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They were simply too tired, they defeated Duan Zhanchen all the way, and rushed here to fight against the Iron Pagoda. After a night of fighting, the enemy's light cavalry was the best of the best, the best of the best. The horses were better than them, and the soldiers were even faster than them without having gone through a battle.

If it weren't for the fact that they were running along the road while setting up some tricks, he would have long since caught up to them.

Would that small river be able to stop the great army of the Iron Buddha, and stop Fu Mengtian's footsteps?

Right now, he could only use that small river to put some distance between himself and Fumeng Xiong. Hopefully, he wouldn't keep chasing after him.

The speed of the Iron Pagoda would not be able to chase after them. Who would have thought that there would be a light cavalry unit at Fu Mengtian's side? As for the other plan, he didn't know where it was located.

"Young General, alert!"

A blood-red fireball rose into the sky from the west. It was obvious that the scouts had no time to return to report this. They could also have been killed or known that they could not escape. They could only use their fireballs to send out an alarm.

There was only a red alert, but no further message.

Helian Manqiu raised her telescope and looked to the west. She wanted to see if she could find any trace of the Iron Pagoda.

With Fu Mengtian's light cavalry following from behind and the Iron Buddha blocking their way, were they really unable to go any further?

"Young General, do they have an ambush in the west? Do they want to change their route?"

"No need, it's impossible for the Iron Pagoda to block all the paths to the west. Uncle Yi must have also seen the warning, and hopes that they can bypass the Iron Pagoda and reach the river first. "

"Uncle Yi is heading in a different direction, perhaps he will not encounter the Iron Pagoda. Even if we were to encounter the Iron Buddha, we will definitely be able to defeat them and rush forward to kill them. "

"Our men cannot afford to lose!"

Out of the five thousand people that he had brought out, there were only a little more than four thousand left. In the continuous battles, even though they had divine weapons and could win more with less, as long as there was a war, how could they not lose?

"With five thousand people, they penetrated hundreds of miles deep into the territory of the Fresh Subordinate Region. Their victories were the greatest, and last night, they first defeated the thirty thousand light cavalry soldiers who were the most elite before the Fresh Subordinate King. Now that we have defeated the Iron Pagoda, we have lost less than a fifth of our troops and horses. This is already an undefeatable legend.

Hearing Tao Zheng's words, Helian Manqiu could only smile wryly inside. Although she knew that Tao Zheng was right, the troops under her command were too small. She could not afford to lose them!

"Young General, why must you be so anxious to leave? Why not give the young General a chance for him to receive you as a host?"

Behind him, the sound of Fu Mengxiong's deep voice reverberated throughout the wilderness.

"Set up an ambush to stop them."

"Yes, Young General, please go first. This lowly general will prepare an ambush."

On the surface, it seemed as if their warhorses were too tired, so their speed was slowed down. In reality, they had set up an ambush and set up a mechanism to stop the pursuit of Fu Mengxiong and his men.

He had sent a small team to the front to scout the way. Once an ambush was discovered, they would clear the way. They bypassed the ambush and continued their pursuit of Helian Manqiu.

With this, it would be difficult for them to increase their speed. Fu Mengtian began to accumulate more and more anger. This kid had endless tricks up his sleeve, and it really gave him a headache. If this brat was allowed to escape this time, and safely escaped from his iron palms, what face would he have to return and meet the king of the freshmen, to explain himself to him?

Ten thousand Iron Buddha and two thousand light cavalry soldiers. He still had not stopped the people of Absolute Murder Army Region, and had even captured Helian Qingyu alive; he truly did not have the face to return and see the King of Fresh Subordinate. He had just taken over the Iron Buddha, and did not want to be defeated on his first journey.

He secretly gave the order. As the direction of Helian Manqiu's group adjusted, he also gave the order to adjust the location of the Iron Buddha Ambush. It was necessary for Helian Manqiu to be surrounded and killed here.

Helian Manqiu knew that she could give orders, and so could Fu Mengxiong. The eagles soared high in the sky and passed down orders back and forth, and she could not help but hold her forehead. The method used in this era to pass messages and orders was not as fast as her generation, but it was still very advanced.

The eagle's speed was extremely fast, and in the sky, it was the highest level of the food chain.

The eagles soared high in the clouds. Even if they wanted to shoot the eagles in the sky, it would be impossible.

These eagles were strictly trained to know how high they flew to in order to be in a safe position.

Unless she had a sniper rifle in her hand, it would be absolutely impossible to shoot down the eagle. It was too high, and only the sniper rifle of her era could have such a long and accurate range.

