"General, the enemy has retreated. Should we take advantage of the victory and pursue it?" The soldiers on Wushi Ridge looked at Ma Tianyun and asked.
"General Ma, let's catch up and annihilate these cavalry." Shen Huocheng looked at Ma Tianqiu and shouted excitedly.
Ma Tianyun glanced at him, pointed to the bottom of the canyon and said: "If you are not satisfied, let's fire another round, but no pursuit is allowed. This is a military order. If anyone dares to violate it, I will chop off his head!"
Shen Huocheng and others were stunned for a while, then they touched their heads and smiled and said: "In this excitement, I almost forgot about the business. Send the order, all the soldiers, let's fire another round of volley, and send the prairie cavalry back to Xichun City!"
"Send the order, let's fire another salvo, and send the prairie cavalry back to Xichun City!"
"Pass the order..."
There was a sound on the mountain ridge, and the soldiers who could not bear it raised their swords and aimed at the evacuating prairie cavalry below.
Another three thousand arrows poured down mercilessly, like a rainstorm approaching, and in an instant, blood flew again.
Li Ye's plan took another step forward and the ambush was successful.
The sword finally came out of its sheath.
The entire official road in Wushiling was filled with arrow air.
With no casualties on our side, the opponent suffered more than half casualties.
Countless arrows continuously shot into the armor of the prairie cavalry, making a series of sharp sounds.
The killing power of this kind of arrow is more than twice that of the boxwood bow.
In less than an hour, the arrow energy dissipated, and with it, countless prairie cavalry dissipated and turned into flying ashes.
...
Yelu Fengyun and Wu Changtian ran towards the valley entrance in panic under the cover of their own soldiers. The grassland cavalry who had lost their command no longer had the same formation as when they came.
Everyone hated having two legs, some were riding on military horses and galloping, others were running wildly without their horses, and some injured soldiers were crying and crawling out.
In the face of unknown fear, the god-like legend cannot withstand the threat of death.
"Quickly, release Hai Dongqing and tell His Highness that we were ambushed and suffered heavy casualties. We are returning to Xichun. We have no way to go to Xiaguan today."
Yelu Fengyun looked at Wu Changtian and said.
"I will write a letter to His Highness immediately. General, don't worry. We have left the canyon and are safe for the time being."
While Wu Changtian comforted Yelu Fengyun, he arranged for his soldiers to fly Hai Dongqing to report the news.
"I didn't expect that the other party would be so insidious and waiting for us here!" Wu Changtian said bitterly.
"I was too careless. I thought they were small and didn't dare to fight us in this windy and snowy day. I didn't expect that they were already prepared. Forget it, let's see how His Highness responds." Yelu Fengyun looked at him and said in a deep voice. said.
"We were severely damaged this time. I don't know how to explain to His Highness when we go back." Wu Changtian sighed.
"So what, it's happened. Let's work together to find a solution to this troublesome problem."
Wu Changtian nodded and said in a solemn voice: "Then let it go."
"Count the men and horses, put the disabled soldiers on horses and bring them back to Xichun. The uninjured soldiers will walk back. Don't leave behind the brothers who have escaped!"
Yelu Fengyun, who has recovered his soul, finally has a hint of the majesty of a general.
...
"Give us the order, start a fire and cook on the spot, eat enough, then sleep, and leave Wushiling after dark." Ma Tianyun said in a solemn voice as he looked at Shen Huocheng and other soldiers.
"We know how to make fire, aren't we afraid that the grassland tribes will find out?" Shen Huocheng asked.
Ma Tianyun looked at him and smiled, and replied: "They can't protect themselves right now. It would be great if they could return to Xichun at nightfall. They won't have time to take care of us. Hurry up and let all the soldiers fill their stomachs. There will be a big battle tomorrow. beat!"
"That's the same reason. Now that they're frightening us, we won't dare to challenge them again for a while." Shen Huocheng looked at him and laughed.
"Have a good rest. We still have a fight tomorrow. Only after we have a full meal will we have strength." Ma Tianyun looked up at the sky and said quietly.
"Go down with the order, start cooking, and seize the time to rest." The ordering soldier had already shouted.
"Brothers, start cooking!"
For a moment, fireworks rose from Wushi Ridge, but they were not very obvious amid the snow and fog that filled the sky.
...
It's three o'clock in time.
