Li Zhen led the Wolf Cavalry in a fierce charge, cleaving straight through the enemy formation.
When cavalry collide head-on, one side tears the other apart. The result needs no further explanation.
After wheeling their horses around and launching two more waves of charges, the Xunfeng Tribe was finished.
Xunfeng Zhuanyan was pinned to the ground and killed by Shuoyan Hexu's grand banner.
Another was caught in the aftermath of Li Zhen's Slaughtering in All Directions. His body was torn apart, and he had long since become nourishment for the earth.
At this moment, only Xunfeng Yi remained among the commanders-in-chief of the Xunfeng Tribe.
Nearly one-third of the ten thousand cavalry had been cut down, while almost none of the Wolf Cavalry had fallen to the ground.
Deep apprehension had already arisen in Xunfeng Yi's heart.
These Wolf Cavalry were no different from the Black Cavalry; they were not forces he could withstand.
That coordination and fighting style filled Xunfeng Yi with fear. These were definitely not Shuoyan's cavalry. Li Zhen must know some kind of sorcery!
The other soldiers of the Xunfeng Tribe had also begun thinking of surrendering.
In Dan Prefecture, it was perfectly normal to surrender after being defeated.
When Li Zhen launched his countercharge, he saw Xunfeng Yi, who was constantly surrounded by heavily armed guards.
“I surrender!!”
He had just been preparing to charge Xunfeng Yi and kill him when he saw the other man shout loudly.
Shuoyan Hexu immediately stopped.
It was not only them. The people of the Xunfeng Tribe also breathed a sigh of relief. They had already suffered more than three thousand casualties; how could they still have any will to fight?
The army of Dan Prefecture was like this. When fighting with the advantage, they advanced fearlessly, but once they fell into adversity, their instinct was to surrender. It was like how people with a way out always thought, “The worst possible outcome is already here.”
If things really became impossible, they could just surrender!
“Kill!”
A calm voice rang out.
Everyone looked toward that golden armor god of war.
“What are you standing there for? Attack! Kill them! Leave no one alive!”
Li Zhen jerked the reins and charged toward Xunfeng Yi.
Shuoyan Hexu also came to his senses, raising the grand banner and piercing through the soldiers before him.
The Wolf Cavalry's reaction speed was not slow either, and they sprang into action one after another.
Xunfeng Yi drew his long saber and looked at Li Zhen. “Li Zhen, you are breaking the traditions of Dan Prefecture. You...”
“Traditions? I am the tradition! Surrendering because you cannot win? There is no such good thing! I promised Shuoyan Yu'er that revenge must be carried out thoroughly!”
This was Li Zhen's debut in Dan Prefecture, and he had to make a name for himself with this battle.
Another purpose was to send a message to the Wolf Cavalry.
In Li Zhen's eyes, the word surrender did not exist!
Either win, or die!
Xunfeng Yi directed the people around him to charge at Li Zhen.
This madman!
Great Yu had practically released a madman into the world.
A demon!
Li Zhen's Overlord Spear flashed. Dozens of men were instantly swept to the ground by True Qi, their flesh and blood flying everywhere.
“I will fight you to the death!”
Seeing this, Xunfeng Yi spurred his horse forward and swung his saber at Li Zhen.
Everyone had to die, so he would die on the path of the charge as well.
Li Zhen let out a great laugh.
A mayfly trying to shake a tree—how utterly presumptuous!
He swung the Overlord Spear. Cold light flashed, and golden true qi clung to the spearhead, displaying unrivaled divine might.
Clang~
The Overlord Spear swept across Xunfeng Yi's long saber and shattered it directly. Then Li Zhen thrust once more, piercing straight through his chest without the slightest surprise. With a slight exertion, Li Zhen lifted Xunfeng Yi onto the spear and flung him away.
This place was not far from the Xunfeng Tribe to begin with.
The old, the weak, the women, the children, and those who had not been taken away from the Xunfeng Tribe all stared blankly at this scene.
Li Zhen's figure had already been imprinted in their hearts.
Deep apprehension!
The moment Xunfeng Yi died, the Xunfeng Tribe's army morale collapsed completely.
