Chapter 358

Entrusted with important tasks by Zhong Tian, ​​the two lieutenant generals Xu Hui and Wei Xuan who stayed in Yancheng, one died at the hands of Tang Yin and the other died at the hands of Shangguan Yuan Biao, both ended well. TXT Download.

On the other side, Zhao Hai, the Peng general who was fighting against Shangguan Yuanwu, did not go through ten rounds before he was shot down by Shangguan Yuanwu. After killing the enemy general, Shangguan Yuanwu did not continue to charge. Instead, he rode up to his brother Shangguan Yuanbiao, shook his head and shouted: "Retreat to our formation!"

Shangguan Yuanwu knew his brother's cultivation too well. Shangguan Yuanbiao forcibly used the top skill of Bleeding Soul Chasing?, which consumed very little spiritual energy. If he stayed in the enemy's formation, it would be difficult to deal with it, so Shangguan Yuanwu called Shangguan Yuan Biao withdrew with him.

When the two men fought back, the soldiers of the Tianyuan Army had already come into contact with the Peng Army and started a battle between the troops.

The head-to-head confrontation between the corps and the corps does not allow for the slightest trickery. Whichever side is well-trained and cooperates with each other tacitly will have the absolute upper hand.

The discipline of the soldiers of the Tianyuan Army is very average, but they are unambiguous in fighting. Not only are the soldiers strong in individual combat, but their strength in group combat should not be underestimated. On the other hand, the Peng Army is far behind. Peng Bing Ordinary people and slaves who were only temporarily recruited, with no systematic training and no combat experience, immediately showed their disadvantages in the battle between the corps.

I saw Tianyuan's soldiers lined up in a neat square formation. The soldiers up and down were all in uniform step, whether they were advancing or retreating. The soldiers in the first row held up their shields to withstand the attack of the Peng soldiers, while the soldiers in the second row slashed and stabbed with their sabers. The moment the two sides came into contact, one row of Peng soldiers fell down.

Before the Peng soldiers behind could step forward to fill in the gap, the Tianyuan Army's front-line personnel had all stepped forward, stepping on the enemy's corpses and wounded, and continued to kill the enemy behind. The Tianyuan Army's phalanx was like a huge meat grinder, constantly advancing, constantly devouring the lives of Peng Army.

No matter how capable Li Qi is, no matter how powerful he is in commanding on the battlefield, at this time, he can only stare and have no choice. The terrible thing is that with the advancement of the Tianyuan Army on Tang Yin's side, the Peng soldiers were forced to retreat steadily, and the Tianyuan Army formation on Qiu Zhen's side came up again with Peng Jun's ass in their arms. Two square formations of the Tianyuan Army , like an iron pliers, tightly clamping Peng Jun in the middle.

The Peng Army could not resist even one side, let alone being attacked from both front and rear. As more and more soldiers fell, and fewer and fewer living people stood on the battlefield, the morale of the Peng Army began to rise. Many soldiers saw that With corpses and blood all over the ground, the fear had reached an unbearable level. People seemed to have lost their minds and ran madly towards the Tianyuan military formation.

However, in front of the Tianyuan Army's phalanx, the lives of Sergeant Peng's soldiers were too fragile, and they were chopped to the ground as soon as they made contact.

More Peng soldiers disobeyed the command, threw away their weapons, and ran away screaming. As soon as the first person ran away, the second and third ones followed. Soon, the mood of fleeing spread to the entire army like a plague. The remaining 20,000 Peng soldiers had no intention of fighting anymore and gave up resistance one after another, or Whether they surrendered or fled in panic, looking at Peng's army at this time, they had no formation at all, just like a swarm of headless flies that had blown up the camp.

It’s over! Seeing such a scene, Li Qi couldn't help but look up to the sky and lamented. He didn't expect that he would die here? !

At this time, the Peng generals beside him gasped and said: "General Li, the rebels are powerful, let's... let's escape too!"

"Escape? Where else can we escape?" Li Qi is already desperate. Now there are Tianyuan Army in front and behind him. Not to mention that he can't escape, even if he escapes, where can he go? Back to Yancheng? He had led an army of 50,000 out of Yancheng, but now he was the only one left. Returning to Yancheng could not stop the counterattack of the Tianyuan Army, and it was still a dead end.

"Keep the green hills here, don't worry about not having firewood!" Seeing that Li Qi had no chance of survival, the surrounding generals said anxiously: "General Li, as long as we break out of the siege and return to the capital, we can still organize If the people in the city resist the Tianyuan Army, they will really be doomed if they stay here!"

"Yes! General Li, let's go!"

Listening to the generals' advice, Li Qi felt a glimmer of hope in his heart, yes! There are nearly one million people in Yancheng, and the city has sufficient military resources. It is not impossible to organize tens of thousands of people to resist the Tianyuan Army's attack. Thinking of this, he took a deep breath, nodded, and said, "That's alright! Generals, follow me to break through!"

"Yes!" All the Peng generals responded in unison.

Since there were Tianyuan Army phalanxes in front and behind, Li Qi and others couldn't rush out even if they wanted to. They mixed in with the deserters of Peng Army, got off the official road, rode their horses and whipped, and rushed towards the woods on the roadside.

It seemed that the Peng Army had been expected to flee into the forest. There were also a large number of Tianyuan Army ambushes in the woods. The Peng soldiers who ran into the woods were knocked to the ground from time to time by the Tianyuan Army soldiers who were ambushing them. From time to time, miserable sounds could be heard in the woods. Howl.

