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One of the two Middle General s, Xu Hui, and Wei Xuan, who were left behind to guard the Yan City, died to Tang Yin's hands, while the other died to Shangguan Yuanbiao's.

On the other side, the General of Peng Country that was fighting with Shangguan Yuanwu, Zhao Hai, had also been defeated in less than ten exchanges. After killing the enemy general, Shangguan Yuanwu did not continue to rush forward, but spurred his horse and galloped in front of Shangguan Yuanbiao, shaking his head: "Retreat to this array!"

Shangguan Yuanwu understood his brother's cultivation very well, Shangguan Yuanbiao had forcefully used his Blood Soul Chase technique, all of his Qi was already exhausted, and staying in the enemy ranks would be difficult for him to deal with, so Shangguan Yuanwu asked Shangguan Yuanbiao to leave together with him.

When the two fought back, the soldiers of Tianyuan Army had already come into contact with them, and began their group battle.

In a direct confrontation between two legions, there was no room for trickery or trickery. Whichever side was well-trained and had good teamwork, would have the upper hand.

The discipline of the Tianyuan Army soldiers were average, but when fighting, it was unambiguous, not only were the soldiers strong in individual combat, their teamwork and strength was also not to be underestimated. On the other hand, the Peng Army s were too weak, it was just a temporary collection of ordinary people and slaves, i.e., they had no systematic training and no battle experience, so they were immediately at a disadvantage in battle between their teammates.

They saw that the Tianyuan Army soldiers were lined up neatly in a square formation, with the soldiers above and below. With each step, no matter if they advanced or retreated, they were all uniform. The soldiers in the first row raised their shields, blocking the attack of the Peng Army. The soldiers in the second row used the blades in their hands to slash and stab.

Without waiting for Peng Soldier to fill their wounds, the people in front of Tianyuan Army had already stepped forward, stepping on the enemy's corpses and wounded people, they continued to kill the enemy troops behind them. The Tianyuan Army's phalanx was like a giant meat grinder, continuously pushing forward, and continuously devouring the life of the Peng Army.

No matter how strong Li Qi was, or how strong his commanding ability was, they could only stare and do nothing at this moment. What was worse was that as Tang Yin's Tianyuan Army pushed forward, he forced his Peng Soldier to retreat bit by bit, and Qiu Zhen's Tianyuan Army formation, which was wrapped around his body, charged up. The two pieces of Tianyuan Army formation were like two Iron Forceps s, firmly holding his Peng Army in the middle.

The Peng Army was unable to withstand it on even one side, let alone the enemies on the front and back. As more and more soldiers fell, the number of living people on the battlefield became fewer and fewer, and the morale of the Peng Army had already started to rise. Many of the soldiers looked at the corpses and fresh blood on the ground, and their fear for the battle had reached an unbearable point, as if they had lost their minds, and crazily ran towards the Tianyuan Army's square formation.

It was just that in front of the Tianyuan Army's square formation, the lives of the Peng Army soldiers were too fragile.

More and more of the Peng Army soldiers disobeyed and threw away their weapons, screaming and fleeing in all directions. The remaining twenty thousand Peng Army soldiers were no longer in the mood to fight. They all gave up resisting, either raised their weapons and surrendered, or fled in panic. Looking back at the Peng Army, there was no longer any formation to speak of, it was as if they had exploded into a nest of headless flies.

It's over! Seeing that, Li Qi could not help but look up at the sky and lament, who would have thought that he would actually die here?

Just then, the General of Peng Country around him gasped for breath as she spoke out, "General Li, the rebel army is powerful, we … Let's escape as well! "

"Flee?" Where can we escape to? " Li Qi had already given up hope. Right now, both his front and back were Tianyuan Army. Let alone escaping, even if he couldn't escape, where could he go? Return to Yan City? The Yan City which he had brought out with him fifty thousand strong army back then was now left to himself. Even if he returned to Yan City, he would not be able to stop the counterattack from Tianyuan Army.

"Keep them safe, don't be afraid of them being burnt to ashes!" Seeing that Li Qi no longer had any desire to live, the surrounding generals anxiously said. "General Li, as long as we charge out of this encirclement, return to the capital, and organize the citizens of the city to resist the Tianyuan Army, there will be only death if we remain here!"

"That's right!" General Li, quickly go! "

Listening to the generals' advice, Li Qi's heart gave birth to a glimmer of hope, that's right! The citizens of Yan City neared a million, and the military might of the city was plentiful, so it was possible that they could organize several tens of thousands of citizens to defend against the attack of Tianyuan Army. Thinking about it, he took a deep breath, nodded, and said, "Fine! "Generals, follow me to break through!"

"Yes sir!" All the General of Peng Country s answered in unison.

As there were Tianyuan Army at the front and back of the formation, Li Qi and the rest were unable to charge out. They mixed in with the fleeing soldiers of Peng Army, went down the official road, and galloped towards the forest beside the road.

As if they had already expected that Peng Army would flee towards the forest, there were even a large number of hidden Tianyuan Army soldiers lying in ambush within the forest. The Peng Soldier soldiers that were running into the forest would occasionally knock them down, and miserable cries would occasionally sound out from within the forest.

