Chapter 909 Escape!!
On the battlefield, the world turned upside down in an instant. When the loud noise and smoke dissipated, the Beiling army, which had been full of morale, fell into chaos.
Three miles outside Luoyan Pass, it was as if a giant blade had fallen from the sky and cut it in half. The gap in the middle was dozens of people wide and was filled with shattered flesh and bones.
Those pairs of eyes filled with fear, the broken arms and blood all over the ground, accompanied by the painful groans that were sometimes high and sometimes low, made everyone terrified.
Before the people behind could react, the horses of the cavalrymen who were in the front and had luckily escaped the impact became frightened and went crazy, neighing and galloping uncontrollably in all directions, shattering the remaining battle formations and troops of Beiling and causing countless casualties.
The Beiling army suffered tens of thousands of casualties in just one strike, and the extreme bloodshed defeated all the remaining people.
"What happened?"
"What's going on?"
"What's that sound?!"
In the rear team, Xiahou Ling's ears were buzzing and his head was blank because of the earth-shaking sound just now.
Before he could steady himself, he saw someone with blood all over his face coming back from the crowd. When he saw Xiahou Ling, he cried out with red eyes.
"Oh no, Imperial Master, we've fallen into a trap!"
"The Great Wei had set a trap outside Luoyan Pass. Who knows what was hidden inside? Deputy General Ao and his vanguard of tens of thousands had just approached the city wall when a huge explosion detonated, completely cutting the middle of the army. Most of the people in the front were killed, and almost all the cavalry was disabled."
"What did you say?" Xiahou Ling suddenly pushed away the person who was supporting him, his face grim and he asked angrily, "Where's Ao Peng?!"
The person who came cried: "Deputy General Ao...Deputy General Ao is dead too...And General Mo and the others, they are all dead..."
Xiahou Ling's figure shook, and when he looked up, he could only vaguely see the outline of Luoyan Pass. Although the dense crowd in front blocked his view and prevented him from seeing what had just happened, the chaos and panic in the team spread like a plague.
As the crowd collided with each other, screams rang out. Even if someone shouted loudly to try to restrain the people around them, they were instantly drowned out by other sounds.
"How could this happen? Didn't I order you to monitor Luoyan Pass?"
"We've been attacking frequently lately, but the Wei people have never opened the city gates. Furthermore, our people have been in and out of this area countless times without any problems. The Wei people have never come out. How did they set up an ambush in advance and even bury something?!"
Xiahou Ling's face was ashen and fierce as he questioned the person next to him.
The man was also panicked: "I have sent people to monitor Luoyan Pass every day. They have definitely not opened the city gates, and the army has never come out..."
Apart from the daily attacks from their side, no one from the Wei Dynasty had been seen in that area. The Wei Dynasty seemed to want to confirm the theory of an empty city, and would rather defend the city and see the city walls damaged and soldiers killed or injured than send troops to fight. Even after they sounded the retreat every day, there were still spies watching Luoyan Pass.
The city gates had never been opened, and he had no idea how the Wei side had quietly set up such a big trap and ambushed this unprecedented "weapon" in it, which caused the Beiling army to suffer heavy losses before even seeing the Wei army.
He was terrified as he spoke: "I really don't know what's going on, and there's no news from Lord Zhan. He always said there's nothing unusual in Luoyan Pass..."
Zhan Meng said there was nothing unusual!
When Xiahou Ling heard these words, all his anger instantly dissipated. He shuddered and something suddenly flashed through his mind.
His expression changed instantly. He had no time to question the ambush set by the Wei Dynasty, nor did he stay any longer. Instead, he suddenly turned around and got on the carriage, shouting loudly.
"Retreat, retreat immediately!"
"National Master?"
Several Beiling generals looked at Xiahou Ling in astonishment.
Xiahou Ling didn't bother to explain further. He just said in a grim voice, "The Great Wei's plan is fake. We fell into the trap."
"Ge Yue, immediately order the troops to return to the camp. Send a signal to the soldiers to tell Sang Qina and the others to stop and not enter the Luoyan Pass battlefield..."
Boom!
Boom boom!!
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly heard the sound of war drums coming from the sky. The drumbeats were like the strikes of heavy hammers, each one louder than the last, as dense as summer thunder, and continuous. Every sound fell on Xiahou Ling's heart, making his heart beat wildly.
He suddenly looked up in the direction of Luoyan Pass.
That is the war drum of the Wei Dynasty.
The Wei army left the city...
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"kill!!!"
“Charge!!!”
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After more than ten days, the gate of Luoyan Pass was opened again. Di Shuangcheng and others put on helmets, rode horses and led their troops out at full speed.
After the Beiling vanguard was separated by the explosion, the remaining tens of thousands of people were almost instantly scattered and killed, while the originally weak Wei Dynasty army was like a tiger among a flock of sheep, with high morale.
The Beiling army had already suffered heavy losses from the previous ambushes and accidents, and all the remaining people were in panic. Now they were even more chaotic after being attacked by the Wei army, and there was no time to organize a battle formation.
Shouts and cries of killing rang out as the Wei army engaged in a fierce battle with the Beiling army.
Xiahou Ling had no time to call back his troops. Even when he wanted to take some of Zong Yan's men and leave the battlefield first, he was forced into it and could not extricate himself.
The place where he was originally was the center of the Beiling army. However, after the army in front was cut off, the people in the middle were even more scattered. He, who was sitting on the chariot, became a living target on the entire battlefield. Those arrows seemed to have eyes and shot towards him in unison.
"National Master, be careful!!"
Xiahou Ling was pulled down from the chariot and narrowly avoided a rain of arrows, but the chariot was already filled with arrows tied with kerosene and lit on fire.
A raging fire started around him, and the chariot was destroyed in an instant. Several of his close associates who had followed him on the chariot died, and a large number of people collapsed around him. Those who were not dead yet were set on fire by arrows and rolled on the ground wailing in pain.
Xiahou Ling was protected by the people around him.
"Master, all the Wei forces have left the city. I'm afraid our remaining troops can't hold on."
"Let's go first."
The people around looked at Xiahou Ling, and someone asked anxiously, "But if we leave, what will happen to the remaining men?"
"Grand Master, although we were disrupted by the Wei ambush, we still have Sang Qina and his 100,000 cavalry, as well as Prince Consort Ji and his men. As long as they reinforce us, even if the Wei army set up an ambush in advance and rushed out in full force, they may not be able to capture us..."
"Yes, Imperial Master, we cannot retreat!"
"If we retreat, how are we going to explain this battle to the Khan and the people in the royal court?"
People around were talking at once.
Xiahou Ling's expression turned grim: "Do you want to explain to them, or do you want to save your lives?!"
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