Two thousand men and horses shuttled through the forest, and the already soft and uneven land became more gentle. Wherever the horses' hooves passed, the soil was completely flat.
"Report! Commander, the battlefield is ahead."
The infantry commander nodded. He looked at the jungle. It was so clean that there were no remains of a single corpse.
"Are you sure this is a battlefield? Why aren't there any corpses?" the infantry commander was puzzled.
"Well...an army of about three hundred people was...by..." The stinging infantrymen looked frightened, and their whole bodies were trembling, making it difficult to speak.
"What happened to him?"
"They were all... killed by... one blow!"
"Nonsense! How come there's no body left after being killed in one blow?" the infantry commander asked.
"The little one didn't see it clearly at the time. When they were in trouble, the little one... the little one... was in the distance. When he was lifting his pants, a dazzling green light suddenly lit up in front of him. Wait... wait for the little one.
When I was about to return to the team, I found out... that they were all dead." The Stinging Infantryman replied tremblingly.
Qingguang? The infantry commander knelt down and gently rubbed the ground with the index finger of his right hand. When he raised it, he saw that the originally clean index finger was covered in blood.
The infantry commander took a step forward with his right foot. The dark red soil continued to seep out traces of blood, and the blood was soaked into the soil.
He gradually stood up and kept circling around. This dense forest seemed to have been drawn by the gods as an insurmountable circle. Where he stood, there was not even a tree or a weed around him.
The infantry commander shuddered in his heart, and he kept searching for his memories in his mind.
Finally, an extremely powerful move appeared in front of him...
Qingli Sword Formation!!
Could it be that this is really the trick?!
The infantry commander gradually recalled his shock when he first saw this move...
During the Battle of Northern Xinjiang, the two armies faced each other. At that time, he was still the personal bodyguard of General Ye Hanqing.
On a cold night in late winter, General Ye Hanqing and a young swordsman were discussing countermeasures.
The enemy's front tent was less than two miles away from the front line. The two wanted to surprise the front tent and take the enemy general's head.
On the night of the second day, the Northern Barbarian army was surprisingly quiet. Two black figures avoided the patrolling Northern Barbarian soldiers and sneaked in quietly accompanied by the snoring of the enemy soldiers.
The two of them gradually approached the tent of the Northern Barbarian Army's front line. Ye Hanqing slowly opened the tent curtain with his sword. The candle on the large wooden table flickered. Now there was no one in the tent where the combat mission was supposed to be arranged.
Only then did Ye Hanqing realize that he had been tricked.
Just as the two of them came to their senses, the horn sounded.
It turned out that the front tent, which was less than two miles away from the front line, was just a lure, with the purpose of getting the two of them to take the bait.
Ye Hanqing looked around, and saw that enemy troops were coming like a tide. In an instant, the two of them were surrounded, and not even a mosquito could fly in.
Kungan soldiers on the front line of the Yun Kingdom army reported to themselves the current encounter of the two men. Just as the soldiers were preparing to launch a general attack to rescue the two men, a blue light rose into the sky from the Northern Barbarian Army's position.
The blue light spread from the position to the surroundings, and the blue Kun Qi formed a circular sword formation with a radius of one kilometer in the Northern Barbarian Army's position.
There was no grass inside the sword formation, and all the Northern Barbarian soldiers who came close to the sword formation were torn apart by the sword energy in the formation. The sword formation kept moving with the two of them, and blood and flesh flew everywhere in their path.
After this move, the frontline positions of the Northern Barbarians were torn to pieces. Heyun's army launched a general attack overnight and defeated the Northern Barbarians.
This battle was recorded in the history of the Heyun Kingdom. According to records, six thousand Northern Barbarians were killed with just one move. The legend of breaking through ten thousand armors was widely spread in the Heyun Kingdom, but people did not know the swordsman.
His name is known only by his nature.
Soldiers from the Heyun Kingdom who had seen this move described the sword formation as a green dawn in the dark night, and named this move the Qingli Sword Formation.
This formation was not only spread word of mouth among the people, but also the major swordsmen across the country were shocked. They even named this formation the best sword formation in the world.
This formation was extremely sensational at the time, and a sect named after this sword formation - Qingli Sect was born in the world.
The Qingli Sect was founded with the Sword Formation. After several generations of masters' continuous study, they finally mastered the Qingli Sword Formation and declared this formation as the sect's unique skill that cannot be passed on to others. The disciples in the sect have developed and expanded this formation into various forms.
This kind of sword array came into being in this sect.
The infantry commander was recalling and observing the surroundings to see if he could find any useful clues. But now another mystery emerged. Who was that old man? Was he from the Qingli Sect?
If he is a member of the Qingli Sect, then this sword formation can be explained, but in the fight with the old man just now, his every move is very different from the Qingli Sect. The Qingli Sect's sword formation is about only defending but not
Attack is called the extreme of defense in the world of martial arts.
But in the previous fight, the old man attacked while defending, and defended while attacking. This was not the Qingli faction's combat method at all.
There are also two ancient celadon-glazed knives on his waist. If those two knives are really legendary ancient weapons, then his identity is by no means simple.
"Report! Commander! A clue was found two miles away!"
The infantry commander's meditation was broken by this report, and he almost forgot the important purpose of this trip.
The infantry commander quickly mounted his horse and went to see what was going on.
The Stinging Infantry pointed to a branch on the ground with its bark cut off. The branch was particularly conspicuous next to a reflective stone. The branch pointed due south.
This branch seems to have been placed here deliberately. Who would leave such a clue? Could it be that an infantryman left it before his death?
The infantry commander didn't have time to think about it. He quickly took out the map in his arms and looked at it. The three big characters "Sanjiekou" came into view.
"Yes! Sanjiekou! Why didn't I think of that!" the infantry commander suddenly realized.
The climate in Sanjiekou is harsh, desolate, and the complex terrain makes marching here extremely difficult. Due to the rule of the Holy Lord, the Jianghu sects have to move to Sanjiekou, because only in this way can they escape the pursuit of the Holy Lord.
Since the Holy Lord came to the throne, he has attacked the Sanjiekou dozens of times. Due to various reasons such as terrain, climate, joint defense of the sects, etc., all ended in failure. Gradually, the Holy Lord has no intention of attacking this place, so he set up a military base around the Sanjiekou.
This place is surrounded by many barriers, which can be considered as a blockade.
It is precisely because of the special nature of Sanjiekou that they have no other choice but to seek shelter here.
The infantry commander began to think about how to catch them all before they reached the Three Borders Pass.
He looked at the map in his hand again. He kept calculating the route and found that if they wanted to reach Sanjiekou, they had to cross the Quejiang River, and the only way to cross was by boat or by walking on the Quejiang Bridge, the only single-plank bridge on the river.
There are three parallel checkpoints set up by the Holy Lord around Quejiang. They must pass through one of the three checkpoints. Each checkpoint has about 3,000 garrison troops. There is no need to guess which checkpoint they will pass. As long as the defenders of the three checkpoints are
All the city troops gathered in front of Quejiang Bridge, cut off the bridge, and ambush here, then they would have nowhere to go.
Just when the infantry commander was overjoyed, the old man's face suddenly appeared in his mind. This old guy was more troublesome and he needed to be lured away in advance.
After the plan was prepared, the infantry commander's mouth slightly raised, and he was secretly happy. With an army of 10,000, no one would be left alive if they died!