Chapter 23: First Defeat

Style: Historical Author: Mingqi XiaolangWords: 2155Update Time: 24/01/12 07:57:58
The breeze blows gently and the grass is green.

A Sui army of 5,000 men walked menacingly on the official road leading to Hailing. The leader is a general, wearing a vermilion flame helmet, chain mail, holding a hundred-nail mace, with sharp edges on his face, and a red beard. This person is X with a force value of 95 who came out last time. Ming, that is, the heroes of Liangshan and the thunderbolt fire Qin Ming.

There is a general on both sides of him. The man on the left is nearly eight feet tall, handsome and dignified. He is dressed in bright silver armor, has a strong bow on his back, a quiver on his waist, and a long spear in his hand. This man is It is Xiao Li Guanghuarong, a hero from Liangshanbo.

The man on the right is equally heroic, with a sword hanging from his waist and a tiger-headed spear in his hand. He is fighting Huang Xin, Qin Ming's apprentice, Zhen Sanshan. Both of them were brought up by Qin Ming and joined the army together. Because of their strong martial arts skills, they were appreciated by Chang Yuchun and both served as captains in the army.

"Report, report to three generals. There is a Chu army formation at Xunlong Ridge ten miles ahead, blocking our army's path!"

"Oh?" Qin Ming looked surprised after hearing the scout's report, "I didn't expect that there were such tough people among the Chu army. I thought that Li Zitong was captured and the Chu army was leaderless. When I heard that my great Sui Tianbing army was coming, We should surrender immediately!"

Hua Rong frowned and said cautiously: "Brother, don't be careless. I guess the leader of this Chu army is probably Wu Yunzhao. It is said that he fought more than thirty rounds with General Xue Rengui in the battle of Huainan. He should not be underestimated." ah!"

Qin Ming chuckled and said, "Brother Hua Xian is too worried. Although Wu Yunzhao is brave, their lord Li Zitong was captured by our army, and the morale of the army is weakened. What effect can Wu Yunzhao alone do?"

Hua Rong still said with some worry: "It is better for us to be careful when sailing the ten-thousand-year-old ship."

Qin Ming waved his hand nonchalantly, "Brother Hua Xian, you are too careful. Wu Yunzhao did not guard the natural dangers of the Yangtze River. I don't think even he himself has much confidence. He just doesn't want to surrender to our army. I'll wait for the three brothers to surrender." Since joining the army, although he has been highly appreciated by General Chang Yuchun, he has not made any achievements. How could he miss such a great opportunity?"

Hua Rong nodded when he heard this, "Okay, then I'll listen to my brother."

Qin Ming pointed the mace in his hand and shouted loudly: "Brothers, kill and capture Wu Yunzhao alive!"

"kill!"

Five thousand Sui troops waved their weapons, dust flew from the ground they stepped on, and followed Qin Ming towards Xunlong Ridge ten miles away.

. . . . . . . . . .

When patrolling Longling, Wu Yunzhao rode his horse and raised his spear, with five thousand soldiers behind him waiting in formation, staring coldly ahead.

"coming!"

Wu Yunzhao suddenly murmured to himself, but saw the dust rising in the north. Thunderbolt Fire Qin Ming took the lead, waving his mace like a tiger descending the mountain and rushed over, shouting: "Where is Wu Yunzhao? How dare you, Grandpa Qin A three-hundred-round battle?”

Wu Yunzhao's eyes were as bright as fire, and he ignored Qin Ming's provocation and silently calculated the distance between the Sui army and his own army.

Three hundred feet, two hundred feet, one hundred feet, eighty feet, fifty feet, thirty feet!

When the Sui army was approaching, Wu Yunzhao's eyes suddenly burst out with terrifying murderous intent, and he shouted loudly: "Send the signal, order the crossbowmen to release arrows!"

clang!

With the sound of a bang, thousands of crossbowmen suddenly appeared on the mountains on both sides of the road. They fired their crossbows at the Sui army. In an instant, arrows rained down. The Sui soldiers who were shot were turned upside down and suffered heavy injuries.

