Chapter 103 - Chapter 103: Chapter 103: Black Cavalry i

Chapter 103: Chapter 103: Black Cavalry i

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Upon hearing the soldier’s words, Lu Chen did not show much reaction.

At this time, Lu Chen asked the system in his mind, “System, are my fifty thousand Black Cavalry almost here?”

Counting the days, his Black Cavalry should have arrived, so Lu Chen did not believe that the cavalry mentioned by the soldier was the vanguard of the Barbarian Tribe.

“The host’s fifty thousand Black Cavalry have arrived at Wanning Valley. To avoid misunderstanding with the Yan County garrison, the Black Cavalry have halted their advance. Please proceed to inspect them,” responded the system.

After seeing the system’s answer, Lu Chen thought to himself that they were indeed his Black Cavalry.

He then instructed the soldier, “Immediately transmit my command to all three armies, do not attack the cavalry at Wanning Valley. Wait for this prince’s arrival before any further action.”

Although the soldier did not understand why Lu Chen would issue such an order, he immediately complied.

When Lu Chen’s order reached the ears of generals like Mu Changtian, they were all very puzzled.

They were already prepared for battle, and they had even rolled out the artillery camp’s grenade cannons. But now the North Prince was asking them not to attack?

Mu Changtian, originally the Great General of Great Xia, was very familiar with the armor of the Great Xia army.

Mu Changtian knew that those cavalrymen in Wanning Valley were not from Great Xia’s forces, as Great Xia’s cavalry did not wear such full-body black armor.

Not only were these cavalrymen clad in black armor, but even their warhorses were covered in black armor.

Great Xia had never established a Heavy Cavalry force; it was highly likely that such heavy cavalry belonged to the Barbarian Tribe.

But since the North Prince had already ordered them not to attack, he must have had his own strategy. Thus, Mu Changtian and the others could only stay with their soldiers in Wanning Valley and did not initiate any attack.

To the surprise of Mu Changtian and the others, they did not initiate an attack, and neither did their adversaries. The cavalrymen in black armor stopped on a flat area of Wanning Valley, seemingly waiting for something.

This led Mu Changtian and his men to suspect that the Barbarian Tribe’s cavalry was waiting for a larger force to arrive, and that Lu Chen’s order to hold their attack was actually to let the entire Barbarian cavalry force enter Wanning Valley.

Not long after, Lu Chen arrived on horseback before Mu Changtian and the others.

Upon seeing Lu Chen, all the generals immediately said, “We pay our respects to the Prince.”

Lu Chen nodded slightly.

At that moment, Mu Changtian said, “Your Highness, that cavalry force must be the Barbarian Tribe’s Heavy Cavalry. Shall we not attack them? If we let them charge through, I fear the consequences will be unimaginable.”

The charge of Heavy Cavalry, after all, could not be withstood by the infantry of North City,

Hearing this, Lu Chen said with a smile, “General Mu, you worry too much.”

“They are not the Barbarian Tribe’s cavalry, but my Black Cavalry.”

Upon these words, the generals present were stunned.

The North Prince’s Black Cavalry?

Since when did the North Prince have such a massive force of Heavy Cavalry?

Mu Changtian couldn’t help but think, wasn’t the North Prince still discussing the training of a cavalry force for North City with him during their first meeting? Yet the North Prince already possessed his cavalry force?

And it was not just any cavalry, but Heavy Cavalry.

Even from a distance, a rough estimate would suggest there were indeed fifty thousand Heavy Cavalry.

With North City being so impoverished and the North Prince not having been there for very long, how could he possibly have established a force of Heavy Cavalry?

To train a cavalry force takes several months at the very least, not to mention the time required to forge armor—producing so many sets of cavalry armor would be difficult to accomplish in less than a year.

Yet there stood the Heavy Cavalry right before everyone. If these cavalrymen truly belonged to the North Prince, then it only meant one thing: the North Prince had already been clandestinely forming a force of Heavy Cavalry long before his arrival at North City.