People wept and screamed as they fled frantically, no longer able to worry about anything else.
Li Zhen planted the Overlord Spear in the ground, pulled out a waterskin, and took a deep drink.
“Great King, the Xunfeng Tribe...”
Shuoyan Hexu came before Li Zhen and hesitated before asking.
“Aside from women and livestock, I do not want to see anything else left inside! Hexu, you should understand that these people are all threats!”
Li Zhen spoke flatly.
According to the rules of Dan Prefecture, children who were not as tall as a horse...
Li Zhen held such a rule in utter contempt. Were they supposed to keep these people alive until they grew up and could kill them?
Was this a joke?
He knew very well how Temujin had come into existence.
Mistakes could be made, but fatal mistakes could not.
“Yes, Great King!”
Shuoyan Hexu immediately turned around, his eyes flashing with ferocity as he looked toward the distant Xunfeng Tribe.
Leaving three thousand men to deal with the remnants, he led the main force straight into the tribe.
A bloody storm erupted.
Li Zhen, meanwhile, found a small mound of earth. He dismounted, planted the Overlord Spear in the ground, and sat atop the mound as he watched the sporadic slaughter.
He, too, had once welcomed affection, but what came to him was Shao Xuji.
From that moment, Li Zhen understood.
Affection was the one thing this era needed least.
What he needed was absolute power of rule.
Nothing else mattered.
Looking toward Northern Cold Pass, Li Zhen narrowed his eyes slightly. The Black Cavalry should be appearing soon.
As a hound of Great Yu, the Xunfeng Tribe served to send a message not only to Dan Prefecture, but also to Great Yu.
Li Zhen was no longer the same Li Zhen as before.
The sporadic battle ended completely after half an hour. Next came finishing off the wounded.
The weeping and wailing from inside the Xunfeng Tribe had already continued for a long time.
Li Zhen remained unmoved.
An army needed quality, not quantity.
The Black Cavalry of Northern Cold Pass numbered only twenty thousand, yet they deterred all of Dan Prefecture.
His Wolf Cavalry could do the same.
Besides, did every living person necessarily have value?
An hour later.
The battle had essentially ended.
Shuoyan Hexu came to Li Zhen's side, his expression filled with excitement.
The Six Tribes of Dan Prefecture had existed for a long time. Now, one had been personally annihilated by his hand, and the feeling was extremely strange to him.
“Great King, according to your orders, they have all been slaughtered.”
“Very good. Gather the livestock and women together. Once everything here is dealt with, return to camp!”
“Everything here? Great King, is there something else?”
Shuoyan Hexu asked curiously.
Had this not all been dealt with already?
The Xunfeng Tribe could already be declared destroyed.
Li Zhen looked into the distance, a smile touching his brows and eyes. “We are waiting for the Black Cavalry!”
“The Black Cavalry!”
Shuoyan Hexu's gaze sharpened.
“Go. Gather up the supplies. We may have a tough battle to fight later!” Li Zhen said calmly.
The instant his voice fell silent!
The ground began to tremble!
Shuoyan Hexu turned around. This tremor... The Black Cavalry... How many men were coming??
Soon, within Li Zhen's gaze.
A black tide swept over the land, blotting out the sky and covering the earth, accompanied by boundless killing aura.
“Assemble!”
Shuoyan Hexu shouted.
The Wolf Cavalry poured out of the tribe without end and assembled behind Li Zhen. Strange expressions appeared on everyone's faces.
Xuan Yue, leading the army at the front, furrowed his brows slightly.
He saw corpses strewn across the ground. The armor on those corpses was very familiar to him—it was all armor discarded by Great Yu!
There was also that cavalry unit he had never seen before!
All of this made him somewhat uneasy!
Li Zhen rubbed his hands as he watched the black tide.
Setting aside all other opinions!
The elite troops of Great Yu truly lived up to their reputation.
This aura alone was stronger than that of his Wolf Cavalry!
However, he did not have only the Wolf Cavalry!
He also had the iron pagoda cavalry!
Soon, the Black Cavalry began to slow down.
After all, the situation was unclear. He still did not know what had happened, so Xuan Yue carried a Great saber and slowly approached with his men...
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