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"They must have given up on going to Shuzhou and turned towards Tianxing Gorge instead!"
"..." Zhou Jian frowned upon hearing this, and after a moment's thought, he revealed a smile that showed he had seen through the enemy's trick and said, "It seems the information has been leaked! But such a trick cannot fool this general!"
"On my command! The entire army shall proceed to Tianxing Gorge!"
……
Still on the high ground at the entrance of Tianxing Gorge, you can overlook the entire gorge.
Wei Tingyu sat on a makeshift platform, with an exquisite table in front of him, right in the center of the platform.
Ren Ruyi and Yang Ying knelt obediently on either side of him, serving him wine and food!
The convoy and the gold, under the protection of two female Golden Shadow Guards, had already left the place that was about to become a battlefield through the exit of Tianxing Gorge, and set up camp in the woods a few miles away to wait.
"They've finally arrived!" Wei Tingyu's ears twitched slightly, and he said with a smile.
"They're here?" Ren Ruyi and Yang Ying were both taken aback, and then their four little ears immediately perked up.
Ren Ruyi soon heard the sound of horses' hooves in the distance; her hearing was naturally better than Yang Ying's.
A little while later, Yang Ying's expression became truly tense, because at this point she could hear the sound of thousands of horses galloping closer and closer.
Come to think of it, more than a thousand warhorses carrying fully armed soldiers galloping on the road would indeed make a sound that could travel very far.
Then, a large cloud of smoke rose in the distance, and the distance was getting closer and closer.
Wei Tingyu reached out and grasped Princess Yang Ying's soft hand, smiling and nodding to her to indicate that she did not need to be afraid or nervous!
"Hmm!" Princess Yang Ying was taken aback for a moment, then gave him a sweet smile.
Ren Ruyi, however, looked calmly in the direction where the smoke and dust were rising, but her eyes shone with excitement.
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"Stop!" Zhou Jian led his men into Tianxing Gorge, and then saw three people sitting on the high platform in front of them.
Aside from the woman in red on the far left, whom Zhou Jian didn't recognize, he immediately recognized the people in the middle and on the right.
Because the Prince of Danyang had sent him a portrait that vividly depicted the appearances of Wei Tingyu and Yang Ying after they were disguised as men!
Seeing his target right in front of him, Zhou Jian instead waved his hand and brought the entire army to a halt.
More than a thousand cavalrymen who were running at full speed stopped in just a few dozen steps, which is enough to demonstrate the high level of training of this army!
What a pity! Wei Tingyu shook his head upon seeing this. These thousand people should also be the trump cards that the Prince of Danyang used to compete for the throne!
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Chapter 185 The Xuanjia Army's First Battle! The Marquis's Ambition!
Judging by their skillful horsemanship and individual soldier quality alone, the combat strength of this pursuing force should be comparable to that of the elite fourth-level garrison soldiers in Wei Tingyu's system army camp!
Unfortunately, all of these elite soldiers of the Wu Kingdom will perish in Tianxing Gorge today!
“These warhorses can’t be trained in a day or two!” Ren Ruyi, of course, also saw through the other party’s skillful riding and said with narrowed eyes, “It seems that the Prince of Danyang has long harbored rebellious intentions!”
Upon hearing this, Princess Yang Ying's little hand trembled again! At this moment, she was one hundred percent certain that her brother, the Prince of Danyang, had long coveted the dragon throne of Dawu!
After all, these thousand elite soldiers are the best proof right now!
"Is that His Highness Prince Li on the hillside ahead?" Zhou Jian was taken aback when he saw the three people on the high platform completely unperturbed, even having the leisure to drink and eat. Then, his eyes lit up and he shouted loudly.
Of course, at this moment he was also afraid that he might have mistaken someone else, because Prince Li was, after all, a prince of Dawu, so why would he be kneeling next to Wei Tingyu, an outsider, to pour him wine and serve him food?
Could it be that Lord Wei and Prince Li of Dawu have some special homosexual relationship?
Given Zhou Jian's position, he naturally wouldn't know the secret that Yang Ying was a woman disguised as a man. As a dagger used by the Prince of Danyang to kill, it's impossible for him to know all the inside stories!
"It is indeed I!" Yang Ying actually shouted back after hearing Zhou Jian's words, and then asked loudly, "General Zhou, were you ordered to kill me?"
Is it really appropriate to say something like that so directly? Zhou Jian was taken aback, then his eyes darted around and he quickly shouted, "Your Highness is joking! How could this humble official dare to be so presumptuous?"
As soon as he said that, Wei Tingyu and the other two rolled their eyes inwardly.
You only recognize the Prince of Danyang, and you don't recognize anyone else! Even if the Emperor of Wu Kingdom were sitting in front of you, you would dare to kill him if the Prince of Danyang gave the order!
And now he's still putting on an act in front of me?
"What is the purpose of sending a general to follow me, Brother Danyang?" Yang Ying had already been taught how to speak by Wei Tingyu, so she immediately asked again.
Moreover, this time she directly pointed out that Zhou Jian was backed by the Prince of Danyang, which means that you no longer need to hide it!
"..." Zhou Jian was stunned when he heard this, and at this moment, a staff officer next to him quickly stepped forward and whispered a few words to him.
"His Highness Prince Danyang was worried that you might encounter bandits along the way, so he specially sent me to protect you!" Zhou Jian nodded immediately after hearing the advisor's words and replied loudly.
