Hua Kai stayed at Leopard Jade Pass and watched as the soldiers of Leopard Jade Pass fought with the Donghu army every day. The White Tiger Corps only had two thousand people. Adding on the two thousand reserve troops, that was four thousand. After half a month of defense, almost half of them had died. Yu Jun had started to send slave soldiers and militia to defend the city.
Entering the seventh month, the Donghu army gradually grasped the method to deal with Leopard Pass. They knew that the main force in front of them was the two thousand elite city guards. The slave soldiers and militia were not much of a threat to them. So they started to send experts above energy realm to kill the White Tiger Corps.
"We have received news from Ji City that after the Donghu army entered the Great Wall from the north of Yan, they have taken over more than a dozen cities of Yan. They are starting to sweep through all the areas north of Ji City. They seem to want to take over the entire north of Yan before fighting the Yan. The Yan Country is at an absolute disadvantage right now. In the past few battles, the Yan Country has lost more than won," Hua Kai came to Yu Jun's battle room and said to him.
Yu Jun had not rested for many days. He was the only Xiantian in the White Tiger Corps. It was not easy to prepare for the enemy's surprise attack.
"Family Leader, how much of a threat do you think Donghu will pose to the Yan Country this time? If this continues, the entire Yan Country will be in chaos!" Yu Jun looked at Hua Kai and said.
Hua Kai had once said that the Yan Family could easily resolve the threat of Donghu, the Zhu, Feng and the other families. But right now, the north of Yan was showing signs of chaos.
"Haha, this only shows that the Yan King is ruthless!
You did not see that Qi and the other families are not panicking at all. We sent people to Qi to ask for help, but they did not even bother to reply.
This time, the Yan Country is taking care of the disloyal families once and for all. When it is time to jump out, some families will not be able to resist. This is perfect for the Yan Family to take care of them once and for all.
If I was the Donghu King, I would have sensed this. This time, Donghu's main target will be High Willow Commandery. The Zhu, Feng and the other families want to take over Donghu's right to speak. How can the Donghu King put the core of the attack in the Yan Country? This time, no matter what, Donghu must take down the Hua family, "Hua Kai said silently.
Yu Jun nodded when he heard that. Leopard Jade Pass had already lost over 2,000 elites, close to 10,000 slave soldiers, and over 3,000 militia soldiers. By now, the pressure on the White Tiger Army was increasing, and it would take at most half a month for the White Tiger Army to be wiped out.
"Let the Vermillion Bird corps come!
Recently, you've been using Highwillow City's slave soldiers more. The battle might become more intense later on. We can't let the entire White Tiger Corps die here, "Hua Kai said in a deep voice.
The main force of the Vermillion Bird Corps was made up of all the subordinate families of the Hua family. They were strong but not good at defense. They could not hold the city walls by relying on the slave soldiers. Hua Kai's actions would cause great losses to the slave soldiers and the Vermillion Bird Corps, but they had to do this here.
"We can only do this. I will have the White Tiger Corps train the Vermillion Bird Corps this afternoon. Tomorrow, only some of the White Tiger Corps commanders will remain," Yu Jun nodded and said.
Hua Kai did not want to fight a war of attrition with Donghu. He had not acted because he was looking for a chance. If he grasped this chance, maybe he could cripple Donghu in one blow.
But the Donghu King seemed unusually calm. He never showed up in the army, and Hua Kai's plan could not be carried out.
When the Vermillion Bird Corps became the main defense of Leopard Jade Pass, the Donghu army could often charge up the walls. The families of High Willow Commandery fought with their lives, and pushed down wave after wave of Donghu soldiers. But the Vermillion Bird Corps also suffered great losses. In just ten days, more than two thousand of the five thousand Vermillion Bird Corps had died. More than fifteen thousand of the High Willow City's slave soldiers had died. The Hua family had left more than thirty thousand corpses at Leopard Jade Pass.
The Donghu army's losses were even greater than the Hua family's. They had more than one hundred thousand casualties. Now, they had to rely on elite cavalry to attack the city before they had a chance to climb up the walls. Both sides were holding out for the last time.
This day, Hua Kai stood under the walls and saw the Vermillion Bird Corps once again push back the enemy. Now, the Vermillion Bird Corps was almost crippled. He had already informed his Fourth Uncle, Hua Zihuan, to send the two thousand Xuanwu Corps over. He only left two thousand Xuanwu Corps reserve members to defend High Willow City.
Today, the Donghu army's attack was very fierce. Many of their soldiers held long spears as they climbed up the cloud ladders. The arrows from Leopard Jade Pass could not cause much damage to them when they hit their leather armor. The Donghu army had sent their elite cavalry up.
Long weapons were not good for sieges. When climbing the cloud ladders, long weapons were a burden.
But these Donghu elites moved like they were flying up the cloud ladders, and climbed up the walls very quickly. Yu Jun had sent five thousand slave soldiers and one thousand Vermillion Bird elites to stop them. But today, it was very difficult to suppress the enemy. Some walls were broken through, and some Donghu soldiers were about to break through the defenses.
There was a sea of people on the walls. The commanders of the White Tiger Corps ordered all the slaves to charge up and stop the enemy's attack. The Azure Dragon Corps killed every enemy that appeared in front of them!
