Armed with a machete and a gun, armed with a system, they fled the famine.

Chapter 454 Deceived

"Quickly, spread out in groups of ten, and hide immediately after you've killed everyone!"

Yang Sanlang gave instructions to his soldiers, then flashed away and quickly rushed towards the central tent.

The blazing fire quickly attracted the attention of the patrolling barbarians.

They immediately started shouting and yelling.

"It's bad! Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

"Quickly! Protect the general!"

The barbarian camp quickly descended into chaos.

Yang Sanlang's soldiers, in groups of ten, disappeared into the darkness, killing people and then quickly hiding again, soon killing many barbarian soldiers.

Hearing the commotion outside, Wutuhu raised an eyebrow and shoved the woman off him.

"What's going on outside?"

One of his men immediately rushed into the tent, knelt on the ground, and reported, "General, there's an enemy attack outside! Our supplies have been burned! General, we must leave immediately!"

Upon hearing this, Wutuhu's heart skipped a beat.

Could it be that troops have been sent from the capital to provide assistance?

But that shouldn't be the case.

They can't possibly send anyone so quickly.

"Let's go!"

But now is not the time to think about that; he needs to leave this place as soon as possible.

After saying that, he kicked aside the subordinate who was in his way on the ground and left the tent.

He rolled over and mounted his beloved horse outside, frowned, and immediately spurred the horse's flanks, leading his men into the night.

Upon hearing that their general had fled with his men, the barbarian soldiers who were besieging the city lost all will to continue the attack and abandoned their armor and weapons to run away with him.

Zu Lei quickly realized something was wrong and sent people to check on the situation of the barbarians outside the city.

This same thing happened at the other three city gates.

Chen An, Yu Hao, and the others hadn't even made a move when they discovered the person was gone.

Remembering Yang Sanlang's words, the three did not chase after the barbarians, but instead quickly made contact with Zu Lei in the city with their men.

When Zu Lei saw Zhang Liang and Chen An, he excitedly punched them on the shoulders.

"You knew you would come."

Yu Hao said with a smile, "Of course! Those bastards in the North dared to rebel, so I'm here to deal with them. Brother Zu, tell us what's going on in the North right now?"

Zu Lei invited the people inside to sit down and quickly spoke to Chen An and the others about the important matters.

"Gao Ye was killed by Gao Da and the Wu Tu Hu brothers. Gao Da is now the Khan of the barbarians. This time, Wu Tu Hu personally led an army of 80,000 to attack Yun City. We have been trapped in Yun City for many days. If you hadn't arrived in time, Yun City would probably be in grave danger."

At this moment, Chen An, unable to wait for Yang Sanlang to return, impatiently interrupted Zu Lei and Yu Hao's conversation.

"We've been in town for quite a while now, why hasn't Sanlang returned yet? Could something have happened to him?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Liang and Yu Hao's expressions immediately changed.

Yu Hao squinted and said, "That's right. Most of the men Brother Yang took with him have returned, but some haven't. Could something have really happened to them?"

He turned sharply to Zhang Liang and said, "Brother Zhang, how about I take some men to search outside the city?"

Before Zhang Liang could speak, Zu Lei suddenly asked, "Are you talking about Yang Sanlang? Is he here too?"

Zhang Liang nodded and explained to him, "Yes, Brother Yang has been appointed as the Grand General Protector of the Nation by the Emperor, and we all obey his orders. Just now, a few of us went to raid one of the city gates, and Brother Yang led his men towards the east gate."

"The barbarian's supplies were burned outside the city just now, and it was most likely caused by Brother Yang and his men. I think Wutuhu must have been in the main tent at the time, and Yang Sanlang was probably chasing after Wutuhu."

Upon hearing this, Zu Lei's expression changed instantly.

"This is bad! Wutuhu is a formidable fighter, and he has 60,000 to 70,000 men under his command. It's too dangerous for Sanlang to only take one or two thousand men to pursue Wutuhu."

He frowned and said to Chen An and the other two, "You stay here to guard the city, I will take men to find Sanlang and the others."

After saying that, he turned to leave.

Zhang Liang, Yu Hao, and the other two quickly stopped him.

Zhang Liang said, "Brother Zu, you have been defending against the barbarian attacks for days, you must be very tired. You and Brother Chen An stay and rest, Haozi and I will take people to find someone."

Chen An opened his mouth, about to say that he would also go find someone, but Zhang Liang patted him heavily on the shoulder and said, "Brother Chen An, Brother Yang isn't here, so I'm the boss here. You have to listen to my arrangements."

"Listen to me, you and Brother Zu take the men and guard Yun City well. Haozi and I will come back as soon as we find Yang Sanlang and the others."

Yu Hao chimed in, "Yes, Brother Zhang and I know this place best, so don't worry, Brother Chen An."

After thinking for a moment, Chen An quickly made a decision.

"Okay, you two must be careful."

His martial prowess is inferior to Zhang Liang and Yu Hao, so he might as well stay and defend the city.

"Brother Zu, Brother Chen An, we're leaving."

Zhang Liang and Yu Hao clasped their fists in greeting to Zu Lei and Chen An, and then quickly left with their men.

Before leaving, Zhang Liang handed over the imperial edict that Yang Sanlang had asked him to carry to Zu Lei.

“Brother Zu, this is an imperial edict personally issued by the Emperor. It means that you can freely deploy the troops from Dingzhou and Suizhou, and you must defend the northern region.”

Zu Lei carefully held the imperial edict in his palm and nodded emphatically.

"Yes, I know."

After Zhang Liang and Yu Hao left, Zu Lei and Chen An reorganized their men and assigned them to guard the four city gates in the east, west, south, and north.

At the same time, Zu Lei sent his trusted subordinates with the imperial edict to the south to mobilize troops.

Yulin Mountain, where Jinzhou and Yizhou meet.

Yang Sanlang was leading one or two thousand men in a battle against Wutuhu's 80,000-strong army.

After last night's sneak attack, Wutuhu not only lost all his food supplies, but also had to abandon his plan to attack Yuncheng and even take over the entire Jinzhou.

Last night's fire was so powerful that he thought the enemy had sent over 100,000 elite troops, so he panicked and fled into the Yulin Mountains.

After running all night, Wutuhu realized that he had been tricked when he could not hear any pursuers behind him.

At that time, he wanted to lead his troops back to Yuncheng, but as soon as he came down the mountain, a number of arrows were suddenly shot at him from the opposite side, and something flew past his head with a "whoosh".

Wutuhu felt as if his entire skull was about to be ripped open, and he was so frightened that he turned around and ran into the mountains.

His intuition told him that this was dangerous and that he had no choice but to run away.

When the tens of thousands of soldiers who followed saw their general fleeing into the mountains in a panic, they all ran away as well.

Yang Sanlang across from him narrowed his dark eyes slightly, quietly put away his PPK, and raised his hand to gesture a truce to his men around him.

Damn it.

They almost wiped out Wutuhu.