My older brother is Gao Huan.

Chapter 154 Slaying the Bandit Leader
"withdraw……"

Erzhu Tianguang hadn't even finished speaking.

He then heard a rumbling sound and looked in the direction of the sound.

I saw.

Several huge rocks rolled down the mountain ridge with a thunderous roar, like a thunderclap in a clear sky!
In the blink of an eye, the first boulder to roll down had crushed several unfortunate Qihu cavalrymen and their horses into a bloody pulp. Those who were crushed to death did not even have time to scream before their souls departed for the heavens. Those who were even more unlucky had half of their bodies trapped underneath, causing them to continuously emit pitiful screams.

Erzhu Tianguang broke out in a cold sweat. Luckily, he wasn't the unlucky one, or everything would have been over.

The actual damage caused by the rolling boulder was not significant, only crushing and killing about a dozen unlucky men. However, it brought Erzhu Tianguang and Erzhu Zhongyuan's pursuit to a standstill and had a great psychological impact on the soldiers.

"Kill!"

Wan Yuqizhen roared and led his herdsmen who had joined him in the uprising—the horse breeders who were responsible for tending the horses for the imperial court—as well as the valiant cavalry that Qifu Moyu had assigned to him, all charging down the mountain.

Qifu Moyu, who was originally fleeing in a sorry state, had already turned his horse around, and his soldiers also turned around one after another.

Seeing that Erzhu's army had been successfully ambushed, the rebels' morale soared.

"Kill!"

"Whoever captures or kills Erzhu Tianguang and Erzhu Zhongyuan will be rewarded with two hundred cattle and sheep, one hundred warhorses, fifty bolts of silk, and twenty beautiful concubines!"

Qifu Moyu also went all out and shouted loudly.

There must be a brave man under the heavy reward!

His soldiers, each one brave and eager to be the first, charged towards Erzhu's army!

"Damn it! Don't panic, follow me to meet the enemy!"

"Meet the enemy, meet the enemy!"

When Erzhu Tianguang and Erzhu Zhongyuan saw that their soldiers were in disarray, they quickly shouted commands. The rebel army had already attacked, and they had no chance to turn back and retreat. They could only grit their teeth and fight back.

The Qihu elite cavalry were indeed brave, but they were forced to stop in place, and the fighting power of cavalry that could not charge was greatly reduced.

On the contrary, the rebels rushing down the mountain could even draw their bows and shoot arrows, unleashing a volley of arrows to harass them. Although stray arrows were unlikely to cause fatal damage to armored men, their warhorses were not armored.

After a volley of arrows, many warhorses were hit by multiple arrows. In their agony, they threw off their soldiers.

This caused the horses to collide with other warhorses, triggering further chaos and plunging Erzhu's army into complete disarray.

Moreover, the rebel cavalry charged down the mountain, and the momentum increased the impact of the warhorses, which actually cut off the Erzhu clan's army in the middle and surrounded Erzhu Tianguang and Erzhu Zhongyuan!
Divided into two encirclements, Erzhu Tianguang looked around and saw that all around him were rebel soldiers, which made him extremely angry.

"Damn it! If it weren't for that brute Zhong Yuan provoking me, I wouldn't have been ambushed like this..."

It's too late for regrets!
Erzhu Tianguang had no choice but to grit his teeth and shout, "My men, do not panic! Follow me and break through the encirclement!"

He spurred his warhorse to gallop again, heading back in the direction he had charged from, but was immediately entangled by several rebel cavalrymen.

clang!
He struggled to block the weapon that was slashing at him, and he was also terrified.

damn it.

How come these stable boys are all so fierce?
The fighting strength of this rebel army far exceeded Erzhu Tianguang's expectations. The horse grooms were extremely fierce, far surpassing the fighting strength of ordinary refugee armies.

Even the valiant Qihu elite cavalry, once entangled, were overwhelmed and soon some Qihu elite cavalrymen were cut down from their horses.

Erzhu Zhongyuan's situation wasn't much better.

In his eagerness to claim the first merit and capture Qifu Moyu alive, Erzhu Zhongyuan had charged even deeper than Erzhu Tianguang. Erzhu Tianguang still had a glimmer of hope for breaking through and escaping, but Erzhu Zhongyuan, trapped in the encirclement, had no chance of escape. He could only grit his teeth and persevere, hoping that Erzhu Tianguang could break through the encirclement and rescue him, even if that hope was extremely slim.

He only felt a flash of cold light before Erzhu Zhongyuan was slashed on the shoulder in the chaos.

The intense pain stimulated his adrenaline to surge wildly, and he made a final, desperate struggle like a maddened beast. An immense power erupted from his body, allowing him, who was already incredibly strong and valiant, to kill several rebel soldiers in a short period of time.

But this was just a temporary resurgence.

The more this happens, the faster one's strength is depleted.

Qifu Moyu watched from afar, a playful smile on his face. He wanted to watch Erzhu Zhongyuan exhaust his strength, then capture him alive to boost his own prestige. Perhaps he could even use Erzhu Tianguang and Erzhu Zhongyuan to coerce the Erzhu clan into submitting to him and rebelling together.

Thinking of this, Qifu Moyu could no longer help but burst into laughter.

Right now!

"Bahhhhh."

