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

"No problem!"

Li Yuanchang's magnetic voice rang out, leading several people slowly out of the darkness above.

There was no armor, no blade.

Banso revealed a satisfied look in his eyes.

"Your Highness, why are there only these people?"

"Now that I've come down, what are you afraid of, Your Excellency? I just want to confirm whether your ministry has resorted to any tricks." Li Yuanchang feigned vigilance, constantly scanning his surroundings.

"Haha, Your Highness, you are overthinking it."

"As long as Your Highness is willing to submit, I will certainly fulfill my promise."

"These are all Dadu's men, and the Shatuo army down the mountain is also under their control. Once we go down, no one will dare to make a move," Bansuo said with a smile.

"That's good."

"However, I need to discuss a condition with the envoy in person. In return, I will inform your tribe of the Tang army's logistics warehouses and troop deployment."

Upon hearing this, Banso's eyes flashed with a sharp light.

"King of Han, is it true?"

"really!"

Banso's eyes also showed doubt, but he was ultimately swayed by self-interest and took a few steps forward.

Li Yuanchang also slowly stepped forward, and the two got closer and closer until their faces were almost touching.

However, with their superior numbers and the fact that Li Yuanchang's group was unarmed, Ban Suo was completely unaware of the danger.

Under the torchlight, the two were only two steps apart.

The only sound was the wind.

"Your Highness, I would like to hear the details." Banso bowed.

"The condition is..." Li Yuanchang drawled, feigning mystery, and lowered his voice.

Banso craned his neck and listened intently.

But what he heard was not a condition, but the whisper of death.

"I'll take your life!"

As the last word was uttered, Banso's pupils dilated, and his expectant gaze was instantly filled with terror.

"you!!"

puff! !

Li Yuanchang concealed a dagger in his sleeve, and with almost no extra movements, plunged the blade directly into Ban Suo's heart.

Its swift, precise, and ruthless power almost instantly deprived Banso of any possibility of struggling.

In addition, it was too dark in the deep mountains at night, so Banso's guards did not even notice anything amiss at first, only that the two men's postures were a bit strange.

In just one breath, blood dripped continuously down Banso's groin.

"Blood!"

The Xueyantuo soldiers shouted, and immediately a hundred of them drew their swords.

At the same time, Li Yuanchang roared, "Ah!!"

puff……

He pulled out his dagger and kicked Banso hard in the abdomen. With a thud, Banso was thrown backward like a kite with a broken string.

Boom!

"Retreat!!" Li Yuanchang roared, and without any unnecessary movements, he quickly led his men in a rapid retreat.

Banso was caught, but what he caught was a corpse; the gaping hole in its heart was so deep that even a celestial being couldn't save it.

"grown ups!"

"grown ups!"

Chaos erupted on the mountainside as a hundred Xueyantuo men immediately went into battle mode and began their pursuit.

But they had barely started when a deafening roar erupted from the mountaintop, as a large number of boulders were being pushed down.

boom! !

The Xueyantuo man at the forefront was hit on the spot, his flesh mangled and he flew away.

The boulder continues, its inertia terrifying.

Bang bang bang... Crack!

"what!"

The piercing screams and shouts rose and fell, instantly shattering the peace and launching the breakout operation.

The Shatuo soldiers at the foot of the mountain could clearly hear the screams from above.

Qilianbajin's expression changed, and he roared, "The Tang army is playing tricks!"

"All troops, charge! Leave no survivors!!"

"kill!!"

The Shatuo army, which had been prepared in advance, along with some of the troops brought by Bansuo, set off with a roar and surged toward Dingyuan Mountain.

The heavy hooves made the ground sway.

The shouts of killing and insults made the Xueyantuo people appear as if they were locked in a life-or-death struggle.

Before midnight, the situation had already changed dramatically.

Faced with a full-scale attack, the Tang army did not sit idly by and wait for death, nor did it despair.

A huge cluster of flames rose from Dingyuan Mountain, like a lighthouse.

Upon receiving the signal, Cheng Chuliang and the other two quickly led their teams to break through in different directions.

Although their numbers were small, their speed was extremely fast, and the moment they rushed out of Dingyuan Mountain, they quickly attracted the attention of the Xueyantuo army.

"there!"

"there!!"

"The Tang army is fleeing!"

"The King of Han of the Great Tang is here! Charge out!"

"Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up!!"

All three groups were shouting, trying to confuse the audience.

From the air, they kicked up billowing dust, rushing into the complex mountain range as soon as they emerged from the mountains, like lightning.

The Xueyantuo troops in charge of martial law hadn't even reacted yet, and with fighting breaking out on Dingyuan Mountain, they didn't know where to attack first.

This was precisely the key to Li Yuanchang's plan to break out separately, disrupting the Xueyantuo people's deployment.

Li Yuanchang himself has yet to break through the encirclement.

He wanted to buy some time for Cheng Chuliang and his men, and also to clear out the last stone, thus adding an even greater burden of wounded soldiers to the Xueyantuo.

With the arrival of Qilianbajin, a large number of cavalry charged up Dingyuan Mountain at extreme speed.

"Attack! Attack!" The Xueyantuo officer kept raising his scimitar.

The massive Xueyantuo army launched a full-speed attack.

Their response was a barrage of rolling stones from the Tang army, rumbling like an earthquake.

They hid behind the hillside and trees, but not everyone could avoid being hit. Those who were hit either died instantly or lost limbs.

On the hillside, there was a chorus of wails and screams.

The Xueyantuo cavalry's attack was severely hampered, forcing them to dismount.

But the stones aren't unlimited; a hundred or two hundred stones would be gone in no time.

"They've run out of stones! Charge! Whoever dismembers Li Yuanchang's body will be rewarded with a thousand gold pieces!" roared the enraged Qilianbajin, determined to fight to the death.

"Kill them!"

Without the threat of the boulders, the Xueyantuo people's speed increased dramatically again, and they quickly rushed up the mountainside. The scattered arrows posed almost no obstacle to them.

But when they rushed up the mountain, Li Yuanchang and his guards had already moved to the other side of the mountain, leaving behind an empty camp.

Qilianbajin was furious and personally led his cavalry to pursue them on the mountain, while at the same time ordering the Shatuo army to blockade Dingyuan Mountain.

Rumble!

The horses' hooves thundered, and a chase that pushed the limits of death began.

"in front of!"

"in front of!"

"Chase!"

The mountain was steep, and it was nighttime. Let alone riding a horse, even walking on foot could result in a fatal fall, let alone a warhorse galloping at full speed.

One wrong step and both man and horse would fall down the mountain.

Crackling sounds...

Horse hooves kicked up sand and stones, which rolled down the steep cliffs.

Li Yuanchang led the team at full speed, constantly dodging and weaving, or leaping ten meters at a time; the level of danger was that of extreme sports.

Without exceptional equestrian skills, it's simply impossible.

Seventy-eight bodyguards followed Li Yuanchang, galloping wildly through the mountain stream.

boom! !

"what!"

A piercing scream and a loud crash suddenly erupted. It was none other than the Xueyantuo cavalrymen, who, along with their horses, plummeted down the mountain, falling to their deaths.

Moreover, this was not an isolated case. Large numbers of cavalrymen were stuck on the mountain roads at high speeds, and if they squeezed in even slightly, they would be leaping off the mountainside.