15: charge

As one by one, the trump cards in his hand were revealed, Zhao Bo felt a faint sense of unease.

Then, a troop of cavalry arrived from afar. Upon seeing this, the players scattered, leaving Lin Yue alone to greet the cavalry!

“Shock! Another reversal!”

“Cavalry? Where did the cavalry come from?”

General Yu looked at the approximately one hundred cavalrymen, silently wiping the sweat from his forehead.

Zhao Bo hadn't told him there would be cavalry! He couldn't imagine if, after the city fell, his Yu Family Army would even have the strength to fight.

Wang Mazi stared at Lin Yue, who was holding a long saber, his eyes filled with rage. It was this person who had ruined his foundation!

Lin Yue looked at the leading cavalryman charging straight at him and smiled.

“Wang Mazi!”

It was the bandit leader who had fled with Zhao Bo during the bandit suppression a few days ago! Lin Yue had seen his portrait; there was a hundred tael silver bounty on him!

“What a fine head!” Lin Yue said with a grin.

Both sides remained silent. When they were three hundred meters apart, the Mountain Bandits split into two. Wang Mazi led his troop to flank from the side. As a Mid-Level Military General, he understood that he could only kill Lin Yue completely by delivering a fatal blow from behind when Lin Yue was at his weakest!

One hundred meters, fifty meters!

Ten meters!

The moment the two sides intersected, Lin Yue leaped up!

Three heads rolled to the ground!

As the two sides intersected, Lin Yue stood on one knee, propping himself with his saber.

Upon landing, Lin Yue collided with a Mountain Bandit. In desperation, he swung his long saber at the opponent, destroying both man and horse!

His internal organs were also churning violently!

No wonder cavalry had a natural advantage over infantry since ancient times; the sheer impact force of a warhorse was something infantry couldn't withstand.

Lin Yue exhaled, slowly turning around. The opposing Mountain Bandits also turned their heads, preparing for the next charge!

“Damn it, I’ll just restart if I have to!” Lin Yue muttered softly.

The Mountain Bandits were close at hand. Lin Yue swung his saber, severing the heads of two Mountain Bandits! But the Mountain Bandits behind him continued to come relentlessly!

“Die!” The other troop of cavalry led by Wang Mazi was less than ten meters away, like a sharp blade piercing into Lin Yue’s back!

A ten-meter distance was almost instantaneous!

“Kill!” Lin Yue instinctively turned and charged forward!

Iron Mountain Lean!

Although Lin Yue wasn't wearing overalls, this Iron Mountain Lean still erupted with immense energy!

With a loud bang, the warhorse shattered, exploding into a mist of blood, with scattered flesh everywhere.

Wang Mazi, like a kite with a broken string, was thrown into the air, then fell to the ground, unconscious.

Lin Yue used all his strength to laboriously get up, walking step by step towards Wang Mazi.

Wang Mazi opened his eyes and looked at the grinning Lin Yue, as if seeing a demon. He wanted to scream but couldn't make a sound!

“Go to hell,” Lin Yue said softly.

He closed his eyes, swung his long saber, and felt a slight warmth on his face.

Then, he picked up the head and smiled, looking at the dozens of Mountain Bandits behind him.

The warhorses in front of him retreated uncontrollably as if startled, and the Mountain Bandits were terrified!

“Devil… devil!” One Mountain Bandit immediately turned and ran into the distance, and the other Mountain Bandits also fled one after another!

“Wow, reversal after reversal after reversal!”

“This is too exciting, we owe General Yu a movie ticket!”

“So cool!”

The live stream exploded. At this moment, they no longer stood with the player faction, and gifts poured in nonstop!

“Thank you, my friends, thank you, big brother, for one thousand Cloud-Piercing Arrows! Thank you, big brother, for ten Bronze Swords!” General Yu shouted excitedly. He roughly estimated that these gifts alone could earn him at least a hundred taels of silver! If he traded with players, he could exchange them for at least one hundred thousand dragon coins!

This was still early in the game's launch, and players didn't have many resources. As long as he maintained the popularity and waited for players to develop, he would earn even more!

He!

General Yu!

From now on, he would be the number one streamer of ascension!

Just as he was immersed in excitement, a sharp pain spread throughout his body!

“You, you… how could you?” General Yu looked back in disbelief, only to see Zhao Bo stab him in the heart with a sword!

“Shut up, trash!” Zhao Bo said coldly.

The live stream was interrupted, and all players were confused.

Lin Yue was also a bit strange, not understanding why the two had turned on each other.

