CHAPTER 1455: CHAPTER 1403: THE MIGHTY ARMY ARRIVES

At the moment the enemy leaped onto the cloud ladder, Sheni Pei made a gesture to the elite archers crouching behind him. As the Northern Huns’ warrior, manifesting inner qi, arrogantly soared onto the city wall, over five hundred elite archers, who had long been prepared, drew their bowstrings and shot towards the enemy.

While not sparing the use of Cloud Qi, in an instant, they suppressed the opponent’s strength. Hundreds of arrows aimed at various parts of the enemy enveloped him in the moment he couldn’t evade!

"No!" The Northern Hun warrior screamed miserably, swinging his great sword madly at the densely incoming arrows. But this did not change the fact that he was hit.

Back when Guan Yu and Zhang Fei charged Hulao Pass, even with forethought, they were shot down by the elite archers prepared by Li Ru. Guan Yu’s arm was hit by two arrows. How much more so for the Northern Hun warrior who encountered such a situation without any forewarning.

"Shoot him dead for me!" Seeing the opponent on the brink of collapsing off the city wall with over ten arrows in him, Sheni Pei yelled while stepping on the battlement. He had finally gotten this chance; if the enemy wasn’t taken down this time, it would surely be troublesome when breaking the Xianbei later!

Hundreds of elite archers risked being shot by the Xianbei as they rushed to the wall’s edge to shoot arrows with maximum power. Unfortunately, Sheni Pei originally did not anticipate there would be experts at the inner qi manifestation level, so there were no true elite archers equipped.

"Damn it!" Sheni Pei looked at the one who had been hit by more than ten arrows yet successfully retreated out of arrow range showing a deeply grim expression. Though he knew that after this barrage of arrows, Changping would undoubtedly be safe for the next three to five days. However, not killing that guy made him uneasy.

A clanging sound rang out as expected, the Xianbei retreated. Sheni Pei let out a long sigh. To kill that bastard would now have to wait until Fengg Ji arrived, but he wasn’t confident about killing an inner qi manifestation expert within a battle formation.

"Yiqu, put all the meat in Changping into the pot. From today onwards, all soldiers should eat well and be full. Within two days, the battle in the north will have a result." Before Jiangh Yiqu could speak, Sheni Pei delivered his orders.

"Understood!" Jiangh Yiqu, suppressing all the words he wanted to say, respectfully replied to Sheni Pei.

"The Xianbei will not attack the city for the next two days. Our army should exert ourselves to recuperate. Yiqu, with full recovery, how many soldiers do we have fit for battle?" Sheni Pei asked.

"If we have two days of rest and ample meat, after two days there will be around three thousand spirited soldiers." Jiangh Yiqu thought for a moment and said.

"Good, make the arrangements. Be ready by the evening after tomorrow. If nothing unexpected happens, our reinforcements will arrive the night after tomorrow." Sheni Pei did not hide and disclosed all the matters to Jiangh Yiqu. The outcome of this battle depended on the performance the night after tomorrow.

From this day forth, Sheni Pei also began to manipulate the weather, not in a sudden and immediate fashion, but changing little by little, making it seem as if the weather had not been tampered with by anyone.

On the next day, as Sheni Pei anticipated, the Xianbei did not attack, and by the next afternoon, Fengg Ji, who had been advancing at a rapid pace, was nearing the patrol range of the Xianbei. However, at this distance, Fengg Ji decisively halted the advance, ordering all soldiers to eat their dried meat and rest on the spot.

They couldn’t launch an attack yet. After a prolonged rapid march, they needed some time to recover their strength.

Of course, Fengg Ji, who had been out of contact with Yuan Tan’s side all along, now received Yuan Tan’s message: Sheni Pei was defeated, trapped in Changping, the opponent had a top-level commander at the inner qi manifestation rank, all these adverse details were known to Fengg Ji, and Yuan Tan’s order was to abandon the plan.

However, upon receiving the message, Fengg Ji merely gave it a cursory glance before crumpling it into pieces. At this point, even if the opponent were Lyu Bu from the Shatter Void era, they still had to act!

By now, fighting still had a chance of turning the tables, not fighting meant they’d be nothing but salted fish. Fengg Ji simply ignored the message, and naturally, the Faith Eagle carrying the letter was also thrown into the pot. If they won, he wouldn’t mention it, if no one brought it up, no one would know; if they lost, well, with everyone dead, how could anyone care?

[But this is an inner qi manifestation with legion talent. Now it depends on how effective Zheng Nan’s spiritual talent is. It’s a shame that if Zhengli were still alive, they would have charged up to take out the enemy by now.] Fengg Ji thought helplessly as he munched on dried meat.

Meanwhile, forty li from Changping’s west city gate, Zhang He was already in position. However, this distance was too far for the heavy cavalry, so they had yet to don their armor.

Moreover, at this distance, Zhang He discovered what the biggest problem with heavy cavalry was, they were not suitable for ambushes, only for frontal assaults.

Nevertheless, even with three thousand heavy cavalry, he could charge in, but without contacting Sheni Pei, he couldn’t enter the city. Without speed, the heavy cavalry would just be cannon fodder.

[We must come up with a plan.] Zhang He commanded his soldiers to eat dried meat and drink water to restore their stamina while observing. To take down the Xianbei of one hundred thousand, cooperation was essential; after all, heavy cavalry was not for pursuit, only for crushing.

[It seems we have to take a risk.] Zhang He took a deep breath, realizing he could only gamble now. With his troops, a few charges in and out were no problem, but thoroughly defeating them required more soldiers. The hope was for chaos in the Xianbei camp, prompting Sheni Pei to dispatch troops in cooperation.

Yet quite frankly, from Zhang He’s perspective, with Sheni Pei now probably having only a thousand soldiers fit for battle, even with cooperation, no significant results were expected due to the overwhelmingly large Xianbei force.

"Everyone, follow me!" Zhang He commanded in a low voice, leading his troops around to the north. The forty-li distance prevented the Xianbei scouts from discovering such a large force.

However, from here onwards, it was almost all plains with no cover. Thirty li of heavy cavalry would be spotted before they could even make the charge. Besides, even if the horses in this world were much improved, the pressure for heavy cavalry to charge thirty li was substantial.

"Hmm..." Just as Zhang He moved to a position over forty li north of Changping, he suddenly discovered a significant number of troops hidden to the north, causing his hair to stand on end.

Meanwhile, Fengg Ji, squatting on the spot, became extremely guarded, not expecting to encounter a cavalry force from another direction here. According to logic, having sealed Jundu Mountain and slain all encountered Xianbei along the way, it was impossible to meet any other Xianbei besides those at the front.

Yet at this moment, Fengg Ji found himself in the most inconceivable situation, encountering a Xianbei detachment just as he was about to act and within the extreme scouting range of the Xianbei army.