Every time Liu Ji swung his sword, a row of county soldiers fell down around him. Wherever the spring and autumn sword passed, it was as invincible as the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves.
After Liu Ji chopped down more than 20 people in one breath, the county soldiers who rushed over were all frightened. Wherever people dared to move forward easily, they all kept retreating.
Liu Ji urged his horse to rush forward. As he passed, he slashed left and right with his broadsword, killing several county soldiers to the ground.
At this time, Cen Peng also rushed over, and the three-pointed two-edged sword drew a long electric light in the air, and went straight to Liu Ji's head.
Liu Ji snorted coldly, raised the Spring and Autumn Sword in his hand, and raised his head to parry.
Bang! This loud noise was like thunder. Many soldiers around were shocked to throw away their weapons, covered their ears with their hands, and squatted on the ground, with pain on their faces.
Looking at Liu Ji again, he was okay, but the war horse under his crotch couldn't bear such a powerful shock and took three steps back.
What a boy! He really has strong arms! Although Liu Ji hates Cen Peng to the core, he has to admire Cen Peng’s amazing arm strength.
"Try taking my sword and try it!" Liu Ji picked up the Spring and Autumn Sword with one hand, raised it high, urged his horse to rush towards Cen Peng, and used the inertia to chop down with the sword.
Cen Peng was also tough, holding the sword across his hands and parrying upward with all his strength.
Bang! There was another loud noise, with the two of them as the center, there was no one within a radius of eight or nine meters, it was from the shock. This deafening sound of the collision of iron tools was unbearable to anyone who heard it.
Liu Ji was secretly surprised when he saw that Cen Peng was able to catch the full swing of his sword with one arm. No wonder Cen Peng was known as the best general in Nanyang. He really had two brushes!
He took a deep breath, and this time he held the knife with both hands. After gathering enough strength, he swung the knife again and slashed at Cen Pengli Huashan.
Buzz——
As the blade cut through the air, a faint sound of dragon roar could be heard.
Liu Ji's sword came so fast that Cen Peng could not dodge it. Even if he could dodge it, the horse under his crotch could not dodge it either. He took a deep breath and used all his strength to raise the three-pointed two-edged sword.
Hard frame upward.
Crack! Boom——
Liu Ji's powerful and earth-shattering sword struck firmly on the handle of the three-pointed two-edged sword. With a dizzying collision, Cen Peng's body suddenly fell down. At the same time, he
A muffled sound came from his crotch.
The nearby soldiers from both sides took a closer look, and their expressions changed greatly, and they were stunned with shock.
It turned out that Liu Ji's knife unexpectedly broke the four hooves of Cen Peng's war horse. The horse's legs were twisted and it lay on the ground with blood foaming from its mouth.
Cen Peng, who was sitting on the horse, still maintained his original posture, holding the knife in both hands, raising it high, and thrusting it upward with all his strength. Liu Ji, on the other hand, was sitting on the horse, leaning forward, holding the knife in both hands, the head of the knife was dead.
Pressing hard on the shank of the three-pointed two-edged sword, press down with all your strength.
The contest between the two did not end because Cen Peng's horse was killed by the shock. The two sides fought against each other to gain strength.
If you get closer, you can see that Cen Peng and Liu Ji seem to be evenly matched, but blood is oozing out of the tiger's mouth of Cen Peng's hands.
Whoosh——
With the sound of breaking wind, an arrow suddenly shot out of the diagonal stab and went straight to Cen Peng's neck.
Cen Peng reacted quickly. He originally held the knife with both hands, but immediately changed to holding the knife with one hand. With a click, the head of the three-pointed two-edged knife hit the ground hard, and the tail of the knife was still held high by him.
The Spring and Autumn Broadsword pressed against the blade slid down along the tilt of the blade. Taking this opportunity, Cen Peng turned sideways and reached out with his arm. With a bang, the arrow that shot towards his neck was struck by his incredible movement.
Grab it.
Immediately afterwards, he threw the arrow to the side and rolled sideways dragging the three-pointed two-edged knife.
