Fleeing Hooves Trample Bone Seeking Life, How to Escape the Thunderous Myriad Tribulations Path
The formation that had once been orderly now surged forward with ever-greater speed. Towering clouds of dust swept up behind the iron cavalry, blotting out the sky and sun, dimming even the light of the setting sun.
They drew closer and closer to the mountain pass of Black Wind Valley. They could already clearly see the steep rock walls on either side of the pass, as well as the sparse sentries stationed at the valley entrance.
They could even hear an urgent cry suddenly rise from within Black Wind Valley: "Enemy attack—!"
Immediately afterward, a piercing warning horn rang through the valley, shattering its stillness.
The sentries at the valley entrance had now spotted the charging Xiongnu cavalry. All of them panicked, hurriedly shouting warnings as they tried to mobilize forces to defend the mountain pass.
Yet at the sight of this, Xubu Lie became even more certain. Not only did he not slow his charge, a cold smile flashed through his eyes as he issued another command: "Increase speed! In war, speed is everything!
"Don't give them any chance to set up their defenses. Break through their lines in one burst!"
The Xiongnu soldiers beneath his command were all brimming with morale.
As though the warning horn and shouted alarms had stirred them up, they grew even more frenzied. They spurred their horses into a mad gallop, the hoofbeats becoming faster and louder, crashing like thunder as they charged toward the mountain pass.
In their eyes, there was only the grain, cattle, and sheep within the valley—only the wealth and glory awaiting them once Black Wind Valley fell. They never noticed that a deadly crisis was quietly descending upon them.
Just as they came within several dozen zhang of the mountain pass and were about to rush into that