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

Chapter 457 What should he do?

Yang Sanlang narrowed his dark eyes slightly and explained to the two men, "Wu Tu Hu is secretly leading his troops south this time. Gao Da and Wu Tu Xiong are still stationed in the north. Their original plan was for Wu Tu Hu to lead his troops south to secretly take Jinzhou, while Wu Tu Xiong and Gao Da would hold back Dou's army in the north. After Wu Tu Hu takes Jinzhou, he and Wu Tu Xiong would launch a pincer attack on Dou's army from the south and the north."

"However, because we arrived too quickly, Wutuhu abandoned Jinzhou directly. Although they will no longer launch a pincer attack on Dou's army from the north and south, Wutuxiong still has a lot of troops left in the north. Therefore, Dou's army in the north is still in danger, and we must go there to rescue them as soon as possible."

Upon hearing this, Yu Hao immediately became furious and said, "But what about Wutuhu? Are we just going to let him get away? What if he really leads his men to the capital and threatens the Emperor?"

Yang Sanlang patted Yu Hao on the shoulder, but turned to Zhang Liang and said, "Brother Zhang, I need you to take your men and head to the north immediately. You will meet up with General Zu Lei of Yuncheng. I order you to lead your troops to reinforce the Dou family army in the north."

"Brother Zhang, can you do it?"

Zhang Liang's expression hardened, and he quickly clasped his hands in a fist and replied, "Yes, Your subordinate obeys!"

Yang Sanlang patted Zhang Liang hard on the shoulder twice and told him, "Be sure to be careful on the road."

"Ah."

Zhang Liang nodded to Yang Sanlang and Yu Hao, then quickly took stock of his men and led them down the mountain in the dark.

Yang Sanlang had Zhang Liang take most of the men away, leaving only 5,000 men to follow him and Yu Hao.

He then handed over most of his troops to Yu Hao, taking only two hundred men with him.

Yu Hao was naturally unwilling to see him act this way.

"Brother Yang, if you give me all these people, what will you do with them?"

Yang Sanlang quickly explained to him, "Haozi, don't be anxious, let me explain first."

"Wait a minute, I'll take some men to the southwest corner to create chaos first. You and your men hide. Once we lure the barbarians over, you and your men will surround them and kill them quickly, understand?"

Yu Hao's eyes flickered slightly, and he nodded, saying, "Okay, I understand."

"Ah."

Yang Sanlang made a gesture to him, and Yu Hao quickly led his men to scatter and hide.

After Yang Sanlang and the others had all hidden themselves, he led the remaining two hundred men quietly toward the southwest corner.

The night was deep and the sky was overcast, with not a single ray of light in sight.

In these deep mountains and forests, the cries of wild animals can be heard from time to time.

Yang Sanlang howled like a wolf in the mountains. The barbarians on patrol heard the sound and immediately called for some men, who then rushed toward the source of the sound with weapons.

The group consisted of forty or fifty men, all tall and burly, each wielding a large, gleaming knife, their eyes gleaming with bloodlust.

Damn it.

They had been in this old forest for two days and two nights, with nothing to eat or drink, and they were starving with their eyes shining.

They are not afraid of even a tiger or lion, let alone a wild wolf.

The barbarian leader followed the sound to the spot where Yang Sanlang and the others had just been standing. Seeing the messy grass around them, his eyes narrowed, and he quickly made a gesture to his men behind him.

There is a situation.

Judging from the situation, there are quite a few wolves coming.

He beckoned to one of his men, "Go and call some more men. There are quite a few wolves; the more the better."

The person disappeared in a flash.

A moment later, sure enough, a large group of barbarians followed behind him.

Yang Sanlang looked down from the big tree, his eyes narrowed, and he immediately understood.

Two or three thousand barbarians have arrived; that should be enough.

So he quickly jumped down from the tree and rushed towards where Yu Hao and the others were hiding.

As for the two hundred men he brought, he had already instructed them to follow Yu Hao and the others, ready to fight the enemy at any time.

"Ouch——"

When Yang Sanlang arrived at the destination, he let out another wolf howl towards the sky.

Upon hearing the wolf howl, the barbarians who had come out to hunt wolves immediately rushed over.

"Everyone, listen to my command! When I howl again, move out immediately!"

Yang Sanlang whispered some instructions to Yu Hao and the others, and then quickly disappeared from sight.

The barbarians arrived quickly.

Just then, Yang Sanlang let out a short wolf howl.

Upon hearing the sound, Yu Hao and the others quickly drew their swords. Before they even arrived, their broadswords slashed at the nearest barbarian.

"what--"

"Uh--"

"An enemy is in sight—"

As a result, the barbarian wolves were not defeated, but Yu Hao and his men slaughtered them all.

Five thousand against two thousand, a complete victory.

Yang Sanlang swiftly killed the last barbarian with a swift stroke of his blade.

Yu Hao walked over, carrying a blood-soaked broadsword, and asked, "Brother Yang, that's more like it! Shall we continue?"

With so many corpses, Yang Sanlang naturally didn't have time to dig pits to bury more people.

He quickly wiped the broadsword clean, then said to Yu Hao, "Take your men and head in the opposite direction. I'll go and lead them there now."

This time, he still used the howl of a wolf.

However, this time there were more people than last time, and it took them more than twice as long to kill all the barbarians.

Fortunately, none of his soldiers were seriously injured; only a few had minor scrapes on their arms.

The commotion here finally caught the attention of Wutuhu's trusted lieutenant.

The man hurriedly called out to Wutuhu.

"General, there's a situation outside!"

Wutuhu frowned and asked angrily, "Speak quickly, what's the situation outside?"

The man said in a trembling voice, "General, all of our men have been killed for no apparent reason. I suspect, I suspect we've been targeted."

"What? Killed?"

Wutuhu immediately snapped out of his drowsiness, jumped up, and got off the bed.

"Where are they? Move them in so I can take a look."

"Yes."

The trusted lieutenant responded and immediately waved his hand outwards.

Soon, the barbarian whose head had been severed by Yang Sanlang was carried horizontally into the main tent.

Upon seeing this, Wutuhu's eyes trembled involuntarily.

Extremely cruel!

By the firelight, he carefully examined his men whose heads had been severed, and a sense of terror immediately gripped his heart.

The wound on his neck was clearly from someone slicing off his head!

Who else in this world has this ability besides him?

Wutuhu waved for his men to remove the corpse, then paced restlessly back and forth in the tent.

After a moment, he asked his trusted confidant in a deep voice, "Tell me everything you've found out."

The trusted adjutant was startled and hurriedly told Wutuhu in detail how the two groups of men went out and how they were discovered and killed.

Upon hearing this, Wutuhu immediately had a guess in his mind.

"Do you think those people might be the soldiers from the Great Nguyen Dynasty who were chasing us?"

The trusted lieutenant lowered his head and said cautiously, "Very, very likely."

"now it's right."

Wu Tu Hu slapped his thigh, "It's them! They must have followed us into the mountains."

Thinking of this, that life-threatening sense of crisis rose again in Wutuhu's heart.

He paced restlessly in the large tent, his brows furrowed tightly.

What is he going to do?

Should we continue trekking through these mountains and forests?

They were barbarians unfamiliar with the mountains and forests, and not skilled in mountain warfare.

What if they didn't get out of the forest and everyone was killed by the other side? Wouldn't he have nowhere to cry?

No.

This is absolutely not okay.

He even planned to march directly to the capital and wipe out Dou Qingran.

He had to find a way to deal with those bastards behind him as soon as possible.

He asked his trusted confidant, "How do you think we deal with those enemies behind us?"