"Boom~"

On the plain, as far as the eye can see, the black-armored cavalry is marching rapidly, and the cavalry column is being dragged by the old man.

The cavalrymen all wore armor and carried guns. They were strong and had a long and narrow feather on their helmets.

The black feathers kept swaying with the oncoming spring breeze, surging up and down, rushing forward like ocean waves.

Longxi Black Ling Army.

The commander-in-chief of the army was none other than Dugu Xin, the uncle of the country at that time, and he was accompanied by his right-hand man, Xu Zhichen.

The tens of thousands of cavalry were in full force and seemed quite anxious, as if something important had happened.

The cavalry army was heading towards the east facing mountain.

Dugu Xin glanced at the vast mass of black-armored cavalry behind him, his expression very gloomy.

The day before yesterday, he and Xu Zhichen had always believed that the Ning army's target was the granary in Donglin Mountain, so they sent out 20,000 Western barbarian troops at the bottom of the box to march dozens of miles to support the battlefield, taking it for granted that they could defeat the Ning army's treacherous plot in one fell swoop.

After all, Donglin Mountain is behind the army's defense line. Even if the Chang family's cavalry can sneak past the defense line, the number of soldiers and horses will not be too many. Twenty thousand elite barbarians are enough to defend Donglin Mountain.

But after setting off from Tie'ermu, Duguxin smelled something unusual. Most of the scouts sent out to search for traces of Ning's army lost news, and very little military information came back.

What does this mean? It means that the Chang family has sent many soldiers and horses to intercept and kill their own scouts.

The Chang family must be hiding some ulterior motives in doing this.

But at that time, Duguxin just felt that the Chang family was covering up their actions against Donglinshan and didn't think too much about it.

On the contrary, he was somewhat complacent because he judged that Ning Jun was not the real target of attack.

But it was not until last night that Tieermu, who had gone to Donglin Mountain for reinforcements, lost all news. Only then did Dugu Xin finally wake up.

The purpose of the Chang family is probably to send reinforcements!

So he did not hesitate to gather his troops and rush to the battlefield, with 10,000 black feather troops going first and 20,000 infantry behind him.

Dugu Xin's mood was extremely bad. The Western Barbarian soldiers were a powerful weapon in his hand. If he was hit hard, he would be deprived of help.

Xu Zhichen on the side looked at Dugu Xin's gloomy face and said nothing, but kept urging the army to speed up.

After an unknown amount of time, the top of the mountain to the east finally appeared faintly in front, like a giant beast crawling on the ground.

Before the army reached the foot of the mountain, Dugu Xin's heart trembled because he smelled a very strong smell of blood in the air. The smell of blood blew against his face along with the breeze, making people sick.

There was also a smell of corpse.

"Something happened~"

All cavalrymen know what this smell of blood represents.

Dugu Xin and Xu Zhichen looked at each other, and they both speeded up again in unison.

As they approached the foot of the mountain, their hearts beat violently.

What appeared before them was an extremely tragic and bloody battlefield.

Everywhere he looked were corpses, and they were headless corpses. Broken and mutilated weapons could be seen everywhere.

Not only were the barbarians killed in the battle, there were also many Ning army horses lying motionless on the ground.

In the center of the battlefield, there stands a Beijing crown.

The crown of Beijing built with the heads of 20,000 barbarian soldiers!

Even though Dugu Xin was used to seeing dead people, he couldn't help but feel his stomach churning and almost vomited it out in one mouthful.

Tragic, too tragic.

Many of the elite Black Feather Army cavalry turned pale and their bodies trembled subconsciously.

Yes, they would fight on the battlefields of the Western Territory before and fight against scattered barbarians. Killing and arson were commonplace.

But this was the first time I saw such a crown erected on the land of the Central Plains, a crown built of human heads.

"Ugh~ vomit vomit~"

Many people vomited immediately, and from time to time someone fell off their horse in the formation.

Dugu Xin and Xu Zhichen bravely took a few steps forward, and finally stopped. Right in front of the capital was a military flag, covered in blood, broken and fluttering slightly in the wind.

That is the military flag of the Western Barbarians.

At the top of the military flag is the head of General Tiemu.

This elite general who followed Dugu Xin thousands of miles out of Longxi died on the battlefield in Jiaodong.

"Asshole!"

Dugu Xin's palms shrunk in his sleeves were trembling with anger, and his face was ashen.

Unexpectedly, despite all calculations, he still fell into Chang Hantang's trap.

Moreover, the Western Barbarian soldiers were not defeated with heavy losses, but were completely wiped out, with no one left alive as far as the eye could see.

The faces of the barbarian soldiers smeared with colorful juices were covered in blood and miserable.

Xu Zhichen waved his hand with a gloomy expression, and immediately hundreds of horses galloped out behind him, heading straight for the granary halfway up the mountain.

In fact, Xu Zhichen had given up hope in that granary. The Western Barbarian soldiers died cleanly. Is it possible that they can still survive?

Dugu Xin just stopped in front of the capital, motionless, and kept calming his heaving chest.

His temperament has always been very calm, but now he can't control himself, which shows how important the Western Barbarians are in his heart.

"General."

After a while, Xu Zhichen said in as low a tone as possible: "Looking like this, there should be no one left alive."

Dugu Xin murmured: "I didn't expect that Chang Hantang, an old fox, could guess our thoughts so clearly that we fell headlong into the trap he had set.

Looking at this situation, there are at least tens of thousands of Pinghan riding on the side, and we didn’t even hear a word.”

Xu Zhichen pursed his lips and said nothing.

I had to admit that this time they were completely at a disadvantage. Chang Hantang was indeed the leader among the older generation of generals.

Soon, the soldiers who went to search the granary came back.

The entire Donglinshan granary was moved cleanly by the Ning army, not a grain of rice was left, and all the defenders died in the battle, leaving no one alive.

These were most of the rations for the Long Army's frontline troops, and they were all given to the Chang family in one fell swoop.

Upon hearing the news, Dugu Xin and Xu Zhichen's faces became darker and darker.

Xu Zhichen said bitterly: "General, if this batch of rations is gone, our frontline rations will only be enough to last five or six days.

In such a short period of time, the rear cannot collect new military rations and send them over~"

"Hoo~"

Duguxin took a deep breath and smiled bitterly: "It's not just the shortage of military rations, I'm afraid we won't be able to defend the entire Jiaodong Road~"

Without food and grass, the entire Western Barbarian army was wiped out, and Dugu Xin no longer had any trump cards to compete with the Chang family's border troops.

Especially now that Chang Hantang has tens of thousands of elite cavalry in his hands.

Xu Zhichen remained silent and completely abandoned the defense of Jiaodong Road. He was reluctant to give up, but if he persisted in defending, he would definitely suffer heavy losses.

"Withdraw your troops." Duguxin waved his hand: "Victory and defeat are common matters for military strategists. It's just a Jiaodong road. Give it to them~"

"No!" Xu Zhichen no longer hesitated and responded with clasped fists.

Dugu Xin slowly turned his head, looked in the direction of Tianning Road and said with concentration:
Chapter completed!