Chapter Seventy-One: Ambush Battle

  The morning mist had just cleared, and there were still one or two hours before noon. In a mountain valley, the blue uniforms of the Farnese soldiers and the black uniforms of the beastmen army were mixed together like a large lump of sticky paste, with the two uniforms intertwined as if they could no longer be separated.

  Liu Yu held a iron shield over one meter wide and two meters high in his left hand, and a golden hilt sword in his right hand. His face was as purple-red as an eggplant. In front of him were four Farnese soldiers, using several small iron shields to fiercely press against his shield.

  Although he was a robust and strong Huang Jin, when competing with four handpicked soldiers from the Fano De direct military corps of the human tribe at the same time, Liu Yu also felt overwhelmed.

  Liu Yu's side had several tall Bitmons, including Feite, who were all holding large iron shields to resist the attacks of several Fano soldiers. These Bitmon warriors surrounded a small circle and protected each other, with hundreds of Fano soldiers surrounding them on the outside. At this moment, sharp military horn sounds came from the west and north sides one after another.

  "Damn it, again." Liu Yu's heart tightened once more. Thinking of today's encounter, Liu Yu reckoned the army had left without checking the almanac.

  Yesterday morning they captured a pass and then marched continuously during the day, capturing another fortress of the Farnese garrison in the evening.

  Near midnight, several majors ordered the army to rest in a forest for the night. They also announced that they would face the strongest defensive force of the Farnod garrison in the central region the next day, and therefore the entire army must go into battle without rotation.

  Just as Liu Yu was celebrating his good fortune and sleeping until dawn, a Fanoede army of several thousand people happened to pass by the forest where they were stationed. How could this meaty army possibly let them go? So, more than 20,000 beastmen warriors pounced on a pack of wolves towards a few sheep.

  This utterly uneventful battle had brought trouble to the great army. Just as the several thousand troops were about to be annihilated, a Fanude military horn sounded from the northwest, and this time it was tens of thousands of Fanude soldiers who came.

  However, the beast tribe's army didn't take this bit of strength seriously and launched another attack like a lion pouncing on a rabbit. Liu Yu himself couldn't remember how many people he had killed, but he estimated that after this battle, his total military achievements would definitely be enough to make him a Fire Guard.

  Of course, tens of thousands of people cannot be annihilated in the blink of an eye. Liu Yu felt that they had been fighting from dawn till sunrise. Just as victory was in sight, he once again heard the sound of Fan Duo's military horn coming from the north and northwest.

  The entire beast tribe army was stunned, and even the officers who had initially settled with Fanord's team were shocked. Soon, another army appeared, and although Liu Yu didn't know the exact number of enemies, he knew that trouble had escalated. The incoming enemy filled the forest, and it seemed that there were at least 20,000 to 30,000 of them.

  Moreover, the Beast Tribe army was no longer the robust and vigorous force it had been at the start of the war. The numerous intense battles had taken their toll, and those hopeless Fano'dal soldiers who were on the brink of death had managed to kill a considerable number of Beast Tribe warriors in their final counterattack.

  Especially the slightly weaker wolf tribe warriors, after several battles, it is estimated that thousands of people have died, and two or three thousand wolf tribe warriors have been injured and lost their ability to fight again. The three Bi Mong masters who died in battle were very few, but there were also hundreds who could not participate in the war.

  Liu Yu personally saw a Fano soldier bite off the ear of a Beimeng warrior before dying, "This is what they mean by 'a rabbit bites when it's anxious'", Liu Yu thought to himself at the time.

  Now facing more than their own number of enemies, the beast tribe's army, which had been somewhat fatigued after two consecutive battles, was forced to retreat and withdraw several miles before Liu Yu and his men exited the forest and entered a mountain valley.

  At this time, Liu Yu discovered that they were surrounded. The southwest, southeast and east of the valley were all blocked by thousands of Phanord's troops. What followed was simple, Liu Yu and his men began to be attacked from multiple sides, and the two armies quickly became entangled. In the Phanord army, several human powerhouses who were not officers appeared, holding down the four lieutenants including Gilen.

  Since this surprise attack, the beast tribe's army has been advancing triumphantly, winning every battle and annihilating their opponents. As a result, all the beast tribe warriors have looked down on these Fano'de troops, only to discover now that they are being besieged and that these guys also have quite some fighting strength.

