Shi Yungan and his elite cavalry charged towards the two women in black with an overwhelming momentum. He himself even drew his bow and prepared to kill the two of them. _ 8 _ _ _.
"Swoosh swoosh swoosh"
A series of crossbow sounds rang out. The dozen or so Pinglu cavalrymen at the front were shot down from their horses. The ownerless warhorses whined a few times and stopped sneezing on the spot.
The sudden turn of events shocked Shi Yungan. He put down the bow in his hand and looked ahead cautiously.
"Swoosh swoosh swoosh"
Soon, another dozen or so Pinglu cavalrymen were shot down from their horses.
"Uh uh uh"
Immediately after, the Pinglu cavalrymen at the front were shot down one after another.
"Mi Niang, someone is here to save us. Let's go."
Two women in black supported each other and ran towards the sparse pine forest in front.
At this moment, Ang Lee, Kun Xiong, Fei Yu, Li Feishou Yu and his White Wolf Mountain brothers were hiding behind the pine trees. They were shooting wildly at the cavalrymen in front of them.
Ang Lee and the other two had been martial arts fanatics since they were young. Their archery skills were needless to say. Li Feishou Yu's archery skills were even better. The White Wolf Mountain brothers' archery skills were not weak either. They shot continuously, causing the Pinglu cavalrymen to fall from their horses one after another.
"Master, the two black-clothed people seem to be women. They are coming."
Zhang Erniu could tell at a glance that they were both women.
"Erniu, take the brothers and protect these two people back to White Wolf Village."
"No, Master, we want to stay."
At this moment, Shi Yungan had more than two hundred cavalrymen. Zhang Erniu was worried about Li Feishou Yu and Ang Lee. Naturally, he did not want to take the brothers and leave first.
"Erniu, the four of us are enough to deal with these cavalrymen. You will only be a burden if you stay here. Go."
Li Feishou Yu gave the order without hesitation. In his opinion, even if all the brothers stayed behind, they would not be able to stop the cavalrymen's charge. Moreover, they would suffer heavy losses. It would be easier to retreat with fewer people. 8
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"Yes, Master."
Two women in black quickly walked over and brushed past Li Feishou Yu. At that moment, Li Feishou Yu suddenly felt a sense of deja vu and a trace of tenderness appeared in his heart. However, he quickly calmed down and continued shooting.
"General, there is an ambush!"
Seeing their comrades fall off their horses one after another, the cavalrymen were all shocked.
Shi Qigan was even more furious. He ordered, "Soldiers, charge! There are only a few of them left!"
"Go!"
After the initial panic, Shi Yungan led his two hundred elite cavalrymen and charged forward.
"Shouyu, let's split into two groups. Kun Xiong will follow you."
"Alright, let's do that."
Seeing that there were too many cavalrymen and that they were charging at them, Ang Lee and the other three split into two groups, taking turns to cover their retreat.
The sparse forest more or less blocked the cavalrymen's pursuit. On the other hand, Ang Lee and the other three's skis allowed them to retreat faster and more nimbly. For this reason, Shi Yungan and his two hundred cavalrymen were unable to catch up to Ang Lee's group. Furthermore, they were constantly being shot down by Ang Lee's group of four.
"General, we can't continue chasing. Our soldiers have suffered heavy casualties."
Shi Yungan looked left and right. There were only one hundred and fifty cavalrymen left. In other words, nearly a hundred cavalrymen had been shot down by the four in front of them.
As one of An Lushan's generals, he had never suffered such a great humiliation. This was something he could not tolerate.
"All of you stay here. I'll chase by myself."
The conceited Shi Yungan urged his horse to chase after Ang Lee's group of four by himself.
"General, general!"
A few of his personal guards could not help but follow him.
Seeing that there were only five or six cavalrymen chasing after them, Ang Lee was astonished. He immediately drew his bow and prepared to kill Shi Yungan who was leading them.
Whoosh!
The sharp arrow carried killing intent as it flew towards Shi Yungan's throat at an extremely fast speed. 8
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Shi Yungan sneered and dodged Ang Lee's arrow. Then, he pulled his bow back and shot at Ang Lee.
The dodging and counterattack were completed in an instant. Shi Yungan's movements were so skillful that it shocked Ang Lee. However, he still managed to dodge the arrow.
"We've met an expert."
Ang Lee's desire to win was ignited. He continued to fight as he moved. He shot five or six arrows at Shi Yungan, but all of them were dodged.
"Big Brother, shoot the horse first."
Li Feiyu softly reminded.
The corner of Li An's mouth curled into a smile as he shot an arrow at Shi Tung's horse.
Hiss! Hiss!
Shi Yungan did not expect Ang Lee to suddenly shoot his horse. After all, Ang Lee's group of four had shot down nearly a hundred cavalrymen, but they had never shot their horses.
"General, general!"
When the bodyguards at the rear saw that Shi Ronggan had fallen to the ground, they hurriedly jumped off their warhorses and helped him up.
Shi Yungan's face was full of unwillingness. However, the other party was very powerful. He knew that he could not catch up to them.
"Go back. All troops retreat to the camp."
With a heart filled with unwillingness, Shi Ronggan retreated.
Looking at the Pinglu cavalry gradually disappearing, Ang Lee and Fei Yu looked at each other and smiled.
"It's fine. That general's archery skills are not below yours. However, you are much younger than him. In the future, you will definitely surpass him."
