Chapter 2: The Stormy Weather of Yan and Zhao Section 20

  Xiong Ba said calmly: "Huan Lian and Tuoba Feng are seeking their own death roads, and the days are numbered."

  At the moment when the two brothers were stunned by the sudden strong wind and heavy rain, Xianbei said another sentence.

  "Summon the wind and snow to go once to Lulong Pass."

  Liè Bào Yǔ couldn't help but ask out of curiosity: "Why did you want Little Sister to go to Lú Lóng Sài?"

  "Don't worry about the affairs of the Niu Tou tribe, General has his own arrangements. The general once said that except for being plotted and defeated in the Battle of Ben Niu Yuan, he would never allow himself to be plotted again for the rest of his life. This time is no exception. He wants to make those who plot against him lose face and see who can cover the sky with one hand in Xianbei country."

  The furious wind suddenly had a plan in his heart. He and Lian and Tuoba Feng enraged Murong Feng, who could no longer tolerate anyone obstructing his great cause of reviving the Xianbei state, and he wanted to establish another great king.

  "Will General Da definitely return to Xianbei for Little Sister?"

  Xiong Ba laughed.

  Li Kuangfeng knew that Baozi was a heroic and chivalrous man. Last year, he had only met Feng Xue once, but when Baozi could have safely returned to his hometown, he instead helped Feng Xue rescue Ke Zui's and Quan Ju's families without hesitation. Although he eventually escaped back to the Great Han Empire, the hardships and dangers he faced, and the fact that he narrowly escaped death, were not something that outsiders could know about.

  After the great victory of Lulongze, he was already a heroic figure in the Great Han State. As the commander-in-chief of the garrison at Lulongze, would he abandon his post and risk re-entering Xianbei to help his poor little sister escape from the clutches of Liang? He didn't know. He looked at Fengxue's desperate face, not knowing how to comfort her. He asked her countless times if she had seen Baozi in Lulongze, but she refused to answer. This made Lie Kuangfeng's heart cold as ice.

  Kobi Bear suddenly saw a man and horse appear on the distant snowy mountain.

  His heart began to beat violently, he suddenly turned over and stood on the horse's back, straining his eyes to look into the distance.

  He saw her long hair dancing in the cold wind.

  Only Chinese people keep long hair, only leopards have a head of unbridled long hair.

  Kerbie's eyes suddenly became moist. He excitedly raised his hands and shouted at the top of his lungs:

  "Leopard... leopard..."

  Kuang also saw it, and suddenly his nose turned sour, tears swirling in his eyes. He stared blankly, his face filled with admiration and reverence.

  A fierce gust of wind shook his heart, he looked up.

  On the snowy mountain, a fully armed knight held up a blood-red battle flag.

  The war flag is dancing wildly in the wind, and a leopard on it seems to be about to jump into the air with the wind.

  The charging bugle horn sounded across the snowy plain.

  Feng Xue saw an unforgettable scene in her lifetime.

  Li Hong planted the red flag on the mountain, blew the horn, and one man and one horse, like a string of arrows, shot down.

  Tuoba Hong walked at the front of the troops, saw a big man with disheveled hair and clothes, like a madman, killing his way forward. He heard the soldiers from the Niu Tou tribe behind him shouting and yelling "Leopard", extremely puzzled in his heart. He exchanged an unbelievable look with his subordinates. This reckless madman was able to kill Tuoba Kui, Tuoba Jian, and hundreds of Tuoba soldiers. But that fearless and straightforward momentum made people admire him greatly. Daring to face a large cavalry army alone, even if he's a madman, he must have the determination to die with dignity in order to have enough courage to charge forward.

  He gazed coldly ahead, his long-suppressed anger burning within him. He waved his hand at one of his centurions: "Take a hundred men up there."

  The hundred-man commander was excited and shouted loudly as he led his horse out of the formation, "Brothers, let's get rich, let's get rich..."

  One hundred men were excited and shouted in unison, each holding a battle knife, following the centurion, they rushed towards the small hill like a swarm of bees.

  Tears of wind and snow flowed down. This big brother, although he didn't want to come on an adventure, came anyway. Why did he have to come, what's the point of him coming? Even if you took me away, how could I abandon the Niu Tou tribe and my own family, and follow you? Feng Xue gazed despairingly at Li Hong's figure galloping away on horseback, her eyes suddenly blurry with tears.