  When withdrawing from the forest, Liu Yu and his adjacent warriors took dozens of large shields made by Fanode as a defense from the previously captured materials. Fortunately, there were these things, and Liu Yu and dozens of warriors could form an effective circular defense, stubbornly blocking the impact of the Fanode army on them.

  "Hmm" Just as Liu Yu was competing with the four Fano soldiers, he suddenly felt a void in front of him and lost his balance, slamming into the shield and tumbling out. Before Liu Yu could steady himself, another massive force came from the front, sending him flying backward while holding onto the shield. Liu Yu crashed to the ground with his legs in the air.

  "Ah, ah!" A wave of pain came over Liu Yu, who was in so much agony that he could only cry out. However, he still managed to flip himself up from the ground with a swing of his legs. As soon as Liu Yu stood up, he saw a black shadow rushing towards him and felt a collision at his chest. When he looked down, he saw a sharp sword inserted into his heart, and its owner was a short Fanoed military officer who was only as tall as his chest.

  This time, Liu Yu's inner armor saved his life again. He reflexively stabbed a sword towards the opponent, and due to his height, Liu Yu's sword was aimed at the opponent's throat. If it hit, it could directly pierce the opponent's neck.

  The Farnese officer did not react slowly, and in an instant he withdrew his long sword while slightly shifting his body to the side, dodging the fatal blow. However, this move was exactly what Liu Yu had anticipated. At the moment when Liu Yu's long sword was about to strike, he almost simultaneously pounced forward, and as the opponent was caught off guard, he was knocked to the ground by Liu Yu.

  A pained groan echoed, and the Farnese officer beneath him soon stopped struggling. Liu Yu immediately propped himself up, grabbing off the officer's badge and the three blue spherical medals on his chest.

  The Farnese officer on the ground, from his abdomen through his heart to his left shoulder, a wound about an inch wide and a foot long almost cut his upper body in two, and the ground beneath him was also faintly visible.

  Liu Yu's left hand held a dagger with a black hilt and blood-red blade, still stained with tiny spots of fresh blood. This dagger, given to him by the Wolf Tribe as a token of their alliance, had finally come in handy.

  That officer's thin iron armor couldn't withstand the sharp blades made from the claws of a seventh-tier magical beast used by the Wolf Tribe. With his own powerful internal armor, Liu Yue had no fear of close combat with his opponent.

  Having picked up the officer, Liu Yu hastily looked up to see that the circular defense had been dispersed. Those Mongol warriors were already engaged in a frenzied melee with the Farnese soldiers. Under the attack of several Farnese soldiers, Fitto's back already had a huge knife wound, blood dripping down.

  Perhaps he was shaken earlier, and in a daze, Liu Yu seemed to have seen the deceased Fadi and Tugela, as well as the abandoned figure of Ge Rui. Unconsciously gripping the sword and dagger in his hand, Liu Yu let out a painful howl, and the Golden Marrow Sword transformed into a golden light that split a soldier who was about to attack Feite in two from behind.

  With another swing of his right hand, the golden hilt sword flew out, and a Fanoed soldier's large knife was knocked flying. Like a fierce tiger pouncing on its prey, Liu Yu flew forward with a swift movement, his left hand raised, and the dagger pierced into the opponent's heart.

  Liu Yu did not stop, using the corpses of these Fanude soldiers as a shield, he pushed his way through to the 7 or 8 Fanude soldiers who were besieging Feite. The soldiers who were caught off guard were all pushed out. The besieged Feite was temporarily safe, but Liu Yu was surrounded by several Fanude soldiers.

  "Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm" Just as Liu Yu thought he was going to "die a heroic death for the country", the beastly military horn sounded without warning from the south, followed by the thunderous cheers of the beastly army.

  "Full army retreat." A shocking command came from the top of a small hill in the north, and all the soldiers on the scene were stunned. Liu Yue heard clearly that this was an order issued in the human language, naturally it was the commander's order of the Fandor army.

  "Clang, clang!" Just as Liu Yu was surrounded, the Frankish soldiers who were hesitating about whether to retreat or not were knocked down by two large iron shields flying from behind. The group of Mongol warriors beside Liu Yu took advantage of the Frankish soldiers' momentary stunned state and grabbed the large iron shields they had used earlier to throw them over and save Liu Yu's life.

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