A troop of soldiers fled in panic down the mountain.
The leader, dressed in a silver helmet, had a handsome face full of panic, yet he kept talking.
"What's going on! Xiao Yiming!"
"Why are there fewer people as we run?"
Xiao Yiming, with a calm expression, said, "Your Highness, we are being watched."
"When we came down from the mountain earlier, some people chased after us from the mountains. Although there weren't many of them, they were very skilled."
"They were very good archers and killed many of our men from behind."
Upon hearing this, a hint of anger flashed across Jin Jiande's pale face: "Why not kill them all, with so few people!"
Xiao Yiming replied, "We have already sent men to fight them, but the main task is still to escort Your Highness out."
"Qin Ze has too many troops in Yanlu Mountain. If we don't get out soon, we're all going to die here."
Jin Jiande gritted his teeth and said, "Damn it!! What on earth is going on?!"
"Qin Ze was attacking Anyang County not long ago. Even with 200,000 troops under Lian Xiaoru's command defending the city, he should have been able to kill at least 100,000 to 200,000 of Qin Ze's men!"
"How long has it been? Where did his troops in Yanluo Mountain suddenly appear from?!"
"They're all ghosts!"
Xiao Yiming shook his head and said in a deep voice, "Your Highness, the troops in Yanluo Mountain are indeed treacherous."
"This Qin Ze is truly unpredictable, but regardless, we really shouldn't have..."
Before he could finish speaking, Xiao Yiming keenly noticed the strange look in Jin Jiande's eyes, so he immediately changed his words:
"Your Highness, our retreat has been cut off, and it's fraught with danger there. We can't get out of there now. As for the road to Anyang County, I suspect that Qin Ze has probably also deployed a large number of troops to guard it."
"It seems Qin Ze intends to kill everyone who enters the mountain before he'll stop."
Jin Jiande's heart sank to the bottom, and his face turned deathly pale.
"What do we do then?!"
"Where do we get out?!" Jin Jiande asked anxiously.
Xiao Yiming's face was somber. "There is a way to get out, but it's a bit dangerous."
At this point, Jin Jiande didn't care about anything else. As long as he could escape Yanluo Mountain and save his life, that was enough.
"Okay! No matter what, as long as we can escape!"
"Xiao Yiming, take me out of here, and I'll reward you handsomely when we get back to Beijing!"
Just then, shouts of killing came from behind. Jin Jiande's eyes narrowed and his whole body trembled.
——
"My lord, Zhang Yi has returned with his troops!"
"The battles where the others are located are probably nearing their end as well!"
Inside the tent, Dian Wei rubbed his hands together, looking at Qin Ze with anxious eyes.
Upon hearing this, Qin Ze nodded slightly and placed a pebble on a spot on the geomantic map.
After looking up and seeing Dian Wei's impatient expression, he said calmly, "Judging from your expression, the scouts have already spotted Wu Kui's troops?"
Dian Wei's eyes flashed, and the corners of his mouth gradually turned up.
"right!"
He clapped his hands and continued, "Hey, Wu Kui took so long to get here with his troops, they're so slow."
Qin Ze remained calm and shook his head, saying:
“The road he took leads directly to my place, but it’s also the longest route, with countless twists and turns. And with the rain, how fast could it possibly go?”
"His men have a much smoother route, but... well, they can't get up here."
Previously, after exchanging troops, the first thing Qin Ze did was to deploy a large number of scouts in Yanluo Mountain. With them there, enemy intelligence could be quickly relayed to him.
In this way, we can have a clear understanding of the enemy's movements, which will make things much easier.
Now, in some places the battle is almost over, and Qin Ze knows that the Battle of Yanluo Mountain is also nearing its end.
Needless to say, the troops that came to Yanluo Mountain this time were led by the Jin family, and the scouts had previously reported that Li Jing was already surrounding and killing them.
Meanwhile, news from other battlefields indicated that the barbarian army was gaining the upper hand.
In preparation for this battle, Qin Ze had acquired a large amount of military equipment and prepared troops. Now that these reports of victory have arrived, it was only natural.
As for the barbarian army, only the army led by Wu Kui has not yet been dealt with.
But now, they are a lone force.
The barbarian army of hundreds of thousands had reached its end here.
Thinking of this, Qin Ze walked out of the tent, and Dian Wei followed closely behind.
Outside the tent, the sky was dim. Qin Ze looked up at the deep sky and then said softly:
"Come on, let's fight the final battle."
"Prepare to meet the enemy!"
——
The barbarian army, which was on its way, was attacked by ballistae just as it was about to reach its destination.
These iron-feathered arrows came suddenly, shooting in unison from afar.
The dense barrage of arrows, like an impenetrable net, swept over the army in a massive, overwhelming barrage.
The thick crossbow bolts pierced through warhorses and human bodies, mercilessly reaping any living creature they touched.
Then, people and horses fell over, blood splattered everywhere, and even internal organs flowed out of the chest cavity.
In that instant, the once silent barbarian army erupted in various cries and screams.
Faced with this seemingly endless barrage of iron-feathered arrows, there was nowhere to hide in this mountain path; they were like lambs to the slaughter.
A loud shout rang out from the crowd: "Charge!"
Wu Kui's face was full of anger. At this point, how could he not understand his current predicament!
If they were being attacked by crossbows here, then the troops elsewhere were probably experiencing the same thing. And now, the shouts of battle were fading, which clearly indicated that they were probably...
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