Great Han Empire

Chapter 70 Yanzhao Fengyun
A crescent moon hangs high in the dark night sky, bleak and dull.The thick black clouds hid all the stars behind them, and even the crescent moon was sometimes blocked by the fast-moving clouds.The entire land is shrouded in darkness, and it is impossible to tell where is the road and where is the mountain.

The vanguard of the Xianbei escorted hundreds of carts and walked slowly.Behind the convoy is a flock of white sheep, which are very eye-catching in the dark night.Hundreds of cavalry soldiers held high torches and walked on both sides of the long convoy.Looking from a distance, it looks like a slender fire dragon.

The tall and burly Fen Dong pointed at the burning torches in the hands of the guards beside him, pointed at a stretch of hills that could be vaguely seen shrouded in the night, and asked loudly, "Where is this place?"

"My lord, this is Pishi Mountain, thirty miles away from Changqingwei." An orderly replied loudly.

"We will be arriving at the camp soon." Fen Dong said happily: "The order is for the troops to speed up and pass through this mountainous area quickly, trying to arrive at Changqingwei in the middle of the night."

He did not hear the voice of the orderly answering, nor did he hear the voice of the orderly beating his horse away.He looked back in surprise, his eyes widened immediately.

The orderly grasped the long arrow piercing through his chest tightly with both hands, and opened his mouth wide, with pain and fear on his face.He died without a sound, and slowly fell back on the horse's back.

Immediately, Fen Dong felt something screaming in the air, tearing the air, and the wind in the dark night seemed to be dodging its sharpness.

Fen Kai tried his best to open his eyes wide and turned his head to look into the night, hoping to find that thing.

Suddenly he saw countless long arrows appearing in his sight like ghosts.He instinctively let out a desperate and powerless cry. He wanted to dodge, but his body stiffened on the horse's back involuntarily.

"Puff...Puff...Puff..." The sound of the arrows plunging into the body was dull and piercing, as dense as rain.

The bodies of Fen Dong and the guards around him trembled violently as the continuously flying long arrows were continuously pierced into them, followed by screams, the sound of corpses falling to the ground, the painful hissing of war horses, and the horrific shouts of soldiers, all suddenly rang out. It became a piece, tearing the tranquility of the night into bloody pieces.

In the dark night, the slender fire dragon seemed to have been attacked by countless sharp weapons, and immediately twisted violently and trembled. Then the fire dragon began to break, its body began to separate, and then burst and scattered.

Looking at the pitch-black field, he felt that it was like a bloodthirsty beast, devouring countless innocent and weak lives brutally and bloodily.With the last of his strength, he raised his hands high and roared loudly.He has strength, he has a strong skill, but he lost his life inexplicably, without even a chance to fight back.He was not reconciled, he felt that he was too useless to die.

A long arrow suddenly shot into his neck, piercing out with a cloud of blood.Chu Feng fell off the horse.

Long arrows roared continuously from different directions and shot at the enemies on both sides of the convoy.

The cavalry were sparsely distributed on both sides of the convoy. Due to the continuous rush, the speed of the convoy was slow. The soldiers were very tired, and many of them lay lazily on their horses to rest.This sudden sneak attack gave them a slap in the face, causing heavy casualties.The cavalrymen, who were lucky enough to escape the catastrophe, got off their horses and hid under the carts.There were also some soldiers who were panicked and didn't know what to do. Some rode their horses and ran into the night, while others rode their horses and fled to both ends of the convoy.

The sound of horns suddenly sounded from the hills on both sides of the convoy.

Li Hong led the cavalry to charge out from the mountain on the left side of the convoy, and Zhao Wen led the cavalry to charge out from the mountain on the right side of the convoy.The distance of fifty or sixty steps, running from the mountain to the foot of the mountain, arrived in an instant.

The sound of ox horns, the sound of killing, the terrified cry of the enemy, and the roar of galloping horses immediately resounded through Pishi Mountain.

Li Hong's saber flew out of the night, and he slashed and killed an enemy soldier who was rushing towards the enemy head-on.

Lei Zi flew to pick up a torch discarded by the enemy from the ground, and then under the cover of a group of soldiers, he galloped along the convoy, lighting the carriage all the way.The sporadic enemy soldiers encountered on the road were either kicked to death by galloping horses, or were hacked and shot with knives and arrows by Han soldiers who were like wolves and tigers, and died unexpectedly.

The other soldiers who ran around the convoy took advantage of the opportunity to pick up the torches abandoned by the enemy, and randomly threw them on the carriage to ignite all the ignitable things on it.For a moment most of the carriages in the convoy were ablaze.Especially the wagon loaded with fodder.The flames soared into the sky, and the flames soared into the sky.

