Chapter 89 Qingniutuan

On the mountain road on the northern foot of Qingniu Mountain, Meng Hu was leading the Tiger Regiment's more than 600 soldiers and more than 3,000 barbarians were winding along the winding mountain road.

Qi Diaozi walked beside Meng Hu, pointing to the endless mountains in the distance and said, "General, Qingniu Mountain stretches for more than 500 miles from east to west, connecting to Qingyun Mountain in the west and Xiling City in the east. Qingniu Tun's geographical location is very prominent. If it weren't for its location in the hinterland of the western province, Qingniu Tun would have become a must-fight place for military strategists."

Meng Hu nodded slightly when he heard this. He carefully observed along the way. The mountains in Qingniu Tun are steep and easy to defend but difficult to attack. If you set up camps on several important roads and set up hundreds of troops to resist defending, it will be enough to block the fierce attack of tens of thousands of troops. Because the mountain roads here are rugged and it is difficult for the army to unfold, so there is no way to talk about the advantage of troops.

However, what Meng Hu really likes here is because of Qingniutun’s unique geographical location.

Qingniu Tun is located at the intersection of Xiling, Sanjiang and Hedong. It can enter the territory of Hebei Prefecture fifty miles northward. More importantly, the official road leading from Sanjiang and Hedong to Xiling is at the intersection of the southern foot of Qingniu Mountain. Meng Hu controlled Qingniu Tun and strangled this official road. Controlling this official road was equivalent to strangling the throat of Situ Rui's 300,000 bright moon army!

Of course, then again, if Meng Hu didn't have a strong enough army in his hands, even if he controlled Qingniutun, it would be impossible to strangle the Sanjiang River. The official road leading to Xiling in Hedong would be even less likely to strangle the throat of the 300,000 Mingyue Army.

That's what Situ Rui thought, so he did not dispatch the army, but sent a brigade. This was because Situ Rui was cautious by nature and would not send troops at all if he had been others. Because the main force of the Western Legion had been completely destroyed, the entire western provinces were empty, so why should they station troops in the remote area of ​​Qingniutun?

When Meng Hu and his team were more than ten miles away from Qingniu Tun, the leopard who was standing in front suddenly turned back.

"General, Mingyue bandits were discovered on the southern foot of Qingniu Tun, and there was about a brigade of troops!"

"What?" Qi Diaozi's face changed drastically when he heard this, and he said in a lost voice, "What a Situ Rui, he is moving very quickly!"

Meng Hu's face also darkened, and he asked in a narrow voice: "Is there a large army behind this Mingyue Empire Army?"

This is very important. If only this team of Mingyue Imperial Army comes, it is not worth worrying. If this team of Mingyue Imperial Army is just a vanguard and there are still a large army to arrive later, the problem will be serious. At present, more than 3,000 barbarian cavalry and more than 600 remaining soldiers from the Tiger Regiment are all tired troops. Many of them are still injured and cannot withstand the tossing.

Leopard shook his head and said, "No, there is only this group of Mingyue bandits."

"Okay." Meng Hu focused his head and turned around and shouted Dunzi, "Dunzi, send orders to the entire army to speed up the marching. We must rush to Qingniu Tun before the Mingyue bandits. We must not let the Mingyue bandits harm the fellow villagers in Qingniu Tun!"

"yes!"

Dunzi agreed and rode his horse along the winding mountain road, running all the way, "The general has orders to speed up the marching speed. The general has orders to speed up the marching speed..."

Shaqiaogang.

Zhang Xingba was already in a siege, surrounded by Mingyue Empire soldiers holding spears.

The bright red blood slowly flowed down Zhang Xingba's eyebrows, and then flowed into his eyes along the corners of his eyes. Zhang Xingba blinked his eyes hard, and when he opened his eyes, a blood-red world was already around him.

A grown-up officer Mingyue was circling around Zhang Xingba like a wolf holding a sword.

Zhang Xingba gasped violently, and pointed at the Mingyue officer with his left iron halberd, and then turned slowly. A piercing pain came from his right leg. Zhang Xingba's thick eyebrows frowned. Just now, while he was fighting with the Mingyue officer, another Mingyue officer fired an arrow and shot through his right leg.

At this moment, Zhang Xingba's expression seemed extremely ferocious. If he was fighting alone, the Mingyue officer in front of him was no match for him at all. Even if he was injured, he could still deal with him easily. But now he was surrounded by the soldiers of the Mingyue Empire. In addition to the spears surrounded by the dense spears, at least dozens of sharp arrows were aimed at the vital points of his body. These sinister and cunning archers were like poisonous snakes hiding in the grass. As long as Zhang Xingba had a slight flaw, he would suddenly hurt people.

As time passed, more and more blood flowed down his eyebrows, and Zhang Xingba's eyesight was becoming more and more blurred. At one moment, Zhang Xingba finally squeezed his eyes hard, trying to squeeze out the blood flowing into his eyes. The originally airtight defense suddenly revealed a flaw.

A grim smile suddenly appeared on the corner of the mouth of the officer Mingyue's mouth. The sharp sword in his hand had been swung out like lightning. Almost at the same time, more than a dozen sharp spears also pricked like poisonous snakes coming out of the hole, completely blocking Zhang Xingba's way to dodge left and right. With the cold sound of breaking through the air, two sharp wolf-toothed arrows rushed to the air, reaching the vital point of Zhang Xingba's chest and abdomen.

