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Chapter 164 Fierce Battle on Xiangyang Road
It is necessary to control the Xiangyang Road.

This is the common goal of both armies at this time.

More than 300 Hu cavalry led by Zhang Liao were galloping.

He had no time to wait for the subsequent assembly.

There are two thousand enemy troops!
The design of Huanglubao is not to defend the rear.

These Baibo troops could easily walk up the back mountain and go around to the front of Huanglu Fort, cut off the water source, and force them to submit.

If you encounter a cowardly defender, he might just surrender the city when he sees the enemy coming from behind.

Zhang Liao did not dare to bet on the integrity of the defender.

He had to hurry, hurry!

This is the fourth independent leadership task given to him by the governor.

Because it was very simple, Huangluling on Xiangyang Road was closer to the entrance on the Taiyuan side, so even if they were a little late, they still had an advantage.

Zhang Liao grasped the halberd tightly and struck suddenly before his horse collided with the enemy soldiers.

Zhang Liao and others were galloping.

"kill!"

Victory will definitely belong to us.

The sky-shattering shouts of death and the whining horns sounded at the same time. On the mountain road where four horses could run parallel, Zhang Liao took the lead and led all the Hu cavalry directly to the front line of the Baibo Army.

"Kill!"

The fact that he survived was not because the scout was lucky, but because according to regulations, the scout team would keep a distance from each other to prevent being silenced and unable to report back any information.

The two parties had already been exposed to each other. Although the meeting was difficult to see clearly in the dark, they still did not hesitate and charged towards the opposite side.

Therefore, this time, Zhang Liao always felt angry in his heart.

Finally, just under the mountain wall of this fortress, the two groups of people met.

Therefore, although it was a little late, the existence of Zhang Liao and others had been exposed.

A cold light flashed by.

So, in the dark night, two teams of soldiers, one on the left and one on the right, held torches and rushed towards the focus of Huanglu Fort.

Objectively speaking, the Baibo Army has the advantage.

They wielded sabers and spears, and their determination was unshakable.

In the previous few missions, except for the time when he captured King Zuo Guli, Zhang Liao felt that his performance was really lackluster in other missions.

It's a race against time.

Not long after they started marching, they met the surviving scouts.

Hurry, you must rush to the foot of Huangluling as soon as possible. Not to mention blocking the crossing, at least let the defenders see you and others.

On the other side, the 500-man forward of the White Wave Army was also galloping.

A sudden change occurred!

The imagined scene of easily breaking through the peasant army's formation and taking advantage of the situation to cover up the killing did not appear. Instead, the horsemen on one's own side fell off their horses wailing!

"What?!" Zhang Liao was shocked. He felt the world was spinning and he suddenly lost control of his body.

"Wenyuan be careful!"

Zhang Liao was shot down and dismounted!

Jin Fangyan, who was two positions away from him, screamed and shouted in surprise, and hurriedly opened his bow to cover.

Thanks to both of them reacting quickly enough, Zhang Liao was not killed by the thieves like Hu Qi who was in the front row after he fell.

I saw Zhang Liao rolling on the ground, narrowly escaping between the horses' hooves, and immediately stood up and shot out again.
Under the firelight, Zhang Liao's eyes were like a torch. The halberd in his hand slid past the Baibo thief's spear. After a squeaking sound of metal friction, he stabbed the thief in the face steadily.

Got it!
Zhang Liao looked excited and was about to fight again, but he heard Jin Fangyan yelling behind him, telling him to retreat? !
It turns out that Jin Fangyan, who has eagle-like vision from behind and has better vision at night, has discovered the problem:
"These thieves, with their strong armor and powerful weapons, are superior to our army!"

That's right, whether it was in the past when one Han was the five barbarians, or now when one Han was the three barbarians.

The only thing that the Han army held was that the army was in a neat formation and the armor was strong and the soldiers were sharp.

These thieves equipped with Han armor were standing in formation with spears in this narrow passage. For a moment, they were like a high wall, standing in front of Zhang Liao and others.

This is the reason why they were instantly killed and wounded in a single charge.

Good guy, listening to the wailing in his ears and the fallen Hu comrades who kept screaming in surprise, Zhang Liao almost didn't understand who the Han army was.

On our side, there are more than a dozen Han soldiers and more than 300 temporarily recruited nomadic Hu cavalry from King Xiutu's tribe.

The enemy, the five hundred Baibo thieves, all wore the standard full-body leather armor and iron breastplate of a big man.

It can't be rushed, it can't be rushed at all!
It can be said that except for Zhang Liao and Jin Fangyan, the rest of them were unable to do any damage.

