"The duty of Zhenhai Camp is to eliminate the pirates. Now the pirates have gathered in Yunjing County and become powerful. Instead of thinking about how to defend against the enemy, Du Yucheng is taking revenge and bringing Zhenhai Camp to hunt down the Long family. They are abusing their power and treating the lives of the Zhenhai Camp soldiers as a joke."
“Many of you came from the Zhenhai Camp. Look at it now, does the Zhenhai Camp still resemble the one that fought pirates in Jingdong County and Jiangyang County back then?”
"Brothers, follow me! Hold off Zhenhai Camp and give Commander Long and his family a chance to survive!"
"Brothers, follow me! Let's kill that traitor Du Yucheng and restore the honor of Zhenhai Camp!!"
"Brothers, follow me! For justice, we will fight to the death!"
"kill!!!"
Xiao Luofeng roared, and everyone raised their weapons and shouted in unison.
"kill!"
"kill!!"
"kill!!!"
Just as Xiao Luofeng was giving his mobilization speech, the Zhenhai Camp had already rushed into the valley. This rapidly marching army did not stop and charged towards Xiao Luofeng like madmen.
Although the soldiers of Zhenhai Camp were all infantry, most of them, including Chengdu, Fu Zheng, and a very few generals, rode warhorses.
Du Yucheng took the lead, widening the distance between himself and the infantry behind him. Pointing to his halberd, he shouted, "Who dares to block my way?"
Xiao Luofeng gestured for Zhou Nuo to step back into the group, then stepped forward alone and called out loudly, "Xiao Luofeng!"
As they spoke, Du Yucheng moved even closer to Xiao Luofeng, glanced at him, and said, "Xiao Luofeng, we are both among the Four Supreme Generals, and your ranking is even higher than mine. Why are you so foolish as to act as an accomplice to evil?"
Xiao Luofeng said, "Justice resides in the hearts of the people!"
"snort!"
Du Yucheng snorted coldly and said, "It seems you've already pledged allegiance to the Zhao family, then there's nothing more to say. You only won one battle at Lingshan, so why were you appointed a third-rank general? Why is your rank higher than mine? Today I will prove that you are inferior to me!"
Xiao Luofeng said nothing more, opened his hands to the left and right, and took a bow and arrow.
Du Yucheng thought Xiao Luofeng was going to shoot him, so he immediately slowed down and shouted, "There are less than a thousand of them, charge! Eat them all!!"
The Zhenhai Camp instantly submerged Chengdu and swarmed towards Xiao Luofeng.
Xiao Luofeng nocked the bowstring, drew it taut, and calmly watched the oncoming crowd.
A breath passed.
Two breaths passed.
Three breaths passed...
When Zhenhai Camp was very close to Xiao Luofeng, Xiao Luofeng suddenly pointed his bow and arrow at the sky and shot it out.
A feathered arrow tied with a red cloth flew straight into the sky!
Dozens of heads appeared at the top of the valley, pushing stones and logs down the cliff.
Boom!!!
Wow!!!
Within moments, hundreds of stones and logs fell, crashing down on the central command position of Zhenhai Camp.
Zhenhai Camp was thrown into chaos, with people fleeing in all directions like headless flies. But it was too late. Most of them were unable to make accurate judgments. Some bumped into their own people, some were crushed to death by stones and rolling logs, and some were trampled to death.
"kill!!!"
Seeing this, Xiao Luofeng roared and charged towards Zhenhai Camp.
Unlike Du Yucheng, who was in the vanguard position, Fu Zheng, positioned in the center and avoiding the rocks and logs, shouted, "Don't panic!! They've launched an attack, which means there are no more rocks and logs on the mountain!! Maintain formation and charge forward!!"
Fu Zheng's judgment was correct; Xiao Luofeng had too little time to prepare, and the stones and logs were indeed gone. Xiao Luofeng's original intention was not to severely injure the Zhenhai Camp with this method, but only to disrupt their rhythm, take advantage of their panic, and damage their morale to achieve the goal of throwing them into chaos.
Although it had an effect, it did not achieve the result Xiao Luofeng had expected due to Fu Zheng's timely adjustments.
The two sides immediately engaged in hand-to-hand combat.
Fortunately, this was a valley terrain. Xiao Luofeng's side was outnumbered, but not to the point of being surrounded. Both sides fought in an advancing manner.
Judging from the battle, Xiao Luofeng's team may not have been experienced in actual combat, and their individual abilities and overall coordination were not as good as Zhenhai Camp. However, Zhenhai Camp had just completed a long-distance raid, and the soldiers had exhausted their physical strength, so the combat effectiveness of both sides remained at the same level.
This is an acceptable outcome for Du Yucheng. Given similar combat strength, even if his seven thousand men lose more than a thousand men, they can quickly wipe out Xiao Luofeng.
Zhou Nuo emerged from the back of the group, chose a good vantage point, and fired a sneak attack at the Zhenhai Camp's ranks.
Her choice of targets was ingenious; thanks to the Jingling Bow, the force of the arrow often allowed her to pierce through two Zhenhai Camp warriors with a single shot.
Killing two birds with one stone, and never missing a shot.
Du Yucheng noticed the deadly cold stare and was about to look for Zhou Nuo's location when the thunderous sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded behind him.
Xu Shouli also arrived.
Du Yucheng remained unfazed; this was something he had expected. While Xu Shouli had engaged the Zhenhai camp and decimated its three thousand men along the way, he himself had also lost over a thousand cavalrymen.
Even if Xu Shouli and Xiao Luofeng join forces, Chengdu will still hold an absolute advantage.
Du Yucheng shouted, "Commander Fu, cavalry has no advantage here. You lead the central and rear armies to hold off Xu Shouli, and I will lead the vanguard to wipe out Xiao Luofeng!"
Fu Zheng replied, "Understood!"
At Fu Zheng's command, the central and rear armies turned around to resist Xu Shouli.
Xu Shouli tightened the reins and stopped the horse, dismounted, drew his sword, and said, "Everyone dismount and follow me to fight!"
...
As soon as Zhao Cheng drove out of the valley, his vision opened up, and he could see the coastline of Jinghai as far as the eye could see. The air already had a damp, salty smell.
We're very close to the beach now. (Biquge)
Zhao Cheng didn't rush on his way. Instead, he stopped and walked to Zhao Huan's carriage, saying, "Father, Xiao Luofeng can't stop Du Yucheng. We can't put all our eggs in one basket. I know you sent Mr. Lian to Lingshan to gather people, but our route has changed, and Mr. Lian won't have time to come to our rescue."
Zhao Huan stepped out of the carriage and asked, "What do you intend to do?"
Zhao Cheng said, "Of the five hundred men I asked Xiao Luofeng for, three hundred will lead you southeast at top speed to reach Lingshan. Two hundred will stay with me and continue eastward toward Jinghai. I'm sorry to trouble you, but you can't take any of the carriages with you; keep the group as it is."
Zhao Huan asked, "Are you going to act as bait to buy us time?"
Zhao Cheng said, "Their target is me. The only way to protect the Zhao family is to split up. Even if something happens to me and the third brother, at least the second and fourth brothers, as well as Changli and my two unborn children, will be saved."
Upon hearing this, Mu Zhaojun immediately stepped out of the carriage and said sternly, "No!"
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