Chapter 3: Assuming Command in an Emergency

  The guards nearby saw two heavenly soldiers jumping down from above, and four or five of them immediately drew their swords or raised their guns to stab upwards. The two men swung their swords in a rolling motion, surprisingly sweeping away the stabbing swords and guns, and also cutting open the throats of the surrounding attackers, causing them to fall backwards to the ground. The two men stood on the ground with their sword tips pointing diagonally at the ground, having a heroic and majestic air about them, making the eyes of the people around them widen in shock.

  Lei Meng let out a loud hum, swung his palm and struck the person on the right side who was entirely yellow, a surge of energy rushed over, that person felt danger, hastily dodged to the left. Behind him, the tree trunk made a slapping sound, turning back to look, only saw more than an inch deep handprint left on it, just thinking he was lucky, Lei Meng jumped forward, swiftly drew out his Tang knife, and with great force chopped down. That person had just stood firm, dodged too late, and with bent legs held his sword horizontally to block.

  The whiskered man next to him saw his companion fall into danger, and swung his sword to support him. However, out of the corner of his eye, he saw another little kid with a sword flying in to rescue his companion. He must have had an opening somewhere on his body that couldn't be defended against. The whiskered man hastily dodged to the right side.

  At this moment, a "clang" sound was heard, and the yellow-faced sword first broke with a loud noise. Then, in his astonished gaze, the tip of Tang's knife fell straight down from the top of his head, and he fell face up, splashing a pool of blood, dying very neatly.

  That bearded man was startled, encountered a hard bone, turned around and wanted to escape. Yang Tian didn't stab him, seeing him turn around to leave, he made an effort to inhale, the man's body paused; Yang Tian made an effort to exhale, two meters away from that person's body "hiss" sound, followed by fell to the ground, spitting out a big mouthful of blood, struggling to get up, but found his strength quickly draining, propped up and fell down again. Yang Tian took another step forward, Tang knife stabbed into the man's back heart, ending his life.

  The crowd let out a collective sigh, and the shouting from both ends of the distance suddenly became clear and loud again. After exchanging a glance, Yang Tian rushed forward, while Lei Meng rushed backward.

  Luoyang sighed to himself, feeling useless, and at this moment he couldn't play a big role. However, he still did his best to defend: "Full-body contraction defense!" The Jin Yuan army, who received the order, quickly gathered together, so unless it was an extremely powerful master, they could at least withstand one or two attacks.

  Lei Meng arrived at the rear waist, saw two groups of four people from Huatian being surrounded by Jin Yuan's army, but it was Jin Yuan's soldiers who fell down from time to time. The Huatian masters charged forward and Jin Yuan's soldiers cried out in agony as they fell to the ground. Looking at the fallen Jin Yuan soldiers all over the ground, it was clear that Jin Yuan's soldiers were no match for the Huatian masters. ——It's unknown whether the masters had exceptionally sharp eyesight, but they didn't choose any of Yang Tian's well-trained soldiers. If Jin Yuan didn't have any masters to come and rescue them, it's likely that these masters could wipe out three or two thousand Jin Yuan soldiers in this narrow mountain forest.

  Lei Meng used his foot to pick up a two-meter-long spear on the ground, grasped it with his right hand, and threw it at a group of twenty meters away, slightly lower in terrain, surrounded by Huan Tian. With a loud "whoosh" sound, a sharp whistle pierced the air, followed by a blood-curdling scream. One of the Huan Tian masters was struck through the chest by the long spear, which was deeply embedded in the mountain soil, with the struggling master still attached to the end of the spear. The surrounding Huan Tian soldiers quickly stabbed the long spear, and five spears pierced the body, ending the screams.

  Three other masters of the Imperial Heaven Sect were frightened by the sharp whistling long spear and dodged to the side, immediately hearing the miserable cry of the remaining unflinching person. Turning their heads back, they saw that the man had been stabbed to death by the chaotic spears. The three people hastily dispersed and broke through the encirclement.

  Lei Mengfei swooped down, borrowing force from a tree halfway, and stabbed straight at the one on the far right. The man was surrounded by Jin soldiers and was busy fending off the incoming spears, without noticing Lei Mengfei's sudden attack from above. By the time he felt the killing intent and the pain, his head had already flown up, and his body was pierced by chaotic gunshots.

