Three thousand Skeleton Soldiers blocked the Mongol cavalry's charge, heedless of casualties.
For the first time, Bai Xiaowen used the Soul Essence in Death God's Visage to temporarily strengthen all his undead servants.
Black energy coiled around every Skeleton Soldier. Once strengthened, each attack carried energy much like Spirit Force, greatly increasing both their attack and defense.
In other words, Death God's Visage had transformed these Skeleton Soldiers from weak creatures into Standard Template monsters with Spirit Force.
They were still at a disadvantage one-on-one against the battle-hardened Mongol soldiers, but the ten thousand Song troops behind them were no pushovers either.
Resupplied at last, the Song Army's archers and crossbowmen sent wave after wave of arrows into the Mongol ranks, throwing them into disarray.
And the Four Heavenly Kings, along with numerous Elite Tier and Leader Tier undead monsters, had joined the fight.
The battle lasted just over an hour before it ended.
All two thousand Mongol cavalrymen were wiped out.
Tachar, the Mongol general, was killed on the spot.
The Four Heavenly Kings stayed behind to "clean up the battlefield." Bai Xiaowen took Quan Zicai and the Song troops slowly into Caizhou to rest. After all, the sight of that cleanup was somewhat disturbing. Better not to let the Song soldiers see it.
Caizhou had been the last refuge of Wanyan Shouxu, the Jin Kingdom's final emperor, before its fall. Even half a month later, the remnants of the fighting were still visible, along with the bodies clogging the waterways.
And cities like this were everywhere across the Central Plains. The Mongols' policy of slaughter was monstrous.
"Commander Gu, I can't thank you enough for saving our lives. Please accept my bow!"
Abaddon seemed somewhat drained. Clearly, cleaning up the battlefield had consumed a great deal of Spirit