No one had expected Hua Kai to be this strong, and they also did not expect that their leader, a Mortal Realm warrior, would be killed in a single encounter.
Hua Kai took the attacks of many Mortal Realm warriors head-on. Even with the protection of his Xiantian Qi shield, he still felt pain all over his body. Seeing that the leader of the bandits was dead, he quickly infused his Qi into the [Silver Spear] and stabbed the chest of the nearest Mortal Realm warrior. Pulling the [Silver Spear] out of the warrior's body, another Mortal Realm warrior was killed by Hua Kai's horse.
Hua Kai killed two Mortal Realm warriors in less than a minute, but the bandits' fighting spirit was still strong. The Hua family's Household Servant had already started to fight with them. The bandits on both sides of the forest had also started to attack, and the slave team had also started to fight with the bandits.
Hua Kai felt like he was a rock by the sea, and endless waves were coming at him from afar. While he was dealing with the bandits' attacks, he was also quickly collecting their names. After ten minutes, he suddenly felt the pressure around him was decreasing rapidly, and the Hua family had already caught up to him.
Hua Kai led the Hua family members and charged forward. He saw a Mortal Realm bandit retreating, so he ordered [Di Lu] to leap into the air and quickly caught up with the bandit. The bandit let out an unwilling roar and died under Hua Kai's [Silver Spear]. At this time, he realized that there were not many bandits left around him.
After breaking through the defense of the five hundred bandits, Hua Kai saw that the bandits had started to retreat. The fighting spirit of the Northern Mountain bandits was the strongest the Hua family had ever seen, and they were not any weaker than the elite armies of some countries. After killing another ten bandits, the bandit army had already started to escape. Within a few minutes, their escape had turned into defeat. Hua Kai chased the bandits all the way out of the forest.
This time, the five hundred elite bandits had suffered heavy losses, and less than a hundred of them had escaped from the forest. The bandits who were still fighting with the Hua family's slave team also quickly retreated, and the slave team leaders did not dare to let the bandits chase too far. The battle lasted for less than an hour, and all of them had already left the forest.
"Family Head, the bandits have lost more than a thousand men, and more than a hundred captives. We have also suffered heavy losses, what should we do now?" A Household Servant came to Hua Kai and asked.
"Quickly clean up the battlefield and leave the forest area. As for the captives … let's kill them all!" Hua Kai thought and said.
These bandits were different from the horse bandits on the grassland. The horse bandits on the grassland were wolves, while these bandits were tigers. Leaving them alive would only cause more people to be hurt.
In this battle, more than 400 war horses were captured and the Hua Clan lost more than 300 war horses.
Thirty family members were seriously injured, and four were killed.
The slave team did not suffer heavy losses, with less than ten dead.
Hua Kai watched as the 14 large groups of slaves ran past him one by one. He waited for all the slaves to leave before he followed the caravan to the east. After walking for more than two hours, the Hua Clan caravan finally stopped and set up camp on the spot because the horses were too tired.
The twenty cavalry of the Hua family spread out ten li to see if there were any horse teams chasing them. The slave team members, after eating dinner, arranged for patrols to watch the surroundings. If they found bandits, they would immediately organize a resistance.
Hua Kai entered his tent, and went to the [Family Secret Realm Space]. He told the family members in the space to inform Fifth Uncle Hua Zichen to send people to Leopard Jade Pass to receive them.
He had a feeling that the road home this time would not be so smooth. In the past, the Yan and Donghu were separated by Leopard Jade Pass. This time, they had ceded all of High Willow Commandery to the Qi. It might not be so simple.
Late at night, the family patrols told Hua Kai that there were horse scouts behind them. The other saw that Hua Kai's caravan was on alert and retreated.
When the sky was about to brighten, hundreds of horse scouts entered the ten li guarded area of Hua Jia Caravan. The Hua family members fought with them. They left behind several corpses before retreating. The Hua family members were also injured.
Hua Kai heard the news and frowned. This time, it would not be so easy. The other dared to investigate so deeply into Hua Jia Caravan. They must have made preparations to attack. There would likely be large groups of horse bandits chasing after them at dawn. He could not keep waiting like this.
He had the family members collect all the slaves' water jugs. After filling all the jugs with spirit liquid, he guaranteed that each slave team would have one jug of spirit liquid.
The slaves could not fight head-on. If the other chased, he could only use two hundred people to stop them so that the slave caravan could escape quickly.
The order was quickly given. The slave caravan that had gotten the [Spirit Liquid] packed up their tents after breakfast and started to ride quickly east. Hua Kai and the family members were waiting here. Seeing the last slave caravan disappear into the night, he sighed in relief.
An hour later, the sky brightened. A horse bandit scouting team came to within a thousand meters of the Hua family. They did not tangle with the Hua family and started to move away when someone chased them.
Hua Kai saw that these scouting cavalry were all riding horses and were above the Natal Opening Realm. He knew that the other group would soon catch up.
