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Chapter 885 "Zuo Ming": Why do you need to use a knife to kill you?

"Sheng Gong, our army has been besieging Xiangyang for [-] days. If this stalemate continues, we may not be able to consume the enemy..."

Looking at the three generals Li Tianrun, Si Xingfang and Pang Wanchun half kneeling in front of the big tent of the Chinese army, Fang La was slightly dazed.

Yes, before I knew it, it had been fourteen days.

According to a normal siege battle, if a city cannot be stormed within ten days and a half months, then it will turn into a stalemate stage. January, February, March, or even half a year, is normal, until the opponent's food and grass are exhausted. .

Therefore, when the Song army used to defend the city, it often used ten days and the longest half month as a standard line. As long as it exceeded this line, the enemy army would retreat in spite of difficulties, and our army would win a brilliant victory, raising the height of the Song Dynasty. The odds of victory in foreign wars.

But Xiangyang City is obviously an exception.

Now half a month has passed, and Fang La's army has not even launched a formal attack.

On the one hand, their siege equipment is indeed insufficient, and they are working overtime to build it, and they have also begun to build towers on one side of the moat;
On the other hand, those who are also knowledgeable soldiers know very well that with their current equipment, attacking through this moat that is three times wider than Bianjing is basically a waste of casualties and a waste of effort.

So luring the enemy out of the city became a tacit tactic. Before Fang La used his body as bait, the generals in the army were still panicked. They were afraid that when the time came to fight and hurt Shenggong, they would die.

As the other party kept the city gate closed for longer and longer, they also panicked, for fear that the other party would really stick to it and completely ignored the Holy Duke outside.

It's just panic, not chaos, because Fang La patrols the barracks every day with a confident attitude, and the military rations are temporarily sufficient, otherwise the soldiers at the bottom may have problems.

As long as the emperor's personal conquest, the monarch's calmness is very important. They undoubtedly have a good leader, but this can't be eaten. If it goes on like this, when will it be a head?
Therefore, instead of just pointing out the problem, Li Tianrun also gave specific tactics: "Sheng Gong, the last general thinks that we should pretend to withdraw the army to lure the defenders in Xiangyang City to chase after us, or withdraw the army, leaving only a small group of elites to fight against the enemy. The opponent is circling around!"

Si Xingfang seconded: "I am waiting for the big army here. The Yan army sticks to the city, and it can be said that they are proficient in tactics. If the big army withdraws, leaving only a small group of troops, if the other party does not dare to come out to destroy them, it will be cowardly. When the time comes Let the people of Xianghan see who has the courage to protect their army!"

Pang Wanchun, who is good at marksmanship, even said: "The last general wishes to lead three thousand here to deal with Yan's army. If he doesn't behead Yan's general, he vows not to return to Jiangling!"

Regarding the strategies of the three generals, Fang La already understood that they were actually admitting defeat and retreating, but he had to find some dignity in an awkward way so that the loss would not be too ugly, so he had to stay and kill some enemies and go back to deal with the Jinghu people.

In all fairness, if it wasn't for the appearance of "Zuo Ming" that made the Ming Zun Sect mobilize, Fang La would probably have adopted this useless but rational approach after persisting for half a month.

Compared with staying in Xiangyang all the time, and finally being exhausted and unable to retreat, the soldiers might mutiny on the way. This is already a quite safe way.

But now, he insisted.

Persevere until the dawn appears.

That's why Fang La's tone was calm, and there was indescribable majesty and firmness in his expression: "I know that you are worried that the thief will stick to it and want to retreat despite difficulties, but this retreat will make it difficult to go to Xiangyang again in the future. It's not comparable this time!"

"The Yan army has tasted the sweetness, and there are many servants and craftsmen. Next, we must continue to strengthen, and even continue to widen this moat..."

"What shall we do then? When we come to the city of Xiangyang again, we may not even have the courage to attack..."

The three will be silent.

They actually knew it too, but the two evils are the lesser of two evils. Isn't it true that there is no way to go to the city now, and the Yan army with the entire Central Plains sitting behind them has no choice but to make such a bad move?
Is it possible that Sheng Gong has other methods?
Just when their faces were ugly, Fang La slowly got up, stepped outside the tent, and bowed solemnly towards the sky: "If the heavens bless me, and the people of Jingxiang will have a peaceful day early, let Xiangyang change, give me Great opportunity for the rebels to defeat the enemy!"

The three generals were stunned, but they didn't expect Shenggong to start praying to God.

