Chapter 4: Bloody Battle with the Qin Army

  "Ah!"

  Gao Yuan threw away the pistol that had fired its last bullet, and it happened to hit a Qin soldier's forehead. Although the soldier was wearing a helmet, this heavy blow still made him cry out in pain and fall to the ground without getting up.

  And Gao Yuan immediately turned around and ran into the woods on both sides of the road, using the trees as cover, dodging left and right, and by this time he had already pulled out the military knife tied to his left calf.

  This is a D95-type tiger-tooth special combat knife, with a total length of 45 cm, slightly longer than an A3 paper. The handle is 13 cm long, the blade is 32 cm long, and the width is 4.7 cm. The thickness of the back of the knife is 0.7 cm, and the weight is 1.85 kg. It is made of 425 high-carbon steel, forged and pressed, thick and solid, with a hardness of 58-60 HRC. Moreover, the blade edge has undergone local heat treatment, making it extremely sharp and lethal! There are two blood grooves on either side of the blade, and on the back of the knife, there is a row of exceptionally sharp reverse hook-shaped teeth. Even if a bear were to be stabbed with this knife, it would be instantly fatal!

  This saber can't be used as a bayonet, mainly because it's for use in environments where firearms and other hot weapons can't be used. However, in a purely cold-weapon setting, this saber isn't an ideal weapon either, because although its hardness and sharpness far exceed those of the era's weapons, its length is still insufficient, which is also extremely fatal in cold-weapon combat. But for now, it's the only usable weapon on the plateau, so even though I know it's not good enough, I have no choice but to use it.

  As early as when the highland began to escape, the Qin army had already been surrounded from both sides, but because the highland was in a "Z" shape escape route, after all the bullets were fired, the soldiers of the Qin army also almost surrounded the two sides of the highland.

  At this moment, a Qin army soldier with a long spear suddenly rushed out from the side, his spear like a poisonous snake, fiercely stabbing towards Gao Yuan.

  Gao Yuan stopped in his tracks, swung his sword and with a "whooshing" sound, cut off the tip of the long spear. He then quickly stepped forward, made a diagonal slash with his knife, and that Qin soldier let out a miserable cry as his chest armor was sliced open, blood gushing out like a fountain, before falling backwards onto the ground.

  Just as Gao Yuan killed the Qin soldier on the high plain, two more Qin soldiers with long swords in their hands rushed up, each swinging and stabbing at Gao Yuan, forcing him to advance.

  "Dang" twice, the swords clashed, and both long swords were cut off by Gao Yuan's military knife. The two Qin soldiers were also shocked and hastily retreated. Gao Yuan was about to chase them when he suddenly felt a pain in his back. He quickly turned around and slashed backwards with his knife without looking. A miserable cry was heard, and the head of the Qin soldier who had launched a sneak attack on Gao Yuan flew into the air, leaving behind a trail of blood.

  But at this time, Gao Yuan felt a burning pain in his back, so severe that he could feel the blood flowing down his spine. Before he could catch his breath, he heard footsteps and saw six or seven more Qin soldiers approaching him from the other side, each holding swords, spears, halberds, and other weapons.

  Gao Yuan, of course, knew that if he was surrounded by four or five Qin soldiers, he would be dead for sure. Therefore, he didn't have time to treat his wound and hastily moved to the other side to avoid the attack of these few Qin soldiers. However, at this time, the Qin army had basically arrived in front of Gao Yuan from both wings, and more and more soldiers were approaching him.

  Despite his best efforts to dodge and weave, Gaoyuan was unable to shake off the Qin soldiers. He constantly changed direction, trying not to be surrounded, and managed to maintain a one-on-one or one-on-two fight with the enemy. As a result, he killed over ten Qin soldiers and narrowly escaped being surrounded several times. However, in this intense battle, Gaoyuan himself was injured over ten times, and due to his intense physical exertion, his wounds would not stop bleeding. His strength rapidly declined, his heart racing wildly as he gasped for air. After striking down two more Qin soldiers, Gaoyuan grabbed a brief opening and leaned against a large tree, panting heavily.

  But just then, a sharp arrow flew out of the darkness on one side and shot into the left thigh of Gao Yuan, piercing it through.

  Although the plateau had undergone rigorous anti-strike training, being injured and beaten was a common occurrence, but this arrow really hurt too much, so the plateau also let out a miserable hum, with pea-sized sweat dripping down from its cheek.

  The Qin soldiers also saw Gao Yuan get shot, and they shouted: "He's been hit by an arrow." "Charge! Kill him!" "No, capture him alive, capture him alive!" They also closed in on Gao Yuan.

  Gao Yuan gritted his teeth, enduring the pain and forcing himself to take a few steps, but after being seriously injured, his speed was greatly affected. As a result, he could no longer escape from the encirclement of the Qin army and was finally surrounded. Several Qin soldiers rushed up, each wielding swords and spears, and hacked at Gao Yuan.

  Although the plateau still gritted its teeth and insisted, it was forced to wave its sword, but only held up one sword. Because its left foot could no longer exert force, it was shaken and fell to the ground. Then there were four or five long guns that struck down at the fallen plateau, covering its face.

  He was hit over ten times, and Gao Yuan's consciousness began to blur. It felt as if he couldn't even feel the pain anymore. His right hand still tightly gripped his military knife, but in his mind, a thread of clarity remained. He thought to himself: "Is this how I'm going to die inexplicably in this era?" Just then, a phrase suddenly emerged in Gao Yuan's mind: "Fate has not been decided, the future is yours to create..."

