Delong
Chapter 244 Array Row
Chapter 244 Array Row (10)
In the rain, Bai Yousi and Sima were standing on the mountainside of Mount Li, one holding a sword and the other holding a spear, each held down a big tree for a short rest and confrontation, the two trees shook slightly, and many drops of water fell .
Even masters of alchemy cannot safely hover at extremely high altitudes. That is the privilege of a grandmaster or grand master, and because of the scarcity of grandmasters and grandmasters, no one knows whether their wantonness in the air has a "tower" or not. "Assistance... Think about it too, if this matter is so simple, there will be no such thing as ascending to the gate of heaven.
In fact, these two top experts on the battlefield, the most outstanding talents of the younger generation, and the old friends of the Eastern Capital, may have been relatives of the Western Capital when they were young, and they have long since lost the slightest mastery.The reckless and high-intensity confrontation for an entire afternoon made them panting and sweating profusely, but they dared not take off their protective qi easily.
"I figured it out."
The shouts of killing from below rolled up like a wave again, and it was Zhang Xuguo who launched the central charge. Sima Zheng, whose face was covered with sweat, glanced at him and laughed dryly towards the opposite side. "Why are there often in history books and novels, masters of Ningdan and Chengdan who were stabbed to death by an iron gun...Without true energy, we may not be safe with ordinary soldiers...I should learn from you to wear a set of armor. "
Bai Yousi didn't respond to this sentence, because she knew well that the other party was just like herself, although he was in a mess, he could still hold on.On the contrary, Xiong Bonan and Zhang Changgong, who met each other a few times before, seem to be in danger... Those two people are really desperate. They have been fighting for several days, and today they started their confrontation early in the morning. Now, their respective The political and military groups with a strong sense of belonging are all desperate, so they also have to intensify the confrontation and seek victory or defeat in order to change the situation of the war.
Relatively speaking, although Sima Zheng and himself did not let go, but because the battle was late, each knew that it would be difficult to solve the other party before the end of the war, and instead they both had a simple mentality of exchange.
No one can deny this.
"look!"
Bai Yousi suddenly spoke. "Does the two armies below look like two people rolling and wrestling in muddy water?"
Sima Zheng was stunned for a moment, and then immediately nodded his head: "Both armies are start-ups. A year ago, they were both peasants in the eastern region, powerful, and equal in strength. So what if you don't roll around? Do you expect to see something destroyed? What kind of armor is like a forest, the army formation is like a plate, what kind of cavalry charge, the army collides majestically, and the avalanche will be destroyed in a quarter of an hour?"
"That's not what I meant." Bai Yousi shook his head in reply. "I was thinking, why is it an army of start-ups? Why are ordinary people who were farmers a year ago fighting this battle?"
Sima Zheng's heart moved slightly.
"This battle can clearly determine the ownership of more than a dozen counties in the eastern region; the ownership of the eastern region is enough to initiate a change in the world; a great change in the world is enough to create a real dragon and split mountains and seas." Bai Yousi continued. "But in this kind of battle, the soldiers on both sides are just farmers from the upper reaches of Jishui River and farmers from the lower reaches of Jishui River, and the generals on both sides are only the tyrants in the upper reaches of Jishui River and those in the lower reaches of Jishui River... Those noble families, those strong men are noble Where are those so-called heroes?"
"What exactly do you want to say?" Sima asked seriously, but his heart was equally puzzled and agitated. He actually wanted to ask this question vaguely, but it was a little vague, but Bai Yousi said it for him first. "Or did Zhang Xing tell you something?"
"It's not Zhang Xing, it's the result of what I saw and thought after the sage went south to Jiangdu." Bai Yousi looked at the other party with a complicated expression. "I thought the world had changed drastically, and those big men should come forward to turn the tide, but except for people like Cao Zhongcheng who had no choice but to stand up, the rest of you are more reserved than the other, more scheming than the other, always wanting to hide behind and be the one who steals the fruit, always Is it because I am worried that I will be a ladder for others, or even earlier, that saint regarded the world as a child's play, turned around and fled to Jiangdu, isn't it similar?
"On the contrary, farmers, herdsmen, bandits, deserters, gangs, and tyrants are forced to stand up and fight to kill. The killing is messy, dirty, rolling in the quagmire like the current situation, but it happens to be This kind of quagmire battle seems to be able to open up the situation and promote the overall situation...
"Sima Erlang, you are known as a hero. Come and tell me, who is the real strong man in this world? Who is the one who really decides the overall situation of the world? Is it up or down? Is it high or low? Those people, or these people wallowing in the quagmire?
"And you and me, what are you?"
Sima Zheng was silent for a long time, and then slowly answered amidst the shouts of killing below: "If I know the answer, I don't have to keep staring at your Zhang Sanlang and asking questions, and I don't have to keep him in my imagination to see him." What is the answer... However, even if we are not the protagonists in today's quagmire, it is rare to be considered as participating in it, so there is no need to belittle ourselves... The world is so big and the times are so fierce, let us take a look for ourselves The result is!"
"well said!"
Bai Yousi squinted his eyes, and suddenly swung the long sword in his hand sideways, and a dark golden sword glow nearly ten feet long was thrown out suddenly, but disappeared suddenly.Immediately, the zhenqi around the person's body swelled, and the wind was blown out of the sky, causing the trees on all sides to shake together, and countless water droplets were thrown out.
Sima had no expression on his face, and raised the iron spear in his hand straightly, laying it across his chest, and then it shone brightly. When the nameless wind swayed from the opposite side, it inexplicably failed with a distance of more than ten feet in front of him.
The two of them paused for a moment, and Bai Yousi raised the long sword in his hand, as if drawing a semicircle in mid-air, and then a pale golden glow of true energy suddenly bloomed around his body, and his whole body was raised horizontally like a long sword, struggling thrust forward.
But at the same time, Sima Zheng also brandished his spear, and the radiance in front of him burst out with qi, but it was like a shield, and he was the first to meet him.
The two stood still and moved, and fought in the air. For a while, there was a strong wind and rain, and the light and darkness mixed together, causing the two armies in the quagmire below to turn pale.
In the ditch at the foot of the mountain to the east where the water had become a real quagmire, Wang Shuyong looked up at the scene, probably because his eyesight was better and the distance was relatively close. He was almost the first to react in the ditch, and then he wanted to scold his subordinates. Continue to send a team of people to support the critical central part.
But before that, he glanced across the battlefield, and suddenly saw that, at a distance of more than a hundred steps, the general Yu Baimei was still on the horse, and he was still in a daze with his subordinates.
Obviously, the generals who knew in their bones that their own army was more dangerous seemed to have greater expectations for the outcome of the battle above.
But these are all indifferent at this time, Wang Shuyong, who was slightly moved in his heart, spread his legs, lowered his head, lowered his center of gravity, snatched the big iron bow and feather arrows wrapped in oilcloth from the back of the guard behind him, and then leaned against the mud and dirt. After reaching the side of the trench, he immediately bent his bow and set up an arrow.
In this season's battle, bows and crossbows are destined not to be the protagonists, but that doesn't mean they are not qualified to be on the stage.
Just after taking a deep breath, the surrounding noise suddenly reappeared, and the originally stagnant battlefield seemed to recover completely, and Wang Wulang did not hesitate to take advantage of the ups and downs of the natal qi in his dantian, and tried his best to release the zhenqi. Pushing along the eight extraordinary meridians to all parts of the body, he jumped up high, and the bow and arrow that had been filled with Li Huo's true energy was also pulled away with all his strength.
It was only for a moment, and taking advantage of the vision advantage brought by the height advantage, an arrow wrapped in true energy was shot at the exposed face of Yu Baimei who was still on the horse.
It may be due to the rain, or it may be due to lack of preparation. The arrow was obviously shot sideways, but it still succeeded... Following the exclamation of the surrounding people, the arrow directly hit the opponent's shoulder socket.
Yu Baimei was in pain, and roared loudly on the spot, which shocked everyone to watch, but it was precisely because of this that this officer and soldier general did not dare to dismount easily to deal with his injuries, he just broke the arrow in public, and then hurriedly ordered his troops strive to move on.
However, as the surrounding soldiers watched the scene, some were boosted up, while others were visibly timid.
After all, Yu Baimei was not only the commander of the flanks at the foot of Lishan, but also an important part of the high-end combat power of the army. Once he was injured, many things became less confident.
But Wang Shuyong succeeded in one blow, and he was not greedy. After falling, he returned the big bow directly to the guards, and then continued to hide in the trench to order his subordinates. Instead, he sent a team to the middle for support, and the rest were still here layer by layer. Resistance, in order to delay the official army offensive.
I also quickly put on my spear, waiting for possible hand-to-hand combat.
At this moment, the battle situation has reached a very critical stage.
Chu Longjun gritted his teeth and waited until most of the officers and soldiers entered the field, then launched a plan, completed the circle, and continued to enrich the rear troops, trying to tighten their pockets.
The awakened officers and soldiers were forced to divide into two because of the width of the battle line, and tried to attack from two directions to open the passage... Among them, the northern side was not at the most critical moment because of the chaos of the returning army, but Zhang Xu Guo Guo personally commanded the southern front, but they had reached their most hopeful moment.