A violent murderous intent suddenly surged in Zhang Xingba's chest, and he rushed into the arms of Officer Mingyue. With a puff, Officer Mingyue's sword had pierced Zhang Xingba's right shoulder. However, before Officer Mingyue had time to be happy, the two heavy iron halberds in Zhang Xingba's hand had already penetrated into his abdomen and instantly stabbed them into each other.

The next moment, Zhang Juba hugged Officer Mingyue and suddenly turned sideways. The two wolf-toothed arrows that he had just shot were shot on Officer Mingyue's back. The six spears that rushed towards him also ruthlessly stabbed the poor Officer Mingyue, causing heavy damage. The poor Officer Mingyue could not make any sound anymore. His grown body twitched violently twice, and then died of anger.

"Hey!"

Zhang Xingba was seriously injured and killed the most difficult officer Mingyue. His whole body suddenly rotated like a top. The two large iron halberds weighing more than 100 kilograms in his hand swept across the board. More than a dozen spears that had pierced from all directions were immediately shattered and fragmented. The originally airtight encirclement suddenly started a small riot.

When Zhang Xingba was about to take the opportunity to break through, Binghan's murderous intent suddenly came from behind like a tide.

Zhang Xingba was shocked. It was too late to avoid him when he was short and he heard a puff, and a sharp arrow shot through his right shoulder. The bone-eroded coldness penetrated his bones, and the entire right half of his body suddenly became numb. He could no longer hold the heavy iron halberd in his right hand, and fell to the ground with a clang.

"Kill kill..."

Seeing this, the surrounding Mingyue Empire Army suddenly felt aroused its morale and surrounded it fiercely again.

Among the noisy soldiers of the Mingyue Empire, the indifferent officer Mingyue pulled out his strong bow again. The cold cluster of arrows had already aimed at Zhang Xingba's throat. In a flash, a ferocious murderous intent burst out from the Mingyue's eyes. Just as he was about to shoot Zhang Xingba with an arrow, a slight sound of breaking through the air suddenly came from the void ahead.

"Um?"

Officer Mingyue was shocked. When he looked up quickly, he saw a flash of cold light in front of him. The next moment, a bone-eroding cold had pierced his throat. Officer Mingyue lowered his head in disbelief and saw that there was a ferocious feather arrow on his throat, and the feathers at the tail of the arrow were still trembling gently.

This is... Officer Mingyue raised his last strength and raised his head. Then he found that there was a tall and thin figure on the ridge not far ahead. The figure rolled its long bow and was another arrow. Officer Mingyue found that there were ferocious feather arrows on his throat.

The next moment, an endless tide of darkness came, devouring the last consciousness of Officer Mingyue.

Zhang Xingba knelt on his right knee, waving his left halberd frantically. Just as he thought he would die, a rumble sounded in the direction of Qingniu Tun, which was like thunder but not like thunder. Even the ground under his feet was shaking slightly. The surrounding Mingyue Empire soldiers were already alarmed by this sound. When they looked back, a light cavalry suddenly broke out on the mountain road ahead, and they were slammed towards them like tigers and wolves.

"It's the barbarian cavalry!"

"Damn it, it's really a barbarian!"

A burst of screams suddenly sounded in the Mingyue Empire army. The spearmen who were originally attacking Zhang Xingba frantically immediately retreated like a tide. With the shouts of officers at all levels, they began to form a formation. Unfortunately, the ridges blocked their sight. When the Mingyue Empire soldiers discovered this cavalry, the two armies were already very close.

Before the Mingyue Empire Army set up a dense defensive formation, the barbarian cavalry like tigers and wolves swept down the hillside and crashed into the Mingyue Empire Army. The Shaqiao Bridge suddenly felt a crowd of people and horses overturned. With the sound of horses neighing, the Mingyue Empire Army, which had no time to form a formation, became a lamb to be slaughtered. After barely resisting for a moment, it collapsed, and the remaining way of coming was left to flee in panic.

The barbarians who suffered a great loss in the ambush finally caught this opportunity to take revenge. Of course, they would not let go of the group of Mingyue Empire Army in front of them. More than 300 barbarian cavalry were separated from the squadron of cavalry and continued to chase along the mountain road. They chased for more than ten miles until they killed all the Mingyue Empire soldiers.

Zhang Xingba was a little confused by the sudden appearance of the cavalry, and struggled to stand up with his halberd.

The sound of light iron hooves came from behind. Zhang Xingba turned around with some difficulty. There was already a magical war horse in front of him. The war horse was pitch black all over, but the four hooves were snow-white. A young man with a cold face was riding on the horse's back. The young man was wearing light armor and had a cold face, looking at most in his twenties.

Of course, this young man is Meng Hu, the fiancé of the Duke of Western Region Zhao Qinghan, and the future commander of the Western Region Legion.

Meng Hu gently held the reins of the horse, and his cold eyes slowly flew over the wound on Zhang Xingba's body, and suddenly said, "I have a good body and look like a tough character."

"What do you mean?" Zhang Xingba said angrily, "I am a tough guy."

"Is that right?" Meng Hu smiled slightly and said sneeringly, "Since he is a ruthless character, why can't he even deal with a few Mingyue pawns?"
Chapter completed!