I rode and slashed unparalleled in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 977: Massive Killing, Princess Captured (5K2)

Ready to attack!

At Su Yao's command, the three thousand Han cavalry behind him gathered towards the valley entrance.

"This, this is not good, General."

Seeing that Su Yao was eager to fight, Yan Xing hurriedly persuaded him:
"The enemy is well-equipped and has 800 men. If we charge in like this, even if we win, many will slip through the net."

"If we let them run back to report the news, our surprise attack will lose its suddenness."

"Who said I was going to rush over like this?"

Su Yao raised his lips and looked at Zhou Yu:

"If we want to annihilate this enemy army, does Gongjin have any good ideas?"

In fact, Su Yao didn't need to ask. As an excellent strategist, while he had previously suggested letting go of this group of people and adopting a strategy of avoiding battle, he was also thinking of another set of proactive combat plans in his mind.

Now that Su Yao asked, Zhou Yu thought for a moment and then answered:
"Reporting to the general, the enemy is about to break camp and march north. Their formation is loose and they are completely unprepared. If our army splits into three groups, one group goes around to the front to set up an ambush, and the other group cuts off the retreat, the general can personally lead the main force to attack from the flank, perhaps we can completely wipe out the enemy."

As he spoke, he pointed to a pine forest not far below the mountain.

It is located at the junction of the foot of the mountain and the grassland, and the lush forests are particularly conspicuous in the snow. He continued to explain:
"I see that the enemy's route to the north seems to pass through a pine forest. We can first send light cavalry to ambush in the forest, and then suddenly attack and kill the enemy when they enter the forest. The pine forest is dense, and it is difficult for the enemy to flee. It is a good place to encircle and annihilate them."

Su Yao nodded approvingly: "Great minds think alike! Ma Chao, Yan Xing, you two will each lead a thousand elite cavalrymen and set out one after another to ambush on both sides of the pine forest. When my main force launches an attack, you will rush out together and make sure to annihilate the enemy army!"

"As you command!" Ma Chao and Yan Xing clasped their fists and accepted the order, then immediately assembled their troops and took separate actions.

Zhou Yu added: "General, please send scouts to keep a close eye on the enemy's movements. If they change their route, we can adjust in time."

Su Yao immediately sent out several teams of scouts to closely monitor the actions of the Wusun people on the hillside. At the same time, he strictly ordered each attacking team to remain hidden and not to attract the attention of the enemy.

However, this reminder is really meaningless.

because
"Too slow, too slow!"

In the Wusun team, Ashley complained while whipping her horse whip:
"The sun is almost setting, and you are still dawdling here. Are you deliberately going against me?"

The captain of the guards lowered his head and said nothing when he heard this. What the princess said was absolutely right.

They had no intention of accompanying the princess to the north for support. Although they had broken camp, they were deliberately marching slowly, naturally in order to buy time for the messenger so that the king could send someone to bring the princess back.

So, facing the princess's repeated questioning, he avoided the question and tried his best to deceive her.

Just like that, while they were scheming and bickering with each other, the Wusun people didn't notice at all that at the mountain pass they had been paying close attention to, several teams of cavalry had quietly come out of the mountain, and were quietly approaching them under the cover of snow and trees, and some had even gone around in front of them.

"Why did you stop again?"

The sun was setting, and seeing the team suddenly stop moving, Ashley's anger level was rising rapidly.

"your Highness."

The captain of the guards came hurriedly, pointed at the woods ahead and suggested that the army take a detour, saying that according to marching practice, they should not enter the dense forest without sending scouts to prevent various accidents and ambushes.

However, Ashley had already determined that these people were deliberately going against the princess, and immediately rejected the captain of the guards' suggestion.

"What kind of surprises can there be in the forest behind us? They are nothing but wild beasts. We, the warriors of the Wusun people, are not afraid of wild beasts. Let's go into the forest directly and don't waste any more time!"

The captain of the guards wanted to persuade her again, but the princess had already kicked her horse's belly and rushed into the forest first. The guards looked at each other in bewilderment and had no choice but to follow.

The light in the pine forest was dim, and the snow-covered ground made the sound of horse hooves dull. Ashley gradually regained her excitement. She looked around at the small animals startled by the army, and she was thinking of taking the opportunity to hunt down some game.

"See, Saya, you can't be nice to these people."

"What's the danger in this forest? They're just trying to kill time!"