The two main leaders on the two wings, Shang Huaizhi was killed and his troops were annihilated, Niu Da was forced to give up and return to the formation, and fled into the swamp in embarrassment. This gave Zhang Xuguo the biggest chance, and it seemed to be the last chance—— As long as the fortification area is penetrated, not only the road can be opened, but the victory or defeat is also a matter of course.
During the battle, Xu Shiying and Zhang Xuguo both noticed the phenomenon on the mountainside of Mount Li, and at the same time noticed Yu Baimei's injury.
The two were naturally overjoyed and surprised.
But soon, following Yu Baimei's roar on the battlefield, Zhang Xuguo resolutely withdrew his panic, and continued to personally lead the crowd forward.At this time, he was only a hundred steps away from the young general under the "Xu" flag on the opposite mound. The so-called far away, even the two sides could already vaguely see each other's expression.
And both sides also undoubtedly understand each other's identity, one must be Zhang Xuguo, the commander in chief of the march in the east of the Wei Dynasty, and the other must be Xu Shiying, the leader of the western front of the Dragon Clan who has only heard the name a few times ...But at this time, both sides are actually playing a similar role, that is, the front-line commanders of the two armies on this local battlefield.
Even though both of them were obviously of alchemy cultivation, even though the distance between them was only three lines of defense and a distance of a hundred or ten steps, neither of them tried to single out, but put everything on advancing and defending the front line.
Because they are not generals like Wang Shuyong and Yu Baimei, they are commanders who are responsible for the overall situation.
It may be absurd, a Kansai old man, a Eastern tycoon, they were nothing a year ago, but in the second year after Emperor Wei abandoned the north and fled to Jiangdu, they were swept into this position by the current situation and became face-to-face. They are responsible for the battle involving about [-] to [-] people, which determines the ownership of the Eastern Territory, determines the rise and fall of the rebel army in the world, and determines the fate of the Wei court.
Xu Shiying sat there, letting the rain hit his helmet, but didn't say a word. He knew that he had made a mistake before, and he also knew that he had taken all the remedial measures in time. There is nothing to say now, just sit here and wait The reinforcements arrive, wait for the opponent to come, and fight bravely.
In theory, Zhang Xuguo should also have a similar mentality - just go forward.
But Yu Baimei's injury made him extremely shaken... He was already worried that even if he broke through to the front, he would not be able to defeat at least Xu Shiying and Wang Shuyong, and maybe Li Shu or one of Zhang Sanlang combination.
In addition to the lack of high-level combat power, there is a deeper consideration.That was this assault, and the casualties of the soldiers on both sides increased significantly. If the casualties of the bandit army were caused by tactical mistakes, then the casualties of the Qilu soldiers on their own side were likely to be exhausted, which reached a certain level.
In other words, the combat power of the troops is likely to plummet from this point on.
Suppressing these thoughts, Zhang Xuguo personally beheaded several people, and broke through another ditch with difficulty and determination.
When he looked up, his face was already pale from the rain, because he had already seen a steady stream of reinforcements from the bandit army pouring out of the army stronghold behind the tall general's platform... This made this Guan Xilaoge was very surprised. According to his judgment, the bandit army must invest at least [-] main forces to complete the complete blockade to the rear. The reinforcements may not necessarily be fresh troops, but probably the troops that were defeated by Yu Baimei's pursuit before.
This is not a good thing, because it means that the opponent's logistical preparations are far beyond his imagination, and the overall combat power of the opponent's troops is also higher than he imagined, and it is likely to be more resilient and effective, while his troops are very It is possible to encounter a global collapse after exhaustion, the kind of collapse of landslides.
Of course, this also means that his time is running out.
On the other side, Xu Shiying looked at the other party with great interest, and extra thoughts began to appear in his heart... No one, this time the assault, the other party is still powerful and invincible... This is a matter of course, after all, he is a condensed pill The master and the coach personally led the assault, but at the same time, the troops behind the opponent cleaned up the trench and drove away their own subordinates. The time it took was almost equivalent to the time it took to occupy the two lines of defense before.
He began to look forward to it inexplicably.
Zhang Xuguo paused for a rare moment, and then organized his troops, preparing for a new round of assault.
This time, the front is a very simple fence.
The very simple single-layer fence has already been crooked under the washing of the rain, and some sections have been knocked down by the fleeing troops of the Dragon Army.There is no way, the time to depose the dragon army is limited, the so-called defensive positions are the most basic earth barriers, a row of fences, a trench and the like.
Turning back to the front, under the personal call of the coach, Qilu officers and soldiers once again mustered their morale and courage, and thousands of troops once again launched an assault on the central front more than one mile wide.
At the same time, behind the fence, there were probably only a few hundred dethroning dragon soldiers holding long spears, barely maintaining their posture, ready to face the battle.
However, as soon as the two sides joined the battle, there was another movement from the northwest of the front line. It was a sudden burst of shouting and killing, which was particularly noticeable on the gradually losing voice and chaotic battlefield.
Xu Shiying sat on the mound, saw clearly, and laughed on the spot;
Zhang Xuguo didn't dare not to look at it, but his color faded instantly when he turned around;
The officers and soldiers also looked back because of the sound, and then their morale dropped for a while;
On the contrary, Du Longjun, who reluctantly let go, visibly cheered up.
Without him, Niu Da's crumpled banner suddenly appeared on the edge of the water pool again, and under the banner, about hundreds of people were screaming desperately and charging towards Zhang Xuguo's side and rear... This wave of shouting and killing, Rather than boosting their own morale, it was more like actively reminding those officers and soldiers on the battlefield that they were back.
There were not many people who came back. If Niu Da lost at least a thousand people before, now there are at most 600 people who came back with his banner, and they generally discarded their helmets and armors, except that their weapons seemed to be still there.Of course, compared to the officers and soldiers who continued to fight and assault in the mud, they were actually half a new force, and they came from behind.
Therefore, as soon as they entered the battle, the officers and troops on the western edge of the position almost collapsed.
Even many of the officers and troops in the center of the front line who were attacking with Zhang Xuguo began to disregard the military orders. Starting from the west side, they secretly left the front line and tried to retreat and escape.
Another offensive that Zhang Xuguo managed to organize began to disintegrate from west to east.
After a while, as nearly half of the assault troops retreated to the original trench, Zhang Xuguo had to order to turn around and regroup. It was impossible not to go back, because some teams that returned to the trench obviously had a tendency to retreat further...Yu Bai One was injured, the west side was killed and returned to the carbine, and the soldiers were exhausted. If he didn't go back to regroup the troops, it might cause a chain reaction.
"I beg you..."
Back in the ditch, Zhang Xuguo knew that there was not much he could do in this battle, so he didn't dare to delay at all. While going west along the ditch, he quickly rectified the army, and took advantage of the situation to gather the troops and wait until Turning around and returning to the central position, about a dozen generals have gathered beside him, and then immediately issued the military order, but it was almost powerless when he spoke. "Go back for a whole day, take the big guys and rush with me again! If you succeed, you will succeed! If you fail, go!"
To be honest, after saying this, Zhang Xuguo regretted it himself, he knew that he was too cowardly.
But there is no way, Yu Baimei's injury, Niu Da's returning carbine, the calmness of the enemy commander, the visible reinforcements, and the exhaustion of his own troops are all facts that can be seen with the naked eye... Deceived and deceived What's the point?
When the surrounding team members heard the coach's statement, their hearts were cold, but after more than a year of following, the so-called prestige of repeated victories still made most people maintain their respect for the coach, and they all nodded in agreement.
Then they turned around and prepared their troops.
This time it took more time to prepare, and after the attack was launched again, the number of troops in motion was also significantly reduced.
Xu Shiying looked at this scene coldly, and suddenly issued an order on the mound: "Order the front army to retreat, abandon that fence, and come to this mound! Let the rear reinforcements also gather behind this mound and fight side by side with me!" "
Xu Shiying's military order was carried out, the flag was shaken, the gong sounded again, and the hundreds of spearmen of the Dragon Army who were dozens of steps ahead were relieved, retreated to the rear earth barrier, and re-arranged along the earth barrier.
Zhang Xuguo struggled forward, but when he saw such a scene, he was so confused for a moment that he didn't know how to deal with it.
But it doesn't matter.
Soon, as the officers and soldiers of this assault rushed to the fence, they naturally stopped the offensive, and then only a part of the officers and soldiers took advantage of the situation and pushed to the fence, and many soldiers simply stopped behind the fence. Come over to rely on the fence and rest... The courage I tried my best this time, although I easily broke through a line of defense, it was more helpless like a punch that I tried my best to get out of the way.
If you want to attack again, you will probably have to reorganize and encourage.
At the same time, the bandits' reinforcements had already begun to enter the fortification area, gathering towards the mound where Xu Dalang himself sat in front.
Apparently, it was a cunning but effective little trick, used at the most critical moment.
Zhang Xuguo stood in a daze in front of a fence that had been knocked down, looking ahead, and just a few dozen steps ahead, the bandit commander Xu Shiying was still sitting motionless in the rain... Chief Manager Zhang could even see the subtle expression on the other side , as if mocking, but also as if he was expecting something; he could also see the immortal energy in the opponent's body eager to try; he saw many retreating bandits and soldiers standing on the earth base condescendingly, and then because there were major generals and The presence of more troops boosted morale.
