Meanwhile, Liu Wei and Yao Guangxiao were chatting and laughing on the top of Yunzhong City.

"My lord, your Xuanjia cavalry is incredibly fierce and invincible!"

"The Tiger-Striped Cavalry are indeed a bunch of worthless idiots, utterly pathetic!"

"My lord, if only we had 100,000 Xuanjia cavalry!"

Seeing the Xuanjia cavalry advancing with unstoppable momentum and gaining the upper hand on the battlefield outside the city, Yao Guangxiao couldn't help but praise them, his eyes gleaming.

"If we had 100,000 cavalry like that, we wouldn't need to bide our time here outside the pass. We could just march straight to Luoyang and force Father Emperor to abdicate, hehe!"

Liu Wei smiled crookedly.

"this..."

Yao Guangxiao said awkwardly, "My lord, I was just joking to lighten the mood. With 100,000 heavy cavalry, we need at least 300,000 auxiliary troops."

"The cost of recruiting soldiers, equipment, and horses is already enormous. Add to that the cost of food and military pay, and how much money and food would it take to feed them all!"

Throughout history, any nation capable of supporting tens of thousands of cavalry has possessed unparalleled strength and the ability to roam freely across the world.

"We can't even imagine supporting 100,000 heavily armed cavalry across three counties! We can't even dream of it!"

"Haha, great monk, I am not joking."

"If the Hetao Plain is developed to its fullest extent, it could have a population of several million."

Liu Wei, however, said with a firm gaze, "Then 100,000 heavy cavalry is not necessarily a bad thing."

"Impressive! As expected of the lord I, Daoyan, swear to follow to the death, his potential as an emperor is already beginning to show."

Yao Guangxiao couldn't help but sigh repeatedly.

Yao Guangxiao gets extremely excited whenever he hears Liu Wei express his ambitions.

Suddenly, he shouted, "My lord, be careful!"

Yao Guangxiao moved with lightning speed, pushing Liu Wei aside.

An arrow flew past the spot where Liu Wei had just been standing and landed with a thud on the corner tower pillar behind him.

The arrow's tail was still trembling and making a buzzing sound.

"Excellent archery!"

Liu Wei was still shaken, but couldn't help praising it.

The arrow was so accurate that if Yao Guangxiao hadn't reacted quickly, Liu Wei might have already been hit.

The two looked down and saw a Xianbei general putting away his bow 150 paces away.

"This person must have launched a sneak attack on our lord."

"It's a pity that the Three Thousand Battalion isn't by my side, otherwise I would definitely have fought my way out and beheaded him to help him pass on to the afterlife."

A cold glint flashed in Yao Guangxiao's eyes.

In his heart, Liu Wei was heaven and earth, his everything.

Those who dare to offend his lord will only face death.

"Great monk, tone down your murderous aura a bit, calm down!"

"I never expected there to be such a skilled archer among the Xianbei people. He's probably on par with General Xue!"

Liu Wei remained calm, saying, "They're going to lose soon, let them be smug for a while."

"Look, you didn't even need to lift a finger, General Xue has already led the Xuanjia Cavalry back!"

"Pass down the message: whoever dared to launch a sneak attack on me just now, capture him alive."

Yao Guangxiao hurriedly looked around:

"General Xue has already returned? Could it be that he has broken through Tuoba Gao's main force!"

"Then let General Xue display his divine might once again and capture the one who ambushed our lord with a sneak attack."

Yao Guangxiao summoned Shen Lian, preparing to seize an opportunity to leave the city and send a message to Xue Rengui.

If our lord says to capture him alive, then we shall capture him alive. If we let this Xianbei general die at the hands of Xue Rengui, then it would be a desecration of Yao Guangxiao's loyalty!

At that moment, dust billowed behind the 20,000-strong mixed Xianbei and Xiongnu army attacking the city, and a troop of cavalry thundered in.

Yuwen Lie's sneak attack with an arrow, which was supposed to injure Liu Wei, unexpectedly missed.

It should be noted that Murong Hu was known as the strongest warrior among the Xianbei, while Yuwen Lie was the best archer in the desert!

He could draw his bow and shoot eagles, hitting the target every time within two hundred paces.

After missing his target with one arrow and being discovered, he stopped launching sneak attacks.

As he was drawing his bow, a commotion arose behind him, and he was greatly alarmed.

It turns out that Xue Rengui led his Xuanjia cavalry to fight among the Xianbei cavalry, specifically targeting officers for assassination.

Not only were the 20,000 to 30,000 Xianbei cavalrymen decimated, but countless military commanders and generals also perished under the hooves of horses.

These 20,000 to 30,000 Xianbei cavalrymen were as if their bones had been removed, leaving them at the mercy of the enemy.

The cavalry surrounding Tuoba Gao gradually dwindled, as if being peeled back from a cocoon.

Liu Du was about to break into the core and confront Tuoba Gao, thwarting his plan to join forces with Yuwen Lie.

Having failed to ally with Yuwen Lie, Tuoba Gao was already considering retreating.

Seeing that the situation was settled, Xue Rengui left the credit for killing Tuoba Gao to Liu Du.

He led his Xuanjia cavalry to attack the 20,000 enemy troops besieging the city.

Yuwen Lie never expected that the heavy cavalry would actually attack them, and for a moment they were attacked from both sides.

He naturally also learned of the deaths of Murong Hu and his son, and the complete annihilation of the Tiger-Patterned Cavalry.

However, now that the battle is already in full swing, it seems that we cannot easily retreat until a clear outcome is reached.

At this point, whichever side retreats first will be the one that collapses.

The Tiger-Striped Cavalry was gone, just as his Khan's brother's teeth had been knocked out.

"This heavy cavalryman has been fighting for a long time and must be exhausted!"

If we strike them hard while they are exhausted, we might be able to turn the tide.

Yuwen Lie immediately summoned two military commanders and ordered them to join him in dispatching four thousand cavalry to intercept them.

Just then, shouts of battle arose from the southwest.

Looking up, one could see flags waving in the distance, and dust obscuring the sky, as if an army of countless soldiers was approaching.

"Has General Herba's troops returned to provide support?"

Tuoba Gao was overjoyed, thinking that Heba Xian's army had returned.

"Khan...no, their banners are in Chinese characters, not our deer banners!"

Tuoba Gao's face was ashen.

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