The First Great Ancestor of the Five Dynasties

Chapter 24 The Unkillable Liu Chengyou

The huge Khitan military camp was filled with fire, and more than a hundred left guard soldiers escorted Liu Chengyou to retreat south.

The two thousand left guard cavalry troops did not encounter any resistance when they rushed into the camp. They never expected that a cannon sounded and Khitan soldiers poured out from all directions.

Two thousand cavalry troops tried their best to break through, suffering heavy casualties.

Fortunately, Chai Rong led Tianxiong's army to rush in from the west gate of the camp in time, went straight to the rear of the Khitan army, burned the grain, poured kerosene everywhere and set fires. The Khitan soldiers panicked and returned to the camp to put out the fire, allowing Liu Chengyou to be protected by the remnants of the army. Escape with your life.

The disbanded left guard cavalry could only be temporarily restored to Tianxiong's army.

"Your Highness, Chai Rong must have known that the Khitan people were on guard, so he agreed to let my left guard army attack the camp first! He used the left guard army to attract the attention of the Khitan army, so that he could lead the left guard army to bypass the camp and rob it! The account must be settled!"

Zhang Yanchao, his face black and gray and his body stained with blood, fled for his life in embarrassment on his horse.

His doudou was also lost in the chaos of the battle, and the blade of his knife was curled, and he cursed with grief and anger.

Beside him, Liu Chengyou was prostrate on his horse with a panic look on his face. He turned his head back from time to time to see if any pursuers were catching up with him.

At this moment, he couldn't think about anything else. He just wanted to escape back to Cangzhou City first.

Just as they were about to rush out of the Khitan camp, a group of Khitan soldiers and horses suddenly rushed out from the night at the camp gate in front of them. The darkness was so dark that their sight was blocked. It wasn't until the two armies collided head-on that they each realized that the person coming was an enemy rather than a friend.

In shock, a battle broke out. Zhang Yanchao led his troops to stop him, but Liu Chengyou desperately urged his horse to flee.

Hoof-clack, hoof-clack. In the dark night, the sound of Liu Chengyou's single horse's hooves could be clearly heard, and the gate of the camp was right in front.

Liu Chengyou couldn't care less about the life and death of Zhang Yanchao and other left guard soldiers. He just wanted to escape south and join Shi Kuangwei's infantry as soon as possible.

On the dirt road, a tripping rope suddenly straightened. Liu Chengyou's horse was unprepared, and his galloping front hooves tripped on the rope. He screamed, and both the man and the horse were thrown to the ground.

Liu Chengyou cried out in pain, and couldn't get up after rolling several times, and broke his left leg.

A black shadow sprang out from the side, raised a long straight knife and slashed towards Liu Chengyou.

Liu Chengyou was a loser in battles. He had learned martial arts from military generals since he was a child. He was not a brave general, but in normal times, with weapons in hand, he could deal with three or four big men without any problem.

When his life was in danger, Liu Chengyou reacted quickly and rolled around several times despite the pain in his leg. Then the black figure was slashed into the air with a knife on his head.

Liu Chengyou's saber fell to the side. Taking this opportunity, he crawled over desperately and held the saber horizontally when the black shadow slashed at him for the second time.

He raised his right foot and kicked the black shadow hard on the stomach. The black shadow groaned and fell to the ground, holding his stomach as if in pain.

Liu Chengyou saw clearly that it was a Khitan soldier wearing Khitan armor and a domed helmet.

It's just that this Khitan soldier is thin and thin, his armor and helmet obviously don't fit and are loose, his sword-wielding movements are also very unfamiliar, and his strength is extremely weak.

No matter how you look at it, he doesn't look like a ferocious Khitan soldier.

The Khitan soldier gasped for air, picked up the knife and rushed towards him again. Under the moonlight, Liu Chengyou saw that he was still wearing a scarf, only showing a pair of angry eyes.

Liu Chengyou calmed down, sat on the ground and brandished his sword to deal with it. The Khitan soldier held the sword in both hands, yelled and swung it around randomly, never getting close to him.

Seeing the right moment, Liu Chengyou slashed away the Khitan soldier's knife and kicked him hard on the butt with his right foot. He only heard the Khitan soldier scream and lay on the ground like a turtle.

The helmet fell off, revealing a bare head.

The Khitan soldiers got up in panic and ran towards the darkness.

Liu Chengyou was in shock, his head and face were dripping with sweat, and he felt that the Khitan soldiers were really weird and suspicious.

After a fight, Zhang Yanchao led dozens of cavalry and finally got rid of the pursuit and rushed towards Liu Chengyou.

Zhu Xiu hid in a half-burned felt tent and was anxious. He couldn't kill Liu Chengyou alone, so he had to find another way!

By the time Zhang Yanchao finds Liu Chengyou, it will be too late to escape from the camp!

At this moment, there was the sound of horse hooves galloping not far away, and several Khitan people were shouting something.

Zhu Xiu quickly opened the gap and looked out, and saw a group of more than ten Khitan cavalry, about to rush north. Listening to their words carefully, it seemed that they were the messengers sent by the Khitan commander Yelu Wuyu.

Zhu Xiu gritted her teeth and stamped her feet, her heart pounding. She ran out of the felt tent and found a corpse of a Khitan soldier everywhere. She took off her helmet and put it on her head, pulled off her face towel, and trembled with her hands to smear some blood on the corpse's bloody chest. Nausea smeared on his face.

