A continuous stream of system notifications quickly rang in even more Class One Hall members' minds.
At the same time, thousands of Mu Clan members gathered their cavaliers together, and they went into a frenzy. Without any orders, they made their horses gallop forward and charge to the people from Class One Hall with an indomitable spirit.
"The heck?! We fell into the trap!"
"Stop! Hurry up and stop fighting them!"
The group of Class One Hall elites quickly had their faces turn pale under the continuous stream of warning blares from the system, and they lost their will to fight.
While they were killed during the period of time they were hunted, they will not return to full health when they were revived, and they will drop their equipment. They will also be locked up for seventy-two hours. The punishment was incredibly harsh.
And if they killed those with military titles, their crime will be even more severe!
Within a moment, those from Class One Hall stopped attacking, but Mu Clan did not stop attacking.
They rushed at those who were already under a bounty, and fierce glares from their weapons went charging at those hunted down without any mercy. In an instant, they killed a large group of Class One Hall members.
Some of them turned around and were prepared to flee in panic, and the situation descended into chaos.
But there was no way those who tried to run could escape. The Mu Clan elites chased after them like their shadows, and they cut them down all along the way. Wherever they went to, Class One Hall will continue to try and struggle to break free. They were also highly conflicted about fighting back because of the warning from the system. They were forced to retreat nonstop.
"Don't let a single one escape!"
"Come on, you Class One Hall bastards! I won't even turn on my body fortification! Come and kill me! KILL ME! If I die, you'll be locked up for one week!" Those with military titles in Mu Clan had their ranks to serve as their support, and they were absolutely not afraid of fighting head on against Class One Hall.
When the people from Class One Hall thought about the completely different treatment given to them when they fought against each other, they had bitter looks on their faces. The momentum they had when they snatched Mu Clan's points was gone, and under Mu Clan's fierce offense, they were completely unable to form any sort of effective resistance!
Very soon, thousands of Class One Hall were killed and strewn everywhere on the plains because of around one thousand Mu Clan elites going after their lives.
Chapter 870 - Take the Initiative in Attacking
"Happy, once we leave, those remaining in the plains will be in danger!"
"That's right. Class One Hall has at least nearly ten thousand people remaining on the plains, but all twenty thousand of us are split up. If we really end up fighting, we'll definitely suffer a huge loss!"
"Are you really that much at ease with our members fighting against Class One Hall on the plains?"
A cavalier battalion of around five thousand people charged at full speed on the plains, and a few slightly worried voices traveled into Happy's ears.
Happy was naturally the one leading this group of people, and they were prepared to attack the Mongolian army's logistics camp as well as burn their supplies! Hence, they circ.u.mnavigated the possible locations the Mongolian cavaliers might attack them and headed to the Mongolian camp.
Happy, Silver Wolf, and Red Dust's horses were extremely eye-catching while they rode in front of the cavalier battalion.
Happy explained without turning his head around, "Don't worry. With Thunderous Battle, Wind Void, Momo, and Night Rain Follows Wind serving as garrisons, along with thousands of cavaliers as well as more than three thousand people with military titles with them, even if Class One Hall wants to cause trouble, they will need to have the guts to do that."
There was an underlying meaning in his voice.
Silver Wolf and Red Dust looked at each other, and they could not help themselves but ask for the reason.
After all, this time, they took more than four hundred aces from Mu Clan and Chivalry Sect, along with five thousand cavaliers, with them for this quest. While the remaining number made Mu Clan and the other three sects still appear to be strong, in truth, they had at least weakened their strength by at least twenty percent.
If Class One Hall could not hold back from fighting against them and killed all twenty thousand people on the plains, it will not be easy for those twenty thousand people to come out of Aru City.
"Each of the aces from the four sects are now with military ranks, and they're elites among elites! Even if Class One Hall fights at full strength, they will need to have at least ten or dozens of people face the threat of being hunted down if they want to kill each of those aces, isn't that right?"
Silence fell.
Silver Wolf and Red Dust nodded. The elites from Mu Clan and Chivalry Sect around him also agreed to this silently.
"Those from Class One Hall don't know who has a military title and who doesn't. If they want to fight, they can only fight all of us, and that means a major operation. By then, more people will be hunted."
Happy stopped talking for a while. Then, without changing his tone, he threw a question back at them. "How many Class One Hall members do you think those twenty thousand people can get rid of?"
"At least twenty thousand."
Before Red Dust's voice faded away, Silver Wolf spoke, attracting everyone's attention. "While Class One Hall is good, we brought our aces to the borders at the plains this time. Even if we don't count in the people from Wind Assault Tower as well as Wind and Rain Alliance, those from Mu Clan and Chivalry Sect can get rid of at least twenty thousand to thirty thousand people." The figures Silver Wolf gave caused Chivalry Sect to be slightly shocked.
But when they thought about the battle at Yangzhou City and how Mu Clan's thousands of elites had been able to get rid of ten times the number from Towering Palace under Silver Wolf's lead, they were immediately enlightened.
