Huai Zong immediately stood on the top of Liangqu Mountain, looking at Yu Yanshui, whose shouting and killing sound shook the sky, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and finally showed a smile that was rare to see these days.

Xia Yu was arrested! Even if in order not to make Xia Yu suspicious, the Split Wind would not show its tone to the soldiers of the baggage battalion and would cause certain casualties, but the Split Wind had 12,000 people, which was enough to withstand Xia Yu's first wave of attacks, and then entangled Xia Yu with the advantage of being outnumbered, and gradually turned the situation around and surrounded Xia Yu. With Xia Yu in hand, they can not only exchange for the wind crack, but also put pressure on Liu Yu, and Xia Yu will never have the opportunity to regain control of the military power in the north after this defeat, and the Xianbei people will have one less tough opponent from now on.

Huai Zong sincerely admits that Xia Yu is a difficult opponent, when he was in the north, he was not willing to defend the city, repeatedly attacked, and beat the Xianbei people who attacked the border to be embarrassed, this time he personally went out to besiege Ningcheng, but he didn't expect Xia Yu to lay out a defensive and offensive formation, and arranged hundreds of people outside the city, so they were helpless, and finally even Dou Gui died in the city, and also made Huai Zong, who had never suffered defeat, disgraced, and lost face.

If it weren't for the half-truths and half-truths that Fengxue brought back from the city, Huai Zong could see that Xia Yu was already difficult to support, so he would have planned to lure Xia Yu out of the city and annihilate him in the field battle, and the battle of Ningcheng would be the biggest shame in Huai Zong's life.

Until Xia Yu appeared outside the Saiwai, Huai Zong couldn't believe that his plan was really successful, after all, if his plan wanted to be successful, he could only hope that Xia Yu would go out of the city to pursue, if Xia Yu was satisfied with holding Ningcheng and not going out of the city at all, then their plan could only be regarded as a third of the completion at most, and it was still a defeat in the end.

These three days were the biggest torment for Huai Zong, he couldn't find any trace of Xia Yu, and at the same time, in order to hide his whereabouts, he didn't dare to send people deep into the Han land, so he could only wait patiently outside the Saiwai. He estimated that Xia Yu would not attack at the beginning if he pursued, and he would wait until the Tempest Storm lost its vigilance before making a move.

This timing should be after the stopper.

It was a battle of courage and patience between the two sides, and no one knew who would be the winner until the mystery was really revealed, but now Huai Zong knew that he was the final winner. The Han people have a saying that "the praying mantis catches the cicada, and the yellow finch is behind", and now the split wind is the cicada, Xia Yu is the praying mantis, and he is the last yellow finch.

His mission is not to besiege Xia Yu with Tempest, but to block Xia Yu's escape. Xia Yu would not be greedy enough to try to completely annihilate the wind, he would only leave with one blow, and when he was satisfied and wanted to retreat to the side plug, Huai Zong was a fatal arrow that pierced his heart.

Just like playing chess, in Xia Yu's opinion, he caught the flaw in Cracking Wind to relax his vigilance, and in Huai Zong's opinion, this was actually a trap he laid for Xia Yu, a trap that was enough to make Xia Yuxin believe that it was true. Although this price is not small, they can pay a greater price in order to catch Xia Yu and exchange for wind cracking.

The final winner can only be me. Huai Zong listened to the faint sound of trumpets and war drums in the distance, raised his head, looked at the gloomy sky, and exhaled softly. It was almost snowing, and I had the last prey before the snow fell, and it was worth the trip.

"My lord, the Han army broke through the baggage camp of the Niutou tribe, and they drove all the cattle and sheep down to Yuyanshui with torches."

"My lord, the Han army has broken the vanguard of the Chinese army of the Niutou tribe, and now it is fighting against the Iron Wolf Division......"

"My lord, the Han army defeated the iron wolf, and the Split Wind Hero led the main force of the Chinese army to meet the ......"

One by one, the scouts who came from Pegasus reported the news to Huai Zong, and then flew off again.

Huai Zong's eyebrows were slightly raised, the strength of the Han army's combat effectiveness was somewhat unexpected, the Han cavalry of less than 2,000 people actually defeated the two counterattacks of the Xianbei people one after another, and finally forced the Split Wind to lead the main force into battle, Xia Yu really had a set.

