Daqin Zhentiansi

Chapter 281 There, there really might be an ambush

In front of the mountain path of Yingchou Cliff, fleeing soldiers, scattered war horses, and discarded weapons and armor can be seen everywhere.

Seeing the Northern Yan army chasing after them, the soldiers became even more panicked. They all shouted and ran away on the mountain road, and some even climbed up the mountain.

In this kind of situation, what kind of fighting power is there?
The leading general of the Northern Yan army laughed heartily, whipped his horse on its butt, and the horse galloped forward wildly.

He had long known that there were no decent soldiers stationed in Gubei City, only patrol guards and armed guards.

The troops he was chasing today were not the defenders of Gubei City, but just guest troops. They looked like the Blue Wolf Cavalry in the Red Scale Army and did not have much combat power.

Such an army had no more than a thousand people and did not have the courage to face him directly.

It was normal for the Qin army to flee in this way when he arrived with a large army.

Everyone is afraid of death.

"Don't bother me, just follow me and charge straight into Gubei City—"

The leading general shouted loudly, and the cavalry galloped wildly on the mountain road.

In the rear, a team of cavalry followed closely, and the other soldiers could only stretch the team and run on the steep mountain road.

"General, this place is very easy to set up an ambush, be careful..." The military officer who spoke wanted to shout, but looking around, there was no possibility of dissuading him.

Crossing the Eagle Cliff and heading directly to Gubei City is a journey of nearly thirty miles, and he can also drag along the defeated troops of Gubei City along the way. In this situation, even if he wanted to persuade them, he couldn't.

At this time, he could only squeeze on the narrow mountain road, terrified and praying that there would be no ambush.

Unfortunately, the more you think about something, the more it will happen.

"boom--"

On the cliff, rocks are flying everywhere!
Even a fist-sized rock falling from a hundred-meter-high cliff can kill someone.

What's more, at this time, there are not only fist-sized rocks on the cliff, but also huge rocks rolling down from the crazy carriages!

"Enemy attack——"

"There are ambushes on the cliff!"

The Northern Yan soldiers on the mountain road shouted wildly, but there was nowhere to hide.

Rocks as big as houses rolled down like thunder, carrying with them gravel of all sizes. It must have been a force of millions of pounds.

There was blood on the narrow mountain road.

In front, the soldiers riding on their war horses rolled down a bottomless cliff that was hundreds of feet high.

If one falls from a cliff like this, even if one is at the Xiantian realm, it would be difficult to survive.

Two thousand soldiers were cut into dozens of pieces by the rolling rocks, huddled together, and then smashed into meat paste by the huge rocks.

Rocks were flying everywhere.

Miserable, extremely miserable.

How can a flesh and blood body stop the rocks falling from the sky?
Even heavy armor and a large shield cannot stop rocks weighing dozens of kilograms from falling from a cliff hundreds of feet high.

There is nowhere to hide.

"Retreat, retreat—"

"Retreat, or everyone will die—"

On the mountain road ahead, the leading warrior with a broken left arm gritted his teeth and roared, running backwards quickly with a round shield in one hand.

All the soldiers who blocked the road were knocked over by him, and some fell on the mountain road or were knocked off the cliff.

The soldiers retreated in disorder, and only half of the two thousand soldiers were able to withdraw from Yingchou Cliff intact.

Cheers came from the mountains.

The leading general who retreated from the mountain road had a gloomy expression on his face and turned to look at the soldiers behind him who were slowly organizing their troops.

Before they even saw the enemy, they lost nearly a thousand soldiers.

"Once we capture Gubei City, I swear to slaughter the entire city for three days without stopping!"

The leading warrior roared.

The military officer who served as the guide trembled all over, with a look of grief and anger on his face, but he did not dare to speak.

He is from Gubei City, and his relatives are all in the city.

"Woo——" In the distance, a group of soldiers came in formation.

