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Chapter 450: Alarm Bells

The wolf smoke rising into the sky did not stop the Qin army at all. The torrent of iron cavalry like a tide surged. In their eyes, this whistle tower was just a small stone seed on the way forward.

When this torrent passed through this area, the originally towering stone tower had turned into gravel all over the ground.

Xiao Kai fled desperately, whipping the horses and running away. He didn't even dare to look back at the pursuers behind him. A thick white air spurted out from the nostrils of the horses under his foot, but his pace was getting slower and slower.

The sound of hooves behind him was like thunder, and the torrent of the cavalry was getting closer and closer. Xiao Kai staggered and almost fell down. Xiao Kai sighed, jumped off his horse, and patted his horse's stock, "Good brother, go escape!"

The war horse neighed to the sky and did not leave. Instead, it turned around in a circle and returned, lowered its huge horse's head, and its heavy breath sprayed on Xiao Kai's neck. The horse's head kept wiping against his face. Although the four hooves were slid on the ground uneasy, they had no intention of leaving at all.

Xiao Kai smiled at the sky and said, "Okay, good brother, since you never leave me, let's make the last battle of your life together!" He jumped onto the horse, pulled out the sword from his waist, raised it high, and gently clamped the horse's belly with his legs, and the horse slowly accelerated forward.

First, small steps, then higher and higher.

One man and one horse charged towards the thousands of troops on the opposite side.

"Kill!" Amid the thunderous hooves, a person's shouting seemed so thin, so powerless, but it seemed so heavy and so high.

The Iron Cavalry did not stop at all, and Xiao Kai was instantly submerged in this tide. When countless cavalry flew past, Xiao Kai and his war horses were gone at all. On the messy ground, several blood-stained pieces of clothes were slowly blown up by the wind, rolling in the air, floating towards the distance.

When the Qin cavalry launched a rapid raid, in another place, an army was slowly marching, moving forward in a long line on the mountain road. This was the former army of Yue, originally stationed in Fangshan, and the former troops of Pan Hong. Now, their generals have changed back to their original general, Luo Yishui, several years ago.

The team was not moving fast, and Luo Yishui seemed a little worried.

"General Luo, what will the Qin people do?" Huang Hao asked.

"If I were Li Zhi, I would naturally attack with cavalry thunder and arrive under Kaiping County City in the shortest time, cut off the connection between the county and the left army, which is to annihilate the left army, then the infantry arrived, and then besiege the county city." Luo Yishui said lightly: "Kaiping County City is too big, and Xiao Pinggang's number of troops is not enough to defend such a large city. The result will inevitably be that there will be flaws everywhere. Kaiping County City will be broken by one blow."

"What if Xiao Zhenggang can quickly retreat the left army into the city?" Huang Hao asked.

Luo Yishui laughed loudly, "At that time, Xiao Zhenggang had enough troops, and defending Kaiping County City was not a dream. If he could compete with the Qin people for a few days, then I would be rude to the Qin people. He tied up with Chen Ci, wrapped the Qin people's dumplings, swallowed them in one bite, and then came to deal with Xiao Zhenggang."

"This is really a good note!" Huang Hao's eyes lit up. "Will we not even need to give the Qin people to Kaiping County, but we can defeat the main force of the Qin people's border army once and for all. Such a big victory will greatly boost the morale of the Chinese people and will also raise your reputation to a new level, General."

"Think about it!" Luo Yishui did not look much expectant. "Whether Li Zhi or Deng Zhong are old foxes who have been through the battle formation for a long time, they would not be able to figure out the key points. If I guessed correctly, their cavalry was about to be inserted under Kaiping County City, and Xiao Zhenggang had no chance. And Li Zhi would never give me this opportunity, so everything you imagined was just a beautiful vision and would not be truly realized in reality."

Huang Hao was a little disappointed, "I just worried that we would lose Kaiping County by then, but the Qin people would be insatiable and chase us. At that time, we would have to fight against the imperial Tiger Army in front and fight against the Qin army in the future, and fight against the two sides later, which would be difficult."

Luo Yishui sneered: "You are too worried. After the Qin people took Kaiping County, if they want to move forward, they have to consider his logistics supply issues. Winter just passed, and now is the most uncomfortable time for the Qin people. Taking Kaiping County can alleviate their urgent needs. Going forward will further limit their combat capabilities. This has always been the fatal point of the Qin people. If they want to advance, they have to risk a complete failure. Li Zhi is a cautious person. He will first guard the fruits he has obtained, and then make a decision when watching the battle situation between us and the court."

He paused for a moment and then said, "As for the Hu Ben Army, it's still a little bit to say whether they can all come to us. After hearing the news of our uprising, the Taiping Army of Shayang County must be impatient to attack Zhengyang County. That's where Qin Feng has been salivating. If Zhengyang County is lost, the Taiping Army will go directly to the capital. Do you think the old man of Wu will divide his troops out to resist the Taiping Army?"