Siya sighed helplessly and was about to respond when she heard a strange noise coming from behind.

She looked up alertly and saw the snow on the pine branches falling down, as if something was moving quickly.

"It's the cavalry - there's an enemy attack!!!"

The first person to react was the experienced captain of the guards.

The moment he felt the earth trembling, he immediately looked back and saw a group of cavalrymen in white robes rolling towards him on the hillside behind him.

They were dressed in white robes, and under the sunlight, they almost blended into the snow-capped mountains. If it weren't for the sudden acceleration, they would not have attracted anyone's attention.

Now that they had begun the attack, they naturally no longer hid themselves. They were even afraid that others would not know who they were, so they raised a blood-red Han flag high on the road while marching quickly.

"Hanqi?"

"They really came?!"

Ashley's pupils shrank suddenly, and after a brief shock, they quickly turned into surprise.

Amid the shouts of people protecting the princess, she drew her sword and shouted loudly to meet the enemy:

"Warriors of Wusun, line up to meet the enemy! Let these Han people see how powerful we are!"

The princess felt no fear at all, and even the captain of the guards did not completely panic.

It's frightening, but not scary.

As the enemy approached, they realized that they were no more than 500 to 600 cavalrymen. Although they didn't know how they crossed the snow-capped mountains, it was obvious that this amount of force was not enough to scare these elite royal guards.

So the captain of the guards quickly organized a defensive formation.

They used the baggage vehicles and livestock they carried with the army to allow some of the cavalry to dismount and form a battle formation, while the other part spread out on both sides, drawing their bows and drawing their arrows, ready to deal a head-on blow to the charging Han cavalry.

"Shoot!" With the order from the captain of the guards, hundreds of arrows whizzed out.

However, they didn't know that Su Yao was deliberately showing weakness to the enemy in order to prevent them from running away as soon as they met him.

Seeing the rain of arrows coming, the charging Han cavalry immediately changed their formation, splitting into two groups and spreading to the left and right. At the same time, a burst of hurried horse hooves and human voices came from the deep front and back of the pine forest:

"Kill!!"

“Not a single piece of armor will be left!!!”

Ma Chao and Yan Xing took action.

The Wusun people marched too slowly, which gave the Han army time to set up an ambush.

Now, the two of them each led a thousand elite cavalrymen, and attacked from the front and the rear, giving the Wusun people a severe blow.

"No, I fell into a trap!"

The chief guard's face changed drastically:
"Retreat quickly and protect the princess!"

It’s too late because Su Yao is here.

He chose to charge forward alone under the dense rain of arrows, while the other Han cavalrymen who were accompanying him dispersed to both sides to avoid the rain of arrows.

The lance in Su Yao's hand was swung with great force, rolling up countless snowflakes, and like a spiral, it smashed the arrows flying from the front one by one.

"Die, you bastard!"

Su Yao shouted loudly, like thunder, causing pain in the eardrums of the Wusun soldiers. The warhorse under his crotch suddenly accelerated, and actually stepped out a straight wave of snow on the snow.

Before the second wave of arrows hastily shot by the Wusun people left their bows, the red figure had already rushed into the formation like a ghost.

"Stop him! Stop him quickly!" the captain of the guards shouted at the top of his lungs.

More than a dozen Wusun warriors thrust their spears forward, only to see Su Yao's horse lance sweep across, a flash of cold light passed by, and then several heads flew into the sky. Blood sprayed on the snow, shocking.

This scene left Ashley at the back stunned.

She had imagined the scenes on the battlefield countless times, but she had never thought that someone could be so ferocious and kill their most elite royal guards on his own.

"Princess, leave quickly!"

"Protect the princess!"

Sia grabbed Ashley's reins and dragged her to escape, while the captain of the guards stepped forward at the critical moment, led the personal guards to meet the challenge, desperately covering them and trying to buy time for the princess.

"Wusun warriors, follow me and kill!"

The chief guard raised his scimitar high, his eyes flashing with a fearless light. The Wusun warriors behind him shouted in unison and formed a human wall to block Su Yao.

However, in Su Yao's eyes, all this was nothing but a mantis trying to stop a chariot.

Su Yao sneered, first reined in his horse and walked back to avoid their dense rain of spears, then turned around and rushed forward, his horse lance drawing a crescent-shaped arc, and in an instant, with a series of teeth-grinding snapping sounds, dozens of spears were broken.

"Wha, what?!"

