The Human Emperor Chapter 1963 - Pursuit in the Night!

Chapter 1963: Pursuit in the Night!

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

Although the horsen could not sense any enemies, they all felt an intense danger. It was their liege that had co up with the idea of using fireworks as signals, and it had only begun to spread to the rest of the army over the last half-year. The firework’s explosion could be clearly seen for ten-so li, and all the soldiers in that area would begin to move out.

No one understood more than them that the enemy had discovered them and were now converging on their location.

Rumble!

A few monts later, the earth thundered with the stampeding of hooves, so nurous that they sounded like raindrops striking the ground.

“The young commander has ordered that not a single person is allowed to escape!”

“Kill one and be rewarded one hundred taels of gold!”

“Lord Gao has said that if you let one go, you can take your head to see him!”

“Scoundrels, you can’t escape! Dismount and get on your knees, and we can spare you!”

“Our young commander has been waiting for so ti!”

Loud cries penetrated through the darkness.

The pounding of hooves made the hearts of the horsen sink. While the enemy seed scattered, in their pursuit, they maintained their cohesion and pace. This was sothing only army elites were capable of.

Even more disconcerting was that one of them had said ‘our young commander has been waiting for so ti’. This ant that the enemy had been ready and waiting this whole ti.

But they had moved very furtively, and no one except a small number in their liege’s inner circle knew of this operation. Not even the Bureau of Military Personnel’s Zhangchou Jianqiong had been inford. But these people had sohow been ready.

“Report back to His Highness that An Yaluoshan is plotting rebellion!” the leader suddenly said.

This was not their first mission, and they were certain that they had not left many clues. For them to be quickly discovered could only an that An Yaluoshan and his Youzhou crew had been plotting rebellion for so ti and had been on their guard throughout.

Thwish!

As the leader spoke, he suddenly took a bow from his saddle and loosed an arrow in the direction of the hooves approaching from behind.

At the sa ti, the others did the sa, taking out their bows and loosing arrows.

“Careful!”

“Raise shields!”

This sudden assault left the pursuing Youzhou elites rather surprised. They had not expected the enemy to dare attack while also trying to escape.

But these were still Andong elites who had survived in the northeast. They reacted with incredible speed, engaging in evasive maneuvers while returning fire.

“‘S’ formation! Don’t get too far! Try to exhaust them and kill a few, or else they’ll just keep pursuing us!” the leader sternly ordered.

They were extrely experienced when it ca to escaping under high pressure. Focusing solely on escape would an that the enemy would pursue them endlessly, perhaps even ignoring their own safety to try and stop them. Only by killing a few and striking so fear into their hearts did they have a chance at escaping.

As the countless people of Youzhou slumbered, an intense pursuit and battle was unfolding in the darkness.

The Youzhou elites exhibited their impressive horse archery skills. While riding in full pursuit, they bent their bows and loosed their arrows. A few of them, their eyes sharp and fierce, were able to use their bow with either hand. Moreover, the Youzhou elites also displayed incredible teamwork.

In the midst of the pursuit, the Youzhou elites quickly sent a small team to charge in front. These n had small shields which they used to block and bash, sheltering the n behind them from arrows.

All of them displayed a superb level of training and coordination, without the slightest mistake, but unfortunately, they were dealing with Wang Chong’s elites...

Thwish!

With a shrieking whistle, an arrow pierced through the darkness, but this was not aid at any of the riders. There was a shriek as an arrow struck the left foreleg of a horse. Its rider was caught off guard and was imdiately thrown from his horse.

Plush! Another sharp arrow pierced through the neck of one of the shield riders.

Without even a chance to groan, the shield rider dropped lifelessly to the ground.

All the Youzhou elites paled, but before they could react, another arrow shot out, colliding with the arrow loosed by a Youzhou elite.

“What?!”

The Youzhou rider’s face was stricken with shock.

But in his mont of distraction, a sword pierced through his head, in through the front and out through the back. The Youzhou rider imdiately toppled from the back of his horse.

One rider, two riders, three riders...

In this intense pursuit, one Youzhou elite after another was being cut down.

anwhile, the ten-so cavalry continued to dodge their attacks in an S-shaped formation. A few of them were struck by arrows, but the rest were unhard.

In this clash, Wang Chong’s n displayed a higher level of skill and a more frightening strength. They were able to react before the Youzhou elites could even attack and evade them. This was not pure instinct, but a skill that had been honed through rigorous adversarial training.

Adversarial training!

This was a new training thod Wang Chong had implented in his army. Rather than using wooden weapons, both parties used real weapons and were ard to the teeth. In addition, the concept of a death ratio was introduced. What this ant was that a certain level of casualties was tolerated while using this training thod. This sort of thod was the only one that could produce true top-class elites.

Ordinary soldiers were one thing, but the true elites, including the scouts, were all made to go through this extre training. Wang Chong would even make Wushang Cavalry or Aswaran Cataphracts their adversaries on occasion.

It was precisely because of this harsh training that Wang Chong’s n could display a strength above that of the protectorate armies.

In this pursuit, as their casualties continued to climb, the Youzhou elites felt their hearts grow cold.

Zhang Shougui was second only to War God Wang Zhongsi in the Central Plains, and without Wang Zhongsi, he would have been the true War God of the Great Tang.

All of them had gone through Zhang Shougui’s special training, and their level of skill was far above that of the other protectorate armies. This was the first ti they had faced an opponent that was above them in all aspects, whether it was horse archery, teamwork, speed, strength, or reaction ti.

“Bastards! Lord Gao was right! These people aren’t normal! Not only can we not stop them, if this continues, we’ll lose them!

“Pass on my order! Get more n over here! We can’t let them escape!” the captain of this Youzhou squad sternly ordered.

All of them felt suffocated. Amongst all the protectorate armies, Youzhou’s protectorate army was the most arrogant.

They were pursuing an outnumbered foe, but not only were they failing, they were losing many n. This was an unprecedented disgrace.

“Yes, Milord!”

Bang!

Another firework shot into the air, and more neighing could be heard as Youzhou elites began to join the pursuit.

But it was all too late. When it ca to escaping and counterattacking, Wang Chong’s n were extrely experienced.

They had begun to plan their route from the mont they were discovered, their scouts releasing eagles to observe the surroundings and navigate a path through the enemy. When the second firework shot up, they picked up speed.

“This is the territory of Youzhou’s protectorate army. We have to get out of here as soon as possible! Once we get out of this region, An Yaluoshan won’t be able to do anything to us!” the leader of the squad said.

They were all military elites, and all of them had identification that they could reveal if necessary, but all of them knew that this identification would be useless in this place. No matter what they did, An Yaluoshan would not let them go.

Bang!

Just when the squad leader was speaking, boom! A fist-sized object with a tallic glint howled through the air. By the ti the squad leader realized what was coming, it was already re inches from his face.

“Not good!”

The squad leader imdiately sensed intense danger.

Fast!

Too fast!

He had sensed no signs of energy before this. In other words, the object had started from ten-so ters away, but it had taken a split-second to reach him, and he had no ti to dodge.

The squad leader only had ti to cross his arms and concentrate his Stellar Energy around them.

Kaboom! The squad leader scread as his Stellar Energy was dispersed and he flew backward like a ragdoll, thrown from his horse by the terrifying impact and slamd into the ground.

“Milord!”

All the other horsen cried out in alarm, their faces paling.

Several of the horsen had instinctively rushed over, but there was simply no ti. That squad leader had been almost instantly struck and heavily wounded.

At this mont, all of the horsen were dumbstruck.