The soldiers and horses on both sides moved quickly, and there was a burst of shouting and clamoring. The tense atmosphere of the coming battle made many war horses scream.

The people in Rouran were a little nervous. They had suffered a defeat when they raided the Wei army camp and besieged Huangyan Mountain a few days ago. Until now, they have not slowed down, and their morale has not fully recovered. It is inevitable that they will be uneasy when they fight again. .

The generals on both sides are smart people, and they all know that in this situation, the first to attack must have an advantage, so they want to attack first without waiting for the opponent to complete the formation.

"Soldiers in the right wing, follow me to fight, kill—" Tuoba Fan grabbed the long gun and pointed forward, shouting and beating his horse to lead the charge.

"Warriors of the Rouran Khanate, take up your scimitars and spears, wash away your shame with the blood of the Xianbei people, and kill me with this princess—" Princess Tuzhen personally led the troops into the battle for the first time.

The two sides launched an attack almost at the same time. Thousands of troops and horses galloped on the grassland. The sound of horseshoes was like thunder, like a thunderbolt from the blue sky. The soil and grass clippings were trampled by the horseshoes, and the dust rose to the sky. Shaking, shouts of killing spread in all directions, and the sound of passionate drums and desolate horns inspired the soldiers of both sides.

"Swish, swish, swish..." Countless dense arrows flew into the sky from the high-speed moving military formations on both sides and shot at the opponent's head.

One after another, the soldiers fell off their horses after being hit by arrows, and were submerged by their comrades behind them. The horses that lost their masters instinctively avoided danger and fled to the outside of the battlefield.

The arrows of the two sides shot at each other and caused a lot of casualties. After the short-distance sprint was over, the bows and arrows didn't work.

The scuffle inevitably happened. In this battle, because the two sides met unexpectedly, there was not enough time to deploy other tactics. There was only simple hedge riding and shooting and fighting.

On the battlefield where countless people die every second, there is no redundant action in killing, and there is only one move, either you die or I live, one knife lives, one knife dies.

Blood splattered, stumps fell, heads flew up, roars and screams were mixed together, only the sound of cold weapons clanging formed the embellishment.

As the sun set and night fell, the remaining Rouran people took the lead to withdraw. The Wei army did not pursue and could not pursue. Anything could happen in the dark night. The Wei army did not have much advantage in this battle. They killed a thousand enemies It is also self-destructive.

After retreating for twenty miles overnight, Tuoba Fan ordered to set up camp and count the losses.

Hua Mulan's injuries have not yet healed. After this battle, she almost lost her strength and was too tired to move. After eating some food and healing pills, she went to bed early.

In the morning of the next day, the results of the battle damage came out. The right wing army lost more than 2000 people, leaving only more than 4000 people. Three thousand, the losses of the two sides are not much different.

Tuoba Fan approached Hua Mulan and said, "This Rouran army has lost nearly 3000 people. According to the information you provided, there should be less than [-] of them withdrawing this time. This number of troops can no longer cause us harm. What a threat, and these people are too few, so they are easy to hide, and if we want to hide them, we may not be able to find them. My king's idea is to withdraw the troops and return to the Qionglong Ridge camp, what does General Hua think?"

Hua Mulan clasped her fists and said to Tuoba Fan: "Your Majesty, we are ordered to hunt down the Rouran people. The war is far from over. The Rouran people have not lost much. Now is the season of grazing, and they have not gathered together. If we don’t get anything, how can we explain to the emperor? Besides, it’s a serious crime to withdraw without the order of the Qionglong Ridge Camp!”

Tuoba Fan frowned, "Of course I know the meaning of General Hua, but now our department has lost too much, [-] soldiers and horses have come out, and now there are only more than [-] people left, and many people will be injured. It is almost used up, and the sabers, spears, and armor are seriously worn out, so they must be replenished!"

Hua Mulan insisted on her thoughts, "My lord, there are only less than 1000 people left in this group of Rouran people. If they are not resolved, they will always be a disaster! In the end, the lord will not be able to stop the lord from leading the army back, but please think clearly before going back." How will I explain to the emperor in the future? If the emperor asks the lord, will he retreat at the slightest setback and difficulty? How will the lord answer?"

Tuoba Fan struggled in his heart, but had to give up the idea of ​​leading the army back, and ordered scouts to search for traces of the Rouran people along the northern foot of Yanran Mountain. While searching, the army moved northwest.

At the foot of Huangyan Mountain.

The supply team finally arrived, a day later than Zhao Junsheng expected.

Zhao Junsheng, Gao Xiu, Gao Xu and others watched as the soldiers unloaded the luggage from the carriages and carried them into tents.

"Gao Xu, the emperor is dead!"