At this moment, he knew perfectly well that his target was on the hillside ahead. With just a wave of his hand, a thousand cavalrymen could charge up and trample them into mincemeat!
But the problem is that the other side is definitely not stupid. Now that they know that the Prince of Danyang sent them to ambush and kill them, how dare they sit there so leisurely drinking and watching the show?
Therefore, in Zhou Jian's mind, Tianxing Gorge at this moment was undoubtedly a huge trap!
Of course, it's also possible that they were just being mysterious, setting up an empty city ruse to deceive themselves.
But the problem is that Zhou Jian is already in a winning position, so he doesn't need to take this risk. If he can trick Prince Li and Marquis Jining into coming down and surrendering, wouldn't that be foolproof?
"Since General Zhou is so loyal, then I have misunderstood you!" Yang Ying's voice came over again, and Zhou Jian was immediately overjoyed.
As expected, he's just a newly appointed prince, inexperienced and easily fooled by my few words! Now all I need to do is coax her down on her own!
However, before he could rejoice for long, he heard Yang Ying across from him call out again: "How about General Zhou come over alone and have a drink with me?"
Upon hearing this, Zhou Jian was stunned for a moment, and then his face immediately darkened.
He had just clearly seen Marquis Wei Tingyu of Jining whisper something in Yang Ying's ear before Prince Li spoke up.
It seems I can fool this young prince, but I can't fool the cunning Marquis of Jining!
No wonder His Highness the Prince of Danyang specifically reminded him in the letter to be careful of the Marquis of Jining, saying that this guy was definitely not simple!
Zhou Jian isn't stupid; if he went up there, wouldn't he be walking into a trap?
Thinking about this, he understood that as long as the Marquis of Jining was there, there was absolutely no way that Prince Li would be tricked into obediently surrendering today!
Since that's the case, there's only one way!
"Since Your Highness is in such a good mood, then this general and all my brothers will go up and offer Your Highness a toast!" Zhou Jian sneered and then shouted.
Then he flicked his long whip, and the thousand-strong army started moving again, galloping towards the hillside.
Seeing the scene of thousands of horses galloping, Yang Ying's face turned even paler! Although Wei Tingyu was by her side, it was impossible for a young girl like her not to be afraid of such a scene, accompanied by the huge roar of thousands of hooves hitting the ground!
Even Ren Ruyi showed a tense and wary expression on her face at this moment.
It seemed that the other party intended to use this momentum to trample over the three of them!
If that happens, the three of us probably won't even be able to find the meat sauce afterwards!
However, Wei Tingyu waved his hand slightly, and a huge roar came from the valley behind the hillside!
Not only did Zhou Jian look in surprise toward the direction from which the voice came, but Ren Ruyi and Yang Ying also turned their heads in unison.
Soon after, a group of heavily armed cavalrymen appeared in everyone's sight, heading straight for Zhou Jian's cavalry.
These cavalrymen wore black helmets and armor! Even their warhorses were almost entirely black!
They wore masks as black as jade, revealing only their murderous eyes staring straight at the enemy in front of them!
This group of soldiers was also quite large, roughly equal in number to the pursuers brought by Zhou Jian, and seemed to number around a thousand.
Leading these thousand Xuanjia cavalry were four male Golden Shadow Guards of Wei Tingyu! They were not wearing armor, but each of them exuded a murderous aura, making them even more terrifying than the black-armored soldiers behind them at first glance!
"This...this is..." Ren Ruyi was completely dumbfounded. She never dreamed that Wei Tingyu would actually ambush a thousand heavily armored cavalrymen in the canyon!
The problem is, where were these heavily armored cavalrymen hiding before? I was in the welcoming envoy's procession the whole way, and I didn't notice a single clue!
Moreover, the soldiers' armor and warhorses were all black, with only the chess pieces and cloaks bearing a large "Wei" character in bright red lettering!
With such a striking appearance, it's bound to cause a huge sensation wherever it appears!
If such an army truly existed, how could my former Zhu Yiwei (a type of imperial guard) have received no news at all?!
"No need to be surprised!" However, when Wei Tingyu saw Ren Ruyi's bewildered and surprised expression, he simply waved his hand calmly and said with a smile, "They are just my private army!"
Private army? However, Ren Ruyi's expression became even more shocked after hearing Wei Tingyu's words.
Just now I was thinking that the King of Danyang of Wuguo had long harbored rebellious intentions, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to train such an elite cavalry force.
However, it seems that this Marquis of my own household is even more powerful than the Prince of Danyang!
Putting everything else aside, just looking at the army's equipment that is armed to the teeth, their skillful horsemanship, and their indomitable killing intent, you can tell that it must have cost a fortune to train an army to look like this!
Wei Tingyu saw through Ren Ruyi's thoughts and felt quite distressed!
Of course it costs a fortune! A single elite soldier costs a whopping three hundred taels of silver!
This amount of money is enough to cover the expenses of ten middle-class families for a year!
Of course, the system wasn't entirely unfair. In addition to these well-trained and fearless soldiers, the three hundred taels of silver also included a full set of armor, warhorses, bows and arrows, and weapons!
Moreover, Wei Tingyu, who was recruiting soldiers for the first time, was surprised to find that he could even customize skins for the recruited soldiers!
Of course, this is a free perk given by the system, which is why such a cool Xuanjia Army with black helmets, black armor, and black horses appeared!
"Turn around and meet the attack!" General Zhou Jian was not a fool to be entrusted with such an important task by the Prince of Danyang; he was quite skilled in military affairs!