"Hmph," Li Cunxiao felt aggrieved and stopped talking. He lightly swung the 240-jin Bi Yan Lao in his hand, and with a gloomy and thin face, he rode his horse directly towards Zhu Li without saying a word.
It was Zhu Li's first battle against such a famous and fierce general, and he was really unsure. However, there were still many Shuozhou guards behind him who had not crossed the Weishui River, so he had no choice but to fight to the death.
Li Cunxiao swung his sword with great momentum, and Zhu Li did not dare to take it head-on. He had to leap on his horse and dodge to the side, stabbing with his steel spear and hitting the soldier from the side. With a "ding" sound, Zhu Li felt his arms tremble, and the steel spear in his hand almost slipped out of his hand. A strange force like a huge wave emptying out and a tide hitting the shore surged towards him.
It has been a long time since I felt this way. Zhu Li was secretly surprised. The opponent just hit him casually, but his shoulder sockets on both sides felt slightly hot. If it was just a comparison of strength, he was already at an absolute disadvantage.
What's more, this was only the first attack. Zhu Li felt bitter in his heart, but he had to fight. Li Cunxiao was too terrifying.
After holding on for a round, when the two men passed each other, Zhu Li looked at Li Cunxiao's skinny little body with a red face. He couldn't understand how such a thin body could burst out with strength as heavy as a mountain.
Moreover, the opponent's speed was slightly faster than his. Zhu Li's two best aspects, which enabled him to conquer the battlefield, were completely crushed in front of the opponent, so he didn't dare to distract himself and draw his sword. Originally, he could use both sword and spear, but now he had to be fully alert and fight Li Cunxiao with the spear in both hands.
When he turned his horse back to face him again, Li Cunxiao snorted coldly and said proudly: "It is said that Zhu Li is extremely brave, but after seeing him today, he is just so-so."
Faced with Li Cunxiao's disdain, Zhu Li remained silent. Given Li Cunxiao's reputation that would be passed down through the ages, it was natural for him to despise him. This was a general recognized by most people in Chinese history as the second most powerful in history. Except for Xiang Yu, who dared to say that he could definitely beat him
Since he couldn't resist the opponent's attack, he couldn't let Li Cunxiao control the rhythm of the attack. With this thought in mind, Zhu Li thought to himself that although his attack speed could not match that of the opponent, he still decided to attack first. In the second round, Zhu Li swung his arms and swung the 160-weight double-edged spear high. At the same time, he and his horse became one, flying high into the sky, and chopped down fiercely with the momentum of crushing the heavens.
"when"
Li Cunxiao raised the Bi Yan Lao with one hand and blocked the attack horizontally. When the weapons collided, he didn't even frown and blocked Zhu Li's all-out attack with ease.
Zhu Li, along with his horse, plus the momentum brought by swinging the double-edged spear, this fierce attack must have been at least several thousand pounds. However, after the blow, not only did Li Cunxiao not move at all, even the black dragon horse under his crotch showed no signs of abnormality, and was calm and natural.
This scene made Zhu Li secretly smack his lips and call it abnormal. He has been on the battlefield for more than three years and could even defeat a fierce general like Xue Atan easily. However, when facing Li Cunxiao, even with his full strength, the opponent didn't feel anything at all. How could he not be shocked.
When the horse was wrong, Li Cunxiao chuckled and said teasingly: "Well, not bad, this attack is quite good."
Faced with such ridicule, Zhu Li's face turned pale, and he cursed the other party's ancestors for eighteen generations in his heart. You know, he had just used all his strength, but the other party was actually chatting and laughing without any fear. Such ridicule made him so depressed that he wanted to vomit blood.
After the two merge
Zhu Li tried his best and used all means, but facing the pervert Li Cunxiao, he still couldn't do anything to him. He didn't dare to imagine what would happen if he allowed the other party to attack him.
Just as the third round began, Zhu Li wanted to use the same trick again, but before he could succeed, Li Cunxiao suddenly rode his horse forward, his speed increased dramatically, and hit Zhu Li's waist with a blow. If this blow hit him hard, he would have been cut in half.
Thinking of this result, Zhu Li broke out in a cold sweat and cursed in his heart, but he did not dare to delay. He swiftly slapped down with one hand, pressing heavily on Yu Qilin's back. Using one hand as a fulcrum, he quickly flew into the air and narrowly avoided Li Cunxiao's attack. At the same time, Zhu Li swung the double-edged spear unwillingly, and spun like the wind with his backhand, sweeping it straight towards the back of Li Cunxiao's head.
Facing Zhu Li's unwilling attack, Li Cunxiao was naturally fearless. He didn't even try to pull back Bi Yanlao. He just turned his body to the side and let Zhu Li's strange attack fall on the Yuwang Spear on his back.
"when"
There was another sound of collision. Zhu Li's spear was ineffective, but he did not expect to succeed. He used the recoil force to quickly get his body back on Jade Unicorn's back.
In the open space between the Flying Tiger Army and the Shuozhou Guards, Li Cunxiao and Zhu Li were moving back and forth, with iron hammers dancing and steel spears leaping. Both of them were riding fine horses, leaping and flying, like fleeting shadows, dazzling people. Their movements were almost invisible. One could only vaguely feel a mysterious light and a black light entangled with each other.