What is the other party looking forward to?
Are you looking forward to withdrawing your troops, or are you looking forward to rushing forward?
Zhang Xuguo was completely shaken.
"Boss, let's go!"
Some personal guards came to persuade him weakly. "Not to mention that the other side's reinforcements will arrive soon, even if they don't, we won't be able to push through the next line. If we leave at this time, maybe we can walk a few more people from the swamp or behind..."
Zhang Xuguo opened his mouth and didn't insist on anything. He looked at the face of the young man across from him again, and then he chose to turn his head and leave. The soldiers around followed him one after another... In the eyes of these soldiers, the large crop land in the west, although accumulated There is a lot of water, but it doesn't seem to be a natural barrier, and you can run if you can't win.
Only Zhang Xuguo understood that there might be a way out in this battle, but only with Fan Hu, he, an old man who had fought for decades, fell into the hands of a young Eastern border tycoon who had only raised his army for a year. Fell in front of some crude and funny fortifications, and fell on the incredible logistical supplies of the bandit army.
Zhang Xuguo walked away in embarrassment, the officers and soldiers began to retreat in frustration, Xu Shiying still sat still, neither ordered the pursuit, nor personally tried to attack the opponent's coach, but just watched the opponent's back disappear into the next ditch.
Until the opponent's flag retreated to a distance of two or three hundred steps from him, at this time, the leader of the personal guards he sent before finally returned to his side, and Huang Junhan, who stayed behind the army camp, arrived together.
At the same time, the formerly lured enemy troops who drank hot soup and ate pancakes also began to enter the fortified area on a large scale to enrich their defenses.
Reinforcements finally arrived.
Zhang Xuguo withdrew from the southern fortification area in embarrassment, called Yu Baimei on the way, and walked north together. Thanks to the fact that the bandits behind them did not have any urgent pursuit, they quickly gathered many former troops.
Then, they were not surprised to find that these local tribes who crowded around the official road at the foot of Mount Li, that is, those who were in the first wave of reinforcements before, did not realize the seriousness of the matter at all.
Many of them don't even fight today.
"Chief."
As the front became more and more crowded and chaotic, Yu Baimei, who had heard some information ahead, held his shoulders, stopped his mount suddenly, and explained in the middle of the road. "You don't care about this place, leave all the withdrawn troops to me, you go to coordinate these surrendered generals and county soldiers, go north, and join forces with Fan Hu to attack! There is nothing to do behind, and there is nothing to do here, Staying behind will only waste time!"
Of course Zhang Xuguo knew that what the other party said was true, but looking at the other party's face and the unstoppable blood dripping down his shoulders from the rain, he still felt a strong sense of shame.
It was he who was full of confidence and insisted on fighting, which led to falling into the enemy's pocket, and then he did not have enough combat power to break through the front fortifications. Now, he has to "abandon" his most loyal and enthusiastic confidant general.
But what if you don't work hard at the moment?
"General Yu, rest now!" Zhang Xuguo gritted his teeth. "I don't believe that the thieves sealed it so fast and so tightly...No matter what today, this old man will take you out."
Yu Baimei nodded again and again, as if she was very convinced, but also seemed to be just perfunctory.
Zhang Xuguo didn't hesitate any more, suppressed his exhaustion and all kinds of churning in his heart, and hurried to the north.
Thanks to the coach's personal mediation, the originally congested middle of the battlefield was partially unblocked immediately, and the two generals Xie Xiang and Wang Liang also surrounded them.
A little more than a quarter of an hour later, Zhang Xuguo and his two subordinates led a few revived elites to the front line in the north, and gathered under Fan Hu's banner.
But at this time, Fan Hu was already somewhat desperate.
"This subordinate is ashamed, I really can't move." Fan Hu said one thing. "The opponent's zhenqi formation is too hard, and I can't charge in at all! I have launched seven charges! Three times of flanking attacks, I have tried twice myself, and this big formation is as stable as a rock!"
"Of course." Although Zhang Xuguo was already exhausted, he immediately came to a conclusion after glancing at the battle ahead. "The other party has gathered at least a hundred practitioners, forming a large formation, and it is a seamless one. How can it be easily shaken... Is that Zhang Sanlang here in person?"
"It must be him!"
"Are there any other alchemy masters in the formation?"
"nothing now."
"The single-character flag over there is Dantonghai?"
"should be."
"Who is the Jia character flag that has been connected?"
"do not know."
"You left Fan Bao on the other side?"
"Yes."
"Has he been notified? How?"
"I told him not to lead the remaining [-] soldiers over here... lest the army come towards each other and block the passage instead."
"That's right...but Fan Bao can lead a small number of personal guards over." Zhang Xuguo suddenly felt relieved. "Once Shan Tonghai comes over, this formation will be even more difficult to break through! General Yu is injured, you, me, and Fan Bao, let's try together before Shan Tonghai!"
At this point, Zhang Xuguo turned his head to look at Fan Hu, and continued to speak seriously: "And if we still can't make it through... let's not make it anymore, just try to get stuck in the gap at the foot of the mountain in the east, and try to keep the officers and Rescue the elite... because once it gets dark, or when the bandit army prepares and advances behind, the soldiers will escape from the swamp uncontrollably, and that is when we will be defeated today."
Fan Hu nodded heavily, he knew the result a long time ago.
After a while, Fan Bao, who was actually not far away, received the order and replied affirmatively to the messenger without hesitation, and then looked at the general behind him: "You and these four thousand soldiers are not allowed to move here! I will go Support with Big Brother!"
The general was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help being surprised and asked: "If he still doesn't move this time, will he be defeated?"
Listening to the voice, it was a female general.
Fan Bao's expression was complicated: "No matter what, the elder brother has a cultivation base of condensing alchemy, and he can always escape... Don't think too much, let alone many things."
The female general, that is, Fan Lihua, the younger sister of the Fan brothers and sisters, was obviously dissatisfied, but she nodded heavily in front of her elder brother.
Fan Bao sighed, and immediately led the guards of the headquarters to go forward.
Almost at the same moment, on the other side of the battlefield, Yu Baimei, who was in charge of breaking the rear, seemed to realize something, turned around to look, and saw the "Xu" flag suddenly pulled up, leading the troops to start from the fortification area, from south to north , slowly approaching him.
Not only that, with the start of the "Xu" banner, "Wang", "Niu", "Huang", "Zhai", "Xiahou", "Liang", etc. are familiar or unfamiliar, big or small, clearly The flags that were not clear also appeared in the rain, connecting with each other, and then led the reorganized bandit army to press towards him.
Yu Baimei hesitated for a moment, regardless of the pain and the obvious panic of the surrounding soldiers fleeing to the crop field on the west side, she chose to ride south alone and meet them face to face.
In fact, by this time, with the passage of time and the unfavorable offensive of the officers and soldiers, even if they could not see the situation on the southern front, many officers and soldiers had gradually realized that the situation was inappropriate. The water swamp area in the west, which seems to be a crop field, has fled, and more and more people are fleeing.
At this time, Zhang Xing, who was sitting under the banner, suddenly noticed an interesting situation, and couldn't help but turn his head to ask Jia Runshi: "I'm sitting short, is it wrong? Are you still trying to walk along the gap and avoid the crops?"
"Indeed." Jia Runshi was stunned for a moment, stepped on his feet to look at it, and then gave a clear answer with a little explanation. "The soldiers of Qi County are also farmers, how can they be willing to trample on the crops?"
Zhang Xing was stunned, didn't say a word, just continued to sit in the same place holding the Jinglongjian, and then looked forward with a blank expression.
I don't know if it's an illusion, but there are people with cultivation in the formation, inexplicably feel that the true energy in the formation has not weakened due to long-term persistence, but has become more intense.
"The old man is exhausted." Zhang Xuguo looked at Fan Hu seriously. "You come first and take the eyes of the array."
Fan Hu nodded heavily.
The flag was waved, Fan Hu, Zhang Xuguo, Xie Xiang, Wang Liang, and Zhang Qingte went from south to north, and Fan Bao and Jia Wugen went from north to south. The only way to gather as many masters of cultivation as possible... Then, according to the result of the smooth communication between the passages at the foot of Lili Mountain, they launched an assault together by charging on horseback towards the red-bottomed "Depose" flag.
Halfway through the assault, all the practitioners in the Qilu Army who participated in the assault released their true energy as planned.
Zhang Xing still sat still, but as he breathed, he could clearly feel that the entire military formation was also breathing, as if everything from the heart to the dantian, and then to the true qi formation were all integrated into one.
After a few breaths, suddenly, as the cavalry of the officers and soldiers approached, Zhang Xing obviously felt a real sense of oppression from the sea of true energy around him, as if breathing became difficult.
But soon, with the rhythm of breathing, his chest still bulged back.
At the same time, sitting still on the horse, he finally pulled out the unsheathed startling dragon sword from the ground, and then slashed at the riding general who was coming in front of him.
