Chapter 245

Tian Feng immediately accepted the order and, under the protection of one secret guard and ten personal guards, rushed toward Dengxian.

"Let's go! We're setting out too! Toward Xinye!"

After Tian Feng and the others left, Su Xuan greeted Xu Chu and Su Zhan and led the 800 personal guards to set out.

After a short while, they had already caught up with Dian Wei and the Xuanwu Battalion soldiers, then passed them and sped away.

"Haha! Old Dian! We're taking the lead! Haha!"

Hearing Xu Chu's triumphant laughter and seeing his receding figure, Dian Wei panicked: "The Lord wouldn't just take Xinye on the way and not leave us a chance, would he?"

After all, in Dian Wei's view, Xinye was just a small city and couldn't stop Su Xuan and the personal guards at all.

Especially when taken by surprise.

"Uh... that's really not impossible!"

Zhou Cang was also stunned upon hearing this; he couldn't be sure about such things either!

Then, he scratched the back of his head in distress and asked: "General, what should we do?"

"Need you ask? Speed up the march! This place is only fifty or sixty li from Xinye. With our physique, even a forced march should be easy to sustain, right?"

"Quick! Pass the order immediately: forced march, catch up!"

"Yes!"

Soon, the order was passed, and Dian Wei led the 6,000 Xuanwu Battalion soldiers to rush forward frantically.

The carriages carrying heavy armor were driven as if they were flying, kicking up dust all the way, and they rushed toward Xinye at a terrifying speed.

In less than two hours, Dian Wei and the Xuanwu Battalion soldiers had already arrived at a place less than 10 li from Xinye.

Then, Dian Wei sent out scouts to check the situation in Xinye while ordering the soldiers to rest for half an hour, drink water, change into battle armor, and prepare for battle.

Soon, the scouts returned with news: the Lord had not attacked the city.

In addition, Xinye was completely unprepared at this time, and the city gates were wide open.

"Phew!"

Dian Wei breathed a sigh of relief: "Good! Good!"

Clearly, the enemy army didn't know they were coming to attack at all.

At the same time, neither Su Xuan's personal guards nor Huang Zhong, Zhang He, and the others who had left earlier had been discovered by the Xinye garrison.

Clearly, they had taken a detour.

Dian Wei was overjoyed and immediately ordered Zhou Cang to lead the main force to follow slowly behind.

He himself took 100 personal guards, disguised as ordinary commoners, to head to the south gate of Xinye first, waiting for an opportunity to launch a surprise attack and seize the gate.

Zhou Cang naturally had no objections.

Immediately, Dian Wei ordered 100 personal guards to remove their armor, change into ordinary commoner clothes, and after disguising themselves, they used a few ox carts to pretend to be cargo, while actually hiding weapons inside, and set out unhurriedly.

Not long after, they arrived in front of the city gate.

"Kill!!"

As soon as he approached the drawbridge, Dian Wei roared, pulled out a pair of iron halberds hidden in the ox cart, stepped on the ground, and instantly crossed the distance of more than ten meters like an arrow from a bow.

He passed the drawbridge directly and killed his way to the city gate tunnel.

"Puff puff puff!!"

The pair of iron halberds were danced into afterimages by him, instantly shredding the enemy troops within ten meters of the gate, leaving a ground full of severed limbs.

Then, Dian Wei continued to charge into the gate tunnel.

Behind him, 100 personal guards followed closely, also drew their weapons, exploded with full force to keep up with Dian Wei, and under Dian Wei's connection, instantly formed a military formation, gathered the power of the formation, and killed their way into the gate tunnel.

Cutting through like chopping melons and vegetables, in just a few breaths, they had killed their way through the gate tunnel!!

"Not good! There are ene... puff..."

The garrison in the gate tunnel discovered Dian Wei and the others charging in and wanted to scream in terror.

But before they could finish, they were already gone.

The garrison on the gate tower only reacted after Dian Wei and the others had already killed their way into the city.

"Stop them! Stop them! Retake the gate!!"

