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Who killed Qiu Liju?

Countless pairs of eyes looked behind, and discovered that the one who killed Qiu Liju was actually Yan Rou!

No matter how you looked at it, Yan Rou was determined to rely on Qiu Liju! How could he slash Qiu Liju down from his horse in the blink of an eye?

"Whiz!" The sharp, piercing sound of an arrow breaking through the air broke the strange and momentary silence in front of the Falling King Slope.

After the arrow was shot, Gongsun Xu did not even bother to look at the results. He pulled down the Refined Iron Mask on his helmet, put away his bow, turned his horse around and rushed towards the small hill to the south.

"Ah!" Su Puyan cried out miserably as he held onto the left shoulder of the arrow. If it wasn't for him dodging quickly, the arrow would have hit his throat.

Yan Rou lowered her body and galloped away on her horse, following closely behind Gongsun Xu as she fled for her life.

Luo Wang Slope sat in the west facing the east. To the north was a four to five hundred feet high precipitous hill. Two to three miles to the south were a few small hills. At this time, underneath the Falling King Slope was Qiu Liju's five thousand elite riders. To the east was Xianyu Fu leading more than a thousand cavalry of Xianbei, while behind the cavalry of Xianbei was Liu He's forty thousand men, filling up a radius of a few miles.

In such a situation, the only way for Gongsun Xu and Yan Rou to escape was south.

Gongsun Xu and Yan Rou had rushed for more than a dozen steps when Su Puyan finally reached them and shouted angrily, "Shoot them down!"

The five thousand riders that Qiu Liju had brought with him seemed to have awoken from a dream, as they shouted angrily and released arrows at the same time. In an instant, arrows rained down from the sky as they charged towards Gongsun Xu and Yan Rou.

Gongsun Xu's legs were tightly holding onto the horse's abdomen, his left hand took down the small round shield and placed it behind him, while his right hand grabbed onto the spear and swung it to the side, blocking the arrows flying towards the horse. With a series of clanging sounds, the rear of the horse's butt was covered with arrows. The horse that was rushing forward did not even get one arrow, yet Gongsun Xu had suffered over ten arrows consecutively, but luckily his armor and mask were extremely thick and strong, the most that the arrow could penetrate was the last part of the strong crossbow s. As a result, it looked extremely miserable, but in reality, he had only suffered some superficial wounds.

Yan Rou did not have any shield to shield him, but his riding skill was astonishing: Hearing the sharp arrow piercing through the air, he flipped over on her horse, and changed into a horse riding backwards. The blade in his hand danced so hard that it could not be seen, and she blocked a large amount of the arrow behind him.

Su Puyan was enraged, he grinded his teeth and pulled out the three foot long arrow from his shoulder, ignoring the blood that was gushing out wildly, he took the lead by chasing after it with the Wolf Fanged Mace in one hand. The other people continued to shoot as they charged after Su Puyan. The scene was extremely chaotic.

Nearby, Xianyu Fu who had lost an arm crawled up with difficulty, and looked at everything in a daze.

At this time, the more than one thousand cavalry of Xianbei s brought by Xianyu Fu also cried out, and they swarmed towards Gongsun Xu and his group.

Tens of thousands of Chinese soldiers were flabbergasted. They had no idea who to help, so they could only stand on the spot and watch.

"Surround the Xianbei People! "Surrender and don't die! Those who resist will be killed!" Suddenly, a loud shout came from the back of the group. Several men in black urged their horses to rush to the front of the group. The one leading the charge was surprisingly Liu He, who had been unconscious in the carriage all this time!

The soldiers who did not know what was going on were stunned again.

When Xianyu Fu saw Liu He, he suddenly woke up from his state of chaos and the numerous questions in his mind were immediately answered. He sighed to the sky. He had thought that he could toy with others, but he had never expected that he would always be in the scheme of others!

At this time, Wei Dun, Wang Wei and Yang Hong shouted out loud together: "Young Noble Liu He has orders to surround Xianbei People, surrender and avoid death, whoever resists will be killed!"

The cavalry of Xianbei that was led by Xianyu Fu were immediately struck dumb, some people wanted to continue chasing after Gongsun Xu and Yan Rou, some people wanted to take advantage of the chaos to escape, and some people just stood there, waiting for Liu He's order. Three waves of people were pushing and bumping against each other. In an instant, over a hundred people were pushed down from their horses, and the crowd became a mess.

Liu He raised his head and saw that Gongsun Xu and Yan Rou were about to reach the foot of the small hill, he heaved a sigh of relief and shouted: "Wei Dun, you lead two thousand cavalrymen to go around and stop Su Puyan!"

"Here!" With a wave of his hand, Wei Dun brought the two thousand cavalrymen under him to bypass the chaotic mess and rushed towards Su Puyan who was a few hundred steps away.

"Wang Wei, you will bring the thousand cavalrymen under the Falling King Slope to block Xianbei People's escape path!"

"Here!" Wang Wei raised his spear high up and shouted in a rough voice, "My sons, come with grandpa and kick Xianbei People's butt!"

The soldiers under him roared with laughter, cursed and rushed out from behind Wang Wei.

"This prick!" Liu He laughed and scolded, he looked at Yang Hong and shouted, "Yang Hong, bring 10,000 steps forward!"

Liu He was a pure and filial person, and he did have a weak character. However, being born into a clan member of the Han Dynasty, he had learned how to read literature and practice martial arts since he was young. It was not surprising for him to make the right decision in the face of such a simple situation. It was just that there was an 80% chance that he would be able to kill the enemy. The nine guilds were all flustered. This was also a common problem for the majority of the aristocratic families' children.