The general was Fan Hu, and he had already swung the long knife high, and the Duanjiang Zhenqi on the blade was glowing, nearly a foot long, and he also slashed down towards Zhang Xing who was sitting there.
One is riding on a horse, one is sitting on the ground, one is a long sword in the army, one is a sword without a sheath, one is the true energy of Duanjiang, and the other is the true energy of cold ice.
In theory, it should be the former who takes advantage.
But in fact, the two sides swung their blades. There was no actual physical collision between the sword and the sword. huge impact.
Zhang Xing only felt that the sea of zhenqi on his side was like a living thing, and as he swung his sword, he also rushed out suddenly, and then directly fell to the ground with some huge living thing behind the comer from the air.
Sure enough, after the sword strike, Zhang Xingduan sat still without any deviation, and the army formation behind him was roughly complete.
However, quite a few people beside him and in front of him were directly swept up by the sea of qi, and they staggered back for a while, Wang Xiongdan who was ahead of him even fell to the ground on the spot, rolling around in the mud.
Relatively speaking, Fan Hu on the opposite side and his cavalry behind him were even more miserable. They seemed to have been hammered heavily out of thin air. Several horses neighed and fell to the ground together, and then slid backwards in the mud with the knight.
For a moment, the neighing of war horses was mixed with people's wailing, and blood, mud, and ice slag were also mixed together. It was impossible to tell whether it was human blood or horse blood, whether it was directly injured by the sea of air, or because it was squeezed while sliding on the ground. Bleeding due to pressure and friction.
But no matter what, Fan Hu and other core members of the Qilu army suffered a huge blow. Even the knights a little further away staggered out of control, or fell off their horses, or staggered and fled with bleeding from their mouths and noses.
An obvious cold air also swept across the battlefield in an instant, causing many raindrops to freeze on the spot out of thin air, sweeping and falling on the armor of many people, making a tinkling sound.
Sensing a few warm currents coming towards his face, of course Zhang Xing would not give up this good opportunity, so he wanted to get up to meet them, and lead the crowd to kill these people.
But just as he was about to get up, when he raised his head, he saw several streamers of light flying towards him one after the other from the halfway up Mount Li.
Zhang Xing didn't dare to be negligent, so he sat down again, and then held the sword in both hands, without leaving any room, he only used his true qi from all the meridians as much as possible, reawakened the sea of true qi in the formation, adjusted his breathing, and waited By the time the first two streamers came in front of him, the sea of true energy had already followed his breathing and turned into a rising tide.
Without hesitation, the man took advantage of this opportunity to slash with his sword.
A lavender stream of light flashed past in a hurry and dodged to the side, while another silver-white stream of light ignored everything and met him face to face.
When he got close, Zhang Xing could see clearly that it was a person wearing a silver-gray mask, so he knew it must be Zhang Changgong, a master of alchemy.
Zhang Changgong stabbed from afar with the long spear in his hand, and bumped into Zhang Xing's zhenqi formation at a distance of several feet.As soon as they collided, Zhang Xing only felt tightness in his chest, and his hands were numb due to the shock of the Dragon Sword in his hand.But at the same time, the spear in the opponent's hand actually dropped directly. Not only that, as the Dragon-Starling Sword swept across the opponent's face, the silver-gray mask on the latter's face actually shattered on the spot, revealing a face that was too fair and soft. It's too much, but at this moment, it's a terrified face.
This is not the time to be sympathetic, nor is it the time to reminisce about the past, but it is also not the time to take advantage of the situation to end each other, because there are two streamers flying straight at a faster speed, and the speed is extremely fast, it is too late for Zhang Dalong to head Take multiple breaths to adjust the ups and downs of the sea of zhenqi in the array.
Zhang Xing's scalp was numb, why didn't he know who it was?So he immediately calmed down, just took a deep breath, and before he even had time to stand up from the saddle, he roared with all his strength, using strength that he had never used in his life, relying only on instinct, and slashed at the person who came by desperately.
As soon as he struck out with a sword, Zhang Xing only felt that where his chest and abdomen exerted force to display his true qi, it seemed as if something substantial jumped out of thin air. It instantly connected the sea of qi in the formation with all the limbs and bones, and then beat in unison with the heart. It also rises and falls with the breath, and even seems to be faintly connected with this piece of heaven and earth.
This is a wonderful, qualitatively changing feeling, as if in an instant, breathing and heartbeat have a new meaning, as if they have a strong connection point with the world, creating an inexplicable sense of belonging.
It was at this moment that Zhang Xing had come to his senses and he had condensed his pill.
Moreover, he vaguely realized that the reason why he congealed the pill so slowly was probably because he, as a traverser, needed more certification and approval similar to this world.
It seems that it is not emotional, but the kind of actual action, which is used to influence the world, and in turn is recognized by the world.
But there was no time for extra emotions and insights, because Sima Zheng's power far surpassed the previous two.
The man's spear wrapped in radiant energy fell down, and actually collided with the startling dragon sword in Zhang Xing's hand.And Zhang Xingming obviously borrowed the power of the army, combined with the power of countless masters of cultivation, to fight against one person, but just this collision, it was still like the first time he had a faint formation with Fan Hu. As if the knights collided with each other, they felt a huge oppression out of thin air, and it was still too much.
The most obvious evidence is that a mouthful of sweet and fishy smell came out of his throat immediately, but Zhang Xingsheng swallowed it back.
Not to mention that, among the several sergeants in the army formation beside him, several of them flew up on the spot like the first impact, and even a familiar guardian rolled several times on the ground and died on the spot.
Zhang Xing sat still, and Sima was falling in front of him. The two faced each other. The former was expressionless, neither happy nor angry, sad or angry, just feeling the wonderful changes in his body, and then thinking about those strange thoughts, and then Those who looked obviously strange, seemed a little shocked, a little puzzled, but seemed a little relieved, and some of them knew this before.
Of course, this strange confrontation didn't last more than five breaths at all, because Bai Yousi, who was only chasing after him, stabbed at him from a distance with a long sword early on.
Sima Zheng left without hesitation.
Bai Yousi swung his long sword, stopping in front of Zhang Xing's formation.
With the assistance of Zhang Changgong and Sima Zheng, by this time, Zhang Xuguo, Fan Hu and others had fled desperately early... Even Zhang Changgong, who was only a few breaths away from the setback, had already got up at this time, and then desperately wanted to leave .
Bai Yousi turned around and swung his sword back, but half of his zhenqi was cut out of thin air, and he didn't reach the opponent at all, making the opponent grit his teeth and leap away.
Zhang Xing didn't say anything, just sat still, the fishy smell in his throat hadn't gone yet, and this wonderful feeling hadn't been clarified yet... What can I say?
On the other side, Bai You missed Zhang Changgong and seemed embarrassed to let go of Zhang Changgong, but he took advantage of the situation and turned around to participate in the fight, like an eagle hitting a pheasant and a rabbit, and easily moved towards the top officers and masters of the Qilu army who had participated in the charge before. He attacked, but for some reason, after a single strike, several people were beheaded, but those people were stunned on the spot like Sima Zheng, with a look of astonishment on their faces.
Zhang Xing was startled, and suddenly realized something, and then felt emotional, and couldn't help but look up to the sky.
But in the sky, it seems that there is only rain dripping continuously.
However, if you don't look at the sky, but turn your eyes slightly to the side, you will find that there are two people playing chess in the courtyard in the supposedly dilapidated Zhenlong Temple on the top of Lishan Mountain.
One of them was holding a bronze mirror, with a dazed and shy look on his face. He was a middle-aged man in loose and cheap brocade clothes, while the other was a woman in yellow palace attire, with a very bright color and a cold expression.
The woman made a bet, and said coldly: "Three! Are you really so busy that you will deal with these things all day and all night? Make the world restless?"
"What does this have to do with me?" The man holding the bronze mirror was extremely aggrieved. "And if you talk about causing trouble, you are the most troublesome, right? Everyone in the world who has achieved something will probably hate you to death!"
"Let them hate it!" The woman didn't care. "Kill me if you have the ability!"
"It's really crazy." The man reluctantly fell down, and quickly shook his head while holding the bronze mirror.
"You have the nerve to call others crazy?" The woman raised her head and sneered.
The man thought for a while, then shook his head again and again: "It's not me who is crazy, I am an innocent and kind person."
"Are you a human?" The woman sneered again, and then picked up a chess piece, but she couldn't play it. After a while, at the bottom of Mount Li, a cry of killing suddenly sounded like the beginning of a war, and the sound shook the mountains and fields.
The woman listened in a daze for a moment, then simply threw down the chess piece, and with a flick of her sleeve, the chessboard was wiped clean.
"What do you mean?" The man was speechless.
"The outcome is decided early, why bother to put on a show?" The woman stood up with no expression on her face and turned into the audience, without words or movements.
The man unexpectedly did not refute, but thought of something instead, hugged the bronze mirror, drenched in the rain, squatted on the grass and vines on the side of the chessboard, as if lost in thought, and down the mountain, the shouts continued, obviously However, as the official army charged into the army, it was defeated. The Qilu official army and the Chulong army were tossed in the quagmire, and finally the winner was completely determined.
What followed seemed to be a matter of life and death.
