There was a loud "pop..."
The shaft of the ash wood spear in Yan Liqiang's hand finally broke again, and the cavalryman who was hit by the spear had his sternum completely shattered. Amidst the spurting blood, he was shot off his horse by Yan Liqiang and flew ten meters away, landing in a patch of weeds, and died in the blink of an eye.
Yan Liqiang wiped the blood off his face and looked around with murderous intent.
Not far away, more than a dozen cavalrymen riding ordinary horses and wearing black turbans saw Yan Liqiang looking at them, their faces turned pale, and without thinking, they turned their horses around and fled. On the ground within dozens of meters around Yan Liqiang, there were already twenty or thirty corpses.
Looking at the ash wood gun barrel in his hand that broke again, Yan Liqiang threw the gun barrel directly to the ground.
The gun tip broke before it started, and Yan Liqiang couldn't even remember how many people he had killed.
Under Yan Liqiang's terrifying power, the tip of the originally strong ash wood gun barrel was broken by Yan Liqiang. The gun with a broken tip was still a gun, and it was just as terrifying in Yan Liqiang's hands. Yan Liqiang used the gun barrel as a long stick, and he was no match for his opponent whether it was for whipping, smashing, or sweeping. Now the gun barrel was also broken.
The ash wood gun barrel was in Yan Liqiang's hand. With every movement, there was a sound of evil wind tearing the air and explosions, like a mountain falling down on their heads. Just the sound was enough to frighten the soldiers. Those who dared to rush forward had already become victims of the spear in Yan Liqiang's hand.
This spear, which might be quite handy in other people's hands, always felt light in Yan Liqiang's hands. Too light, like a chicken feather, it always felt awkward to use. At this time, Yan Liqiang began to miss the big spear made of dragon spine steel in the real world...
Seeing those people running away, Yan Liqiang, who had dropped his gun, still felt unsatisfied, and took out the bow on his horse without thinking.
"Swoosh..."
"Swoosh..."
"Swoosh..."
…
In the blink of an eye, seven arrows were shot, and another seven fleeing cavalrymen wearing black turbans fell off their horses. The remaining cavalrymen wearing black turbans were like frightened birds, and no one dared to approach Yan Liqiang.
There was the sound of hurried horse hooves behind me.
Yan Liqiang turned around with his bow in hand, and saw Wang Hui and Huang Sheng had already rushed to a nearby place. Wang Hui shouted at him, pointing to the distance, "Liqiang, hurry up, there is a large group of people coming over the mountain..."
Yan Liqiang looked in the direction Wang Hui pointed, and indeed saw a large cloud of dust rising from behind the hillside. This was a sign of a large number of cavalrymen marching. Judging from the distance from the dust, it was estimated to be only more than ten miles. Those cavalrymen should have come from the direction of Shidu County. These White Lotus cavalrymen had just come from that direction, so the cavalrymen coming from that direction now must also be a large group of White Lotusmen.
Looking at the wilderness in front of him, the people who had fled all over the mountains and plains before had almost all fled. Now, there were only corpses left on the hillside and the wilderness. The corpses wearing black turbans were all killed by Yan Liqiang, and the corpses of the civilians were all hacked to death when the cavalry surrounded them...
"Let's go..." Yan Liqiang made a prompt decision without wasting even half a minute. He turned his horse around and rode onto the official road with Wang Hui and Huang Sheng, retreating towards the north.
Several of the White Lotus cavalrymen wanted to chase after them, but Yan Liqiang shot a few arrows and knocked three of them off their horses. The rest of the people were so frightened that they could only watch Yan Liqiang, Huang Sheng and the other two ride away on their horses.
…
In just a short while, Yan Liqiang, Wang Hui and the other two arrived at the place where they would meet up with the other people from the escort agency. In that place, in addition to the people from the escort agency, there were actually a few people who had just snatched the rhinoceros horse and escaped by chance.
"Let's go, let's leave here first..." Yan Liqiang called out, and then everyone retreated quickly to the north.
Yan Liqiang and his men retreated until dark.
Fortunately, the goal of the large group of cavalry coming from the direction of Shidu County did not seem to go directly north, but to split up at a fork in the official road and head west. After Yan Liqiang and his companions had been riding on their rhinoceros horses for more than an hour, they could no longer see the smoke and dust brought by the large group of cavalry behind them.
