In March of the eighth year of the Great Cause, the Sui army entered the territory of Goryeo in a big way, and the commander of the Goryeo army, Yiwen Zhide, saw that the Sui army was strong, so he ordered to take the initiative to retreat, abandon all the villages and towns in western Liaoning, withdraw all the population and grain into the major cities, and implement the policy of clearing the wilderness with strong walls. Yang Guang's dream of defeating the main force of the Goryeo Army in one fell swoop in the field was frustrated.

As a result, Yang Guang changed his strategy, taking advantage of the superiority of the Sui army in terms of troops, divided the army of more than one million into ten groups, led by the generals of each prefecture, and attacked the Goryeo city in the western Liaoning region by separate routes.

At this time, the morale of the Sui army was high, and it was the season of spring flowers, and with full preparation, a large number of siege equipment had also arrived. The western Liaoxi region of Goryeo had always been regarded as a buffer zone between them and the Sui Dynasty, and the defenses were not tight, and the cities were poorly built.

The Sui army was not only numerous, but all the armies were attacked by good generals who had experienced the destruction of Chen and Tuguhun, so they were like a bamboo. By mid-April, all the land west of the Liao River had been put into the hands of the Great Sui. Almost all the Sui officers and soldiers thought that by the latest before the arrival of autumn, the Sui army would be able to pacify Goryeo and return triumphantly.

On April 25, the main force of the Sui army arrived on the west bank of the Liao River, because the river had completely thawed by this time, and the ferry boats in the river had already been collected by the Goryeo army and burned on the opposite bank. Yang Guang ordered the erection of a pontoon bridge over the Liao River to allow the army to cross the river.

During this period, although the Goryeo army sent troops to invade many times in an attempt to prevent the Sui army from erecting pontoon bridges, they were all in vain under the strict defense of the Sui army.

On 30 April, the Sui army had built three pontoon bridges over the Liao River, and more than 30,000 vanguard troops had crossed the pontoon bridges and established a defensive line. By mid-May, the Sui army had all crossed the Liao River and set up camp.

At this time, the Goryeo army also had no way to retreat, and behind it was their ruling center in Liaodong, known as the first fortified city in the Far East. If this city falls, Goryeo will no longer have a city to hold in Liaodong, and the rest of the cities in Liaodong will also lose their morale and spiritual support and food and grass sources.

The sun of spring gently illuminates the earth. In a small forest not far from the Sui army camp, Yu Wenming was holding an ordinary big knife and practicing chopping against a pine tree. Now he can cut 300 knives within a pillar of incense. And the power is even, never dragging mud and water.

Yu Wenming knew in his heart that the next battle would definitely be based on siege warfare, and cavalry like them generally did not have much opportunity to participate in the siege. However, no one can guarantee that in case of insufficient troops, cavalry will also be stationed in the city to fight. Therefore, it is still necessary to practice melee combat.

And it is definitely impossible for him to use a spear in close combat, so he will naturally pick up the broadsword again and ponder the Heavenly Sword Technique.

Just after Yu Wenming had just finished performing a set of knife paths, he was suddenly surprised, put away his knife and turned around.

I saw that not far behind him, a beautiful girl appeared at some point.

She was about twenty years old, tall and tall, wrapped in a cloak with a golden fox fur, but she was wearing a fiery red samurai uniform, which was very eye-catching in the sun, her jet-black and shiny hair was tied with a white headband, and a pair of big black and white eyes were inlaid on the white melon seed face, which made her eyes bright and bright, and she was delicate.

Seeing Yu Wenming looking at her, she strode in, carrying a bull horn curved bow on her shoulder, and a quiver on her back.

"Senior brother, your injury is not completely healed, don't train too hard! Take a break! The girl said with a wink of her big beautiful eyes.

This girl is none other than the red sleeves that have restored the woman's dress. After being identified by Yu Wenming, she simply resumed her woman's attire, but she only dared to dress like this in this wood, where no one usually comes. When she was in the barracks, she could only dress as a man.

"Hehe, it's out of the way, my injuries are actually almost healed. Senior sister, your injuries should be healed, right? Yu Wenming smiled slightly.

