Outside Dawan Pass, the fighting shook the sky.
Seeing the scene in front of him, Zhu Ye's face looked even more angry. How could he not have thought that Chen Zhong would dare to abandon his horse and fight on foot, and use his previous horse to charge into the formation.
"Stop the Shu thieves for me!"
"Dagger!"
When they dismounted and fought on foot, long guns were at a disadvantage. Only a thousand people were left in the cavalry camp. They drew their daggers one after another and followed Chen Zhong, following the north side of the charge of the horses, and hurriedly followed.
Halfway through, there were probably more than a hundred war horses, charging back in fear. But fortunately, Chen Zhong was well prepared and the formation moved out of the way.
"Kill!" Chen Zhong raised his knife and roared.
"Kill the Shu thieves!" Zhu Ye on the other side also raised his sword to boost morale.
Zhu Ye knew very well that if he could not kill Chen Zhong, his own sheepherder and military advisor's plan would be nullified. Their surprise attack on the Silver Halberd Guards will be in vain.
For their respective long-cherished wishes, the two armies quickly started fighting again. In the north direction, the released war horses, after being slashed on the buttocks with short knives, showed fierce intent and rushed straight to the north.
Unexpectedly, Chen Zhong's back-up plan, the gun-pushing array in the north, only waited for a while, and suddenly chaos broke out.
Seeing the opportunity, more than a thousand Shu soldiers stepped out one after another, fighting hard all the way. During the fight, Chen Zhong turned his head and looked in the direction of Dawan Pass.
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"General, General Zhu, the troops have sent out from Dawanguan!" At this moment, someone from behind reported urgently. Zhu Ye, who was fighting Zhenglie, sounded angry.
But fortunately, people were left behind as a precaution.
"Anyone who dares to approach will be killed without mercy!"
"General, he is our prisoner of war in Beiyu. He probably broke into the formation to beg for work!"
"What?" Zhu Ye, who put away the knife, was even more surprised. Before he could ask any more questions, suddenly, screams rang out quickly in the direction of Dawanguan City Gate.
Dense flying arrows kept coming. The prisoners without armor fell into a large area in an instant.
"General Zhu, if something bad happens, the second formation is the army of the Shu people!"
Zhu Ye was furious, "Those Shu thieves must join forces with Chen Zhong and stop them! If anything goes wrong, I will be ashamed of myself, Mr. Sheepherd!"
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In the afternoon, the sun gets stronger.
The shepherd sitting on the slope finally raised his eyes and looked at the sky before letting out a sigh of relief. A lot of time has passed since he held off ten thousand troops with five men. No matter how hard we try, we are at the end of our rope now.
It's a pity that at Zhu Ye's side, no scouts have reported the good news of killing Chen Zhong. In other words... it was most likely a failure.
"Military advisor, what should we do now? The Shu army is already coming to kill us!"
The sheepherd's face was bitter and it was difficult to speak for a while.
Unexpectedly, among the five people who had gathered, one of the leaders had already spoken seriously.
"We know that the military advisor is looking for the five of us not only as suspects, but also for another purpose. For example, the five of us are all a bit skinny. If we carry our backs and have a rickety body, they will not be the same as the military advisor. Too much difference."
The leader who spoke laughed for a moment, with a look of reluctance in his eyes.
"If not, before the Shu people arrive, only one of the five of us will be left to protect the military advisor. The remaining four will pretend to be military advisors and fleeing troops to lure away the Shu people's pursuers."
"I had a plan before. The spring grass on the slope is very long, and there are many shrubs to hide in. If not, the military counselor please hide yourself and let me wait to die."
The sheepherder closed his eyes in pain.
"My name is Yang Song, and I would like to bid farewell to the military advisor."
Only one person was left, and the remaining four stood up one after another. The leader also carefully put on the thin robe of a shepherd.
"The failure of the plan is not your fault. But this country in Beiyu still needs people like you to manage it."
"Sir, please hide."
After saying that, the guard who called Yang Song no longer hesitated. He and the other three looked at each other for a while, then walked out in another direction.
The sheepherder staggered and quickly entered the spring grass and shrubs with the only guard accompanying him. When he occasionally raised his gaze, he looked in the direction of Dawan Pass, his face suddenly determined.
If the plan fails, he is also at fault.
But the expedition was unsuccessful, so how could we return to Beiyu with dignity? Dawan Pass, Dawan Pass, there are still soldiers in the city, but is there still a chance?
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"Sichuan thief!" In front of Dawan Pass, Zhu Ye's eyes turned red. At this time, he could no longer care about the prisoners of war leaving the city or other Shu people.
Repeatedly and twice, there was nothing that could be done about Chen Zhong. Such a long time has passed, and my own sheepherder and military advisor... may have died in the battle.
At this thought, Zhu Ye's face became even sadder.
I don't know how long the fierce battle lasted. After a layer of corpses was laid out, Zhu Ye got another terrible news. The Shu people rushing to help have already arrived.
In other words, the sheepherders and military advisors are gone.
"I, Zhu Ye, am powerless to return to heaven." Zhu Ye's voice was deep and painful. For his own invincibility, and for the sacrifice of the sheepherders and military advisors.
"Silver Halberd Guards, kill all the Shu thieves with me!"
In the battlefield, Zhu Ye became even crazier and more murderous. Behind and around him, thousands of Silver Halberd Guards who were beginning to fall into trouble were also desperate to fight to the death.
"Surround the Silver Halberd Guards and burn the camp flags!" General Pi, surnamed Song, who came out of the city, roared angrily.
Not far away, Chen Zhong, who originally wanted to take the opportunity to fight back to Dawan Pass, reorganized his formation after hearing that the reinforcements had arrived, and cooperated with the reinforcements to encircle and suppress the last Silver Halberd Guards.
Going deep into the enemy's hinterland is inherently dangerous.
Chen Zhong was a little scared, and the old sheepherder tried three tricks, but fortunately he was not fooled. Otherwise, it would be the Shu army that would be trapped.
Shangguan Shu, who finally arrived, was so angry that he wanted to scold his mother. He finally understood that there were no enemy troops on the other side of the slope, and he was blocked for a long time for no reason.
Fortunately, the Silver Halberd Guards did not attack Chen Zhong. Otherwise, he would have been blamed for his death.
"Encircle and suppress the Silver Halberd Guards!"
Not long after Shangguan Shu's voice was shouted, a sudden storm surged in the sky. An unreasonable spring rain is about to fall on the land of Lizhou.
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"Old military advisor, how can I do this..." Hidden in the bushes under the slope, the only guard left, holding a short knife, sounded trembling.
In front of him, all the gray hair of his sheepherder and military advisor had been chopped off, along with the elegant scribe's beard.
Beiyu Wuer's second military advisor has become bald. But now, the old military adviser also said that scars must be left under the eye sockets to change the disguise.
Looking at the guard in front of him, the old sheepherder remained silent. At his old age, he doesn't know whether he can hold on. But now, he has no chance.
He understands very well that the most easily exposed thing is a pair of eyes.
All three attempts failed, and he had no way out. Only in the last game, if successful, might there be a chance.
In the rain, the sheepherder puffed up his old face and looked at the guard in front of him.
"Use the knife."
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