Thinking this, the generals had an even greater admiration for Lu Chen’s foresight and were more convinced of what they believed to be the North Prince’s grander ambitions.

A prince without ambition wouldn’t consistently act like a wastrel, all the while secretly training thousands of Brocade Guards and tens of thousands of Heavy Cavalrymen.

The key point was that the court apparently had not a single official aware of the North Prince’s actions. If the court knew that the North Prince was secretly building a Heavy Cavalry, they would likely have already deemed him as plotting a rebellion.

Lu Chen ignored the shocked gazes of Mu Changtian and the others as he made his way directly towards the Black Cavalry.

Seeing this scene, Mu Changtian and the others couldn’t help but grow tense. Although Lu Chen had already said that these were his own heavy cavalry, Mu Changtian and his men had never seen this army before, and they were still worried that the army might disadvantage Lu Chen.

At that moment, two burly men at the front of the Black Cavalry sped towards Lu Chen on horseback. As they approached him, the two sturdy men dismounted.

They bent halfway toward Lu Chen and saluted, saying, “General Wenren Lie and General Xuanyuan Chen pay their respects to Prince, long live the Prince for thousands and thousands of years!”

Seeing that the leaders of the Black Cavalry actually saluted Lu Chen, Mu Changtian and the others stood dumbfounded in their place.

Then they remembered that half a month ago, Lu Chen talked about giving them a surprise after half a month.

Could this be the surprise from the North Prince?

Originally, they thought that although they had the deadly weapon of the grenade cannon, once it was used, the Barbarian Tribe’s cavalry would surely be thrown into chaos. If the Barbarian Tribe cavalry decided to flee at that point, the few soldiers of North City wouldn’t be able to stop them.

But now things were different.

With fifty thousand heavy cavalry, if those barbarians wanted to escape, this heavy cavalry could directly emerge from behind Wanning Valley and cut off their retreat in an instant, preventing them from fleeing Wanning Valley.

Lu Chen glanced over the data of the two men.

[Name: Wenren Lie]

[Status: Great Yu Remnant, Black Cavalry Leader]

[Strength: Master Realm]

[Loyalty: 100]

[Name: Xuanyuan Chen]

[Status: Great Yu Remnant, Black Cavalry Leader]

[Strength: Grandmaster Realm]

[Loyalty: 100]

Lu Chen then dismounted and, lending a hand to Xuanyuan Chen and resting a hand on Wenren Lie’s shoulder, said, “Generals, please rise. This Prince has been awaiting your arrival in Yan County for a long time.”

At this moment, Mu Changtian and others came to stand behind Lu Chen.

When Mu Changtian felt the aura emanating from Xuanyuan Chen and Wenren Lie, he couldn’t help but be surprised.

Two more Grandmasters!

Did the North Prince already have so many Grandmasters at his disposal?

Just the ones he knew of, including these two, there were already four Grandmasters, and at that time, Mu Changtian was unaware that there was actually another Grandmaster in the North Prince Mansion.

If Mu Changtian knew that even Lu Chen’s concubine maid was a Grandmaster, he would be even more astonished.

The whole Great Sum had so few Grandmasters, and now, including Mu Changtian and Commander of the Brocade Guard Liang Zong who was still in the Capital city, North City already had six Grandmasters.

Some small countries might not even have that many Grandmasters.

Lu Chen then said with a smile, “With the help of the two Generals, the cavalry of the Barbarian Tribe will surely have a one-way trip.”

“Let’s return to the city. This Prince wants to personally give a feast to welcome and refresh the two Generals.”

In order not to attract the attention of the city’s residents and prevent news from leaking out prematurely, Lu Chen had the heavy cavalry stationed in a military camp outside the city which had been prepared in advance.

He then only brought Wenren Lie and Xuanyuan Chen along with a few other important generals into Yan County.

Of course, Lu Chen also provided good wine and meat to treat those Black Cavalrymen.

After all, they had come from afar, braving the wind and rain, and it was proper to treat them to a good meal and drink..