"Young General, I'm afraid that it will be difficult to dodge their Iron Pagoda's ambush and attacks. I will first bring my people to finish off those Iron Pagodas and then come back to support the Young General."

"Alright, go gather the people you need first and see how many Iron Pagodas there are. It's best not to get entangled with them and lure them away, so as to not delay our plans."

"Yes, this general obeys."

Helian Manqiu approached Tao Zheng and whispered a few sentences into his ear. Her warm breath sprayed into Tao Zheng's ear. The young and handsome general's face immediately turned red. He lowered his head slightly, and his eyes shone with endless tenderness.

"Yes, this lowly general has already remembered all of it."

He didn't even dare to look at Helian Manqiu with such a gaze. He really did look at her with his head slightly bowed, because the two of them had their heads close together and could hear each other's breathing. Even their necks had turned pink, causing Helian Manqiu to laugh involuntarily.

As if fleeing, Tao Zheng bowed on the back of the horse and left, not daring to look back.

Helian Manqiu couldn't help but laugh again. Ancient men loved to be shy. This General Tao could have already seen that she was a woman, not Helian Qingyu.

Perhaps there were plenty of people who could see through this point, but she didn't need to worry about these people divulging her secret.

Perhaps, those people of today would rather see her as the son of Helian Shan than the Eldest Miss Helian Manqiu.

"Young General, Fu Mengxiong is getting closer and closer to us!"

A soldier said before he turned around and glared at Fu Mengxiong behind him.

Helian Manqiu's heart sank a little. The heavens were following him too closely. And among them, there was no one who could stop the heavens and escape through that gap. If they were to encounter the Iron Pagoda in front of them again, they would definitely not have any chance to escape.

The first was to fight to the death. Perhaps some people could escape, and most would be killed.

The other way was to throw away his weapon and kneel on the ground, leaving his hands and knees behind in order to preserve his life.

Helian Manqiu did not believe that these valiant and fearless soldiers would choose the second option.

Thus, they should only have one path to take.

She glanced back and saw hundreds of eyes full of trust and admiration looking at her with sincerity. Within those gazes, there was only endless trust and respect, as well as a deep loyalty and the determination to use their lives to protect her.

Seeing this, Helian Manqiu suddenly smiled seductively. With these loyal comrades here, she didn't need to worry about anything. This was because she knew that at the most dangerous moment, these people would use their iron-like chests and valiant bodies to block the enemy's swords and attacks for her. They would not hesitate to use their lives and chests to protect her, just like their two janissaries.

She was going to lead them and safely leave this place. She wasn't going to easily lose one of them.

Looking at the young general's pink lips, they couldn't help but to let out a beautiful smile. Such a smile made their hearts calm down.

That kind of smile and firm and clear eyes gave them incomparable confidence and expectation. They believed that as long as they followed their young general, they would be able to accomplish things that others couldn't. Just like last night, they would be able to create an undefeated record and legend.

They believed that after their young general had entered the territory of Fresh Breeze Town, every war, especially last night's two wars, was enough to be recorded in the history books of the Great Hengkong Empire and to have their descendants worship them.

Their eyes were fervently and sincerely looking at their young, tender, and slender general. Their young general, who had followed them all the way, was unwilling to be a step behind.

Fu Mengtian suddenly reached out to take off his strong bow and nocked an arrow. He also used a 500 stone strong bow. Only a few people would dare to use such a strong bow.

A soldier would turn his head from time to time to look at Fu Mengzhong and the others, who were frantically chasing after him. Seeing the man draw the bow and draw the arrow, he glared and quickly approached Helian Manqiu. He did not even have time to warn Helian Manqiu to be careful as the sharp arrow had already left the bowstring.

He suddenly jumped out of the horse's back, dashing towards the sharp arrow shot by Fu Mengxiong. He didn't care that he would fall from the horse's back and be stomped into meat paste by his companion's iron hooves.

Only by using this method would he be confident that he could stop his husband Meng Xiongtian's sharp arrows and protect his young general.

He did not want to kill Helian Manqiu. He only wanted this young general to be severely injured and dismount, to become his captive.

What he did not expect was that the soldiers of the military region were so fearless, they actually dared to use their bodies to block his arrows.

He first swung the blade in his hand to block the arrow shot by Fu Mengtian, then used his arm to protect his chest. He knew that it was impossible for him to block the arrow shot by Fu Mengtian using the 500 stone strong bow, but he would rather use this method to weaken the arrow shot by Fu Mengtian, and let him use his body to block the arrow, protecting the young general.

Helian Manqiu looked back. Her eyes were filled with anger and helplessness. By the time she realized this, it was already too late. She could hear the faint sounds of bowstrings cracking behind her and all the hairs on her body stood on end.