PS: Good night everyone.
(End of this chapter)
In the rain, Bai Yousi and Sima were standing on the mountainside of Mount Li, one holding a sword and the other holding a spear, each held down a big tree for a short rest and confrontation, the two trees shook slightly, and many drops of water fell .
Even masters of alchemy cannot safely hover at extremely high altitudes. That is the privilege of a grandmaster or grand master, and because of the scarcity of grandmasters and grandmasters, no one knows whether their wantonness in the air has a "tower" or not. "Assistance... Think about it too, if this matter is so simple, there will be no such thing as ascending to the gate of heaven.
In fact, these two top experts on the battlefield, the most outstanding talents of the younger generation, and the old friends of the Eastern Capital, may have been relatives of the Western Capital when they were young, and they have long since lost the slightest mastery.The reckless and high-intensity confrontation for an entire afternoon made them panting and sweating profusely, but they dared not take off their protective qi easily.
"I figured it out."
The shouts of killing from below rolled up like a wave again, and it was Zhang Xuguo who launched the central charge. Sima Zheng, whose face was covered with sweat, glanced at him and laughed dryly towards the opposite side. "Why are there often in history books and novels, masters of Ningdan and Chengdan who were stabbed to death by an iron gun...Without true energy, we may not be safe with ordinary soldiers...I should learn from you to wear a set of armor. "
Bai Yousi didn't respond to this sentence, because she knew well that the other party was just like herself, although he was in a mess, he could still hold on.On the contrary, Xiong Bonan and Zhang Changgong, who met each other a few times before, seem to be in danger... Those two people are really desperate. They have been fighting for several days, and today they started their confrontation early in the morning. Now, their respective The political and military groups with a strong sense of belonging are all desperate, so they also have to intensify the confrontation and seek victory or defeat in order to change the situation of the war.
Relatively speaking, although Sima Zheng and himself did not let go, but because the battle was late, each knew that it would be difficult to solve the other party before the end of the war, and instead they both had a simple mentality of exchange.
No one can deny this.
"look!"
Bai Yousi suddenly spoke. "Does the two armies below look like two people rolling and wrestling in muddy water?"
Sima Zheng was stunned for a moment, and then immediately nodded his head: "Both armies are start-ups. A year ago, they were both peasants in the eastern region, powerful, and equal in strength. So what if you don't roll around? Do you expect to see something destroyed? What kind of armor is like a forest, the army formation is like a plate, what kind of cavalry charge, the army collides majestically, and the avalanche will be destroyed in a quarter of an hour?"
"That's not what I meant." Bai Yousi shook his head in reply. "I was thinking, why is it an army of start-ups? Why are ordinary people who were farmers a year ago fighting this battle?"
Sima Zheng's heart moved slightly.
"This battle can clearly determine the ownership of more than a dozen counties in the eastern region; the ownership of the eastern region is enough to initiate a change in the world; a great change in the world is enough to create a real dragon and split mountains and seas." Bai Yousi continued. "But in this kind of battle, the soldiers on both sides are just farmers from the upper reaches of Jishui River and farmers from the lower reaches of Jishui River, and the generals on both sides are only the tyrants in the upper reaches of Jishui River and those in the lower reaches of Jishui River... Those noble families, those strong men are noble Where are those so-called heroes?"
"What exactly do you want to say?" Sima asked seriously, but his heart was equally puzzled and agitated. He actually wanted to ask this question vaguely, but it was a little vague, but Bai Yousi said it for him first. "Or did Zhang Xing tell you something?"
"It's not Zhang Xing, it's the result of what I saw and thought after the sage went south to Jiangdu." Bai Yousi looked at the other party with a complicated expression. "I thought the world had changed drastically, and those big men should come forward to turn the tide, but except for people like Cao Zhongcheng who had no choice but to stand up, the rest of you are more reserved than the other, more scheming than the other, always wanting to hide behind and be the one who steals the fruit, always Is it because I am worried that I will be a ladder for others, or even earlier, that saint regarded the world as a child's play, turned around and fled to Jiangdu, isn't it similar?
"On the contrary, farmers, herdsmen, bandits, deserters, gangs, and tyrants are forced to stand up and fight to kill. The killing is messy, dirty, rolling in the quagmire like the current situation, but it happens to be This kind of quagmire battle seems to be able to open up the situation and promote the overall situation...
"Sima Erlang, you are known as a hero. Come and tell me, who is the real strong man in this world? Who is the one who really decides the overall situation of the world? Is it up or down? Is it high or low? Those people, or these people wallowing in the quagmire?
"And you and me, what are you?"
Sima Zheng was silent for a long time, and then slowly answered amidst the shouts of killing below: "If I know the answer, I don't have to keep staring at your Zhang Sanlang and asking questions, and I don't have to keep him in my imagination to see him." What is the answer... However, even if we are not the protagonists in today's quagmire, it is rare to be considered as participating in it, so there is no need to belittle ourselves... The world is so big and the times are so fierce, let us take a look for ourselves The result is!"
"well said!"
Bai Yousi squinted his eyes, and suddenly swung the long sword in his hand sideways, and a dark golden sword glow nearly ten feet long was thrown out suddenly, but disappeared suddenly.Immediately, the zhenqi around the person's body swelled, and the wind was blown out of the sky, causing the trees on all sides to shake together, and countless water droplets were thrown out.
Sima had no expression on his face, and raised the iron spear in his hand straightly, laying it across his chest, and then it shone brightly. When the nameless wind swayed from the opposite side, it inexplicably failed with a distance of more than ten feet in front of him.
The two of them paused for a moment, and Bai Yousi raised the long sword in his hand, as if drawing a semicircle in mid-air, and then a pale golden glow of true energy suddenly bloomed around his body, and his whole body was raised horizontally like a long sword, struggling thrust forward.
But at the same time, Sima Zheng also brandished his spear, and the radiance in front of him burst out with qi, but it was like a shield, and he was the first to meet him.
The two stood still and moved, and fought in the air. For a while, there was a strong wind and rain, and the light and darkness mixed together, causing the two armies in the quagmire below to turn pale.
In the ditch at the foot of the mountain to the east where the water had become a real quagmire, Wang Shuyong looked up at the scene, probably because his eyesight was better and the distance was relatively close. He was almost the first to react in the ditch, and then he wanted to scold his subordinates. Continue to send a team of people to support the critical central part.
But before that, he glanced across the battlefield, and suddenly saw that, at a distance of more than a hundred steps, the general Yu Baimei was still on the horse, and he was still in a daze with his subordinates.
Obviously, the generals who knew in their bones that their own army was more dangerous seemed to have greater expectations for the outcome of the battle above.
But these are all indifferent at this time, Wang Shuyong, who was slightly moved in his heart, spread his legs, lowered his head, lowered his center of gravity, snatched the big iron bow and feather arrows wrapped in oilcloth from the back of the guard behind him, and then leaned against the mud and dirt. After reaching the side of the trench, he immediately bent his bow and set up an arrow.
In this season's battle, bows and crossbows are destined not to be the protagonists, but that doesn't mean they are not qualified to be on the stage.
Just after taking a deep breath, the surrounding noise suddenly reappeared, and the originally stagnant battlefield seemed to recover completely, and Wang Wulang did not hesitate to take advantage of the ups and downs of the natal qi in his dantian, and tried his best to release the zhenqi. Pushing along the eight extraordinary meridians to all parts of the body, he jumped up high, and the bow and arrow that had been filled with Li Huo's true energy was also pulled away with all his strength.
It was only for a moment, and taking advantage of the vision advantage brought by the height advantage, an arrow wrapped in true energy was shot at the exposed face of Yu Baimei who was still on the horse.
It may be due to the rain, or it may be due to lack of preparation. The arrow was obviously shot sideways, but it still succeeded... Following the exclamation of the surrounding people, the arrow directly hit the opponent's shoulder socket.
Yu Baimei was in pain, and roared loudly on the spot, which shocked everyone to watch, but it was precisely because of this that this officer and soldier general did not dare to dismount easily to deal with his injuries, he just broke the arrow in public, and then hurriedly ordered his troops strive to move on.
However, as the surrounding soldiers watched the scene, some were boosted up, while others were visibly timid.
After all, Yu Baimei was not only the commander of the flanks at the foot of Lishan, but also an important part of the high-end combat power of the army. Once he was injured, many things became less confident.
But Wang Shuyong succeeded in one blow, and he was not greedy. After falling, he returned the big bow directly to the guards, and then continued to hide in the trench to order his subordinates. Instead, he sent a team to the middle for support, and the rest were still here layer by layer. Resistance, in order to delay the official army offensive.
I also quickly put on my spear, waiting for possible hand-to-hand combat.
At this moment, the battle situation has reached a very critical stage.
Chu Longjun gritted his teeth and waited until most of the officers and soldiers entered the field, then launched a plan, completed the circle, and continued to enrich the rear troops, trying to tighten their pockets.
The awakened officers and soldiers were forced to divide into two because of the width of the battle line, and tried to attack from two directions to open the passage... Among them, the northern side was not at the most critical moment because of the chaos of the returning army, but Zhang Xu Guo Guo personally commanded the southern front, but they had reached their most hopeful moment.