“Whoosh… bang!”

A Cloud-Piercing Arrow exploded in the air. Zhao Bo looked at him with a cold face!

“I didn’t want to do this, you forced me!” Zhao Bo glared at Lin Yue menacingly.

Suddenly, the ground shook, and everyone looked around in a panic.

This was cavalry?

At least a thousand-strong cavalry force would be needed to cause such a tremor!

“Xiongnu people!” the players exclaimed!

An endless expanse of Xiongnu Cavalry stopped a hundred meters away, looking at Lin Yue.

“My lord, please give the order to attack!” Zhao Bo shouted. This was his last trump card: a thousand Xiongnu Cavalry!

The price was all the items within Heye City, including the people!

But he couldn't bother with that much. Even if all the natives died, what did it have to do with him? They were just a bunch of NPCs!

The Xiongnu people leader nodded and raised his right hand over his head, preparing to order the attack. Unexpectedly, the city gate creaked and slowly opened.

Everyone's attention was drawn to the sound from the city gate.

“Creak!” The city gate slowly opened, and a warhorse slowly emerged from the twilight.

“Kill!”

The Record Keeper on the warhorse shouted in a voice only he could hear.

The county magistrate had just died on the city wall, and the commandant was also dead. There was no one left alive on the entire city wall.

As the only remaining member of Heye City's defenders, he would protect Heye City one last time.

He spurred his warhorse, brandishing a long sword, and charged towards the Xiongnu Cavalry.

“Kill!”

The Xiongnu people leader expressionlessly drew his longbow, aiming at the Record Keeper.

Lin Yue felt a pang in his heart. Could it be that he ultimately couldn't change this situation?

Meanwhile, on a distant mountain, a middle-aged Daoist priest sighed silently upon seeing this scene, then clasped his hands together.

“The general trend of the world is under my control!”

“As swift as the laws and decrees!”

A green light shot straight towards Lin Yue.

Lin Yue, who had been on the verge of collapse, suddenly felt incredibly clear-headed and full of strength!

“Is this… a final burst of energy before death?” Lin Yue mumbled to himself, “Perhaps I should kill a few more. When the city falls, there will be fewer common people persecuted.”

He couldn't imagine what this alliance of Xiongnu people, players, and Mountain Bandits would do after the city fell, without the restraint of law!

“Come at me!”

Lin Yue shouted! His white long gown was already stained crimson, and he picked up his long saber, charging towards the Xiongnu people!

This was no longer the strength of a High-level Military General!

Seeing this, the Xiongnu people leader turned his bow and arrow towards Lin Yue, then thought better of it and lowered it. He then silently drew his long saber, signaling the cavalry behind him to charge.

A warrior deserved a fitting death.

Three thousand cavalry behind him charged in a wedge formation!

One man against three thousand!

Lin Yue’s aura continuously surged. By the time the two armies approached, he already possessed the strength of a Third-rate Military General!

With one swing of his saber, the Xiongnu people’s long saber shattered, and both man and horse were destroyed!

Immediately after, like a tiger entering a pack of wolves, they continuously fought each other!

Since ancient times, cavalry had a natural advantage over infantry, let alone three thousand cavalry against one man.

Even Lin Yue, a Third-rate Military General, facing three thousand pigs, might not have the strength to kill them all, let alone three thousand elite Xiongnu Cavalry!

Lin Yue was now a man of blood, the fresh blood obscuring his vision. No matter how many techniques he knew, he could barely execute them, leaving only mechanical hacking and slashing.

He was unwilling, but his mind was already somewhat unclear, gradually becoming heavy, forcing himself to hold on.

Ultimately, he couldn't defend it?

The distant middle-aged Daoist priest frowned deeply. Just as his sleeve trembled, everyone stopped moving!

The ground shook again, and the Xiongnu Cavalry let out bursts of commotion!

Lin Yue followed the sound. Unbeknownst to him, the morning sun had already risen, illuminating the east. Beneath the morning sun, several black banners fluttered. That was… the Qin Army!

The Great Qin black dragon banner!

Above the banners, enormous golden characters!

Meng!

It was dawn.

Lin Yue could no longer hold on and collapsed to the ground, feeling the surrounding scenery gradually blur.

A person walked towards him, but their face was unclear. He only heard a rich voice: “Is there anything you need help with?”

Hearing the familiar voice, Lin Yue smiled.

“The spoils of war… give them to me… they are all… money.”

“Alright,” the rich voice sounded, and Lin Yue closed his eyes.