And so, wielding the four-hundred-and-twenty-jin Eight Trigrams Mountain-Splitting Axe, Cheng Yaojin tore through the Goguryeo army, sending men and horses tumbling. He charged in and out seven times, killing a Goguryeo soldier with every swing.
"Bad news, General! A mighty Sui general has charged into our army and thrown our rear ranks into chaos. We can't shake off the Sui pursuit!" a soldier hurriedly reported to Yuan Tianzuo.
"What? Do you know his name?" Yuan Tianzuo asked.
"No," the soldier replied.
"Then go find out! Never mind, I'll go myself," Yuan Tianzuo said.
He spurred his horse toward the rear of the army and saw Cheng Yaojin cutting down soldiers as easily as chopping vegetables.
He roared, "Enemy general, give me your name!"
Cheng Yaojin cleaved a Goguryeo soldier to death and roared, "I am Cheng Yaojin, the King Backing the Mountain's Thirteenth Protector!"
His voice boomed like a great bell, making the Goguryeo soldiers tremble.
After shouting this, Cheng Yaojin fixed his gaze on Yuan Tianzuo and pointed his Giant Axe at him. "Hey, foreign general, don't run! Do you dare fight your Grandpa Cheng for three hundred rounds?"
Yuan Tianzuo was no fool. He would never dare fight Cheng Yaojin alone. At his command, his fierce generals Jin Shiwen, Gao Shichang, Gao Yonghui, Li Wanjun, and Li Shengnan rushed forward moments later and attacked Cheng Yaojin together.
Jin Shiwen stood eight chi tall, with a pale face and a tiger-like beard. He wielded a steel-tipped spear one zhang and eight chi long that weighed two hundred jin. His spearwork was unpredictable, and his martial prowess was unmatched in Goguryeo.
Gao Shichang stood nine chi tall, with a face as red as a dark jujube. He wielded the Gold-Backed Mountain-Cleaving Saber with exceptional skill and possessed the courage to