  Gao Yuan was stunned for a moment, but at this time, he suddenly felt a surge of heat in his chest, a hot flow from the chest into his limbs, and then he only felt a mighty power surging through his body.

  At this time, the Qin soldiers saw Gao Yuan lying motionless on the ground and thought that even if he wasn't dead, he must have been seriously injured. So they all stopped fighting and came forward. Two Qin soldiers grabbed Gao Yuan's left and right arms and lifted him up from the ground. Several other Qin soldiers came over to pry open Gao Yuan's fingers and take away his military sword. During the previous battle, many Qin soldiers had seen clearly that although this sword was not long, it was extremely sharp and had already cut off more than 20 spears and swords. Therefore, everyone knew that this was a rare good sword, and of course, they all wanted to seize this sword for themselves.

  But just as they were about to take him down, Gao Yuan suddenly flung his arms out with great force, sending the two Qin soldiers who had been holding onto his arms flying in opposite directions, knocking over six or seven more Qin soldiers behind them. The several Qin soldiers who had been trying to grab Gao Yuan's sword were also startled, but before they could even react, Gao Yuan swung his sword in a powerful slash, its speed and strength completely unmatched by anything he had shown earlier. The Qin soldiers didn't even have time to understand what was happening before they let out a blood-curdling scream, their heads and bodies separating as they died unnatural deaths.

  The change was so sudden that the plateau, which had been on its last breath just a moment before, suddenly erupted again and killed nearly a dozen Qin soldiers in an instant. The movement was so fast that no one could see it clearly.

  Before the other Qin soldiers could react, Gao Yuan let out a beast-like roar and his eyes emitted a red glow as he charged towards the Qin army with his sword. This was the first time Gao Yuan had taken the initiative to attack the Qin army; previously, he had always been dodging and weaving in a hit-and-run battle with them.

  Moreover, this time the highland was completely different from before, and he charged into the Qin army. His military knife danced out a piece of frosty light like a whip, and when he swung it, it actually made a "humming" sound that broke through the air. The Qin soldiers were killed by him until they were covered in blood, and their cries of sorrow echoed one after another. In just an instant, more than 20 soldiers fell under the highland's knife, with severed limbs and broken arms, swords and guns scattered all over the ground.

  However, the sudden outbreak of the plateau did not frighten the Qin army. Firstly, because the military discipline of the Qin army was extremely strict, soldiers who fled on their own in the battlefield would inevitably be punished severely, and their families would also be implicated. Secondly, it was also because the Qin state attached great importance to military merit. For ordinary civilians to rise to a higher social class, establishing military achievements on the battlefield was the most direct, fastest, and even the only way. It was precisely these systems that made the combat effectiveness of the Qin army extremely strong, with high morale, ranking first among all nations.

  Although the highland was completely different from what it was just now, the Qin soldiers were not intimidated at all and continued to charge forward in a relentless manner. Suddenly, six or seven long swords and spears appeared out of nowhere, coming from different directions but almost simultaneously stabbing and slashing towards the highland.

  But just as the swords and guns were about to reach within one or two meters of the plateau, they all seemed to slow down in the plateau's field of vision. The plateau could clearly see the trajectory and speed of each weapon, which one would hit itself first, what kind of damage it would cause to itself, and which one would be slightly slower. However, to be precise, it wasn't that the plateau saw them, but rather all of this was reflected in the plateau's mind, including the two long spears that were not in its own field of vision, which had been stabbed from behind its fingers, as well as how it could dodge and react according to a certain trajectory, just like it had undergone precise calculations by a computer.

  Only the silhouette of the plateau was seen, first dodging the long spear that stabbed over first, the military knife in his hand slanted upwards, a cold light flashed, and a blood groove appeared on the neck of the Qin soldier, fresh blood flowed from the throat up, spewing out from his mouth.

  After beheading the Qin soldier, Gao Yuan dodged to his left and in the brief moment of respite, he evaded a long sword and another long sword's slashing gap, with one of the swords even tearing open a large gash on his waist and abdomen area, but without causing any harm.

  Immediately following the high plain brandishing a knife to chop back, from behind two Qin soldiers who sneaked up each let out a miserable cry, two human heads still wearing helmets brought out a burst of bloody rain, flying straight into the sky, headless corpses tumbling to the ground.

  The plateau's body turned with the momentum, and again let a long sword that was stabbing towards him pass by. He suddenly stretched out his left hand to grab the gun handle, and held the knife handle down with his right hand. With a "ka" sound, he struck the gun handle and broke it, while the military knife chopped horizontally, causing the chest armor of the Qin soldier holding the gun to split open, with fresh blood gushing out, and he fell backwards onto the ground.

  Gao Yuan held the gun head in his left hand, turned his body halfway around and suddenly stabbed it into another direction, piercing a Qin soldier who was wielding a sword through the chest. Afterwards, Gao Yuan swung his knife and chopped down several times, killing three or four more Qin soldiers.

  In the blink of an eye, seven or eight Qin soldiers fell under Gao Yuan's blade. At this moment, another group of Qin troops rushed up, and Gao Yuan suddenly swung his sword, chopping out. Although the Qin soldiers were still several meters away from Gao Yuan at this time, more than a dozen Qin soldiers seemed to have been chopped by the knife, with blood splashing everywhere, their heads and bodies separated, falling to the ground dead.