"Well, the first two days were fine. I heard that the brigade commander said that he was about to attack Liaodong City. I also want to move my muscles and bones early. Red Sleeves blinked a pair of apricot eyes and said, "Senior brother, how about we cut the knife technique?" ”

"Okay!" Yu Wenming readily agreed. He also wanted to see how powerful his senior sister was. After all, the Red Whisk Girl is also a master of making knives.

A moment later, the two came to a clearing in the woods. Then both of them picked up ordinary broadswords with their scabbards wrapped around them and began to fight.

And what surprised Yu Wenming was that Red Sleeves held a big knife in each of her left and right hands, and she turned out to be a double knife.

"Come on! Bro! ”

Red Sleeves bit his silver teeth at this time and slashed at him with a knife.

Yu Wenming hurriedly held the knife upward, and the two knives collided, and suddenly made a "dang" sound. The two soon got into a fight.

However, after only one pillar of incense, Yu Wenming revealed his flaws and was caught by Red Sleeves and defeated him.

He was a little depressed, but Red Sleeves said approvingly: "Senior brother, you are already quite good." According to my master, it seems that you have only started learning martial arts at the age of twelve, and you can achieve this in three years. But I was also very surprised. At least when I've only been practicing knives for three years, I definitely won't be able to beat you. Now that you are defeated by me, it's just the reason why your sword skill realm is not as good as mine...... But you also think about it, my senior sister has been practicing knives for fifteen years. If you can't beat you, a hairy boy who has been practicing knives for three years. That's really shameless! ”

When Yu Wenming heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up and said, "Senior sister, I heard that my mother is also a master known for her sword skills. Even my master said that although he was confident that he would be able to win against his wife. But if he fights with swordsmanship alone, he is not the opponent of his master...... Senior sister, you have been taught by your master for fifteen years, and you must have far better experience in swordsmanship than me. I wonder if you can teach me? ”

After hearing this, Red Sleeves frowned, and pretended to be angry: "We are a family, and you are a little raw when you say that!" ”

With that, she took a few steps back, and then said softly, "Come on, junior brother...... Use your Heavenly Sword Technique to attack me! I will use no more than your internal force and knife speed! ”

In terms of internal strength alone, Red Sleeves has already entered the Divine Transformation Period, which is a realm higher than Yu Wenming's bone forging period, and her knife speed is even faster, if she really goes all out, Yu Wenming may soon be defeated.

"Okay, senior sister!" Yu Wenming pulled out the big knife with his backhand.

"Hmmm! Go with the knife! The red-sleeved jade hand raised and ordered.

"Yes!"

Yu Wenming responded, then flew up and jumped up, and slashed at the red sleeve with a clean knife. At the same time, he kicked hard with his left foot and attacked her from another angle.

But the red sleeves shouted: "It's a good time!" ”

She stared, and the long knife in her right hand did not move, but only moved the big knife in her left hand.

"Bell!" With a bang, the long knife in her left hand and Yu Wenming's machete collided together.

And at the moment of touch, Yu Wenming suddenly felt that the big knife in his hand had a strange feeling of being glued.

Before he could put away the knife, the light of the knife in the red sleeve grazed Yu Wenming's ear like lightning, placed it on his neck, and then gently withdrew it.

"You've lost." The red sleeves smiled, revealing two sweet dimples, and then looked at Yu Wenming with a pair of pretty eyes, and said softly: "Senior brother, come again!" ”

Yu Wenming sighed, the speed of the red sleeve's knife was actually about the same as his, but the angle was very weird, so he couldn't stop it at all, and he couldn't prevent it.

Hearing the beautiful voice of the red sleeves like a silver bell, Yu Wenming hurriedly responded: "Yes!" ”

Then he stabbed again!

This time, his slashing was noticeably faster, and the angles were more tricky.

"Boom", "Boom! "I only heard the two crisp sounds of weapons colliding.

The long knife in the left hand of the red sleeve and the big knife of Yu Wenming only touched twice, and the door in Yu Wenming's chest was already wide open.

The long knife in the left hand of the red sleeve immediately stabbed out, and then hovered only an inch away from Yu Wenming's chest, stopping the castration.