That was the commander of the front army, leading three thousand soldiers towards this place.

It seems that they also chose to go to Gubei City from this mountain road.

After all, it is only about thirty miles away, which saves time and energy, and can also catch the enemy by surprise, leaving Gubei City with insufficient time to respond.

At this time, on the mountain road of Yingchou Cliff, Master Gu led the soldiers to carry the corpses of the Yan army and the bodies of the war horses, and carried all the large and small stones back in the bags of clothes and armor.

"Sergeant Gu, aren't we going to Gubei City?" A thin captain of the Blue Wolf Cavalry stepped forward and spoke in a low voice.

Wouldn't it be better to take advantage of the ambush and quickly return to Gubei City to strengthen the defense and defend Gubei City to the death?
What's the point of staying on this mountain road?

"Captain Yang, let's set up another ambush here at Eagle Cliff."

Master Gu spoke as he cut open the legs and body of a warhorse that had been crushed to death.

Another ambush?
The Blue Wolf Cavalry Captain was stunned.

At the side, Princess Fengming, who was also helping to pick up stones, was also stunned, and then a look of surprise appeared in her eyes.

Even she didn't expect that an ambush would be set at Yingchou Cliff again.

Sergeant Gu, who was trained in martial arts and came to Gubei City to take up his post, actually had such a strategy.

"General Gu is very decisive, and his military planning is so brilliant." Princess Fengming said softly.

The two Blue Wolf Riders also nodded.

Good decision?
A stroke of genius?

Master Gu wanted to take the credit for himself, but he was not the only one who had attended Zhao Kuo's classes.

Xun Tao and others had personally participated in war simulations in Zhao Kuo's class.

"When I was learning martial arts, there were battle simulations. I just acted according to the simulations."

Master Gu shook his head and dragged his warhorse by its legs onto the mountain path.

……

Outside the Eagle Cliff, the cavalry gathered and three thousand soldiers stood solemnly.

On the other side, more than a thousand defeated soldiers gathered together miserably.

"Guo Tangyuan, you are a person who is incapable of doing anything good but always causes trouble." The black-armored general riding on the warhorse had a gloomy expression on his face. He swept his eyes over the defeated soldiers in front of him, and then looked at the general who was kneeling on one knee in front of the warhorse with a broken arm.

The general lowered his head and said nothing.

"Commander-in-Chief, now is not the time to pursue General Guo's guilt. The most important thing is to cross the Eagle Cliff and charge directly to Gubei City to avenge the fallen soldiers."

The black-robed scholar sitting beside the leading general spoke loudly.

The scholar wore a black robe, a black iron crown on his head, a sword at his waist, and had a heroic look on his face.

"Hmph, if it weren't for Master Shangguan speaking up for you, this lieutenant general would never have spared you today."

The black-armored general snorted coldly and swung his whip on the kneeling general's shoulder.

"Guo Tangyuan, redeem your sins with merit, charge across the Eagle Sorrow Cliff, and fight your way to Gubei City. Otherwise, you will be executed without mercy!"

Hearing the words of the black-armored general, General Guo Tangyuan looked up with surprise on his face.

"Commander-in-Chief, there are ambushes at Eagle Cliff. The mountain path is steep, and—"

Before Guo Tangyuan finished speaking, the black-armored warrior's face had turned ashen.

"madness!"

With a low shout, he rode his warhorse forward, followed by a group of generals and their warhorses.

"Hey, General Guo, can we ambush twice in the same place?" The black-robed scholar shook his head, his face full of regret.

"I spoke up for you because I knew you once served under my father. Unfortunately, I gave you the opportunity, but you were useless..."

The black-robed scholar kicked his horse's belly, and the cavalry followed the generals in front and headed towards the Yingchou Cliff Mountain Road like a torrent.

Guo Tangyuan slowly stood up and looked towards Yingchou Cliff with a confused look on his face.

"There, really, there might be an ambush..."

(End of this chapter)