The two main leaders on the two wings, Shang Huaizhi was killed and his troops were annihilated, Niu Da was forced to give up and return to the formation, and fled into the swamp in embarrassment. This gave Zhang Xuguo the biggest chance, and it seemed to be the last chance—— As long as the fortification area is penetrated, not only the road can be opened, but the victory or defeat is also a matter of course.
During the battle, Xu Shiying and Zhang Xuguo both noticed the phenomenon on the mountainside of Mount Li, and at the same time noticed Yu Baimei's injury.
The two were naturally overjoyed and surprised.
But soon, following Yu Baimei's roar on the battlefield, Zhang Xuguo resolutely withdrew his panic, and continued to personally lead the crowd forward.At this time, he was only a hundred steps away from the young general under the "Xu" flag on the opposite mound. The so-called far away, even the two sides could already vaguely see each other's expression.
And both sides also undoubtedly understand each other's identity, one must be Zhang Xuguo, the commander in chief of the march in the east of the Wei Dynasty, and the other must be Xu Shiying, the leader of the western front of the Dragon Clan who has only heard the name a few times ...But at this time, both sides are actually playing a similar role, that is, the front-line commanders of the two armies on this local battlefield.
Even though both of them were obviously of alchemy cultivation, even though the distance between them was only three lines of defense and a distance of a hundred or ten steps, neither of them tried to single out, but put everything on advancing and defending the front line.
Because they are not generals like Wang Shuyong and Yu Baimei, they are commanders who are responsible for the overall situation.
It may be absurd, a Kansai old man, a Eastern tycoon, they were nothing a year ago, but in the second year after Emperor Wei abandoned the north and fled to Jiangdu, they were swept into this position by the current situation and became face-to-face. They are responsible for the battle involving about [-] to [-] people, which determines the ownership of the Eastern Territory, determines the rise and fall of the rebel army in the world, and determines the fate of the Wei court.
Xu Shiying sat there, letting the rain hit his helmet, but didn't say a word. He knew that he had made a mistake before, and he also knew that he had taken all the remedial measures in time. There is nothing to say now, just sit here and wait The reinforcements arrive, wait for the opponent to come, and fight bravely.
In theory, Zhang Xuguo should also have a similar mentality - just go forward.
But Yu Baimei's injury made him extremely shaken... He was already worried that even if he broke through to the front, he would not be able to defeat at least Xu Shiying and Wang Shuyong, and maybe Li Shu or one of Zhang Sanlang combination.
In addition to the lack of high-level combat power, there is a deeper consideration.That was this assault, and the casualties of the soldiers on both sides increased significantly. If the casualties of the bandit army were caused by tactical mistakes, then the casualties of the Qilu soldiers on their own side were likely to be exhausted, which reached a certain level.
In other words, the combat power of the troops is likely to plummet from this point on.
Suppressing these thoughts, Zhang Xuguo personally beheaded several people, and broke through another ditch with difficulty and determination.
When he looked up, his face was already pale from the rain, because he had already seen a steady stream of reinforcements from the bandit army pouring out of the army stronghold behind the tall general's platform... This made this Guan Xilaoge was very surprised. According to his judgment, the bandit army must invest at least [-] main forces to complete the complete blockade to the rear. The reinforcements may not necessarily be fresh troops, but probably the troops that were defeated by Yu Baimei's pursuit before.
This is not a good thing, because it means that the opponent's logistical preparations are far beyond his imagination, and the overall combat power of the opponent's troops is also higher than he imagined, and it is likely to be more resilient and effective, while his troops are very It is possible to encounter a global collapse after exhaustion, the kind of collapse of landslides.
Of course, this also means that his time is running out.
On the other side, Xu Shiying looked at the other party with great interest, and extra thoughts began to appear in his heart... No one, this time the assault, the other party is still powerful and invincible... This is a matter of course, after all, he is a condensed pill The master and the coach personally led the assault, but at the same time, the troops behind the opponent cleaned up the trench and drove away their own subordinates. The time it took was almost equivalent to the time it took to occupy the two lines of defense before.
He began to look forward to it inexplicably.
Zhang Xuguo paused for a rare moment, and then organized his troops, preparing for a new round of assault.
This time, the front is a very simple fence.
The very simple single-layer fence has already been crooked under the washing of the rain, and some sections have been knocked down by the fleeing troops of the Dragon Army.There is no way, the time to depose the dragon army is limited, the so-called defensive positions are the most basic earth barriers, a row of fences, a trench and the like.
Turning back to the front, under the personal call of the coach, Qilu officers and soldiers once again mustered their morale and courage, and thousands of troops once again launched an assault on the central front more than one mile wide.
At the same time, behind the fence, there were probably only a few hundred dethroning dragon soldiers holding long spears, barely maintaining their posture, ready to face the battle.
However, as soon as the two sides joined the battle, there was another movement from the northwest of the front line. It was a sudden burst of shouting and killing, which was particularly noticeable on the gradually losing voice and chaotic battlefield.
Xu Shiying sat on the mound, saw clearly, and laughed on the spot;
Zhang Xuguo didn't dare not to look at it, but his color faded instantly when he turned around;
The officers and soldiers also looked back because of the sound, and then their morale dropped for a while;
On the contrary, Du Longjun, who reluctantly let go, visibly cheered up.
Without him, Niu Da's crumpled banner suddenly appeared on the edge of the water pool again, and under the banner, about hundreds of people were screaming desperately and charging towards Zhang Xuguo's side and rear... This wave of shouting and killing, Rather than boosting their own morale, it was more like actively reminding those officers and soldiers on the battlefield that they were back.
There were not many people who came back. If Niu Da lost at least a thousand people before, now there are at most 600 people who came back with his banner, and they generally discarded their helmets and armors, except that their weapons seemed to be still there.Of course, compared to the officers and soldiers who continued to fight and assault in the mud, they were actually half a new force, and they came from behind.
Therefore, as soon as they entered the battle, the officers and troops on the western edge of the position almost collapsed.
Even many of the officers and troops in the center of the front line who were attacking with Zhang Xuguo began to disregard the military orders. Starting from the west side, they secretly left the front line and tried to retreat and escape.
Another offensive that Zhang Xuguo managed to organize began to disintegrate from west to east.
After a while, as nearly half of the assault troops retreated to the original trench, Zhang Xuguo had to order to turn around and regroup. It was impossible not to go back, because some teams that returned to the trench obviously had a tendency to retreat further...Yu Bai One was injured, the west side was killed and returned to the carbine, and the soldiers were exhausted. If he didn't go back to regroup the troops, it might cause a chain reaction.
"I beg you..."
Back in the ditch, Zhang Xuguo knew that there was not much he could do in this battle, so he didn't dare to delay at all. While going west along the ditch, he quickly rectified the army, and took advantage of the situation to gather the troops and wait until Turning around and returning to the central position, about a dozen generals have gathered beside him, and then immediately issued the military order, but it was almost powerless when he spoke. "Go back for a whole day, take the big guys and rush with me again! If you succeed, you will succeed! If you fail, go!"
To be honest, after saying this, Zhang Xuguo regretted it himself, he knew that he was too cowardly.
But there is no way, Yu Baimei's injury, Niu Da's returning carbine, the calmness of the enemy commander, the visible reinforcements, and the exhaustion of his own troops are all facts that can be seen with the naked eye... Deceived and deceived What's the point?
When the surrounding team members heard the coach's statement, their hearts were cold, but after more than a year of following, the so-called prestige of repeated victories still made most people maintain their respect for the coach, and they all nodded in agreement.
Then they turned around and prepared their troops.
This time it took more time to prepare, and after the attack was launched again, the number of troops in motion was also significantly reduced.
Xu Shiying looked at this scene coldly, and suddenly issued an order on the mound: "Order the front army to retreat, abandon that fence, and come to this mound! Let the rear reinforcements also gather behind this mound and fight side by side with me!" "
Xu Shiying's military order was carried out, the flag was shaken, the gong sounded again, and the hundreds of spearmen of the Dragon Army who were dozens of steps ahead were relieved, retreated to the rear earth barrier, and re-arranged along the earth barrier.
Zhang Xuguo struggled forward, but when he saw such a scene, he was so confused for a moment that he didn't know how to deal with it.
But it doesn't matter.
Soon, as the officers and soldiers of this assault rushed to the fence, they naturally stopped the offensive, and then only a part of the officers and soldiers took advantage of the situation and pushed to the fence, and many soldiers simply stopped behind the fence. Come over to rely on the fence and rest... The courage I tried my best this time, although I easily broke through a line of defense, it was more helpless like a punch that I tried my best to get out of the way.
If you want to attack again, you will probably have to reorganize and encourage.
At the same time, the bandits' reinforcements had already begun to enter the fortification area, gathering towards the mound where Xu Dalang himself sat in front.
Apparently, it was a cunning but effective little trick, used at the most critical moment.
Zhang Xuguo stood in a daze in front of a fence that had been knocked down, looking ahead, and just a few dozen steps ahead, the bandit commander Xu Shiying was still sitting motionless in the rain... Chief Manager Zhang could even see the subtle expression on the other side , as if mocking, but also as if he was expecting something; he could also see the immortal energy in the opponent's body eager to try; he saw many retreating bandits and soldiers standing on the earth base condescendingly, and then because there were major generals and The presence of more troops boosted morale.