Outside Xiaguan City, Li Ye was lying in a tent to rest.
Zhu Tianhu walked in, looked at him and smiled and said: "The news came from Wushiling that our army has won a great victory. More than half of the Xichun cavalry have suffered casualties. They are on their way back to Xichun."
"Did you win the battle? Okay, let's borrow some more arrows and evacuate after dark."
After hearing the news, Li Cheng stood up, picked up the iron bow, and patted Mu Mu who was hiding in the blanket: "Sister, let's go shooting!"
Mu Mu, who was sleeping like a kitten, heard Li Ye's voice, showed her little face and asked, "Is there going to be another war?"
"Are you going?" Li Ye patted his robe and walked out.
"Go, why don't you go?" Mu Mu got out of the blanket and followed him with an iron bow.
"I saw that you didn't wake up, so I thought you didn't want to get up and wanted to sleep a little longer." Li Ye smiled as he looked at it.
Mu Mu glared at him and replied: "Of course you have to sleep more when you have nothing to do. Isn't this a war? I'm still waiting to become a female general? Hurry up!"
Li Ye was stunned, looked at her and said with a smile: "Don't worry, after this battle is over, I will ask you for credit."
Mu Mu looked at him and smiled: "That's pretty much it. From now on, I will be just like Brother Nalan. I will be a female general."
"Give the order, beat the drums and shout, and prepare to fire a volley at the defenders above the city wall." Li Ye looked at Zhu Tianhu and said.
"Give the order, beat the drums and shout, and prepare to fire a volley at the defenders above the city wall."
"Give the order, beat the drums and shout, and prepare to fire a volley at the defenders above the city wall."
Within a moment, the thundering drums and shouts rang out again from the position outside the city. Li Ye turned back to look at Mu Mu and said, "Aim at the city wall. Shoot whoever you want!"
After speaking, he drew his iron bow, mounted an arrow, and aimed at the city wall.
...
The loud war drums startled Yue Tianlang, Yue Meng and Yue Laqi who were worrying on the tower.
They had just received Haidongqing from Xichun, and the reinforcements were attacked in Wushiling. They were unable to rush to Xiaguan and asked them to defend the city no matter what.
Yue Tianlang looked at the two of them with a gloomy face and said, "It's up to us tonight. More than half of the 20,000 troops from Xichun were killed or wounded. It is estimated that it will take until noon tomorrow at the earliest before the reinforcements can reach Xiaguan."
"What do these guys want? They don't want to attack the city, right?" Yue Meng said bitterly.
"Go out and have a look." Yue Tianlang glanced at him, pulled the cloak around him, and walked out.
The three of them walked outside the city tower and saw smoke rising again outside the city, war drums roaring in the sky, and the shouts getting louder and louder.
"What tricks do these guys want to play if they just shout and don't attack?" Yue Laqi glanced outside with a look of confusion on his face.
As he was speaking, a black iron arrow cut through the snowflakes in the sky without any warning, and hit Yue Laqi in the chest. Before Yue Sirius and Yue Meng could react, Yue Laqi had already He fell heavily to the ground.
"Enemy attack! Archers prepare!" Yue Meng shouted and glanced outside the city wall, trying to see where the arrow was coming from.
"Buzz" Another iron arrow flew over and hit Yue Meng's left arm. The powerful arrow pushed him down onto Yue Tianlang's chest, and they both fell to the ground.
How fast is an instant?
The Buddha said that one moment is twelve moments, and one moment is just a snap of a finger.
From the sound of the war drums, to Yue Tianlang and the others coming out to check, to Yue Tianqi and Yue Meng being hit by arrows, it was only a moment.
After coming back to his senses, Yue Tianlang hugged Yue Meng who was hit by an arrow, and shouted loudly: "All archers are ready, aim at the enemy camp, and fire in two rounds!"
"All archers are ready, aim at the enemy camp, and fire two volleys!"
"All archers are ready, aim at the enemy camp, and fire two volleys!"
"The general has been hit by an arrow, come quickly!"
"The general has been hit by an arrow, come help!"
However, before the arrows on the city wall flew out, Zhu Tianhu had already commanded a thousand soldiers to shoot a round of arrows.
I saw the rain of arrows from locust ships flying towards Xianguan City Wall. Although there was no target, there were still grassland soldiers who emerged from the grassland and fell to the ground with arrows. This is the lethality caused by the psychological warfare in an instant!
