Zhao Yun eliminated the enemy and immediately reported his achievements to Zhang Liang: "Minister Zhang Liang, the enemy has been completely wiped out. Our army has ten casualties and a hundred wounded."
Zhang Liang was very surprised after hearing this, as jungle combat was very disadvantageous for reconnaissance aircraft, and Zhao Yun's forces moved so quickly that it was impossible to scout every location.
After hearing Zhao Yun's battle record, Zhang Liang was indeed very surprised. The Wudang Flying Army could indeed play a very powerful role in this kind of jungle combat.
This battle proved Zhao Yun's capabilities.
With twenty thousand men eliminating fifty thousand enemies, their own losses could be considered negligible.
This was a complete victory.
Zhang Liang smiled at this and said, "General Zhao performed admirably. I believe the Lord will be very pleased when he hears about it."
"Mhm," Zhao Yun nodded. He was deeply grateful for the Lord's trust and for being given command of an army, a debt he would always remember.
While Bai Qi and Zhao Yun were fighting, a battle also occurred where Huo Qubing was.
Huo Qubing, based on the enemy situation, directly mounted his steed and led his Han Iron Cavalry towards the enemy.
He reached ten kilometers ahead of the enemy, rested for a while, scouted the enemy's situation, then wrapped his mount's hooves with cloth, distributed tactics, and finally adopted an assault formation to launch an attack on the enemy.
By the time the enemy discovered Huo Qubing, his cavalry was already moving at great speed, at the peak of their power.
Huo Qubing had long calculated the optimal attack direction and target, which was the mages. These mages were greatly surprised by the sudden appearance of the enemy.
By the time they wanted to launch their attacks, Huo Qubing's soldiers had already prepared their bows, and a sky full of arrows rained down upon the mages.
These mages, facing the sudden barrage of arrows, had no power to resist and were all shot dead.
Then, Huo Qubing took the lead, picking up his weapon and charging towards the fleeing mages.
These mages didn't even have time to chant their spells before they were being chased and cut down by Huo Qubing.
The armored soldiers protecting the mages arrived too late and were of no use.
The enemy still had ten thousand cavalry, but they had no speed advantage, and their mounts were just ordinary warhorses. Facing Huo Qubing's mounts, which were at least level 70, they were no match.
This was even before Zhou Yan had equipped his soldiers with those drake mounts. If they had been equipped with drake mounts, the combat power of each legion's cavalry would have increased significantly.
However, Zhou Yan did not intend to do so. Those who already had mounts could not be equipped with more, as he still needed to summon more soldiers, and these mounts would have to be reserved for those summoned later.
Huo Qubing led only five thousand men to charge the enemy's mage legion from the left, while another five thousand attacked from the right. These fleeing mages were thus completely annihilated by the two cavalry forces.
The enemy's five thousand-strong mage legion was wiped out.
When the enemy's cavalry began to prepare to charge towards Huo Qubing, they discovered that another cavalry force was approaching from their rear.
The leader of this cavalry was Li Guang.
"Kill!"
Li Guang led five thousand cavalry and attacked the enemy's cavalry from their rear. The enemy had no choice but to abandon their pursuit of Huo Qubing and deal with Li Guang's army.
Unfortunately, Li Guang's cavalry had already gained tremendous speed. Their terrifying charge instantly broke through the enemy soldiers, sending them and their horses flying.
Compared to the Han Iron Cavalry, the enemy cavalry was not in the same league.
Ten thousand men were pierced through by Li Guang's five thousand.
Another of the enemy's troop types was a group of enemies wearing ghost-faced masks. They had intended to reinforce, but as they were on their way, the sound of cavalry also came from their rear.
Huo Qubing had actually divided his cavalry into four teams, attacking the enemy from the front, rear, left, and right, staggering the timing to completely disrupt the enemy's prepared routes.
These ghost-faced soldiers were indeed extraordinary. Upon seeing the cavalry, they quickly formed a circular formation, each holding a shield and a long saber, forming a defensive formation like a pot lid against the cavalry.
Huo Qubing naturally saw this defensive measure. He gave a command to his soldiers, who then nodded. The soldiers in front patted the heads of their mounts.
The mounts, understanding, opened their mouths, condensed an energy wave, and launched dense energy attacks.
Various energies such as flames, ice, storms, earthquakes, and sandstorms transformed into elemental energy bombs or directly into quicksand, attacking the circular formation of the ghost-faced enemies.
The enemy never expected Huo Qubing's mounts to possess such abilities, and their formation was immediately broken.
"Boom!!!"
As this energy attack blasted open the enemy's formation, the soldiers raised their crossbows, aimed at the ghost-faced enemies, and fired.
"Swish swish swish!!!"
Arrows rained down, causing heavy casualties among the enemy. Then, they were impacted, overturned, scattered, and slaughtered by the iron cavalry.
Ghost-faced soldiers fell in pools of blood, truly becoming dead ghosts.
As the iron cavalry charged past, their immense power crushed these ghost-faced soldiers, leaving only a small number alive.
After the cavalry circled back and charged at them again at undiminished speed, the ghost-faced soldiers were completely wiped out.
The raid by twenty thousand men achieved a great victory from the outset, completely dispersing and harvesting the enemy, leaving only the strongest defenders, the armored soldiers.
However, they were no match for the formidable iron cavalry alone and were subjected to ranged attacks by the soldiers, kite-flying them, and finally dying in regret on the battlefield.
This great battle lasted a short time but yielded great results.
Thirty-five thousand men were completely annihilated by Huo Qubing's surprise attack tactics.
Huo Qubing's casualties in this engagement were less than two thousand.
It should be noted that these enemies were the strongest among the three enemy forces.
Huo Qubing's ability to trade two thousand casualties for the deaths of thirty-five thousand elites was already an astonishing result.
After all three battles concluded, they each reported their combat results to Zhang Liang, who was filled with joy.
The soldiers of the territory were all capable of leading armies independently. He, as the Minister of War, had a very leisurely job.
If the territory lacked capable generals, Zhang Liang would likely have to personally command the battles.
(Author: I'll work hard and update the sixth chapter.)