  "Xuě ér......" The fierce wind whispered gently.

  "Big brother......" Feng Xue lifted up that pitiful, tear-stained face and cried out in anguish, "Tell him to leave, tell him to leave. He'll die alone here."

  The fierce wind was in a good mood, but when she saw her sister's heartbroken appearance, she softened and almost told her the truth, but fearing that Feng Xue would reveal her flaws if she knew, she suppressed her urge and didn't say anything.

  Li Kuangfeng let out a sigh and gazed at her with unblinking eyes. He himself didn't know if he would have the chance to see this precious little sister again in the future.

  "Xue Er, remember, if you have a chance, be sure to come back and visit us." Lie Kuang Feng said lightly.

  The wind and snow didn't care what he said, just nodded, focusing on the snowy mountain in the distance. She now deeply regretted going to Lulong Pass. If she hadn't gone, Baozi wouldn't have come either. But deep down, she felt a hint of comfort - Baozi still liked her, and he didn't care about his own life or death, running thousands of miles to Xianbei country to save her. Although she wouldn't follow him, she had already felt the depth of Baozi's feelings for her. This was enough.

  Hao Lianbo led two hundred men to surround and guard the outer perimeter of the Niu Tou Pu soldiers.

  Li Hong rushed along the side of the forest. The hundred officers of the Tuoba tribe led by their leader, charged forward with a loud shout to intercept him head-on.

  The two sides are getting closer and closer.

  Li Hong suddenly pulled the reins, and the warhorse was in pain, letting out a loud neigh. The warhorse's speed was too fast, and it couldn't be stopped at all. It continued to rush forward for more than ten steps before standing upright on its hind legs, raising its head and letting out a long neigh.

  The enemy opposite was taken aback, unaware of what Li Hong was up to, but at such a speed, it was impossible to order a high-speed running unit to stop. The only way out was to continue charging.

  Li Honghao leisurely looked around and took out a horn to blow the attack signal.

  Suddenly, a loud noise, the front row of more than a dozen riders simultaneously fell into the ground with a large piece of snow, a huge pit like a bloody basin waiting for people to swallow, immediately swallowed more than a dozen lives.

  The soldiers behind didn't know the situation ahead, and they continued to urge their horses to gallop wildly. One after another, they rushed forward and charged into the pit, and for a time, human cries, horse whinnies, screams of pain, crashing sounds, and snowflakes splashing everywhere mixed together, creating a huge noise that shook the snowy plain.

  The soldiers in the back rows clearly felt that something was wrong, and one by one they turned their horses sideways, slowing down while running towards the forest. At this moment, the piercing sound of long arrows tearing through the air came from the forest. The soldiers were stunned, looking desperately into the depths of the forest. Countless long arrows suddenly appeared in front of them like ghosts. The soldiers instinctively let out a heart-wrenching scream, a desperate and hopeless cry, followed by the "hissing" sound of arrows piercing their bodies, the soldiers fell from their horses to the ground, and the cries of despair rose and fell.

  The welcoming team stood in the middle of the snowy plain, the soldiers were stunned, staring blankly at a hundred-man cavalry being annihilated in an instant, without even having a chance to fight back, and were eliminated by an unexpected attack.

  People were stunned, and the breath of death and blood immediately spread over the snowy sky.

  Kerulen said a few words in a low voice to the guard beside him. The guard turned and ran back.

  "Liè Dàren, is this the famous leopard?" He Lian Bo immediately asked Liè Kuáng Fēng beside him.

  Liu Kuangfeng nodded, still staring intently at the distant battlefield.

  "Does Liedie know him?" He Lianbo asked casually.

  Feng Kuang's gaze snapped back, and he let out a cold laugh: "This is the territory of Tan Han Shan, not Niu Tou Shan. Lord Hao Lian, don't think too much about it. If anything happens, it's all on you, I have nothing to do with it."

  He Lianbo smiled slightly and glanced at Ke Bi Xiong and Quan Kun, "It seems that these two little guys know each other."

