"Hahaha, He Zudao, I've already drained your water. What ability do you have to stop me now?" Tuoba Yu on the other side couldn't help but laugh loudly, saying with a smug look on his face.
He had noticed something amiss with the river earlier, so he sent men to secretly infiltrate upstream. Sure enough, they discovered the problem and destroyed the interception point.
Such raging river water is enough to destroy everything, but once the water is released, there will be no threat from behind.
The raging river flowed for a full hour before finally calming down, washing away all the silt from the riverbed and leaving only a hard riverbed. This made Tuoba Yu burst into laughter.
"Brothers, follow me and charge!"
Wow!
At the command, the Northern Barbarians cavalry, who had been waiting for a long time, charged towards the opposite side like madmen. Even in the face of a hail of arrows, they did not retreat in the slightest, charging forward with their makeshift shields in hand.
"Don't panic, shoot them!"
He Zudao Zudao's expression was solemn, but he remained calm and directly commanded his army to intercept the enemy. Even if the enemy could cross the river on horseback, their cavalry would slow down in the river, making them easy targets.
Archers are the best choice to deal with them. As long as we prevent them from getting close to the shore, we can win this battle!
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
At first, the archers fired normally, but when they saw the enemy reach the shore, the fleeing soldiers couldn't hold on any longer, and some even ran away.
This reduced the density of arrows, giving the enemy an opportunity to get closer to the shore.
"Something terrible has happened!"
Seeing this, He Zudao's face Bai Qi. This was truly troublesome. These people were not afraid of death at all, while his side was demoralized. This battle was already lost.
He couldn't help but sigh deeply, and said with a bitter smile, "Your Highness, I'm afraid I'll have to disappoint you!"
With the enemy numbers increasing and their own side powerless to reverse the Qiankun, this battle was extremely difficult.
Li Yunqing was completely dumbfounded. Just a moment ago, he had a chance, but in the blink of an eye, the chance was gone, and the enemy attacked directly. This was a major disaster.
" He Zudao, what do we do now? I'm afraid there's no time to wait for reinforcements!"
"Your Highness, you go first, I'll cover your retreat!"
He Zudao roared and ordered his personal guards to take the young master away and send him back to Ningchuan Commandery. Without waiting for the young master's consent, he ordered his guards to take him away.
The next moment, Tuoba Yu's confidants were already heading straight for him, clearly intending to behead him.
His more than 20,000 troops had been decimated and routed, while the enemy's morale was high and they were heading straight for him.
Seeing this, He Zudao couldn't help but sneer, "Hmph, I'll take someone down with me even if I die! You, Tuoba Yu, don't even think about hurting the Crown Prince!"
kill!
He shouted and charged directly at Tuoba Yu.
Puff puff puff!
Several spears pierced his body in an instant, and General He Zudao of General Who Pacifies the North died on the spot.
Uncle He!
Seeing this scene from afar, Li Yunqing couldn't help but shed tears, which she couldn't stop.
He thought of He Zudao, who had once taken the blame for him and teased him. Unfortunately, he was like a child who never grew up and never knew how to cherish what he had.
"Your Highness, we can't worry about that now. We must get back to Ningchuan Commandery. If we stay near the city walls, we can hold out for a while. As long as reinforcements arrive, we'll still have a chance," the guard said, trying to comfort him as he drove the carriage.
Even if I'm heartbroken now, this isn't the time to be sad; I'm still trying to save my life.
They were almost at the city gate, but found it tightly shut. A guard shouted anxiously, "Open the gate quickly! The prince is in danger!"
"Your Highness?"
The commander on the city wall glanced at him and was about to open the city gate, but upon seeing the overwhelming dust behind him, he immediately refused, saying, "I'm sorry, Your Highness, the enemy has already arrived. Opening the city gate would be tantamount to letting them in."
"What? They won't open the door?"
Li Yunqing's face turned green. This guy was highly valued by his father and was put in charge of guarding the city gate, yet now he was treating him like this.
He couldn't help but say angrily, " Yan Sifang, my father values you so much and has entrusted you with guarding the city gate, yet you treat me like this? How can you face my father?"
Forehead!
Yan Sifang, who hadn't planned to speak, immediately turned pale upon hearing this.
He glanced at his brothers around him, and seeing that none of them spoke, he suddenly felt emboldened and roared, "Respect my ass! If you valued me so much that you made me guard the gate, I'd take you with me if you made a good contribution! Now you're all dead, and you still want to harm me!"
Damn it, all the credit goes to you, but all the blame is mine.
What do you mean by valuing me? I've been guarding the city gates for five years, do you think I'm that highly regarded?
"You!!!"
Li Yunqing's face turned green. He was speechless. Although what he said was a bit outrageous, it actually made a damn good point.
Seeing the enemy pursuers getting closer and closer, he gritted his teeth and said, "You ungrateful wretch! You think they'll let you go if you stay inside? You're going to die anyway!"
He glanced at the guard; now he had no choice but to keep running.
"Hahaha!"
Tuoba Yu, who was chasing behind, saw this scene from afar and couldn't help but burst into laughter, saying loudly, "What a loyal heart! If Li Sansi saw this, he'd probably be so angry he'd come back to life!"
It's quite amusing that the Heir of Beining was locked out of the city gates by his own people.
"Hehe, that's the people of Great Ning for you. They're masters of infighting. This little brat Li Yunqing is no match for his father. Even He Zudao is dead, so what is he?" Evil Bodhisattva said with disdain as he looked at Li Yunqing fleeing in disarray.
Tuoba Yu nodded and laughed, "Send someone to finish him off. When you kill someone, you must eliminate the root of the problem to prevent future revenge. The rest of you, follow me to attack Ningchuan Commandery. It's time for our hunt!"
"Hahaha, kill!"
"This city is far inferior to that scoundrel Lin Yi's! Bring in the siege crossbows!"
"Kill them!"
In an instant, the walls of Ningchuan Commandery were covered by a rain of arrows, including huge crossbow bolts from siege crossbows, which, with immense force, hurtled straight toward the city walls.
After only a few rounds, the entire city wall collapsed with a loud crash.
"Haha, brothers, let's go!"
"Whoever grabs it keeps it; save the pretty girls for me."
"I'm not interested in women. I'm going to rob some money. I'm off."
More than 30,000 Northern Barbarians cavalrymen stormed into Ningchuan Commandery, annihilating the last resistance and beginning a frenzied looting spree. Their wolfish and tiger-like appearance chilled the hearts of the people of Ningchuan Commandery; this time, they feared they were in deep trouble.
The streets were filled with fleeing civilians, but they were trampled to death by the Northern Barbarians cavalry. Even those who survived were given a final blow, and the entire street was stained red with blood.