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Chapter 141 - Battle of Zhuolu part 15

Translator: TeamTWO

Editor: Levs

When the sun rose up once again over the horizon, the Chiyou tribe which was in a tough situation did not escape but instead chose to defend in the valley.

Standing beside the Yellow Emperor’s chariot, Ouyang Shuo looked towards the Xiongli Valley and felt very emotional. Seems like this tough battle was finally coming to an end.

"Feng Qing, this time Chiyou didn't retreat and instead chose to defend, is he planning another scheme?" At the crucial moment, the Yellow Emperor still had faith in his prime minister.

Feng Qing shook his head and said,"Your majesty, going down south will be the Hutao river. I think Chiyou had already guessed that he wouldn't be able to cross the river under our eyes. Hence he decided to have a life or death battle with you in the valley."

The Yellow Emperor was delighted, "Great, Chiyou is looking for death." It was not a surprise that the Yellow Emperor was so delighted. Their military grain supplies were nearly used up and if they continued on chasing after Chiyou, their army would probably collapse even before Chiyou’s surrender. Luckily he had the blessing of the heavens, the Hutao river cut off Chiyou's last hope at surviving.

"I order the troops to sit at the pans and start cooking, after the meal, we will start our final attack. Let's take the valley in one strike and kill Chiyou!" The Yellow Emperor said excitedly.

"Yes!"

This final battle didn't have any suspense, the difference in military power was too huge. The Fire and Yellow Emperor alliance had 80 thousand men. Apart from that, they also had 4 thousand player troops. In the Chiyou tribe, there were less than 8 thousand men and 0 player troops.

Ouyang Shuo didn't know if Xunlong Dianxue's choice was right or not. Before the battle, he made use of the advantage of the military grain pill and showed his crazy quest hunting nature, sweeping a lot of branch quests and getting 7500 battle contribution points. After the battle, Xunlong Dianxue's 200 men didn't make any waves and left the battlefield early.

At 9AM, the Fire and Yellow Emperor alliance officially launched their Attack.

The Xiongli Valley was like a little pocket, the outside was small and the inside was wide and spacious. The narrow opening of the valley made it such that you couldn't spread out your troops. Hence, even though the Fire and Yellow Emperor alliance had many troops, they had no choice but to launch their attack in waves.

To buy enough time for the troops that had escaped, Chiyou arranged all 8 thousand of his troops at the opening, not leaving any route to retreat to. At the same time, to raise the morale of his troops, Chiyou personally led his troops.

Hence, the battle which was originally one out in the wilderness now became a battle to storm a fortified position.

The alliance still had the absolute numbers advantage and made use of a strategy where they sent warriors in batches. Feng Hou split the troops into 8 groups and apart from one 10 thousand man group which acted as the backup, the remaining 7 launched attacks in batches. When the 10 thousand were tired, 10 thousand were swapped in. When the group had finished resting, they would go back up and this cycle would continue to repeat.

On the opposite side, the Chiyou tribe was not so lucky and had to keep up with a long period of fighting. However, it was not like they did not have any advantage. Their soldiers had the do or die mentality and had nothing to lose. Secondly, be it weapons or morale, the Chiyou tribe was stronger than the attacking troops. With that, the Chiyou tribe actually managed to stubbornly defend.