Inside the helicopter hovering over the battlefield, Fang Er watched as the Liao army began to retreat and issued orders to each aircraft.
"Surround them!"
"Yes!"
Responses from each aircraft came through the walkie-talkie.
Following that, nine other helicopters flew towards the periphery of the battlefield.
Terrified by the heavy machine gun fire, the Liao soldiers, having retreated less than a hundred meters, found their escape route blocked by the helicopters.
"What, what, what is that!"
"No, it looks like those things just destroyed our catapults!"
"Run that way! Quickly!"
Someone among the fleeing soldiers recognized the helicopters and immediately shouted to the others, changing direction and fleeing elsewhere.
"Boom!"
As soon as they decided to change their escape route, the helicopters in the sky responded.
A rocket-propelled grenade exploded in front of the Liao army.
Seeing this, the fleeing soldiers hastily stopped, only to be bumped into by those behind them.
Ignoring these soldiers, others would take care of them.
Fang Er patted Wang Xuance's shoulder, signaling him to fly in another direction.
Amidst the Liao soldiers clad in leather and cast-iron armor, those few Liao generals in shining silver armor were particularly conspicuous. He had been watching this group for a long time.
This group also began to flee. Li Shimin and others wanted to pursue, but their path was blocked by other Liao soldiers.
Yelü Xiuge, surrounded by his subordinates, was escaping towards the periphery when suddenly, a gust of wind mixed with roaring sounds swept in.
Ahead, their path was blocked by the flying war chariots of the Song army!
"Yelü Xiu Ge, where are you running!"
From a Bluetooth speaker suspended by a rope beneath the helicopter, Fang Er's voice boomed.
Yelü Xiuge felt as if his heart had been violently squeezed.
The sound was so loud, like thunder roaring in his ears!
A man with a small braid behind him raised a trembling arm and pointed at the helicopter, complaining.
"These are the Yang family's seven sons you've been waiting for! To seek revenge, you've put twenty thousand troops in a dangerous position. When we return, this supervising general will see how you explain yourself to the Empress Dowager!"
Yelü Xiuge, already filled with anger, raised his saber and slashed a bloody line across the supervising general's neck.
The supervising general's eyes widened, wanting to say more, but he could only hear the sound of air leaking from his neck.
Blood flowed from between his fingers as he covered the wound, and soon he fell from his horse.
None of the surrounding subordinates dared to utter a single word of objection.
After killing the supervising general, he made the same choice as the fleeing soldiers, changing direction and continuing to flee!
But just then, Fang Er's voice came from the Bluetooth speaker again.
"Where are you running, Yelü!"
"Your twenty thousand troops have been surrounded by my thousand men!"
"Why don't you quickly lay down your weapons and surrender!"
"Hahahaha, well said, 'righteousness over kinship'! I, on behalf of the Great Song, accept your surrender!"
Upon hearing this, Yelü Xiuge almost spat out a mouthful of blood. A thousand men surrounding twenty thousand troops – what a shameless person could say such a thing!
Was he trying to anger himself to death to capture the brave warriors of our Great Liao?
Thinking this, he pointed his long saber diagonally at the helicopter where Fang Er was.
"I am the Northern Court Great King of the Great Liao Kingdom. Hiding in the shadows, how can you call yourself a hero!"
"If you have the guts, come out!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Shimin's voice was heard from not far away. The group had already fought their way through the obstructing fleeing soldiers and caught up.
"Hahahaha~~ What, do you want to fight soldier against soldier and general against general with me again?"
"Zhao Guangyi!?"
Yelü Xiuge was stunned. As far as he knew, in the Central Plains, only the Emperor had the right to call himself "朕" (zhen, I, the Emperor).
"Zhao San'er, he's looking for you~"
Li Shimin moved aside, exposing Zhao Guangyi to Yelü Xiuge's view.
Zhao Guangyi was the third eldest, so calling him that wasn't incorrect.
