Showdown

When the Icefield Giant Bear Tribe's army arrived, Zhang Tie had just led a thousand Iron Horn Beast cavalrymen through today's "clearing mission" along Eskil City's six main thoroughfares.

Of Thor's Hammer's five thousand Iron Horn Beast cavalrymen, beginning on the afternoon of the first day, everyone except the wounded had been divided by Zhang Tie into four groups of one thousand. They took turns entering Eskil City almost without pause, continually clearing out the demonicized puppets gathered along the city's three east-west and three north-south main roads.

Such a mission was far easier for Thor's Hammer. Each unit only needed to charge through the six roads once before withdrawing. One round took two hours, and after returning to rest for six hours, they would set out again.

With Thor's Hammer employing this rotating-wheel tactic, the six "lifeline corridors" in Eskil City remained open at all times. Large numbers of city residents seized the chance to escape, while the demonicized puppets entrenched in the city were continuously weakened.

Within two days, the number of demonicized puppets destroyed by Thor's Hammer had exceeded 150,000.

And after Thor's Hammer's cavalrymen put on the armor and protective gear dug out from Eskil City's military supply warehouses, not even a single severely wounded soldier appeared in their subsequent operations. Most injuries were minor.

The moment Zhang Tie emerged from the north gate after completing the clearing mission, he saw that the Icefield Giant Bear Tribe's army had arrived and was beginning to set up camp beside a river north of the city.

The wilderness was now a boundless sheet of white. A day and night of heavy snow had piled the snow in the wild two palms deep. The Icefield Giant Bear Tribe's army shoveled away the snow, drove stakes into the ground, and