On the vast land, the two armies were entangled like a black mudslide, and they were engaged in an extremely tragic battle.
Cheng Yaojin was holding an Eight Trigrams Flower Axe, and he kept killing his way through the enemy formation. His eyes were bloodshot.
At this time, Cheng Yaojin was only forty-four years old, in the prime of his life. Although his martial strength was not at its peak, it was not much worse.
In the time it took to finish a cup of tea, Cheng Yaojin had defeated several hundred Turkic barbarians.
However, when he turned around, Cheng Yaojin's heart was instantly doused with cold water.
More than half of his one hundred thousand soldiers had been slaughtered by the Turkic cavalry, and the remaining half were no match for the Turks.
The Turks were good at riding. On the flat and vast terrain, they were like wolves walking in the wind. Their combat strength was far superior to the Tang army. Moreover, the number of Turks was more than five times that of the Tang army!
"Apothecary's right. It's too unwise to leave Youzhou City to fight the enemy!”
Cheng Yaojin was disheartened. At the same time, he thought that Princess Changle might have already met with misfortune. He was instantly depressed. He raised his head and saw that the situation on Li Jing and Li Tai's side was grim. He quickly rode his horse and rushed over.
"Ya! Eat my axe!"
Cheng Yaojin hacked down a dozen Turkic cavalrymen, his hands covered in blood.
He immediately tore off a corner of his robe and rolled it up in his hand. He gripped the Xuanhua Giant Axe again and ran to Li Jing and Li Tai.
"Apothecary Li, you are the commander-in-chief. What do you think we should do now?”
Cheng Yaojin asked with his eyes wide open.
Li Jing sighed." Going out of the city to face the enemy is like cutting off one of our own arms. Now that we have lost, we should retreat."”
The King of Wei, Li Tai, held his sword and cried with red eyes,""Sister, it's brother who's useless!"
Cheng Yaojin gritted his teeth and remembered Li Shiming's warning. He suddenly said in a deep voice,"Apothecary, give me a thousand soldiers. I want to find the princess!”
Li Jing frowned.
Cheng Yaojin said," I know that we will lose this battle, but as a subject, I must complete His Majesty's mission. My mission is to bring back the princess unscathed!"”
Li Jing's face darkened." You want to bring a thousand people to rob Jie Li? Jie Li has a few generals around him whose martial strength isn't worse than yours.”
In Li Jing's heart, he was more rational. He was not standing for Li Tang, but for the people of the world.
However, Li Jing was fighting for the people of the world, and he was particular about the overall situation. Sometimes, he would rather sacrifice the interests of a small number of people.
Just like this time, he abandoned Gubei Pass and tens of thousands of people. It seemed like he was forced by the situation, but to the people of Gubei Pass, he was an executioner who pushed them to hell.
Cheng Yaojin was different.
Cheng Yaojin served in the court for a long time and believed in the emperor.
Whatever Tian Zi said, he would do.
"No, I can't! An won't rob Jie Li, because that's impossible. An will go to Gubei Pass, where there are basically no Turkic soldiers. An is thinking that if the princess can hide in some corner of the town, she might be able to escape. On the contrary, if the princess had already fallen into the hands of the Turks…"
Cheng Yaojin hissed coldly and did not continue.
Li Shi Min wanted him to bring back Li Lizhi unscathed. If Li Lizhi had fallen into the hands of the Turks, then there was no turning back.
Hearing this, Li Jing's expression darkened, but he still waved his hand to pass the order to Cheng Yaojin's thousand soldiers.
The Turks were cruel by nature, and a small Gubei Pass would have been turned upside down long ago. How could it possibly hide a pampered princess?
Cheng Yaojin clasped his fists and was about to leave after receiving the soldiers.
When he turned around, Cheng Yaojin's eyes couldn't help but stop on Li Tai.
However, the King of Wei, Li Tai, slightly avoided his gaze.
Cheng Yaojin snorted coldly in his heart. He led a thousand soldiers and turned around, heading toward Gubei Pass.
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