Volume 10 Chapter 298
Chapter 298
Xu Bufan took Guan Yuanrang's heavy sword head-on. The two swords collided like thunder in the clear sky. The deafening sound of the golden ring made the soldiers on both sides nearby look painful and retreated with their hands covering their ears.
What a strong force! This was the thought that Guan Yuanrang and Xu Bufan had in their minds at the same time.
Guan Yuanrang thought that even if his sword didn't hurt the opponent, he would at least knock him off his horse, but the opponent took it head-on. However, Xu Bufan was not at ease either. His arm was numb and his tiger's mouth was painful from the sword.
"You also take my sword!" Xu Bufan roared and chopped Guan Yuanrang back with a sword. The latter snorted and laughed, and said coldly: "Do I still fear you?" As they spoke, the two spirit swords collided again.
Clang clang, the violent sound of the iron collision seemed to turn into a knife, piercing the eardrums of the people around. The strong wind caused by the spiritual pressure formed a whirlwind on the battlefield, flying sand and rocks, and changing the color of the sky and the earth.
This time, people didn't need to retreat on their own. The whirlwind on the battlefield had pushed them to retreat involuntarily. A large vacuum zone was formed within ten meters around Guan Yuanrang and Xu Bufan.
This Feng general could take his full-strength sword. He was really amazing! Xu Bufan was secretly shocked. He shouted, "General, tell me your name! No one will die under my sword!"
Guan Yuanrang laughed and said, "Listen carefully. I am the general of Feng State, Guan Yuanrang!" As he spoke, he swung his sword to kill again.
Ah? It was Guan Yuanrang! Hearing these four words, Xu Bufan would be lying if he said he wasn't surprised. However, he was not afraid of the battle. Instead, he was extremely excited. If he could take Guan Yuanrang's head, it would be a great achievement.
The reason why Xu Bufan had such an idea was not because he was ignorant, but because he had the capital to be arrogant. As far as spiritual martial arts were concerned, even if he could not rank first in Zhen State, he could still be ranked in the top three. He had been on the battlefield for more than ten years, and he had never met an opponent who could compete with him.
The confrontation between Guan Yuanrang and Xu Bufan could be described as a duel between the top spiritual martial arts masters of Feng and Zhen. The two fought hard from time to time, and sometimes competed with each other in spiritual martial arts skills. The fight was difficult to be resolved and they were evenly matched.
During the fierce battle between the two, the soldiers of both sides retreated further, and the space of the battlefield between the two reached 20 meters away.
Within this 20-meter range, the ground was covered with scratches torn by spiritual blades, one by one, and shocking. The soldiers on both sides who were watching the battle were also frightened, their scalps were numb, and their calves were cramped.
In people's eyes, the two fighting on the battlefield were not like human beings, but more like two terrible monsters.
It was unknown how long the two had fought, or how many rounds they had fought. Guan Yuanrang was the first to seek change, using his best skill, the spiritual transformation of soldiers. As soon as he used the spiritual transformation of soldiers, Xu Bufan on the opposite side dared not neglect it, and immediately used the spiritual transformation of soldiers.
Guan Yuanrang and Xu Bufan both took the same tough path, and both used knives. After completing the spiritual transformation of soldiers, the shape of the spiritual knife changes was not much different.
With Guan Yuanrang's shout, the spiritual knife slashed in the air, and an extremely large virtual knife appeared in the air, pressing down hard on Xu Bufan's head.
Xu Bufan retreated several steps in a hurry, and then swung the spiritual knife in his hand outward with all his strength, and also produced a huge virtual knife, which shot out in a hurry.
The two virtual knives collided in the air, making a thunderous roar. This time the sound was not harsh, but it was unusually dull, as if it had turned into a huge rock, pressing on the hearts of everyone around.
Even the soldiers on both sides who were 20 meters away, many of them could not bear it and threw away their weapons. They held their chests with their hands, knelt on the ground, foamed at the mouth, and their limbs twitched. Their hearts had stopped beating in the violent muffled sound.
The confrontation between the spiritual transformation of soldiers and the spiritual transformation of soldiers was earth-shaking.
On the battlefield, Guan Yuanrang continued to strike with his sword, one sword faster than the other, one sword stronger than the other. While blocking, Xu Bufan could occasionally counterattack with a sword. The virtual swords of both sides flew back and forth in the air, colliding from time to time, shaking the ground dust so high that it covered the sky.
Now the two of them were no longer competing in spiritual martial arts skills, but spiritual martial arts cultivation. Whoever had a deeper cultivation, the spiritual transformation of the soldier could last longer, and his attack could be more fierce.
As the two fought longer and longer under the spiritual transformation of soldiers, Xu Bufan gradually showed signs of exhaustion.
His cultivation was profound, and he had practiced spiritual martial arts for much longer than Guan Yuanrang, but he was not a rare genius after all, and he did not have the physical constitution of Guan Yuanrang's spiritual unity.
The two fought for a few more rounds, and the strength of the virtual sword released by Xu Bufan was obviously weakening. Guan Yuanrang immediately realized that the opportunity had come. He suddenly took a few steps forward, raised the spiritual sword in his hand high, and shouted loudly, using all his strength, injecting all his spiritual energy, and slashed the spiritual sword fiercely.