He remembered that the scout reported that the knights led by Xia Yu were not only wearing iron armor, but also armed with long soldiers such as halberds and spears, and he couldn't help but shake his head, both envious and strange. Envy is the Han people in the iron-making and armor-making process of advanced, strong financial resources, two thousand people actually everyone wearing iron armor, such strength is unique in the grassland, even the most elite guards in charge of protecting the king of Danhan Mountain, it is only five hundred people wearing armor, Huai Zong is a prince, with great achievements, there are only fifty personal guards around him wearing iron armor, Xia Yu's knights are all wearing armor, which can not help but make people blush. The strange thing is that Xia Yu's subordinates all have long soldiers, could it be that the cavalry led by Xia Yu is actually all warriors from a hundred?

Huai Zong couldn't believe it, even if he was a Xianbei person who grew up on horseback, it was normal for him to be able to ride and shoot, but it was not easy to fight with long soldiers in hand. If you use a long weapon with one hand, it is actually no more convenient than using a sword.

It is understandable that the two thousand knights, all dressed in iron armor and using spears, have twice or even two times the combat effectiveness. This time the Split Wind is going to suffer, Huai Zong laughed secretly in his heart, of course, as long as he catches Xia Yu and divides those iron armors, the Split Wind will not suffer.

"My lord, the Han army can't support it, and the Crack Wind Hero has begun to fight back......"

"My lord, the Han army is beginning to break away from the battle formation and retreat in the direction of our army, and the Crack Wind Commander is pursuing."

Huai Zong smiled, although there was some surprise, but the battle situation still developed in the direction he expected. He lifted the reins of his horse and walked to the predetermined position. The war horse was a little unaccustomed to the mountain road under his feet, and hesitated. Huai Zong frowned, looked at the zebra under his crotch, and felt a little nostalgic for the big red horse that followed him from birth to death, and then remembered that the horse had now been snatched away by Liu Xiu.

Where is Liu Xiu?

Huai Zong was suddenly startled, and Feiyang's mood became a little uneasy. A few days ago, he found Hei Lingwei from the Han people who went out of the city, and felt that Liu Xiu might be among them, so he set a trap for Xia Yu, and now Xia Yu really fell into the trap, but he was a little uneasy, Liu Xiu went out of the city, the biggest possibility is to contact the guerrilla Shanggu Wuhuan outside, since Badun was broken by him, Yu Jie and others have disappeared, Huai Zong no longer cares about them, but when he thinks that Liu Xiu is with them now, he is inexplicably a little worried, It's as if the perfect plan has been flawed with an unpredictable flaw.

He was outside the city, so he might not be able to know what Xia Yu was thinking, Huai Zong comforted himself, but his heart was still a little unsteady, he immediately called Xiao Shuai who was in charge of the scouts, and asked him to scatter all the remaining scouts into the surrounding mountains and forests. Although Xiao Shuai was a little puzzled, he didn't ask anything, and immediately complied, and dozens of horsemen immediately rushed out of the team and disappeared into the surrounding valley and jungle.

"Ready!" Huai Zong looked at the small flag in the hand of the scout who was rushing in the distance, and his heart beat violently: Xia Yu fled in this direction. He snorted softly, touched the position of the war knife at his waist, and prepared for battle.

The sound of horses' hooves rumbling came from one end of the valley, getting closer and louder, vibrating back and forth in the valley, gradually like thunder. The Xianbei people lying on the hillsides on either side held their breath, pricked up their ears, and stared at the valley with their eyes.

A big banner rushed out of the valley, and some scattered Han knight formations suddenly appeared in the valley, rushing like a tide, and the rapid sound of horses roared in the valley.

"Blow the trumpet!" Huai Zong let out a loud shout, and Pegasus pounced down the mountain. The guards followed him closely, and the trumpeters raised the horns hanging from their necks, puffed out their cheeks, and blew vigorously.

"Woo-woo-"

Xia Yu, who was immersed in joy, was shocked, raised his head in horror, and looked at the Xianbei people who suddenly appeared in front of him, with fear in his eyes. He was originally very happy, taking advantage of the opportunity for the Xianbei people to disperse the formation, he hit with one blow, drove most of the frightened cattle and sheep down the river with the prepared rockets, and then broke through the baggage battalion that had hurriedly counterattacked with lightning speed. Equipped with stirrups and iron halberds, iron spears of the warriors one by one like tigers, extremely brave, in a very short time to break through the first wave of counterattack organized by the rife, in front of their long soldiers, the sword-wielding Xianbei people did not have any chance to resist and fell off their horses, although they were heroic, but no matter how they swung the sword, they could not cross the distance of more than a zhang to hurt the Han knights, they could only be beaten passively, there was no power to fight back, and they were stunned at the first time.