They hurriedly sent troops to block Dian Wei and the others.

But how could these ordinary soldiers be the opponents of Dian Wei and the 100 Xuanwu Battalion veterans?

Especially since Dian Wei and the others had formed a military formation.

Even with only 100 people, with the strength of Dian Wei and these soldiers, they could unleash terrifying combat power.

Two years had passed, and Dian Wei was no longer in the mid-stage of the Gangjin Realm, but had already broken through to the late stage of the Gangjin Realm, his strength skyrocketing.

For a time, he directly suppressed and killed the rebel troops.

"Boom boom boom!"

At the same time, seeing Dian Wei and the others successfully launch a surprise attack into the city, Zhou Cang immediately ordered the remaining 5,000+ Xuanwu Battalion soldiers to form a military formation;

Under the blessing of the formation's power, their speed skyrocketed, like galloping horses, and in just a few dozen breaths, they had crossed several thousand meters and arrived at the city gate.

Then they plunged into the city, joined up with Dian Wei and the others, and in just a moment, they had killed the nearby rebel troops, causing them to flee in defeat.

Then, Zhou Cang took the opportunity to send men to take over the south gate.

Next, he split into two paths with Dian Wei, killing their way toward the east and west gates respectively.

As for the north gate, they left it directly for Su Xuan.

"Tsk tsk! Not bad! Old Dian has already learned to use strategy! Not bad!"

"Let's go, we should head to the north gate too!"

At this time, on a hill outside the south gate, Su Xuan was holding a telescope, watching the entire process of Dian Wei's surprise attack. He praised him.

Then, he greeted Su Zhan and a dozen personal guards, rode down the mountain, and sped toward the north gate.

At this time, Xu Chu had already led 800 personal guard soldiers to block the north gate of Xinye at the distance of an arrow shot, confronting the rebel army.

"Kill!!!"

"Not good! The enemy has breached the city!"

At this time, Xu Chu had already heard the sounds of fighting in the city and became a bit anxious.

He looked to the west, but did not see Su Xuan returning, and his expression became even more anxious.

"Should I just attack?"

Xu Chu thought to himself.

But he soon rejected it.

He could not disobey orders.

The Lord's order was to block the gate and not to move until he returned; he could not act recklessly.

If even a few enemies escaped and ran to report to Zhao Ci, it might cause Huang Zhong and the others' ambush to fail.

"Clatter clatter!"

Fortunately, a few minutes later, Dian Wei heard a series of hoofbeats sounding from the west and looked over immediately.

From afar, he saw Su Xuan and a dozen men forming a small military formation, rushing toward this side at a very fast speed.

It is worth mentioning that the warhorse Su Xuan was riding had already transformed into a strange beast, and its speed was terrifying.

The warhorses of the other personal guard soldiers had also signed beast-taming contracts with them and were top-tier warhorses obtained after more than a year of cultivation with the beast-taming enhancement technique.

They far exceeded ordinary warhorses.

Their speed was also terrifying.

Their endurance, load-bearing capacity, etc., had also been significantly improved.

Even the warhorses of the Black Armor Army and the Xiaoji Battalion had signed beast-taming contracts with their respective riders and had been cultivated with the enhancement technique, being significantly strengthened.

This was also thanks to the help of the blood-strengthening powder that Su Xuan had optimized and enhanced more than a year ago.

The soldiers were able to have enough blood energy to strengthen and cultivate their warhorses; otherwise, their own cultivation wouldn't even be enough.

Not long after, Su Xuan and the dozen men had already arrived at Xu Chu's side.

"My Lord! Old Dian and the others seem to have already breached the city. Should we launch an attack too?"

Xu Chu asked immediately.

Seeing the eagerness in Xu Chu's eyes, Su Xuan chuckled: "That works too!"

"You take 600 soldiers and form a military formation to attack the city!"

"I will take the remaining soldiers to block people on the main road 3 li to the north, so that no one escapes; that wouldn't be good!"

After all, Dian Wei and the others might not be able to block the east and west gates in time.

The enemy army might just escape from here.