The flags were raised high, the sun was blocked by dust and smoke, and accompanied by bursts of rumbling sounds, the heaven and earth seemed to be shaken.
Xu Lang's army arrived faster than expected.
It turned out that the team of elite cavalry yesterday was the cavalry battalion specially sent by Xu Lang after he returned to Liucheng, in order to defeat the few men and horses that the eldest prince Liucheng had lured the enemy. At the same time, he took a step forward and went to Yiling to find out the truth.
And his large army was not idle either. It was at midnight that they set up camp thirty miles away from Yiling.
When the genius first emerged, Xu Lang took the lead and led the forward battalion, personal guard battalion, and Xiaoqi battalion to arrive at Yiling City.
According to the reports from the soldiers yesterday, the defenders of Yiling City seemed to have no intention of confronting him, and most of the eldest prince's troops were hiding in the mountains to the right of Yiling City toward the Miao border. Therefore, Xu Lang immediately ordered some of his troops to form a formation outside the city to prevent the defenders in the city from intervening, while he led the rest of his troops to chase into the mountains.
However, this time, Zhu Yunfei was very cooperative and did not send troops. There was silence in Yiling City. Although flags were flying on the top of the city and there were soldiers standing with guns and halberds, they seemed to turn a blind eye to the movements below the city.
Of course, how could Xu Lang care about this? The soldiers were very quick, and he was anxious to rescue Li Ziyu. He just wanted to intercept the eldest prince's men before they left.
Lu Fei was on horseback, Xu Lang was riding in front, running wildly, with the soldiers following closely behind him.
In less than half a stick of incense, they had passed through Pinggang outside Yiling City and reached the front of the mountain. I saw a path suddenly appeared in front of me.
"General, look, there seems to be a large number of people walking on this road!"
Sun Er jumped off his horse and exclaimed.
Xu Lang also dismounted and took a closer look. He saw that the hoofprints and footprints were messy and fresh, indicating that many people had entered.
"The mountain road is very narrow and the forest is dense. This horse is a burden. Brothers, take off your armor and dismount!"
Xu Lang decisively ordered, throw away the armor and just pick up the sword.
"General, this is mostly Miao territory. Is it inappropriate?"
Sun Er reminded.
"There is no defense. Let's wait and take a look. Just try not to offend the Miao people. Be careful and be careful not to let the enemy set up an ambush in the forest."
Xu Lang replied that he was worried about Li Ziyu's life and death and really didn't want to miss this opportunity.
And with those imprints, it was obvious that the prince's men could be found without a guide.
So all the soldiers also dismounted their horses, took off their armor and clothes, each carried a light weapon, and quickly disappeared into the mountain.
The mountain road was very winding, going left and right, up and down in the forest. There were only a few thousand soldiers following Xu Lang. Although they were all brave men, they were still in a bit of a mess. After all, many of them are men from the northwest who have never fought in the mountains and forests, so they really seem to be acclimatized.
However, just as they passed a hilltop, they suddenly heard shouts of killing coming from the front.
"Stay here!"
Xu Lang made a gesture, and everyone quickly lowered their bodies.
"Second Commander, go and investigate and see what the situation is."
Xu Lang ordered Sun Er to investigate first.
"promise!"
Sun Er responded and stood up. Using his exquisite Huashan Qinggong, he jumped several times among the trees in the forest and disappeared suddenly.
Xu Lang and all the soldiers held their breath and crouched in the forest, waiting for Sun Er's reply.
Not long after, Sun Er was seen turning back, still as agile as an ape, and approached Xu Lang.
"General, there is a valley in front of you. There are two teams of troops, about thousands of people fighting."
Sun Er whispered back.
"Hey, this is surprising! Can you clearly see who they are?"
Xu Lang was surprised.
"Back to the general, one side is the eldest prince's troops, and the other side looks like Yiling's troops."
Sun Er replied.
This statement made Xu Lang, a monk with a height of two feet, unable to figure it out for a while.
"Let's go, follow carefully, go take a look!"
Everything must be seen to be believed. Xu Lang stopped thinking about it and stood up.
