Nine dragons fight for the throne, I don't want to sit on this throne

In front of the Dragon Burial Cliff, the battle was extremely brutal.

Although the Chu cavalry was fearless and charged again and again, trying to break through the encirclement of the Scorpion Cavalry, they were outnumbered and could not break through.

The Scorpion Cavalry surged in like a tide, their scimitars flashing coldly and their arrows raining down. The Chu army had to pay a heavy price for every step forward.

In the middle of the army, Chu Kuang was already exhausted.

He was covered in blood, his face was pale, his lips were purple from the poison, and his breathing was heavy and difficult.

He barely supported his body, leaning on the shoulder of a personal soldier, but his eyes were still fixed on the battlefield.

"Your Majesty, you can't fight anymore!"

A guard knelt down and pleaded, his voice hoarse: "Let us protect you and help you break through!"

Chu Kuang shook his head, his voice low but firm: "If this king escapes, the morale of the army will collapse... Today... fight to the death!"

He originally had more than 2,000 elite soldiers around him, but now there are only more than 500 left, and most of them are injured.

But they still formed an iron barrel formation, with spears like a forest and shields like a wall, protecting Chu Kuang in the center.

Helian Kuang saw this and laughed in anger: "A trapped beast still fighting? Fine! I will personally send you off!"

He raised his mace high and shouted sternly, "My personal soldiers, follow me and kill! Whoever takes the head of the Chu Kuang will be rewarded with a thousand gold coins!"

Three thousand elite Scorpion soldiers responded with a roar, their war horses neighing, their iron hooves shaking the ground, and they rushed towards the remaining Chu army like a black torrent!

Seeing this, the Chu soldiers roared and fought back.

"Protect the prince!"

"kill!"

The two armies collided with a loud bang, swords flashed, blood and flesh flew everywhere.

A centurion of the Chu army was pierced through the chest by a spear of the Scorpion Cavalry, but he still held on to the enemy tightly. They fell off their horses together and were trampled into a pulp by the hooves.

Another Chu soldier had his right arm chopped off, but he used his left hand to hold the knife and split the head of a Scorpion cavalryman, and was eventually shot to death by arrows.

Zhao Hu, the captain of Chu Kuang's personal guard, was shot by seven arrows, but he still waved his halberd and killed three fierce Scorpion soldiers in a row. In the end, Helian Kuang smashed his head with a stick, and blood splattered three feet!

The battle was extremely brutal. The Chu soldiers fell one after another, and the encirclement became smaller and smaller.

Helian Kuang approached with a fierce smile: "Chu Kuang, you are finished!"

Just when Chu Kuang only had a few dozen personal soldiers left, and Helian Kuang was about to succeed—

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The deafening sound of drums suddenly rang out!

Helian Kuang's face suddenly changed and he looked back suddenly.

On the distant horizon, a black army was seen surging like a raging tide!

Flags fluttered, war horses galloped, and billowing dust covered the sky and the sun!

“That is…” Helian Kuang’s pupils shrank.

The surrounding Scorpion soldiers were also stunned. Some exclaimed, "Reinforcements? Are the Tang army coming to support us?"

Helian Kuang narrowed his eyes, feeling vaguely uneasy.

However, the next second——

"Report——!"

A Scorpion Clan scout came galloping over, his face pale. "Chief, something terrible is happening! It's the Chu army! The main force of the Chu army is coming from the direction of Qingcheng!"

"What?!" Helian Kuang's face changed drastically. "The Chu army from Qingcheng? Why are they here?"

The spy trembled and said, "Look at the flags, they are Chu infantry and cavalry! At least 30,000 people!"

"Thirty thousand people?" Helian Kuang's face turned pale. "Damn it! Shouldn't they be resting in Qingcheng?"

Upon hearing this, the Scorpion soldiers immediately became agitated.

"The main force of the Chu army is coming? What should we do?"

"Where are the Tang army? Aren't they our allies? Why don't they stop them?"

"The Tang army... the Tang army has retreated!" another scout reported in panic.

"What?" Helian was furious. "Qin Qiong, you bastard! How dare you desert the battlefield?"

The Scorpion soldiers were instantly in an uproar, and the morale of the army was in chaos.

"The Tang army ran away? Doesn't that mean we've been sold out?"

