Rouge River is a wide and fast river with many ships traveling on it, transferring supplies between Hezhou and Taozhou.
On the river bank, Li Xuan slowly slowed down his horse speed and approached the river. The Qianniu Guards behind him also slowed down their horses.
The boatmen on the river bank saw the fully armed Qianniu Guards above and subconsciously drove their boats towards the other side.
Even many ships from upstream subconsciously moved towards the other shore when they saw them.
I don't know why, after this row of boats passed, there were only a few boats on the river, as if some plague had appeared, scaring them away.
The Brenzan Blade on the cliff in the distance raised the corner of his mouth slightly when he saw this scene.
This is how it is on the plateau. When a wolf approaches, the sheep will immediately and subconsciously move away, without exception.
Li Xuan stayed on the shore for a while without saying a word. Finally, he suddenly urged his horse and rushed forward quickly.
Many Qianniu Guards behind them quickly urged their horses, but in the end they were still a step too slow, and a distance of tens of meters opened up between the two sides.
Li Xuan subconsciously raised her head and looked at the sudden cliff hundreds of meters ahead.
Looking up, a flock of geese suddenly passed by in the sky above his head.
Suddenly, Li Xuan pulled the reins, and the horse stopped immediately. His right hand was raised high, and the dozens of cavalry behind him also slowed down their horses in an instant.
Li Xuan's eyes passed over the cliff. Under the dense forest, no one could be seen at all, not even the slightest roar of horses.
A trace of disdain flashed at the corner of Li Xuan's mouth.
Immediately afterwards, without any hesitation, Li Xuan immediately turned the horse's head and flicked the horse's rope hard.
The next moment, the tall horse was already leading Li Xuan, quickly running towards the direction of Taozhou City.
A group of Thousand Niu Guards followed without any hesitation, their speed reached the end in a blink of an eye, and in a very short time, they completely disappeared from the sight of the Brenzan Blade on the top of the mountain.
On the cliff, Brenzan watched Li Xuan leave, eyes wide open in disbelief. He had no time to do anything until they disappeared.
Not knowing what he was thinking, Brenzan turned his head sharply and saw hundreds of soldiers behind him who were ready to throw stones and bows and arrows, as well as a thousand cavalry on the gentle slope on the other side.
The voices of people and horses were extremely low, but even so, there was nothing around except these two sounds.
There should have been birdsong, but it had long since disappeared without a trace because the birds were hiding away from them.
"Damn it." Brenzan cursed fiercely, but all this was arranged by him personally. Unexpectedly, huge flaws were revealed in the end.
Without any hesitation, Brenzan drew out the sharp long knife from his waist. The long knife shone with silver light under the sun, and pointed in the direction where Li Xuan disappeared.
"Charge, charge, capture the King of Nanchang alive, and take Taozhou City." The roar of the Brenzan Blade resounded across the cliff.
In an instant, more than a thousand Tubo cavalry turned around, mounted their horses, and rushed down the mountain at high speed, while countless roars rang out.
"Capture the King of Nanchang alive and capture Taozhou City."
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"Capture the King of Nanchang alive and capture Taozhou City."
A sound like thunder sounded behind him, and Li Xuan urged the horse to sprint forward quickly without even turning his head.
In almost a short period of time, he had led the people out of the river valley at an astonishing speed.
Without him needing to say anything, the fifty thousand oxen cavalry turned around very quickly and rushed towards the west gate of the city.
Behind them, amid the loud sound of horse hooves, the Tubo cavalry rushed out of the Rouge Valley.
The Rouge River flows from west to east. After coming out of the valley, it goes eastward along the river. After ten miles, it joins the Tao River and then flows north to Lanzhou.
The Tao River flows down from the southern plateau, from southeast to northwest, diagonally downward.
Taozhou City faces south, and the southwest corner of the city is connected to the Tao River. The further north you go, the farther the Tao River is from the city.
In the north of the city, where the Tao River and the Rouge River meet, it is more than three miles away from the city wall and even further away from the north gate of the city.
If you want to quickly cross the river and enter the city, the fastest way is to go south along the river and finally cross the bridge at the west gate.
After crossing the bridge, just over a mile away is the gate of Xicheng.
As Li Xuan and his party flew forward, they saw the bridge not far ahead.
Behind them, the sound of countless horses' hooves was like loud thunder, chasing after them closely.
Li Xuan finally turned around. For a moment, he couldn't see how many cavalrymen were there, and they were charging towards Li Xuan's location.
But unfortunately, the distance between them and Li Xuan was really not short. Many of them had drawn long bows in their hands, but the long arrows they shot could not reach Li Xuan at all, or even missed.
Seeing this scene, Li Xuan felt a hint of relief. In the blink of an eye, the tall horse had already led him across the stone bridge.
Although the stone bridge is not too wide, it is wide enough for three horses to walk parallelly.
I don’t know why, but at this time, there were no people walking on the stone bridge, and even outside the west gate, there weren’t many people.
Brenzan Blade in the distance saw that Li Xuan had already crossed the stone bridge, and his eyes were even more crazy.
He did not expect that Li Xuan's speed was so fast. The Tubo cavalry were already fast enough, but Li Xuan's Qianniu Guards were even faster.
But think about it, although the war horses of the Tubo people are all good horses on the plateau that are good at running, how bad are Li Xuan's horses.
The Qianniu Guards themselves were the emperor's personal guards, and the horses they rode were of the highest quality. They were no worse than the Tubo war horses, especially since this was not a plateau at all, and the characteristics of the Tubo war horses could not be brought out at all.