Seeing the injured comrades lying on the ground aroused the hatred of the grassland soldiers. They drew their bows and arrows one after another. Under the command of the commander, they shot revenge arrows at the soldiers of southern Xinjiang outside the city.
Suddenly, a rain of tens of thousands of iron arrows was like black locusts crossing the border, flying towards the disguised straw men of the southern Xinjiang soldiers.
For a moment, there was the harsh sound of arrows hitting the straw man, but it was the most beautiful sound in the ears of Li Ye and a thousand soldiers.
On top of the city tower, a field medical officer had arrived to examine the injuries of the two men. Yue Laqi, who had an arrow in his chest, had been killed the moment he was hit by the arrow.
Yue Meng was hit by an arrow in his left arm and was not seriously injured. He could recover after removing the arrow branch and resting for three months.
Looking at Yue Laqi who was seriously injured and died, Yue Meng roared hoarsely and said angrily: "Brother, you must avenge Brother Laqi. They are hurting people with cold arrows and are acting like villains!"
Yue Tianlang had a gloomy face, looking at Yue Laqi, who had been covered with a white cloth on the ground, and Yue Meng, who was lying on the chair.
I was also scared into a cold sweat. If I had stretched my head to look, I would probably be the one lying on the ground now.
This was the biggest blow he had received since he invaded the three frontier towns.
When did the bows and arrows of this southern Xinjiang soldier become more powerful than my own? This was a question he couldn't figure out.
"Send the order, all soldiers will take turns to watch the night!" Yue Tianlang roared hatefully.
"Pass the order, all soldiers will take turns to watch the night!"
"Pass the order, all soldiers will take turns to watch the night!"
...
Li Ye outside the city touched Mu Mu's head and said with a smile, "How many did you shoot?"
Mu Mu stretched out her hand and pushed his hand away, shouting: "I told you earlier, don't touch my head! I seem to have shot a general, isn't it great? You have to ask me for credit when you return to the imperial city." "
Li Ye smiled and said: "Don't worry, all my credit is yours, I guarantee you will be satisfied!"
Zhu Tianhu, who hurried over, looked at Li Ye and grinned: "I harvested more than 20,000 iron arrows."
Li Ye smiled faintly and said: "This time I finally returned with a full load. Send orders, light a fire to cook, prepare today's Xiaoye and tomorrow's, we will rush to Xichun tonight!"
When Zhu Tianhu heard this, he turned around and shouted: "Make a fire and cook, and cook Xiao Ye together."
Mu Mu came over and took his hand and said, "Let's go barbecue some meat." After saying that, he took out two snow chickens and dangled them in front of Li Ye's eyes.
Li Ye was stunned and asked: "There is a war here, where did you get the snow chicken?"
"On the way from Nanyun City to Xiaguan, the soldiers helped me catch it. Didn't I have time to eat it before? Now it's just right to bake it. Once I'm full, I can go on my way in the evening!" Mu Mu smiled, her eyes narrowed into a crescent moon. .
Li Ye was stunned and blurted out: "Mumu, are you really a foodie?"
"General Zhu, come help make a fire to roast the snow chicken. Let's celebrate a little first." Li Ye greeted Zhu Tianhu.
Zhu Tianhu frowned and asked, "Aren't the Imperial Masters afraid that the guards at Xiaguan will chase us at night?"
Li Ye shook his head, looked at him and said with a smile: "They are scared out of their wits. How dare they come to chase us? Instruct us to go down and set a fire to burn all these straw people and Juma Zhuang when we leave. It is estimated that we will have to burn it until midnight so that they can enjoy this taste."
Mu Mu ignored his words and just pulled him back. As she walked, she said, "General Zhu, go bring a straw man over to light the fire. Let's have a drink later."
Li Ye turned to look at her and said in surprise: "When did you have wine? Who gave it to you?"
Mu Mu glared at him and muttered: "Of course I asked Brother Nalan for the two jars. He said that after winning the battle, he would have a drink to celebrate."
Li Ye looked at her speechlessly and said with a smile, "You feel like you are turning yourself into a little drunkard."
While talking, night fell. Outside Xiaguan City, streaks of white cold air filled the air, and the entire sky gradually turned gray.
There is wine, meat and stories.
And a happy life.