Shu Yan crawled out from under the carriage in a state of embarrassment, and with the help of several soldiers, he hurriedly rode on a war horse and fled into the darkness for his life.Beard came roaring in with a group of soldiers.The two sides fought hand in hand, catching each other and fighting.When Beard swung his broadsword, there was a frightening howl.Shu Yan was attacked suddenly, seeing the heavy losses of the troops, he had no chance to fight back, and the food and grass were about to be lost, his martial arts were greatly compromised under the enragement.He blocked Huzi's slash with all his strength, and clamped his legs into the horse's belly, trying to rush under Huzi's knife.Hu Zi took advantage of the situation and swung his broadsword, roared, and chopped off half of Shu Yan's ass on the horse with a slanted knife.Shu Yan's war horse suffered pain and leaped up with a miserable hiss.In panic, Shu Yan didn't grab the rein, and was thrown heavily from the horse's back.The war horse fell to the ground and kept howling, trying to stand up, but there was nothing he could do.Shu Yan's body was flying in the air.A cavalry galloped past and chopped him with a knife.Shu Yan fell to the ground and was immediately trampled by a group of galloping horses.

Yushi rode his horse and galloped wildly, Yan Wuwei followed closely behind, a large group of soldiers roared loudly, chasing a group of deserters closely.

Biqi looked back at the burning convoy, and could hardly believe her eyes.In less than a cup of tea, the entire army was wiped out, and all the food and grass were destroyed. The unimaginable thing finally happened to me today.

"Shoot the horse, shoot the horse..."

Seeing that the enemy was getting closer and closer to the darkness, Yushi couldn't help but shouted anxiously.

More than a dozen long arrows flew away following Yushi's cry.Biqi's horse fell to the ground with a bang, and he rolled on the ground a dozen times before stopping due to the huge inertial force generated by the high-speed galloping of the horse.Immediately he saw four strong horse legs.His heart sank.

Biqi raised his head, and saw a warrior with full armor sitting on a tall horse, with a long halberd in his hand, staring at him coldly.

Biqi's subordinates saw that their young commander was being pointed at by the enemy with a halberd, and they were in danger, so they rushed forward one by one.The one who had fallen off the horse ran towards the direction where Biqi was lying, regardless of his own life or death.Those who did not fall off the horse turned the horse's head and came back again.

Yan Wuwei let out a strange cry, and roared loudly: "Kill..., kill them..." He first raised his saber to face an enemy soldier who was fighting back on horseback.

Seeing his subordinates being killed by the enemy one by one, Biqi couldn't help being furious.Suddenly he jumped up, roared frantically, and grabbed Yushi's halberd with his bare hands.

Yushi gave a cold snort, and using both hands forcefully, the halberd quickly pierced into Biqi's chest.

The cavalry soldiers were divided into more than a dozen groups in units of centurions, surrounded the long convoy, and charged back and forth.All the soldiers scrambled to be the first to kill the enemy bravely, and the shouts of killing were earth-shattering and endless.Although the horses' hoofs were wrapped with cowhide and their mouths were covered with cages, the fierce ambitions of the war horses did not diminish in the slightest on the battlefield. The master must be more brave.

The Xianbei people were shot miserably by the original long arrows, and many soldiers were shot and killed mercilessly.Before they woke up from the shadow and terror of death, the ferocious Han cavalry suddenly descended from the sky again and massacred them mercilessly.

The movement and speed of the raiding cavalry were so fast that they had no time or way to organize the soldiers to resist and fight back except for death, escape, and screams.

The swords are flying, the horses are galloping, and the long arrows are howling in the flames.

Xianbei soldiers fled around the battlefield like headless flies, crying for their parents and mothers. They kept screaming, or were shot by long arrows, or were slashed to death by war knives, or were hit and trampled by horses, or were thrown into the burning The cart was burned alive.

The Xianbei people who had nowhere to go and raised their hands to surrender also did not escape the fate of death.The soldiers of the Han army were so red-eyed that they didn't care whether the opponent had given up resistance. As long as they encountered the enemy, they would wave their weapons and kill bloody.

The battle ended quickly, except for two or three hundred enemy soldiers who escaped in the dark, the rest were all wiped out.Li Hong ordered to check the number of people. The Han army sacrificed more than 30 soldiers and injured more than 40 soldiers when they surrounded and wiped out the enemy.The comrades who died were buried immediately, and the wounded were escorted by a centurion to the place where they crossed the river this morning and returned to Yuyang City overnight.

Horns of regrouping troops sounded in the night.

Looking at the thousands of dead sheep in the big pit in the valley, Tian Zhong shook his head heartbroken.

"With so many sheep, how many people can be saved. It would be a pity to bury them all."

Li Hong smiled helplessly, and waved his hands to order the soldiers to quickly fill in the soil.He stood on the hillside, looking at the battlefield full of dead bodies, smelling the pungent blood and burnt smell in the night wind, his heart suddenly twitched violently.