In the eyes of Xue Atan and An Xiuxiu, Li Cunxiao was very calm from beginning to end, while Zhu Li on the opposite side was fighting for his life the whole time. In every round, he was dancing on the edge of a knife and struggling in flames with his life. Even with such a crazy fight, he was still at a disadvantage and was already out of breath and in a miserable state.
Zhu Li was not as fast as Li Cunxiao, and although he tried his best to take the credit, he was lucky to succeed two or three times out of ten. The rest he either dodged desperately or took the blows helplessly, which was why he was not injured. His knuckles had already cracked and blood was oozing out. If it weren't for the sea of consciousness that kept producing some elixirs and precious fruits that were immersed in his body, he would have been unable to hold on.
The battle went on for nearly thirty rounds. Suddenly, Shi Yan shouted from behind the Shuozhou Army, "Commander-in-chief, retreat quickly. We have already crossed the river. Don't bother with us."
Zhu Li was shocked when he heard the voice. At this moment, he and Li Cunxiao passed each other on horseback. Zhu Li happened to be running towards his own army. Shi Yan's voice was like a long drought and a sweet rain to Zhu Li. He felt relieved and immediately ordered the guards without hesitation: "Everyone turn around and cross the river quickly."
Most of these guards were veterans who had followed Zhu Li through thick and thin for two or three years. Naturally, they did not hesitate to follow Zhu Li's orders. Upon hearing his words, they immediately shouted, "The wind is strong! Hurry!"
"The wind is strong, pull it out"
... ... .
Almost no one hesitated, and Zhu Li did not dare to hesitate either. His palm was cracked, and although the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" was shaking wildly in his mind, and many medicines and spiritual fruits continued to turn into bright light and sink into his body, neither external nor internal injuries could be healed completely immediately, and they all needed time to recuperate.
But when Li Cunxiao saw Zhu Li
How could he be willing to escape? His tentative and playful intentions disappeared, his expression suddenly became ferocious, and he became furious. He shouted, "Chase him!"
As soon as he gave the order, before Xue Atan and An Xiuxiu under his command could react, he rode his horse and rushed towards Zhu Li.
Although there were only 800 Shuozhou soldiers, not many in number, they rushed in like a raging storm and stepped onto the Wei Bridge, so naturally they had to be arranged in order, and it was impossible for them all to cross at once.
Zhu Li naturally couldn't just watch these guards being slaughtered, so he stayed at the end to be on the safe side; seeing Li Cunxiao rushing towards him, he mustered up his courage again, brandished his double-edged spear, turned his horse's head, and rushed forward brazenly. As long as he could buy a little more time for this last wave of brothers, this escape would be a complete success.
But he didn't know that the furious Li Cunxiao was even more terrifying. He jumped into the air on his horse, raised the Bi Yan Lao high above his head, leaned back to an arc of 270 degrees, and then suddenly chopped back. With one blow, his strength increased several times.
In a hurry, Zhu Li had no time to dodge and could only raise his hands high to withstand the blow. With a loud "bang", the Jade Unicorn under Zhu Li's crotch suddenly sank, and his limbs and knees could not withstand the sudden violence. They suddenly bent and knelt on the ground with a bang. As the horse's knees knelt to the ground, clear "click" sounds were heard, which was the sound of the horse's knees breaking.
Hearing the voice, Zhu Li secretly thought that it was not good, and felt sad, but at this time, he could not care about Yu Qilin at all. Taking Li Cunxiao's sky-splitting attack head-on, not only Yu Qilin could not bear it, but even he himself could not bear it either.
Li Cunxiao, with the rage of thunder, unleashed this unrivaled blow, causing his arms to suddenly sink. Not only did his knuckles break again, but even his breathing almost stopped. When he opened his mouth, a stream of blood spurted out, and blood flew all over the sky, looking so cold and stunning that it made people tremble.
Yu Qilin's limbs were all broken, and Zhu Li was injured and bleeding. The Shuozhou soldiers, who were originally in a hurry to cross the Weishui River, were stunned at first, and then they became shocked and angry and exploded.
"General, bastard, protect the general."
"Ah, bastard, how dare you hurt my general."
"Protect the General."
... ...
The Shuozhou guards were so carried away that they roared loudly. Most of them were former soldiers of the Cao Army, although some of them were warriors from the north. But no matter where they joined Zhu Li's army, they all had a common understanding, that is, they had never seen any general who could protect his soldiers like Zhu Li did.
They were willing to suffer injuries themselves so as to delay time for their subordinates to cross the Weishui River. At this moment, their hearts were touched. As the saying goes, a king regards his subjects as his brothers and a subject regards his king as his confidant. This is an eternal truth.
Zhu Li treated them like comrades and brothers, and was willing to risk his life to let them go first. These guards were all tough men, so how could they watch their general die
Looking at Zhu Li with bloodshot eyes and mouth, the soldiers exploded, their blood burning.
Before Li Cunxiao could be happy, he saw that the Shuozhou soldiers around Zhu Li, who had been vying to step onto the Wei Bridge and cross the Wei River, suddenly turned their horses' heads with red eyes, and rushed towards him one after another, waving their spears.