"Huh? Why is your sword technique realm so low? The red sleeves frowned, looked at Yu Wenming suspiciously, and said, "Judging from your sword proficiency, it is not much lower than me." But why is the comprehension of sword intent so poor? ”

After Yu Wenming heard this, Fang was a little aggrieved and said, "Senior sister! If I have been practicing knives for the past three years, it will not be more than this level. But I have to practice archery, marksmanship, and internal skills, where can I get it? Sometimes I even have to ponder poetry articles. so as not to fall into the name of Nalaoshzi's 'Luoyang genius'. I am afraid that the time I have spent practicing knives will only be more than 100 days at most, and my little brother will also have suffering! ”

When he heard this, he was also a little ashamed. was looked down upon by this beautiful sister...... Indeed, the speed of Red Sleeves' knife technique is not faster than his own at all, but he can always easily interrupt his rhythm of the knife, and the knife intent like flowing water is endless, wave after wave, and he easily defeats himself!

However, he didn't know that Red Sleeves was even more surprised than him at this time, she originally thought that Yu Wenming had been practicing sword techniques for the past three years. But he didn't expect that he had only practiced for more than 100 days. If you have only practiced for more than 100 days, you have such an achievement, then you are definitely a genius in knife practice!

"I didn't expect this little junior brother to not only have outstanding archery skills, but also not bad knife skills, I heard him say that he has the name of 'Luoyang Genius', it is really both civil and military!" Red Sleeves looked at Yu Wenming's face and found that he was also sword eyebrows and starry eyes, with white skin, and a sense of perseverance on his handsome face. Thinking of it, he would rather give up the opportunity to be promoted to lieutenant for his own sake, and was only willing to be a regiment leader. Where to find such a good man?

She only felt that her heart seemed to tremble slightly. I can't help but feel a little bored.

"Hey, what's wrong with me, didn't I decide a long time ago, after the battle with Goryeo, I wandered the rivers and lakes and became a generation of chivalrous women, and no longer thought about men and women? Why did the determination waver again? ”

"Dizzy, how could I think of it all the way! He's just a fifteen-year-old junior brother! What am I thinking? ”

The red sleeves suddenly had a layer of blush on her pretty face, and she unconsciously revealed the shyness of her little daughter, and her expression was extremely charming and moving.

Yu Wenming didn't notice the change in the expression on Red Sleeves' face at this time, he was pondering the movements and techniques of Red Sleeves' knife just now.

"On the realm of sword intent...... This senior sister is not known how many times stronger than her previous opponents. Moreover, Senior Sister Red Sleeves only used the long knife in her left hand, and the other long knife in her right hand did not move at all. If she uses both knives, she doesn't know how powerful it is. It seems that I used to be a frog at the bottom of a well! I thought I was already amazing. I didn't expect that the strong have their own strong players! Yu Wenming couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

At this time, Red Sleeves leaned a little closer to him, and then said with a straight face: "Senior brother, martial arts, this kind of thing, it depends on how you use it." If you want to perform for others and perform martial arts routines, you really have to use the whole trick from beginning to end...... On the surface, such a move is indeed wonderful and beautiful, but it only stays on the surface! ”

She paused for a moment at this moment, and then continued in a pleasant voice: "But if you are on the battlefield, the enemy will not give you any chance to perform a set of tricks, so whether it is marksmanship, knife skills, or swordsmanship, these must use the most lethal and practical moves, and comprehend its essence." Then, according to the rapidly changing characteristics of the battlefield, adapt to the situation. ”

After hearing this, Yu Wenming nodded silently, he heard Master Li Jing also say that the battlefield is extremely cruel, not a place to show shows, and it is necessary to decide which move to kill the enemy and defend according to the actual combat situation at that time. Only by participating in more battles and killing more enemies to accumulate experience, he also had a deep understanding of the bloody battle with the Goryeo army before, he did not use any sword and marksmanship tricks, all with strength and speed, killing the enemy with one move.

"Senior brother! Go ahead! Today, I must take your sword intent realm to the next level! Red Sleeves glared at this time, and said in a soft but unquestionable voice.

"......" Yu Wenming secretly complained, but had to succumb to the arrangement of the red sleeves, and the senior sister and brother continued to cut up again, until the sun was about to set, and when the sun was setting, the red sleeves finally nodded with a smile, which was satisfied.

Immediately, Red Sleeves changed into a suit of armor from the team, and then walked towards the barracks with Yu Wenming. Just when they returned to the camp gate, they saw Guo Ziyi hurrying forward.

"Leader, where have you been? The general has sent people everywhere to look for you! Say there's something urgent! Guo Ziyi hurriedly said.