What is the other party looking forward to?
Are you looking forward to withdrawing your troops, or are you looking forward to rushing forward?
Zhang Xuguo was completely shaken.
"Boss, let's go!"
Some personal guards came to persuade him weakly. "Not to mention that the other side's reinforcements will arrive soon, even if they don't, we won't be able to push through the next line. If we leave at this time, maybe we can walk a few more people from the swamp or behind..."
Zhang Xuguo opened his mouth and didn't insist on anything. He looked at the face of the young man across from him again, and then he chose to turn his head and leave. The soldiers around followed him one after another... In the eyes of these soldiers, the large crop land in the west, although accumulated There is a lot of water, but it doesn't seem to be a natural barrier, and you can run if you can't win.
Only Zhang Xuguo understood that there might be a way out in this battle, but only with Fan Hu, he, an old man who had fought for decades, fell into the hands of a young Eastern border tycoon who had only raised his army for a year. Fell in front of some crude and funny fortifications, and fell on the incredible logistical supplies of the bandit army.
Zhang Xuguo walked away in embarrassment, the officers and soldiers began to retreat in frustration, Xu Shiying still sat still, neither ordered the pursuit, nor personally tried to attack the opponent's coach, but just watched the opponent's back disappear into the next ditch.
Until the opponent's flag retreated to a distance of two or three hundred steps from him, at this time, the leader of the personal guards he sent before finally returned to his side, and Huang Junhan, who stayed behind the army camp, arrived together.
At the same time, the formerly lured enemy troops who drank hot soup and ate pancakes also began to enter the fortified area on a large scale to enrich their defenses.
Reinforcements finally arrived.
Zhang Xuguo withdrew from the southern fortification area in embarrassment, called Yu Baimei on the way, and walked north together. Thanks to the fact that the bandits behind them did not have any urgent pursuit, they quickly gathered many former troops.
Then, they were not surprised to find that these local tribes who crowded around the official road at the foot of Mount Li, that is, those who were in the first wave of reinforcements before, did not realize the seriousness of the matter at all.
Many of them don't even fight today.
"Chief."
As the front became more and more crowded and chaotic, Yu Baimei, who had heard some information ahead, held his shoulders, stopped his mount suddenly, and explained in the middle of the road. "You don't care about this place, leave all the withdrawn troops to me, you go to coordinate these surrendered generals and county soldiers, go north, and join forces with Fan Hu to attack! There is nothing to do behind, and there is nothing to do here, Staying behind will only waste time!"
Of course Zhang Xuguo knew that what the other party said was true, but looking at the other party's face and the unstoppable blood dripping down his shoulders from the rain, he still felt a strong sense of shame.
It was he who was full of confidence and insisted on fighting, which led to falling into the enemy's pocket, and then he did not have enough combat power to break through the front fortifications. Now, he has to "abandon" his most loyal and enthusiastic confidant general.
But what if you don't work hard at the moment?
"General Yu, rest now!" Zhang Xuguo gritted his teeth. "I don't believe that the thieves sealed it so fast and so tightly...No matter what today, this old man will take you out."
Yu Baimei nodded again and again, as if she was very convinced, but also seemed to be just perfunctory.
Zhang Xuguo didn't hesitate any more, suppressed his exhaustion and all kinds of churning in his heart, and hurried to the north.
Thanks to the coach's personal mediation, the originally congested middle of the battlefield was partially unblocked immediately, and the two generals Xie Xiang and Wang Liang also surrounded them.
A little more than a quarter of an hour later, Zhang Xuguo and his two subordinates led a few revived elites to the front line in the north, and gathered under Fan Hu's banner.
But at this time, Fan Hu was already somewhat desperate.
"This subordinate is ashamed, I really can't move." Fan Hu said one thing. "The opponent's zhenqi formation is too hard, and I can't charge in at all! I have launched seven charges! Three times of flanking attacks, I have tried twice myself, and this big formation is as stable as a rock!"
"Of course." Although Zhang Xuguo was already exhausted, he immediately came to a conclusion after glancing at the battle ahead. "The other party has gathered at least a hundred practitioners, forming a large formation, and it is a seamless one. How can it be easily shaken... Is that Zhang Sanlang here in person?"
"It must be him!"
"Are there any other alchemy masters in the formation?"
"nothing now."
"The single-character flag over there is Dantonghai?"
"should be."
"Who is the Jia character flag that has been connected?"
"do not know."
"You left Fan Bao on the other side?"
"Yes."
"Has he been notified? How?"
"I told him not to lead the remaining [-] soldiers over here... lest the army come towards each other and block the passage instead."
"That's right...but Fan Bao can lead a small number of personal guards over." Zhang Xuguo suddenly felt relieved. "Once Shan Tonghai comes over, this formation will be even more difficult to break through! General Yu is injured, you, me, and Fan Bao, let's try together before Shan Tonghai!"
At this point, Zhang Xuguo turned his head to look at Fan Hu, and continued to speak seriously: "And if we still can't make it through... let's not make it anymore, just try to get stuck in the gap at the foot of the mountain in the east, and try to keep the officers and Rescue the elite... because once it gets dark, or when the bandit army prepares and advances behind, the soldiers will escape from the swamp uncontrollably, and that is when we will be defeated today."
Fan Hu nodded heavily, he knew the result a long time ago.
After a while, Fan Bao, who was actually not far away, received the order and replied affirmatively to the messenger without hesitation, and then looked at the general behind him: "You and these four thousand soldiers are not allowed to move here! I will go Support with Big Brother!"
The general was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help being surprised and asked: "If he still doesn't move this time, will he be defeated?"
Listening to the voice, it was a female general.
Fan Bao's expression was complicated: "No matter what, the elder brother has a cultivation base of condensing alchemy, and he can always escape... Don't think too much, let alone many things."
The female general, that is, Fan Lihua, the younger sister of the Fan brothers and sisters, was obviously dissatisfied, but she nodded heavily in front of her elder brother.
Fan Bao sighed, and immediately led the guards of the headquarters to go forward.
Almost at the same moment, on the other side of the battlefield, Yu Baimei, who was in charge of breaking the rear, seemed to realize something, turned around to look, and saw the "Xu" flag suddenly pulled up, leading the troops to start from the fortification area, from south to north , slowly approaching him.
Not only that, with the start of the "Xu" banner, "Wang", "Niu", "Huang", "Zhai", "Xiahou", "Liang", etc. are familiar or unfamiliar, big or small, clearly The flags that were not clear also appeared in the rain, connecting with each other, and then led the reorganized bandit army to press towards him.
Yu Baimei hesitated for a moment, regardless of the pain and the obvious panic of the surrounding soldiers fleeing to the crop field on the west side, she chose to ride south alone and meet them face to face.
In fact, by this time, with the passage of time and the unfavorable offensive of the officers and soldiers, even if they could not see the situation on the southern front, many officers and soldiers had gradually realized that the situation was inappropriate. The water swamp area in the west, which seems to be a crop field, has fled, and more and more people are fleeing.
At this time, Zhang Xing, who was sitting under the banner, suddenly noticed an interesting situation, and couldn't help but turn his head to ask Jia Runshi: "I'm sitting short, is it wrong? Are you still trying to walk along the gap and avoid the crops?"
"Indeed." Jia Runshi was stunned for a moment, stepped on his feet to look at it, and then gave a clear answer with a little explanation. "The soldiers of Qi County are also farmers, how can they be willing to trample on the crops?"
Zhang Xing was stunned, didn't say a word, just continued to sit in the same place holding the Jinglongjian, and then looked forward with a blank expression.
I don't know if it's an illusion, but there are people with cultivation in the formation, inexplicably feel that the true energy in the formation has not weakened due to long-term persistence, but has become more intense.
"The old man is exhausted." Zhang Xuguo looked at Fan Hu seriously. "You come first and take the eyes of the array."
Fan Hu nodded heavily.
The flag was waved, Fan Hu, Zhang Xuguo, Xie Xiang, Wang Liang, and Zhang Qingte went from south to north, and Fan Bao and Jia Wugen went from north to south. The only way to gather as many masters of cultivation as possible... Then, according to the result of the smooth communication between the passages at the foot of Lili Mountain, they launched an assault together by charging on horseback towards the red-bottomed "Depose" flag.
Halfway through the assault, all the practitioners in the Qilu Army who participated in the assault released their true energy as planned.
Zhang Xing still sat still, but as he breathed, he could clearly feel that the entire military formation was also breathing, as if everything from the heart to the dantian, and then to the true qi formation were all integrated into one.
After a few breaths, suddenly, as the cavalry of the officers and soldiers approached, Zhang Xing obviously felt a real sense of oppression from the sea of true energy around him, as if breathing became difficult.
But soon, with the rhythm of breathing, his chest still bulged back.
At the same time, sitting still on the horse, he finally pulled out the unsheathed startling dragon sword from the ground, and then slashed at the riding general who was coming in front of him.
