Chapter 4: Making a Move

  "Alas!!!" Qin Xiao Tian let out a long sigh, his eyes scanning over the remaining soldiers behind him one by one, before finally looking up at the sky and saying: "Brothers, it's all because of my incompetence!!"

  Rustle, rustle, rustle!!! The remaining troops behind Qin Xiao Tian all knelt down on one knee and shouted in unison: "General, we were born as fierce tigers, and we will die as fierce tiger spirits. Today, General, lead us to fight to the death!"

  "General Ma?" One of the three generals within a dozen meters of Qin Xiao Tian couldn't help but say to the man holding a long sword in the center.

  "No need." The man holding a long sword waved his hand and stopped his companion from taking another step.

  Qin Xiao Tian took another glance at his subordinates before turning around to face the three opponents of equal rank in front of him, saying loudly: "General Ma."

  "General Qin."

  The man holding a long sword heard Qin Xiao Tian call himself and stepped forward with a smile: "What's the matter?"

  "General Ma, Qin has a deal with General Ma, I don't know if General Ma can make the decision?"

  "Go ahead, you say."

  "Qin certain is willing to use his own life to exchange for the lives of a thousand subordinates after he dies, I wonder what General Ma thinks about this?"

  The man holding the long sword had not yet responded, and the man standing behind him with a large knife immediately sneered: "Qin, you are just a defeated subordinate, what qualifications do you think you have to negotiate conditions with General Ma now?"

  Qin Xiao Tian heard the man's words, and a flash of murderous intent flickered in his eyes. He coldly stared at the man holding the large knife, then transformed into a cold smile as he gazed at Ma Tian Yuan, smiling and saying: "It seems that General Ma can't represent either."

  "Shut up, General Yan, step down." Ma Tianyuan shouted angrily.

  The latter was startled by Ma Tianyuan's drink, and after changing his expression several times, he retreated to the back with a gloomy face, flashing a ferocious look on his face. Although these expressions flashed by in an instant, they did not escape Zhang Huaming's eyes, which had been paying attention to their performance all along.

  "This kind of person is sinister, if there's a chance, I will definitely kill him." Zhang Huaming thought to himself.

  "General, no! General, we are willing to die here!" The remaining soldiers behind Qin Xiao Tian exclaimed in surprise.

  "No need to say more." Qin Xiao Tian waved his hand, and the originally chaotic scene suddenly became quiet, showing how high Qin Xiao Tian's prestige was in this army.

  Zhang Huaming quietly snatched the long sword from his elder brother's hand, gave him a silent glance, and then quietly squeezed beside Qin Xiao Tian.

  "What's going on, Third Brother?" Zhang Kaifu looked at his third brother with a puzzled expression as he quietly squeezed beside him.

  "Alright, Qin Xiao Tian, I accept your condition." Ma Tian Yuan smiled and agreed to the terms.

  The two generals standing behind Ma Tianyuan heard this and exclaimed in unison: "General Ma?"

  Ma Tianyuan seemed to have known that his two companions would react this way, so as soon as they cried out, he immediately raised his hand to stop them: "No need to say more, what punishment does the Emperor have? I, Ma Tianyuan, will take it all upon myself."

  "Good." The two generals heard this sentence and suddenly fell silent.

  "A good opportunity." Zhang Huaming saw the timing appear, and immediately unfolded his figure to pounce on Ma Tianyuan. He knew that currently, the main character to break this deadlock was on General Ma's body, because he saw that although Dongguo had three generals together, anyone with discerning eyes could see that General Ma's identity was not just a simple general, so the principle of "catching the thief first and then the king" arose. He wanted to hold General Ma hostage, and the subsequent events would naturally be simpler.

  "What?" The people around saw Zhang Huaming's move and were stunned, Qin Xiao Tian and others were stunned, Ma Tianyuan and others were also stunned, no one expected that the battle that was about to subside would take a sudden turn.

  Wuzong's strength was indeed not just for show, and after a brief moment of stunned silence, Ma Tianyuan and the other two quickly reacted, with one knife, one sword, and one spear, the three weapons simultaneously flashing towards Zhang Huaming who was rushing towards them.

  "Spare his life." Qin Xiao Tian's voice rang out on the battlefield.

  "Sword Breaks Mountains and Rivers"

  Swish swish swish! Zhang Huaming's long sword suddenly shot out three rays of light, charging towards the three incoming weapons.

  "Clang! Clang! Clang!!!" Ma Tianyuan's three men were not weak in martial arts, and they immediately changed their moves to block the three sword auras. They managed to block the sword auras, but unfortunately, the Winter State soldiers surrounding Qin Xiao Tian and his horse were affected.

  "Ah! Ah! Ah!" The miserable cries rang out, and the surrounding unlucky soldiers fell down like wheat. No wonder one Wu Zong could change the outcome of a small battle.

  "Wu Zong boundary?" When Ma Tianyuan and the other two saw the three sword auras, their expressions changed instantly. The three of them never expected that among the ordinary Hu Tiger Team, there was actually a hidden master.

  "Water cuts off the flow." Zhang Huaming's long sword shot out three sword lights again, surging towards Ma Tianyuan and the other two.

