"Ah..."

"It's a trap, there's an ambush..."

The sudden ambush caused panic at the front, and those in the back quickly halted.

"Whoa..."

Zhao Liang gripped the horse's belly with his legs, and tightly held the reins with both hands, as his warhorse's front hooves rose high into the air, just as its front hooves were about to heavily fall.

"Whoosh..."

A feathered arrow shot out violently, piercing cruelly into the horse's neck and through it.

With a sharp neigh, Zhao Liang's warhorse toppled to the ground, and Zhao Liang reacted swiftly, rolling to the side the instant the horse fell, then somersaulting backward to hide behind the horse's corpse.

Chen Mo lowered his strong bow and suddenly appeared, shouting loudly, "Soldiers, shoot!"

He intentionally spared the enemy general.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."

Countless arrows quickly flew towards the reinforcements of the Huai Army.

The armor on the ordinary soldiers certainly couldn't compare to the general's. The crossbow arrows from the Divine Arm Crossbow pierced through the armor, embedding into the soldiers' flesh. In an instant, the reinforcements collapsed en masse.

"Splat... splat..."

"Ah... save me..."

"Ah... quickly... retreat..."

"..."

"Shoot, shoot all the arrows you have," Chen Mo wasn't in a hurry to lead his men in a charge.

"Don't panic, don't panic, form a formation, quickly form a formation." Zhao Liang shouted loudly, beginning to command.

Under Zhao Liang's command, although his subordinates were not seasoned warriors, they maintained strict discipline and worked in harmony. Soon they cooperated calmly. Shield soldiers held iron shields to block the direction of incoming arrows, while soldiers of other units hid in order behind the shield soldiers, and archers began to counterattack.

Swish——

It was just at that moment.

A gale swept across the official road.

A dark shadow charged down from the woods, the battle robe sweeping up fallen leaves within the forest, the nearly five-foot-long blade reflecting an invisible gleam in the sunlight.

With just a spin, the first row of shield soldiers, along with their shields, were all sliced at the waist, and the force knocked down the soldiers behind them.

Screams hadn't yet emerged when Chen Mo struck back with another slash, sending dozens of heads flying high and a mist of blood prevailing.

Chen Mo then rushed into the crowd of enemy reinforcements, wielding the Tang Blade as though channeling the Demon Blade Girl, chopping and slicing over a hundred men.

Chunks of flesh hit the ground, and blood flowed like a river.

Seeing this, the soldiers of the Huai Army's reinforcements were terrified, their eyes filled with fear.

"You brazen bandit, cease your rampage..."

Seeing this, Zhao Liang raged, charging forward with his sword.

But in the next second, the figure previously several feet away was suddenly in front of him. Zhao Liang's fury turned to fear at the liver and gallbladder. He quickly raised his sword to block and retreated, yet before he could see the motion clearly, the blade was already descending from above.

"Clang..."

At the moment the blade and sword met, sparks flew.

Zhao Liang's sword was immediately cut in two, the broken tip flying away, the blade descending toward Zhao Liang's head.

Zhao Liang suddenly felt a chill at his back, his protective innate spiritual qi shattered, frightening him so much he couldn't help but close his eyes, but the blade did not fall.

Unable to resist, Zhao Liang opened his eyes, only to see the blade stopped half a centimeter above his head, but before he could breathe a sigh of relief.

The young man in front of him kicked him in the chest, sending him flying straight back, ultimately crashing heavily to the ground.

Zhao Liang's personal soldiers fearlessly charged at Chen Mo.

"Charge, kill..."

At that moment, the ambushed soldiers hidden in the mountain also attacked, their voices resounding endlessly, wave after wave.

"By order of the Marquis, let none escape, surround them..."

...

On the official road, Chen Mo finished off the enemy troops encircling him in just a few seconds.

He lightly swayed the blade, flicking off a few blood droplets from the blade, turning his head to look at Zhao Liang, who was just getting up, and coldly said, "Surrender and you won't be killed!"

"Gulp..." Zhao Liang swallowed his saliva, feeling a reaction but dared not move, maintaining a stiff posture, raising a finger slightly, "Who... who are you?"

Chen Mo twirled the blade, sheathed it, his expression calm as water, "Chen Mo."

"Chen... Marquis Chen!!!" Zhao Liang was so frightened by Chen Mo's earlier slash that he didn't dare utter his name.

He thought in shock, that Huainan County had fallen so quickly, otherwise how could Chen Mo be here in Mang Mountain.

Meanwhile, the battle on the other side was also reaching its end.

The soldiers of the Huai Army reinforcements, having been ambushed and endured several volleys of arrows, were scared out of their wits after seeing Chen Mo carve a path through them, losing all morale. Finally, when they saw a large contingent of ambushing soldiers charging down, they offered little resistance and threw down their weapons to surrender.

"Speak, do you want to die or live?" Chen Mo pursed his lips and twisted his neck as he asked.

"Lord... Liu..." However, what answered was Zhao Liang's cry of astonishment, for he saw Liu Ji being carried down from the mountain.

"... General Zhao Liang?!" Liu Ji uncertainly called out.

"It's me, Lord Liu, how..."

Zhao Liang was about to continue when a bout of coughing interrupted the "exchange of pleasantries." Indeed, Zhao Liang was too surprised to see Liu Ji in such a situation.

Surprised to such an extent, it even exceeded the life-and-death decision in front of him.

Wasn't Liu Ji with the Prince?

In an instant, many thoughts flashed through Zhao Liang's mind.

"...Live." Zhao Liang hastily responded to Chen Mo.

"Congratulations on making the right choice," Chen Mo moved his hand away from the hilt, then said, "I need General Zhao to help me with something."

"What help?" Zhao Liang was stunned, a bad premonition in his heart.

"All troops heed the order, take the armor off their bodies and put it on. Those without replacements will stay to guard the defectors, and listen for movements to act accordingly."

"Understood," the army halted its command.

Chen Mo looked at Zhao Liang and said, "General Zhao, please trouble you to take us to a trip to Huainan County."

Zhao Liang, having made it to his current position, still had some capability, and upon hearing this, understood what it meant, his heart sinking.

"General Zhao doesn't want to?" Chen Mo's eyes turned cold.

"...Willing, willing," seeing Chen Mo's hand return to the hilt, Zhao Liang complied from his heart.

Liu Ji also spoke at this moment, "General Zhao, those who recognize the times are the true heroes."

Zhao Liang forced a bitter smile.

...

Huainan County, worthy of being a fortress, had strong walls and gates. Even with the Chen Army using enhanced power pottery bombs to bombard the gates, they only managed to blast apart the outermost wooden gate. The middle gate and the thousand-pound gate in the gateway remained unmoved.

In response, the Chen Army changed its siege tactics, no longer bombing the gates, but using catapults to launch pottery bombs to bombard the Huai Army defenders on the city walls.

The Huai Army defenders were in dire straits.

Xiao Yan, watching the enemy continuously siege from a distance, was at a loss for what to do.

At that moment, a personal soldier reported, "General, reinforcements have arrived."

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