  Then, Leiming killed two more of the top masters from Huanghai who were being entangled by the Jin soldiers. The other four also saw their companions being killed and were quickly killed by Leiming in a state of great confusion.

  "Charge ahead!" Thunderclap bellowed, turning around and vanishing into the depths of the forest in a flash.

  Yang Tian rushed to the front waist, Zhang Shan and Sun Ming were organizing personnel to surround and attack the four powerful men of Huatian. With the occasional restraint of these two, the killing of the four powerful men was clearly hindered.

  Yang Tianfei stabbed forward, and the four of them retreated in defense, barely dodging Yang Tian's killing blow. However, Yang Tian also entered the circle of the four people, forming a pincer movement with Jin Yuanbing outside the circle. Two of the four powerful men from Huatian swung their swords at Yang Tian from both sides, determined to take him down first.

  Yang Tian's vigorous energy was sucked in from both hands, filling his dantian with too much energy, causing his face to flush red. Then, a powerful force burst outwards, knocking him off balance. The four nearby top masters of the Huanghai School felt an attractive force coming and hastily used their feet to stabilize themselves, but the subsequent pushing force made them lose their balance. The sword that was about to pierce Yang Tian also retreated with its master under this force.

  Zhang Shan and Sun Ming took advantage of the opportunity to take a step forward, each stabbing one of the Hwangtian masters in the body, quickly retreating; The rest of the people also grasped their guns and stabbed fiercely, injuring four people. The four men saw that they were all injured, hurriedly wanting to scatter and flee, just as they were about to jump up, they were discovered by Yang Tian's sharp eyes again, who sucked them in once more with a fierce gasp, causing the bodies of those who had jumped up to be unable to advance, being stabbed into hedgehogs by the Jinwu soldiers.

  Yang Tian's momentum was unbearable, and with a loud bang, he sent the people around him retreating a step back. The crowd patted their chests in relief, while Zhang Shan inserted his sword into the ground and grinned, saying: "I almost got scared to death! Such a formidable expert came to fight us small soldiers, if you hadn't arrived early, Yang Tian, I'm afraid we would have been done for."

  "Cut it off, no need to collect it, just set it on fire and it can also fertilize the trees here." Sun Ming couldn't stand Zhang Shan's nonsense.

  "Alright, alright, let's take stock of how many brothers were killed or wounded?" Yang Tian asked.

  Zhang Shan said with a gloomy face, "Hao Tian's hands were too fast, and in an instant, twelve people were knocked down. By the time I and Sun Ming organized people to surround them, eight more were killed. Later, you arrived."

  "Deal with the dead brothers. Let's go quickly." Yang Tian said, then jumped up and went to discuss with Luoyang Tian and others.

  Lei Meng returned to Luoyang not long after, Yang Tian also came back. Luoyang Tian didn't ask much because the two of them were back, which meant that the enemy was either dead or had run away, in short, there was nothing wrong for the time being. He pointed at Tong Da Shuai who was sitting on a stretcher and said: "General Tong has something to say to you two." After finishing speaking, he let out a light sigh.

  Lei Meng and Yang Tian walked to the trembling, extremely weak Tong Da Shuai's side. It was only then that Yang Tian noticed Qin Hao had also arrived, squatting in front of Tong Da Shuai. It seemed as though something bad was about to happen, Yang Tian secretly speculated, could it be...

  Luoyang Tian, Mr. Wen and Huang Chu also gathered around.

  Qin Hao glanced around at the people and whispered to Tong Dashuai, "General Tong, Lei Ming and Yang Tian have arrived, as well as General Luo and his men."

  Tong Dashuai seemed to have regained some of his spirit, and he stopped trembling. He gazed at Lei Ming and Yang Tian, using all his strength to weakly say: "Lei Ming, Yang Tian! From now on, this great army will be left in your two hands! Jin Yuan... Jin Yuan is gone forever!"

  Lei Meng and Yang Tian were about to refuse when Qin Hao turned his head and shook it at the two of them, indicating for them to listen.