Li Feiyu walked over lightly. When Ang Lee and Shi Yungan were shooting arrows, he had been watching from the side. He found that Shi Yungan's archery skills were very good. His appreciation of talent was immediately aroused, so he did not kill Shi Yungan.
Of course, Li Feiyu did not know that Shi Yungan, who he let go, would be given the name Shi Siming by the Emperor after a few years. More than ten years later, he would start a large-scale rebellion with An Lushan, completely destroying the Tang dynasty.
"Feiyu, since we did not kill An Lushan this time, it will be even more difficult to kill An Lushan in the future."
Ang Lee's attack had failed, so he did not have any hope of assassinating An Lushan.
Li Feiyu lightly nodded. "It's fine. For a gentleman to take revenge, ten years is not too late. A real man has many things to do, so we cannot put all our thoughts on revenge."
"Big Brother, your last shot pierced An Lushan's shoulder. It can be considered a lesson to An Lushan."
"Big Brother, Sun Xiaozhe's stomach was pierced by you. Even if he didn't die, he would be seriously injured. This can be considered revenge for the people in the village."
Ang Lee lightly nodded to show his approval. This time, although he did not kill An Lushan, injuring An Lushan and Sun Xiaozhe could be considered to have vented a lot of his anger. It made his mood much better.
Of course, if he knew that the injured An Lushan was actually He Side, Ang Lee would probably be very depressed.
In the main hall of the Martial Manor, An Lushan slowly paced with a frown. From time to time, he would rub his fat belly. This was his habitual action, and also his trademark.
On both sides of the main hall stood Yan Zhuang, Shi Yungan, An Zhongliu, and He Side.
Yan Zhuang lowered his head and did not say a word. Shi Yungan's face was ashen. He wanted to say something but stopped. An Zhongliu was expressionless like a stone statue. As for the injured He Side, his face was full of pain.
This time, all of the operations had been planned by Yan Zhuang. Every step had been carefully thought out. However, he had made two mistakes. The first was that he had seriously underestimated the strength of the enemy. He had thought that these bandits were a motley crew that was easy to deal with. He had not expected the enemy to be so strong.
The other mistake was that he had calculated that the enemy would split into two groups and had made the corresponding preparations. However, he had not expected the enemy to split into three groups, causing his plan to fail.
Of course, Yan Zhuang's calculation of the enemy's split into two groups was not wrong. Ang Lee had indeed planned to split into two groups. However, the appearance of the black-clothed men ahead of time had allowed one more group of people to sneak attack them. This was something that Yan Zhuang had never expected. Perhaps this was the so-called "man proposes, God disposes."
"Killing fifty enemies, losing a hundred of our own. General He is lightly injured, Xiaozhe is seriously injured and unconscious, and half of the bandits have escaped. Hmph."
An Lushan was clearly very dissatisfied with such a result.
Shi Yungan hurriedly apologized. "Commander in chief, this is all my fault for not being able to kill the enemy. Please punish me."
"Commander in chief, General Shi has already done his best. This subordinate has underestimated the enemy and underestimated this group of bandits." Yan Zhuang nodded and spoke up for Shi Yungan.
This operation had been planned by him. Now that the operation had failed, he naturally had to bear the main responsibility.
An Lushan was very angry, but he knew that no one was to blame for this matter. Yan Zhuang was the one who had made the plan, but he was not an immortal. It was impossible for him to have predicted all of the situations. Shi Yungan was a valiant general and was also from the same hometown as him. He understood Shi Yungan. As long as they could kill all of the bandits, Shi Yungan would definitely not let them escape.
However, he was still the commander in chief of Ying Province. It was very necessary for him to maintain the most basic authority of an official. Even if no one was to blame, he still had to lose his temper to intimidate his subordinates and make them obedient. This was the art of controlling people as an official. It was a combination of kindness and authority. An Lushan was clearly proficient in this art.
"Alright, this matter has already passed. It is useless to pursue who is responsible. What should we do next, Mister Yan?"
Hearing this, Yan Zhuang's eyes turned a few times. He nodded and said, "Commander in chief, this subordinate has already had people investigate the fifty or so black-clothed men killed by our army. They are all from the Xi tribe. Furthermore, from the items found on their bodies, we can confirm that they are from the Nu Jie tribe."
"What? The Nu Jie tribe? It was that old fellow Li Tagu who wanted to kill me!"
An Lushan was furious. His eyes were wide open. He wished he could immediately send troops to suppress the Nu Jie tribe.
"Commander in chief, the black-clothed men are from the Nu Jie tribe, but there is another group of bandits. They do not seem to be from the same group as the black-clothed men."
Shi Yungan interrupted. Although Ang Lee had saved the two black-clothed women in the end, Shi Yungan could still feel that the black-clothed men and Ang Lee were not from the same group.
"There is another group. It is the group that escaped unscathed."
"Yes, Commander in chief. It is very likely that Erlang was injured by this group. Among them, there are four people who are very powerful. Our two hundred cavalry were actually unable to do anything to them."
When Shi Yungan said this, he felt a deep sense of defeat. His head was deeply lowered.
Hearing this, He Side immediately said, "Commander in chief, my shoulder was injured by a short spear. Erlang's abdomen was also pierced by a short spear. They are clearly from the same group."
An Lushan was startled. "How many people does this group have?"
"Commander in chief, less than fifty people." Shi Yungan replied.
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