A peerless figure appeared out of nowhere, smashing through enemy lines with impunity.
Liang Xiao, with a clear objective, galloped forward. Baiye Feiying, his mount, rudely knocked aside the headless corpses of enemy soldiers felled by Liang Xiao, master and steed in perfect unison!
"Is that...?"
Even the defenders of Luzhou were astonished.
They had only time to see a white shadow soar over the city walls, then slice into the battlefield as if entering an empty realm!
Beneath the silver halberd, a bloody storm ensued, the enemy army of thousands fearing to even approach!
Zhuo Zifang, after a moment of shock, snapped back to reality and roared with all his might, "That is our Heavenly General, the Divine Might Tian!!!"
The city defenders suddenly understood, their morale soaring, and they let out earth-shattering battle cries.
"Welcome back, Heavenly General!"
In an instant, despair vanished from the hearts of all soldiers. Their spirits reignited, they fought valiantly!
If even the Heavenly General dared to charge into the enemy's embrace, what reason did they have to be afraid!
Now, with the defenders united, gritting their teeth, and fighting without fear of death, they counterattacked, aiming to slay every invading enemy.
The rebel army fell into brief disarray, unsure how to respond, only able to blindly charge towards Liang Xiao.
The young lord in brocade robes and Duan Hong, watching from afar, were shocked speechless. "Heavenly General?!"
The Great Qian Martial God had actually appeared on the battlefield of Luzhou!
Yan Jun, standing on a distant mountain, watched the white shadow charging relentlessly. Her hands trembled violently, and she felt a lump in her throat.
"He truly appeared. No one has ever been able to come and go freely amidst a vast army..."
A sense of unprecedented fear welled up in Yan Jun's heart.
She could tell that the Heavenly General on horseback struck with incredible swiftness, casually reaping soldiers' lives. His halberd was "never swung in vain"!
This was by no means something an ordinary fierce general could accomplish!
Even the heavily armored vanguard troops were decapitated by Liang Xiao's halberd, let alone the trebuchet soldiers and archers.
Taking advantage of the enemy's stunned disarray and inability to immediately form an effective encirclement, Liang Xiao had already closed to within a hundred paces.
The Heaven-Slaying Halberd danced like the wind, reaping lives. Large numbers of trebuchet soldiers were the first to have their heads severed!
"Crack!"
Wherever he passed, Liang Xiao's Heaven-Slaying Halberd casually severed the long poles of trebuchets, rendering them directly inoperable.
In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen trebuchets were shattered by Liang Xiao. Yet, the enemy forces surging like a tide no longer dared to approach him.
For anyone who had dared to get close to Liang Xiao had, without exception, been slain by a single halberd strike!
"What kind of monster is this Heavenly General..."
As Liang Xiao drew nearer, the first rebel soldiers let out shrill screams and turned to flee!
More archers, who had no time to escape, were casually slain by Liang Xiao!
With the suppression from trebuchets and archers gone, the pressure on the Luzhou defenders greatly reduced. Their morale surged, and they pushed back the enemy forces who had advanced three zhang into the city walls. Even the heavily armored shield-bearers in the front rank surged out of the city to counterattack!
"We cannot let the Heavenly General fight alone. Counterattack immediately!" Gongsun Dingjun suppressed his excitement and gave the order resolutely.
Taking advantage of the enemy's disarray caused by the Heavenly General's appearance, the thousands of surviving defenders bit back and pushed forward.
The silver halberd danced wildly, and blood rained down!
Under the moonlight, Baiye Feiying was like a white shadow, man and horse as one, darting everywhere.
Lacking the threat of archers, and with no sufficient cavalry to intercept him in time, Liang Xiao's sharpness was unstoppable. In an instant, he broke through the encirclement and charged towards the main banner!
The young lord in brocade robes, watching Liang Xiao relentlessly advance, even forgot to issue an order to intercept!
"Young Lord, we must quickly evade!"
It was only when Duan Hong reminded him that the young lord in brocade robes managed to swallow with difficulty and roared, "Destroy... destroy the Heavenly General for me..."
At this moment, the young lord in brocade robes had lost all his former spirit. He was merely putting up a show of bravado, while simultaneously retreating under the protection of his personal guards.
However, Baiye Feiying's speed was like the wind, and he was rapidly approaching the main banner!
Duan Hong made a decisive choice, abandoning the main banner to cover the young lord's escape.
The cavalry generals surrounding the young lord in brocade robes, having heard of the Heavenly General's fearsome reputation, dared not engage him directly. They could only protect their young lord as they retreated, all the while keeping an eye on the battlefield.
In less than fifteen minutes, Liang Xiao, who had been weaving through the battlefield, finally reached the location of the main banner and casually severed the high-flying banner with a single halberd strike.