"War is what it is, ruthless and bloody. But there are people who like it."

Lei Zi followed behind Li Hong and asked excitedly, "Will the Xianbei withdraw their troops if they cut off their rations and fodder?"

"Not yet. If we hit them again, Murong Ji and Xiong Ba will probably flee back to Quang Binh instead of withdrawing to Quang Binh."

Li Hong and his soldiers took one last look at the huge burning dragon before disappearing into the dark night.

Lie Kuangfeng led the troops to ambush in Changfengtun, ten miles away from Baoqiu River.There used to be dozens of families here, but they all moved out because of the war.

The news from the scouts made both Kuangfeng and Scar very excited.

The Han army began to cross the river in the evening.But they only came over 200 people, and then stopped the action.In the middle of the night, the lights at Shankoudu were all bright, and the Han army started to cross the river again.More than a dozen boats shuttled back and forth on the surface of the Baoqiu River, and boatloads of soldiers were sent to the opposite bank.

After Li Kuangfeng received the news that about 1000 people from the Han army had crossed the river, he immediately led his troops to set off quietly.

Five miles away from the Baoqiu River, Li Kuangfeng's troops lined up in a charge formation.The soldiers sat quietly on their horses, waiting for the sound of the charging horns.

The scouts of the Fissure Storm Troop rushed over.

"My lord, the big thing is not good. The Han army has discovered our army, and all the troops have withdrawn."

Li Kuangfeng could hardly believe his ears.

"Didn't you just report to me that more than 1000 Han soldiers have crossed the river? How long did it take before the enemy withdrew?"

"That's true. The soldiers of the Han army were still lining up on the river bank just now, and in a blink of an eye, they all ran to the other side of the river." The scout also said in bewilderment.

"Is your observation location very close to them?" Scar asked.

"Yes. The Han people are very careless. When crossing the river, they only arranged a few teams of mobile sentries. We can observe them very conveniently."

Li Kuangfeng and Scar looked at each other.

"It seems that their scouts have discovered us. We have fallen short." Lie Kuangfeng sighed and said disappointedly.

But when they retreated to Changfengtun, a scout Pegasus arrived.

"My lord, the Han army has begun to cross the river again."

Lie Kuangfeng laughed.

"Have you seen it clearly?" Scar wondered if they really did their best.

"See clearly. The enemy has crossed the river again." The scout said firmly.

Lie Kuangfeng and Dao Scar looked at each other, puzzled.

If the Han army found them, according to common sense, they would never risk crossing the river.Now that the enemy is moving again, is it possible that the enemy decided to continue crossing the river after discovering that the previous intelligence was wrong and made a false alarm?
"My lord, let the scouts explore again. It won't be too late for us to dispatch after all the enemies have crossed the river." Scar said slowly.

Lie Kuangfeng nodded, signaling the scouts to step back and explore again.

"I don't know if they have arrived at Changqingwei?" Lie Kuangfeng always felt that what happened tonight was a bit strange, and felt a little uneasy in his heart.He suddenly thought of the troops who were sending supplies to Changqingwei.I haven't heard from them since nightfall.

"This place is only more than 100 miles away from Changqingwei. According to the speed, they should have arrived. Don't worry, sir, there will be news before dawn." Dao Scar comforted Li Kuangfeng.

About half an hour later, the scout flew a horse to report.

"My lord, the Han army has withdrawn again." The scout gasped heavily and panted.

Li Kuangfeng and Scar changed color at the same time.

"I was fooled. This is a small force of the Han army that restrains our main force. Their main force must have penetrated behind Changqingwei, and they may attack our supply troops at any time." Scar said in a panic.

Lie Kuangfeng smiled wryly.

"We haven't received any news from Fengou for four hours. I'm afraid their entire army has been wiped out. The enemy is very ruthless and bold enough."

"It must be a leopard again. This idiot is very clever, and only he can think of such a thing." Scar said fiercely.

"My lord, what should we do now?" Dao Scar couldn't help asking when he saw Lie Kuangfeng sitting at the desk without saying a word.

Kuangfeng shook his head helplessly, and said in a low voice, "We'll wait until the news of Fenfeng arrives."

After another half an hour, the news from Baoqiu River once again confirmed that Li Kuangfeng and Scar were correct.

The Han army began to cross the river again.

A gallop came, and the crisp and rapid sound of horseshoes approached from far away.

"My lord, something is wrong." The scout who was far away shouted loudly.

The hearts of Lie Kuangfeng and Scar were beating violently, and it was even difficult for them to breathe.They looked serious and looked at the scout together.

"We found the main force of the enemy army, five miles away from Changfeng Tun."

Li Kuangfeng and Dao Scar looked at each other blankly.

(End of this chapter)