The fiercest soldier of the border army

The pile of pine logs that had previously saved their lives has now become a death warrant!

The rocket plunged into the woodpile, igniting the dry firewood.

The raging flames, reflected in the eyes of the eight people, exuded despair.

The fire grew larger, illuminating the surrounding area.

The Xiongnu 100 cavalrymen used three rounds of mounted archery to suppress the eight men at the beacon tower.

The beacon towers became fire cages.

One of Wei Zong's soldiers, covered in grime, was forced to retreat step by step by the raging fire.

He bent over, trying to get closer to the earthen platform, but an arrow pierced through his left eye and down to the back of his head.

He died instantly!

"Squad leader, what do we do? What do we do?"

Another gaunt soldier hid behind the earthen platform, shouting in terror.

Before he could even finish shouting, four or five iron hooks caught his chest, and he was brutally dragged out by the Xiongnu cavalry, then slammed and beaten along the sharp stakes.

He was dragged to his death!

Arrows rained down, iron hooks swung, hooves thundered, and cries rang out!

The emaciated soldiers were led away, which elicited cackling laughter from the Xiongnu cavalry. They did not rush to the beacon tower, but circled it like hunters toying with their prey.

The pit on the west side played a role, as five or six Xiongnu cavalrymen fell into it.

The eastern stakes also hindered the cavalry's advance.

However, this will not change the course of the battle.

Tang Shun gritted his teeth. Faced with such absolute crushing power, any strategy or personal bravery was a joke.

"Clang—"

Tang Shun suddenly drew his broadsword and charged toward the north ice slope with red eyes.

Three Xiongnu cavalrymen rode their horses, stepping over their dead comrades, and charged across the icy slope.

Another soldier under Wei Zong, who looked malnourished, screamed in a broken voice and raised a wooden stake to stab at the horse's leg.

But the Xiongnu cavalryman dodged to the side, and the horse slammed him directly into the fire.

These were excellent warhorses for the Xiongnu cavalry, far superior to the pack horses they had previously used.

The warhorse was fierce, its head bowed as it continued to charge forward, knocking another soldier to the ground.

At a distance of only an arm's length, the cavalryman drew his bow and nocked an arrow, aiming it through the soldier's throat and pinning him to the ground.

"ah!!!"

Cheng Feng roared and pounced forward, slashing the horse's leg with his sword. The horse collapsed to its knees, pinning him beneath it.

With bloodshot eyes, Liang Enyi stepped forward and beheaded the fallen knight.

Cheng Feng struggled to crawl out, his left arm already deformed.

The other two riders were killed by several people working together to stab them with wooden stakes.

The barrage of arrows from the Xiongnu stopped.

On Tang Shun's side, in the blink of an eye, of the eight people, only four remained.

The fire is still burning.

The hundred Xiongnu cavalrymen lit torches and lined up in formation a hundred paces away.

The man in the middle rode out on horseback, raised his scimitar, and laughed three times.

Then he swung his sword and slashed.

All troops, advance!

"Brothers, I, Tang Shun, am incompetent and cannot lead you out alive."

"You... if you can leave, then leave."

Tang Shun spoke in a low voice, a hint of self-mockery flashing in his eyes.

Human resources are sometimes limited.

Having transmigrated here, and only a few hours later, he was about to die on the spot.

He suddenly remembered his past life, that prosperous era, with the sounds of unit numbers and ranks.

My ears were filled with a hazy, indistinct sound, as if I were one with the battlefield before me.

Despite the pain, Cheng Feng jerked his arm back, grinning, "Squad leader, my life is yours!"

He looked at Wei Zong and the others, "You guys run! Tell that guy surnamed Wang that even though we're troublemakers, we're not cowards!"

No one responded.

Wei Zong snorted coldly and tightened his grip on the broadsword.

Tang Shun shifted his gaze, and Liang Enyi revealed a mouthful of yellow teeth.

"In my next life, I wish to be a peaceful dog."

Tang Shun didn't say much, because the Xiongnu cavalry moved again!

Just then—

A bugle call sounded in the east.

Deep, heavy, with the sound of armor clashing.

The earth began to shake.

It's neither wind nor thunder.

It's a horse's hoof.

Heavy cavalry charged in.

Tang Shun and the others suddenly looked up, their eyes gleaming with wild joy!

