After being demoted, my 300,000-strong army trampled the imperial city!

The battle at Tongguan was filled with the sounds of fighting, and countless people died, with blood and flesh flying everywhere.

On the western battlefield, Chen Futu and his group were in grave danger.

That shameless Long Nie actually fired an arrow.

He completely disregarded the lives of the Dragon Barbarian soldiers in the central area. After several rounds of arrow rain, only a few dozen White-Spear Soldiers remained, having suffered casualties.

Even Dian Wei was hit by several arrows, but he cut off the arrow shafts and continued fighting with arrows all over his body.

Luo Wushuang was in no better condition; she was seriously injured.

Chen Futu was not hit by an arrow, but he slowly began to exhaust himself.

If this continues, things might not look good!

"Kill Chen Futu!"

"Kill Chen Futu!"

Shouts came from all directions.

Seeing that Chen Futu was in grave danger, Long Nie laughed wildly and stood up from his warhorse, personally drawing his bow and shooting an arrow.

The sharp arrowhead flew straight for Chen Futu's cheek, but Chen Futu caught it with his bare hands in a flash, then gave him a disdainful look and continued the battle.

"Damn it, let's see how many of my arrows you can catch!"

Long Nie refused to believe it and continued shooting.

Chen Futu snatched a battle knife and threw it from dozens of steps away. The cold light swept past Long Nie's ear, and Long Nie broke out in a cold sweat. He quickly lay down on his horse and dared not show his face again.

"What a pity. If I were in my prime, I might have been able to blow his head off."

Chen Futu sighed inwardly.

At this moment, only the three of them remained in the battle.

Luo Wushuang had countless wounds, large and small, all over her body, and was on the verge of fainting.

Chen Futu pulled her onto his horse and protected her as they continued fighting.

"Chen Futu, you're still resisting! Why don't you surrender!"

Long Nie felt that the situation was settled and started shouting again.

Instantly, shouts of battle shook the heavens and the earth.

"Chen Futu surrenders!"

"Chen Futu surrenders!"

This situation was utterly hopeless, and Qin Liangyu and Cao Zhen were so anxious that they broke out in a cold sweat.

Zhao Xier's heart involuntarily jumped.

At this critical moment, a troop of iron cavalry suddenly charged in from the direction of Jiuyuan, and the young general at the head of the troop gripped his spear and roared like thunder.

"I am Ma Chao of Xiliang! How dare you, you treacherous dog, harm my lord!"

The Xiliang cavalry finally arrived, charging into enemy territory like tigers among sheep.

The rear camps of the Longman and Tongguan Army were instantly thrown into chaos.

Ma Chao, alone on horseback, tore through the battle lines, shouting, "Brothers of Xiliang, follow me to kill the enemy and earn merit!"

"kill--"

Ma Chao was arrogant and domineering, his horse and man as one, and blood spurted wherever his spear went.

"Damn it! Stop them! Stop them quickly!" Long Nie was so anxious he wanted to jump up and down.

Shen Qiu was also shocked by the Xiliang cavalry's formation, his expression changing drastically. "Not good! Quickly intercept the enemy reinforcements!"

"Who dares to stop me!"

Ma Chao was at the peak of the Innate Realm. Enemy generals were killed with a single spear thrust as soon as they stepped forward, as easily as killing a lowly soldier.

He was too strong, and he had been holding back his power. Now was the time for him to wreak havoc, and no one could stop his warhorse.

"The horses have come at just the right time!"

Upon seeing Ma Chao arrive, Dian Wei was immediately invigorated. He swung his twin halberds with tremendous force, sweeping away more than ten people in front of him.

Morale, which had been low on other battlefields, began to rise as well.

"Follow me and slay Long Nie!"

Zhao Xier had been holding back her anger for a long time, and now that the enemy camp was in chaos, she finally seized the opportunity and began to personally charge into battle.

On the other side, Qin Liangyu and Cao Zhen arrived near Shenqiu. Shenqiu felt that the situation was hopeless and led his personal guards to break through the encirclement and return to Tongguan.

"Where to go!"

Qin Liangyu stood up, drew her bow, and shot an arrow. The arrow did not miss and pierced Shen Qiu's shoulder.

Shen Qiu nearly fell off his horse in pain. He turned back and glared resentfully at Qin Liangyu, "General Qin, your archery skills are superb! I will remember this archery technique!"

"You'd better not remember it, just leave it here!"

Qin Liangyu broke through the encirclement to give chase. She hated Shen Qiu to the core because he had put the prince in danger. She could not quell her resentment without killing this scoundrel.

Without Shenqiu, the Tongguan troops were like headless flies, and the battlefield was quickly divided by Cao Zhen's White-Spear Soldiers and Tiger-Leopard Cavalry.

