Li Yuanhong had already gone completely mad.
The area was covered in blood left behind by the Qiang soldiers who were attacked last night.
He found it hard to believe what had happened here last night.
But there was one thing that Li Yuanhong was certain of.
The ones who attacked these soldiers were definitely from the Central Plains.
Beside the bloodstains were countless hoofprints. This was enough to prove that it was the Central Plains cavalry.
This was because the soldiers he sent out, aside from Li Yuanneng, did not have any cavalry.
"Those damn Central Plains people!"
Li Yuanhong did not expect that half of his army would be killed in just one night!
However, he only learned of this news just now.
"Commander, I'm afraid we can't continue our search."
At this moment, a deputy general beside him said,
"We'll be in the Central Plains' territory about a thousand steps forward.
"If we continue forward, we'll probably be attacked by those Central Plains people."
Li Yuanhong immediately narrowed his eyes.
"Then it's here!
"These Central Plains people must have used this as a stronghold to invade our Qiang territory!
"Tell the entire army to prepare for battle!
"We must find that group of cavalry!"
The deputy general immediately widened his eyes.
"Commander, I'm afraid this is a little inappropriate …
"The Central Plains people here have at least a hundred thousand soldiers, and they're equipped with weapons we've never seen before.
"We've attacked this place before, but …"
Li Yuanhong glared fiercely at the lieutenant general.
"Give the order!"
The deputy general immediately shrank back and quickly passed down the order.
At this moment, Li Yuanhong could no longer care so much.
Hatred had already filled his mind.
Right now, Li Yuanhong only thought of how to kill these Central Plains cavalrymen who had killed all his commanders and his younger brother.
Not only did he want to kill them, he even wanted to grind their bones to dust.
However, at this moment, he could only rage helplessly.
Soon, Li Yuanhong led all his soldiers to the Central Plains city.
Before Li Yuanhong could give the order to charge, the archers above had already seen the Qiang people and immediately launched their attacks.
The person standing guard here was none other than Xu Huang.
Bai Feng had also instructed that if they saw any Qiang people, they should shoot without hesitation.
Most of these Qiang soldiers were infantry. Most importantly, Li Yuanhong had left the cavalry to his younger brother, but they had all been wiped out.
Li Yuanhong was somewhat surprised by such a well-prepared attack.
However, it was too late for the Qiang soldiers to dodge. They took the full brunt of the arrows.
Immediately, the soldiers at the front were hit by several arrows. Some died, and some were injured.
Li Yuanhong became even more furious. However, when he looked at the city, he found nothing.
The gate here was closed, and there were no soldiers stationed here.
In fact, at this time, Bai Feng had already led his troops all the way to the north, avoiding Li Yuanhong's search.
Li Yuanhong's original intention was not to attack the city. Moreover, he also knew that he had no way of attacking the city right now.
There were so many defenders in the city, and attacking the city would be suicide.
He had no experience in attacking a city, and he had only seen that there were many small villages in the north that were not protected by the city walls.
In the face of a standard city with such large-scale walls, Li Yuanhong's soldiers would find it very difficult to do anything.
Moreover, he had already lost more than half of his men.
"Senior Commander, Senior Commander!"
"The enemy's offensive is too fierce. We can't advance at all!
"If this continues, we'll suffer even more casualties!"
At this moment, his deputy immediately said anxiously.
Li Yuanhong was somewhat dumbfounded.
As he looked at the soldiers lying in pools of blood in front of him, Li Yuanhong understood.
In his current state, he was no match for the Central Plains soldiers.
All he could do was deal with a few undefended villages in the north.
However, what he did not know was that these villages had all been fortified, and there were grenades that he had never seen before.
If he attacked the north now, he would die even more miserably.
"Retreat! Retreat!"
Although Li Yuanhong was inconsolable, there was only one path before him.
Retreat!
If they did not retreat now, this search would turn into a siege.
Whether it was Li Yuanhong or his soldiers, they didn't know how to attack a city, nor did they have the necessary equipment to attack a city.
By now, Li Yuanhong had regained his rationality.
If this continued, his remaining seventy to eighty thousand soldiers would all be buried here!
As such, he had no choice but to retreat.
The Qiang soldiers received their orders and retreated like the receding tide, not even looking back.
On the city walls, Xu Huang couldn't help but sneer.
"Mister was right. These Qiang people have no strength at all. They're just a bunch of bastards who only know how to bully the border villages.
"It's a pity that our bows and arrows can only shoot so far. Otherwise, we would definitely have killed a few more of them!"
At this moment, the deputy general beside him laughed and said,
"General Xu, rest assured. These fellows will be wiped out sooner or later."
"Hasn't Mister already set off for his tribe?"
"Perhaps when they return, they'll only see Mister's banner!"
Xu Huang nodded, but he was still somewhat worried.
"But Mister only has ten thousand cavalry. Although the Qiang people are weak, they have at least seventy thousand soldiers!
"Even if Mister takes the camp, I'm afraid …"
The deputy general smiled faintly and said:
"General Xu, rest assured. Don't forget when Mister attacked the Xiongnu.
"At that time, Mister led ten thousand soldiers to confront the Xiongnu army of over a hundred thousand.
"In the end, didn't he still wipe out those damned Xiongnu?"
Hearing the deputy's words, Xu Huang nodded heavily.
"The safety of the border depends entirely on Mister!"
… …
At the same time, Li Yuanhong's soldiers were stumbling back to their tents, not daring to rest for even a moment.
At this moment, Li Yuanhong had an ominous premonition.
After all, there was not a single person in his tent!
If someone took advantage of this opportunity to invade, it would be dangerous!
Moreover, there were many injured soldiers who needed treatment. If he didn't return, it would be very difficult to bandage them up.
Whether it was rations or medicine, they were all in the camp!
However, when Li Yuanhong's army arrived not far away from his camp, Li Yuanhong's army suddenly stopped.
A shocking situation appeared in front of them.
At this moment, there didn't seem to be any changes in their camp.
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