"The enemy's main banner has fallen!!"
Sharp-eyed defenders inside the city, using the moonlight and enemy firelight, saw Liang Xiao's actions. Their morale soared to unprecedented heights, and they continued to push back!
Without the main banner to direct them, the enemy messengers couldn't even find their commander, and their attempts to surround Liang Xiao became increasingly feeble!
"Is there truly such a divine being in this world..."
The young lord in brocade robes was already terrified. He cared nothing for his appearance.
In less than twenty minutes, that Heavenly General had killed over a thousand of their men, facing no equal!
On the southeast city wall, Jian Qinwan and Yue Lian covered their trembling mouths with their delicate hands. Even from afar, they dared not weep aloud, fearing it might bring ill fortune to Liang Xiao.
"Amitabha!"
Hong Xiu clasped his trembling hands together, chanting silently. His eyes, however, were filled with unprecedented sorrow.
He was a seasoned veteran of the battlefield and could clearly see that Liang Xiao, after all, was alone. Facing tens of thousands of enemies, he would eventually tire...
If he couldn't retreat in time, he would likely be trapped and overwhelmed by sheer numbers!
The young lord in brocade robes continued to retreat until reinforcements of armored soldiers arrived from the rear, blocking the front.
Liang Xiao had excellent eyesight, but the enemy in front of him was layered three or four deep, making it impossible for him to immediately locate the enemy commander.
For safety's sake, Liang Xiao did not charge directly into the formation. Instead, he continued to circle the edge of the battlefield, seeking an opportunity.
"Even the most powerful will tire! Chase him down, quickly!! Capture this man and be rewarded with a hundred thousand taels of gold, and eighteen beauties!! Anyone who participates will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold!!"
The young lord in brocade robes regained his senses and roared hysterically.
At this moment, the young lord in brocade robes deeply understood that if they couldn't kill the Heavenly General here, their future situation would be even more perilous!
Large numbers of armored soldiers were forced to steel themselves and run to intercept Liang Xiao.
The rebels' only thousand cavalry also encircled from the east.
The leading cavalry general, eager for merit, believed Liang Xiao was exhausted and, with a roar, charged forward with his long spear.
As their horses approached, before the onlookers could even gasp in alarm, the cavalry general had already been impaled through the heart by Liang Xiao's halberd and hoisted high!
One round!
The remaining cavalry, blinded by the exorbitant rewards promised by the young lord in brocade robes, still charged towards Liang Xiao, hoping they would be the lucky ones to capture him!
Liang Xiao, who was cutting down enemies everywhere, finally heard the young lord in brocade robes issuing orders from afar. His eyes sharpened, and he bypassed the armored soldiers, galloping towards the young lord. The pursuing cavalry behind him feared someone else would snatch the glory!
Under the temptation of a hundred thousand taels of gold, they had conquered their inner fear and only wished to capture the peerless Heavenly General before them!
"Halt the assault on the city, kill the Heavenly General first! Even if we have to pile bodies, pile them high and crush him!"
As the young lord in brocade robes continued to issue orders, large numbers of soldiers abandoned the siege and turned towards Liang Xiao. Even more began to stack themselves like human pyramids, trying to block Liang Xiao's escape route from all directions!
More and more corpses fell around Liang Xiao, and these bodies formed a certain obstacle.
Many rebels simply stepped over their fallen comrades and leaped towards Liang Xiao.
To them, Liang Xiao was now a mound of gold!
Liang Xiao wielded the Heaven-Slaying Halberd, slaying all enemies who attacked him. However, the enemy soldiers were now bloodthirsty and charged towards Liang Xiao without fear of death.
Human wave tactics!
Mountains of corpses and seas of bones piled higher and higher!
Finally, Liang Xiao seemed to be completely surrounded by the enemy.
On the city wall, Jian Qinwan and the others could no longer see Liang Xiao and Baiye Feiying, and tears streamed down their faces.
Even Hong Xiu sighed with tears in his eyes.
Had the Heavenly General finally been buried by human wave tactics...
"Break through quickly and go to the Heavenly General's rescue!" Gongsun Dingjun, his eyes bloodshot, personally led a cavalry unit of five hundred men out of the city walls.
The young lord in brocade robes wiped the sweat from his brow with trembling hands and laughed wildly to the heavens, "He's finally dead! Dead!"
Just then, a thunderous neighing of warhorses erupted from the center of the battlefield. A white shadow soared out of the heavy encirclement.
It turned out that Baiye Feiying had leaped out of the crushing embrace, its eyes shining with bloodthirsty red light under the moonlight. Man and horse landed steadily, resuming their journey!
Indeed: Baiye Feiying, the destined master, and the General, by his side, displayed divine might!!