Originally, everyone planned to retreat back to the county seat of Qugu County that they passed in the morning. However, when they retreated to Qugu County, they found that the entire Qugu County had become chaotic, with fleeing crowds everywhere. The gates of Qugu County were closed, and no one was allowed to enter or leave. The people in the villages and towns outside the city began to flee with their families. The news that the White Lotus rebel army was about to arrive had spread.
As a last resort, Yan Liqiang and his party had to change their direction. They did not dare to stay in the county seat of Qugu County, but instead continued on their way, taking small roads and bypassing the county seat of Qugu County. It was not until evening that they finally settled down in a dilapidated temple near a small mountain village more than 70 miles north of the county seat of Qugu County.
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"The Hu Chengan family would like to thank you for saving our lives..."
The firewood brought from outside turned into a burning bonfire in the dilapidated temple. The horses that had been running for most of the day were resting outside and eating grass. Several people from the escort agency were taking care of them. The group of people had just settled down when the few people who had been running with the escort agency for half a day came over and bowed heavily to Yan Liqiang.
“Please stand up, please stand up…” Yan Liqiang quickly helped Hu Chengan up.
Hu Cheng'an is in his 30s, slightly plump, with a capable face. He looked at Yan Liqiang excitedly. His so-called family also included his wife and two sons. His two sons were not very old, only about seven or eight years old.
"What's up with those White Lotus people?"
"I don't know either. It's just after noon today, when we were still at home, many people ran from the county town to the village, saying that a group of people came from Tongling, almost tens of thousands of people, and rushed directly to the county town. They occupied the county town without much effort, killed the county magistrate, and hung the county magistrate's head on the city wall. Those people were arresting people everywhere, forcing them to join their gang, and chopped off their heads if they didn't obey. They also sent cavalry to block all the intersections. When the villagers heard the news, they were all panicked. My family just packed up some things and wanted to escape, but those cavalry had already rushed into the village. We had no choice but to escape from the back mountain of the village with the villagers. Unexpectedly, we just crossed the back mountain and encountered another group of cavalry. The rest is that we met you, my benefactor..."
"Run away from Tongling?" Yan Liqiang frowned tightly.
"That means something might have happened in the south of Tongling. I just don't know how serious it is this time and whether we can avoid it on the way back..." Wang Hui looked solemn.
"Let's get the exact news tomorrow. At this time, news comes first. We must plan carefully before we act. Otherwise, we won't know what's going on until we run into a den of thieves..." Yan Liqiang sighed. He didn't expect that the journey back to Jianshen Sect would be so difficult this time. Thinking of what Fang Beidou had said to him about the wars and man-made disasters after natural disasters, Yan Liqiang had a bad feeling in his heart. At this moment, the Han Empire was at its weakest and most chaotic because of the natural disaster in the capital...
"This is the only way..." Wang Hui, Huang Sheng and others all had worried expressions on their faces.
"Sir, the sweet potatoes are ready..." Yu Qing had stood behind Yan Liqiang at some point and handed him a baked sweet potato.
The sweet potatoes were dug from the fields not far from the ruined temple. The nearby small mountain village was also in chaos and panic at the moment. Many people carried torches and moved their belongings away overnight...
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It was three days later that he finally got the news. After the heavenly calamity in Dijing, Yan Liqiang once again stayed in the Heavenly Dao Divine Realm for three days!
This time, the White Lotus Sect launched uprisings in Yuanzhou, Hongzhou, and Xiangzhou at the same time, holding the people hostage, attacking cities and looting villages. The large area south of Tongling suddenly became a mess. Without the dispatch of the court, local governments were unable to take care of themselves. The situation in the heartland of the Han Empire deteriorated instantly. In just a few days, the White Lotus Sect in various states had created several "million-strong armies"...
At the same time, there was another more shocking and disturbing news. The news said that just over ten days ago, the Shaman people had defeated the Fengyun Army. At this moment, the Shaman people's million cavalry had broken through the Longshe Pass in the north of the Han Empire and invaded the territory of the Han Empire...
(End of this chapter)