"Young Master Xu, we have at most two days."
Old General Zhang Kaitai rested his interlaced fingers on the table and looked at Xu Taiping gravely.
"Two days?"
Xu Taiping had not expected so little time.
"Yes." Zhang Kaitai nodded. "The forces at Tianhai Pass can hold out for two days at most."
"I heard from A Zhu that Tianhai Town has thirty thousand people within its walls alone. Including the nearby villages, there must be at least a hundred thousand. Surely you could muster some men?"
Xu Taiping was somewhat puzzled.
"We don't lack men, but we lack horses-spirit steeds that can support the Red Armor Cavalry's formation charges."
Zhang Kaitai gave a helpless, bitter smile.
"Without spirit steeds, the Red Armor soldiers can unleash at most thirty percent of their full fighting strength."
He added.
Xu Taiping thoroughly agreed with the Old General on this point.
Judging from last night's brutal battle, a formation charge by just over a hundred Red Armor Cavalry was difficult for even a king-stage deep-sea demonic beast to withstand; a charge by a thousand riders could crush Demon Venerable-level deep-sea demonic beasts. And by crush, that meant they would have no fear even if ten Demon Venerable-level deep-sea demonic beasts came at them at once.
That was also why, on last night's battlefield, very few Demon Venerable-level demonic beasts had dared to challenge the Red Armor soldiers alone.
Without spirit steeds, then, the Red Armor Cavalry's fighting strength would certainly be greatly diminished.
"May I ask, Old General, how many spirit steeds does Tianhai Town still have?"
Xu Taiping asked tentatively.
"Excluding those lost last night, only three thousand remain."
Zhang Kaitai gave Xu Taiping a long look before answering.
After last night's battle, he already regarded Xu Taiping as one of his