Li Qi and the rest were not spared either, upon entering the forest, they had not run far, when suddenly, they saw a few trip horses below them, before they could react, they fell to the ground together with their horses. Just as the few of them stood up, they heard shouts from the surroundings, and hundreds of Tianyuan Army Soldiers rushed out from the trees and In Grass, wielding their swords and charged towards them.

Li Qi and the other generals used all the abilities in their bodies to shield their spirit armor, holding their spirit weapons, they forced the hundreds of Tianyuan Army soldiers to retreat. Waiting for the Tianyuan Army to withdraw, Li Qi and the rest did not dare delay any longer, even abandoning their warhorses, they walked deeper into the forest to hide, only that they did not walk too far, suddenly there were countless Eagle Feather Arrow s flying behind them, two of the backward General of Peng Country s anxiously used their swords and spears to block, but the two of them could defend against one arrow and two arrows, but they could not block more than a thousand arrows, the dense number of arrows going through their weapons, occasionally nailing themselves onto their spirit armors, the sound of metal clashing could be heard.

It was already too late for the two of them to escape. With a crisp sound, the spirit armor on the two of them finally broke into pieces under the continuous impact of the arrows, and in a blink of an eye, the two General of Peng Country s were nailed to the ground, their bodies covered with arrows. They knelt on the ground, unable to even fall down.

However, taking advantage of the two General of Peng Country s stopping them, Li Qi and the remaining three General of Peng Country s finally escaped the Tianyuan Army of the ambush and escaped into the depths of the forest. The sounds of fighting behind them grew further and further away, until it finally disappeared. Only then did the four people stop and sit down on the ground, leaning against the trees and breathing in big breaths of air.

"General Li, listen to the voice... The rebel army did not catch up to them, we … "I am finally safe …" A General of Peng Country who had lost her spirit armor said while gasping for air while wiping the sweat on her face.

"Ai!" Li Qi sighed bitterly, and said faintly: "Since the start of the army, I have also been on the battlefield for a long time, but I have never lost so miserably before …"

Back then, they had also strongly advised Li Qi to leave the city to chase after and kill one of the high ranking officers of the Tianyuan Army.

"General Li, as long as you can defend the city, this loss is nothing."

That's right! He could protect the capital more than anything else, but could he? Li Qi no longer had any confidence. He held onto the tree trunk and stood up, saying: "We can't rest anymore, we need to immediately rush back to the capital, regroup our troops, and defend against the counterattack from Tianyuan Army!"

"Yes!" "General!"

The three General of Peng Country s tiredly stood up and followed Li Qi back to the Yan City.

When they had left the city back then, it was a grand army of fifty thousand troops, and only after half a day of time, they had returned. Now, only Li Qi and three low-leveled generals were left behind.

Their group of four did not have any warhorses, so they could only return to the Yan City on foot. By the time they arrived at the Yan City, it was already dusk and the sky was already dark.

Li Qi lowered his head, and sighed as he walked towards the city, not paying too much attention. As for the three General of Peng Country s beside him, when they raised their heads to look at the Yan City, they were all stunned. When the three of them saw it clearly, they were dumbfounded and tongue-tied. For a moment, they were unable to recover their wits.

"Li …" General Li... "

One of the General of Peng Country s stammered as she called out to Li Qi who was walking in front.

"What is it?" Li Qi stopped and turned to look at him, puzzled.

"General Li is... Is your subordinate blind? I... Why do I see that the Flag of Feng Country is hanging on the city walls? " General of Peng Country stared straight at Yan City as if she had lost her soul.

"What kind of joke is this?!" Li Qi scoffed, even if Ye Cheng had the guts, he would not exchange the Peng Flag for a Flag of Feng Country. Saying that, he turned around and casually glanced at the head of the Yan City City, but when he looked over, Li Qi was also dumbfounded.

He saw that the red flag of the Peng had disappeared from the top of Yan City, and was instead replaced by a white flag with a black base. On the middle side, there was the word 'Wind', and on each side, there was a large flag with the word 'Tang' written on it, and on the right side, the word 'Tianyuan' written on it.

Ah? Li Qi was shocked, what was going on? Did Ye Cheng have the guts to eat the bear heart leopard, to actually dare to trade with the Flag in the capital? After a while, Li Qi finally regained his senses, and his face darkened. At this time, he had not thought that his Yan City would have fallen, but he thought that Ye Cheng was too bold, and secretly changed the flag, if he let Zhong Tian know, that Ye Cheng was going to lose his head, he would not be able to bear the consequences.

He turned his head angrily and said, "Don't just stand there! Come back to the city with me, I want to see what kind of medicine Ye Cheng ate wrong?! "

Saying so, he took large strides towards the direction of the city gate.

Before he could even get close, suddenly, a sharp scream came out from the top of the city, following that, a tail arrow flew down from the top of the city and struck the ground right in front of Li Qi.

This was a warning sign from the enemy to the enemy.

Li Qi's heart trembled, he subconsciously stopped his steps, and became even angrier. Raising his head, he shouted towards the city: "I am Chief General Li Qi, who dares to shoot at me?"

Hearing his shout, the top of the city gate became restless. Not long later, the Yan City city gate opened and a group of people ran out.

There were not many people in this group, only about five hundred in total. The leader of the group, a tall and sturdy looking general, stood at the front of the group of soldiers. He was a tall and sturdy man, with an adult's back and a huge hammer on his shoulder.