  A fierce gleam flashed in his eyes as a surge of murderous intent burst forth, yet he calmly said, "Kid, you're just spouting nonsense."

  He Lianbo showed no fear, facing the fierce and intimidating aura of Lie Kuangfeng. He said indifferently: "Wait until I catch this leopard, then I'll ask him if he knows you, sir."

  The fierce wind and murderous aura grew even stronger, he burst out laughing: "After you, sir."

  Li Hong suddenly turned around and charged directly at the center of the convoy.

  Tuoba Hong let out a loud roar and personally led a hundred cavalrymen, charging towards Li Hong like lightning. He had to admit that he had underestimated the enemy, as one of his small squadrons was annihilated by Li Hong and his ambushers at first glance. There were ambushes in the woods, and no one would dare to take risks. Tuoba Hong gritted his teeth and chased after Li Hong, who was galloping freely on the snowy plain.

  Li Hong's whole body was pressed against the horse's back, and he had already pushed the warhorse's speed to its limit. He wanted to surpass Tuoba Hong's waist-high strike. If Tuoba Hong ran ahead, Li Hong would crash into the iron cavalry of the Tuoba tribe along with his horse, getting entangled in a chaotic battle. If they crashed head-on, it would be a fatal outcome, trampled to death by hundreds of iron cavalry. The only way out was to surpass them, not only avoiding Tuoba Hong's striking intention but also causing the pursuing iron cavalry to momentarily busy themselves with turning around, thereby temporarily evading Tuoba Hong's interception.

  The thunder of war horses' hooves suddenly echoed across the vast snowy grassland.

  Li Hong nervously glanced at the increasingly close Tuoba tribe's iron cavalry, fiercely whipping his red-maned horse, as if he wanted to fly away. Tuoba Hong and the soldiers roared with anger, their ferocious faces clearly visible, even their heavy breathing could be heard. The two sides would come into contact in an instant.

  Li Hong almost screamed, the war horse's four hooves were already off the ground, and it was impossible to accelerate any further. The possibility of being hit from the side had almost become a reality. Tuoba Hong couldn't suppress the wild joy in his heart, his eyes fixed intently on Li Hong, and at the moment just before impact, he let out a loud roar with all his might.

  Li Hong suddenly pulled out a small axe from his bosom and chopped heavily on the war horse's back. The war horse, having suffered such great pain, let out a long whinny and finally unleashed its most primitive strength, jumping into the air with unprecedented force.

  The collision turned into a bubble in an instant. Tuoba Hong and the soldiers in the front row were stunned, watching with their eyes wide open as the war horse's majestic figure flew through the air and disappeared.

  He Lianbo looked at Li Hong getting closer and closer, the mocking color on his face becoming more and more intense. He loudly shouted: "Release the arrow, release the arrow..."

  The chariot formation was very long, about over a hundred steps. More than 400 of Helian Bobo's and Lie Canfeng's men surrounded the four sides, making the defensive gap extremely large. At this time, the last hundred-man team of the Tuoba tribe at the front of the chariot had already begun to move towards the middle of the chariot, while Helian Bobo's men quickly concentrated towards the middle of the chariot under the command of the ox horn, and the soldiers of the Niu Tou tribe gradually concentrated on the front and back of the chariot under the command of Dao Ba. Lie Canfeng took Ke Bi Xiong, Quan Kun and a dozen or so men to retreat to the rear of Fengxue's horse-drawn carriage.

  Li Hong took down the round shield from the war horse, held it in front of him, and while fending off the dense arrow rain with one hand, he swung his battle knife with the other, shouting loudly as he charged forward without any fear.

  "Looking for death." He Lianbo spat a mouthful of saliva on the ground and said disdainfully.

  Li Hong's war horse was successively shot and injured by long arrows, and it had been stimulated to madness. It galloped wildly with all its might, trying to alleviate the pain caused by the arrow injuries.

  In a flash, Li Hong was only thirty steps away from the cavalry. His frantic roar had already made the enemy on the opposite side feel an intense killing intent.

  Tuoba Hong commanded his iron cavalry to make a big circle on the snowy ground, and then started to regain strength, chasing after Li Hong's back.

  He and the soldiers immediately widened their eyes and let out a loud cry of surprise.