In the darkness, the banner of "Stone, Commander of the Mountain Battalion" fluttered in the wind!

"It's Commander Shi! Our commander has arrived!"

"He's come to save us!"

The immense psychological gap caused Wei Zong and the others to gasp in surprise, tears streaming uncontrollably from their eyes.

The leader was a general, riding a black horse, wearing heavy armor, and holding a mountain-splitting axe.

It was Shi Hanshan, the commander of the Shanzi Battalion of the Beiting Military Governor's Office!

Tang Shun and his colleagues' direct superior!

Five hundred riders marched silently through the night, their presence creating a deafening roar.

The leader charged into the enemy ranks on horseback, his axe flashing and striking, and two Hun heads fell to the ground.

Five hundred riders charged in like a torrent from behind.

The Xiongnu cavalry were immediately thrown into disarray.

They scattered, attempting to use their light cavalry advantage to retreat.

But it was too late!

Shi Hanshan led the charge, his heavy cavalry piercing the heart of the Xiongnu's hundred riders like sharp awls.

The centurion tried to organize a counterattack, but was cleaved in two by a single axe blow.

The once-fierce Xiongnu cavalry suffered a crushing defeat in the blink of an eye.

However, while it is easy to disperse them, it is extremely difficult to annihilate them.

After leaving behind more than twenty corpses, the remaining hundred Xiongnu cavalrymen quickly disappeared into the night.

Three hundred cavalrymen split up to pursue, while the rest guarded the outer perimeter of the beacon tower.

Shi Hanshan dismounted and strode into the beacon tower, which had been reduced to a fire.

Behind him followed several armored guards.

They were all stunned when they saw the tragic scene on the beacon tower.

There were only a handful of soldiers from the Great Qian Border Army stationed here.

The Hun corpses lay scattered haphazardly.

Including the severed heads, there were more than twenty people!

Tang Shun and the other three helped each other to their feet, bowed in unison, and said, "Greetings, Commander."

"You only have a small force of ten men, guarding this wretched place, yet you managed to kill more than twenty people?!"

Shi Hanshan had a dark face and a messy beard, a typical frontier appearance.

His pupils contracted in surprise. "You're the soldiers guarding the beacon tower? Why didn't you light it sooner?"

Tang Shun stepped forward and said, "I inform the commander that I am Wang Xianghong, a squad leader under Colonel Wang Xianghong, responsible for covering the rear for three days and intercepting Xiongnu scouts. I am not a soldier of the Sui Army."

"Wang Xianghong? You're from the Mountain Battalion?"

Shi Hanshan frowned. "My orders to him were to withdraw entirely to Datong. What rearguard action are you taking?"

Upon hearing this, Wei Zong and the others' expressions all changed!

The rearguard action was a ruse?!

Was Wang Xianghong deliberately keeping them alive, just to send them to their deaths?

In an instant, Wei Zong and the others showed their resentment, their knuckles cracking.

They can be abandoned to cover the rear, or they can die on the battlefield. Veteran soldiers have this kind of awareness!

But what I shouldn't have done was to be fooled into dying by a non-existent military order!

Wang Xianghong, he wants them dead!

Tang Shun's single glance silenced their restless thoughts.

Under the Beiting Jiedushi system, a commander commands a thousand men and has five captains under his command.

The school, also known as the first school, has two hundred people and four squad leaders.

The team consisted of fifty men, with five squad leaders under them.

It can be said that Tang Shun and Shi Hanshan were not even in the same league.

You can't accept that.

Tang Shun's mind raced, but his expression remained calm. "Military orders are absolute."

Shi Hanshan's lips curled into a smile, his rugged face revealing no emotion. "What? You don't want to tell on me?"

Tang Shun clasped his hands in a fist salute again, "Your subordinate only knows how to follow orders. As for anything else, your subordinate should not think about it, does not want to think about it, and does not know how to think about it."

Shi Hanshan stopped and looked at Tang Shun with great interest.

Tang Shun's expression remained unchanged as he calmly looked at the tip of Shi Hanshan's nose, avoiding eye contact to prevent it from appearing provocative, and also avoiding eye contact to prevent it from appearing disrespectful.

"Ha ha ha ha--"

After a dozen or so breaths of silence, Shi Hanshan suddenly burst into laughter!