But in view of the prestige of this person, he didn't think it was completely absurd. On the contrary, he came out with some expectation, and bowed together: "May God bless the Holy Duke! God bless the Holy Duke!"

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"Ming Wang protects you, invincible, invincible!"

In the Fancheng stronghold, eight guardians headed by Wei Qingyi bowed down devoutly to the statue of King Ming.

At first glance, this king of Ming looks very similar to an ordinary Buddha statue, with a solemn and benevolent appearance, but the details reveal a strange taste, one black and one white hands, and four strange lines on the body of the Buddha statue. Let's go, gather together in the sky.

The black and white of the hands coincides with the opposition of the two schools of light and darkness in Manichaeism. Through the struggle from light to darkness and from darkness to light, the balance of the independent existence of light and darkness was restored when the world was not opened in the beginning. Bring pure light to the world without any evil.

The four stripes are the four powers of tranquility, light, strength, and wisdom bestowed by King Ming to mortals, and they are also the divine protection that the four great bishops can receive.

There is no doubt that the eight protectors gathered here are all here for this position.

Eight to two, the chance is not small, compared to the group of believers who dedicate everything to King Ming, but don't get any real rewards, they are only close to the goal.

Therefore, when worshiping the statue of King Ming, the eyes of the Dharma protectors were extremely enthusiastic, but when they looked at each other, they could not conceal their wariness.

However, they are well-known figures in various places, and they know the stakes, and the competition belongs to the competition, so there will be no internal strife.

After the worship, Wei Qingyi spoke first: "There are two core formations and four unique arrays, and we have eight people to arrange them. But according to what Mingzun said, the elite congregants brought by each should not be idle. Choose sixty-four people and arrange the outer ones." The four unique formations, the sky and the earth, must not let 'Zuo Ming' have the slightest chance to breathe!"

There is nothing wrong with what he said. Everyone came, and naturally they went all out to complete their work, but they were a little dissatisfied with the tone of giving orders.

Xie Jinshi, a Dharma protector with a height of nine feet and a flying beard, said in a low voice: "These Mingzun have given orders, so you don't need to repeat them. We just want to know, why did 'Zuo Ming' come to Fancheng?"

Although the Ming Zunjiao dispatched eight guardians this time, except for those who are too far away to arrive quickly, the nearby high-level and elite players are all gathered here, which can be called a powerful force. It is no exaggeration to say that they dare to rely on The number of a few hundred people hit tens of thousands of Song troops.

But the Yan army is not the Song army. It has completely different combat power and military equipment. In Xiangyang city, it is repairing the city defense and strengthening the fortifications. I'm afraid there won't be too many waves, and they will be wiped out by the Yan army...

So in their view, there are only two most difficult points in this battle——

First, how to draw "Zuo Ming" out of Xiangyang?
Second, how can "Zuo Ming" not turn around and run away when he realizes that his side is powerful and ready to fight, so that he will never be able to catch him again?

Wei Qingyi smiled at this, and proudly said: "Do you think I came here first, just to run errands for Mingzun? How many people in this world can match me in the lightness of life? These days I have already taken Xiangyang The city is clear, and Mingzun has made arrangements early, and the next step is to lure him out of the city!"

"Don't worry about this person coming out. Apart from occupying the Jinling Palace, 'Zuo Ming' has no helper every time. Whether it is unparalleled martial arts or famous deeds, he will become more and more used to being alone. Come alone!"

"Others will stay in the Yan army for a long time, and we really have nothing to do, but the great rebel 'Zuo Ming' dares to go deep even with thousands of troops, are you afraid of going out of the city alone?"

Xie Jinshi said unceremoniously: "'Zuo Ming' is not afraid, but I am afraid that you will be beaten to death by him in Xiangyang City, and I will come here for nothing!"

Wei Qingyi sneered, the expression on his face suddenly became solemn, and a sense of indifference without joy, anger, sorrow or desire gradually appeared in his eyes.

Accompanied by this change of expression, a wave of majesty and immeasurable majesty was born, making people bow down and worship.

Including Xie Jinshi, all the protectors really fell to the ground, startled and envious: "Ming Wang's divine power! You are not a bishop, why are you given this power?"

"It's up to me to lure 'Zuo Ming' into ambush, but you can't!"

Wei Qingyi flicked his sleeves calmly, his figure disappeared, like a smear of blue smoke, going away in an instant, leaving only the guardians with complex expressions.