Or they would be killed by the enemy.
At this time, Hua Kai saw a White Tiger Corps soldier covered in blood walk over and shout at him.
"Family Master, the Donghu army is attacking. Commander Yu wants to tell you to prepare to face the enemy's Xiantian realm. The Donghu army has all gathered and left the camp. They want to fight with us."
As he spoke, Hua Kai saw a Donghu Xiantian realm expert enter the walls. He avoided the encirclement of the slave soldiers and chased after the elite soldiers of the White Tiger and Vermillion Bird Corps.
Hua Kai stretched out his right hand, and the [Dragon Courage Spear] appeared in his hand. He stretched out his body and charged towards the Higher Heaven Realm warrior. In just a breath's time, Hua Kai had crossed a hundred meters. The opponent seemed to have sensed danger and turned around to look at Hua Kai.
The [Dragon Courage Spear] stabbed towards the other's chest. The [Ice Power] naturally merged with his physical energy. The Xiantian realm ignored the attacks around him and focused on defending Hua Kai's spear.
But when the large blade in his hand collided with the [Dragon Courage Spear], the Donghu Xiantian had a terrified expression. He could hear the clear sound of bones breaking in his arm. He barely dodged Hua Kai's full power attack when a powerful [Ice Power] entered his body. Before he could react, Hua Kai's [Dragon Courage Spear] came again.
The Donghu Xiantian realm expert's eyes widened in disbelief. His neck was pierced by the [Dragon Courage Spear] and he quickly turned into an ice sculpture.
After Hua Kai killed a Nascent Realm warrior, he saw another Nascent Realm warrior charging into the city wall. He killed the warrior with a single strike, and seeing that the city wall was still stable, he decided to wait in the inner layer of the city wall for the enemy warriors to arrive.
All the Xiantian Realm experts could not last more than ten moves in front of Hua Kai. They were all left inside Leopard Pass. Hua Kai killed five Xiantian Realm experts and more than twenty late Mortal Realm experts in just over an hour. Leopard Pass looked like it was about to fall, but the Donghu army could not break through in the end.
After killing another Donghu Xiantian Realm expert, Hua Kai saw a five meter wide gap in the walls. Countless Donghu soldiers charged out from there. They had entered Leopard Pass and started to fight in the streets. Leopard Pass, after holding on for two months, seemed to be unable to hold on.
Hua Kai jumped onto the walls and focused on killing Mortal Realm experts. There were thirty thousand soldiers inside Leopard Pass, and twenty thousand waiting in the south. Even if the Donghu army broke through the walls of Leopard Pass, it would not be easy to take a step into the south.
After killing for half an hour, Hua Kai killed another three Xiantian Realm experts and more than forty Mortal Realm experts. He could clearly feel that he was being affected by the karma, and he could not help but become impatient. After entering half a step into foundation establishment, the influence of the karma on people grew. So he had to only attack when he encountered someone in the late Mortal Realm.
"Patriarch, be careful!"
Yu Jun's voice came from the side. Hua Kai saw a figure quickly flying towards him from outside the pass. He used the Eye of Truth to see that the other was at the fifth level of foundation establishment. This was the Donghu King.
The Donghu King had endured until now. Seeing that Leopard Pass had used up all their trump cards, he acted to take down Leopard Pass.
Seeing this, Hua Kai put down some of his worries. He saw that in the distance, the Azure Dragon Army was attacking the Donghu army. Tens of thousands of Donghu elite cavalry were locked in battle with them.
The Donghu army had sent too many experts to attack the walls of Leopard Pass. There were very few Mortal Realm experts in the rear. Hua Zichen was leading the Azure Dragon Army to quickly kill the Donghu elite cavalry. Right now, it was a competition to see if the Donghu army could break through Leopard Pass first, or if Hua Zichen could break through the defense of fifty thousand soldiers and attack the grain camp of the Donghu army.
A [Tiger Head Spear] more than ten meters long appeared in the air above Leopard Pass. All the Donghu soldiers became alert when they saw this. Their king had acted.
Hua Kai saw the spear coming at him, and knew that the other was attacking to raise the morale of his soldiers.
The apparition seemed powerful, but it was large. The attack was scattered and the effect was small.
The other did not take him seriously at all. Hua Kai raised the [Dragon Courage Spear], the power of ice gathered on the spear as he charged at the Donghu King. Leopard Pass immediately became cold. Hua Kai's [Dragon Courage Spear] pierced through the other's [Tiger Head Spear] and collided with the other.
Bam!
There was a clear sound of metal. Hua Kai retreated more than ten meters in the air, and the Donghu King retreated more than five meters. The two steadied themselves and started to fight again.
The difference between Foundation Establishment and Innate Realm was the control of the will of the world. Each of their moves carried their understanding of the will of the world.
Hua Kai's three attributes were not lower than the Donghu King's. While he had not finished Foundation Establishment, his close to forty percent of [Ice Power] was a great problem for the Donghu army. Hua Kai did not fear the other's metal will on him, but the other could not counter Hua Kai's will.
The two fought in the air for more than ten minutes. Hua Kai was always at a disadvantage, but he had not been defeated. He had been at a disadvantage several times when he clashed with the other, and his body was heavily injured. The other was affected by his [Ice Power], and started to move slower.