Although his two thousand cavalrymen gained supplies and equipment on this trip, they lost nearly half of them.

Zhang Yan always felt that after meeting the successor of this great and virtuous teacher, she had been deceived and manipulated at every turn.

He had just planned to take advantage of Gao Lan's army's attack to retreat with eight hundred cavalry, then go to the Nine Gates to meet up with the five hundred men, and take the provisions back to Taihang.

However, he was also worried that it might not be possible to succeed.

Because Zhang Baiqi, who was by his side, had become a loyal follower, he would be the first to disagree.

Moreover, Du Chang's eight thousand men went to attack Zhen Ding City.

If Zhang Yan leaves like this, she will be leaving these eight thousand people here.

If he were to return to the Taihang Mountains with only a little over a thousand men, the other leaders would certainly not accept him and would oust him from his position as leader of the alliance.

After much deliberation, I realized I had no choice but to go with the flow and join the battle.

Fire broke out on the left and right flanks instantly, and the center was about to be engaged in battle.

A thousand cavalrymen arrived like a torrent in an instant.

Zhao Yun was furious when he saw Gao Lan slip away right under his nose. Facing the surging cavalry, he went against the tide.

Zhao Yun could clearly see the murderous faces of the dozen or so knights in the front row.

Suddenly, a sharp glint flashed in Zhao Yun's eyes.

A chilling glint appeared first!

Then the spear shot out like a dragon!

Zhao Yun thrust out his Dragon Gallant Spear, first throwing the rider charging at the front of him off his mount and into the air.

Before the knight could land, three more knights were swiftly killed with three swift spear thrusts.

He actually stopped the raging torrent by going against the current.

drink!

After Zhao Yun finished his thrust, his offensive continued unabated. He swept across the battlefield, taking down two more knights.

A knight was about to stab Zhao Yun's horse in the head with his lance.

With a whoosh, an arrow, as if it had eyes, shot from behind and struck the knight between the eyebrows.

"Excellent archery skills!"

Zhao Yun exclaimed in praise, then turned around and saw that Liu Wei and the others had already arrived behind him.

The twenty-odd riders were like a thousand troops.

The seventeen masked knights surrounding Liu Wei had particularly eye-catching crescent-shaped scimitars in their hands, and each strike was deadly.

The Xianbei man named Murong Ping next to Liu Wei held a large bow in one hand and extended an arrow from behind his back with the other, ready to shoot!

Zhao Yun immediately recognized that the arrow had been shot by Murong Ping.

There are many hidden talents around Liu Wei!

What surprised Zhao Yun even more was that a prince was also wielding a single-edged "longsword" while riding a horse and fighting, and his bravery was in no way inferior to that of a veteran general.

this...

Zhao Yun then realized that this King of Clouds and the people around him were all extraordinary individuals.

Shouting at them from the valley entrance, telling them to come forward and take on multiple opponents, seemed a bit arrogant!

"General Zhao, be careful!"

Wearing only a short suit of armor, Tian Kai also carried a sword and followed Liu Wei, his fierce gaze filled with murderous intent on his otherwise gentle face.

What kind of world is this? Are all scholars this fierce?

Zhao Yun, alerted by Tian Kai, discovered that a cavalryman had attacked him while he was turning around.

Judging by the wind and location, Zhao Yun didn't even turn his head. With a quick backbend, he stabbed the knight through the heart.

Immediately, Liu Wei and the others also moved closer, forming a small combat formation with Zhao Yun as the arrowhead, the seventeen riders of Yan Yun on both flanks, Liu Wei and Tian Kai in the center, and Murong Ping in charge of long-range attacks.

More than twenty riders, like a wedge, split Gao Lan's thousand cavalry in two.

Like an icebreaker in a torrent, it braves the wind and ice, going against the current.

Like a harvest team in a wheat field, wielding sickles, the knights fall like wheat being cut down.

Blood splattered in front of and on both sides of the icebreaker.

Gao Lan was now positioned at the back of the group, surveying the entire field.

He boasted of his brilliant military strategy, and after that analysis, the advantage was on my side!

But less than fifteen minutes later, he realized something was wrong.

Amidst the mighty torrent of a thousand cavalrymen in the central army, the enemy's twenty-odd riders managed to surge upstream like waves breaking through the current.

On the left flank, a hundred cavalrymen, facing a hail of arrows from his infantry, were able to approach unscathed, until they charged into the infantry ranks, hacking and slashing at them, throwing their formation into chaos.

On the right, facing the charge of more than 800 cavalry, a thousand infantrymen shot down many cavalrymen with arrows, but the enemy was too fast. After losing about 200 cavalrymen, they also engaged in close combat.

I thought I had a clear advantage in the match, but after we got to the point, I was surprisingly vulnerable.

The only area where they still hold some advantage is the middle matchup.

But that's a thousand cavalrymen against twenty or so enemy cavalrymen!

What exactly happened?

Gao Lan rubbed his eyes hard, completely unable to believe what he was seeing.

If things continue like this, will the three thousand elite troops that Han Fu left him be ruined in his hands?

However, the facts were undeniable, leaving him no room for illusions.

Gao Lan couldn't understand how the Black Mountain Army had suddenly become so powerful!

Could it be that Tian Kai was right, and these were the troops of the man known as the King of Clouds and the General Who Guards the North?

Zhang Yan and his Black Mountain Army have been incorporated into the prince's army.

Thinking of this, Gao Lan shuddered.

If that's the case, wouldn't his two younger brothers and all the soldiers who kept dying in battle have died unjustly?

Their deaths were entirely caused by their own initial questioning of each other's identities, which led to the great battle.

Why!

Gao Lan's dark face turned extremely ugly.

How can we just stop when the two sides are locked in a fierce battle?

Even if I don't want to play anymore, I can't!

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