A rapid, dense sound of hooves rang out, clearly the sound of many cavalry charging together.

But right now?
Qifu Mo and his soldiers had already stopped their charge and were engaged in close combat with Erzhu's army.

"The Xuanjia Army!"

A sudden, loud shout rang out like a thunderclap from a clear sky, causing the soldiers on both sides, who were engaged in fierce combat, to pause in their actions.

"Charge with me!"

Wan Yuqizhen and Qifu Moyu looked in the direction of the sound!
I saw.

On the mountain ridge where they had originally set up an ambush.

A man and a horse came into their sight.

They were too far away to see the person's face clearly, but they could see from a distance that the person was wearing black armor and a ghost mask on his face.

His red cloak billowed in the wind, and he gripped a lance in his hand. As he began his charge...

Behind him, other figures began to appear.

Behind him were dozens of riders, all clad in black armor and wearing ghost masks. One of them held a military flag, which fluttered in the wind and bore the words "Black Armor"!
Originally trapped and in despair, Erzhu Tianguang and Erzhu Zhongyuan were overjoyed upon hearing the words "Xuanjia Army" and shouted excitedly.

"My men, reinforcements have arrived! Follow me and annihilate the rebels!"

"Hahahaha, reinforcements have arrived! Rebels, prepare to die!"

no doubt!

The sudden appearance of the Xuanjia Army was like a shot in the arm for the demoralized and nearly collapsed Erzhu soldiers. They were all like they had been injected with chicken blood, their morale soared, and seeing the hope of breaking through and surviving, they once again unleashed tremendous energy, completely suppressing the momentum of the rebels!
Gao Yu's goal is very clear!
He had already determined the approximate location of Qifu Moyu while he was on the mountain.

To catch the thief, first catch the king. As long as the leader of the rebels is killed, the rebel army will naturally fall into disarray.

Launching a charge from a high vantage point, especially against a group of 'stationary' targets that are almost standing still, allows the armored cavalry to unleash their full combat potential.

Gao Yu charged ahead, leading the charge.

The enormous impact sent the warhorse and the soldiers on its back flying, giving these rebel soldiers a taste of what it meant to have "hit the jackpot" even in ancient times.

Gao Yu did not pause at all.

Besides knocking one person away, he also pierced another with his lance. He quickly pulled out the lance, gripped the shaft tightly with both hands, and swung it horizontally with force.

He then swept away the five knights in front of him.

Qifu Moyu was stunned by what he saw and stood there dumbfounded. It took him a long time to mutter something.

"How valiant he is... Damn it! How come I've never heard of such a valiant person in the Erzhu clan?"

"Stop him! Stop him immediately!!"

He watched as the 'demon' wielding a spear and reaping lives as easily as harvesting rice attacked him!

Qifu Moyu felt a chill run down his spine, and fear began to grow. He ordered his guards to stop him, but he himself turned his horse around and tried to run away.

"Want to run?"

Gao Yu held his lance horizontally, deflecting all the ring-pommel swords that his personal guards were slashing at him with!

He didn't bother to finish off the enemy, and didn't want to pay any attention to the group of guards.

Peng Le, Mulan, and the others behind him will handle it for him.

He has only one goal!
Seeing Qifu Moyu running further and further away, Gao Yu raised his lance in his hand, assuming a throwing posture.

He immediately let out an angry shout.

"Get down here! Ah!!"

With a mighty throw, he hurled the lance, which struck Qifu Moyu's warhorse like a shooting star across the night sky. The lance pierced the horse's body at an angle, causing it to lose control. Qifu Moyu was thrown off the horse and rolled several times on the ground before coming to a stop.

He was badly hurt by the fall and couldn't get up at all; he could only lie on the ground and wail in pain.

When he came to his senses, he felt a shadow envelop him. When he looked up, he saw a person wearing black armor and a ghost mask on his head, whom he regarded as an 'evil ghost,' riding in front of him, holding a ring-pommel sword and pointing the tip of the sword at him.

Qifu Moyu was utterly despondent.

He knew very well that it was all over...

hateful!

He had clearly succeeded in his ambush, and he could have immediately coerced the Erzhu clan into submitting to his grand scheme!

Unexpectedly, his ambitions for power were shattered in an instant.

"Who are you? I want to die knowing the truth."

The 'evil spirit' slowly removed its mask, revealing a fair-skinned, beautiful face, almost like a woman's. However, its eyes were filled with murderous intent, the kind of fierce gaze that only someone who had crawled out of a pile of corpses and experienced mountains of corpses and seas of blood could possess.

The 'demon' looked down at him and said coldly.

"On your way to the underworld, you can tell other ghosts that you were killed by Huai Shuo Gao Yu!"

"Huai Shuo... Gao Yu".

As Gao Yu raised his knife and brought it down.

Qifu Moyu stared wide-eyed, and finally collapsed to the ground.

Gao Yu then turned around and shouted loudly.

"The bandit leader has been executed!"

The Xuanjia soldiers also shouted in unison!

"The bandit leader has been executed!"

The sound grew louder and louder, reaching everyone's ears.

The already demoralized rebel soldiers completely lost the will to resist.

They all threw down their weapons and remained where they were, like lambs waiting to be slaughtered.

(End of this chapter)