A Long found it hard to believe and immediately suspected that these people were lying. They were all from the Great West Empire; how could there be any enemies behind them?
That's impossible!
Absolutely impossible!
At this moment, a group of people suddenly appeared from behind. Unless something had already happened to the Great West Empire, such a thing would be absolutely impossible.
"My lord, behind us is a cavalry force, cavalrymen dressed entirely in white!" The leader quickly explained when he saw that the strategist did not believe him.
"All white?"
Upon hearing this, Morandi's pupils contracted, and he exclaimed, "Could it be that the White Horse Volunteers of Great Liang have also come to the battlefield?"
There was no mention of the White Horse Volunteers in previous intelligence reports. Could it be that the Great Liang has reinforced its troops again?
This is absolutely outrageous! The Great Liang already had an excessive number of troops deployed in the west, and now you're still increasing your forces. This is simply insane!
At that moment, he suddenly felt a little worried.
Even if our three kingdoms unite, we might still be no match for Great Liang. That would be a real problem.
" The White Horse Volunteers?"
A Long's expression was also grim. If it really was the White Horse Volunteers, it meant that the people of Great Liang had already reached the rear, which was not good news.
If things go wrong, all our fighting and retreating tactics will be for nothing.
The Xiling Corridor is now engulfed in fighting, and the enemy will soon be advancing, so we must retreat at any time. If our retreat is blocked by Great Liang at this point, it will be a disaster.
This forced him to be cautious, so he looked at the group and asked in a deep voice, "How many people are there, and what are their characteristics?"
"We were suddenly attacked, by about five thousand men. Not only were they all dressed in white robes, but they didn't seem like the White Horse Volunteers. Their leader, also dressed in white robes, wielded a long spear and was invincible. We were routed by them!" he said with a bitter expression.
He was somewhat stunned by the beating, and even felt utterly ashamed. He was, after all, a tough guy, and now he had been defeated by a bunch of pretty boys; it was simply unacceptable.
Even their clothes are white?
A Long's face stiffened. This was definitely not the White Horse Volunteers. After all, although the White Horse Volunteers white horses, they didn't wear white cloaks. This was just showing off.
This is no legion known to the Great Liang; it is a completely new entity. The Great Liang is using this as a testing ground.
He took a deep breath, his eyes flashing with murderous intent, and said grimly, "Send men to wipe out these five thousand men. We absolutely cannot allow him to cause trouble behind our backs; he'll ruin our grand plan!"
Behind us lies the route for transporting food and reinforcements. If this guy is allowed to do whatever he wants, everything will fall into chaos. Not to mention the retreat we'll have to do later; if we're held back by this group, the consequences will be unimaginable.
This group must be eliminated!
Morandi agreed wholeheartedly, saying with some concern, "There must be a problem somewhere. If it's not something that happened in our country, then it must be that Ashina Tiandu sent people over!"
yes!
A Long nodded slightly, agreeing with his point of view.
This group couldn't have appeared out of thin air. If they didn't come from the Great West Empire itself, then they could only have sneaked into Ashina Tiandu's territory.
He sighed and said in a deep voice, "Now we can only hope that Ashina Tiandu, otherwise we'll be in big trouble."
The Moses Empire now only has 100,000 people, and they probably have trouble even protecting themselves, so it's unlikely they'll come to help easily. The only option left is to rely on the Great West Empire and the Frostwest Empire to repel Lin Rusong.
His gaze turned westward; now he could only hope that this guy was somewhat reliable.
He muttered to himself, "To be able to rebel and seize the throne, one must have some skills. There's no reason why they couldn't even handle the remaining few people. That would be too pathetic."
He's already attracted over a million people; if he can't even handle the remaining few, that would be absurd.
While the Xiling Corridor was being breached, Ashina Tiandu was not idle either.
Faced with the situation where the main force of Great Liang had shifted away, leaving only Bai Zizai's 300,000 Asura Army outside, Ashina Tiandu launched an offensive.
This time, he personally took command, leading 800,000 troops out to try and kill Bai Zizai's 300,000-strong army outside the city, thereby breaking the blockade of Great Liang and sweeping across the entire Frostwest territory once again.
He had thought that his nearly three times numerical superiority would allow him to crush the enemy with ease, but he never expected that the enemy was no pushover either, and that he was finding it difficult to advance.
Thump thump thump!!!
On the battlefield, the war drums sounded wildly, making the entire battlefield exceptionally bloody, and the two sides fought fiercely.
The sky was filled with a dense rain of arrows. The two sides had been fighting for a whole day, and the Great Liang side had not retreated an inch. This made Ashina Tiandu.
According to intelligence, there are only 300,000 people under Bai Zizai here. What makes him think he can stop us?
His anger surged, and he couldn't help but shout, "Damn it! What right does this old man in his fifties or sixties have to challenge me? I think he's just asking for death!"
"I am guilty!"
The surrounding generals were all ashamed. They had three times the number of troops, yet they had failed to repel Bai Zizai and had suffered considerable losses themselves. It was truly shameful.
But as humiliating as it may be, there's nothing to say about the result, because the other side truly withstood it.
Absolutely amazing!
Ashley, standing to the side, froze, pretending not to hear and becoming a coward.
Since his defeat in the northern campaign, which allowed Xue Rengui to advance unimpeded, his prestige in the Frostwest Empire has plummeted. If it weren't for his old connections, he would probably be executed by now.
So he's keeping a low profile now; he doesn't need to achieve anything, he just needs to survive.
However, Ashina Tiandu, and he was directly targeting him.
" Ashley, what do you say?"
"Why is the war progressing so slowly? Are we, the mighty men of Frostwest, really unable to defeat even a fifty or sixty-year-old man?"
Ashina Tiandu; one could even say he was somewhat embarrassed and angry.
According to records, Bai Zizai was nearly sixty years old; his hair and beard were all white, and he had almost lost all his teeth.
It's simply unacceptable that such an old man, with his left and right vanguards attacking together, still couldn't defeat the opponent.
Are all these people incompetent?
Forehead!
Upon hearing this, Ashley cursed inwardly, "This old man may be, but he was Lin Rusong's trump card, a killing machine back in the day."
Although this god of war is old now, his army is not. They are not pushovers.
However, he dared not say such a thing. What if the emperor accidentally killed him? Things were not like they used to be.