Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

Chapter 962: Chapter 681: Heavy Cavalry

The urgent reports echoed throughout the large tent.

Emperor Tianwu’s expression immediately became extremely tense.

Zhang Luan, Song Chenxing, Jian Chengfeng, and others hurriedly rushed in.

“What’s going on?” Emperor Tianwu asked.

Song Chenxing’s expression was grave, “It seems the Chongshan Army inside the city is fully mobilizing!”

“Not good!” Zhang Luan’s face changed dramatically, “Quick, order the entire army to prepare for battle!”

They had stationed many night watch soldiers tonight and dispatched numerous scouts, but having just arrived today after continuous marching, many soldiers were already exhausted, so most of them were sleeping peacefully tonight.

“Quick! Why are you still standing there? They are going to engage us in a decisive battle!”

Yet none moved; they all looked towards Emperor Tianwu.

There was no other way; Emperor Tianwu was their lord, and although Zhang Luan held a high position, it wasn’t enough to take decisions on behalf of Emperor Tianwu.

Emperor Tianwu couldn’t afford to consider anything else and immediately said, “Issue the order for all soldiers to prepare for battle.”

In fact, many of the soldiers were already woken by the commotion without needing an order from the Emperor.

One by one, the soldiers of Da Liang were startled awake from their dreams, reflexively grabbing their weapons and rushing out of their tents.

Of course, this was the response of the elite soldiers; Da Liang had only one hundred thousand elite soldiers, and the rest were ordinary troops who had been on the battlefield and were slower to react.

But it no longer mattered whether they reacted quickly or slowly.

Because the first unit of the Chongshan Army had already charged into the Da Liang army’s encampment.

Lu Miaoheng, leading six thousand cavalry from the Left Camp and six thousand cavalry from the Yang family army, was the first to charge into the Da Liang encampment from the west.

The Five Camps had thirty thousand soldiers, and the Yang family army also had thirty thousand soldiers.

In fact, the so-called Yang family army was trained according to the Five Camps system, and combining the two forces effectively doubled the size of the Five Camps.

In addition to the Eastern Army led by Luo Feiyu, there were nearly eighty thousand soldiers inside Baoding Prefecture at this time.

Currently, half of the Left Camp consisted of iron-armored cavalry, while the other half were cotton-armored cavalry, with armor plates forged on Earth Fire Island.

In terms of defense, this cotton armor was certainly inferior to the iron armor, but the advantage of cotton armor lay in its lightness and flexibility.

“Kill!”

Lu Miaoheng, wielding a long spear made of Earthfire Steel and riding a tall warhorse, directly broke through the simple wooden palisade wall of the encampment, leading the charge.

He was the youngest son of Lu Wenchun, but now was already thirty-seven years old, born around the time Yang Zhenshan was at Yinghe Castle.

At that time, Lu Wenchun was also at Yinghe Castle, serving as a civil servant under Yang Zhenshan.

Lu Miaoheng began martial training just when Yang Zhenshan was at Chongshan Pass, serving as the General of Chongshan Town.

Yang Zhenshan transferred Lu Wenchun to Chongshan Pass, and Lu Miaoheng followed.

Since then, Lu Wenchun settled down and established his family at Chongshan Pass.

Therefore, Lu Miaoheng grew up at Chongshan Pass, practicing the Yang family spear techniques just like the Yang family children.

After Yang Chengye stayed in Chongshan Town, Lu Miaoheng served as a major under Yang Chengye.

Even though Yang Chengye and Lu Miaoheng were considered cousins, Lu Miaoheng becoming a Guerrilla General was not due to connections.

To put it bluntly, there were numerous soldiers with connections to the Yang family in Chongshan Town, but only a very few could become Guerrilla Generals.

Yang Chengye considered personal ties when employing people, but he valued ability and strength even more.

Without sufficient ability and strength, at most one would hold a position in logistics.

For instance, Lu Wenhua’s son, Lu Miaochang, had the same connections and was of similar age, and both had served as majors under Yang Chengye, but Lu Miaochang was still just a household captain, standing guard at the Governor’s Office in Chongshan Town.

Over ten thousand cavalry led by Lu Miaoheng swept into the Da Liang encampment like a hurricane, engulfing the western region of the Da Liang camp.

The Da Liang troops in this encampment were ordinary soldiers. Although they had been on the battlefield and seen blood, their combat power was far inferior to the well-equipped soldiers of Chongshan Town.

“Rush through, give the order, rush through!”

Lu Miaoheng, with a sweep of his spear, sent the enemy blocking the way flying, while giving orders to the soldiers behind him.

Tonight, his mission was to assault the western region of the Da Liang encampment. They needed to sweep through this nearly ten-li area several times.

“Fight! Forward without hesitation, fight to the death!”

At this time, they had already penetrated deep into the Da Liang encampment, and finally encountered a unit of Da Liang’s elite coming to reinforce.

Whether they were elite or not could be seen by their armor.

The ordinary soldiers of Da Liang at most wore leather or cotton armor, with only some middle-ranking Military Officers having iron armor.

Most of Da Liang’s elite were outfitted in well-maintained cotton armor, with only a few lower-ranking officers wearing iron armor.

As for being fully armored in iron, only the elite among the elite had that throughout the army.

There was no choice; even though Da Liang had developed well in recent years, their foundation was still weak, and iron armor remained relatively scarce for them.

“Forward without hesitation, fight to the death!”

“Forward without hesitation, fight to the death!”

Hoarse cries echoed as Lu Miaoheng relentlessly charged toward the Da Liang elite ahead.

His long spear swung, piercing through enemies one after another, and in an instant, he was covered in bright red blood, even his warhorse had turned scarlet.

As time slowly passed, the enemies before them seemed to increase in number. Lu Miaoheng could no longer pay attention to anything else, merely gripping his horse’s sides with his legs, continuously swinging the spear in his hands, skewering enemy after enemy.