How Could You Sleep?

The Cham soldiers charged several times, only to discover that the fully armed Xianzhen Soldiers were like an iron wall. No matter how fierce they were, it was useless.

Their blades struck the enemy's heavy armor, and the Xianzhen Soldiers did not even bother to acknowledge them. With a backhand slash, they split open the rattan armor, sending the Cham soldiers' flesh and blood spilling as row after row fell.

The scene was like a group of low-level units ganging up on a few overpowered ones in a game—the outcome had been decided from the very beginning.

Before long, Wusihei and his attendants moved the chariots to the sides of the wall, clearing the narrow passage in the middle. Then came the whinnying thunder of charging warhorses.

The soldiers at the passage entrance opened a gap upon receiving word. There, clad in a golden helmet and golden armor, Lan Yuan swept past like a raging gale, the Vermilion Bird Crescent Halberd in hand.

With a sweep of his long halberd, he directly knocked down a whole swath of enemy soldiers.

Lan Yuan's overwhelming presence sent the Cham soldiers reeling back. Many were thrown straight to the ground by the momentum of those behind them and never managed to rise again.

The cavalry's ferocious impact shattered the morale of Hengshan Pass's defenders. Lan Yuan and Shamoke promptly split into two forces. Shamoke led the nearly hundred foot soldiers concealed in the chariots to storm the battlements, while Lan Yuan led the cavalry charging back and forth within the pass, as easily as an adult bullying children.

By the time Gao Shun led the main force to Hengshan Pass, the vanguard had already finished the battle. Half the Cham defenders had died in battle, while the other half surrendered. The southern expedition