Prosperous Tang Dynasty

Chapter 255 Soldiers Arriving at the City of Youzhou
Although Jia Xun and his soldiers all had horses, the other Youzhou rebel soldiers who broke out with Jia Xun were not so lucky. They were just pure infantry, but they didn't have any horses to ride on, only two Legs, no matter what, they couldn't outrun the four legs of Anton's cavalry sitting on the horse.

"Master Deputy Jiedu just left us alone and fled alone!" These rebel infantry followed Jia Xun desperately to break out of the encirclement, but they didn't expect that Jia Xun had just broken out and left them ordinary soldiers without horses , and fled to Youzhou by himself.

These ordinary soldiers were full of despair and had no will, and some even couldn't help but yelled out.

The generals left them as ordinary soldiers and ran away. Their two legs could not outrun the four legs of a war horse anyway. It would be meaningless to resist any longer. Surrender might still be a way out.

Immediately, a large number of besieged rebel soldiers threw away their weapons and surrendered to Anton's cavalry.

On the other hand, Wu Sheng led an Anton iron cavalry of about 3000 men to chase and kill Jia Xun who was fleeing towards Youzhou City.

From time to time, the arrows from the divine arm crossbow killed one or two of Jia Xun's personal guards and fell off their horses.

An arrow almost flew past Jia Xun's scalp, and Jia Xun was so frightened that his head was covered with cold sweat.Although he suffered a disastrous defeat and would definitely be punished by An Lushan in the future, he didn't want to die here at all.

Fortunately, the battlefield was less than forty miles away from Youzhou City, and after running for about a quarter of an hour, Jia Xun finally saw a pass.

This pass is the place that must pass through to Youzhou City, and it is also the outpost of Youzhou City. At most, there were tens of thousands of soldiers stationed there. The rebellion went south, and there were less than a thousand rebel soldiers stationed here.

Seeing Jia Xun rushing over with dozens of soldiers, and a large number of Anton cavalry chasing behind Jia Xun, the rebel soldiers guarding the pass were shocked.

"Quickly, open the pass and let the deputy Jiedushi pass." Seeing that Jia Xun was about to run to the pass, the rebel general who was in charge of guarding the pass hastily ordered loudly.

Immediately, the obstacles in the pass were quickly removed by the rebel soldiers.

Jia Xun and the remaining dozens of soldiers quickly ran into the pass.

"Huh! Huh!"

"what--"

In the rear, the arrows from the god arm crossbow killed two unlucky pass soldiers.

"Quick, quick, close the pass, and the archers are ready to meet the enemy!" The anti-army general at the pass turned pale with fright, and the obstacles quickly blocked the pass.

Inside the pass, a large number of anti-army archers rushed out and lined up in front of the pass, ready to start drawing arrows, ready to shoot arrows at any time to block Anton's cavalry who were rushing towards the pass.

"It's finally safe!" After running into the pass, Jia Xun breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that he was finally safe.

Although the strength of the pass is less than [-], there are mountains on both sides of the pass, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. It will not be possible for Anton's cavalry to break through this pass.

"You guard the pass!" Jia Xun ordered the defenders of the pass to guard the pass, and after he took a breath, he continued to rush to Youzhou City with the remaining dozens of soldiers.

Not only did he know that he was truly safe by fleeing back to Youzhou City, but also in order to prevent Li Fei from attacking Youzhou City later, he had to go back in advance to take precautions to ensure that Youzhou City was not lost.Otherwise, after a disastrous defeat and the loss of Youzhou City, An Lushan must punish his nine clans.

"It's a pity." Wu Sheng reined in his horse more than 100 meters away from the pass.

Jia Xun fled into the pass, and was blocked by the pass, even if he managed to kill the pass, it would be very difficult for him to catch up with Jia Xun, and Wu Sheng was quite unwilling to capture and kill Jia Xun.

"I don't know if my lord is going to attack Youzhou City, um, let's take down this pass first!" This pass is the only way to Youzhou City. Taking advantage of Jia Xun's disastrous defeat, the pass will inevitably affect the morale of the rebels. Wu Sheng decided to launch an attack to win the opportunity of the pass with the least cost.

"God arm crossbow ready!" Wu Sheng ordered.

More than 200 Anton Iron Knight soldiers closest to the pass raised their god arm crossbows one after another.

"shoot!"

"Deng-deng--" More than 200 arrows flew out rapidly.

The anti-army soldiers guarding the pass did not expect Anton's cavalry to shoot arrows at them more than 100 meters away, which stunned the anti-army soldiers who were ready to shoot the arrows at any time. In their cognition, such a Although the distance can be reached by arrows, it is basically the limit. It doesn't have much power at all. It can't break the armor quickly, and it can't hurt a few people. It is a waste of arrows.

However, what they didn't expect was that the range and power of the God Arm Crossbow would be so far and so strong.

The divine arm crossbow is indeed the pinnacle crossbow of the cold weapon era. Even if it is shot at a distance of more than 100 meters, it can still have the power to break armor.

"Pfft! Pfft!"

"Ah, ah-"

The arrows pierced through the armor of the anti-army archers who were ready to shoot arrows at the pass, and shot them to death. More than twenty anti-army archers shot their arrows, and the tight formation suddenly fell apart.

"Shoot again!"

"Thump, thump, thump——" Anton's iron knight soldiers quickly fired a second round of arrows.

"Ah! Ah—" Another group of anti-army archers who were caught off guard shot arrows.

Taking advantage of the heavy casualties and chaos among the anti-army archers blocking the pass, Wu Sheng pointed his sword forward.

"Kill!" Wu Sheng took the lead and killed towards the pass.

"Kill——" Three thousand Anton cavalry followed closely behind.

At a distance of more than 100 meters, the war horse rushed there in an instant.

Wu Sheng pulled the reins abruptly, his horse jumped up from the seat, leaped over the fence blocking the pass, and rushed into the pass.

The rebel soldiers in the pass besieged Wu Sheng in horror.

Wu Sheng kept chopping with the horizontal knife in his hand, while blocking the stabbing weapons of the rebel soldiers, he also slashed and killed several rebel soldiers.

Behind them, several Anton Iron Knight soldiers quickly jumped off their horses and opened the fence blocking the way.

Immediately, a large number of Anton iron cavalry also entered the pass, and the anti-army soldiers who besieged Wusheng were directly dispersed, and were hacked and killed by Anton iron cavalry in large numbers.

After all, there are less than a thousand anti-army soldiers guarding this pass. The pass surrounded by mountains on both sides can stop Anton's cavalry, but if Anton's cavalry enters the pass, they will be massacred. It is no longer possible.

Soon, after paying the price of nearly 300 casualties, Wu Sheng captured the remaining more than 400 rebel soldiers and took the pass leading to Youzhou City.

About a quarter of an hour later, Li Fei arrived at the pass with tens of thousands of Anton cavalry.

Seeing that Wu Sheng had taken the pass, Li Fei nodded.

"Since the pass has been captured, follow me to Youzhou City to have a look!" Now that the road to Youzhou City has been cleared, and Youzhou City is not far away, whether to attack Youzhou City or not is one thing, Li Fei wanted to stop by to see this lair in Anlu Mountain, and also to scare Jia Xun who fled back to Youzhou City, and other rebel soldiers who stayed behind in Youzhou City.

After leaving 1000 people to guard the pass, Li Fei took Wu Sheng and more than 1 Anton cavalry to the city of Youzhou.
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(End of this chapter)