  "High-ranking Wu Zong? How is that possible?" Ma Tianyuan and the other two were shocked, because from Zhang Huaming's actions, it seemed that the newcomer had reached a high-ranking Wu Zong cultivation level. Otherwise, it would be impossible to use two sword energies in one breath. After learning about Zhang Huaming's true cultivation level, Ma Tianyuan and the other two immediately retreated from the battlefield and ordered the surrounding soldiers to attack.

  "High-ranking Wu Zong?" Qin Xiao Tian was also stunned at this moment, damn it, what a high-level expert hidden in his own military camp? It's worth noting that he himself is only a mid-ranking Wu Zong. If he had known earlier that his military camp had a high-ranking Wu Zong, Yunzhong City wouldn't have been breached. However, his reaction wasn't slow either. Upon learning that there was an additional high-ranking Wu Zong on his side, he immediately changed his mind and drew the long sword in his hand to join the battle circle. At the same time, he gave orders to Hu Tian behind him: "Hu Tian, take people back to defend."

  "Yes, General." Hu Tian, who was also surprised by this sudden scene, immediately responded.

  "Is that Third Brother?" asked Xing Zi, swallowing his saliva. "Oh my god! A brother of mine is actually a Martial Ancestor? You know, people at the Martial Ancestor realm are revered and worshiped wherever they go, even emperors have to show respect. A single Martial Ancestor may not be able to withstand an entire army, but if they engage in a prolonged battle, your army won't be able to withstand their killing blows either! If a Martial Ancestor wants to kill you, unless you have two Martial Ancestors of the same realm protecting you every day, congratulations, you'll definitely be killed. Moreover, if a Martial Ancestor goes berserk, the consequences are severe, which is why Ma Tianyuan and others felt pressured by Qin Xiao Tian despite having victory in their grasp. It's simple, because when someone at the Martial Ancestor realm goes all out and self-destructs, the power released is no less than that of a missile."

  "It should be!" Zhang Kai Fu's tone was also quite insufficient, and he had never thought that his third brother would actually be a martial arts master. But now he had a very puzzling question: if his third brother was indeed a martial arts master, why did he get injured by a warrior on the first day of battle? He couldn't understand it at all. At this moment, Zhang Hua Ming was completely different from the one they had sworn brotherhood with in the past.

  "Kill!" The soldiers from the Winter Country regained their senses and immediately surged towards Zhang Huaming like a tide, although they knew that going up would be suicidal. However, military orders were absolute, and if they didn't go up, they would be accused of desertion by their own general and beheaded. It was better to take a chance, and who knows, maybe they could kill this expert and get promoted at an incredible speed.

  Quick, Zhang Huaming's long sword in his hand was like lightning, and even if the enemy troops came up continuously around him, his long sword would always be casually swung a few times, and the soldiers who surrounded him would fall down one after another.

  "Good kid, good martial arts." A voice of praise sounded beside Zhang Huaming, and the speaker was none other than General Qin Xiao Tian of the Ferocious Tiger Squad.

  "General, you're not old yet!" Zhang Huaming responded while cutting down the incoming enemy troops. He replied this way because he admired Qin Xiao Tian's character charm, a general who would give up his own life to protect his subordinates' lives, such a person was worthy of his respect, even if their cultivation was inferior to his, he still revered them.

  "Haha, how dare I be called General in front of you? If little brother doesn't mind me taking advantage, then just call me Big Brother." Qin Xiao Tian responded loudly while slaying the enemy.

  "Qin big brother, you lead the brothers to break through from the rear, I'll stay behind and hold them off. Don't worry, I can definitely hold my own."

  "Alright, little brother, you take care of yourself too." Qin Xiao Tian heard Zhang Hua Ming's words and didn't hesitate to agree. As the commander of an army, he knew how to handle the current situation. If he didn't lead a breakout with his men, even with two Wu Zong, these remaining troops wouldn't last long against the endless waves of soldiers pouring in from all sides. After all, anyone could understand that even ants could kill an elephant if there were enough of them. Moreover, Qin Xiao Tian saw that Zhang Hua Ming didn't seem to be struggling at all against the surrounding soldiers, so he chose to follow his suggestion.

  "Hu Tian led his brothers to follow me and break through."

  "Yes, General." Hu Tian followed closely behind Qin Xiao Tian with less than eight hundred men and horses, making a breakthrough towards the rear.

  The entire battlefield presented a strange scene, that was after Zhang Huaming cut off the rear, a small strip of vacuum zone actually appeared behind him. It wasn't that the Dongguo soldiers were afraid to die, but every time a batch of cavalry rushed up, Zhang Huaming could always use the simplest and fastest way to annihilate these troops.

  Don't look at the team led by Qin Xiao Tian, who is doing well in breaking through the siege. In fact, the team that broke through the siege was under the most pressure at this moment. The soldiers of Dongguo seemed to have a stronger strength than both sides before and after, and they actually blocked the rear of Qin Xiao Tian's breakthrough with two-thirds of their troops. As a result, within less than 100 breaths, more than 200 people in Qin Xiao Tian's breakthrough team were lost. You know that the soldiers who can survive until now are elite! I dare not say that one can resist a hundred, at least one can resist ten!

  The three men, Ma Tianyuan and the others from Dongguo, saw the situation on the battlefield change suddenly. Although they had victory in their grasp, a black horse suddenly appeared halfway through, making the three generals who held heavy arms feel extremely uncomfortable.

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