Regardless of whether it was Mu Clan's equipment or morale, Mu Clan's strength was indeed slightly stronger than Chivalry Sect. They also had a lot of top-class players, and saying that they can kill thirty thousand Class One Hall members should not be an exaggerated number.
If that were the case, even if Wind Assault Tower as well as Wind and Rain Alliance sacrificed one member for one Class One Hall member, they will absolutely be able to kill at least fifty thousand Class One Hall members.
Happy nodded, smiled, and said, "Silver Wolf's estimations is about the same as mine.
"Take a guess. If we truly attack each other, who will suffer a greater loss between us? Us, or Class One Hall?"
No one said anything.
Aside from Silver Wolf, Red Dust, and a handful of people, most of them just looked at each other at a loss.
"Boss Happy, we're definitely the ones who will suffer a greater loss. We'll be losing everyone, but Class One Hall will have tens of thousands of people left. At that time, even if we go back, we'll be helpless to change the situation."
"If you calculate things that way, you won't come up with an accurate calculation. Even if we die, we will lose just our cavaliers and some points, but it's different for Class One Hall.
"They'll be hunted, and if they're killed during that time, they will be sent to the imperial prison, and their qi realm will also fall," someone in the crowd said.
"That's right!" Happy nodded and stared ahead with a calm gaze. "I brought you here and left those twenty thousand people at the back because I want Dream Clouds to attack."
Those who did not understand the situation were stunned silent.
Still, the entire group held their breaths and perked up their ears.
"There are fewer than one hundred and fifty thousand Class One Hall members located at the plains and the entire northern section of the game.
"Once all one hundred thousand members at the plains join the war and half of t
hem died, we will actually suffer no loss whatsoever.
"There is something that I've told the four sect masters a long time ago, and they will also give their orders. Once our people die, they are to stay in Aru City and not leave.
"If we don't leave the city, Class One Hall can't do anything to us. Besides, Class One Hall's losses will be very clear. At the very least, they will have tens of thousands of people who will die in battle.
"There are one hundred and fifty thousand Class One Hall members at the plains, and once one-third of them are gone, Class One Hall will not have the energy to care about the plains or Aru City," Happy explained with his usual tone.
Silver Wolf and Red Dust also had their eyes light up, and they instantly understood the situation.
"Once they lose control over Aru City, it'll be the time for us to gather our forces and crush Class One Hall!"
"That's right, we have plenty of people with military titles, and they don't. This is a fixed advantage for us. As long as we keep the battlefield at the plains, Class One Hall will have fewer people by their side the more they fight against us, and we won't lose a single person."
Some people in the battalion began to get excited, so much so that their faces were flushed red.
"Dream Clouds won't be so stupid. She won't let this sort of situation happen." Silver Wolf's words were spoken with a scowl, and they were like a basin of cold water that was poured over the burning flames of excitement in the conspirators' hearts, instantly extinguishing them.
"Urk…"
At that moment, a snow white messenger pigeon descended from the sky with loud flaps of its wings. Happy grabbed it.
When he unfolded the letter, the contents inside made him shocked and delighted.
Silver Wolf noticed the changes in Happy's emotions, and he made his horse get closer to him. "Did something happen at the back?"
"Yeah." Happy nodded and revealed a piece of good news that made the people be in high spirits.
"Thunderous Battle sent a letter over. He said that Class One Hall's act of snatching our points was too disgusting, and just now, he took to himself to wage war against Class One Hall, and they successfully killed more than four thousand people from Class One Hall while suffering only minimal losses. But there are at least half of the people from Class One Hall who should have been sent to the imperial prison. They won't be able to come out for three to five days."
"As expected of Big Brother Thunder!" Red Dust was in such high spirits that he slapped his t.h.i.g.h. "Haha! This time, those from Class One Hall will stay put."
The people at the back were also very excited. They kept on praising just how great of a move Thunderous Battle did.
Silver Wolf was originally all smiles as well, but when he saw the contemplative look on Happy's face, the smile fell away. "What's wrong?"
Happy said nothing for a moment. He just narrowed his eyes, s.u.c.k.e.d in a deep breath, and said, "Looks like Dream Clouds didn't give the order to separate her people from ours.
"This is a chance."
"Huh?"
Red Dust also stopped smiling when he heard this, and he had a puzzled look on his face.
Happy gave a thought provoking smile at Red Dust and Silver Wolf. "Didn't I just say that I'm looking forward to Dream Clouds fighting against us? Since Dream Clouds is so careless this time, why don't we use the chance to take the initiative and do something major this time?"
Chapter 871 - Three Person Trip
More than five thousand cavaliers traveled about the plains. Very soon, they approached the area that was three miles away from the Mongolian camp, as stated on the map.
From the distance, they can see squads of patrolling cavaliers standing tall and looking over in their direction with great tenseness. Behind them, faint clouds of dust left into the distance. It was clear that their comrades had gone over to make a report.
"That's the Mongolian camp up ahead." Silver Wolf held a map in his hands and stared into the distance with a stern expression. "Based on the map, the place where the logistics camp stores their supplies should be about six miles away from the back of the back. There should be around ten thousand cavaliers defending them.
