"The general is the commander of this cavalry battalion. Once we have rescued General Pei and his 500,000 soldiers at Hangu Pass, General Pei will take command. I will assist the two generals."
Chai Jing sighed and said, "General Tie is indeed a general that the Emperor values! In that case, I will no longer be polite to General Tie. Without further ado, let us set out immediately to rescue General Pei."
"I obey your command!"
After saying that, Chai Jing led 50,000 cavalry soldiers and 1,000 personal soldiers on war horses and rushed quickly towards Hangu Pass.
Watching the fifty thousand cavalrymen slowly disappear on the horizon, behind a rocky mountain in the distance, the leader of a group of masked men in black instructed his subordinates:
"An Yi, quickly report to the Lord that General Chai has successfully led the 50,000 elite cavalry battalion towards Hangu Pass. Even if they gallop, they can arrive in seven days. Cooperating with the Crown Prince Dongfang and taking command of the entire army will take approximately 20 days. If we count the return trip from Hangu Pass as 15 days, tell the Lord that we can mobilize the army in a month."
"yes."
"An Er, go and report to the Empress immediately and tell her that everything is going well."
"yes."
"An San, take 20 men and follow Chai Jing closely. If anything goes wrong, immediately activate these three falcons. One for the Lord, one for the Empress, and one for me."
"yes."
After An Yi, An Er and An San received the order, the men in black immediately dispersed in all directions.
An San immediately took the order and led 20 first-level secret guards with high martial arts skills to follow in the direction where Chai Jing left.
This matter is of great importance. If any link goes wrong, the entire army will be wiped out.
This wasn't a matter of either advancing or retreating; it was a matter of lives lost if we failed. And how many lives, how many families, were at stake? Therefore, this campaign had to succeed; failure was not an option.
It took the 20 men in black less than half a day to catch up with Chai Jing's army on their swift horses. To prevent being discovered by the army ahead, the secret guards left at least four miles behind.
Their purpose was not to protect Chai Jing from harm, but to see him reach Hangu Pass safely and take command of the entire army. Their mission was not to save lives at critical moments, but to send a message to the master and the palace when a sudden change occurred.
Fifty thousand cavalrymen were still desperately pursuing them, and the situation at Hangu Pass was urgent. Twenty black-clad secret guards followed closely behind, their eyes blazing, because the destination ahead symbolized victory.
“Swish——”
An almost inaudible sound came from the bushes on both sides, approaching them rapidly with the sound of breaking wind.
The 20 black-clad secret guards, with their years of experience in assassinations, immediately determined what the things flying towards them with the sound of breaking wind were.
Without even glancing to the sides, 20 secret guards flew up at the same time very swiftly.
Fortunately, they dodged in time. As they flew up, countless arrows with a faint blue color drew graceful arcs in the air, and then collided with the arrows flying from the opposite side.
The 20 secret guards were thankful that they dodged in time, otherwise the arrows, which looked extremely poisonous, would have killed them if they had just scratched their skin.
But just as the feeling of relief arose, everyone's expression changed.
I saw that the arrows shot at them from both sides had collided with each other.
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