The Military Governor in Dream of the Red Chamber

The three northern barbarians who were facing them head-on originally intended to fire a volley of arrows first, but by the time they converged on this side, Jia Chen and his men had already reached them.

A cavalry charge is too close to cover a mile.

Both sides drew their longswords and curved blades and began to fight.

On the contrary, the situation was a bit different for Wang Baisheng and Ding Heihu.

They were responsible for blocking the cavalry reinforcements coming from the front and rear, and the cavalry had time to draw their bows and shoot arrows when they arrived.

However, only three or four people came over, about the same number as Wang Baisheng and his group.

Emubu and one guard followed Wang Baisheng, while another guard followed Ding Heihu.

On their side, Omubu and two others retaliated with arrows.

After only about two rounds of shooting, the two sides were engaged in close combat.

Jia Chen and a Northern barbarian clashed swords, sparks flying. He felt a sharp pain in his hand, not because the Northern barbarian was strong, but because of the tremendous impact of his warhorse charging at high speed.

However, Jia Chen only felt a sharp pain in his tiger's mouth, while the northern barbarian was shaken off his horse.

Jia Chen immediately turned his horse around and returned. As he passed the northern barbarian, he bent down and killed him with a single stroke.

The other three successfully killed the two northern barbarians, but the other two were injured.

These northern barbarians were wounded, like the one Jia Chen faced; if they weren't injured, they wouldn't have been so easily knocked off their horses.

Their horsemanship far surpasses that of us.

Otherwise, even if they were outnumbered four to three, it would be virtually impossible for them to kill three people.

After killing three Northern barbarians, Wang Baisheng and his men blocked the small number of Northern barbarians that came from behind.

Therefore, there were no more Chahar cavalrymen near Jia Chen and his men.

"Quickly, save them! Cut the rope!" Jia Chen shouted.

He rushed toward the group, slashing his long sword as he passed through, cutting the ropes binding the women.

"Run towards the watchtower!" Jia Chen continued to shout.

The women's wrists were still bound with ropes, and Jia Chen didn't have time to untie them.

Since the ropes binding them together were cut, even with their wrists still bound, a single person could still run, at most it would affect their running speed.

Jia Chen and his team still need to save more people. Time is precious and cannot be wasted on untying the ropes binding each person's wrists.

However, when Jia Chen told them to run away, the women looked terrified and didn't move. They just stood there, frozen in place, and even backed away.

Jia Chen glanced at it and immediately understood.

They were afraid of the Chahar cavalry.

The number of people kidnapped in this group is at least ten thousand.

The procession was so large that it was impossible for no one to want to escape along the way.

Those who try to escape usually meet the same fate: either they are caught and beaten or killed.

Therefore, they were all terrified and dared not run away.

"Run! Even if you don't die after being kidnapped, you'll suffer a fate worse than death!" Jia Chen roared.

He didn't have time to explain anything or reason with these women.

If they themselves dare not escape, then he will have no choice but to give up.

You have to fight for your own destiny.

"Sisters, the soldier is right. It's better to fight than to live. Maybe we can escape." A woman in her early twenties suddenly shouted.

After she finished speaking, she immediately took off running towards Qianshandun.

With one woman taking the lead, the other women followed suit without much thought.

Jia Chen breathed a sigh of relief; he was glad that one person could escape.

The three men behind Jia Chen quickly followed. Like Jia Chen, they cut the ropes and shouted for the women to run towards the front hill.

Jia Chen handed over the task of rescuing the woman to the three people behind him and continued charging forward.

His target was very clear: Hu Youcai.

"Eunuch Hu, please forgive me." Jia Chen called out, riding his horse quickly past the cart, scooping up Hu Youcai and slinging him across the horse's back.

"Baisheng, Heihu, hold them off a little longer," Jia Chen called out to the two women who were crying and running towards the front hill.

He had noticed that more Northern barbarians were coming to reinforce this area from a distance, numbering a dozen or so, and even more cavalry were rushing towards them from further away.

Riding a horse for a mile is nothing, but these women can't run that fast.

We must buy some time, otherwise they will fall into the hands of the Northern barbarians again.

Since we've started to save them, we must see it through to the end and not give up halfway.

"You three go and help stop them," Jia Chen ordered the three men behind him.

There were about thirty women near Hu Youcai's cart; this was the limit of what Jia Chen and his team could save.

Although there were many people from the Great Hong Dynasty nearby, Jia Chen and his group were too late and had to give up.

Seeing people fleeing, the people were spurred on, and many began to scatter and flee in all directions.

They were tied together with ropes, a dozen or so in a group. In their panic, some went east, some went west, and so on in all directions. As a result, they could only spin around in place, and some even tripped and fell into a heap.

"Taiji, let's go back first," Jia Chen called out to Emubu.

Given Emubu's special status, Jia Chen had no reason to let him take risks here.

Jia Chen was already very satisfied with what he had accomplished so far.

Omubu left two guards to join Wang Baisheng and the others in blocking the Chahar cavalry. He quickly joined Jia Chen and then sped towards Qianshandun.

Jia Chen and Emubu quickly returned to Qianshandun.

"Take good care of Eunuch Hu." Jia Chen lowered Eunuch Hu from his horse, then shouted to Wu Jiangsheng, "Wu Jiangsheng, bring out all the remaining Thunderclap Bombs. You two take the Three-Eyed Guns and guard the passage entrance as backup. Jia Mao, bows and arrows!"

Eight soldiers armed with three-barreled guns formed a squad, now led by Wu Jiangsheng, with Zhou Shitou as his deputy.

"Yes, sir." Wu Jiangsheng immediately called the others to take the three-eyed gun and the remaining three thunderbolts.

Jia Mao quickly retrieved the horn bow and handed it over.

Jia Chen took the bow and arrows, and without pausing for a moment, turned his horse around and returned the way he came.

Wang Baisheng and his men couldn't hold out for long, and besides, these women had only run less than halfway, so they needed to buy more time.

More people mean more strength.

As Wang Baisheng and his men fought and retreated, the pressure on them increased as reinforcements from the northern barbarians continued to arrive.

The northern barbarians, who were a little further away, began to shoot arrows at them. One of the soldiers was unable to dodge in time and was pierced through the heart by an arrow.

"Ah!!" Wang Baisheng roared and slashed his opponent off his horse with a single stroke.

But after he killed one man, two more northern barbarians surrounded him.

With a whoosh, an arrow suddenly shot out from behind Wang Baisheng, the arrowhead piercing the heart of a Northern enemy soldier opposite him.

"Dun Tou!" Wang Baisheng turned around and saw that Jia Chen had returned.

Jia Chen didn't say anything and continued to draw his bow and shoot arrows. He not only helped Wang Baisheng, but also helped Ding Heihu shoot a few arrows.

After shooting arrows continuously, Jia Chen's right arm went numb. In addition, shooting arrows on horseback is not as easy as on the ground, and even though he is quite strong, he couldn't keep up.

"Retreat!" Jia Chen saw that everyone had reached their limit and if they didn't retreat now, they probably wouldn't be able to leave.