At the southern gate of the allied army's camp, the thunderous rumble of galloping hooves suddenly drowned out the clamor of the infantry.
"Open the gate at once! Anyone who delays will be executed!"
"Open the gate at once! Anyone who delays will be executed!"
Hearing that thunderous roar, the general stationed atop the palisade trembled so badly that he nearly fell off the wall. Serving under Yuan Shao, how could the gate commander fail to recognize who was coming? He immediately screamed as if he had seen a ghost, "Open the gate! Open it now!"
The gate, made of sharpened logs bound together, was pushed halfway open within a few breaths by the defending soldiers working together. Before they could continue, however, the men pushing the gate felt a fierce gust sweep past them. The rumbling iron hooves shook their ears nearly deaf. By the time they recovered their senses, every one of them was splattered with mud. Looking outside, all they could see were horses' hindquarters and retreating backs.
"Whoa!"
Every soldier let out a huge sigh of relief. Just moments ago, those lowly foot soldiers had felt as though they were being crushed beneath an army of thousands.
Terrifying!
Everyone knew which unit had just ridden out. It was their lord's personal guard cavalry—the Black Sand Iron Cavalry. And leading them was Yan Liang, one of Hebei's two divine generals!
As for the foot soldiers who had originally been pursuing Yin Kuang and Wang Yue, they knew there was nothing left for them to do. So they dispersed. Yet no one noticed the ghostlike shadows vaulting over the walls one after another, racing in the direction Yan Liang had gone.
Meanwhile, inside an inconspicuous infantry tent.
Taige Rui stared at Henry before asking, "Have Li Shuangmu and