The big horses Li Xuan rides are even better than the horses of other Qianniu Guards.
Seeing that Li Xuan was about to rush into Taozhou City on horseback without stopping, suddenly, at the gate of Taozhou City, a few people suddenly panicked.
Under the city gate, two carriages overturned, blocking Li Xuan's path.
Brenzan smiled from a distance, and in an instant he had already led his men to the edge of the stone bridge.
Looking at Li Xuan who was stopped under the city gate in the distance, Brenzan's mind flashed slightly. Subconsciously, Brenzan sharply reined in his horse, and he instantly calmed down.
He waved to both sides, and hundreds of cavalry rushed past him and rushed directly towards the city gate in the distance.
Brenzann raised his head and looked at the city wall above the city gate. He suddenly saw that two Fuyuan crossbows had been raised, and the icy cold light was aimed at the shore.
When the first Tibetan cavalryman rushed across the stone bridge, there was a "buzz" sound, and a huge Fuyuan crossbow arrow had already cut through countless spaces in an instant, and shot directly at the cavalryman at the bridge head with a fierce arrow.
In the blink of an eye, the Tubo cavalry had shrunk under the horse's belly, but immediately after, there was a "bang" and the flesh and blood exploded.
The extremely sharp crossbow arrows had already penetrated the horse's body, and then a fierce arrow penetrated directly through the body of the Tubo cavalry under the horse's belly.
Both the man and the horse were violently penetrated, and blood flowed all over the floor in an instant.
With a "bang", the cavalrymen and horses fell directly to the ground, but at this moment, more Tubo cavalrymen ignored the death of their comrades and rushed across the stone bridge in an instant.
With a "buzz", another Fuyuan crossbow arrow was shot, and with a "bang", another Tubo cavalry was penetrated through the body, but it was unable to stop the Tubo cavalry from charging.
Standing in front of the city gate, Li Xuan had already turned his horse and looked at the Tubo cavalry charging in the distance. He smiled contemptuously and said coldly: "Fire the arrow."
With an order, the fifty Qianniu Guards who had lined up side by side all drew their long bows from behind, aimed their long arrows at the Tibetan cavalry in the front, and in the blink of an eye they had loosened their bow strings.
With a "buzz" sound, fifty long arrows flew across a distance of one hundred and fifty steps.
The Tubo cavalry nimbly turned over and hid under the horse's belly. However, before they could have any thoughts, the horse beside them suddenly became weak and fell to the side. With a bang, it fell directly to the ground.
The blood spurting from the horse's neck sprayed directly into their faces, and the long arrow inserted there made them even more stunned.
"Bang bang bang" in the blink of an eye, more than a dozen war horses fell to the ground, and without exception, their necks were full of long arrows.
Shoot people and horses.
Qianniuwei shot down all the horses within the range of the bow and arrow with extreme calmness.
The blood and death did not stop the Tubo cavalry from charging at all. The total distance was less than one mile. They could kill Li Xuan and rush into the city.
Li Xuan stood calmly in front of the city gate. Although there were many Tibetan cavalry rushing over the bridge, due to the width limit of the bridge, there were only three cavalry passing through the bridge at a time.
After charging over, these cavalrymen charged forward quickly.
Above their heads, the Fuyuan Crossbow was firing continuously. After evading the Fuyuan Crossbow, they would face the sniper attack of fifty Qianniu Guard archers.
For a moment, the Tubo cavalry was like filling up the tank, dying one by one. In the blink of an eye, fifty cavalry were killed by bows and arrows. But even so, there were still many Tubo cavalry rushing onto the stone bridge and heading toward Li Xuan. He rushed over to the city gate where he was.
They are fighting, they are fighting with their lives, like bees.
Although the Qianniu Guards under Li Xuan were all good at bows and arrows, because there were not many Tibetan cavalry rushing over the bridge, a salvo shot could not only kill a dozen cavalry in total. Even ten There are only more than a hundred cavalry in the round.
The number of cavalry gathered on the opposite side at this moment was at least a thousand.
Brenzan stood on the other side of the bridge and looked at Li Xuan opposite him calmly.
Li Xuan didn't make a move, but just looked at the Brenzan Blade calmly. The two people's eyes collided in mid-air, and countless flames suddenly appeared.
The Tubo cavalry were cut down one after another like wheat, but only half a quarter of an hour later, a rain of arrows was fired from under the city wall, and suddenly there were many fewer arrows.
At this time, unknowingly, the corpses of the Tibetan cavalry on the ground began to hinder the subsequent charge.
They subconsciously spread out to both sides and further away, trying to kill from the weakest point of the long arrow.
The rain of arrows under the city gate became less and less scrupulous, especially after many rounds of shooting. Even Qian Niuwei, who was an expert in archery, had already become very sore in his arms.
A general wearing a brown tiger skin cape and a sapphire hairband on his head shouted loudly before he crossed the stone bridge: "Disband and charge."
More Tubo cavalry quickly dispersed to both sides, and as soon as the new generals rushed across the stone bridge, they couldn't help but raise their eyes and fall on the city head.
There, more soldiers have begun to gather, including quite a few archers.
"Charge." The young general gave the order, and the next moment, the two hundred scattered cavalry were already swarming towards the city wall.
Behind them, more Tubo cavalry were still charging madly.
Then, just when they rushed to only half the distance from the city gate, there was a "boom" and countless black arrows suddenly flew up.
The arrow rain fell into the Tubo cavalry in the blink of an eye, instantly causing countless blood and death.
(End of chapter)