The moment he rolled away, the Chunqiu sword fell down. It didn't hit him, but it chopped off half of the dead horse's head.
Cen Peng, who rolled out, jumped up from the ground. Holding a three-pointed two-edged knife, he advanced instead of retreating. When he rushed towards Liu Ji, he stabbed him directly in the ribs.
Liu Ji snorted coldly and blocked with his sword. Unexpectedly, Cen Peng used a feint. Before the two swords collided, Cen Peng had already sheathed his sword and got under the belly of Liu Ji's war horse.
, the blade cut off both hind hooves of the war horse.
The war horse lost its two hind hooves, neighed, and fell almost upright.
Liu Ji, who was sitting on the horse, was also thrown off and fell into disgrace. As soon as his body landed on the ground, he jumped up like a spring, dragging the Spring and Autumn Sword, and screamed in anger and jumped like a thunder.
The two men were fighting on horseback, and immediately turned into fighting on land. Two broadswords were flying up and down. You came and I went, and the sound of clanging collisions was endless.
Both of them are brave generals who are brave enough to fight against each other. The more they fight with each other, the more they admire each other. They both feel that the other side is the only powerful enemy they have ever seen in their lives.
Cen Peng and Liu Ji were fighting inextricably, but the situation on the battlefield was quietly changing.
Thousands of Chung Ling troops brought by Liu Ji and Deng Feng, together with more than a thousand Chung Ling troops that had been defeated earlier, began to besiege the county soldiers on three sides.
The Xinye County soldiers are not very powerful, and even their individual combat effectiveness is far inferior to that of miscellaneous soldiers such as the Chongling Army.
The vast majority of these more than 4,000 county soldiers are new recruits. They have not been trained, do not know how to form troops, and do not know how to cooperate with each other. Their fighting style on the battlefield is no different from that of local gangsters fighting in groups.
When they have the upper hand, they are all full of energy, shouting and killing, but once they are at a disadvantage, their morale quickly collapses.
At the beginning, Cen Peng relied on his own force and stabbed Liu Yue to death, which greatly boosted the morale of the county soldiers. In addition, the Chung Ling army on the opposite side was not very strong. They were frightened by Cen Peng's bravery and fled in all directions.
The county soldiers were like beating the fallen dogs with sticks. They took advantage of Cen Peng's majesty to pursue the Chung Ling army and kill them.
The Chongling Army, which now numbered more than a thousand, suddenly became five or six thousand, and the enemy general Liu Ji's military force was not inferior to that of Cen Peng. At this time, the arrogance of the county soldiers had been completely suppressed.
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People looked around nervously, feeling that they were surrounded by enemies like wolves and tigers all around them. They watched their comrades being killed one after another and falling to the ground, either dying or screaming in agony. Many county soldiers were frightened.
He couldn't even hold a weapon, let alone fight against the Chung Ling Army.
More than 4,000 county soldiers were quickly compressed into a group by the Chung Ling Army attacking from three sides. The situation was already precarious.
Liu Ji and Cen Peng were still fighting. The former became more and more excited and happy the more he fought. He had never encountered such a strong enemy before, and he used all the skills he had learned in his life. While dealing with Liu Ji, Cen Peng
, was also quietly paying attention to the situation on the battlefield. He saw that the Chung Ling Army was about to form an encirclement on his side. If it continued to delay, the whole army was in danger of being annihilated. He shouted loudly and struck out three times with three swords. Liu Ji laughed loudly.
Then, he connected with his three knives.
These three swords were just Cen Peng's forward move, and the following whip was his trump card. When the two of them were intertwined, Cen Peng raised his hand fiercely, pulled out the iron whip from behind, and aimed it at Liu Ji's
The back of the head was smashed.
His move caused Liu Yue to suffer a big loss, but Liu Ji was not Liu Yue. The back of his head seemed to have eyes. He pushed the Spring and Autumn Sword back, clanging, and the iron whip hit the blade hard.