Li Qi and others were not spared either. As soon as they entered the woods and had not run very far, several horse locks suddenly popped up from below. Before Li Qi and other generals could react, they and their horses fell to the ground. As soon as the few people stood up, they heard shouts of killing all around them. Hundreds of Tianyuan soldiers sprang out from the trees and grass, waving their swords and charging at them.

Li Qi and other generals used all their abilities, put on their spiritual armors and held their spiritual soldiers, and forced the hundreds of Tianyuan soldiers back. As soon as the Tianyuan army withdrew, Li Qi and others did not dare to delay for a moment. They even abandoned their horses and hid deep in the woods on foot. However, before they had gone far, countless eagle feathers suddenly flew behind them, and two Peng who were lagging behind Jiang hurriedly used the swords and guns in his hands to block, but the two of them could block one or two arrows, but they could not block hundreds or thousands of them. The dense arrows penetrated their weapons and nailed their spiritual armors from time to time. Above, the color of jingling bells is endless.

Not long after, cracks appeared in the spiritual armors of the two of them. They screamed secretly. It was too late for the two of them to escape. With a crisp sound, the spiritual armors of the two of them finally fired continuously with arrows. They were shattered by the impact, and in an instant, the bodies of the two generals were nailed into hedgehogs. Their bodies filled with arrows sat on their knees on the ground, unable to even fall down.

However, taking advantage of the obstruction of these two Peng generals, Li Qi and the remaining three Peng generals finally got rid of the ambushing Tianyuan Army and fled deep into the woods. Hearing the shouting of killing behind them getting farther and farther, and finally disappearing, the exhausted four people finally stopped and sat on the ground, leaning against the trees, breathing heavily.

"General Li, listen to the sound... the rebels didn't come after us. We... are finally safe..." A Peng general took off his spiritual armor and said breathlessly while wiping the sweat from his face. .

"Alas!" Li Qi sighed bitterly and said quietly: "I have been on the battlefield for a long time since I was in the army, but I have never been defeated so miserably..."

Hearing this, the three Peng generals all blushed. They were also one of the generals who urged Li Qi to go out of the city to pursue the Tianyuan Army. Now they fell into the Tianyuan Army's trick and the entire army was wiped out. They could not escape the blame.

"General Li, as long as we can defend the capital, this defeat is nothing."

yes! Being able to defend the capital is better than anything else, but can it be defended? Li Qi had no confidence at this time. He held on to the tree trunk, stood up, and said, "We can't rest any longer. We must rush back to the capital immediately to reorganize our forces and resist the Tianyuan Army's counterattack!"

"Yes! General!"

The three Peng generals stood up tiredly and followed Li Qi back to Yancheng.

When they left the city, they were a mighty 50,000-strong army. After only half a day's work, now only Li Qi and three low-ranking generals were left when they returned to the city. The misfortune of their defeat was evident.

The four of them had no horses, so they had to walk back to Yancheng. When they arrived in Yancheng, it was already evening and the sky was dark.

Li Qi lowered his head and sighed as he walked into the city without paying much attention. When the three generals around him raised their eyes to look at Yancheng, they were all stunned. They rubbed their eyes in unison and looked towards Yancheng carefully. Watch from the top of the city. After the three people saw it clearly, they were dumbfounded and couldn't recover for a while.

"Li...General Li..."

A Peng curled his tongue and stammered to call Li Qi who was walking in front.

"What's the matter?" Li Qi stopped and looked back at him in confusion.

"General Li, is... is this subordinate dazzled? I... why do you think the wind flag is hanging on the top of the city?" General Peng looked straight at Yancheng, as if he had lost his soul.

"Are you kidding?!" Li Qi sneered. Even if Ye Cheng had the courage, he would not replace the peng flag with the wind flag. As he spoke, he turned around and glanced casually at the top of Yancheng City, but at this glance, Li Qi was also dumbfounded.

I saw that on the top of the city of Yancheng, the red peng flag had disappeared. Instead, it was filled with flags with black background and white sides. On the middle one, there was the word "wind" with a dou on it. On both sides of it, there was a big flag. The right flag has the word 'Tang' written on it, and the left flag has the word 'Tianyuan' written on it.

ah? Li Qi was very surprised. What's going on? Ye Cheng was so cowardly that he dared to change the flag of the capital privately? After a while, Li Qi came back to his senses and his expression darkened. At this time, he had not thought that Yancheng had been lost. What he thought was that Ye Cheng was too courageous and secretly changed the national flag. If Zhong Tian knew about this, Ye Cheng would lose his head, and he would not be able to live with it.

He turned back angrily and said, "Don't be stunned! Follow me back to the city. I want to see what medicine Ye Cheng took wrong?!"

As he spoke, he shook off his stride and strode toward the city gate.

Before he could get closer, suddenly, there was a piercing scream from the top of the city, and then, a rattle arrow flew down from the top of the city, hitting the ground in front of Li Qi.

This is completely a warning signal from the enemy to the enemy.

Li Qi's heart trembled and he stopped subconsciously. Then he became even more angry. He raised his head and shouted at the top of the city: "I am General Li Qi. Who dares to shoot an arrow at me?"

Hearing his shout, there was an obvious commotion on the top of the city. Not long after, the gate of Yancheng opened and a group of people ran out from inside.

There are not many people in this team, only about 500 in total. The leader is a burly man named Jing Zai, who stands at the front of the soldiers. He is a head taller and carries a huge gun on his shoulders. Iron Hammer, from a distance, this general looks less like a human and more like a spirited bear.