The changes in the Khitan army were naturally spotted by the lookouts in Chanzhou City, who then reported them to their superiors.
At first, they naturally thought the Khitan army was preparing to attack the city again, but later, Liaochen noticed that something seemed amiss.
Then Dalhe charged toward Chanzhou City. All of this had naturally been brought about by Huang Xiao.
"Dalhe seems to be fleeing? Look, someone's chasing him!" Meng Jiu suddenly said.
"Is that...?" Liaochen narrowed his eyes for a look, and delighted surprise spread across his face. As a monk, he rarely encountered anything that stirred ripples in his heart.
"Huang Xiao, Brother Huang!" Meng Jiu cried out in surprise. "We're saved! Chanzhou City is saved!"
"That's Sect Master Huang!" General Yang's face also filled with wild delight.
Although he knew Huang Xiao was the Sect Master of the Heavenly Demon Sect and knew he was immensely powerful, he had not really believed before that Huang Xiao could be a match for Dalhe.
After all, in his view, the difference in age between Huang Xiao and Dalhe was far too great.
But he had also learned from Hong Yi and the others that Huang Xiao was strong enough to contend with those old fellows. At the time, he had lamented that Huang Xiao had not stayed behind. Otherwise, against Dalhe, even if Huang Xiao alone could not defeat him, adding Hong Yi and the others would have been enough.
And now Huang Xiao had come. How could he not be overjoyed?
It was not that he feared death himself, but that he feared Chanzhou City would fall, leaving untold numbers of its people dead or wounded. Moreover, he too was a subject of Great Song. How could he let its territory fall into Khitan hands?
"Loose!"