As for Ma Chao, he went on a killing spree.

Every enemy general he encountered was killed with a single spear thrust. Then he headed straight for the central army of the Dragon Barbarians and aimed at Long Nie.

Long Nie was terrified by Ma Chao's gaze and shouted in horror, "Retreat!"

He doesn't want to die.

When you die, you lose everything.

Chen Futu would not let him go, and he and Dian Wei charged through the chaotic army, trying to intercept him.

At this moment, Zhao Xier also arrived with Ge Fei, determined to tear Long Nie to pieces.

Long Nie, being closely watched by three parties, immediately abandoned his army and fled with two generals on horseback.

The two generals could only smile wryly. Who would have thought that Chen Futu had hidden a cavalry force of ten thousand men, and that the young general was even a master of innate strength!

If they had known this would happen, they should have brought more people!

It's just that it's too late to say anything now.

The defeat was swift and decisive; the Longman and Tonglian armies either surrendered or fled, quickly losing their ability to resist.

Chen Futu and Dian Wei finally cut off Long Nie's retreat route amidst the chaos of battle.

Two ninth-rank generals risked their lives to advance, and Dian Wei held them off against two opponents, but due to excessive exertion, he could not kill them for the time being.

Long Nie tried to escape the area where the three were fighting, but he still had to run away.

Chen Futu intercepted on horseback, striking with his halberd. The latter hastily raised his sword to block, but was knocked away and landed right under Zhao Xier's horse.

Zhao Xier was overjoyed at the sight, "Long Nie, you've finally fallen into my hands! Let's see where you can escape to now!"

Long Nie sat on the ground, his face as white as a sheet of paper. "Your Majesty, please don't kill me!"

"Come and die for me!"

Zhao Xier thrust her sword down, but Chen Futu stopped her, saying, "Don't kill her yet!"

The longsword that was about to pierce Long Nie stopped abruptly.

Long Nie was so frightened that he wet himself; his face turned ashen and his whole body trembled.

He was so close, so close to being gone.

Zhao Xi'er asked unhappily, "Why not kill them?"

“Killing this piece of trash is pointless. It’s better to keep him as a hostage to restrain the Longman and negotiate with them. As long as he’s in your hands, the Longman won’t dare to attack Xizhao again.”

Now that Chen Futu has taken Zhao Xier's body, he should think of her well-being. Now that he has captured her, it would be best to keep her alive.

After a moment's thought, Zhao Xier had someone take away the terrified Long Nie.

The war ended here.

In this battle, the Western Zhao army of 30,000 men plus 3,000 personal guards lost more than 15,000 men, while the White-Spear Soldiers had more than 2,000 men left and the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry had less than 3,000 men left, which shows how fierce the battle was.

As for the Longman and Tongguan surrenderers, there were as many as 40,000, of whom 30,000 died in battle, and the rest fled.

It is worth mentioning that a total of more than 23,000 warhorses were obtained, which can be described as a great harvest.

The soldiers built the battlefield.

Chen Futu then had a camp set up and gave the seriously injured Luo Wushuang the best white medicine.

Her armor was stuck to her body, and when she took it off, she saw many terrible wounds, with flesh torn out, a truly gruesome sight.

She was a woman, but Chen Futu didn't care about that. He gritted his teeth, treated her injuries, and stitched them up.

Zhao Xier arranged for people to go to Pingcheng to fetch medicine to treat the army, and the prisoners of war were also escorted back to Pingcheng.

Ma Chao, along with the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry and the White-Spear Soldiers, stationed themselves here, and took the opportunity to collect the soldiers' corpses and burn them so they could be brought back to Longcheng for burial later.

At dusk, Qin Liangyu returned alone on horseback.

She was holding Shen Qiu's head in her hand, and she was also injured and very weak.

Chen Futu looked at her haggard face with complicated emotions, helped her up himself, and said gently, "Why work so hard? It's just Shen Qiu, he can get away with it."

“How can I tolerate someone who has deliberately murdered my lord?”

Qin Liangyu said in a low voice, tossing the severed head aside, "Fortunately, this humble general did not fail in his mission, pursuing Shen Qiu to Tongguan and beheading him."

"You've worked hard, go and rest."

Chen Futu was heartbroken; Qin Liangyu was his trump card, and he couldn't allow any mishaps to happen to her.

Qin Liangyu smiled and was helped back to her tent by Du Hongxue.

It was neither convenient nor appropriate for Chen Futu to treat her injuries.

The next issue is the transportation of warhorses. If all goes well, the Dragon Barbarian King will personally come to negotiate!

If only we could kill that old bastard.