"Run!"
"Quick, run! It's too late if we don't!"
What Dong Fang Yu Liang feared most had happened: the Eastern alliance was in a great rout. The soldiers had no will to fight and only wanted to flee. Seeing an opportunity, the Hei family army swarmed in and began a ruthless slaughter.
Dong Fang Yu Liang gritted his teeth and quickly mobilized fourth-turn Gu master elites to join forces and steady the line.
The counterattack by the elites greatly curbed the Hei family army's just-begun pursuit. But the good times didn't last. As the Hei family's fourth-turn Gu masters struck out, the Eastern family's Gu masters were held back one by one.
Dong Fang Yu Liang acted again but was also tied down by Hei Lou Lan.
Watching his own soldiers chase the enemy and engage in a ruthless slaughter, Fang Yuan withdrew his hand and gathered his wolf pack around him.
This action immediately won him the favor of the Black Flag Army's great commander nearby.
In his view, the Wolf King had a good opportunity to gain battle merits but deliberately gave it up to others. The great commander spoke and offered Fang Yuan some compliments.
Fang Yuan knew he was expressing goodwill; Hei Xiu Yi was originally supposed to be Fang Yuan's guard but fled the battle, and if not for the water-like Gu, Fang Yuan would have died.
But Fang Yuan never relied on others' protection; he always relied on himself. Moreover, Hei Xiu Yi was Hei Lou Lan's favored general, so using this to attack him wouldn't do anything to Hei Xiu Yi. Even if it could, Fang Yuan didn't want to see such pointless internal conflict.
So he casually glossed over it, implying to the great commander that he wouldn't take it to heart.
The great commander was relieved, thinking to himself: the Wolf King was proud but truly magnanimous, indeed not ordinary.
Finally, the Eastern army frantically fled into the first line of defense.
They paid a heavy price for it.
Of the entire army, twenty percent died in the previous battle, and fifty percent were killed during the pursuit by Gu masters and wolf packs. The remaining thirty percent of stragglers fled into the defense.
Among the fourth-turn elites, two died while intercepting the Hei family army.
The Hei family army did not stop but charged forward, only to be met by a volley from the elite archers on the wall, leaving hundreds of corpses and retreating in disgrace.
These were the elite troops carefully cultivated by the Eastern family, with no less investment of effort and resources than the Black Flag elites.
The Gu masters from the Hei family charged three more times, each time repelled by the elite archers. Hei Lou Lan mobilized his fourth-turn Gu masters to charge, but Dong Fang Yu Liang set a trap and claimed three of their lives.
"Alliance leader, the enemy relies on the terrain to defend. Our forces have been fighting for a long time and lack true essence; we have little strength to continue the fight. It's better to retreat and make new plans," the toad gentleman Sun Shihan suggested when all elites returned to the king's tent.
Beside him, Fang Yuan frowned. He had memories of his past life and knew that Dong Fang Yu Liang was best at handling messy situations and winning with the weak. The longer things dragged, the more information he would gather, and the worse it would be for the Hei family.
This time, despite Fang Yuan's involvement leading to the Hei family having a greater advantage than in his past life, Dong Fang Yu Liang's combat strength was unscathed, making him a huge threat. The best way to deal with Dong Fang Yu Liang was to kill him in one blow, not giving him a chance to scheme.
Hei Lou Lan heard the toad gentleman's suggestion and remained silent. He had dealt with Dong Fang Yu Liang before and knew his methods, but he didn't want to miss the opportunity at hand, so he looked toward Fang Yuan.
Fang Yuan smiled proudly and said to Hei Lou Lan, "Hei clan leader, rest assured. In just a quarter of an hour, I guarantee to break this defense line."
Everyone turned to look at him, and the toad gentleman sneered, thinking Fang Yuan was exaggerating.
Hei Lou Lan was overjoyed: "Let's see the Wolf King's methods."
The wolf pack surged out again, gathering together to launch an endless charge against the Eastern tribe's first line of defense.
The Eastern tribe defended strictly, and in a short while, the wall was covered with dense wolf corpses.
The Hei family soldiers were moved by the sight. Fang Yuan's tactics ignored sacrifices, as if he was sending the wolves to die.
In particular, the elite archers were best at long-range attacks, making a big show on the wall. The fourth-turn elites acted as firefighters, supporting everywhere; wherever there was danger, they took turns to turn the tide.
The Eastern tribe's defense was as solid as iron.
Fang Yuan sneered, continuously urging the wolf howling Gu, changing the charge momentum from one to another, dazzling the eyes. Each change brought great threat to the defense.
The high intensity caused huge sacrifices among the wolf pack. In a short time, 280,000 wolves died!
Fang Yuan had no expression, standing on the back of a two-headed rhino, commanding from afar. The people in the king's tent looked at him with a subtly changing gaze.
The Wolf King's ruthlessness and mercilessness inspired fear.
Such a vast and fierce wolf tide made them feel insignificant.
"Wolf King Chang Shan Yin, you have such a cruel heart! Are you going to exterminate us all?" Dong Fang Yu Liang's face darkened like water. The massive sacrifice of the wolf pack came at the cost of a drastic consumption of true essence for the Eastern army.
He regretted it deeply. If he had known this, he would rather give up on Hei Lou Lan and take Chang Shan Yin's life!