Aww - in the roar like ghosts crying and gods howling, the virtual sword several meters long was thrown into the air, spinning in the air, and fell on Xu Bufan's head.
Xu Bufan had no time to dodge, so he could only use all his strength to infuse every bit of spiritual energy in his body into the spiritual sword, and then pick out the virtual sword from the bottom.
Guan Yuanrang's virtual sword came up from below, and Xu Bufan's virtual sword came up from below. The two virtual swords collided vertically in the air. With a collision that shook the earth, Xu Bufan's virtual sword was smashed into pieces, turned into countless light and shadows, and disappeared. However, Guan Yuanrang's virtual sword only paused in the air for a moment, and then continued to smash towards Xu Bufan's head with undiminished momentum.
Ouch! Xu Bufan was horrified. In this critical moment, he could not care so much. He could only hold the spiritual sword in his hand horizontally and block the virtual sword.
Clang clang! The virtual sword hit the spiritual sword firmly. The powerful force that swept over at that moment made Xu Bufan scream. The whole person was like a cannonball, flying straight backwards. The spiritual sword after the transformation of the soldier's spirit also flew out of his hand, spinning in the air, and nailed to the ground more than ten meters away.
Looking at Xu Bufan again, he flew backwards for several meters before falling to the ground. After landing, he rolled back more than ten meters before he could barely stabilize his body. As soon as he stopped, he turned over, stood up from the ground, pointed at Guan Yuanrang, and roared: "Feng Zei, you... pounce..." As soon as he said this, he spurted out a mouthful of blood, and the scarlet blood slowly flowed out from the eye holes of his spiritual armor. He swayed left and right for a few times, and then he could no longer support himself. His eyes went black, his chest felt stuffy, and he fell to the ground.
Fortunately, he fell on the side of the Zhen army camp. The Zhen army soldiers nearby saw Xu Bufan fall to the ground, and their faces changed drastically. They were afraid that Guan Yuanrang would chase him, so they rushed and dragged him back to their own camp.
Guan Yuanrang did not chase him. To be precise, he was also unable to chase him now. This fierce battle with Xu Bufan consumed too much of his physical strength and spiritual energy. Although he won, it was a miserable victory. Now he wanted to kill the enemy, but he was unable to attack.
The spirit sword transformed by the spirit of the soldier turned back into an ordinary spirit sword in his hand. Guan Yuanrang supported himself, pointed the sword in his hand forward, and shouted: "Brothers, follow me to kill——"
He shouted like this, but he stood up and did not move. However, what he did was enough for the soldiers of the Pingyuan Army. People passed Guan Yuanrang and rushed to the Zhen Army camp like a tide.
If Xu Bufan did not fight, the Zhen Army could still fight the coalition army on equal terms and not lose the upper hand. Now that he was defeated, the result was that the morale of the Zhen Army fell to the bottom.
When people fought with the coalition army again, they could no longer concentrate on their own. After all, there was a brave and invincible general in the other camp. Even their main general could not defeat him, so how could they be his opponent?
While fighting, the soldiers of the Zhen Army were also worried about whether Guan Yuanrang would come to kill them. With such a mentality, how could they resist the impact of the Pingyuan Army?
Soon, the news of Xu Bufan's defeat spread among the Zhen army, and the overall morale of the Zhen army plummeted, while the coalition forces on the opposite side became more fierce and brave. Gradually, the Zhen army was already in a state of being defeated, and its camp was retreating uncontrollably.
The Pingyuan army, which was fighting in the front, had the upper hand and the initiative, which invisibly gave the soldiers of the Yu, An, and Huan armies behind them more confidence. People all saw the hope of winning, and shouted and roared to follow the Pingyuan army to charge forward.
In this kind of head-on confrontation between the legions, once the disadvantage is generated, it is extremely difficult to recover, not to mention that there is no one in the Zhen army who can turn the tide.
As the battle between the two sides intensified, the disadvantage of the Zhen army gradually turned into a losing situation. The soldiers in the front were either killed or forced to retreat, and the overall camp had become loose.
In a corps battle, once the formation is scattered, it is fatal. Even if the soldiers of the Zhen army can fight ten people at once, they cannot beat the weak soldiers with neat formations in a state of disarray. Moreover, the coalition army led by the Pingyuan army is not a weak army.
Seeing Xu Bufan seriously injured and unconscious, the morale of his soldiers was low, and the disadvantage on the battlefield was getting bigger and bigger, Gao Gang realized that he had already lost the battle. If he continued to fight, he would only lose more.
In the absence of the main general, he took over the entire army as the deputy general and urgently ordered to leave two corps to cover the rear and block the coalition army. The other corps, the rear team became the front team and retreated back along the original route.
Gao Gang's decision was still correct. Although two corps might be sacrificed, at least the main force could be guaranteed not to be damaged, and there would be a chance to fight again in the future.
The 150,000 Zhen army had no choice but to leave two corps to cover the rear. The two corps were soon surrounded by the coalition forces of 100,000. Xiao Muqing issued a military order, no need to persuade them to surrender, the whole army should besiege and kill all the enemy troops.
Poor these two Zhen army corps, under the siege of the coalition forces that were several times larger than their own, they were killed and wounded, and no one survived. However, they died for a good cause, which greatly slowed down the pursuit of the coalition forces.
After the coalition forces eliminated the two corps, Gao Gang had already led the main force of the Zhen army to run away without a trace.