The battle lasted three days and three nights, and Deng Mianhao's army plummeted from 200,000 at the beginning to less than 20,000. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoHalf of them fled because of Deng Mianhao's death, and most of the rest were taken prisoner. Rao was like this, and the number of people who died in this battle was nearly 30,000, and the mountain wind inside and outside the stone tooth wall was also stained with a strong smell of blood. This is the "Battle of Wanshan Road" that is often talked about in later generations, and it is the most symbolic battle that marks the rise of Zheng Puming's power.

Heading south from the north of the mainland, Zheng Puming's army relied on the two fierce generals Huo Yiben and Feng Huwen, coupled with the wisdom of Ban Pinren, to break through 17 cities of the enemy army in a row, and occupied more than 100 rural towns. During this period, many local forces were absorbed, and a huge scale of hundreds of thousands of people was gradually formed.

Zheng Jueming, the eldest prince in the palace, finally couldn't bear it anymore, and personally led an army of 500,000 to the city, confronting Zheng Puming's forces in the "Heavenly Realm", preparing to start a brotherly battle of death and death.

It's a name that's been around since ancient times. At that time, the Tianchuang family, a wealthy merchant family that was famous on the entire continent, although it no longer exists, the name has been preserved.

The Tianchuang family owns large tracts of their own woodland, and their ancestors first started from scratch in the logging industry. Nowadays, it is inaccessible, and the vegetation that has grown freely for hundreds of years has completely erased the traces of human life.

Smoke rose slowly from the edge of the woodland, and the faint aroma of vegetable soup immediately diffused, which gave the nervous soldiers some hope.

Zheng Jueming frowned, looking preoccupied. He was in the largest tent in the barracks, with the most sumptuous food on the table in front of him. His face is handsome, around his chin, and he has a neat beard, which shows the true colors of a mature man. A black robe with gold trim is embroidered with a crimson tiger head ornament and an agate stone crown on his head.

"Big brother, what's wrong with you? Ever since he arrived in the Heavenly Realm, he has never laughed. The person who spoke was Zheng Yuming, the sixth prince, who was really born with a face like a crown of jade, and an image of a handsome son.

"Since the defeat of General Deng, there has been no news of General Feng. Now that the momentum of the soldiers under his command is sluggish, how should we face this battle? ”

Seeing that Zheng Jueming was depressed, the third prince Zheng Qingming said: "The eldest brother's worries are not unreasonable. I only heard that Zheng Puming has an additional fierce general, named Huo Yiben. Make good use of a Nine Heavens Cloud Python Gun, and enter and exit the battle as if entering a no-man's land. Come to think of it, if this person can be eliminated, the morale of the enemy army will definitely be affected. He had clear eyebrows, a red birthmark in the shape of a petal on the left side of his slender chin, and he smiled with a three-point charm.

Zheng Jueming pressed his fingers on his temples and rubbed them gently, and said, "Not only this person, but also the military advisor Ban Pinren who has been following him. In the early years, I thought this person was unfathomable, but now it seems to be as I expected. After speaking, he picked up the wine glass, took a sip of dry and fragrant wine, and suddenly remembered something and continued: "The pioneer asked the three brothers Xie Wuchang, Xie Wuxiang, and Xie Wuwen to go out of battle, bring the newly developed Tiger Roar chariot, and win this first battle at all costs to boost morale." ”

At this time, in the camp tent of the opposite camp, Zheng Puming and several henchmen were sitting in a group.

"Now that some of us have weapons, we don't have to be afraid of the power of the Great Prince. I'm going to be the first to fight tomorrow and try to get back with a bang. Jiang Yiping was wearing a semicircular helmet, glanced sideways at Huo Yiben and said. He had a striking stab wound on his face that stretched from the corner of his left eye to his chin. The nearly one-year campaign has left him with countless similar scars.

Huo Yi, who was sitting on the side, was wearing a silver battle armor. Compared with a year ago, he obviously has the temperament of a general, and he has a light mustache under his nose, which does not need to be deliberate, and there is always a shuddering majesty hidden in his eyes.

"Why should Brother Jiang be so anxious. If you want to go to this first battle, I'm afraid you won't be able to. Ban Pinren was dressed in a moon-white robe and wore an ink-colored feather hat. He grew a slender goatee, showing his mature temperament.

"Why not?"

Ban Pinren stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Because if you go, you will definitely die." ”

"This ......" Jiang Yiping was stunned for a while, he had followed Zheng Puming to the north and south over the years, and he had already seen Ban Pinren's methods. As long as the words of the military advisor are spoken, there has never been a failure.

Ban Pinren turned his head to look at Zheng Puming and said, "Lord, Zheng Jueming's intention to reorganize morale this time is to reorganize morale. Therefore, in this first battle, he will definitely devote all his combat strength. At this time, we should avoid its edge, hide the main force, and try to minimize losses. ”

Zheng Puming also thought so in his heart, so he turned to the generals and said, "Which general is willing to fight?" ”

For a moment no one responded, and there was an awkward silence in the tent.

Huo Yiben saw that everyone was silent, so he took the initiative to stand up. "My lord, righteousness is willing to fight."

A strange brilliance flashed in Ban Pinren's eyes.

Jiang Yiping looked serious, but there was admiration in his eyes.

Feng Huwen was expressionless, staring at the desktop in front of him.

