"Oh dear! How did they find us?"

"Moreover, they struck first!"

Several centurions shouted loudly, and Budugen looked on in disbelief.

Is the other side's reconnaissance capability really that accurate?

Regardless, the other party has already made the first move.

A volley of arrows rained down, and screams filled the air.

In the dense forest, Xianbei soldiers fell one after another.

They were waiting patiently for the rabbit to run into their trap, but instead, they became someone else's prey.

"Counterattack! Counterattack!"

Budugen roared loudly.

The Xianbei soldiers emerged from the bushes on the hillside and fired arrows haphazardly into the valley below.

Several centurions also revealed themselves, raising their weapons and brandishing their claws.

Whoosh whoosh!

A rain of arrows filled the sky, coming and going!

However, these Xianbei people discovered that the range of their willow bows was insufficient to reach the enemy archers.

The limit is if it can hit the shields of the enemy's front-line soldiers.

Furthermore, the arrowheads of the Xianbei people were all made from ground bone.

Even if the arrows hit the soldiers, their superior armor rendered the bone-tipped arrows ineffective.

The enemy's arrows could cover most of their area.

Moreover, the force was fierce, and those hit by the arrows invariably fell to the ground.

Their arrows were all made of iron, and with the kinetic energy from the powerful bows, they easily pierced through the armor of the Xianbei soldiers.

Before they had exchanged a few rounds of fire, 1,000 of the 5,000 Xianbei soldiers had been shot dead.

On the other hand, the enemy managed to maintain their formation without losing a single soldier.

Keep in mind that they were on high ground, while the enemy was shooting upwards!

Such a huge difference made Budugen and several centurions, as well as the Xianbei soldiers, extremely doubt their own existence!

"Your Majesty, something's not right! How can the enemy have such a powerful bow?"

"Even the garrison on the walls of Pingcheng doesn't have such powerful crossbows?"

"Furthermore, these soldiers are nothing like the Han soldiers we've encountered before!"

Beside Budugen, another centurion immediately noticed something amiss.

"Could it be that they are elite troops from the capital of the Han Dynasty, and this prince has truly come to reclaim the four prefectures of Yunzhong?"

Another centurion yelled, "Damn it, we must have been tricked by that little bastard Yufuluo!"

This centurion had also heard many rumors circulating in the border regions about Liu Wei recently.

Budugen's eyes flickered uncertainly.

Things took a turn for the better than he expected.

Yufuluo's intelligence indicated that the prince was being escorted by only twenty guards.

The spies he sent out himself reported back that there were only a thousand cavalrymen and a few thousand other troops.

But so far, the cavalry has not yet appeared.

The fighting prowess displayed by the infantry and archers who charged forward was already extraordinary.

Regardless of how they knew where the Xianbei were hiding.

Based on the current coverage of the opponent's arrow.

They might just shoot all five thousand of his men to death in this desolate wilderness, their corpses fed to the wolves!

"We can't let them take advantage of us like this! Charge out and engage in close combat!"

Budugen roared, "All troops, attack! Kill!"

He picked up a spiked club and leaped up first.

All the Xianbei soldiers on the mountain appeared at once, covering the entire mountainside.

They fired arrows as they charged downhill.

A strange, beast-like howl echoed through the valley.

Mounted on his horse, surrounded by his soldiers, Xue Rengui watched all of this with a cold eye.

Through adjustments and integration, he gained a thorough understanding of the quality and equipment of his army.

As early as when the army was ten miles away from here, Xue Rengui’s scouts had captured the Xianbei spy who was roaming in the valley.

Before they had even exchanged a few blows, they had captured one of the gang leaders alive.

Under interrogation, Xue Rengui learned the number of people and the location of the ambush.

"Xianbei people?"

Knowing that they were crossing the border with 10,000 troops, the Xianbei still dared to ambush them.

Regardless of how they came up with the idea of ​​coming to the territory of the Xiongnu and ambushing Liu Wei on his way to Shuofang.

But this move is simply overestimating one's own abilities and courting death!

Since they've delivered themselves to our doorstep to make an example of someone and deter others from beyond the Great Wall, then we won't be polite!

When Liu Wei heard Xue Rengui report that there were 5,000 Xianbei people lying in ambush ahead, his eyes turned cold:

"Capture their leader alive! I want to know who gave them such audacity!"

"Then... my lord, what about the rest?" Xue Rengui asked.

"You decide what to do; I'm leaving it entirely to you!"

Liu Wei said calmly, "This is the Great Wall Legion's first battle beyond the Great Wall. Let's show them what we're made of!"

Upon hearing this, Xue Rengui's eyes revealed a hint of fervor and excitement:

"Rest assured, my lord, I will make the Great Wall Legion a nightmare for the nomadic barbarians beyond the Great Wall!"

He immediately asked Liu Wei and the others to rest first, and then personally led a thousand cavalry, a thousand swordsmen and shieldmen, and three thousand archers over.

Upon arriving at the location, they struck first, catching Budugen completely off guard.

Having a significant equipment advantage, Budugen had no choice but to reveal himself and rush down the mountain in an attempt to engage in close combat!

As he watched the Xianbei people rushing down like a tide, Xue Rengui's lips curled into a contemptuous smile.

They're nothing but clay chickens and earthenware dogs!

This place has beautiful green hills and clear waters; using it to bury these foreign tribes would be a waste.

"Keep shooting! Don't leave a single one alive!"

Xue Rengui gave orders to the captain of the archers.

An archer carries a quiver of arrows, which contains 30 arrows.

Shooting 30 arrows in a row is also the limit for an archer.

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