The disgraced official I took care of was actually Zhu Houcong's childhood friend.

Chapter 334

This made Anda instantly realize that something terrible had happened; he was probably being tricked by the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard in front of him.

"withdraw!"

Anda shouted.

On the battlefield, whether attacking or retreating, one must be decisive and avoid indecisiveness. Every second of hesitation could result in the death of countless soldiers.

Anda was decisive enough; before the outer garrison troops could completely encircle him, he led his troops on a raid to the northwest.

Zhou Chu watched the retreating Mongols but did not order the Tiger Army to pursue them. Firstly, they couldn't catch up; the Ming warhorses were far less durable than the Mongol horses.

Secondly, that area was precisely the range of firepower that Zhou Chu had reserved for Anda's troops. If the Tiger Legion chased after them at this time, they would only be accidentally hit by artillery fire.

The person in charge of commanding the garrison troops on the perimeter was none other than Lin Lu. With his status as Marquis Lin Lu and the eldest son of the Princess's family, the garrison troops naturally had no objections, especially since he was personally appointed by Zhou Chu.

Seeing that the Mongols had entered the range of the cannons, Lin Lu indeed waved his flag to signal the gunners to fire.

Round after round of artillery barrage followed. No matter how fast the Mongols ran, it was no use under such widespread firepower. In an instant, the Mongols were thrown into chaos, suffering heavy casualties.

At this moment, Anda finally understood why he had that bad feeling; it turned out that he had been tricked from the very beginning.

I just can't tell whether it was the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard who was plotting against me, or whether it was those merchants who conspired with the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard to plot against me.

Regardless of which one it was, Anda was determined that as long as he could return alive, he would lead the tribe to relocate immediately. After all, Wang Changshan's people knew the location of his tribe, and if Wang Changshan betrayed him and they did not relocate in time, the entire tribe would be doomed.

Al-Dah listened to the roar of cannons all around him, and he couldn't even hear the screams of his comrades. At this moment, Al-Dah didn't care about anything else and just kept charging forward.

This also highlights another advantage of Mongolian horses: although many Mongolian horses were startled by the roar of cannons, some continued to run, such as Anda's warhorses.

Anda's warhorse was raised by him personally from a young age, so they were of one mind. Anda rode the warhorse at full speed and finally broke out of the range of the cannon fire.

When Anda turned around, he saw only a few dozen people, just like him, breaking out of the encirclement of the Ming soldiers.

Originally numbering over a thousand, they barely had time to even exchange a glance with Zhou Chu before being decimated by artillery fire, leaving only a few dozen survivors. The losses were undeniably devastating.

What Anda found most unacceptable was that they had come all this way for nothing, achieving nothing, and suffering heavy losses.

Almost all the able-bodied young men in their tribe are here. It will be at least several years before the next generation of young children grows up.

For the next few years, they will probably have to live in hiding.

Anda took a deep look at Cailiang Mountain behind him, the place where he had suffered his defeat. He secretly vowed that he would definitely come back to fight his way back.

He then led the remaining dozens of cavalrymen straight towards the grasslands without looking back.

"Sir, dozens of those Mongols have escaped."

Lin Lu said with a face full of guilt.

Everything happened too fast. By the time Lin Lu saw the signal flare, he had already ordered his soldiers to attempt to encircle the Mongols as quickly as possible.

"It's not your fault. How vigilant are the Mongols? How easy is it to encircle them without arousing their suspicion?"

Zhou Chu had no concept of the Dao.

"I just don't know if Anda has run away yet."

Zhou Chu muttered to himself.

"Let's return to the city in triumph."

Zhou Chu gave the order.

The Tiger Warriors infiltrated the garrison troops and returned to Datong with the main army. The two thousand Tiger Warriors went unnoticed.

When Wang Changshan, Hu Duo, and the others learned that Zhou Chu had returned victorious, they were greatly surprised.

"Master Wang, Zhou Chu couldn't have just gone out for a stroll and come back so easily, could he?"

Hu Duo asked somewhat uncertainly.

"That must be it. I don't think he ever intended to suppress the bandits. Cailiang Mountain is difficult to attack. You can't fool us like this, can you? I want to see how he explains himself when he can't hand over Zhang the Blind!"

Wang Changshan sneered.