Shi Yi pretended to be frightened from time to time, constantly inducing Cheng Tieniu to move towards the ambush circle.
After chasing for a while, the deputy general beside Cheng Tieniu seemed to realize something was wrong, and immediately caught up with Cheng Tieniu and pulled the reins of the horse.
"Xu~"
When the war horse stopped, he said to Cheng Tieniu:
"Marshal Cheng, my subordinates suspect that there is fraud. Please do not go deeper alone."
How could Cheng Tieniu listen at this time, because this would have brought him closer to Shi Yi.
In fact, this was Shi Yi deliberately slowing down. No matter what, he wanted to give Cheng Tieniu a little hope from time to time.
Only in this way will Cheng Tieniu chase after him at all costs.
Cheng Tieniu was already eager to pursue him, but when he heard his subordinates stopping him, he would naturally not be happy.
He glanced at Shi Yi, who was gradually walking away, and turned to glare at the deputy general.
"Go away, you are blocking me, don't blame me for being merciless."
He whipped the horse's butt hard with his whip and continued to chase forward.
The deputy general came to dissuade him with good intentions, but he did not expect that he would anger Cheng Tieniu. Even if he was unhappy, he did not dare to say anything more.
He had no choice but to chase after him silently, hoping that he was overthinking all this.
Not long after, Shi Yi and the others quickly entered the canyon. Cheng Tieniu chased them here, but was stopped by the general again.
"Marshal, please don't continue chasing. It looks eerie here, and my subordinates are worried about an ambush."
Cheng Tieniu stopped his horse and took a look towards the canyon. It looked a bit eerie, especially at night.
Even if the moonlight is good tonight, the visible range is wider than usual, not to mention the torches have been lit.
And from a distance, you can see Shi Yi and others who were escaping in front also lighting torches.
Cheng Tieniu was a little unwilling to give in. He stood there and looked around. Except for the torches held by Shi Yi and others as they continued to move forward in the canyon, they did not see any bright spots.
He pondered for a while and continued to give orders to pursue.
The general wanted to say something else, but he interrupted him.
"You don't know something. This Shi Yi is Huo Qing'er's love interest. He came to lead the troops this time. He just came back to get gold so that he could be promoted. He doesn't know how to use troops."
"If we give up now, he will definitely not show up again and will definitely escape back to the imperial city. How will we catch him then?"
"This Shi Yi is deeply loved by Huo Qing'er. He might be Huo Qing'er's male favorite. If you catch him, you can negotiate terms with Huo Qing'er.
It is definitely a good thing for the second prince. If you miss this moment, you will lose a lot of bargaining chips in the negotiations."
"You have also seen this canyon. There is no movement at all. How could there be an ambush? Okay, continue chasing and capture Shi Yi alive."
As his order was given, the group continued to chase.
Going deep into the canyon, Cheng Tieniu also felt something was wrong, but he couldn't pinpoint the details.
He stopped and looked around. At this moment, rocks continued to fall from the mountains on both sides.
Only then did I realize that I had really been fooled.
He immediately ordered to retreat, but the canyon was not too wide, with mountains on both sides.
After the rounds of stones, Cheng Tieniu's men had already suffered many casualties.
Those who were dead were fine, but those who were not dead, had their hands and feet smashed, and were trampled on, making bursts of miserable howls, were the worst.
Being attacked in this way will make people afraid, panic, and stampedes are inevitable.
The number of people who entered the canyon this time was close to ten thousand.
The rocks on the mountain are still being knocked down, and I look at the falling stones one after another.
The general was also frightened and quickly ordered his men to protect Cheng Tieniu.
The cultivators around them formed a group and formed a formation to resist the stones thrown at them.
Cheng Tieniu kept looking at the mountain as he backed away.
It wasn't until the stone was gone that Cheng Tieniu breathed a sigh of relief.
I thought I could escape, but unexpectedly, in less than half a minute, arrows rained down.
Those soldiers who were lucky enough to survive would now face the rain of arrows again, and their relaxed moods would become tense again.
puff!
At this moment, a martial arts practitioner was shot through the defensive armor by an arrow and spit out a mouthful of blood.
He collapsed on the spot, making the practitioners protecting Cheng Tieniu even more panicked.
Being able to shoot to death a practitioner in the martial arts realm means that there are also practitioners on the other side.
That arrow must have been shot by the opponent. They were not afraid of ordinary people's bows and arrows. At most, they would interfere with them.
As long as you handle it carefully, you won't be hurt. However, if you let the opponent shoot with bows and arrows, you may hurt them.
Shi Yi rode a war horse on the hilltop to watch the battle, controlling the entire battlefield.
At the same time, he said to a messenger next to him:
"Go and notify General Wang Changqing and ask him to lead his troops into Yuncheng."
Immediately afterwards, he issued orders to other messengers, asking them to prepare to intercept the soldiers who were fighting and escaping.
After giving the instructions one by one, Shi Yi stared at Cheng Tieniu who kept retreating in the canyon.
"Marshal, the two of us will escort you away. You can't stay here any longer. Take off your clothes and put them on for him."
One of the cultivators who was in the Martial King Realm said to Cheng Tieniu, and at the same time, he pointed at the general.
It meant that the general would lead the army back in place of Cheng Tieniu, so the two of them left quietly with Cheng Tieniu.
This can prevent Cheng Tieniu from falling into a war and being unable to escape.
These two people were sent by the second prince to protect Cheng Tieniu. After all, Cheng Tieniu had made great achievements and played a great role in command.
Some time ago, under his command, several cities were captured one after another.
In this world, practitioners are very powerful, but they are only capable of being alone.
A marshal like Cheng Tieniu who can command and lead troops in battle is more important in the eyes of the second prince.
Therefore, two Martial King Realm masters were assigned to protect Cheng Tieniu. It can be imagined how much they valued Cheng Tieniu.
However, this time, when Cheng Tieniu met Shi Yi, he was unable to exert his due strength after all, and was restrained to death by Shi Yi.
Cheng Tieniu is not the kind of indecisive person, otherwise, he would definitely not be able to sit in the position of marshal.
He immediately followed the advice of the two men and quickly took off his clothes and gave them to the general to put on. Under the protection of two Martial King Realm masters, he climbed up the mountain instead.
And all of this was clearly seen by Shi Yi, who was standing on the top of the mountain.
Shi Yi would not let go of this Cheng Tieniu. He roughly looked at the direction and knew where they were going to escape.
Start taking action immediately.
In the canyon, there were still screams, and the bows and arrows were almost done, and the soldiers on the mountain began to charge into the canyon.
The enemy soldiers were already scared to death. Many of them began to surrender at this time. How could they still have the slightest idea to resist?
Cheng Tieniu, who was climbing halfway up the mountain, looked back reluctantly and sighed in his heart when he saw the situation in the canyon.
Of course, he also blamed himself. This time he was careless and failed to listen to the advice of the general.
If he hadn't continued to catch up when the general made the suggestion, he wouldn't have been so miserable.
Now he felt that he could not even go back and explain to the second prince. The loss this time was not small.
Thinking of this, he was so angry that he punched the tree next to him with his fist.