The Human Emperor (200-400)

C352: Ambush!

Iron Cloak Li had never doubted Zhou An's judgement before. And more important than that, those men were the elites under his commands, most of them being at True Martial realm.

It wasn't easy for him to get these experts to join his wing.

Jya!

Without any hesitation, Iron Cloak Li leaped from the boulder he was standing on and landed on the back of his crimson Ferghana steed. Pulling the reins, he immediately galloped forward.

"Those from Deadly Serpent and Fiery Drudge will follow me. As for the others, crush the cavalrymen on the slope with all your might!" A resounding voice reminiscent of thunder boomed across the forest, leaving Xu Gan, Huang Yongtu, and the other Great Tang cavalrymen on the slope dumbfounded.

There weren't sure what had happened, but it did seem like a major problem had cropped up for the Iron Cloak Highwaymen.

"What in the world happened?" Huang Yongtu widened his eyes in shock.

"Shove that aside, the enemy is about to attack. Everyone, prepare yourselves!" Zhang Lin bellowed in alarm.

Being at a huge numerical disadvantage, there was very little they could do other than holding firmly onto their defense line.

Weng!

With the command from Iron Cloak Li, the bandits began to charge furiously toward the twenty-six Great Tang cavalrymen once more.

By this moment, the Great Tang cavalrymen had already swiftly returned to their formation. Through the previous clashes, they had already learned several tactics that would allow them to effectively curb the bandits and the highwaymen. While the battle was still likely to ultimately end in their defeat, they were determined to inflict heavy losses upon their enemy as well.

On the other hand, the elites forces which Iron Cloak Li had named also swiftly organized their forces and galloped down the main road with him.

Zhou An's instincts were rarely wrong, so Iron Cloak Li moved as fast as he could.

It was a competition of wits between two camps just several hundred zhang away, but it seemed like they weren't going to be the final winner.

Right after Iron Cloak Li turned around the bend in the main road, he suddenly heard deafening shouts in the distance.

"Kill them!" A forceful voice bellowed from the right side of the forest. A powerful gale blew across the area, and tree branches and leaves bent in the face of its might.

Hong long long!

The ground shook, and countless birds darted out from the forest in shock. In that instant, the highwaymen felt as if a huge landslide was sweeping across the forest.

"Shit!" Hearing the deafening roar, Iron Cloak Li's face darkened. He struck the bottom of his steed heavily to urge it to hasten its pace toward the center of where everything seemed to have started turning awry.

Hu Lang, Chang Dao, and the others had already reached the bottom slope by now, so the ones who were charging at the moment couldn't possibly be them.

And since it wasn't them, it had to be the troops of the Great Tang cavalrymen.

At this very instant, Iron Cloak Li felt flustered inside.

Having witnessed the commanding capability of that young commander, Iron Cloak Li could only pray for Hu Lang and Chang Dao to hold on for a little longer, at least until his arrival.

But Iron Cloak Li's prayer never came to be.

"Shit! We fell into their trap!" As soon as Hu Lang charged through the thin layer of smoke and tore through the "Great Tang cavalrymen" with his sabers, he immediately realized that he had fallen for the enemy's ploy.