"Here!" Yang Hong cupped his fist and answered, waving the order loudly: "Form the formation! The blademaster has two wings, while the archer has two wings.

Liu He's cavalry could be considered elite soldiers, but the infantry had been sparing in their training. After receiving the order, they pushed and shoved each other, and after a while, they started to gather.

On the other side, Gongsun Xu who had already rushed to the foot of the small hill had been shot dozens of times, and almost became a hedgehog. His right arm which was waving his long spear was already in pain, and he only hoped to be able to charge through the hill before his strength ran out! He saw Wei Dun leading a group of people and rushing towards him, but Su Puyan was only 30 to 40 steps away from him, while Wei Dun and the group of cavalry of Xianbei were still in a flurry.

Plop! Crash! *

Abruptly, Yan Rou's arm which was ten meters behind Gongsun Xu started to ache, the blade danced slightly slower, and with a miserable scream, more than ten arrows were shot out from the horse's butt in an instant. Yan Rou tumbled to the ground and started to roll, until she was completely confused about the direction.

Gongsun Xu's eyes flashed with hesitation, he turned his horse and rushed back, ready to save Yan Rou.

During this period of delay, Su Puyan was already more than 10 steps away, and upon seeing the situation he shouted: Kill Gongsun Xu, brat!

When Su Puyan gave the order, he ignored a problem: The distance between him and Gongsun Xu was too close, other than the more than 100 people following closely behind him, the people behind him did not dare to shoot at all, because the large group of riders had to rush forward together to shoot. As a result, even though Su Puyan was anxious and angry, the number of arrows aimed at him had decreased by more than half. There were only a few hundred arrows.

Gongsun Xu used the shield in his left hand and the spear in his right, protecting only his head and his horse, he ignored the arrows that were shooting towards other parts of his body. In the blink of an eye, he had already arrived in front of Yan Rou, casually threw away the shield, bent down and stretched out his left hand while shouting: "Academy Officer Yan, quickly come up!"

Yan Rou shook her head, she did not care to retrieve her blade, and grabbed onto Gongsun Xu's hand as she jumped onto the horse's back.

Gongsun Xu pulled on the reins, the horse in front whinnied and stood up, Gongsun Xu then raised the reins, the horse turned and rushed towards the small hill once again, a dozen arrows shot out, but they were all blocked by Yan Rou's waist blades just in time.

Su Puyan was already enraged, he whipped his horse with all his might, swearing that he would tear Gongsun Xu and Yan Rou into pieces even if he had to chase them to the ends of the earth!

At this time, a Chieftain cried out from behind: "King Ku, bad news! Our escape route has been cut off by the despicable Han people! "

Su Puyan turned his head to look, only to see that Wang Wei had already led the large troop of cavalry to rush down the Luo Wang Slope, and was currently turning around and forming a line.

Behind him on the left, Wei Dun was leading a large group of cavalry soldiers as they approached him. They would arrive in front of him in about ten breaths of time.

What caused the Xianbei People to be most afraid of was the ten thousand man formation led by Yang Hong. If their escape route was completely cut off, in such a narrow area, with the help of the cavalry led by Wang Wei and Wei Dun, this ten thousand man square formation was enough to crush all the cavalry of Xianbei present!

Su Puyan immediately made a decision on the spot as he clenched his teeth and shouted loudly: "Warriors, charge forward with this king!" As he finished speaking, he raised the Wolf Fanged Mace that was over seventy kilograms high into the air, and threw it towards Yan Rou's back with a swoosh!

Su Puyan did not dare to turn around and return from Luo Wang Po, as there was a high chance of him being surrounded and annihilated. He also did not dare to climb over the steep hill to the north. Since he had already decided to rush towards the south, Su Puyan had to kill Gongsun Xu and Yan Rou no matter what. Otherwise, when he returned to the Liucheng, he would be interrogated by Qiu Liju's trusted aides and relatives, and he might even be beheaded!

When Gongsun Xu had just stepped onto the small hill with the front leg of his horse, the heavy mace was already whizzing towards him, and in the blink of an eye, it would smash into Yan Rou's back. Yan Rou was unable to dodge or evade at this moment, or else Gongsun Xu would have been shot down from the horse. He took a deep breath, and the muscles in his back tensed. He was prepared to take the hit head on!

Clang! The front end of the mace smashed onto the middle of Yan Rou's back with a loud bang, the strong impact caused him to suddenly rush forward, causing Gongsun Xu's body to stagger and almost fall off her horse.

Crack! The [Refined Iron Heartguard Mirror] on his back was smashed into smithereens. The shattered pieces pierced the muscles on Yan Rou's back, causing blood to spurt out.

Pfft! Yan Rou spat out a mouthful of hot blood, her eyes darkened and she fainted, involuntarily falling towards the ground.

Gongsun Xu hurriedly turned his head to look and was shocked. His left hand grabbed at Yan Rou's wrist but caught nothing as he helplessly watched Yan Rou roll to the ground. Right now, the horses were galloping up the hill. It was impossible for them to stop and turn around, and Gongsun Xu did not want to give up on them easily.

Su Puyan laughed out loud, turning his body, he grabbed a five foot long spear from one of his subordinate's hands and threw it out. The spear rushed towards Gongsun Xu like a bolt of lightning!