"If the Taiping Army takes action, it will be good, and we can share our pressure." Huang Hao nodded and said, "But that's also a hungry wolf?"

"He is a wolf, I am a tiger. Give him some sweetness first. When I deal with the old man Wu, I will turn back to deal with him." Luo Yishui smiled.

In the distance, several whistle detectives flew over.

"Reported to the general, the Qin army, with 20,000 cavalry as the pioneer, has crossed the Xingshan defense line and is rapidly entering the area between Kaiping County City and the Left Army. According to the general's instructions, we have withdrawn all the brothers from the observation post."

Luo Yishui nodded: "Unexpectedly, although he was a little disappointed, Xiao Zhenggang had no time to react and ordered the entire army to accelerate his advance."

The army, which was still slowly advancing just now, began to accelerate instantly, like a swimming spirit snake, rushing towards the mainland of Vietnam. Almost at the same time, in the other direction, the right army led by Chen Ci also began to accelerate, and the two armies were quickly leaving Pingjun.

At this time, everyone in Kaiping County City was still in the dark. The city gates were wide open, pedestrians and shops were open as usual. For them, the war seemed very far away. The battle was so fierce in the past two years that the Qin people could not directly threaten Kaiping County City. Now the war is stable, with nearly 100,000 troops stationed in front of them. Kaiping County City is certainly as stable as Mount Tai.

No one would have thought that the two defensive troops leaning against Gancheng, which were standing in front, had disappeared without a trace at this moment. The iron cavalry of the Qin army was already in front of him.

On the main road in front of the city gate, a war horse was rushing towards the city gate like crazy. A cavalry on the horse was lying on the horse, looking like he was not aware of life or death, and let the horses rush to rush around. Along the way, he didn't know how many pedestrians and stalls he bumped into.

The screams and howlings sounded instantly on the busy road.

The war horse had no intention of stopping at all, and still rushed towards the city gate. Several soldiers guarding at the city gate were shocked when they saw this. With a shout, several people dragged the horses on the side and threw them quickly on the road. At the city gate, there were crowds of people. If the war horse was allowed to rush over, it would be a small number of people who were afraid of death and injuries.

The rushing horse was quickly placed on the road, and more soldiers rushed over, spears poked out and aimed at the front. If the war horse still wanted to force the pass, even if it jumped over the rush horse, it would be stabbed to death by these spears.

The horse is obviously well-trained and does not feel anything about the people blocking the road. However, he is naturally sensitive to this kind of horse-resistance specializing in the cavalry. He quickly slowed down with a loud neighing sound and stopped just before the horse-resistance. The knight on the horse was thrown off the horse-resistance at the moment when the horse stopped and fell heavily after the horse-resistance.

The city gate guards rushed up and were ready to hold the soldier with all their hands and feet, but as soon as they took action, they realized that the soldiers on the ground were weak and weak, their eyes were closed, and they had no sense of resistance at all. They grabbed him and dragged him up. An officer guarding the city gate screamed out.

"Isn't this Zhang Xiaoyi, the personal soldier of the Grand Marshal's Mansion?"

A mouthful of cold water sprayed on Zhang Xiaoyi's face. The soldier who ran back desperately woke up slowly. They were originally two people, but shortly after returning, they had already caught up with the Qin cavalry and could not get rid of it. Another man gave up his war horse to Zhang Xiaoyi, one by one and two horses, and quickly came back to report the news. Zhang Xiaoyi ran all the way and ran to kill a war horse, and then he barely returned to Kaiping County City.

"Hurry, hurry, report to the commander, Chen Ci's troops of the Right Army are missing, the Qin people have already fought. The Qin cavalry are Qin cavalry!" Zhang Xiaoyi shouted with all his strength.

When the officer heard this, his face changed drastically. While turning around and running wildly into the city, he shouted at the top of his lungs: "Close the city gate, ring the alarm bell, and the Qin people are calling."

Some soldiers dragged Zhang Xiaoyi and ran towards the commander's mansion with the officers. More people rushed to the city gate, waved the spear in their hands, and fought the people squeezed at the city gate to flee. The heavy city gate was slowly closed under the edge of the crowd, and a huge alarm bell was also ringing on the city tower.

This is the first time that the alarm bell for Kaiping County City has been ringed since the war began.

When the alarm bell rang, the whole city seemed to have been frozen at this moment. Everyone stopped their work and turned to look at the place where the bell rang.

The commander of the Vietnam Army, Xiao Zhenggang, was reviewing documents in the court. When he heard the bell, he was stunned. He threw away the pen in his hand and walked out of the lobby quickly. He saw the officer running all the way and the personal soldier behind him who was almost dragged by several soldiers. (To be continued.)
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