The general was Fan Hu, and he had already swung the long knife high, and the Duanjiang Zhenqi on the blade was glowing, nearly a foot long, and he also slashed down towards Zhang Xing who was sitting there.
One is riding on a horse, one is sitting on the ground, one is a long sword in the army, one is a sword without a sheath, one is the true energy of Duanjiang, and the other is the true energy of cold ice.
In theory, it should be the former who takes advantage.
But in fact, the two sides swung their blades. There was no actual physical collision between the sword and the sword. huge impact.
Zhang Xing only felt that the sea of zhenqi on his side was like a living thing, and as he swung his sword, he also rushed out suddenly, and then directly fell to the ground with some huge living thing behind the comer from the air.
Sure enough, after the sword strike, Zhang Xingduan sat still without any deviation, and the army formation behind him was roughly complete.
However, quite a few people beside him and in front of him were directly swept up by the sea of qi, and they staggered back for a while, Wang Xiongdan who was ahead of him even fell to the ground on the spot, rolling around in the mud.
Relatively speaking, Fan Hu on the opposite side and his cavalry behind him were even more miserable. They seemed to have been hammered heavily out of thin air. Several horses neighed and fell to the ground together, and then slid backwards in the mud with the knight.
For a moment, the neighing of war horses was mixed with people's wailing, and blood, mud, and ice slag were also mixed together. It was impossible to tell whether it was human blood or horse blood, whether it was directly injured by the sea of air, or because it was squeezed while sliding on the ground. Bleeding due to pressure and friction.
But no matter what, Fan Hu and other core members of the Qilu army suffered a huge blow. Even the knights a little further away staggered out of control, or fell off their horses, or staggered and fled with bleeding from their mouths and noses.
An obvious cold air also swept across the battlefield in an instant, causing many raindrops to freeze on the spot out of thin air, sweeping and falling on the armor of many people, making a tinkling sound.
Sensing a few warm currents coming towards his face, of course Zhang Xing would not give up this good opportunity, so he wanted to get up to meet them, and lead the crowd to kill these people.
But just as he was about to get up, when he raised his head, he saw several streamers of light flying towards him one after the other from the halfway up Mount Li.
Zhang Xing didn't dare to be negligent, so he sat down again, and then held the sword in both hands, without leaving any room, he only used his true qi from all the meridians as much as possible, reawakened the sea of true qi in the formation, adjusted his breathing, and waited By the time the first two streamers came in front of him, the sea of true energy had already followed his breathing and turned into a rising tide.
Without hesitation, the man took advantage of this opportunity to slash with his sword.
A lavender stream of light flashed past in a hurry and dodged to the side, while another silver-white stream of light ignored everything and met him face to face.
When he got close, Zhang Xing could see clearly that it was a person wearing a silver-gray mask, so he knew it must be Zhang Changgong, a master of alchemy.
Zhang Changgong stabbed from afar with the long spear in his hand, and bumped into Zhang Xing's zhenqi formation at a distance of several feet.As soon as they collided, Zhang Xing only felt tightness in his chest, and his hands were numb due to the shock of the Dragon Sword in his hand.But at the same time, the spear in the opponent's hand actually dropped directly. Not only that, as the Dragon-Starling Sword swept across the opponent's face, the silver-gray mask on the latter's face actually shattered on the spot, revealing a face that was too fair and soft. It's too much, but at this moment, it's a terrified face.
This is not the time to be sympathetic, nor is it the time to reminisce about the past, but it is also not the time to take advantage of the situation to end each other, because there are two streamers flying straight at a faster speed, and the speed is extremely fast, it is too late for Zhang Dalong to head Take multiple breaths to adjust the ups and downs of the sea of zhenqi in the array.
Zhang Xing's scalp was numb, why didn't he know who it was?So he immediately calmed down, just took a deep breath, and before he even had time to stand up from the saddle, he roared with all his strength, using strength that he had never used in his life, relying only on instinct, and slashed at the person who came by desperately.
As soon as he struck out with a sword, Zhang Xing only felt that where his chest and abdomen exerted force to display his true qi, it seemed as if something substantial jumped out of thin air. It instantly connected the sea of qi in the formation with all the limbs and bones, and then beat in unison with the heart. It also rises and falls with the breath, and even seems to be faintly connected with this piece of heaven and earth.
This is a wonderful, qualitatively changing feeling, as if in an instant, breathing and heartbeat have a new meaning, as if they have a strong connection point with the world, creating an inexplicable sense of belonging.
It was at this moment that Zhang Xing had come to his senses and he had condensed his pill.
Moreover, he vaguely realized that the reason why he congealed the pill so slowly was probably because he, as a traverser, needed more certification and approval similar to this world.
It seems that it is not emotional, but the kind of actual action, which is used to influence the world, and in turn is recognized by the world.
But there was no time for extra emotions and insights, because Sima Zheng's power far surpassed the previous two.
The man's spear wrapped in radiant energy fell down, and actually collided with the startling dragon sword in Zhang Xing's hand.And Zhang Xingming obviously borrowed the power of the army, combined with the power of countless masters of cultivation, to fight against one person, but just this collision, it was still like the first time he had a faint formation with Fan Hu. As if the knights collided with each other, they felt a huge oppression out of thin air, and it was still too much.
The most obvious evidence is that a mouthful of sweet and fishy smell came out of his throat immediately, but Zhang Xingsheng swallowed it back.
Not to mention that, among the several sergeants in the army formation beside him, several of them flew up on the spot like the first impact, and even a familiar guardian rolled several times on the ground and died on the spot.
Zhang Xing sat still, and Sima was falling in front of him. The two faced each other. The former was expressionless, neither happy nor angry, sad or angry, just feeling the wonderful changes in his body, and then thinking about those strange thoughts, and then Those who looked obviously strange, seemed a little shocked, a little puzzled, but seemed a little relieved, and some of them knew this before.
Of course, this strange confrontation didn't last more than five breaths at all, because Bai Yousi, who was only chasing after him, stabbed at him from a distance with a long sword early on.
Sima Zheng left without hesitation.
Bai Yousi swung his long sword, stopping in front of Zhang Xing's formation.
With the assistance of Zhang Changgong and Sima Zheng, by this time, Zhang Xuguo, Fan Hu and others had fled desperately early... Even Zhang Changgong, who was only a few breaths away from the setback, had already got up at this time, and then desperately wanted to leave .
Bai Yousi turned around and swung his sword back, but half of his zhenqi was cut out of thin air, and he didn't reach the opponent at all, making the opponent grit his teeth and leap away.
Zhang Xing didn't say anything, just sat still, the fishy smell in his throat hadn't gone yet, and this wonderful feeling hadn't been clarified yet... What can I say?
On the other side, Bai You missed Zhang Changgong and seemed embarrassed to let go of Zhang Changgong, but he took advantage of the situation and turned around to participate in the fight, like an eagle hitting a pheasant and a rabbit, and easily moved towards the top officers and masters of the Qilu army who had participated in the charge before. He attacked, but for some reason, after a single strike, several people were beheaded, but those people were stunned on the spot like Sima Zheng, with a look of astonishment on their faces.
Zhang Xing was startled, and suddenly realized something, and then felt emotional, and couldn't help but look up to the sky.
But in the sky, it seems that there is only rain dripping continuously.
However, if you don't look at the sky, but turn your eyes slightly to the side, you will find that there are two people playing chess in the courtyard in the supposedly dilapidated Zhenlong Temple on the top of Lishan Mountain.
One of them was holding a bronze mirror, with a dazed and shy look on his face. He was a middle-aged man in loose and cheap brocade clothes, while the other was a woman in yellow palace attire, with a very bright color and a cold expression.
The woman made a bet, and said coldly: "Three! Are you really so busy that you will deal with these things all day and all night? Make the world restless?"
"What does this have to do with me?" The man holding the bronze mirror was extremely aggrieved. "And if you talk about causing trouble, you are the most troublesome, right? Everyone in the world who has achieved something will probably hate you to death!"
"Let them hate it!" The woman didn't care. "Kill me if you have the ability!"
"It's really crazy." The man reluctantly fell down, and quickly shook his head while holding the bronze mirror.
"You have the nerve to call others crazy?" The woman raised her head and sneered.
The man thought for a while, then shook his head again and again: "It's not me who is crazy, I am an innocent and kind person."
"Are you a human?" The woman sneered again, and then picked up a chess piece, but she couldn't play it. After a while, at the bottom of Mount Li, a cry of killing suddenly sounded like the beginning of a war, and the sound shook the mountains and fields.
The woman listened in a daze for a moment, then simply threw down the chess piece, and with a flick of her sleeve, the chessboard was wiped clean.
"What do you mean?" The man was speechless.
"The outcome is decided early, why bother to put on a show?" The woman stood up with no expression on her face and turned into the audience, without words or movements.
The man unexpectedly did not refute, but thought of something instead, hugged the bronze mirror, drenched in the rain, squatted on the grass and vines on the side of the chessboard, as if lost in thought, and down the mountain, the shouts continued, obviously However, as the official army charged into the army, it was defeated. The Qilu official army and the Chulong army were tossed in the quagmire, and finally the winner was completely determined.
What followed seemed to be a matter of life and death.
PS: Good night everyone.
(End of this chapter)
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