Liu Xiu dodged sideways and swung his sword, slashing across Peng Ning's neck. Peng Ning quickly retracted his sword to block. Crack! The swords collided with each other, and there was a crisp sound, and a ball suddenly appeared between the two swords.
Mars. Liu Xiuli slashed Huashan with another sword, and this one was even more fierce.
Peng Ning took a deep breath and raised his horizontal sword to parry. Cang! There was another crisp sound, and Peng Ning shook his body and took a step back.
As soon as he stabilized his body, Liu Xiu came one after another, slashing Huashan with his sword again. Peng Ning roared angrily, and also raised his sword to parry again.
Bang! Peng Ning was knocked back two steps this time. Before he could stand still, Liu Xiu rushed up again and chopped at the top of his head with the force of Huashan.
Peng Ning roared, holding the sword with both hands, and tried to parry upward with all his strength. Clang! Crack! With two crisp sounds, the sword in Peng Ning's hand could not bear the heavy blow, and was cut off by Liu Xiu's Red Sky Sword.
Ah! Peng Ning was shocked. He held the sword with only half of it left and backed away. At the same time, he looked at Liu Xiu's red-gleaming Chixiao Sword in horror and fear, and beads of sweat formed on his head.
Flowed down.
Liu Xiu didn't hesitate for a moment. He held the Red Sky Sword and chased after Penning. When he got close to the latter, he swung his sword across and slashed towards Penning's waist.
Unable to block, Peng Ning threw away half of the sword in his hand and rolled back, narrowly avoiding the sharp edge of the Red Sky Sword. However, the fish scale armor on his back was still torn open with a long gash.
At this time, the rage in Penning's heart had been completely replaced by fear.
He didn't dare to fight, so he turned around and ran away. Liu Xiu was not willing to let him go, so he chased after him. He only took five or six steps after him, and dozens of Wang Lang's soldiers rushed towards him, blocking his way.
Liu Xiu shouted loudly, did not evade at all, and rushed forward with his sword. Ding, clang, clang! Liu Xiu swung his sword to deflect the spears coming from the front, and then when he got close to the soldiers, he slashed out with the Chixiao Sword.
Hearing the sound of sand, the leather armor on the chests of the three soldiers was torn open by the sword. Blood flowed heavily inside the armor, and the three soldiers screamed and fell on their backs.
A spear was thrust from the side, hitting Liu Xiu's weak side. While the latter slipped to dodge, he grabbed the spear shaft and pulled it back. The spear head passed by his side and stabbed him hard in the back.
On the body of a soldier who was killed.
At the same time, he slashed out with his sword, killing the soldiers in front of him to the ground.
Among the dozen or so soldiers who blocked Liu Xiu, none of them could make it through a single round under his Chixiao Sword.
In the blink of an eye, everyone fell into a pool of blood. At this time, Liu Xiu was covered in blood, his face was streaked with red and white, and his eyes were bloodshot.
Liu Xiu's skills are indeed very powerful, otherwise, in Kunyang, he would not have dared to charge into the camp of 400,000 reckless troops with only 3,000 death squads.
As the enemy troops fell in front of him one by one, Liu Xiu felt that the heroic ambition he had during the decisive battle in Kunyang was back.
He turned his wrist, and the Red Sky Sword pulled out a red sword flower in his hand. He roared at the soldiers of Wang Lang's army who continued to rush towards him.
Seeing Liu Xiu covered in blood and holding a blood sword, the soldiers of Wang Lang's army were horrified. The crowd that had originally rushed towards them also stopped involuntarily, and stopped five steps away from Liu Xiu, holding spears.
Not moving forward.
They didn't dare to attack, but Liu Xiu didn't show the slightest fear. He flicked the Chixiao Sword in his hand, and with a rustling sound, a bloodstain appeared on the ground. He charged towards the crowd of soldiers in front with his sword.
Liu Xiuguai, Long Yuan and others were also dissatisfied with the speed. A few of them rushed into the crowd of Wang Lang's army and killed the opponent's soldiers into chaos.
Peng Ning, who was among the crowd, grinned secretly. He really didn't expect that Liu Xiu, who was born as a farmer in Nanyang, could be so skilled and fight so bravely. He was even more desperate than Saburo Saburo.
It was only then that he realized that Liu Xiu's great victory in the Battle of Kunyang was not due to luck. Liu Xiu was really a ruthless person when he went to the battlefield.
He was afraid, unwilling and daring not to resist Liu Xiu's attack, so he retreated step by step, planning to wait for an opportunity to escape.
Just at this moment, another county army appeared on the flank of Wang Lang's front army and attacked fiercely. The leader was a general of medium stature but holding a big hammer. This was Wang Ba.
Wang Ba took the lead, leading a hundred county soldiers, like a sharp sword, to penetrate from the flank of Wang Lang's army. Wang Ba did not look for anyone else, and the first person he targeted was Peng Ning.
He wielded a sledgehammer and killed the soldiers of Wang Lang's army who were blocking him in front of him. If they came into contact with them, they would die. The king dominated the rebel army and forced his way to the front of Peng Ning.
"Stop, Zhuzi, give me a hammer!" Wang Ba used all his strength, swung the hammer with both hands, and aimed it at Peng Ning's head and smashed it down.
Peng Ning was so frightened that she broke into a cold sweat. She didn't care about losing face anymore. She rolled on the ground and dodged to the side.
Bang!
Wang Ba's hammer missed Peng Ning and hit the ground hard.
As he was rolling, Penning felt the ground shake. Before he could get up from the ground, Wang Ba hit him again with a hammer. Penning could only bite the bullet and continue to roll on the ground.
He walked up to a subordinate holding an iron halberd, jumped up from the ground, grabbed the iron halberd from the subordinate's hand, and threw the subordinate towards Wang Ba.