The sun rose. The slave caravan sent someone to tell Hua Kai that the caravan had traveled hundreds of li. They had used the [Spirit Liquid] to travel at full speed. It would not be a problem for them to travel four hundred li today.
When Hua Kai heard this, he could not help but worry. If another group of over a thousand horse bandits appeared on the grassland, the 10,000 or so slave caravan might not be a match for them. Then, the entire slave caravan would be in danger.
He entered the [Family Secret Realm] and told Fifth Uncle to quickly send reinforcements. There was not much that the two hundred or so Hua family cavalry could do, even if he had the strength of the Natal Realm.
At noon, Hua Kai saw a group of cavalry appear in the west. There were about five hundred of them. He got on his horse and led the Hua family cavalry to kill the other party. The other party fought with the Hua family cavalry. When they felt that they were not a match, they started to retreat. Hua Kai saw this and did not dare to chase too much. He followed far behind them.
Soon, Hua Kai followed the direction that the horse bandits had escaped to. He saw thousands of cavalry rushing in their direction from the west. These five hundred people were only their vanguard.
Hua Kai stopped his horse and carefully observed the enemy's strength.
The other party had less than five thousand cavalry. They were divided into more than ten square formations. This should be the gathering of more than ten horse bandits. The two hundred or so Hua family people quietly watched as they slowly approached. They were all waiting for Hua Kai's orders.
"Feed all the horses with green fodder and feed them the [Spirit Liquid]. Today, we will play a good game with them," Hua Kai said to the Hua family people behind him as he looked at the horse bandits rushing over from afar.
When the Hua family Household Servant heard this, he felt his blood boil. If he could survive, he would be able to brag about it for the rest of his life.
The distance between the two parties was getting closer and closer. When there were only two thousand meters between the two parties, Hua Kai saw a group of one thousand cavalry rushing towards them. He and the Hua family people got on their horses and waited. When there were only five hundred meters between the two parties, the Hua family cavalry finally retreated to the north.
Hua Kai rode very fast on [Desilu]. The Hua family people also controlled the speed of their horses. When there were only one hundred meters between them, Hua Kai saw that the other party was already two thousand meters away from the main group. He signaled the Hua family cavalry to slow down. The pursuers thought that their prey could not run anymore, so they roared and charged towards them.
Hua Kai was at the back of the Hua family cavalry. Seeing that the three Mortal Realm leaders had caught up, Hua Kai stared at them and suddenly stopped his horse stance and charged towards them.
When the Hua family people saw this, they also slowed down their horse stance and charged towards Hua Kai. Hua Kai quickly killed one of the three Mortal Realm warriors, and the other two did not have time to escape. One of them was killed by Hua Kai. The last Mortal Realm warrior only just realized that Hua Kai was actually a Higher Heaven warrior, so he hurriedly ran towards the center of his cavalry formation. Hua Kai commanded [Desilu] to quickly catch up with him and killed him in the middle of the bandit group.
At this time, the Hua family cavalry had already made contact with the other party. Hua Kai saw that the bandit group had started to send out hundreds of people to flank them, so he quickly rushed back to the front of the group and ordered the others to quickly leave the battle. He and the 12 Mortal Realm warriors continued to hunt down the bandit group. After more than ten minutes, the bandit group had lost more than three hundred people, and all three Mortal Realm warriors had died. They could not do anything to the Hua family cavalry. Hua Kai saw that the right flank of the bandit group was running a bit faster, so he took the opportunity to attack the right flank. Soon, more bandit groups started to fall off their horses.
At this time, the bandit group also saw that they could not catch up with the two hundred Hua family cavalry. Moreover, the Hua family's Higher Heaven warrior and 12 Mortal Realm warriors were able to destroy them in just a short time. Therefore, they slowed down and the Hua family cavalry also slowed down, as if they were waiting for the other party to catch up.
The other party did not care about the Hua family cavalry. They started to turn back because they had already lost more than four hundred people in just a short time. The thousand-man cavalry group had already lost more than half. If they continued to fight with the Hua family cavalry, they would be eaten up by the other party.
The Hua family cavalry also tasted the benefits of fighting like this. They were all riding fine horses, so the enemy could not catch up with them at all.
The bandit group was riding a mix of fine and strong horses, and some of them were even riding poor horses. Because of the difference in speed, the distance between them and the bandit group would definitely be spread out. Therefore, the bandit group began to chase after the enemy cavalry who were running slower.
When the other party turned around, the Hua family cavalry would turn around and leave the battle, not giving the bandit group a chance to catch up with them. With Hua Kai, a Higher Heaven warrior, and the Hua family's 12 Mortal Realm warriors, it was easy for them to do this.
After chasing for more than ten miles, when the thousand-man bandit group saw their main force, they almost cried. They had chased after the two hundred or so Hua family cavalry, but the other party did not lose a single person. They only had three hundred people left. If they did not escape quickly, their three hundred people would have been eaten up.
The bandit group saw the Hua family cavalry chasing after their own people. Moreover, their thousand-man cavalry group had suffered such a great loss this time, and another thousand-man cavalry group was coming for them.