Hong Tianyu looked at Xu Banxian's expression. He reckoned that if he did not bring the Eighteen Horsemen of Yanyun with him, Xu Banxian might not let him leave.
"Alright, go and call all the eighteen riders of Yanyun over. I'll wait for you here!”
"Yes, yes, yes, I'll go now!" Hearing that Hong Tianyu had agreed to her request, Xu Banxian left quickly in excitement.
After the time for two incense sticks to burn, Xu Banxian arrived with the 18 riders of Yanyun.
"Chief!"
The Eighteen Knights of Yan Yun looked at Hong Tianyu respectfully.
"Yes, the military counselor has already told you, right? Let's go!”Hong Tianyu nodded lightly.
"Yes, sir!"
Then, Hong Tianyu and the rest rode their horses and headed towards East Ridge Pass.
……
"Hey, do you think there's any news of the Lord after he's been gone for so long? Could he have encountered some danger?”
"What danger can there be? It's just a small group of bandits. Moreover, Sir has brought 4,000 brothers with him. I reckon that Sir has already broken through the stronghold and is leading everyone to rob the bandits!”
"I wonder if there are any beautiful women among the bandits. I'm tired of playing with the women in this pass.”
……
On the city wall, the guards were chatting casually without any wariness.
"Look over there, is there a group of people rushing towards us!”
Suddenly, one of them saw a group of people approaching quickly from afar and shouted in surprise.
"That's true. Could it be that Daren and the others have returned?”
"It can't be. These people look like there are only a few hundred of them. They shouldn't be Sir!”
"Then should we pull up the city gate? If the enemy attacks, we can be on guard!”
The few of them thought for a while and finally agreed to close the city gate.
"Fort Master, the city gates are already closed!”Xiang Zhuang says seriously.
"Hmm, looks like these guards are not good-for-nothings!”Hong Tianyu said lightly. "Let's speed up and try to break through East Ridge Pass today!”
"Yes, sir!"
"Giddyup!"
Less than a mile away from the city wall, the guards finally saw that these people were not on their side. They raised their bows and aimed at Hong Tianyu and the others below vigilantly.
"Who are you? Why have you come to East Ridge Pass?”Someone shouted at Hong Tianyu and the others.
However, what he received in response was an arrow. This arrow pierced straight into his head and instantly took his life.
Immediately after, another eighteen arrows were shot at the same time. Each arrow was extremely accurate, piercing straight into the head of each of the guards.
"Enemy attack, enemy attack!"
After the death of nineteen people, the others on the city wall finally reacted. They hurriedly hid, not daring to show their heads. Because every time he showed his head, he would be shot by the arrows of the Eighteen Cavalry of Yanyun.
"Hook Claw!"
After seeing that everyone on the city wall had hidden, Hong Tianyu picked up the hook on the horse and threw it onto the city wall.
With the protection of the Eighteen Cavalry of Yanyun, Hong Tianyu and the others quickly climbed up the city wall.
"The enemy is coming, coming!"
"Kill, kill!"
When the group of frightened guards saw Hong Tianyu and the others suddenly coming up, they were so nervous that they shouted. They were completely unprepared for battle.
"Quickly finish off everyone!"
Under Hong Tianyu's command, all the Xiang Family's Army soldiers brandished their tri-edged military thorns. In less than an incense stick's time, the dozens of guards on the city wall were all wiped out.
Soon, the gate of Dongling Pass was breached. All the 18 riders of Yan Yun and the Xiang Family's Army entered the pass.
However, not long after they entered, the remaining 1,000 guards of East Ridge Pass finally arrived.
"Who are you? How dare you attack East Ridge Pass!”The leader pointed at Hong Tianyu and roared.
"Kill them!"
Hong Tianyu didn't even bother talking nonsense with these people and directly ordered the attack.
"Kill!"
The Xiang Family's Army rode on their horses and charged at the defenders with spears in their hands.
The Eighteen Knights of Yanyun stood behind Hong Tianyu and watched the battle. The other party was really too weak. He did not even have the qualifications to make them attack.
After a few rounds of killing, the 1,000 soldiers either died or fled. They could not block the spears of the Xiang Family's Army at all. Everyone who resisted became a lonely ghost.
"Ah Da, capture a few people for me!”Hong Tianyu looked at the fleeing general and ordered the Eighteen Cavalry of Yanyun.
"Yes, Chief!"
After receiving the order, Ada quickly ran towards the fleeing soldiers. He would move his arms a few times, and one of them would be caught by him and brought back to Hong Tianyu.
"Fort Master, we've brought the person back!"
General Ah threw him to the ground.
"Don't kill me, I beg you, don't kill me!”
The captured soldier crawled up from the ground and knelt in front of Hong Tianyu, begging for mercy.、
"I'll tell you everything. Please don't kill me!”
"Shut up!" Hong Tianyu growled. This person did not dare to beg for mercy in an instant. He only looked at Hong Tianyu pitifully, his eyes filled with fear and nervousness.
"Tell me, where is your granary?”
"Granary, I know, I know!”This person instantly shouted excitedly," I can take you there now!”
After saying that, he stood up and led Hong Tianyu towards the granary.
"Xiang Zhuang, bring a hundred men and capture all the blacksmiths and carpenters in the pass and bring them back to the stockade!”
After giving Xiang Zhuang his instructions, Hong Tianyu brought everyone to follow the soldier to the granary.
An hour later, Hong Tianyu actually brought 200,000 catties of food to the city gate and waited for Xiang Zhuang and the others.
After a while, Xiang Zhuang and the others slowly walked over with nearly a thousand people. Among these people, more than half were old people.
"Why are there so many people?" Hong Tianyu frowned and asked.
"Fort Master, these are all the commoners in the pass!”Xiang Zhuang explained.
"How can there only be so few people?" Hong Tianyu said in surprise.
Although East Ridge Pass was relatively small, the number of people in the pass could not be this small.
"Fort Master, because of Chen Dao, the people in the pass were massacred wantonly. Many people have escaped, and only these people have not had the time to escape! When they found out that we had broken through the barrier, they all came to beg to join us!”Xiang Zhuang said helplessly.
Originally, he had only followed Hong Tianyu's instructions to capture the blacksmith. However, the news had spread too quickly. Everyone had surrounded him and begged for him to take them in. He could not chase them away and could only bring them over to the Fort Master for him to deal with.
"Chief, please take us in!”
"That's right, Fort Master. We can all help. Please take us in!”
"We can't stay in the pass anymore. Fort Master, please take us in. We don't want to die!”
These people all knelt in front of Hong Tianyu, begging him to take them in.
They were all afraid. If they continued to stay in the pass, they might be killed one day. If they fled, they would have nowhere to go and could only starve to death on the way. On the other hand, if he followed Hong Tianyu, even though they were bandits, there was still a chance of survival.
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