Seeing over a hundred of his men fall from their horses, wounded by arrows, Ayemumuda reined in his brown horse, his face twitching, and roared, "How far are the Southern Barbarians from us?"
One of the subordinates replied, "Chief, the barbarians are more than 300 paces away from us. According to the Southern Barbarians' calculation, that's more than 400 paces, almost 500 paces!"
Ayemumu's gaze was somber as he gritted his teeth and said, "Tell the brothers to retreat immediately, back two hundred paces!"
"yes!"
Having suffered a hidden loss, Ayemumu was so angry that his eyes turned bloodshot.
These hundred-plus cavalrymen were all his elite troops, and they were gone just like that…
The arrow pierced straight through his head, leaving him no chance of survival.
Even if other arrows hit, they usually only pierce the skin and flesh, and you can get medical treatment when you get back.
But what kind of arrow is this, that it could be so terrifying?!
After retreating two hundred paces, seeing that Gan Jun's arrows could no longer reach him, Ayemu Muda became increasingly angry. He jumped off his horse, pounded his chest with both fists, and shouted to the sky.
"ah--!"
After a few breaths, he turned his head, glared at his subordinates, and demanded, "How many Southern Barbarians are there exactly?"
"Less than a thousand."
"Less than a thousand?"
Ayemumu almost doubted that he had heard correctly. The Ganchao army, which numbered less than a thousand, actually dared to fight against him, a commander of a thousand. Wasn't the Gan army courting death?
In the past, when such a cadre of soldiers saw him, which one wouldn't flee at the mere sight of him? Who would dare to confront him head-on?
However, the fact that more than a hundred of his men were killed in just a few breaths forced him to believe that the other side was very strong, even stronger than Zhang Chaozong's troops!
For a moment, speculation, doubt, anger, hatred... all sorts of emotions intertwined in his heart.
Finally, he calmed down and gave the order: "Drive those captured barbarians to cover our retreat and let them take the arrows. We'll drive the beasts forward. Also, quickly send someone to request reinforcements from the commander!"
After he gave the order, two Xiongnu cavalrymen fled north to seek help.
However, the three small teams of Gan Jun did not give Ayemumu much time to catch her breath.
Upon seeing the Xiongnu cavalry retreat, he quickly mounted his motorcycle and gave chase, soon closing the distance to within 500 paces.
They gave the Xiongnu cavalry no time to breathe and immediately unleashed a second volley of arrows!
"Go quickly! Drive those two-legged sheep over here!"
After Ayemu finished shouting, seeing the rain of arrows coming again, he hurriedly spurred his horse and retreated 100 paces.
This volley of arrows claimed the lives of hundreds of Xiongnu, and even though the Xiongnu cavalrymen were scattered, they could not escape death.
Upon hearing the commander's order, he rode off at breakneck speed to deliver it to the 30 Xiongnu cavalrymen responsible for guarding the spoils of war.
The 30 Xiongnu cavalrymen immediately lashed their whips at the thousands of civilians, trying to drive them to shield the Xiongnu cavalry from arrows.
The vast majority of the people of Daqian walked forward obediently, but then one of them shouted, "The imperial court has sent troops to rescue us! Let's fight the Xiongnu wolves!!"
"Damn barbarians!"
A Xiongnu cavalryman lashed his body hard with his whip.
This was a vigorous young man, and seeing him shouting and yelling, the Xiongnu cavalrymen whipped him several times.
Ignoring the bloody welts on his back, the man shouted with all his might, "Now! Fight those Hun wolves to the death! What are you waiting for!"
He shouted loudly, but no one answered.
The common people of Daqian continued to silently let the 30 Xiongnu cavalrymen drive them away...
A Xiongnu cavalryman who understood Chinese rode over, drew his scimitar, dismounted, and plunged the blade deep into the young man's chest. He then tore open the man's clothes and stabbed him repeatedly until the young man's eyes widened, blood flowed from his chest, and he collapsed to the ground, lifeless…
Seeing the young man die with his eyes wide open, the people of Daqian seemed even more frightened, letting the 30 cavalrymen drive them away...
At that moment, a woman stood up and said, "Are you all deaf?!"
Several people looked at her and asked, "What can we do?"
The woman shouted, "Fight those Hun wolves to the death!"
"If you're going to fight, then fight..."
The woman glared angrily, then rammed her head into the body of the Xiongnu cavalryman who had just killed the young man…
The Xiongnu cavalryman had no idea that someone would actually dare to resist. He was suddenly bumped and stumbled to the ground.
"Let's give it our all!!"
Someone shouted.
"Let's give it our all!!"
More people shouted in unison.
In an instant, many ordinary people shouted angrily, helped each other by biting open the ropes with their teeth, and then rushed forward fearlessly to snatch the knife and bow and arrows from the fallen Xiongnu cavalryman.
After they got their hands on him, the crowd beat the Xiongnu soldier to death with their fists, feet, and stones, until blood was flowing from all seven orifices of his head.
Then, they launched an attack on the other 29 Xiongnu soldiers who were being held captive.
"Oh no! The barbarians have rebelled!"
The Xiongnu soldiers guarding this large group of civilians were immediately alarmed. They dared not stay to suppress the resistance and instead fled on horseback.
...
As more and more of his own cavalrymen fell, and the arrows he fired were nowhere near the enemy, coupled with his failure to drive away the prisoners, Ayemumu was so angry that he spat out a mouthful of blood and fell off his horse.
"Chief of a thousand households!"
Several subordinates helped him up. Ignoring the blood at the corner of his mouth, he said urgently, "Quick... don't worry about anything... escaping is the most important thing..."
The subordinates looked at each other, clearly very reluctant to give up their spoils of war.
"Hurry...it's too late...we'll all die here..."
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