"Damn it! We're being used as guns!"

Helian Kuang gritted his teeth, his heart filled with rage, but he knew that if he didn't leave now, once the main force of the Chu army surrounded them, the Scorpion Tribe would be wiped out!

He stared at Chu Kuang who was so close to him, his eyes full of unwillingness: "Just one step away..."

But in the end, he gritted his teeth and said, "All troops, listen up! Retreat!"

The Scorpion Cavalry quickly assembled, turned their horses around, and broke out towards the northwest.

However, the Chu army's Xiliang cavalry has already arrived!

"kill--!"

The Chu cavalry swept in like a hurricane, with spears like a forest and war horses like dragons, and they rushed into the Scorpion army in an instant!

Helian Kuang roared: "Charge out!"

The two cavalry units collided with each other with a loud bang, and the battle was brutal with flashes of swords and blood!

The July sun was scorching, the battlefield was filled with heat waves and the smell of blood.

The Scorpion Cavalry fought desperately to break out, but the Western Liang Cavalry was incredibly powerful, especially the revenge-seeking Chu Army, whose offensive was like crazy!

A Xiliang cavalryman had his arm cut off by the Scorpion Tribe's scimitar, but he still bit the reins with his teeth, held the knife with one hand, and cut the enemy off his horse!

Another Chu cavalryman was pierced through the abdomen by a spear, but he held on to the enemy tightly, and they fell off their horses and died together!

Helian Kuang personally charged forward, sweeping his mace across, smashing several Chu cavalrymen into a bloody mess.

But soon, he was surrounded by three Xiliang cavalrymen, his horse was stabbed to death, and he fell to the ground, rolling awkwardly to avoid the fatal blow.

"Protect the leader!" The Scorpion Clan's personal soldiers rushed forward desperately, cutting a bloody path.

In the end, Helian Kuang broke out with the remaining troops, but nearly half of the 30,000 Scorpion Cavalry were killed!

However, the main force of the Chu army did not pursue, but quickly surrounded and rescued Chu Kuang.

Chu Kuang was covered in blood, supported by his personal guards. He looked at the remnants of the Scorpion Clan retreating in the distance, his eyes filled with murderous intent:

"Helian Kuang...this vengeance...will be avenged!"

At this time, the sun was shining brightly in the sky, and the Tang army's cavalry was galloping towards the border like a gust of wind, raising a cloud of dust.

Qin Qiong's face was stern, his eyes swept ahead like a knife, and he was calculating the changes in the battle situation in his mind.

Suddenly, a scout came galloping over. Before his horse had even stopped, he dismounted and knelt on one knee to report urgently:

"General! The main force of the Qingcheng Chu Army has been dispatched and is engaged in a fierce battle with the Scorpion Clan!"

The generals around had different expressions when they heard this.

The deputy general reined in his horse and approached, saying in a deep voice, "General, now that the Chu army has set out, the Scorpion Tribe will probably be unable to resist. Should we return to reinforce them?"

Another lieutenant general, Chen Wu, snorted coldly, "Fortunately, we retreated in time, otherwise we would have been entangled by the Chu army and it would have been a bloody battle!"

The generals discussed the matter. Some advocated fighting back to help the Scorpion Tribe, while others secretly rejoiced that the Tang army had escaped danger.

Qin Qiong raised his hand and waved, and the noisy discussions stopped abruptly.

His eyes were cold, and his voice was deep and firm: "Now that the main force of the Chu army has been dispatched, they must have sensed our intentions. Any further delay will only lead to more casualties."

"Order the entire army to retreat quickly!"

"What about the Scorpion Clan's troops?" a young general couldn't help but ask.

Qin Qiong raised the corner of his mouth slightly, revealing a cold smile: "Let them fend for themselves. Your Majesty's goal has been achieved. The Chu army and the Scorpion tribe are both defeated, which is beneficial to our Tang Dynasty."

After saying that, he squeezed the horse's belly, and the warhorse neighed and rushed forward like an arrow.

Seeing this, the generals dared not say anything more. They whipped their horses and followed closely behind.

The Tang army rushed towards the border like an iron stream, leaving behind only the smoke-filled battlefield and the Chu army and the Scorpion tribe still engaged in a bloody battle.