At this moment, although Zhao Guangyi's face was bruised, he no longer had the dejected look of someone who had just been beaten, solely because he had personally killed several Liao soldiers.
"Northern Court Great King Yelü Xiuge?"
Yelü Xiuge was angered again by his manner of speaking.
Damn it, he wasn't even looking at him properly!
He pointed resentfully at the helicopter and said, "Winning with these sorceries, what kind of hero is that? If you have the guts, face me head-on!"
"Oh? Is this how you want to face me head-on?"
Li Shimin seemed to realize something, rode his horse to directly in front of him, then suddenly raised his AK and pulled the trigger.
"Tuk tuk tuk~~"
Two Liao generals fell from their horses.
Yelü Xiuge: ?????
"You, you, you~~"
He felt like his lungs were about to explode. Wasn't this still relying on the advantage of sorcery?
Li Xiuning glanced at the Yang family members and saw they were all staring intently at Yelü Xiuge, so she spoke.
"Second Brother, don't be reckless. If he wants a fair fight, then grant him one!"
"Alright! Since eldest sister has spoken, then I, the Emperor, will oblige him!"
Li Shimin nodded, then looked at Yelü Xiuge.
"If you want a fair fight, you can have one!"
"Song and Liao will each send 20 men!"
"If you win, I will let you go. If you lose, you will surrender to the Song immediately!"
Yelü Xiuge was stunned. He never expected that his casual remark would actually be agreed to.
So, he pointed at the helicopter and the AK47 in Li Shimin's hand and said, "As long as you don't use those flying war chariots and sorcery, I will agree!"
"To deal with you, why would we need divine weapons to exert their power!"
"Your Majesty, Gui Ying requests to fight on behalf of the Yang family!"
Mu Guiying's voice was solemn as she spoke from the side.
"Granted~"
"Granted, my ass! Did I ask you to speak?"
As soon as Zhao Guangyi uttered the word "granted," he saw Li Shimin glaring at him and instinctively shrank his neck.
After scolding the oblivious man, Li Shimin smiled at Mu Guiying.
"General Mu, be careful!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for granting my request!"
Mu Guiying cupped her fists in a salute and then walked to Yang Jiye and She Saihua.
"Grandfather, Grandmother, you won't blame Gui Ying for acting without your explicit permission, will you?"
Yang Jiye gripped his long saber, not saying much.
She Saihua, however, smiled: "Since you are a daughter-in-law of the Yang family, you are qualified to make decisions for the Yang family!"
Mu Guiying rode her horse forward and walked to the front of the Yang family members.
"Five uncles, grandfather, seventh uncle!"
"And all the aunts and cousins!"
"In this battle, let all of us in the Yang family unite as one, and let the world know that the Yang family cannot be bullied!"
As she said the last sentence, her gaze inadvertently fell on Zhao Guangyi.
Zhao Laosan once again shrank his neck and couldn't help but complain in his heart, who is bullying whom?
Yang Jiye and She Saihua exchanged glances, then drove their warhorses forward.
Following them were the Yang family's seven sons, six daughters-in-law, and the young maid Yang Paifeng.
There were still three people short of the twenty-five.
Hua Mulan wanted to join the fight, but Qin Liangyu stopped her: "We have done what we can. Let her resolve the rest herself."
"Lord Ling, I request to fight!"
"Count me in!"
"And me!"
The Yang family's soldiers eagerly volunteered to fill the remaining three spots.
Yang Jiye surveyed the crowd and then called out, "Yang Hong, Jiao Liang, Meng Zan!"
"Your subordinate is here!"
"Do you dare to face them with this old man!"
"We swear to follow the old Lord Ling to the death!"
As the twenty people were gathered here, Yelü Xiuge also gathered his contingent at almost the same time.
The forty people on both sides, separated by a hundred meters, drew their formations and simultaneously roared as they charged towards each other.
"Kill~~!"