"Good!" Zheng Puming first shouted happily, and then praised: "Yiben has this determination, and I am very relieved. If you can fight your way out of the siege and come back to see me, you will be named the first general of the founding of the country. ”

"Thank you, Lord." Huo Yiben clenched his hands into fists, and the hot blood in his chest burned violently like flames.

The two armies lined up, Zheng Jueming's army first opened the way with iron horses, followed by a phalanx of swordsmen and spearmen. Behind them are the axemen who are good at hand-to-hand combat, and the archers and gunners who need protection.

There is no clear definition of the class on Zheng Puming's side. However, these selected warriors are willing to fight for Zheng Puming. Each of them had strips of bright red cloth tied to their foreheads, and each of them had a knife-sharp look in their eyes. This is the same as a beast in a desperate situation, a kind of attachment that will not give up resistance even if it burns its own life.

Before Huo Yiben, who was on the horse, came to the formation, the enemy camp sounded the earth-shattering war drums. Three black horses rushed in front of the Iron Cavalry Formation, all of them carrying long-handled glaive knives in their hands. One of them shouted at the other two, "Second brother! Third brother! This person is Huo Yiben. If we can take down his head, the eldest prince will definitely give us an official and a knight. Follow me! ”

The fast horse galloped over, Huo Yiben pointed the Nine Heavens Cloud Python Spear forward, and the dead man behind him immediately shouted and rushed away.

The three people riding the black war horse were the three brothers Xie Wuchang, Xie Wuxiang, and Xie Wuwen. Their horses were fast, and Xie Wuxiang and Xie Wuwen rushed in front, holding the two glaive knives together in the air, forming a pair and slashing towards Huo Yiben. After that, Xie Wuchang slapped his horse and raised his knife to wait for the opportunity, as long as Huo Yiben shot to resist the other two, he could give a fatal blow in an instant.

The hook claw at the end of the Nine Heavens Cloud Python Spear flew like a fast arrow, and one claw grabbed Xie Wuchang's face. Huo Yiben pulled the horse, and Xie Wuchang flew up from the horse, and was heading towards the two glaive knives erected in front of him. Xie Wuxiang and Xie Wuwen on both sides immediately withdrew their blades when they saw this scene, and Xie Wuchang fell heavily to the ground.

Huo Yiben held a gun in one hand, grabbed the reins in the other, turned the horse's head, and galloped towards the depths of the woodland in the distance. Xie Wuxiang and Xie Wuwen drove their horses to follow, while Xie Wuchang, who was dragged all the way, let out a scream of pain. The voice was louder and louder, startling the flocks of birds in the forest.

Seeing that his eldest brother was in pain, Xie Wuzhi jumped up from the horse, and the long knife in his hand slashed diagonally at the horse's buttocks under Huo Yi himself. The horse neighed, and immediately sped up like a mad bull. Xie Wuwen swung a knife from the oblique stab, and was caught by Huo Yiben when he turned around, and the hidden ninth-foot gun body popped out, and the head of the gun instantly rushed forward, piercing Xie Wuwen's throat with a shot.

Huo Yiben looked down at Xie Wuchang, who was dragged by himself, and found that his head had broken and bleeding all over his body, and there was only a faint breath left, so he simply withdrew the hook and claw at the end of the gun. The frightened war horse under the crotch is still running desperately, and it is beyond the control of manpower.

The branches on both sides of the road had scratched Huo Yiben's cheeks, but he had no time to pay attention to them, because not far ahead, a small stream in the forest had formed a trickle and poured downward. It had reached the edge of the cliff at the end of the woodland, and the frightened horse had no intention of stopping.

Huo Yiben's eyes looked back and forth between the trees on both sides, hoping to find a soft bush that could settle down. But helplessly, all around are camphor trees as thick as a human waist, and the places where you can settle are also rocky and hard soil. Once he jumps off the horse, even if he is lucky not to fall to his head, he will bruise his limbs or fall on his hips.

In his hesitation, the horse had galloped to the edge of the cliff. It was too late for Huo Yiben to think about it, so he saw him jump, pedaling the horseback with both feet, and jumping into the air with his strength. At the same time, the Nine Heavens Cloud Python Gun in his hand turned the head of the gun and plunged into the camphor wood behind him. Huo Yiben held the gun body tightly with both hands, the whole person was suspended in the air, looking back at the cliff below him was thousands of feet deep, his heart tightened, and a cold sweat broke out.

At this moment, Xie Wuxiang rode after him and happened to arrive. Seeing that Huo Yiben was hanging in the air and in danger, he raised the glaive knife in his hand and slashed at the camphor tree. This knife was really neat, and Zhangmu immediately fell in the direction of the cliff, and even Huo Yiben's body fell together.

Huo Yiben, who fell from the sky, felt that his body was light and fluttering, like a feather and like a leaf. All around was the fast-moving wind, and the endless sky as far as the eye could see. He held the Nine Heavens Cloud Python Gun tightly in his palm, and the hook and claw at the end of the gun flew like a steep rock wall, and with a little bit of strength, the whole person was tightly attached to it.

In the past, in the Valley of the Wind Valley, he could climb on the steep stone wall to pick herbs, but he didn't expect this skill to save his life.

Xie Wuxiang, who was still staying on the cliff, leaned over and looked down, but was swayed by the wind blowing from the bottom up. Just as he adjusted his balance, a spear emerged from under the cliff and pierced through his chest.