World-Ending Demon Emperor
Chapter 679: The entire army is annihilated! Zhi Wei has been captured!

Chapter 679: The entire army is annihilated! Zhi Wei has been captured!

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Zhi Wei’s army had first suffered a crushing defeat, losing more than eighty thousand men in just a few short hours, leaving only over sixty thousand of the original army of one hundred and fifty thousand.

Next, the bridge over the Tianshui River behind the army was destroyed, cutting off their retreat.

Then, the army’s supplies were burned.

Finally, Suo Lun’s Gryphon Cavalry conducted relentless air raids for four days and nights, preventing the surviving fifty thousand troops from sleeping the entire time.

Mentally exhausted to the extreme and physically on the verge of collapse, their morale had completely shattered.

Then, Suo Lun abruptly unleashed twenty-five thousand well-rested, ferociously spirited Cavalry, charging into Zhi Wei’s encampment!

Despite facing an opposing force of over fifty thousand.

One side, however, had been resting for more than ten days, full of fighting spirit, abundant energy, and strong soldiers and horses.

While the other side, although numbering over fifty thousand, was extremely exhausted, dispirited, and had not slept well for four days and nights, staggering even while standing.

Moreover, in order to prevent the horses from spooking and causing chaos again, Zhi Wei had dispersed his over twenty thousand cavalry among various camps.

So at this moment, his over fifty thousand remnant soldiers had no living force capable of stopping Suo Lun’s twenty-five thousand Cavalry.

Under the leadership of Ashi Liren and Yan Nai’er, the twenty-five thousand Cavalry kept accelerating, accelerating, accelerating...

The defensive fortifications of Zhi Wei’s camp had been completely bombed flat, leaving nothing to impede the advance of Suo Lun’s Cavalry.

Feeling the ground tremble again and again, Zhi Wei struggled to stand atop his command platform, witnessing Suo Lun’s Cavalry charge like ferocious tides, and his heart trembled with waves of fear.

He could clearly feel that his end had come!

"Assemble, assemble, form up, form up..."

His generals were still unwilling to give up the last hope, kicking and punching in an effort to rally and form battle lines for one final stand.

Countless soldiers struggled to their feet, gripping their weapons tightly and hurriedly forming a defensive position, although askew, it was at least a formation.

They had originally planned to regroup the cavalry, which had been dispersed among various camps, to face Suo Lun’s Cavalry in a direct confrontation.

But clearly, there wasn’t enough time!

With tremendous effort, Zhi Wei’s elite generals managed to assemble the tens of thousands of troops into formation!

After the previous catastrophic defeat, Zhi Wei’s army retreated seven miles and then encamped, intending to besiege the Fenglei Fort Defense Line.

A distance of seven miles, for elite Cavalry, amounted to less than a quarter of an hour’s time.

Twenty-five thousand cavalry kept accelerating, accelerating, accelerating...

The battle horses, fed on fine grains, alfalfa, and eggs for so many days, were filled with immense power.

The moment the gates of the Fenglei Fort Defense Line opened, Zhi Wei’s army knew that Suo Lun’s final attack had begun.

With urgency and in less than fifteen minutes, the extremely weary and dispirited army of over fifty thousand barely managed to complete their last formation.

Fifty thousand troops, formed into five square formations, facing the surging tide of Suo Lun’s Cavalry.

"Boom, boom, boom, boom..."

Suo Lun’s Cavalry grew closer and closer.

Two miles.

One mile.

Three hundred meters.

Two hundred meters,

One hundred meters.

Watching the fierce and powerful Suo Lun’s Cavalry at close range, the soldiers of Zhi Wei trembled uncontrollably; they had long forgotten their exhaustion, overwhelmed by endless fear and coldness.

Fifty meters.

Thirty meters.

Ten meters...

"Boom..."

Suo Lun’s twenty-five thousand Cavalry violently crashed into the formation of Zhi Wei’s army.

There was a massive crash!

Like towering waves slamming into a dam.

The Rouran warhorses, renowned worldwide, tall and strong, weighing a thousand pounds each. The impact they brought at full gallop was unparalleled.

After a brief hesitation, the momentum was unstoppable!

"Bang bang bang bang bang..."

Zhi Wei’s army, struck by the overwhelming force, fractured bones and sent countless bodies flying in an instant.

The terrifying kinetic energy instantly shattered Zhi Wei’s defensive formation.

The sleepy army of Zhi Wei was completely incapable of resisting.

The elite Rouran Cavalry needed to do nothing but draw their sabers and hold them at their sides.

The sharp sabers, propelled by the astonishing momentum of the horses, swiftly sliced through each enemy.

From a bird’s eye view in the sky!

Zhi Wei’s army of over fifty thousand looked like a dark mass, stretching for miles after forming up.

Suo Lun’s twenty-five thousand Cavalry, shimmering with silver light.

On impact, they plowed through like a field, rolling over in frenzy.

Zhi Wei’s battered troops were broken through layer by layer.

Countless soldiers perished under the impact of the warhorses and were divided by the sabers.

The soldiers behind began to show drastic changes in their expression, consumed by immense fear and shock.

With morale already low and several sleepless nights, the remaining tens of thousands of soldiers faced the coming of death and finally suffered total collapse.

The first soldier suddenly threw away his weapon and started to run in both directions, unwilling to withstand the furious charge of Suo Lun’s Cavalry.

Then the second, the third...

Finally, the surviving army of Zhi Wei completely fell apart.

The hastily formed lines disintegrated instantaneously as countless soldiers fled in panic.

"Surrender and you will not be killed, surrender and you will not be killed, surrender and you will not be killed..."

"Surrender and you will not be killed!"

The Cavalry of Suo Lun shouted in unison.

Soldiers from Zhi Wei’s army who frantically fled threw away their weapons and, with hands held over their heads, kneeled on the ground.

Countless soldiers, avoiding the charge of Suo Lun’s Cavalry, darted to the sides and knelt in surrender.

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Although he had anticipated this scene, when it actually occurred, Zhi Wei still felt an icy chill run through his body, his heart aching as though it were being wrung.