Eternal life begins with saving my clan-Chapter 289: Prefecture War - Part 4 (Counter Ambush)

"What do you mean they are dead?" General Sun asked loudly, his face filled with shock and confusion.

The battle had not even lasted ten minutes—how could twenty thousand soldiers have died just like that? Experience more tales on novelbuddy

"Impossible!" he shook his head vehemently.

It wasn't only General Sun who found this impossible to believe; all the commanders couldn't dare to believe their eyes.

However, when they saw the seriousness on the recon team leader's face, they started to take the news seriously.

"Are you serious?" a commander asked.

"I won't dare lie to you, sir," the recon team leader responded.

General Sun still didn't believe him and sent two of his trusted commanders to check it out.

Whoosh!

The two commanders rode their steeds quickly and disappeared into the distance.

Tension hung in the air, and all the commanders had various expressions flashing across their faces.

Just as everyone was wondering how true the news was, the two commanders rushed back with stunned expressions on their faces.

"General, it's true," one of the commanders reported, his face etched with shock and confusion.

For a couple of seconds, General Sun didn't utter a word. He was trying to wrap his head around what had just happened.

Looking at the General contemplating what to do, the two commanders exchanged a subtle glance and nodded.

"General, the enemies are closing in on us as we speak. What is your order?" the second commander asked.

Even though the news about the death of twenty thousand cavalry in less than ten minutes had never happened before, they couldn't dwell on it too much.

They needed to act fast if they wanted to defeat their enemies.

"Send the Green cavalry unit," General Sun commanded.

Instantly, the order was relayed, and immediately twenty thousand powerful soldiers rode their steeds toward the horizon.

The commander of the Green cavalry unit had a solemn expression on his face.

His unit was much stronger than the Blue units, but still, he didn't dare underestimate his enemies.

As the Green Unit cavalry rode to the edge of the high plain, they saw the incoming Celestial Forte cavalry riding toward them at an alarming speed, leaving dust in their wake.

"Maintain your formation. Don't let the enemies break through," the Green unit commander said with a solemn voice.

The sound of horse hooves reverberated in the sky as the two sides rode toward each other, weapons drawn and ready to take the lives of their enemies.

As usual, the first commander had his gaze fixed on the Green Unit commander.

Just as the two sides were about to collide, the Celestial Forte First to Fifth commanders jumped into the sky.

"It is going to happen again!" their men shouted in their minds, filled with pride.

Watching the deadly incoming sword light, the Green Unit Commander was stunned.

His instinct screamed of imminent danger, but his body failed to respond to the call to jump off the horse.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

A deafening sound echoed on the battlefield, with clouds of dust rising to the sky.

As for the Green Unit commander, he had long met his maker.

With the chaos caused by the five commanders, the Green Unit, without their leader, was rendered useless.

Even though they were stronger than the previous Blue unit, to the five commanders, there was no difference.

"Nine minutes!" the First Commander shouted.

And behold, the battle was over in just nine minutes, a little later than the Blue Unit.

This time around, instead of the Celestial Forte Cavalry continuing their charge, they stopped without leaving their spot.

Meanwhile, on the Governor's army side, the tension was palpable. Even the weakest soldiers knew something was amiss.

After a couple of minutes, the recon team appeared in the distance on their horses as they rode toward the army.

"General!" the recon team leader saluted.

"Tell me quickly," General Sun demanded impatiently.

"They are all dead!" he said in a low voice.

Gasps escaped from the mouths of the soldiers behind General Sun.

What the hell was happening? They screamed in their minds.

Their men were not ordinary mortals who could easily be vanquished by the enemies.

They were all cultivators.

The lowest among them had the cultivation of the Body Building Realm stage 3.

"Do you see how they kill our men?" General Sun asked.

"Yes. There are five commanders leading the charge, but these five commanders are unlike any commanders we've ever seen."

"Five commanders?" General Sun muttered.

"What is their cultivation?" he asked.

"Qi Refinement stage 3."

"Are you sure?" General Sun couldn't help but ask.

"Hundred percent."

"Is there anything else you wanted to report?"

"No, sir."

"You're dismissed."

General Sun looked at his commanders with a grave expression.

The battle that should have been a clean sweep had taken another turn.

Now, they needed to take the battle seriously.

"Make camp," he commanded.

Meanwhile, on the Celestial Forte side, the main army had arrived.

Looking at the thousands of dead bodies in the distance, the soldiers couldn't help but feel their blood boil.

When would it be their turn to show their strength?

They set up their camp at the foot of the high grass plain, resting after the long journey and battle.

Inside the main tent, Zimo, Biyu, and other top commanders of the Cold Steel Pass sat around the table.

"What do you think their next action will be?" Biyu asked, looking at General Shi.

Before General Shi could respond, Meiling spoke up.

"They are going to send their elite team for a surprise attack," she asserted confidently.

"Why do you say that?" Zimo questioned, his gaze fixed on Meiling with fascination.

"They just lost close to fifty thousand of their men. They won't sit still and wait for our men to regain their morale for the next battle," she explained confidently.

"Then what do you propose we do?" Zimo inquired further.

"We lay an ambush for them and kill them all," Meiling replied with a confident smile.

For a couple of seconds, silence filled the room as General Shi and his men contemplated their response.

"Miss Meiling, you're right if we were a normal army, but we're not," Biyu interjected with a mysterious smile.

"Have you heard of Counter Ambush?" she asked, her tone cryptic.

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