The Baibo army kept moving forward with their guns, and the barbarian riders fell down one by one, wailing.

"Steady, steady everyone!!!"

Zhang Liao gave the order and became extremely nervous. He had already discovered the crisis.

The cavalry around him were far less powerful than him. Not to mention that they could not cause effective damage, they were already crowded and panicked. If he is not careful, Zhang Liao may soon face an encirclement by the enemy:

"Retreat, retreat slowly, retreat together!"

Hateful, hateful!

The main goal failed.

When we meet on a narrow road, no one without courage can win.

The quality of these barbarian knights could not compete head-on with the white wave thieves on the opposite side, and they were also inferior in numbers.

Failed, failed?
No, Zhang Liao is not the kind of reckless man who only knows how to be reckless:
"Jin Fangyan, how far is the distance?!"

"About three hundred steps back!"

"Retreat, keep retreating, I'll cut off the rear!"

With the halberd flying in his hand, Zhang Liao did not seek to kill the enemy, but only blocked it. He fought and retreated all the way, resisting the enemy's formation with all his strength, and finally retreated to a suitable position during the fight.

Why should he pay attention to distance, and what is the key to this position? The answer is:
"Shoot the arrow, shoot the arrow!"

Jin Fangyan shouted loudly, and the rocket that had been lit soared into the sky.

Immediately afterwards, the entire army shouted and released rockets to help.

——"Raise your shield!"

Under the dark night, the rocket soaring into the sky startled Zhao Zhi, the commander of the army, and he quickly called his men to deal with it.

Rockets rained down, but Zhao Zhi dealt with them well and did not cause much trouble.

"Haha, these barbarians don't know what they are up to, but do they think they can do anything to us?"

Zhao Zhi put down his shield and had not yet finished his proud words.

Immediately afterwards, a whizzing sound broke through the air, causing a wailing sound!
"What? What happened?!"

"Up above, above!"

"Huanglu Fort is the defender of Huanglu Fort!"

Crossfire!

Yes, this is Zhang Liao's policy of retreating to the next best thing.

If they cannot occupy a favorable position first, then they will settle for the next best thing and take advantage of their familiarity with the location.

In the dark melee, they retreated all the way to the cliff of Huanglu Fort, bringing the Baibo thieves into the shooting range of the defenders!

The rockets fired by Jin Fangyan and others were the signal for the defenders to attack, lighting up the position of the Baibo thieves.

But this is a gamble after all, because no one knows whether the defenders will take action.

The success in doing this was all thanks to Li Hei, who was traveling with Zhang Liao, Jin Fangyan and others as a member of the advance scout team.

This little warrior who once guarded the cliff of Huanglu Fort with Jin Fangyan took advantage of the cover of night after the scout duel and rushed to Huanglu Fort in a familiar way. He knocked on the door at night and informed of the emergency.

So, judging from the current results, they succeeded!
Xiu Xiu—— Xiu Xiu Xiu—

On the cliff, the sound of arrows piercing the air is endless.

The powerful bows and crossbows of the Han army, coupled with the kinetic energy brought by the huge height difference, continued to bleed the Baibo thieves from above.

Suddenly, the sound of wailing could be heard on the mountain road.

However, this time the screaming person became a Baibo thief.

"Come on, follow me and kill!"

"Kill, kill, kill!"

The opportunity was too late and would never come again. Zhang Liao turned around and stepped forward, his halberd flying, and he finally cut a bloody path!
——"You've fallen into the trap, retreat, retreat quickly!"

Amidst the bursts of screams, Zhao Zhizhi shouted heartily.

He never thought that his steady progress would be hit by such a blow.

In this short stretch of road, under the attack of firepower from above and below, he actually dropped hundreds of corpses.

What a hate.

Here the Baibo army panicked and retreated. How could Zhang Liao and others miss the opportunity?

Under the leadership of Zhang Liao, the Hu cavalry counterattacked and pursued them, using halberds, bows and arrows, spears and swords to frantically attack the retreating thieves.

After all, the armor of the Baibo thieves could not protect all parts of their bodies. Under the roar of strong bows and crossbows in the sky, they were distracted for a while, and in the blink of an eye they became the target of ravage by the horsemen.

"Haha, Liaotou is so powerful!" Hu Qi, who had red eyes, shouted excitedly.

"Raise your spear and mount your horse, take advantage of the victory to pursue—kill!"

The crowd took advantage of the situation to cover up and pursue, killing the vanguard of the White Wave Army, who abandoned their helmets and armor and fled.

This first round encounter ended with Zhang Liao's victory.

(End of this chapter)