Picking up a short spear and holding it in his hand, at first glance, he looked like a Khitan soldier who had narrowly escaped death.

"Akuruge!" Zhu Xiu shouted loudly in Khitan and ran towards the group of Khitan cavalry.Akuruge means Khitan junior general. Junior general is not a title, but a middle- and lower-level military position in the Khitan tribe.

The leader of the Khitan soldiers was a young Khitan who looked about seventeen or eighteen years old. He had thick eyebrows, big eyes, dark complexion, a bald head, and a ring of braids all around. He was tall and strong, and he carried a heavy iron spear.

Hearing the shout, he reined in his horse and turned his horse's head to look.

Zhu Xiu ran up to him panting, touched her chest and knelt down on one knee to salute.

The Khitan youth shouted: "The king has ordered the entire army to retreat to Zhangshui, why are you staying here?"

Zhu Xiu hurriedly said: "Report to the young general, when our troops were withdrawing, they encountered Liu Chengyou, the second prince of the Liu Han court, and he escaped after the fight."

The Khitan young man's eyes lit up and he asked hurriedly: "Where did you flee to?"

"Over there!" Zhu Xiu pointed in a direction.

The Khitan young man glanced at it, raised his heavy iron spear and shouted: "Young men! Let me capture the Han prince alive!"

A dozen fierce Khitan soldiers drew their swords and roared angrily. Zhu Xiu was so frightened that he lowered his head tightly and trembled all over.

The Khitan young man took out a token and threw it to Zhu Xiu, laughing and saying: "If I catch the Han prince, I will reward you heavily! Take this token and come to me to receive the reward when the time comes!"

"Thank you for your generosity, young general!" Zhu Xiu saluted gratefully.

"go!"

The Khitan youth shouted and led a dozen riders to rush in the direction of Zhu Xiu's finger. Although the number was small, the momentum was as fierce as fire.

Zhu Xiu let out a long sigh of relief, then his legs gave way and he fell to the ground.

With the help of the firelight and moonlight not far away, he could clearly see the Khitan text on the wooden token: Beihufu Diansu Guardsman, Brother Yeluxiu!

"It seems that this guy is still a member of the royal family." Zhu Xiu sneered and threw the wooden token into the fire.

As he stood up and patted his butt to leave, Zhu Xiu suddenly froze, turned around and watched the token slowly being burned in the fire.

Brother Yelvxiu! ?That kid is Brother Yelvxiu!

The number one enemy of the Central Plains Dynasty in the future!
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In front of the gate of the camp, Liu Chengyou saw Zhang Yanchao and his people coming from a distance, and quickly shouted for help.

Hearing the shouts, Zhang Yanchao did not dare to neglect and hurried to follow the shouts. He saw Liu Chengyou fell to the ground, his horse also fell to the ground, his legs were broken and he could not stand up. He was shocked and jumped off the horse.

"Is Your Highness alright?"

Liu Chengyou scolded angrily: "Hurry up and help me up! A damn Khitan soldier appeared out of nowhere and tripped my horse, causing me to fall and hurt my left leg."

While they were talking, a group of Khitan cavalry rushed out of the camp, it was Brother Yelvxiu!

Dozens of left-guard cavalry saw that the enemy was outnumbered and stepped forward to fight.

Brother Yeluxiu held a big gun in both hands, clamped the horse's belly, and rode the horse to kill like lightning. He stabbed and picked with the left, killing more than a dozen left guard cavalry in the blink of an eye.

The Khitan cavalry under him were all brave, and showed no fear in the face of the larger Han army. The left guard army collapsed at the first touch!
Zhang Yanchao's face was full of horror. This small group of Khitan cavalry is so powerful!

Liu Chengyou's liver and gallbladder were split, and he shouted in panic: "Hurry up and help me mount the horse! Hurry up!"

Zhang Yanchao hurriedly helped Liu Chengyou sit on his horse. Just as he was about to climb on the horse, Brother Yeluxiu roared and charged at them with a big gun!
Liu Chengyou was so horrified that he kicked Zhang Yanchao away with his uninjured right foot, whipped his riding whip wildly, abandoned Zhang Yanchao and rushed out of the camp gate!

"Your Highness!!"

Zhang Yanchao fell to the side of the road, his eyes were about to burst. He never expected that Liu Chengyou would abandon him and run for his life alone at the critical moment!

The next second, Brother Yelu Xiu rode up to kill him. With a wave of his big gun, Zhang Yan's head flew up, his broken neck splattered with blood, and his headless body fell to the ground.

"Chasing!" Brother Yeluxiu yelled angrily, leading the cavalry out of the camp gate, and gave chase.

Zhu Xiu was lying in a pit not far away, witnessing all this with his own eyes. He punched Liu Chengyou hard with his clenched fist and let Liu Chengyou run away again!
I hope brother Yelvxiu can catch up with him.

Zhu Xiu originally wanted to see Zhang Yanchao's head, but after hesitating for a moment but not daring, he climbed over the fence of the camp and ran into the darkness of the wilderness.

Behind him, the Khitan camp was engulfed in a sea of ​​flames, thick smoke drifted into the sky, and the fire burned half of the sky red.

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