Open the gates! All troops, attack!"

(End of this chapter)