Red Dust cast a glance at the Mongolian army's scouts on the slopes in the distance and frowned. "If we go over like this, the Mongolian camp will immediately react to the situation. They will send a large army to intercept us, and they will even mobilize a large group of soldiers to provide reinforcements and protect the supplies.
"We only have this bit of people, it won't be enough for us to even serve as their snacks."
His tone was slightly tense.
Even though this was not the first they drew close to the Mongolian camp, but this time, they had too few people with them, and he could not help but feel diffident.
If the Mongolian camp sent more than ten thousand cavaliers just like yesterday, how were their five thousand cavaliers supposed to be able to block their charge?
Happy did not appear to be nervous at all. He asked with a calm tone, "Do you remember how we managed to fight yesterday?"
Red Dust was a little stunned, but he nodded. "Of course."
Happy then said without turning his head around, "We have twenty thousand people yesterday, and plenty of us did not get any points. That means that they did not throw themselves into battle at all."
"We have twenty thousand people, but the enemy only had ten thousand people. When we distribute the number of enemy soldiers among us, it's normal that more than half of us did not get any points."
"That's not called normal. That's what I call having too much battle power." Happy's words attracted the attention of the four hundred people around him. "We had more than ten thousand people who did not get any points yesterday. To us, that is already a great failure.
"With the strength of the four great sects, each elite will have no problem in killing eight to ten Mongolian cavaliers, but each of you have full sets of grade one masterpieces at the fourth echelon. Some of you even have demon vessels, and your body fortifications are practically all high-tier body fortifications above Mystical Realm.
"I have greater hopes for all of you!"
His words instantly made those four hundred people around him have their blood race, and their morale was high.
"Boss Happy is right! We have four hundred people here and five thousand cavaliers protecting us. Even if we truly lure the same number of enemies over as yesterday, when we distribute that number among us, each person will just need to kill around twenty cavaliers!" The person who spoke was from Chivalry Sect.
"The boss took tens of thousands of points alone yesterday. At the very least, we should get around thousands of points, don't you think?!"
"Haha! That's right! When we run behind the boss later, don't be sad! Because today, we can fight freely and get all the points we want!"
The people in the crowd spoke to each other, and in a moment, their morale and confidence was completely stirred up.
The intimidating force from the first charge from the ten thousand cavaliers was terrifying when they attacked from the distance, and it also posed as the greatest threat during that time, but once they descended into chaotic warfare, those Mongolian cavaliers will indeed be unable to harm them.
"Boss Happy, just tell us how you want us to fight, and we'll do it!" Red Dust had also completely cast away the thought of not having enough manpower and tightened his grip around his sword.
"That's right!"
"We'll fight!"
"AAAAHHHH!"
"Even when we distribute those points, one person can only get hundreds of points. Why don't we lure in a few batches of those cavaliers and fight to our hearts' content?!"
"YES!"
The group made a ruckus, and when Happy saw that the situation was gradually spiralling out of control, he can tell that if they continued to become fuller of themselves, they might have the thought of charging into the Mongolian main camp in a group, and he qu
ickly raised his hand before he brought it down.
"Alright, enough with the racket. If we don't take action, perhaps the Mongolian camp will get the news that we're here and make preparations beforehand.
"Silver Wolf, lead a group of cavaliers and get ready to be the vanguards.
"Red Dust, lead a group of people and get ready to bother them from the side and intercept their formation in their charge.
"Others, just charge at full strength!"
"ALRIGHT!"
"What about you, Happy?"
"I have another quest to attend to." Happy quickly cast a glance to the cavaliers. "Once war breaks out, I'll have to leave this side to you, Young Master Ling, Young Master Zhong."
When they heard Happy calling out those names, the group turned their heads at the same time and looked in the direction of Happy's gaze.
Just as they expected, two men dressed in the armor issued to cavaliers moved out of the battalion of cavaliers, who cleared out a path for them. Even though they were dressed in the armor issued for cavaliers, it was still difficult for the armor to hide their heroic presences.
Under the four hundred people's dumbfounded and stunned gazes, Kuo Zhong removed his heavy helmet, ruffled his hair, and said impatiently, "Mingling into the enemy camp while following a cavalier battalion? I can't believe you actually thought of something like this."
Xu Zhiling did not remove his helmet. He guided his horse out of the cavalier battalion and smiled wanly at Happy in resignation. "Brother Happy, are you actually thinking about having the three of us burn the supplies during the day?"
"Attacking the logistics camp?"
"Burning the supplies?"
Silver Wolf, Red Dust, and the rest widened their eyes as they looked at each other speechless.
"Of course." Happy nodded without hesitation. "I've thought about it. There are way too many reconnoiterers at night on the plains. There're sentries every three steps, and scouts every five steps. It's very difficult for us to sneak around and approach the logistics camp at that time, so it's better if we go over now. While the Mongolian camp's attention is on these people's attack, the patrolling cavaliers won't pay too much attention to us three."
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