Chapter 170

  The bonfire illuminated the valley, and also illuminated Cheng Dairen's murderous intent. When that murderous intent was revealed, it couldn't help but make everyone's heart feel a chill.

  Xu Shenji, Liu Bei, Qin Man, Gao Feihu... including Su Qing and others did not see through Cheng Darui, nor did they understand Cheng Darui.

  He never thought of escaping, never had!

  Su Qing sighed softly, thinking that she had once advised him to go to Ji Zhou together to avoid disaster, and it turned out that she had never understood him at all.

  Facing Gao Feihu's accusation, Cheng Dalai burst out laughing, laughing so heartily and freely.

  Everyone fell silent, staring at Cheng Dairen who was laughing hysterically, as if they were looking at a madman.

  "Not bad, I never thought of escaping!" Cheng Dairen suddenly stopped laughing and said fiercely: "Escape? Where to escape? Like a stray dog selling its back to the enemy, can you escape?"

  Clang!

  A common man draws his sword, Cheng Dalai waves his sword and points outside the valley.

  "The enemy has arrived, this is the end of the road, you have no way out, except to fight to the death, there is no other choice!"

  Everyone whispered among themselves, now wanting to escape was naturally no longer possible. But guarding...

  "The other side is from a powerful tribe, we can only mobilize two thousand men, can we hold on?" someone couldn't help but ask aloud.

  Knock knock knock!

  The sound of horseshoes was urgent, and someone ran from the mountain stronghold to here, panting: "Kill, kill is coming! The Rong tribe has reached the door!"

  The room was in an uproar, with a child already screaming out loud. Some people looked at Cheng Darui with accusing eyes, their gaze seeming to say: See, see, I told you to escape, but you had to be stubborn!

  "What's there to fear? It's just a thousand or two pursuers!" Cheng Dalai said, "Didn't you say that the Rong tribe is invincible? Today I'll show you by killing them!"

  The crowd followed Cheng Da Lei up onto the city wall, where they saw a dense mass of people below. The Rong tribe cavalry were shooting arrows upwards from horseback.

  Cheng Da Lei swung his sword and deflected an arrow that was shot in front of him, from below to upwards, hitting the city wall with no killing power.

  Cheng Dalai let out a cold hum: "Bring up the heavy crossbow, fifty men in each group, listen to my command!"

  Hundreds of heavy crossbows were mounted on the city walls, aimed at the cavalry attacking below.

  Cheng Dali raised his sword and fell, and neat crossbow arrows shot out to kill.

  Cheng Dali raised his sword again and struck down another row of crossbow arrows.

  The prototype of the heavy crossbow was a system reward, and after the mountain stronghold was united, there were carpenters who wanted to imitate it, which was not difficult. When building the mountain stronghold, Cheng Dalai concentrated his manpower to imitate a batch of heavy crossbows. These heavy crossbows had extremely great power, and could penetrate horses within 300 steps.

  Gao Fei Hu suddenly remembered that Cheng Da Lei had everyone cut down trees and transport them into the mountain stronghold, saying he wanted to manufacture horse-drawn carriages. Now he finally understood, what he was actually manufacturing were crossbow arrows.

  This person had it all planned out from the start!

  As Cheng Dali ordered, row after row of crossbow arrows shot out, the mountain valley gate was very narrow, and the Rong tribe cavalry crowded below had nowhere to escape.

  They reunited like a great wave, the crossbow arrows drove them back, then they surged forward again like a great wave, and were driven back once more by the crossbow arrows.

  Killing, so clean and simple.

  Many people in the mountain stronghold crowded at the city gate, watching this scene with thoughtful expressions on their faces.

  The Rong tribe is invincible, they are strong and robust, each one has the bravery of a thousand men... These words were passed down through word of mouth, slowly sinking into the hearts of the people. So when everyone sees the Rong tribe for the first time, their first thought is not to fight, but to flee.

  Everyone thinks so, that's why the Rong tribe can defeat Youzhou in one day and Heishi City in half a day. Xue Banjiang was able to hold off Yang Long for two months, but he really couldn't hold off the Rong tribe for even half a day? It's probably because of the psychological fear before the battle.

  But today, Cheng Darui let everyone see that the Rong tribe is not three-headed and six-armed, nor are they immune to swords and guns. They are not monsters, but also born of mothers and fathers, just like ordinary people. When hurt, they will cry out; when dead, they will be feared. Since they can feel pain and die, they can be defeated.

  "Come on, come on, brother let me shoot an arrow and try."

  "Queue up! Go queue at the back!"

  "We brothers are quite good, you can't treat your elder brother like this, what's wrong with letting me shoot an arrow?"

  "Halt!" Cheng Da Lei suddenly said: "There are not many people left below, don't waste crossbow arrows."

  Cheng Da Lei turned around, his face had never had such a strong killing intent: "Now there are only the remaining defeated soldiers and the brave men of Ha Ma Zhai left. Are you willing to charge out with me and wipe out these beasts?"

  "Go!" everyone shouted in unison.

  Cheng Dairen sheathed his sword and exchanged it for an axe, leading a team of people towards the city. Su Qing stood aside, whispering: "Be careful, I'll wait for your return."

  "Women, women are on the city gate!" Cheng Dalai looked at him and said: "From today on, women are not allowed to go up to the city gate."

  "I..." Su Ying.

  The little butterfly stood behind her mistress: "He can talk to the young lady like that, he..."

  "Alright, don't say anymore, let's go back, don't block him from doing things!"

  The city gate opened and Cheng Dalai led his troops in a charge out of the city.

  Two thousand Han men rushed out and killed, while the Rong tribe survivors were only over a hundred people. Under the knives of two thousand fierce Han men, they could not form an effective resistance.

  This battle lets everyone see that the Rong tribe can also be killed, and when faced with death, they are just as fearful. What was that saying: The killer is actually so weak!

  After the battle, Cheng Da Lei led his men in clearing the battlefield. Horses, armor and weapons all had to be transported back to the mountain stronghold.

  "Great victory, I've counted them. This time we annihilated the enemy, killing 1,120 of them. Our side only had a dozen or so wounded. A complete and utter triumph!" said Huang San Yuan.

  It was indeed a victory that could not be overstated, spanning thirty years and the entire empire. This was an extremely rare victory. If reported to the imperial court, being granted the title of earl would not be a problem.

  However, winning a complete victory can be both good and bad. The implication of annihilating the enemy is that not one of the Rong warriors escaped, and all their arrow wounds were in the chest, which means they knew they would die without turning their backs to flee.

  What a ferocious enemy this is, calling them monsters is actually not an exaggeration.

  This battle made everyone understand that the Rong tribe was not invincible. It also made Cheng Dairen realize that it was really difficult to defeat them.

  But today is just the beginning.

  Hei Shi Cheng, Chi Mei and others waited for the return of their subordinates, the waiting time was a bit longer.

  "It's just a few dozen people, they should have been killed long ago, why wait until now."

  "These Imperials are easy prey!" Torbjorn chuckled: "Maybe they were delayed on the road."

  The empire has been plundered not once or twice. Everyone is already accustomed to victory, and as for defeat, the death of a patrol team today is considered a failure.

  "We should hurry up, or my brothers will get there first." Chi Mei said with a slouch in his chair, suddenly furrowing his brow: "What if they've fallen into an ambush and are already dead?"

  That night, the northern barbarian army set out in force and attacked Qingniu Mountain.