Xia Yu was full of energy, and then broke the second wave of counterattacks led by the iron wolf, the iron wolf's divine shooting caused him some trouble, several knights were shot by him and fell off the horse, but that's all, the Han knights in iron armor simply ignored the arrow array of the Xianbei people, unless the war horse was hit by too many arrows, or was hit by the vital point, otherwise even if he was hit by two arrows, the Han knights would not have anything to do, Xia Yu's armor was hit by more than a dozen arrows, but it was just a flesh wound, Xia Yu pulled out the arrows like picking up weeds, and threw them aside, Continue the indomitable charge.

Rush, rush forward, rush forward as fast as possible.

Xia Yu took the lead and led the guard battalion to rush to the front, and more than a thousand knights led by him were like a bronze arrow, extremely sharp and invincible. Xia Yu has fought for so many years, but he has never been so hearty, and the Han army equipped with stirrups has completely overwhelmed the Xianbei people who are dominated by cavalry and archery, and they have been defeated and retreated.

Xia Yu broke through the two waves of counterattacks of the Xianbei people in one go, and it was not until he encountered the Chinese army led by Crack Storm himself that he encountered real resistance. These three thousand Chinese troops have the strongest combat power and the longest preparation time, when Xia Yu rushed through the team led by the iron wolf, the Split Wind had already completed all the preparations for the charge, and rushed over with great momentum.

However, Xia Yu still broke through the most well-prepared counterattack of the Rift Wind, broke through the battle formation of the Xianbei people, leaving corpses and blood all the way, and exceeded the set goal, and then he began to retreat. Xia Yu is not stupid, he has sensed the danger from the speed of the Xianbei people's reaction, he is calculating the Xianbei people, and the Xianbei people are also calculating him, but the Xianbei people didn't expect his impact to be so strong.

If he didn't have stirrups and long soldiers equipped, Xia Yu believed that even if he could rush out, the casualties would be very staggering, and there would not be so many knights around him. Now that he is lucky, there is no need for him to bury all these subordinates in the hands of the Xianbei people. Although Xia Yu was confident and even a little proud, he was not conceited enough to believe that these people alone could defeat the Tempest that was several times his size.

If the spur horses of Shanggu and Yuyang were also in his hands, it would be about the same.

Xia Yu began to retreat with a trace of regret, he was not flustered, and fought and retreated, as long as he retreated into the Great Wall, he would be safe. But he didn't expect that only a few miles away from the Great Wall, there were still Xianbei ambushes.

Seeing the long sound of the horn and the Xianbei people rushing out of the mountain waves, Xia Yu felt the real danger.

This is really a trap, I jumped out of the first pit by luck, but I still have to face the second pit.

Huai Zong must be Huai Zong's strategy. Xia Yu regretted a little, I underestimated this young Hu man who was dominating on the grassland.

After a short period of frustration, Xia Yu immediately raised the halberd in his hand and roared: "Rush over-"

The drummer who followed behind beat the small drum, and the rapid drum sound transmitted Xia Yu's order to the ears of every warrior, these fighters faced the danger of being flanked in front and back, not only did not slow down, but accelerated again, they all knew that if they did not break through the interception in time, once the Xianbei people behind caught up, they were less likely to go back alive.

The drums of war echoed through the valley like a swift wind and the sound of horses' hooves with the same rapidity.

"Push the stones!" Huai Zong shouted loudly and raised the war knife in his hand. The people lying on the slopes on both sides immediately pushed down the prepared stones, and the heavy stones jumped on the hillside, somersaulting, with a terrifying sound, and flew down into the valley, smashing into the team that was galloping rapidly, knocking the Han knights into the sideways and flying, and the originally orderly team was suddenly in chaos.

"Don't stop—" Xia Yu was so anxious that he shouted: "Rush over!" Rush over! ”

Although the knights behind him tried their best to keep their composure, the team was still unstoppably chaotic, and the frightened horses could no longer control it, and they were frightened by the falling boulders, and the team was in chaos, so that the knights behind could not move forward smoothly.

Xia Yu, who rushed to the front, luckily rushed through the most dangerous distance, took the personal guard camp, and roared towards the Xianbei people.

The Xianbei people also roared and greeted them. As Huai Zong's subordinates, they had never fought such a battle in Ningcheng over the years, and now they had the opportunity to capture the culprit Xia Yu, and they rushed to Xia Yu one by one.

