C442 (2/2)

At this moment, Hua Xiong was shaken, the Zhang Banxian's prophecy was like a nightmare wrapping itself around his heart. When he looked up, all he saw were the anxious, eager eyes of the men of the northern army, waiting for his orders, their lives at the mercy of his thoughts.

”Retreat!”

Waving his spear, Hua Xiong finally made a difficult decision. He seemed to understand that only the north was his birthplace, and only by going to the north could he get rid of his bad luck. He quickly pulled his horse reins, and led his soldiers to flee towards the north.

When the time came, the ink-like darkness was slowly fading away. The sky gradually became brighter, and the trees and houses could already be seen clearly. The morning rooster began his first caw, predicting the arrival of another morning. It was just that this morning was destined to be a morning of blood.

When Sun Jian personally led his army to West Cold Army, not only did he not encounter any resistance, he did not even see a single soldier. What he saw was an empty camp, where Lv Bu and his cavalry had already disappeared to. Sun Jian took a quick glance around and could not help but be dumbstruck and tongue-tied. He could not believe his own eyes, ”This …”

”Lord General, this shouldn't be a trick of West Cold Army, right?” Sun Jian's nephew held the horse reins in place as his thick eyebrows deeply knitted together, ”Could it be that Hu Zhen was deliberately playing tricks to lure us in, then surround us and destroy us in one go?”

”Do not worry about Lord General, this is definitely a dispute between the generals of West Cold, Lv Bu will take his leave first.” Huang Gai's face revealed joy, and immediately urged Sun Jian: ”Since it's the heavens helping Lord General, Hu Zhen has no more risks. We cannot lose it, if we lose, we will lose it again, the army will immediately attack, we will definitely destroy Hu Zhen and make a great contribution. ”

Sun Jian was also slightly moved, he knew that this opportunity on the battlefield was fleeting. He immediately nodded heavily and decisively ordered: ”Huang Gai will lead the cavalry to stall Hu Zhen's army, you must not let him escape. The other generals will follow me and charge into battle, breaking through the enemies' record. ”

”Kill …”

With a furious roar, Huang Gai clenched his horse belly, and led the three thousand riders that he had to charge towards the chaotic Hu Zhen army. Following that, the morale of Sun Jian's army rose immediately. Raising their weapons high, they rushed towards Hu Zhen's middle camp like a tide.

The fleeing Hu Zhen army became even more chaotic after being attacked by the Huang Gai cavalry. Originally, Hu Zhen also had some riders under his command, whether it was the equipment or the number of people, they all far exceeded the number of riders under Sun Jian's command.

Those who did not manage to escape in time were the West Cold soldiers. Under the assault of Huang Gai's cavalry, they immediately fell into disarray. Fortunately the road was bumpy, so the West Cold foot soldiers used the cover of the hills to clash with the Huang Gai Cavalry Soldiers tenaciously.

When the West Cold soldiers realized that they had nowhere to run, they immediately went to set up a formation to protect themselves. They were all veterans of the battlefield, and had long familiarized themselves with the fighting methods of the cavalry during their long battle with the Qiang people. Hence, they were not unfamiliar with Huang Gai's cavalry.

When one reached such a state, the fighting qualities of the Xiliang soldier would be fully displayed. Those middle and lower ranking officers quickly gathered their soldiers and formed them into battle formation, taking on the mission to the back of the hall. They had the intent to die, so when they killed the enemy, they did not care about themselves at all.

More than ten thousand westering officer s who were unable to retreat in time were like pillars, standing in the middle of the Yang Mansion's battlefield, not only did they obstruct Huang Gai's cavalry, even Sun Jian's army had been slowed down, causing Sun Jian's army to slow down a lot in their pursuit.

The morning breeze of early spring blew over the hills where the men gathered, and the thick smell of blood filled the wilderness. The westering officer in despair fought with all their might, relying solely on their bravery to repel the attacks of Sun Jian's army time and time again.

Facing westering officer's desperate resistance, Sun Jian was enraged, he immediately ordered the cavalry back down, and personally led the army to attack. Sun Jian's individual strength was outstanding, he was the valiant in the army, and every time he defeated an enemy, he would personally take the initiative to attack, this was also Sun Jian's style of leading his troops.

The blade in his hand danced in the air, and one westering officer after another became vengeful spirits under his blade. Very quickly, Sun Jian opened up a path of blood, splitting the formation of the West Cold Army into two.

”Kill …”

The soldiers of Sun Jian's army roared, and began the bloody slaughter. At this time, Sun Jian's army had completely gained the upper hand. They surrounded the westering officer, whether it was spears or longsword s.

By the time the sun rose, the gathering of men had turned blood-red. None of the more than ten thousand westering officer s surrendered, they were all massacred by Sun Jian's army on top of the mountain peaks.