The man in white couldn't help but scoff, "You big guy, you're a real freak! My sword strike was incredibly fast, how could you react in time?"
Liu Tianci said in a deep voice, "You are different from the others."
"You can see through all this, so you're not a simple fool. If you charge into battle alone, you're being a bit too confident. But someone like you is probably someone the strategist would like. If you surrender, I can spare your life."
"I know you might be very capable, but stopping me won't be that easy!"
The white-clad man's swordsmanship was superb, as was his movement technique. Although Liu Tianci possessed brute strength and had undergone training, he was still somewhat outmatched by such a top-tier expert.
For a moment, the man in white was able to easily attack Liu Tianci, but Liu Tianci's two warhammers couldn't even touch the hem of the man's clothes.
Although the two seemed to be fighting fiercely, in reality, neither of them was even slightly injured. After all, the heavy armor Liu Tianci was wearing was simply too monstrous. The entire set of heavy armor weighed a hundred pounds and was made of extremely strong metal. The longsword in the white-robed man's hand was practically sparking, but it still didn't do much good.
Basically, the two were stuck in a state where neither could do anything about the other. After fighting for a while, Liu Tianci realized that this guy was really slippery, like an eel, and it was completely pointless. He turned around and continued to rush towards the tent.
The man in white was also angry. He joked that if anyone under his command just barged in like that, he would lose all face.
His expression immediately hardened, and he accelerated again. The sound of his sword cutting through the air was enough to tear the air apart. This time, the sword pierced the weakest joint with perfect precision, finally bringing Liu Tianci to a stop.
"Kid, I don't know where you got this armor from, but it's not as powerful as you think. It can't possibly keep you alive."
Liu Tianci was slightly taken aback. "Did you learn swordsmanship from mosquitoes? How come it's so painless and ineffective?"
If Ning Ye were here, he would definitely say, "Oh no, Liu Tianci has finally learned bad things from Wang Wu."
The man in white laughed in fury, "Big guy, today I'm going to drain all your blood and make you suffer until you die."
But then shouts of killing rang out from all around the camp. The white-robed man's expression changed. He looked around and found that Xiao Qing had already surrounded the entire camp with her men, and the soldiers on the outer perimeter had been killed.
All eyes were drawn to Liu Tianci, but no one noticed what Xiaoqing and the others had done, easily clearing out the soldiers outside.
By the time they realized everything, it was too late. After all, there were only a little over two hundred people left behind, and now, apart from the few dozen people around the man in white, everyone else was dead.
Seeing that things were not going well, the man in white turned around and rushed into the tent. Liu Tianci also wanted to rush in, but he was blocked by the remaining soldiers. When the man in white came out again, he was carrying a person on his back.
At this moment, the mysterious strategist finally revealed his true identity: he was not a man at all, but a woman who was paralyzed in both legs.
The woman glanced at Liu Tianci with complicated emotions, then looked at Xiaoqing, not understanding why she had lost.
Xiaoqing arrived at this moment and said, "Surrender! You have no way out. If you surrender, I can spare your life."
The strategist calmly said, "Could you tell me who I lost to? I don't want to leave it so unclear."
"If you surrender, you will naturally know who it is after you meet my young master. Saying anything now is superfluous."
"I really don't know where such a powerful person came from, but unfortunately I will not surrender."
As soon as Xiaoqing raised her hand, all the female soldiers around her raised their crossbows and aimed them at the man in white and the strategist.
"I advise you to think it over carefully. It's impossible to leave now unless you want to be turned into hedgehogs. I think that kind of death would be undignified for you."
The strategist smiled slightly, "Thank you for considering my feelings. I admit defeat in this round. However, if you really kill me, I guarantee that none of the people trapped here will survive. They will fight to the death and never retreat."
Xiaoqing said, "As long as I capture you, I'm not afraid that your men won't retreat."
"Oh, really? Then do you want to gamble? Gamble that after you capture me, my men will back down, and that the young master you said you were following will die in the chaos of battle."
The strategist spoke with extreme confidence, even making Xiaoqing waver. If what the strategist said was true, then capturing the other party would be pointless.
"Whether it is or not, I will try it anyway. Of course, you can try to resist again, and maybe it will work, but I will show no mercy."
The strategist said, "Let's make a deal. I can order my troops to withdraw, but you have to let me leave. If you can't even do that, then we'll just end up losing to each other. What do you think?"
"How can I trust you? If I let you go, wouldn't it be a complete waste of time and effort?"
The strategist casually pulled a jade pendant from his pocket and threw it on the ground. "You can take this jade pendant with you. They will naturally return it once they see it. As for whether to believe it or not, that's up to you."
The man in white then spoke up, saying, "My strategist is already giving you face by being willing to talk to you so much, and besides, there's no way you can stop me."
As soon as he finished speaking, the man in white moved, and Xiao Qing ordered the shooting without hesitation. However, despite being surrounded by dozens of crossbows, the man in white managed to escape. Although he was hit by two arrows, it did not affect his speed.
In a few leaps and bounds, the man in white had already disappeared from the military camp. Even while carrying someone on his back, he could still move so fast, which showed why those powerful people admired skilled knights-errant so much.
Xiaoqing, disregarding everything else, picked up the jade pendant and rode her horse back to the battlefield. At this moment, Ning Ye and Wang Wu had reached a delicate limit. Although they could still fight, their men and horses were exhausted.
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