The guards cried out in surprise and hastily drew their swords. However, in the next moment, Su Yao's horse rushed forward and knocked several people away.

Su Yao charged into the formation, brandishing his long spear, like a dragon or snake emerging from the sea, stirring up a bloody storm.

"Hahaha!"

"Come on, come on!"

"Who else?!" Su Yao laughed wildly.

One after another, the brave Wusun warriors were unable to even get close and turned into headless resentful ghosts.

They are elite royal guards, well-protected by armor.

However, facing Su Yao's attack, their defense was of no use.

The huge lance seemed to have a soul. It would either smash the weapons in their hands with unparalleled force, or draw arcs from all kinds of mysterious and tricky angles, always hitting their necks accurately and beheading them with one blow.

Human heads were flying all over the sky, and the Wusun people's fear was spreading.

What’s even more terrifying is that Su Yao is not the only one charging into the formation.

After he broke through the gap, Han cavalry rushed in from all directions, overwhelming the Wusun people like a tide and constantly cutting them into pieces.

Ma Chao's silver spear was like a dragon, and Yan Xing's long sword was like lightning. Wherever the Han cavalry passed, corpses were everywhere. Countless Wusun people fell here forever, and their blood dyed the white snow red.

"How could this happen? This shouldn't be the case."

Watching the warriors falling one after another around her, Ashley's eyes were dazed and her whole body was trembling slightly, as if she couldn't accept the reality.

The maid Saiya and a dozen riders led her to charge left and right, but no matter which direction they fled, there were always Han troops fighting in front of them.

The fact that there was no way to escape made the princess suddenly realize that the battlefield in reality was very different from what she had imagined.

She had thought that the battlefield would be her hunting ground, where she would win her moment of glory and spread death and fear to the enemy. However, she had never imagined that she was the hunted prey.

"Princess, please leave. Why are you back again?!"

Seeing that the front army was defeated, the captain of the guards also retreated in panic. However, he did not expect that after he took a few steps in the chaos, he ran into the princess who should have retreated earlier.

"came back?"

The princess looked confused, and Saya explained eagerly:

"Captain of the Guards, we can't get out. There are enemies everywhere."

The head of the imperial guard turned pale upon hearing this. He looked around and saw the shadows of the Han cavalry among the pine trees. Shouts and screams were heard one after another, and the bodies of the Wusun warriors were lying in all directions on the snow.

The situation has become extremely critical.

Faced with the siege of the Han army, the Wusun people have almost lost the ability to break out.

The soldiers could only rely on their relatively good protection and stick together to resist the wave after wave of attacks from the Han army.

If any of them tried to break out and leave the formation, they would be immediately besieged by Han cavalry that outnumbered them by several times, leaving behind miserable corpses.

"Let's go together and break out to the east. I'll open the way!"

The captain of the guards was worthy of being the captain of the guards. He still found a glimmer of hope in this chaotic battlefield.

To the east, this location in the opposite direction of Chigu City was where Su Yao first attacked, and it was also the weak point of the Han army's encirclement.

He chose to do the opposite and break out from here, just to send the princess out and report the news to the capital.

"Kill!"

"Follow me!"

The captain of the imperial guards roared and led the last elite guards to break out to the east. He wielded his scimitar, the blade flashed like snow, and he tore a hole in the Han army's encirclement, leading everyone to fight their way out.

Success was at hand, but he had not thought that the reason why this position was weakly defended was because the main attacker here was Su Yao himself.

"Don't leave the trash!"

Seeing a group of miscellaneous soldiers suddenly counterattack, Su Yao, who was fighting in the formation, immediately turned his horse and chased them. Soon he killed them after the captain of the guards broke through a gap.

"Princess, please leave. I'll cover your retreat!"

Seeing the red figure approaching like lightning, the chief guard gritted his teeth, reined in his horse, turned around, raised his scimitar and rushed towards Su Yao. The guards behind him also turned their horses around and formed a human wall.

"Warriors of Wusun, the time has come to die for your country. Follow me and kill me!"

The captain of the guards' roar echoed in the wind and snow. More than a dozen personal guards shouted in unison. The flashes of swords and shadows intertwined into a web of death.

Su Yao raised a sneer at the corner of his mouth, and the lance in his hand spun like a windmill, making a whistling sound that broke through the air.

Before the two horses could cross each other, the captain of the guards saw a flash of cold light in front of his eyes, and the scimitar in his hand was cut off at the root.