Poor Wang Langjun general, by the time he came to his senses, he had staggered and fallen down in front of Wang Ba.
He saw Wang Ba, and at the same time he saw Wang Ba's hammer. Bang! This hammer hit the general's head, and even the head inside the helmet belt was flattened. The body was like a puddle of mud.
Collapsed to the ground.
Peng Ning held the iron halberd in both hands, ran towards Wang Ba howling, and stabbed him in the lower abdomen with the halberd. Wang Ba pushed the big iron hammer in his hand outwards, and there was a clang. Peng Ning was shocked and his hands were numb.
The iron halberd almost flew out of my hand.
How could this man be so strong! Peng Ning took two steps back with a look of horror on his face.
Wang Ba didn't care what he was thinking, he picked up the hammer and hit Peng Ning on the head. Peng Ning used all his strength, raised the iron halberd, and raised his body to parry.
Bang! At that moment, Peng Ning's arms seemed to have been electrified, and others involuntarily knelt down on one knee.
He held the iron halberd tightly with both hands and raised it upwards, while Wang Ba held the hammer with both hands and pressed down with all his strength. The two of them competed in strength.
Before the two of them could decide the winner, the crowd of Wang Lang's army behind Peng Ning suddenly burst into chaos. Several streams of blood spurted out from the crowd. Liu Xiu, who was covered in blood and holding the Red Sky Sword, emerged from the crowd.
Rushed out.
Seeing Peng Ning competing with Wang Ba, Liu Xiu stepped forward without saying a word and slashed him with his sword.
Peng Ning heard something strange happening behind him, and he wanted to avoid it, but the big hammer pressing down from above trapped him tightly, making him unable to move.
Too late, but not too long, Liu Xiu's sweeping sword cut off Peng Ning's arms and neck.
The head fell to the ground, and at the same time, the two severed arms that were still holding on to the iron halberd also fell together. The big hammer, which had lost its block, pressed heavily on the chest of Penning's corpse, crushing his sternum and causing his chest to collapse.
A big pit sunk down.
Wang Ba strode forward, bent down, grabbed Penning's severed head, raised it above his head, and shouted loudly: "Peng Ning is dead! Penning is dead -"
He shouted with such a loud voice that he could be heard from a great distance.
Wang Lang's army, which had been beaten dizzy by the county army, now heard the news that its general was dead. Its fighting spirit dropped sharply, and the morale of the army was in chaos. Many soldiers no longer fought hard and turned around and ran away regardless.
With one thousand against three thousand, Liu Xiu's side should have been at an absolute disadvantage, but in the actual battle, these thousand county troops were incredibly overwhelming against the more than three thousand Wang Lang's troops.
The reason for this is certainly related to the bravery of Liu Xiu and his generals, but the main reason is the proper use of Liu Xiu's tactics.
Shen Ping's troops were completely wiped out in Lunu, which led Peng Ning's troops to naturally conclude that the Zhongshan County Army was all in Lunu, and the county army camp opposite Anxian was just an empty camp.
But after entering, they found that that was not the case at all. Not only was this not an empty camp, but there was also an ambush set up for them.
At this time, Peng Ning's troops were already in a state of confusion. They couldn't figure out where the main force of the county army was. It seemed that they were both in Lunu and at the south bank camp at the same time. The Zhongshan County army seemed to be everywhere.
The battle between the two armies was not only a battle of life and death, but also a battle of psychology. It can be said that in terms of psychological warfare, Wang Lang's army had already lost before the two sides formally fought.
Wang Lang's army, led by Peng Ning, did not expect that the county army would fight separately, which is actually understandable.
Before Wang Lang became emperor, his confidants, like Peng Ning, were just people in the world. Even if they had read some military books, they only knew some theoretical knowledge.
There are a few that can be used.
But Liu Xiu was different. He really combined book theory with practice.
Moreover, since Chongling raised his army and followed his elder brother to rebel, Liu Xiu had not fought many battles in which more people fought with fewer people. Most of the battles he had experienced were with less people fighting more, and with the weak fighting the stronger.
Growing up from adversity.
In the eyes of others, it is already difficult to fight with two thousand against seven thousand. If we divide our troops to fight again, it will undoubtedly lead to self-destruction. But Liu Xiu, who is used to fighting with less and more, really dares to do this, and he does it
It's easy to get up.
Peng Ning is much older than Liu Xiu, but in terms of battlefield experience, the gap between him and Liu Xiu is like a toddler and a lively adult.
The battle between Liu Xiu's tribe and Peng Ning's tribe used the deception of soldiers to the extreme.
With the help of Sun Cang and Wei Bao's plan, Liu Xiu came up with a plan, and it was not just one plan, but a series of plans. He succeeded in one go and led Peng Ning's department step by step into a desperate situation where the entire army was annihilated.
among.
After Peng Ning died in battle, the suspense of the subsequent battle was completely lost. The situation on the battlefield became completely one-sided. Except for a small number of Wang Lang's troops who escaped by chance, most of Wang Lang's troops were either killed or killed.
Surrender.
After this battle, Penning's tribe of more than 7,000 men was completely wiped out by Liu Xiu's tribe, which had only 2,000 men. This battle not only frightened Wang Lang in Handan, but also shocked the counties in Hebei.
At this time, the counties in Hebei had to face up to Liu Xiu, who had been hunted down by Wang Lang like a lost dog. They could not help but secretly wonder whether falling to Wang Lang's side was a way out or a dead end.
This battle was of extraordinary significance to Liu Xiu. It not only made him famous in Hebei, but also directly led to a consequence. Both Shanggu County and Yuyang County in Youzhou decided to side with Liu Xiu.