A ball of sparks was knocked out.
Liu Ji chuckled, turned around, and swept across with the knife. Cen Peng had no intention of continuing to fight with him. He jumped back and stepped out of the circle, then dragged the three-pointed two-edged knife straight towards him.
Run towards your own county soldiers' camp.
Liu Ji, who was in the excitement of fighting, saw Cen Peng suddenly run away. He was stunned for a moment, then threw his legs away and chased forward. At the same time, he shouted: "Cen Peng, the winner has not been determined yet, why are you running?"
Liu Ji could not care about the situation on the entire battlefield and could concentrate on fighting Cen Peng in a duel, but Cen Peng could not. He was the commander of the county army. He could not leave the army of more than 4,000 brothers and only play with Liu Ji.
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After running back to the huddled county soldiers' camp, Cen Peng thrust the three-pointed two-edged sword in his hand into the ground, casually took the bow and arrow from the soldiers on the side, twisted the bow and nocked an arrow, and pointed at the chasing Liu Ji,
Shooting three arrows in a row.
Liu Ji waved his sword and fended off all the three arrows coming towards him. He jumped up and shouted: "Cen Peng, what do you mean? Come out and fight me again!"
As soon as Cen Peng fired his arrow, he also alerted the surrounding county soldiers. The archers took out their arrows, put on the bowstring, and shot random arrows at Liu Ji.
Liu Ji was so angry that he cursed his mother. He waved his sword to block the flying arrows and stepped back. Soon, the soldiers of the Chung Ling Army swarmed forward and formed a shield formation to protect Liu Ji.
Cen Peng ignored Liu Ji and ordered urgently: "The rear team becomes the front team, and the entire army retreats to the new field!"
It's too late, they can't retreat!
When Cen Peng commanded the county soldiers to turn around and charge back, a well-positioned Chung Ling army blocked their way.
This Chongling Army must have more than three thousand people, arranged in a neat battle formation. In the front are archers, and in the rear are shield soldiers and spear soldiers.
Seeing the county soldiers running towards them like a tide, the archers in front of the array bent their bows and shot arrows.
Buzz! I saw a hail of arrows flying from the top of the Chung Ling Army's camp, drawing a huge arc in the air, and whizzing into the crowd of county soldiers.
Snap, snap, snap——
The moment the array of arrows hit the crowd, it was like raindrops. The county soldiers running forward rolled and fell to the ground.
After the archers in the first row finished releasing their arrows, they immediately retreated. The archers in the back row stepped forward to take up their positions, continued to twist their bows and nock the arrows, and shot out the arrow array.
Buzz! Another rain of arrows rose into the sky, streaked across the sky, and fell into the county soldiers' camp. Crack! There was the sound of arrows penetrating armor, the sound of people falling to the ground, the sound of tearing and screaming, and the sound of wailing.
Cen Peng, who was among the county soldiers, took a deep breath. He could see that the Chongling army blocking his retreat was definitely the elite of the rebel army.
His guess was correct. The leader of this Chongling Army was General Zhutian Liu Yan. The three thousand soldiers he led were the first to join the Chongling Army, and they were also the most powerful and well-trained soldiers.
Su's three thousand elite.
Under such a ferocious arrow formation, Cen Peng felt that even if he rushed to the front of the Chung Ling Army, there would only be a few people left. He made a prompt decision and gave up his plan to retreat to Xinye, and ordered his troops to form an iron barrel formation.
The Iron Bucket Formation is the only battle formation that Cen Peng has allowed the county soldiers to practice in recent days. This battle formation is also the simplest and has the least changes.
The county soldiers gathered together, the soldiers on the outside raised their shields outwards, and the soldiers inside raised their shields above their heads. The entire formation looked like a huge iron barrel composed of countless shields.
It can also be said that this is an all-out defensive formation.
However, if you think that the Iron Bucket Formation has no lethality, you are completely wrong. If you really rush to the Iron Bucket Formation, what will be stabbed out from the gaps in the shield are deadly spears and halberds.