After Xia Yu stabbed two Xianbei people to death with the halberd in his hand, he was immediately caught by a Xianbei person, he shouted, pulled out the war knife from his waist, and killed the Xianbei person with a knife, just wanted to pull back the iron halberd, and another Xianbei person pounced, holding the halberd to death, and the other pounced on him, swinging the knife and slashing Xia Yu. Xia Yu raised his knife and slashed at his neck with his backhand, but the war horse was slammed by two Xianbei people, moved two steps sideways, and fell down with a bang.

"My lord—" The two guards rushed up and blocked in front of Xia Yu, hacking to death the two Xianbei people who had hit their horses, and then fell into the siege of five or six Xianbei people, after cutting down two of them, they were also pushed to the ground, and several Xianbei people held them down, lifted their helmets, and cut their necks.

The two sides fought together, and people kept falling, and then more people pounced.

After the Han army rushed through dozens of steps, it was finally stopped by the Xianbei people who were not afraid of death, the war horses lost their speed, some of them rode on horses to assassinate the enemy with halberds, and some dismounted and fought on foot, although the situation was not good, but they were not afraid, firmly protected Xia Yu, formed an assault formation, and constantly broke through, hoping to break through the resistance of the Xianbei people.

Xia Yu shouted loudly, constantly giving orders to attack and adjusting the direction of the attack. He was experienced, surrounded by guards who had followed him for many years, not only was he highly skilled in martial arts, but he also had a very accurate and quick understanding of his intentions, and under his command, more and more warriors gathered and stubbornly rushed forward.

Although the Han army was surrounded, they had excellent armor and weapons, skillful formations, rich combat experience, and fierce generals like Xia Yu, who were not afraid of danger, and they were not panicked because they were surrounded, and their morale was still high, they shouted loudly, and cut down one Xianbei person after another to the ground.

Huai Zong rode a standing horse, watching all this coldly on the dirt slope of a dozen paces, although the strength of the Han army exceeded his estimate, but it could not surprise him. He had long known that like the siege, the Xianbei people were inferior to the Han people in foot combat, so he specially chose such a narrow valley and laid out a very thick formation, Xia Yu had more than a hundred steps in front of him, no matter how brave they were, it was impossible to break through such a thick formation, and in the end they could only exhaust their physical strength and courage, and were caught between him and the cracking wind before and after, trapped in this valley.

What he has to do now is not to let Xia Yu die in battle, he wants him to live, and he wants to exchange him for wind cracks. Because of this, he did not order archery, on the one hand, the Han army had strong iron armor, and the arrow array of the Xianbei people did not have much effect on them, and on the other hand, he was also worried about shooting Xia Yu to death. Otherwise, he only needed to let people push dozens of stones down, which would be enough to make Xia Yu die without a complete body.

This may cost hundreds of more deaths, but it is worth it to be able to exchange for wind cracks. Huai Zong quietly looked at Xia Cha's waist who was trapped in the middle, and the corners of his mouth provoked a sneer.

Xia Yu also saw Huai Zong, but he didn't have time to think too much now, what he had to do was to kill the interception of the Xianbei people before his morale and physical strength were exhausted, and rush out, so that he would have a chance to survive, if he couldn't break through Huai Zong's interception in time, and wait for the cracking wind behind him to catch up, he would have no chance.

Looking at the Xianbei people in front of him who seemed to be not far away, Xia Yu's heart couldn't help but sink, they had been fighting for a long time, and now they were just mustering up the remaining courage to fight hard, once this qi was exhausted, morale would plummet, and it could collapse at any time. He looked at the western end of the valley, where shouts of killing could already be heard, and it seemed that the vanguard of the Splitting Wind had already chased it, and his subordinates, who had been blocked by the rocks, were intercepting. He looked again at the eastern end of the valley, where it was empty and there was nothing.

Xia Yu was a little anxious, there were no reinforcements, he didn't expect Huai Zong to ambush here, so he didn't prepare any back-up, now that things are in a hurry, where will there be reinforcements. He looked at Huai Zong, who had an indifferent face, and suddenly thought that it would be good if Liu Xiu brought Wuhuan people to help.

Xia Yu had an idea, and shouted loudly: "Don't panic, hold on for a while, Liu Xiu and they are coming." ”

As soon as the Han soldiers who had been tired for a long time heard Liu Xiu's name, they suddenly rose to hope, Liu Xiu's brilliant achievements were already a legend in Ningcheng, and any soldier admired his martial arts and courage to the ground, and suddenly heard that he was coming to rescue him, and he was immediately full of confidence, and his ears seemed to have sounded the war drums of the arrival of reinforcements.

Huai Zong sneered, casually turned his head and glanced eastward, his eyes suddenly froze, and his body suddenly froze.

(To be continued)