Then, in the next instant, his vision suddenly turned blood red, the earth became farther and farther away, and the world spun rapidly - his head was already in the sky.

"No!"

"Lord Adena!" The guards were filled with grief and anger, and rushed towards Su Yao frantically.

“Miscellaneous fish—die!”

Another cold light flashed, this time it was a sweeping blow. The lance in Su Yao's hand cut the three guards who were rushing in the front in half like autumn wind sweeping fallen leaves, and even the warhorse they were riding was cut in half at the neck.

"Asshole, bastard!"

"no, do not want!"

"Beast, devil!"

Amid screams, Su Yao broke into their last line of defense. The surrounding Wusun warriors fought desperately, but Su Yao swung his lance wildly, crushing their resistance in an instant.

"Hurry up, princess!" Sia grabbed Ashley's reins tightly, and her voice changed.

Ashley, however, was like a possessed person, her amber eyes fixed on the figure who was slaughtering the guards. She saw the head of the captain of the guards flying high, the guards falling like straw, and the devil-like Han general casting a cold gaze at her.

"No, it shouldn't be like this," Ashley muttered to herself, shaking so much that she couldn't move.

"Your Highness!" Saiya was so anxious that tears came out, and she pulled Ashley's reins desperately, "We can't let the captain of the guards' sacrifice go to waste!"

Ashley finally woke up from her dream, and trembled as she clamped her legs around the horse's belly. However, just as they were about to break out of the encirclement, a silver light flashed by.

"Ah!" Siya screamed in pain. A feather arrow pierced deeply into her shoulder and shot her off the horse.

"Saya!" Ashley exclaimed, instinctively pulling the reins to dismount.

"Don't stop!" A guard rushed over and shouted, whipping Ashley's horse's buttocks hard, "Princess, move on! We'll cover your retreat!"

The horses neighed in pain and ran forward. Ashley looked back and saw that the last few guards had turned their horses around and headed towards the pursuing Han army. Their backs looked particularly tragic in the sunset.

"No, it shouldn't be like this." Tears blurred Ashley's vision. She held the reins tightly, letting the cold wind blow her cheeks painfully.

However, fate seemed to be playing tricks on her. Just when she thought she could escape, a group of cavalry suddenly appeared in front of her, and the leader was Zhou Yu.

"Sure enough, there are still some fish that slip through the net."

Zhou Yu walked slowly. When fighting on the front line, he was ordered to lead a small number of cavalry to spread out around and not participate in the battle, in order to prevent this problem.

Ashley looked around desperately and found herself surrounded. She drew her sword tremblingly, even though she knew it was futile.

"Come on!" she shouted hoarsely, "I would rather die than surrender!"

"woman?"

The two sides didn't speak the same language, but Zhou Yu would not let her go easily just because she was a woman.

Judging from the equipment he was wearing, this man must be of high status. Zhou Yu immediately waved his hand to signal the knights to go forward and arrest him.

This action immediately stimulated Ashley. As a noble woman of the prairie, she knew too well what a tragic fate a woman would encounter if she fell into an enemy country.

The pride of being a princess would not allow this to happen, and she immediately put the sword to her neck, trembling.

At this moment, scenes from the past flashed through her mind, and the Wusun princess finally shed tears of regret.

"Father, I'm sorry."

Ashley closed her eyes, the blade already against her slender neck. Just as she was about to exert force, a dark shadow suddenly attacked from the side -

"clang!"

A feather arrow accurately shot the sword out of her hand. Ashley looked back in astonishment, only to see the devil-like red-robed general sheathing his longbow and riding his horse towards her.

"Want to die? It's not that easy."

Su Yao's voice was icy cold. Although Ashley couldn't hear it clearly due to the distance, the appearance of the person who came made her tremble all over.

She subconsciously wanted to escape, but the moment she clamped her grip on the horse's belly, her vision suddenly went dark.

It turned out that at the same time Su Yao made her move, Zhou Yu and others had already galloped away on their horses. They rushed forward and immediately pulled her off her horses.

"Let me go! Let me go! You despicable, barbaric, obscene and shameless Han people!"

"If you touch me again, I will curse you to die a miserable death and go to the eighteenth level of hell!"

Being pressed to the ground by several big men, Ashley struggled hard and cursed in Wusun language.

Her delicate little face was covered with tears of snow, twisted with anger, and her amber eyes were full of fear.
(End of this chapter)