Da da da……

After a sound of horse hooves that sounded like raindrops, a group of Turkic cavalry, numbering more than a thousand and wearing leather armor, walked around the foot of the mountain and ran out slowly along the valley below.

Judging from the large and small bags stained with blood on their horses and the woman tied to the horse, they must have just plundered a village or town and have not yet returned to the camp with the loot.

"Report!"

A ranger quickly rode back from the front.

"Captain, there is no one in the village ahead..."

"That's fine!"

The captain in armor nodded, flicked the riding crop in his hand, turned and shouted to the team of a thousand people.

"There is no one in the village ahead, so let's go to the village in front and take a rest."

"ha!"

When they heard that they were about to take a rest, each of the team happily imitated the captain, waving their whips, and shouted enthusiastically. Then they urged their horses to move crookedly along the river towards the front.

The village ran past.

Just when their team had just passed a small forest in front of the village...

Boom!

With the sound of a bowstring, an eagle-feathered arrow shot out from the woods and directly hit a Turkic cavalryman in the face.

"ah!"

After a scream, the Turkic cavalry turned over from his horse and fell down.

Before the rest of the Turkic cavalry could figure out what was going on, they heard the sound of bowstrings coming from the woods, and a shower of arrows shot out from the woods, covering the Turkic cavalry.

"ah……"

Arrows rained down like rain, and screams one after another rang out from the ranks of the Turks.

"Why is there an enemy attack?"

The Turkic captain looked at the seemingly deserted forest with horrified eyes, and suddenly remembered a legend about the ghost soldiers of the Tang Dynasty that had recently been spread among the Turks.

'They come without a trace and leave without a trace. By the time you see them, their knives have already struck your head...'

In the woods, Princess Pingyang Li Xiuning blew out the candle holder in her hand, then neatly drew her sword out of its sheath and pointed outside.

"Detachment of women, kill!"

"kill!"

After hearing the order, the Tang army, which had been hiding in the woods for a long time, immediately mobilized their horses and swooped down from the woods. Like a torrent, they instantly cut off the Turkic army of about a thousand people.

"Destroy them, leave no one behind!"

When they saw these Tang troops suddenly appearing in the otherwise deserted grove, some Turkic cavalry also remembered the legend of the Ghost Army of the Tang Dynasty, and their morale was instantly shattered.

"The ghost soldiers are coming..."

"Run quickly!"

"..."

With the sudden attack and the shaken morale of the other side's troops, the outcome of this small-scale encounter was quickly determined.

Even the most eager to fight among the Turkic cavalry could only hold on for less than two minutes before turning their horses' heads and fleeing in a random direction. Those who had no fighting spirit at all did not even want to fight.

During the battle, when they saw the Tang army pouring out of the woods like ghosts, they had already begun to flee.

When the battle situation was decided, Li Xiuning rode a white horse, surrounded by guards, and galloped majestically out of the grove. The strange candlestick hung on the side of her mount, and as she followed

The rhythm of ups and downs is jittery.

Looking at the defeated Turks in front of him, Li Xiuning raised the corners of his mouth slightly.

The magic weapon given by Xiao Qingwei is still very useful!

With the help of this candlestick, she has defeated several thousands of Turkic troops in succession, stopped the Turkic advance southward at Dingxiang County north of Jinyang, and protected the entire southern part of Bingzhou.

Although Mayi in the north of Bingzhou has fallen again, as long as we hold back the other party's southward movement and make these Turks unprofitable, they will have no choice but to retreat to the grassland dejectedly like in previous years.

superior.

Just when Li Xiuning's horse galloped down the river valley, something unexpected happened.

A Turkic man lying face down among the dead suddenly rose up, jumped up with a long knife in his hand, and rushed towards Li Xiuning.

"Death to the banshee!"

When they saw the assassin appear, the guards around Li Xiuning also drew their swords, stepped forward on horseback, and surrounded the assassin.

"Be bold!"

Whoosh!

The blades met and blood spurted out from the assassin's body.

Although he was stabbed several times, the assassin would rather die than retreat. As if he had identified Li Xiuning, he kept rushing towards where Li Xiuning was.

Under the influence of him regardless of life and death, a small loophole finally appeared in the guards around Li Xiuning.

Whoosh!

Another agile figure was 'resurrected' from the ground. His body seemed to be equipped with a spring, and a dim sword light flashed in his hand.

"Banshee, I can't believe..."

Before he could finish his words, he saw that the target he wanted to kill had raised a strange object towards him with an expressionless expression.

boom!

After a soft sound, the assassin who grabbed the loophole and rushed forward felt as if he was struck by lightning. His body leaned back, a ray of blood shot out backwards, and he fell to the ground with a thud.

Li Xiuning lowered his hand, slipped his finger from the trigger, and rested it on the gun. His face remained calm, and he said to the guards who were still surrounding him.

"All the Turk corpses nearby need to be repaired!"

"well……"

After hearing Li Xiuning's words, another corpse let out a long sigh.

"Sure enough, there are still fish that slipped through the net..."

Li Xiuning pointed her hand and shouted coldly.

"kill!"

Following the words, the two guards at the front had already rushed forward, slashing at the assassin with long knives like snow.

The assassin held up his hands, pressed his body to the ground, and passed under the first guard's horse. Then he raised the short knife in his hand, blocked the knife that was aimed at him, and then passed through the second guard in a very thrilling manner.

He passed under the hooves of the horse and came to Li Xiuning's horse.

Li Xiuning raised her hand silently.

boom!

After a gunshot, a flower of blood burst out from the shoulder of the last assassin.

"Hiss..."

The assassin took a breath of cold air, and his body still seemed to be sliding on the ground. He passed between Li Xiuning's horse's hooves and landed behind her horse. Then he put his toes on the ground and headed towards the place where Li Xiuning and the others had just come out without looking back.

The grove rushed past.

"Third Lady..."

A female guard looked at the last assassin and suddenly said in panic.

"That man stole the candlestick!"

After hearing the guard's words, Li Xiuning glanced downward for a moment, then raised her eyebrows, reined the horse's reins hard, and pulled it back. Her mount instantly stood up, its two hind legs crossed, and it came.

A 180-degree turn.

"drive!"

The next moment, Li Xiuning had already merged into one man and horse, chasing the assassin in front like an arrow. At the same time, Li Xiuning sat up straight, raised the Beretta 9 pistol in his hand, and aimed it.

achieve the goal ahead.

boom!

After a gunshot, the assassin's body in front of him suddenly stumbled, as if he was about to fall, but soon he took control of his body again, and rushed into the forest while stumbling.

"saved……"

The assassin leaned against the big tree, took out a fire stick with trembling hands, lit the candle on the candlestick, and then exhaled a long breath.

"This magical weapon is what they rely on to elude people, so I just need to light the candle and..."

Whoosh!

A sharp sword light flew out from the forest, freezing the assassin's hopeful expression on his face forever.
To be continued...