Gao Xu, who had just arrived with the luggage escort, was obviously shocked by the news Zhao Junsheng said, "Did he die? He was killed in battle?"

"No, it was assassinated by the Rouran people!"

Gao Xu didn't speak for a while, he needed time to digest the news.

"Then... who is in charge of the overall situation here?"

"The ministers accompanying the army are arguing over who will be the new emperor. I ordered the news to be blocked. The generals of the armies sent out to search for the Rouran people should not know about it, otherwise they would have brought their troops back long ago. !"

Speaking of this, Zhao Junsheng said seriously: "Gao

Xu, we can only protect ourselves and gain benefits by supporting King Yongchang. Now you must stand by my side at this time! "

Gao Xu immediately clasped his fists and said, "Don't worry, the general, this subordinate swears to be loyal to the general to the death!"

At this time, a soldier came over with a man who looked like an entourage and reported: "General, send someone down from the mountain to ask for an audience!"

Zhao Junsheng turned his head to look at the entourage, and the man cupped his hands and bowed: "General, this villain is the entourage of Duke Taichang Dongjun. My master has something to ask the general to consult with him!"

"Okay!" Zhao Junsheng agreed, glanced at the entourage and asked, "Why hasn't this general seen you?"

The entourage replied: "The villain has been staying on the mountain these days to serve my master's food and daily life. Of course, the general has never seen a villain!"

Zhao Junsheng nodded, pulled Gao Xiu aside and whispered a few words, then led Li Bao and six soldiers up the mountain with his followers.

When he got to the mountain, Zhao Junsheng frowned and asked the entourage who led the way suspiciously: "Hey, this is not the direction to go to Cui Gong's camp!"

The entourage said with a smile: "My master changed the meeting place to keep it secret, so as not to arouse the suspicion of other ministers!"

Zhao Junsheng was thoughtful.

Soon after arriving in a tent, Zhao Junsheng found that it was not Cui Hao, but Pilokin, the commander of the guards, in the tent.

"Commander Pilokin, didn't you say Mrs. Cui often asked Ben to come? Why are you?"

Pilokin got up and smiled and said: "I wanted to see General Zhao, but I was worried that the general would not come, so I had to ask the general to come over in the name of Cui Taichang! I am waiting for a group of ministers who intend to support King Le'an as emperor, but I don't know what General Zhao thinks how?"

Zhao Junsheng shook his head and sneered: "That's impossible, this general already intends to belong to King Yongchang! You are here to try your best to plan for King Le'an, King Le'an himself doesn't know, if he doesn't want to, don't you just take it A hot face with a cold butt?"

The smile on Pilokin's face gradually disappeared, "General Zhao means there is nothing to talk about, so I have no choice but to send General Zhao down to be buried with Emperor Daxing. Come, kill—"

Chapter 398 The Dust Falls

I saw Pilokin give an order, and a large number of guards rushed in from outside the tent with weapons, "Kill—"

In addition to the guards who rushed in from outside the tent, the four guards beside Pilokin also drew their swords and rushed towards Zhao Junsheng and others.swastika

Zhao Junsheng's face changed, he drew his sword and attacked, and shouted at him while slashing: "Blow the horn!"

A soldier immediately took out his horn and blew, "Woo—————"

When the horn sounded, there were a lot of shouts of killing immediately on the mountainside, "Kill--, kill--"

Hearing this, Piloukin's expression changed drastically, and he drew out his waist knife and pointed at Zhao Junsheng, shouting at the guards besieging Zhao Junsheng and others: "Kill him quickly!"

Zhao Junsheng's figure was as fast as lightning, and he, Li Bao and others beheaded the dozen or so guards who rushed into the tent, but three of the soldiers they brought also died, but at this time Pilokin broke through The camp escaped.

I only heard Pilokin's loud shout from outside the tent: "Shoot the arrow—"

"Not good!" Zhao Junsheng screamed, and immediately shouted: "Quickly get down!"

When the voice fell, a large number of arrows had penetrated the tent cloth and shot in. The two soldiers who couldn't escape were shot into hedgehogs on the spot. Zhao Junsheng and Li Bao kept waving their weapons and danced around them tightly. ventilation.

Zhao Junsheng waved his saber to block the arrows and shouted: "Li Bao, the table!"

Li Bao understood what Zhao Junsheng meant, and he raised his foot. A short table in front of him was lifted up to block him. He quickly grabbed the foot of the short table with one hand and stepped back behind Zhao Junsheng. A large number of arrows Nailed to a low table.

At this time, Zhao Junsheng also put a short mat in front of him. He, Li Bao and the last remaining soldier each used a short mat to block the arrows that came in from outside the tent.

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