Chapter 829: Fierce Battle at the Armory! II (1/2)
Chapter 829: Fierce Battle at the Armory! (II)
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
The six hundred men Xu Keyi had brought with him had all served as training partners to the Wushang Cavalry. They were true elites, cavalry themselves and familiar with all the various tactics and techniques used on horseback. Although they were few in number, they were extremely powerful, and experts at dealing with cavalry.
They were clever and agile, never engaging with cavalry in a direct confrontation, so even though they were outnumbered by the Turks, they were able to avoid any serious injuries. In addition, such was their strength that they were all like Xu Keyi, cleaving through the Turks and their horses, armor and all, with just a single blow!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The Wootz Steel swords sliced through the darkness, playing out the eerie dance of death, the only sound that of sharp edges cutting through flesh and the thud of bodies hitting the ground. ”Aaaah!” Corpses covered the ground in front of the Qixi Armory and screams began to fill the air.
”Spread the oil! Use the oil to deal with them!”
”Light the fire! Burn these Tang to death!”
The Turks were not lacking in quick-witted and intelligent soldiers, and the eight hundred warriors quickly began to open up the leather bags and throw them into the air, spraying Xu Keyi's men with Arabian oil. Meanwhile, other Turks were ready with fire starters. With a whoosh, they ignited them and threw them toward the oil.
”You've gone mad! This oil was meant for destroying the Qixi Armory!”
”It's too late for that! If we don't kill them, we'll all die here!”
One Turk tried to stop his comrades, but he was quickly cut off. The fire starters, little embers of fire in the night, flew toward Xu Keyi's men. But while still several feet away, they were blocked by an invisible wall of energy, burning away in the air, unable to get close to the Tang.
”Profound Martial realm!”
The eight hundred Turks felt their hearts grow cold. Profound Martial experts had sturdy barriers of Stellar Energy around him, so the Arabian oil would find it very difficult to pose a threat to them.
”Hmph, you only realize this now?” Xu Keyi sneered. ”Everyone, hear my order! Kill them all!”
With this order, another several dozen Turkic warriors were felled. But while this intense battle ensued, no one noticed a group of Turkic soldiers stealthily working around the battle and heading to the gate. However, around one zhang from the gate, they noticed something strange. No matter where they went, the Turks would always end up coming back to their original spot.
The Qixi Armory gate one zhang away seemed to be in another time and space. No matter how they tried, they couldn't get close.
”What's going on? Why can't we get over there?”
”What spirits are at work here? How did we get back here?”
”What evil arts have those Tang used! This is too strange!”
”Don't worry about that! Just charge over on our horses!”
”Ah! I hit the wall.”
The Turks felt their hairs standing on end. They had used all sorts of methods to try and get into the armory, yet the gate continued to stand there, impossible to approach. These warriors of the Turkic steppe were true soldiers, and even if their heads were to drop to the ground, they would never crease their brow, yet this situation was simply too strange and impossible to understand using common sense.
They had used all their strength, but none of it had been of any use.
Hmph, the armory is such an important thing, so did you really think that we would only have six hundred soldiers here to deal with you?
Xu Keyi had just cleaved through another Turkic warrior when he heard these comments, and he couldn't help but chortle to himself. The marquis was a god of planning, and he had already made arrangements against all of Agudu Lan's strategies. After all, the Qixi Armory was not some toy, and it could not be left undefended.
Elder Fang and Elder Du had installed an illusory formation in front of the Qixi Armory gate. Everything would look normal from a distance, but as one approached, they would be caught in the formation and led elsewhere, which resulted in those Turks constantly running into walls. The 'gate' that they saw wasn't even the real gate.