  Tong Dashuai slightly raised his head, looked towards the sky of Luoyang and said: "Brother Luo! At the moment of death, I finally understood. Jin Yuan is unjust, why must we die for loyalty? Follow Lei Meng and Yang Tian instead." After saying these words, Tong Dashuai's breathing weakened, his gasping and trembling grew louder, and his teeth chattered with a "clicking" sound.

  At this time, Lei Meng interrupted and said heavily: "General Tong, Yang Tian and I are still young, the matter of entrusting the army is still to be considered!"

  "Brother Luo will help you, don't worry, don't worry..." Tong Dashuai's head drooped, and he weakly finished this sentence. Then his head tilted to the left, and his body also fell over.

  "General!......" Qin Hao held onto Tong Da Shuai and let out a mournful cry, his voice piercing.

  Luoyang Tian, Mr. Wen and Huang Chu were all sorrowful, with tears in their eyes. The atmosphere was filled with sadness, and Lei Meng and Yang Tian also looked gloomy.

  The thunder had just stopped, and Lu Bu's expression was sorrowful. He cupped his hands in respect towards the sky: "General Luo, please take command of the entire army!"

  "No!" Luoyang Tian said firmly, "I believe in Tong Lao's vision, and from the past few days of interaction, you two are very suitable to command this army, especially at this time. Please don't decline!" After finishing, he bowed his head slightly towards the two. Lei Ming and Yang Tian didn't know how to politely refuse.

  At this time, Mr. Wen, Huang Chu and Qin Hao bowed their heads and said: "Please don't decline!"

  Yang Tian looked at several people forcing the palace, and sighed: "Since that's the case, then we two brothers will take it on. Just don't blame us for life or death."

  "No regrets!" Several people responded in unison again, their voices still filled with a hint of expectation.

  Lei Meng gave Yang Tian a white eye and swept a glance at Luoyang Tian and others, saying: "The Haotian Army is pursuing tightly, General Luo should hurry up and order the whole army to advance!"

  "Yes sir!" Luo Yang slightly nodded his head and turned around to leave.

  Lei Meng said to Qin Hao, who was still holding the body of Tong Da Shuai: "Qin Commander, please control your grief, let's bury the commander and set off."

  At this time, Mr. Wen had called over a few soldiers, who were using long spears to dig a hole in the ground. Qin Hao took a look at the pit being dug and felt even more desolate, saying: "Alas, death is just a hole like this."

  These words resonated with everyone, and they all stopped what they were doing.

  Lei Ming let out a sigh, and the crowd's movements came to a halt. He quickly stepped forward two steps, squatted down, and slapped his palms around the pit with great force, causing the ground to shake violently. Lei Ming stood up, his face slightly pale. The crowd saw him digging the pit and were about to hurry up and continue digging when he shouted: "Get back!" Then he took two steps back, swung his right hand in a circle, and pressed it towards the pit. A powerful suction force emitted from his palm, causing the mud in the pit to fly towards Lei Ming's right hand. In an instant, a two-meter deep, one-meter wide, and two-meter long pit was formed. Lei Ming's face turned pale, and sweat poured down his forehead as he gently placed the massive clump of mud sucked into his hand in front of him. Next, his body flashed, and he appeared three meters away in front of a giant pine tree. He raised his palm and pressed it against the trunk, causing a loud "Boom!" The tree trunk exploded, and the pine tree crashed down with a loud thud.

  Everyone was shocked and their eyes fell to the ground, petrified!

  Yang Tian also took a cold breath, and there was still a significant gap between the two!

  Lei Meng took two deep breaths, his face turned rosy, seeing that everyone was still in a daze, he said: "Let's hurry up and bury General Tong." After finishing speaking, he adjusted his breathing again.

  Qin Hao and others quickly put Tong Da Shuai into the pit, filling it with mud from the side. The pit was gradually filled up, and then a package appeared.

  Yang Tian didn't know where he came up with a piece of wood, carved the words "Tong Wen Zheng's Tomb" with a Tang knife, and inserted them into the mud package. Qin Hao saw that there was no color on the words, bit his index finger, and slid down along the carving mark. After a while, the few words were bright red and eye-catching.

  Qin Hao knelt down and kowtowed three times, the surrounding generals also bowed their heads in unison after bowing, and the crowd dispersed. A generation of famous generals thus closed his eyes under the green hills.