The two sides fought in the dark, and for a while, the sound of swords clashing could be heard.

Dang Dang Dang~

From time to time, screams could be heard, and the sound of swords piercing flesh could be heard everywhere.

"Torch!"

Someone shouted in the darkness, and suddenly, more than a dozen torches were lit in the darkness. The light of the torches was not bright, but the scene of the ferry was clearly visible.

people...

Densely packed people.

Phew~

Zhang Shi's hands were trembling a little, and he was still wondering. He brought two hundred people here to surround and annihilate dozens of King Nanton's people, but he still hadn't captured them after fighting for so long.

Things to know...

He was in ambush!

The opponent was suddenly ambushed and most of them were defeated, but even so, he was still no match.

Now that the torch was lighted, the doubts in his mind disappeared.

There is only one reason for not taking down King Nanton: there are too many people!

Straight bitch!

Zhang Shi didn't know that he had been tricked by Xi Jian.

He had doubted before that such a good thing, Xi Jian was handed over to him. Now it seems that this is not a good thing at all, but a conspiracy!

withdraw!

There are so many people on the opposite side, and if we continue to fight, we won't be able to kill King Nanton, so we have to retreat and inform the Duke of the news. We will argue with Xi Jianna about this later!

Dare to trick me?

How can we avoid it without paying a price?

"withdraw!"

Zhang Shi roared loudly, and the new soldiers from Tieweng City who had crossed paths with King Nanton's army retreated one after another.

Actually...

The moment the torch was lit, they no longer wanted to fight.

There were too many people on the other side, and now that Zhang Shi had spoken to retreat, they all retreated quickly as if their soles were oiled. Soon, Zhang Shi and his party retreated like a tide.

"Old Xi Jian!"

Sima Zong, King of Nanton, spat fiercely. His face was extremely livid, and it looked even more ferocious under the flickering light of the torch.

"You actually plotted against me. I will remember this grudge."

Bian Xian's clothes were disheveled at the moment, but he finally followed King Nanton and didn't get separated from the others.

"Your Majesty, if Xi Jian wanted to kill your Majesty, he would never have sent just these people. If he had really made up his mind, he would have lured your Majesty into the city long ago."

"Then he is still ambushing you at the ferry?"

"This matter... I'm afraid it's a long story. Your Majesty, no matter whether Xi Jian really wants to kill you or is pretending to kill you, I will wait for him to cross north quickly before I can escape from danger."

Sima Zong had not recovered his soul at this time. Hearing Bian Xian's words, he nodded subconsciously.

"Where are Chuo'er and Su Xiao?"

"Your Majesty, there was chaos just now and everyone was scattered. We can't control that much now. It's important to cross to the north."

"good!"

Sima Zong just asked.

At this time, there were more than a hundred people gathered around him, but the trouble was that Su Xiao was nowhere to be seen.

After all, if we go to Guangling territory, we still have to rely on Su Xiao, a local snake.

As for his son...

It's sad to die, but it's not that big of a deal.

He has more than one son. Besides, what if the son dies?

As long as he lives, sons can be born in an endless stream.

There were also some boats on the ferry, and people took the boats to cross the river from Jingkou to the north.

On the other side, Zhang Shi led the remaining hundreds of followers and headed toward Iron Weng City with an angry look on his face. However, as soon as he reached the bottom of the city, he discovered that the bridge of the moat had not been lowered.

"Captain guarding the gate, open the city gate quickly!"

Although he is a county lieutenant, he is also the county lieutenant of Tieweng City, commanding a city of five thousand soldiers.

certainly...

It's just that these five thousand people didn't listen to him.

"County Lieutenant, wait a minute, I'll wait for the city gate to open here."

"snort!"

Seeing that the people inside were still familiar, Zhang Shi hid his anger a little.

But soon...his expression changed.

The bridge on the moat of Iron Weng City was lowered and the city gate was opened.

But inside the city gate, there was a column of five knights slowly pouring out from the city entrance.

The oil lamp at the city gate was dimly yellow, and the knight coming out of the Iron Urn City seemed to be sent by Lord Taishan from the underworld.

Zhang Shi had a bad feeling in his heart.

"What are you doing?"

No one answered him, only the knights getting closer and closer.

Drive~

The knight in the front row will lift up the horse in his hand, suddenly clamp the horse under his crotch, hold the reins in one hand, and gallop directly over.

"How brave, do you want to plot rebellion?"

Zhang Shi's eyes were splitting, and he wanted to turn his horse's head and escape on the spot. However, there were infantry behind him, blocking his escape route.

"Ahhhhhh~"

Zhang Shi looked at the knights who were getting closer and closer, and knew there was no way out. He simply clamped his horse's belly tightly and rushed towards the torrent of cavalry pouring out of the city gate.

However...

Before he could get close, he was directly pierced through the heart by the leading armored knight, and his whole body was picked up.

"No..."

Zhang Shi grasped Ma Shu who penetrated his heart, and he could already feel the passage of his life.

But the unwillingness in his heart made him breathe a sigh of relief.

"Zhang County Lieutenant, you should never, never should, come to Iron Urn City, let alone become Yu Liang's minion and try to reach into Iron Urn City. Today's death is all because of It’s your own fault!”

The warrior carrying the horse spear was none other than Xia Houcai.

Facing the fleeing new soldiers, the experienced cavalry seemed to be harvesting a wheat field. The horses in their hands were like wheat cutting knives, constantly harvesting lives in front of the Iron Urn City.

The massacre lasted for a quarter of an hour.

finally...

After even the fallen corpses had been stabbed, Xia Houcai signaled everyone to stop.

"Lieutenant Zhang encountered King Nanton and was defeated and annihilated. The Lord of the Palace will report to the Central Committee immediately. Today's events will be treated as if they did not exist. Logistics Officer, go to the Treasury to take out the silk reward. The knight will give three silks and the rest. Give me a piece of silk."

Killing Zhang will naturally seal the mouths of the sergeants in Tieweng City.

The best way to silence them is undoubtedly to pay them a reward.

The more rewards there are, the more loyal the soldiers will be.

This is why Zhang Shi was obviously the chief official in charge of Iron Urn City, but he was unable to do anything in Iron Urn City. He even had to recruit soldiers as his personal followers, and ended up being stabbed to death by Ma Shan.

"It's going to change."

The horsetail in Xia Houcai's hand was dripping with blood.

Tonight...

He killed six people.

These six people have no grudges against him, but they must be killed.

On the battlefield, you will die or I will live. Who cares about whose life and death or grudges?
To be continued...