In my dream of returning to the Tang Dynasty, I snatched Wu Zetian from my lap.

Like a black tower, he stabilized the flank of the Tang army.

At that moment, Li Yuanchang, along with his personal guards, had already made a precise, surgical cut into the abdomen of the Xueyantuo cavalryman.

Puff puff puff!

Blood blossoms filled the sky, scattering everywhere.

The Tang army stormed in, turning the world upside down, and the flames of revenge completely engulfed the area.

The Xueyantuo cavalry, already caught off guard, were mostly pinned to the ground before they could even mount their horses. Their first counterattack was crushed, and they were constantly on the defensive.

Within just a quarter of an hour, the Shatuo army began to retreat, unable to support itself from both ends.

After a quarter of an hour of fighting, several centurions of the Shatuo army were killed in battle by fierce generals such as Cheng Chuliang and Yuchi Baoqi, leaving the army with almost no commanders.

A large number of corpses were piled up, and the Xueyantuo people were brutally beaten.

The Tang army's relentless offensive revealed the Shatuo army's utter defeat, and at this point, Nuxiba had lost all will to fight.

"Retreat! Retreat now!!"

The routed soldiers began to retreat, intending to escape from the end of the village. However, as soon as the cavalry reached the mountains at the end of the village, they heard the whistling of arrows, which blotted out the sky.

Whoosh! !

The dense barrage of arrows formed a large net, completely engulfing the cavalry attempting to break through.

Puff puff!

Boom!

Large numbers of Tuyuhun cavalrymen were hit by arrows and fell from their horses, like dumplings being dropped into a pot.

"Whoa!!"

The breakout attempt was forced to a halt. Nu Xiba looked at the mountains and forests ahead with a grim expression, despair spreading amidst the defeat.

"You guys go back and block them, the rest of you follow me and break through from the right!"

"yes!!"

Rumble!

The defeated Xueyantuo army split into two again, with one part rushing towards the advancing main force of the Tang army, while the other part, like frightened birds, broke through to the right side of the village.

Where the terrain was open, they could escape by jumping down the terraced fields, so they put all their strength into it.

"Giddy up, giddy up!!"

"quick!!"

Nuxiba shouted and turned around to see Tang cavalry chasing after him.

With a breakout in sight and the possibility of leaping over the terraced fields looming, he revealed a sinister smile, already planning how to strike back with revenge.

But the next second, his smile froze.

Suddenly, rows of swordsmen emerged from beneath the terraced fields, their bodies partially concealed by the terraces, with only their upper bodies visible.

"not good!"

"Stop!!" Nuxiba shouted, desperately pulling on the reins.

But by the time he realized it, it was too late.

"cut!!"

Guo Chao, an experienced border soldier, roared and gave the order, and all the swordsmen swiftly and uniformly began to cut down the horses.

Puff puff puff puff!

Many warhorses had their hooves severed, the horses neighed, lost their balance, and fell violently to the ground, horse and rider alike.

Boom!

Mud splattered across the terraced fields, and blood stained the yellow mud.

Large numbers of warhorses and Xueyantuo people were thrown down, one layer on top of the other, all landing freely without warning.

The screams came in rapid succession.

This kind of inertia is no less than that of a car braking suddenly in later times. If you're not wearing a seatbelt, you'll either die instantly from the fall or suffer broken bones.

Guo Chao's team executed tactics flawlessly, hiding themselves in the blind spots of the terraced fields, completely unaffected by the charge of the warhorses.

After cutting off the horse's hooves, they quickly pounced on them to finish them off.

The Tang swords were sharp, and with a hundred men hacking wildly, at least fifty Xueyantuo soldiers were instantly killed.

Amidst the mud and corpses, Nuxiba struggled to his feet, his head bleeding profusely, and one leg still unable to support him.

He panicked, completely panicked.

He roared at his men to stand up and fight, engaging in hand-to-hand combat with Guo Chao's troops in the mud.

With the cover of his men, he mounted his horse again, intending to escape alone.

But before he could climb up, he saw dozens of Tang soldiers chasing after him. The lead horse was fiery red like a crimson cloud, and it disappeared in a flash, moving at a breathtaking speed.

Nu Xiba's pupils contracted.

"Giddy up!!" He used all his strength to mount the horse in a disheveled state.

"You can't escape!!" Li Yuanchang roared, spurring his horse's flanks with his legs. The red lightning horse's hooves rose high, and with terrifying explosive force, it leaped over the wall of people and fell from the terraced fields several meters high, landing steadily instead of slamming its face on the ground.

boom!

Mud splattered into Nuxiba's eyes, blinding him. Before he could wipe it away, he felt a heavy blow to his body.

"puff!!"

He coughed up blood and flew through the air like a kite with a broken string, crashing into three terraced fields and covering his entire body in mud.

"Cough cough..." He coughed up blood, his body felt like it was falling apart, and he tried to get up with difficulty, but found that his whole body was unresponsive.

On the terraced fields, the fighting continued, but it was a more precise massacre.

The Tang army held an absolute advantage, directly striking at the heart of the Shatuo army from the very beginning, rendering them powerless and unable to concentrate their forces.

"Who, who are you?" Nuxiba struggled to reach for the curved knife that had fallen into the mud.

Watching his little actions, Li Yuanchang smiled coldly, looking down at him with unhurried demeanor, his black hair dripping with blood.

"The one who came to take your life!"

"Are you one of that Tang general's men?" Nu Xiba, his mouth full of blood, slowly sat up. At this moment, his hand had already grasped the curved sword, and he was about to make his move.

Li Yuanchang, on horseback, drew his bow and shot an arrow in one fluid motion.

call out! !

puff……

Nu Xiba, who was seriously injured, reacted slowly and was pierced through the arm by an arrow.

"Ah!" Nuxiba screamed in agony, his heart breaking, as he fell into the mud pit once again.

"Drag him up!"

"yes!!"

Several guards dismounted and quickly subdued the man.

Li Yuanchang was not in a hurry to kill this person immediately, as that would be too lenient. Li Yuanchang wanted to make this person suffer ten times the pain that Gong Yun had endured, to make him pay for his blood debt in blood!

Due to the close coordination of the Tang army, the Shatuo army had been defeated. In addition, Nuxiba was captured alive, and the battle situation completely collapsed!

The Shatuo army was either massacred while fleeing or surrendered en masse.

In just over half an hour, Li Yuanchang swept through the cavalry of the fifth division of the Shatuo army, killing a large number of Xueyantuo people, and nearly half of them chose to surrender.

From beginning to end, it takes about one hour.

The village, engulfed in flames, fell relatively quiet. The shouts of battle ceased, replaced by wails and groans.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

A rope as thick as an arm was used to firmly bind Nuxiba to the wooden stake.

"What are you going to do?"

"What are you going to do?" Nuxiba shouted, completely naked, with a sense of foreboding.

"What do you think?" Li Yuanchang sneered, dragging a stone hammer in his hand.

Tang soldiers stood all around, panting heavily, coldly staring at Nu Xiba, shouting and cursing, "Kill him! Kill him! Kill him!!"

"Don't you like torture and killing?"

"I chased you all night, just for this moment," Li Yuanchang said coldly.

Nu Xiba panicked and struggled, but couldn't move. He was trembling as he watched Li Yuanchang closing in.

"No, no!"

"don't want?"

"Do you think my Tang army is easy to bully?" Li Yuanchang sneered, then his eyes hardened, and he swung his stone hammer.