When it comes to divine movement, they are indeed inferior to each other, but Mingzun arranged it this way, and now that Wei Qingyi has the first merit alone, he can almost lock in the position of bishop, and the remaining seven can only compete for the remaining one.

In view of this, in the next confrontation, we must do our best to give that "Zuo Ming" the most violent blow!

The wait is not long.

Before even an hour had passed, the guardian who had cast the Eagle's Eye Curse saw a figure in a toga with long sleeves leaving Xiangyang City on the opposite bank, and landed directly on a small boat by the Han River, heading towards this direction like an arrow leaving the string. from anywhere.

"The battlefield on the river!"

There are multiple battlefields set in the plan, the farther away from the Yan army in Xiangyang, the better, but if you can't completely attract Fancheng, and you have to ensure that the opponent can't escape halfway, the river is undoubtedly a good choice.

So everyone boarded the prepared boat one after another, the seven guardians were at the bow, and the elite subordinates rowed the boat. When the oars turned, there were almost afterimages, and the small boats greeted the past like arrows leaving the string.

On the surface of the river, the two sides met head-on, and the boat under the toga and sleeves slowly stopped.

"Haha, did you find out that it was an ambush? It's too late!"

The blue shadow flashed, and Wei Qingyi, who was the first to lure the enemy, came to the bow of his own boat and stood still. He and the other seven boats happened to be in the shape of eight doors, surrounding the figure in the wide robe and long sleeves in the middle, and said through gritted teeth: "' Zuo Ming', you snatched my sect's secret library and killed my sect brothers, you should have known that there would be such a day, the Han River as your burial place, and you would not be humiliated... The four extremes are here!"

No long-winded nonsense, Wei Qingyi's voice full of hatred and expectation fell, and he rushed out together with the other three guardians. A strange aura surged from each of them, interweaving into an extremely peculiar Combination means.

Absolutely quiet!Absolutely bright!Absolutely!Absolutely wise!
When the reverse effects of the four doctrines act on the body, even a tyrannical warrior may become a lamb waiting to be slaughtered, and the blockade of the heaven and earth energy is the only way to target the "Zuo Ming" secret method.

Even a peerless powerhouse can't stand such a gap, two fists can't beat four hands!
Not only the four hands, but compared with the four who made the move, the other four protectors were not idle. While mobilizing the energy of heaven and earth, their attention was always locked on the knife at the waist of this archenemy.

Although I don't know the name of this sword, it has already shaken the world.

According to Bishop Dali's judgment, the killing intent of this knife has been condensed and sublimated. It must be a magical weapon formed by charging on the battlefield, beheading at least a thousand enemies, and then implementing the soldier's belief and determination.

If "Zuo Ming" did not inherit this sword from others, but was the original owner of this sword, then the real face hidden under the mask is likely to have been a famous general in the world, and later lived in seclusion without knowing his chances, and developed a whole body of skills. Possesses a literary and martial arts strategy, and can guide the general trend of the world every time he comes out!

Anyway, the end of the saga is in our hands!

Thinking of being able to kill such a person, they, who often hide in the dark, showed a trembling look of excitement, and at the same time they were ready to go. If the opponent can even compete against one or two of the four unique formations, they must be ready to take over at any time. A four-jue formation is exhausted to death with a chariot.

However, what is puzzling is that Wei Qingyi and the four of them are already close to approaching, but the treasured sword is still hanging on the opponent's waist, and there is no intention of unsheathing it.

"What's going on... Could it be that he was so suppressed by the Four Absolute Formation that he couldn't even pull out his sword?"

"Still crazy... want to use your bare hands?"

The gazes of Xie Jinshi and the other four guardians involuntarily rose and landed on the cold mask.

Although the expression was invisible, but the deep and indifferent eyes, and the calm demeanor from the beginning to the end, made Ming Zunjiao, who had successfully surrounded the opponent, feel a long-lost heart palpitation.

at last.

The other party said leisurely: "The number of people who came is less than I expected, but the strength is indeed good. I think all of you will be wiped out, and most of Mingzun's sect will be abolished!"

"Crazy!!"

When the majestic voice came to everyone's ears clearly, Ming Zunjiao was extremely angry, and Xie Jinshi roared like a lion: "When you are about to die, if you dare to speak hard, if you have the ability, you can use your knife and break open!" We are waiting for you to carefully prepare the Four Absolute Formation!"

"To kill you, why use a knife?"

The voice sounded again.

The right hand still didn't move, but the left hand protruded from the sleeve, and the slender five fingers shot towards the Han River below!
Book of Heaven - Book of Earth!
(End of this chapter)