"Huh?"
Li Zhengfeng and a middle-aged general, who were watching the battle from a high vantage point at the rear, noticed a slight change in the infantry phalanx at the front. Li Zhengfeng couldn’t help but look over, seeing your formation quickly arranging itself into a pattern similar to that of the Bagua. He turned to a young general beside him and asked, "Which side is leading that troop?"
The young general looked in the direction of your formation and said, "It should be the corps of General Cheng of Duke Lu’s second son. But it’s too far to tell who’s commanding that battalion."
"If it’s that youngster Cheng Chuliang’s corps, then it must be Commander Luo’s second son who is capable of this move. Heh, I’ve long heard that the Luo Family’s Second Tyrant King is extraordinary. Now that I’ve seen it, it’s indeed the case. I hope he can bring us more surprises."
"Mm."
Li Zhengfeng nodded. From his position, however, he suddenly saw a figure flash out from the center of the Bagua Array. This figure dashed more than fifty ters in front of the formation.
Subsequently, a heart-shocking event unfolded. Li Zhengfeng and the others were astonished to find that as the figure approached the Qin army’s formation, he suddenly stopped. Then, surrounded by nurous glints of gold, a deafening boom resounded, and the Qin formation was pierced as if by a colossal rod from the heavens, leaving a huge rift where flesh and blood flew everywhere.
After that, the figure leaped back into formation and, following the Bagua Array, plunged directly into the ranks of the Qin soldiers.
"Good!" Li Zhengfeng and the others shouted in unison, because they saw that with the creation of this massive rift, the Tang soldiers tore through the Qin soldiers like ants swarming into an opened wound, devouring the enemy from both sides.
Where the Bagua Array stood firm, like a rock amidst the waves, it unwaveringly held its ground, continually creating new opportunities for the allied troops. The Bagua Array now pushed forward, now retracted, both offensive and defensive like clouds casting rain, indescribably brilliant.
"Brothers, we must not retreat, or else what awaits them will be your wives and daughters! Think of the misery your wives and daughters would endure under their tyranny!" Your cry directly fueled the already boiling battle. Stirred by your incitent, the Tang soldiers charged like bulls seeing red, each fighting fearlessly with the mindset of breaking even if they took one enemy down and profiting if they took three.
"Kill! Kill the Qin dogs, and ravage their wives and daughters in the Qin Kingdom!" Hei Chitang shouted out at this mont, adding fuel to the flas of battle.
Hearing Hei Chitang’s roar, you instantly had a thought—what a talent!
In the midst of the chaotic battle, you traversed within the Wuji Bagua Formation, while also continuously saving the lives of your soldiers.
With the support of the "Gate of Life" energy, the seriously injured soldiers often received excellent treatnt at critical monts. However, many soldiers lost their lives in the chaos of battle.
Despite this, they usually took the lives of one, or even several enemies with them in death. These heroic soldiers who sacrificed themselves were composing a new anthem for the Great Tang Army with their blood and their lives, telling the world that the n of the Tang Dynasty also had spines of steel!
Under the strict protection of Shi Kai and others, Wu Zhao was incredibly safe, safe from even the enemy’s arrows. Protected by her guardians, Wu Zhao was like a Soul Reaper from Hell, her arrows acting as death warrants from Hell, with a hit inevitably leading to death.
In ordinary tis, Wu Zhao appeared rather gentle and virtuous, but once on the battlefield, her aura of slaughter was no weaker than yours.
At this mont, she was the spokesperson for the Death God, standing proudly with her bow among the ranks, her arrows never missing their target.
With your unit’s desperate struggle, the "wound" in the Qin Army grew larger and larger. And at this mont, the cavalry behind launched a charge, and you also received the order to withdraw. Withdrawing at this ti was easier said than done, for your unit was now deep within enemy territory, surrounded by the enemy on all sides, with only friendly forces to the rear.
"Chang Zhi, Shi Kai, quickly lead the brothers in retreat—I’ll cover the rear!"
You roared, bursting out of the Eight Trigrams Array, and faced the Qin Army’s barrage of spears and arrows head-on. As you unleashed the Swimming Dragon Bagua Palm to wreak havoc on the Qin Army, a barrage of life-taking arrows ca in response, swiftly neutralizing so of your potential threats.
"Zhao’er!" you noticed Wu Zhao had not left; around her was Shi Kai’s unit.
"Husband, we go forward and retreat together!" Wu Zhao declared with resilience.
Now was not the ti for sentintalities. You nodded vigorously, covering each other with Wu Zhao and her companions as you retreated rapidly to the rear.
By the ti you and your comrades withdrew from the range of the Qin Army’s attack, the Tang cavalry and the Qin cavalry were less than two hundred ters apart.
All of you bore injuries of varying severity, looking thoroughly exhausted, even you could hardly stand up straight from fatigue. Nevertheless, there was no ti to rest, for the battle was not yet over. After charging with the cavalry, you expected you’d have to go back into the fray.
At this very mont, looking at your hands that were almost shattered, you felt an unspeakable yearning for a weapon.
Simultaneously, you silently swore in your heart that once the battle was over, you would find a way to acquire a suitable weapon upon returning to Chang’an.
However, the ensuing battle surprised you quite a bit, for you discovered that suddenly there was disorder in the rear of the Qin Army, and at the sa ti, the Tang forces intensified their offensive. Li Zhengfeng seed to have committed a significant force of cavalry, followed by long spear soldiers.
This thod of warfare was sothing you had never considered before. The cavalry relied on speed on the battlefield, and once their speed was reduced, their advantage would be completely diminished. The gunners were the slowest among the three forces and would easily harm their own n if they followed too closely behind the cavalry. At first glance, you even thought Li Zhengfeng was a novice on the battlefield.
However, reality quickly proved your judgnt wrong.
The cavalry in front suddenly changed formation into a "coffin-shaped" diagonal charge to the flanks, while the long spear soldiers hidden behind the cavalry formations imdiately filled in the gap, their long spears already aid at the Qin cavalry.
Since the Tang Army had planned their move while the Qin Army was caught off guard and unable to adapt, they found themselves charging straight into the spearheads at high speed.
"This strategy is ingenious, and the coordination between the spears and cavalry is precise. Our General Li truly lives up to his prestigious lineage," soone remarked.
The cavalry had no advantage against the spear soldiers and were completely countered. Soon, the charge of the Qin cavalry was halted, and the Tang cavalry, who had dispersed to the flanks, quickly swung their blades and returned, throwing the Qin cavalry into utter disarray.
Afterward, the horns of the Great Tang Army sounded from the rear. You and the others shouted loudly, drew your swords, and charged forward, pouncing on the enemy like a pack on a drowning dog.
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