The enemy troops outside the city were scattered all over the place, and they were so sparse that there was no formation at all.
Suddenly, they felt the arrows at the top of the city stop. They were confused and didn't know what happened, and suddenly saw the city gate they had been unable to attack open.
"The enemy surrendered at Kaicheng. They ran out of arrows!"
A barbarian shouted excitedly. Suddenly, a crossbow arrow shot through his neck. He opened his eyes in pain and looked at the cavalry flying out of the city gate in disbelief.
"charge!"
The leader roared angrily, and more than a thousand cavalry filed out. He took the lead and rushed toward the enemy directly in front with his troops.
Wherever the cavalry passed, all the barbarians they encountered were knocked away. The enemies along the way were either killed by crossbows or had their heads chopped off with a sword.
The cavalry were unstoppable, and in a short time they directly penetrated the enemy's formation.
Qi Yansong was riding on his horse and saw thousands of cavalry rushing out from the city gate. No barbarian could compete with them wherever he passed. He was so frightened that he immediately turned around and ran away.
"Withdraw! Withdraw quickly! Ming Jin withdraws his troops! Withdraw quickly!"
Qi Yansong shouted, turning his horse's head and running towards the north. The tribal leaders and guards around him also immediately turned their horse's head and ran after him.
When the two thousand people in the rear army saw that the two leaders had run away, they did not dare to stay to stop the enemy, so they immediately turned around and ran away.
Even though these people were all infantry, the barbarians were strong and very brave. They ran so fast that they could barely keep up with Qi Yansong's horses.
It's just that there is no longer any formation to speak of, and they are just running away, for fear that they will run too slowly and be overtaken by the terrifying cavalry behind them.
When they ran away, they even forgot to withdraw their troops, leaving the troops still attacking the city in a daze.
They had no choice but to continue attacking the city without an order to retreat.
After the head master and Nie Chen chased him out for a long time, Qi Huan suddenly ran to the city wall in a hurry, grabbed Wang Hao and asked,
"Where are the first and second masters?"
"They took the cavalry to hunt down Qi Yansong. What happened?"
"The county guard's army suddenly marched at full speed. Now it is less than twenty miles away from the county seat. Quick, quickly mobilize troops to defend the south gate!"
Qi Huan said breathlessly.
"I understand. Now that the generals are out, you go down and lead two thousand people to defend the south city wall. If the county guard dares to attack the city, give them a head-on attack immediately!"
"knew!"
Qi Huan hurried downstairs to mobilize his troops again.
Weng Qiuchan frowned and could only secretly pray in his heart that the county guard was here to fight the barbarians and not attack him.
Outside the city, the county guard's army was marching hastily, with baggage and food behind them.
Suddenly, a probing horse rushed over quickly and said loudly,
"Sir, the bandits of Qingfeng Village suddenly sent a horse team of more than a thousand people out of the city to chase the barbarians."
Hearing this, Liu Hu narrowed his eyes and asked,
"At this time, they still dare to go out of the city to kill the enemy? It's a joke. Once they leave, the troops will be dispersed. When we attack the city, the pressure will be much less."
The spy went on to say,
"But, sir, I saw with my own eyes that Weng Huan and Nie Chen were among the cavalry, and there were several generals wearing heavy armor beside them, and they all went out to chase the barbarians.
There are still thousands of barbarians attacking the city in the north of the county. "
"Huh? Are you saying that Weng Huan and Nie Chen, the top officials of Qingfeng Village, have all left the city? Hahahaha, God helps me, God helps me. Without the cover of the city wall, I can catch them all in one go.
After killing Weng Huan and Nie Chen, the bandits in Qingfeng Village will no longer be able to do anything. "
Liu Hu laughed happily, but Ye Xing frowned and said,
"Master Sheriff, shouldn't we kill the barbarians first? The barbarians are foreign enemies and the common enemy of us Feng people. Now Qingfeng Village is attacking the barbarians, but we have to stab them in the back. Isn't this good?"
Hearing this, Liu Hu snorted coldly,
"What do you know? Let me ask you, who is occupying my city now?"
"Um...it's Qingfeng Village."
"The thieves of Qingfeng Village, killing my officers and soldiers, and robbing my city, are no different from barbarian enemies!
Whether it's Qingfeng Village or barbarians, we have to kill anyone who robs my city. Otherwise, if the city is lost, the prince will hold me accountable.
What's more, before we fight against the outside world, we must first pacify the inside. If we don't eliminate the internal troubles first, how can we destroy the enemy with peace of mind? Is it possible that when we are fighting the barbarians, Qingfeng Village will sneak attack us from behind? "
Ye Xing nodded and said with a ferocious smile,
"Okay, sir, I listen to you. The thieves in Qingfeng Village humiliated me. I must personally cut Nie Chen's corpse into thousands of pieces. The barbarians don't have to fight, but Qingfeng Village must be destroyed!"
"Yes, tell my general that the whole army should speed up and take another road, march quickly, cross the valley, enter the grassland, and pursue Weng Huan!"
"As you command!"
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The headmaster, Nie Chen and others led the cavalry and galloped all the way north. After chasing for five or six miles, they finally caught up with the infantry.
The cavalry wielded machetes and mercilessly chopped down all enemies in front of them.
If the two thousand rear troops formed a full array and defended tightly, they might be able to withstand their cavalry for a while. But at this time, everyone was running away, for fear that they would run too slowly, and there would be no formation left. Apart from slowing down the cavalry a little when they bend down to chop them, it has no effect at all.
The head master and the others led the cavalry with overwhelming force, slashing and killing all the way, chasing Qi Yansong who was galloping at the front.
"What the hell, why is the one on the other side running so fast?!"
Seeing that he could not catch up, Ma Niu was so angry that he scolded his mother.
"The barbarians grew up on horses, and their riding skills are better than ours. In addition, they have no armor, so they are naturally fast. We also have to kill the infantry along the way, so the speed is naturally slower."
Nie Chen sighed while explaining,
"It would be nice if there was something in front of them to stop them."
It's hard for them to chase her here, but it's even harder for them to escape from Qi Yansong's side.
"Second leader, what should I do? The people behind are chasing me too closely."
The leader of a small tribe shouted with a grimace.
Qi Yansong looked around and said loudly,
"Further north is Quedingding's territory. They will definitely kill us. Run to the west. Fifteen miles to the west, there is a subordinate tribe of our Qiyan tribe called Huangyan tribe. There are three thousand Qing tribes there. Zhuang, can help us resist the enemy army, we have gathered them and hacked these pursuers to death!"
"Okay, let's go quickly!"
A dozen leaders and hundreds of guards turned their horses and bolted toward the west.
