The subtle fragrance of cotton needles

Midway through the night, the military camp was quiet and dark, and it seemed that it was going to rain.

"Boom!" A loud thunder sounded, and Xia Zhiyang, who was sleeping, was suddenly awakened.

These days, Xia Zhibai has been planning to send Xia Zhiyang to the battlefield. Xia Zhiyang is also eager to try and has been practicing martial arts hard in the military camp for many days.

Xia Zhiyang had been feeling very emotional these days, and was awakened by a loud thunder outside and couldn't fall asleep again.

Xia Zhiyang stood up and went to the city wall.

"Is there any movement from Rouran tonight?" Xia Zhiyang walked to the top of the city wall, looked down, and didn't see anything.

The soldiers guarding the city shook their heads: "No."

Xia Zhiyang nodded and looked at the gloomy sky: "It looks like it's going to rain. I'll have someone bring some raincoats up later."

"Thank you, young general." The person Xia Zhiyang asked the question happened to be Xia Zhibai's subordinate, so he naturally knew the relationship between Xia Zhiyang and Xia Zhibai.

Xia Zhiyang didn't say anything more. He walked around and went downstairs.

Although Xia Zhiyang asked someone to bring it up for them, he still went with them to carry the raincoats up and distributed them to the soldiers one by one.

Suddenly, a scout from the front reported: "The Rouran army is coming!"

"What?!" Xia Zhiyang was shocked. "How many people are here?"

The scout said, "At least five thousand elite soldiers, with fifty chariot guns in the rear!"

"Come here! Hurry and report to General Pu Wei and the Marquis!" Xia Zhiyang gave the order without hesitation, "And go to the rear and gather three thousand elite soldiers, fifty archers, and chariot artillery!"

"Yes!"

This was the first time Xia Zhiyang faced such a situation, and he was relatively calm.

The Rouran people came very quickly, and before Darong even had time to gather its troops, they were already almost at the city gate.

Xia Zhibai and Li Fu arrived soon, and both of them came to the top of the tower: "Zhi Yang, what's the situation?"

Xia Zhiyang shook his head and pointed his finger: "They are coming very quickly. Dongshan and Xishan are already prepared. As long as they move forward more than ten miles, they can shoot the vanguard."

Xia Zhibai nodded and said, "Well done. The troops are gathering in the rear. Let's wait for the Rouran to come over and kill them with archers first."

Xia Zhiyang breathed a sigh of relief.

Both East Mountain and West Mountain are ready.

The lights on the city wall were now bright. Yotu Linshun knew at once that Dayong already knew about their attack, but he didn't understand why Dayong didn't plan to go out of the city to meet the enemy.

Yotu Lin Falcon is not in a hurry at all.

Xia Zhibai looked at Yotulin Falcon confidently, waved his hand, and the archers immediately made preparations.

Yotu Lin Falcon smiled slightly and raised his hand: "Get ready!"

The Rouran vanguard raised all their shields and stacked them up to form a formation.

Xia Zhibai and Li Fu looked at each other, but Xia Zhibai did not intend to change his plan at the last minute and still gave the order: "Archers, shoot!"

Fifty archers used the poison prepared by Xia Yanxiang, lit the fire and shot out.

Xia Zhibai's actions immediately attracted the attention of the East and West Mountains.

Xia Zhibai finally made a move, and Xia Yanxiang was not careless either. She immediately drew the bow and aimed in the direction of Yotu Lin Falcon.

As expected, the archers' preparations did not cause any damage to the Rouran vanguard. Yotu Linshun laughed wildly: "General Pu Wei! Do you think I will be fooled a second time?"

Xia Zhibai certainly knew that Rouran would not be easily defeated by such a method. Xia Zhibai did not care at all about Yotu Linshun's provocation: "Yotu Linshun, you are too arrogant. Are you so proud of just this little thing?"

Li Fu sneered at the situation and said, "That's right, General Yue Tulin. We were able to defeat you last time, weren't we? Were we not surprised at all when you attacked us tonight?"

The sneer on Yutu Linshun's face suddenly seemed a little strange. Could it be that there was a spy from Darong on the Rouran side?

The two sides are now facing each other, and neither of them has any intention of moving forward.

With a loud bang, the sky became even darker and it was likely to rain heavily at any time.

The current situation was extremely awkward. Xia Zhibai did not order anyone to take action, and Yotu Linshun did not give the order to take action either.

Dongxishan and Dongshan both held their breath, quietly waiting for the other's move.

Yotu Linshun and Xia Zhibai were facing each other from a distance, and suddenly they shouted, "Retreat!"

The Rouran people immediately retreated with their shields.

Xia Zhibai curled his lips slightly, stretched out his right arm, and swung it vigorously.

"Attack!" The people on both the east and west mountains took action at the same time. Hidden weapons flew out at a rapid speed and surrounded the 5,000 elite soldiers of Rouran.

"Ah!" The Rouran side was not prepared. They didn't expect that there would be an ambush on the Dayong side.

"Boom!" After a loud thunder, heavy rain poured down from the sky. Amidst flashes of lightning, the heavy rain covered the entire battlefield.

"Defense!" Yotu Linshun was shocked by this sudden scene. He didn't expect Xia Zhibai to be such a mean person. "Xia Zhibai! You are such a mean person!"

"All is fair in war!" Xia Zhibai's voice came from under the city wall, "Ye Tulin Falcon! You and I have fought many times, don't you understand this principle?"

Almost half of the 5,000 elite soldiers brought by Yutu Linshuan were killed here. He was in a panic and was about to escape from the range of the hidden weapons from the east and west mountains with the remaining half of the elite soldiers.

Mo Yuchen held an umbrella for Xia Yanxiang to protect her from the wind and rain.

Xia Yanxiang stared at the Yotulin Falcon, concentrated her energy to pull the bow to its full length, closed one eye, and shot with all her might.

Yotulin Falcon was only thinking about escaping, but he didn't expect that a sharp arrow came from behind and hit him hard in the back.

Yotu Linshun had no idea that the archer was so accurate that he could hit the commander from such a distance.

Yotu Linshun was caught off guard and fell off his horse.

"General!"

"Let's go!" Yotu Linshun struggled to get up and quickly asked someone to help him escape.

The heavy rain poured down. It was the long-unseen heavy rain in the northwest desert and the heavy rain that the people of You County had been longing for.

After Xia Yanxiang shot an arrow, she put away the bow and arrow: "Let's go! Go down the mountain!"

After hearing Xia Yanxiang's order, the soldiers on Xishan put away their hidden weapons and went down the mountain.

Xia Yanxiang was in a very good mood. Mo Yuchen held an umbrella for her. The other shoulder of his armor was a little wet. Looking at Xia Yanxiang's happy expression, he also smiled and said, "Yanyan, if Yotu Linshun is injured, why don't you just kill him?"

"What's the point of killing him?" Xia Yanxiang was in a very good mood. "I'm still waiting for him to come back and report the news. If he dies on the battlefield, wouldn't my archery skills be wasted?"

Xia Yanxiang was indeed a little excited. It turned out that this feeling of being sure of victory was much more satisfying than the battle of wits and courage with Prince Yuan and others in the capital.