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Chapter 585: One Rider Against a Thousand

The towering walls of Songzhou City come into view.

Cai Bang had already led his troops into the city, but Zhao Yushu did not have the opportunity to follow immediately.

The city gates opened, and a mighty army of one thousand soldiers marched out of the city and formed a battle array.

Zhao Yushu was speechless. Is he so shameless?

"Chief Cai Bang, can't a mere Third Heaven cultivator solve it?"

Unlike Cai Bang's rough appearance, Bago looks young and has a fair complexion. He is thinner and gloomier, but the hostility in his eyes is stronger than that of the veteran Cai Bang.

"Chief Bago, he defeated my three formations fairly and openly. I am convinced of my defeat."

"Humph, Chief Cai Bang, this is a battlefield, this is a war, you should put aside your tricks."

"Chief Bago, a question suddenly occurred to me."

Cai Bang looked with great interest at the young general who was standing side by side with him, but their horses' heads were facing each other.

"what is the problem?"

"If I can beat 150 people at a time, how many times will it take to beat 1,000 people?"

Bago was stunned: "Seven times?"

Cai Bang laughed loudly and led his team proudly into the city.

Zhao Yushu looked at a team of a thousand men that was lined up with their backs against the city wall. Different from Cai Bang's long-range and close combat capabilities, this team of a thousand men was composed entirely of cavalry.

Although they were not the kind of sophisticated heavy armored cavalry, they were all charging war horses with large horses and long spears.

"Li Gui!"

A loud shout came from the top of the city wall. Zhao Yushu looked up and saw that it was Cai Bang.

"One horse is worth a thousand! How magnificent! How about I beat the drum?"

Zhao Yushu only felt his blood rushing up, and a sense of heroism rushing straight to his head.

"Fortunately!"

Boom! The huge war drum standing on the top of the city wall was struck fiercely, and the loud sound gradually spread throughout the city.

"Who's beating the drum?"

Bruno stood up and walked out of the lobby, looking towards the city wall in the east.

The deputy general hurriedly sent people to see why there was a war in this direction.

“Why the drum?”

Hai Sheng looked up in surprise in a hidden house. The battle of Songzhou was over. The drum sounded vigorous and powerful, and the sound could be heard from miles away. It was obviously a war drum and not the drum for gathering generals in the government office. When the war drum sounded, there would be a big battle. And judging from the direction of the drum sound, it was coming from the east.

Taking into account the scattered information obtained from the two prisoners captured previously, Hai Sheng came to an absurd conclusion.

A large army is attacking Songzhou!

Old Liu couldn't be so stupid. As long as he reached Jianmen Pass, it would be even less likely that the defenders of Jianmen Pass would push back. So there was only one possibility.

Reinforcements from Chang'an have arrived!

"The heaven has eyes, your majesty's grace is great!"

Hai Sheng cried with joy. Chang'an did not give up on them and even pushed forward all the way. Tubo would repeat the experience of their ancestors and be driven back to the plateau.

"Sir, something is wrong. Why is there only one drum sound in the city?"

The deputy general listened attentively, and became more and more confused. The army attacking the city should have made a lot more noise than the sound of drums. Moreover, the defenders in the city were well-organized and did not look like they were being overrun by a large army.

Is it only a small force that is testing?

Hai Sheng was puzzled.

"Find out what you can! If it is really His Majesty's army that has arrived, we must find a chance to help His Majesty open the city gate!"

The deputy general nodded vigorously, waved his hand and led the troops away. If there were no reinforcements, the 500 remaining soldiers would be killed bit by bit sooner or later. But if the reinforcements arrived, with the cooperation of inside and outside, the 500 remaining soldiers might be able to turn the tables!

The drum beats became increasingly urgent. Not long ago, Cai Bang had personally beaten the drum in order to boost the morale of his 100 Qingtang warriors. Unfortunately, they were defeated in just a moment.

This time, seeing that Bago, who had always been at odds with him, was going to die, Cai Bang excitedly took off his armor and started fighting with his bare chest.