Qin Ming was very skilled in martial arts. Although he was suddenly hit by a rain of arrows, he still managed to knock down the arrows that were shot at him with the mace in his hand. However, Huang Xin beside him was quite unlucky and was caught off guard and was shot on the spot by random arrows. He became a hedgehog, fell off his horse and was trampled to pulp by a random horse.

"Quick, get out!"

Qin Ming saw that he had been ambushed, and the soldiers around him fell one after another under the enemy's arrows. He felt sad and shouted loudly to order the entire army to retreat.

"It's not that easy to leave!"

Wu Yunzhao heard Qin Ming's thunderous roar from afar, and with a sneer on his lips, he said in a deep voice: "It's time for General Liu Zhiyuan and King Wu to show up!"

The messengers behind him understood, and hurriedly rushed to the high ground, waving the big flag in their hands. Liu Zhiyuan and Wu King Shen Faxing, who had been lying in wait for a long time, each led tens of thousands of elite troops to fight out across the mountains and plains, quickly cutting off the Sui army's retreat. .

"Damn it, why are there so many enemy troops? Wasn't the Chu army already severely weakened in the battle of Huainan?"

Qin Ming rushed left and right but could not break out of the encirclement. Instead, he lost many soldiers, and he couldn't help but cursed fiercely.

"No, this is not the Chu army at all, this is the Wu army, Shen Faxing's Wu army!"

Hua Rong, who was on the side, was meticulous in his work. After hearing Qin Ming's scolding and carefully looking at the enemy's flags and armor, he suddenly shouted out loud.

"That's right, but it's too late now!"

With a clear cold shout, Liu Zhiyuan flew up to his black-maned horse, brandishing the purple gold sword with dragon scales in his hand, killing the rebel army and rushing straight towards Qin Ming and Hua Rong, "I am Liu Zhiyuan, the general of the Chu army. You are already here." If you are trapped by our army, if you know better, you will get off your horse and be bound, otherwise you will die without a complete body!"

"The thief has such a strong tone!"

When Qin Ming heard this, a burst of anger suddenly welled up in his heart. His hair fell down and his eyes were about to burst. "Hua Rong, you return to the central army and command the entire army. I will kill this common man!"

After saying that, regardless of whether Hua Rongtong agreed or not, he suddenly clamped his legs on the horse's belly and faced Liu Zhiyuan like an arrow from the string. The mace in his hand struck out with strong murderous intent.

"Ding dong, it has been detected that Qin Ming has entered a state of rage, with force +4, intelligence -3, basic force 95, currently rising to 99, basic intelligence 42, currently falling to 39."

"What's going on? Could it be that Chang Yuchun and the others are in trouble?"

The main force of the Sui army was now crossing the Yangtze River, while Yang Gao was sitting on his handsome boat feeling the breeze blowing from the river, but he received the system notification indifferently. First Huang Xin was killed, and now Qin Ming's firepower Fully opened, my heart suddenly "thumped", and I suddenly had an ominous premonition.

At Xunlong Ridge, Liu Zhiyuan looked at Qin Ming, who seemed to be unstoppable, and suddenly a hint of ferocity appeared in the corner of his mouth. The dragon-scaled purple gold sword in his hand flashed, and with a flash of cold light, a "Mountain-Opening Moon" came forward to meet him.

"Ding dong, it has been detected that Liu Zhiyuan has entered the brave fighting state, force +3, basic force 98, current force value has increased to 101."

"Let me go, it turns out that Liu XX last time was Liu Zhiyuan." After hearing the system prompts, Yang Gao immediately lost his composure, "It seems that Thunderbolt Qin Ming is in trouble. This Liu Zhiyuan is not simple!"

Although Yang Gao is not very familiar with the history of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, he still knows a little about the ranking of the fierce generals. The first among them is naturally Flying Tiger General Li Cunxiao, the second is Shi Jiantang, and the second is Wang Yanzhang. and Gao Siji, and after these two people is Jin Dao Liu Zhiyuan.

It is certainly not easy to be ranked in the top five with Wang Yanzhang and Gao Siji. So when Yang Gao heard the system prompt and learned about the existence of Liu Zhiyuan, he immediately began to worry about the safety of Qin Ming, a fierce general who had just joined him. However, Now he is beyond reach and can only silently pray that Qin Ming will be safe.