The battlefield situation changes rapidly, and rarely develops exactly as the general expected. Just like when Pei Zhen fought against the Xiwu army, although he deserved the credit for this battle, the capture of Hucheng was due to an unexpected change.

Today, outside Linqing County, Li Zijun knew that Pei Yue never fought directly with his side, and Li Zijun knew that his original plan had failed.

After all, he was a martial arts general. Even though Li Bingzhong, Marquis of Fengcheng, had no experience of leading troops in war, he had read a lot of military books since he was a child and had been trained several times in the Qingyu Mountain.

Under the circumstances, Li Zijun seemed to be manic and lost his temper, but in fact he had been waiting for an opportunity.

When he saw the imperial guards lurking behind the mountain rushing out, he immediately realized that this was the opportunity he had been waiting for.

So he made the most correct decision in his more than 20 years of life.

Ignoring Pei Yue in front of him, with the assistance of more than 20 Xiwu swordsmen, he immediately changed the charging direction of the entire horse bandit formation from south to east, almost blocking Shang Yu's third attack just right.

Team!

On top of the city tower, Wei Rui looked at the cavalry chasing Shang Yu, and immediately said to the soldiers beside him: "My general orders that you must not open the east gate!"

"yes!"

The soldiers clasped their fists and accepted the order, then hurried away.

Now the other three city gates in Linqing County have been blocked with stones from the inside, leaving only a closed east gate. Wei Rui issued this order at this time, which meant that he wanted to exclude Pei Yue and his four hundred colleagues.

outside the door.

Yan Linchuan turned his head in disbelief, looking at Wei Rui with heavy fear in his eyes, and his voice was trembling: "Sergeant Wei, why don't you open the city gate quickly and welcome Pei Qin's envoy into the city?"

Wei Rui stood by the city wall and carefully observed the group of cavalry following Shang Yu.

The number of people is not very large, probably around seven or eight hundred, and the horses on their crotches are the same as those of the horse bandits. They are all horses raised by Dongqing Mansion. This kind of horse has a big head, short neck, strong body, wide chest and long mane.

Thick skin, thick hair, excellent endurance

, so they are most popular among the Daliang cavalry. It can be seen that the horse bandits in Qingyu Mountain are definitely not ordinary grass bandits, but the court did not receive any report, and Pei Yue did not hear a word from Xue Tao after he came to Lingzhou.

Everyone thought that the civil unrest in Dongqing was just a small group of grass bandits.

Wei Rui stretched out his hand and pressed against the city wall, feeling extremely angry in his heart.

Of course he knew that the safest way for Pei Yue at the moment was to enter the city immediately. With the tall city walls of Linqing County, the two or three thousand cavalry outside could only stare. Even the group of cavalry and horse bandits following Shang Yu

There is an obvious difference, whether it is the formation they maintain during the charge or the weird swords in their hands, which look extremely fierce, but it is a fantasy to attack the city based on these.

But Wei Rui could only shake his head and said in a deep voice: "Sir Yan, if you open the city gate now and the other party chases them, who can guarantee that they can be stopped outside the city? Once these people enter the city, the city will be full of unarmed people.

, what should happen then?”

Although Yan Linchuan was not good at military affairs, he understood this simple truth. He hesitated and said, "Pei Yue is an imperial envoy. What if something happens to him?"

Wei Rui said calmly and indifferently: "Your Majesty ordered me to defend the city, so I will not consider other issues."

A local wealthy businessman next to him advised: "Don't worry, sir. The imperial envoy has never been entangled by the horse bandits. He can leave in time at this moment. This is the inland of Lingzhou, do the horse bandits still dare to pursue it in depth?"

Yan Linchuan looked at the battlefield outside the city and said with a sad face: "I understand, but in that case, wouldn't there be no way for the group of soldiers surrounded by the horse bandits to survive?"

There was silence on the top of the city.

Wei Rui didn't say much.

Judging from the available information, Shang Yu's third team must have met the opponent's reinforcements behind that mountain. Since he chose to escape immediately, apart from the huge disparity in numbers between them, it can also be seen that the seven to eight hundred

People are by no means comparable to ordinary horse bandits. Just because these people can maintain a stable formation when charging at high speed, you can roughly guess their combat power.

Wei Rui looked into the distance, and saw that the third team had been blocked by the large force of horse bandits coming towards them, and the elite cavalry from behind immediately surrounded them.

All this happened in a very short period of time, and he couldn't help but clenched his fists tightly, trying his best to suppress the murderous intention surging in his chest.

If Pei Yue chooses to leave at this time, he should be able to escape danger, but that also means that Shang Yu's third team will be abandoned.

As a general, Wei Rui certainly knew that leaving was the right choice. He also hoped that Pei Yue would do the same. Rescue Shang Yu seemed to be a stupid choice at the moment, and it was inappropriate to forcefully return to the city. After all, the opponent was also a cavalryman.

, only leaving temporarily is without any risk.

Wei Rui asked himself, if he were in Pei Yue's position, he would probably choose to leave.

But deep down in his heart, there was still a trace of hope.

The local Linqing gentry on the city wall surrounded Yan Linchuan. They had mixed feelings about this long-famous young imperial envoy and were very curious about what choice he would make.

But these people's thinking was too complicated. In fact, when Li Zijun led most of the horse bandits to stop Shang Yu's troops, Pei Yue had already made up his mind.

"All soldiers, follow me to kill the enemy!"

Without fancy words or pretentious gestures, Pei Yue had a resolute look on his face, held up his long sword in his right hand, clamped his legs firmly between the horse's belly, and rushed out without hesitation.

"kill!"

Chen Xianda, Meng Longfu and Fu Hongzhi followed closely behind, and the three hundred riders took out their bows and drew their swords in unison.

For Pei Yue, although the appearance of this group of cavalry was sudden, it was not unexpected. He had experienced too many conspiracies in his two lives, so he had a hand when the large army of horse bandits appeared. In any case, if he did not fight, he would

Running is definitely not his style, even if he has a premonition that there will be a fierce battle next.

At this time, the situation on the battlefield was very chaotic.

Shang Yu's third team was surrounded by two groups of horse bandits, and Pei Yue led 300 horsemen directly into the rear of most of the horse bandits.

This move seemed inspiring, and everyone on the Linqing City Tower cheered. However, if Pei Yue hesitated for just a moment, he might never see Shang Yu again.

"Bang!"

There was a dull sound as the weapons clashed. Shang Yu raised his knife to block a horse bandit who was charging at an angle. The opponent's sword was violently smashed down, and he almost lost his sword! Feeling the drama coming from the tiger's mouth.

Painful, Shang Yu immediately slapped his horse and ran away, but the next moment another person stopped in front of him. The action of the person in front was exactly the same. When the two approached, the big knife in the other's hand was slashed with the sound of the whistling wind.

"Bang!"

Shang Yu couldn't help it, and the long knife flew out from his hand.
Chapter completed!