As for the one thousand cavalrymen who died, they were also Tibetans and Ye Ru people. They were the young generation of rookies that Bunuo valued very much. Bago was also chosen as the right-hand man for his son. Such trivial matters were not within Cai Bang's consideration.

When marching and fighting, food is the original sin.

Baguo gritted his teeth. This old man Cai Bang actually dared to openly beat the drum for the enemy army. If people didn't know, they would think he had surrendered to the Tang Dynasty.

Just one person, just the third level, how strong can you be.

Bago raised his spear, and a thousand cavalrymen raised their spears and charged towards the sky.

Baguo pressed his arm and held his spear level, and a forest of spears pressed down at the same time, aiming at Zhao Yushu.

"Tsk, the little brat can be disciplined."

Cai Bang sneered disdainfully.

"Cai Bang! What are you doing!?"

The drumbeats suddenly stopped, and the 1,001 men who were preparing to charge below were stunned at the same time, and Bago subconsciously reined in his horse.

Cai Bang looked at Bunuo who could not sit still and rushed to the top of the city wall and said: "Hey, Chief, I am just beating the drum for Chief Bago."

"I'm alone, what the hell are you beating the drum for! Get down here!"

Cai Bang walked down the drum platform in a huff, put on his inner clothes, and walked straight to Bruno without any armor. He pointed to the city and said, "Look, leader. This guy came all the way from Jianmen Pass, forced back one of my cavalry teams, and won three battles in a row. Now he is blocking the gate by himself. Isn't he a real hero?"

Bu Nuo looked coldly at Zhao Yushu who was standing with a gun: "He is a complete idiot."

"If there were more idiots like this in our plateau, we would have swallowed up Jiannan Dao long ago. If I were a cultivator, I would definitely learn from him and block the gate of Chang'an by myself, scaring the little emperor into having nightmares every day. Hahaha!"

Bu Nuo rolled his eyes at him and said, "Then a random person from Chang'an City came out and slapped you into dust. You are old now, can you be more steady?"

"Hey, if you keep calm, I'm afraid I won't have the chance to be arrogant again. How about we make a bet, Chief?"

Buono frowned: "What bet?"

"I bet that the 1,000 riders of that pretty boy Bago can't defeat this Li Gui."

"Cai Bang, what do you want to bet on?"

"If I win, the leader must not kill this guy."

Bu Nuo snorted coldly: "This boy is so bold at the third level. If he is allowed to grow up, wouldn't the Tang Kingdom be even more powerful?"

Cai Bang shook his head proudly and said, "Chief, although I am rude, I am actually very considerate."

Bu Nuo waved his hand impatiently: "Stop bragging, what do you want to say?"

"I asked him if he was a soldier from the Tang Dynasty, and he said he was just a scholar from the Central Plains."

Bu Nuo turned his head in astonishment, and after a long while he chuckled, "Interesting, Chief Cai Bang."

"exist!"

"Once the drums of war sound, how can we stop until there is a winner?"

Cai Bang was overjoyed. He turned around and ran back to the drum platform, tore off the inner clothes he had just put on, and picked up the drumsticks again.

"Li Gui! Don't embarrass me!"

dong dong dong dong!

The sound of war drums and horse hooves rang out together.

Zhao Yushu held the gun in his right hand and drew out the cold iron sword with his left hand.

'Since the fourth watch, he fought with Cao's army, clashing back and forth until dawn, but he could not find Xuande, and lost Xuande's family. He rode to Changbanpo, where he found Madam Gan, rescued Mi Zhu, seized the horse, and escorted the two to Zhang Fei. He returned to the old road, broke through the siege, and found Madam Mi and A Dou. Zhao Yun held the emperor in his arms, broke through the siege, cut down two large flags, stabbed and chopped, and killed more than 50 famous generals in Cao's camp. Finally, he held A Dou in his arms and presented him to his lord. '

For no reason, Zhao Yushu thought of this passage from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms he read. As his thoughts raced, he found himself getting closer and closer to the cavalry formation.

"Please leave your name!"

"I am Zhao Yushu from the Eastern Capital!"