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"Two hundred thousand barbarian troops? Where did they come from?"

Xia Yun quickly grasped the key to the matter.

He did not dwell on the wrong commands of Chong Heihu and Zhao Xinlei. Since things had already happened, the most important thing now was to rescue the 100,000 cavalrymen who were surrounded.

"It should be that the Mobei grassland has increased its troops again."

Qin Tianye continued to respond, his voice quite hesitant.

Originally, the number of barbarian troops on the battlefield of the entire Hexi Corridor was about 300,000.

Among them, 250,000 troops besieged Shuoxi City, and the remaining 50,000 were scattered throughout Gansu.

With Xia Yun's arrival, these 50,000 scattered troops have basically been eliminated.

Now there are only 20,000 barbarian troops left in Guihua City.

If we take into account the losses incurred by the barbarian troops during the siege of Shuoxi City, the number of barbarian troops originally on the Hexi Corridor would have been only around 200,000 at most.

But now, an army of 200,000 barbarians suddenly appeared in the Mobei Mountains.

This means that the number of barbarian troops in the Hexi Corridor has directly exceeded 400,000!

"Pass on my order. The mobile forces will be dispatched immediately. March northwestward and quickly head to the Mobei Mountain area to rescue the cavalry troops!"

Xia Yun's eyes were extremely gloomy. After a brief thought, he immediately made a decision that suited the current situation.

"Xiang Wentian, you will lead the mechanized troops in person and make sure they reach Mobei Mountain before tomorrow evening!"

Then Xia Yun shifted his attention to Xiang Wentian.

"Don't worry, Marshal. I will complete the mission at the cost of my life!"

Xiang Wentian nodded resolutely, then quickly left Xia Yun.

"Boom boom boom!"

After a while, outside Guihua City, the roar of engines of hundreds of tanks resounded throughout the wilderness.

Under the cover of moonlight, Xiang Wentian personally led an army of 30,000 and headed towards Mobei Mountain!

Time soon came to dawn.

Not long after Xiang Wentian left, another messenger soldier came to Xia Yun.

"Reporting to the commander, General Li Taisui sent a message that late last night, the Governor of Shaanxi and Gansu Pei Xingyuan led 50,000 troops to leave Beiyang Village and set off in the direction of Shuodong City. According to the time calculation, Pei Xingyuan's army should have arrived in Shuodong City by now."

The messenger soldier looked extremely hurried as he spoke.

In response to this news, Xia Yun immediately issued an extremely cold order.

"Tell General Li to send troops to occupy Nanmo City immediately!"

"Yes, handsome!"

After receiving the order, the messenger soldier hurriedly disappeared in front of Xia Yun.

The cold wind before dawn blew on Xia Yun's body, and his whole face showed a determined look.

Things turned out exactly as he expected.

Pei Xingyuan, who couldn't hold his temper any longer, finally took action.

Although Pei Xingyuan has only 50,000 soldiers and horses under his command, the 40,000 elite troops he left in Shuodong City are no pushovers!

……

When the sun rose from the east, outside Shuodong City, Pei Xingyuan's 50,000-strong army had surrounded the entire city.

On top of the city wall of Shuodong City.

Zhao Wuji, wearing armor, looked at Pei Xingyuan's army that suddenly appeared, his face full of indignation.

"It turns out that the enemy the Marshal was talking about is actually them!"

Zhao Wuji clenched his fists and gritted his teeth as he spoke, as if he wanted to eat Pei Xingyuan outside the city alive on the spot.

Before Xia Yun set off, he left 40,000 elite troops in the city and asked him to be on guard against sudden enemies.

At that time, he thought that the enemy Xia Yun was talking about was a barbarian army, but he didn't expect that it was Pei Xingyuan!

"Sir, the enemy is ready to attack the city. When will our army attack?"

Beside Zhao Wuji, a general wearing a black helmet and black armor quickly came up to him and asked for instructions.

Before leaving, Xia Yun issued an order that all 40,000 elite troops were to be hidden in the city and not to move without Zhao Wuji's order.

Therefore, until now, these 40,000 elite troops have not shown up.

"Order all troops to immediately board the city walls and prepare for battle!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Wuji immediately issued the combat order!

At the same time, outside Shuodong City, Pei Xingyuan led a group of red-robed officials to the forefront of the army.

Several people had arrogant and complacent expressions on their faces.

"Sir, give the order to attack the city. County Magistrate Zhao Wuji's men are all old, weak, sick and disabled. I guarantee that within half an hour, we will be able to turn Shuodong City into a dead city!"

Beside Pei Xingyuan, Huang Wen's pair of dry pupils revealed an excitement that could not be concealed.

As the saying goes, no poison, no man.

Although turning Shuodong City into a dead city is a cruel move, it can help him make a step forward in his official career!

"Let's attack the city."

Pei Xingyuan raised his hand and immediately gave the order to start the siege.

"Woo~"

Suddenly, the sound of siege horns resounded throughout the entire plain.

At the same time, the 50,000 troops under Pei Xingyuan launched an attack on the four walls of Shuodong City!

Given the huge gap in military strength between the two sides, Pei Xingyuan didn't care about any military tactics and focused on attacking from all four directions of Shuodong City.

Amid the deafening roar of battle, tens of thousands of troops approached the city of Shuodong in a charging posture, and then quickly set up siege ladders.

However, just when Pei Xingyuan and others thought that the 50,000-strong army would be able to break into the city without any effort.

Suddenly, a large number of fully armed soldiers holding strange weapons appeared on the four walls!

"What's going on? Why are there still so many soldiers in the city?"

"That's not right! Didn't the intelligence say that Xia Yun took away all the troops?"

"What the hell is going on?"

The originally arrogant expressions of Shaanxi Governor Liu Yao, Gansu Governor Cao Yong and others immediately changed!

Looking down at this moment, there were at least tens of thousands more soldiers on the city wall just in the direction of the east gate where they were!

Pei Xingyuan, who had just issued the order to attack, now had a gloomy look on his face.

"Damn Xia Yun!"

Pei Xingyuan felt something was wrong, because the intelligence they had received before was that Xia Yun had led the entire army out of Shuodong City.

But now so many people suddenly appeared in Shuodong City, it was obvious that Xia Yun had left troops behind in advance to guard against him!

"Sir, what should we do now?"

"Do you want to continue the siege, sir?"

Liu Yao and others, who were already panicking, started asking questions.

Pei Xingyuan hesitated for a moment.

However, just as he was struggling to decide whether to continue the attack or retreat, the scene that happened on the battlefield shocked him to the point of standing still!

"Fire!"

Towards the east gate of Shuodong City, Zhao Wuji lowered the long sword in his hand and gave the order to open fire with a determined look.

In an instant, a deafening sound of gunfire quickly resounded throughout the world!

"Bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang!"

As time passed, Pei Xingyuan saw a shocking scene that he had never seen in his life.

He didn't understand what weapons the soldiers guarding the city had in their hands.

But he saw clearly that the weapons in the hands of those soldiers were flashing with fire, and the 50,000 troops under his command were like grass, with hundreds of people falling in a pool of blood every minute and every second!

In just a few dozen breaths, thousands of the original 50,000-strong siege force were killed!

This...how is this possible? !

At the front of the army, Pei Xingyuan opened his mouth unconsciously. The extreme shock deep in his heart had made him lose all judgment!