Legend of the Heroes of the Southern Kingdom

Chapter 349 The Battle of the City
Li Wenxuan nodded immediately, intending to send Han Shizhong back, but suddenly something came to his mind, and he said, "Han Shuai, wait, when I went to chase and kill Jin Wushu, I encountered a very strange thing!"

Seeing Li Wenxuan's solemn expression, Han Shizhong immediately asked, "What's wrong?"

Li Wenxuan said: "I failed to kill Jin Wushu before the formation yesterday. He escaped on horseback all the way, and I chased him into a valley. Unexpectedly, there were many masters inside, and I was trapped by them on the rock wall of the valley. , followed me, and I saw that the many masters of the Jinren were not in ambush there for me, but had long been performing a weird formation in the valley. Although I couldn't understand what the Jinren's formation was for , but always vaguely feel that their formation is directed at Chuzhou."

"Is there such a thing?" Han Shizhong also paid attention to Li Wenxuan's words. He pulled Li Wenxuan to sit in the garden and asked, "Tell me, what does their formation look like?"

Li Wenxuan said: "There are nine dragon flags in the valley, which are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, blue, purple, white, and black. Each dragon flag has a person in charge, and the person in charge of the dragon I have seen many of the bannermen, and their kung fu is very good. Then there is a team of 20 golden soldiers around each dragon flag. There are nine teams of golden soldiers in total, with a total of 180 people. The nine dragon flags are commanded differently. , seems to be commanding their own, but the golden soldiers below follow the dragon flags near them, either advancing or retreating, attacking or defending. At first glance, I think it is very messy, but when I look closely, it is very neat. , although I don't know the art of war, but from the point of view of martial arts, this kind of formation is both offensive and defensive, with needles hidden in the cotton. It looks like a circle from the outside, but it feels like there are countless sharp edges hidden inside, full of murderous intent what.

Han Shizhong frowned deeply, thought for a while, broke a branch and handed it to Li Wenxuan, and said, "Show me the position of their nine dragon flags."

Li Wenxuan immediately drew the position of the nine dragon flags on the ground according to the memory in his heart, and marked the colors.

Han Shizhong looked at it for a while, nodded and said, "This is the Nine Dragons Heavenly Gang Formation!"

Li Wenxuan said: "Nine Dragons Tiangang formation? What kind of formation? Is it powerful?"

Han Shizhong said: "Nine Dragons Tiangang Formation is the most superior defensive formation. Many military strategists in the world know this formation, but few people use it."

Li Wenxuan asked: "Since it is such a powerful formation, why do many people not use it?"

Han Shizhong said: "Because this Nine Dragons Tiangang formation is indestructible, but it can also be broken at a touch!"

Li Wenxuan said: "I really don't understand this. Aren't the previous and subsequent statements contradict each other?"

Han Shizhong smiled and said: "You don't know, after the formation of the Nine-Dragon Tiangang Formation, as you said before, it seems to be flat, but in fact there is a murderous intention inside, it is easy to enter, but it is extremely difficult to get out of the formation after entering. , if used properly, as long as [-] elite soldiers can make the opponent's [-] people unable to attack this formation, but this formation also has a fatal weakness, that is, the person in charge of the nine dragon banners, the nine dragon banners One of them is the eye of the formation, as long as the dragon flag at the eye of the formation is destroyed, the other eight dragon flags will be in chaos, and the formation will be destroyed, so this formation is indestructible, but it is also easy to break. That's the reason."

Li Wenxuan said again: "Then what if we destroy those dragon flags that are not the eyes of the array?"

Han Shizhong said: "It depends on how capable the people who use the formation are. If they practice properly, even though a dragon flag is destroyed, they can still act according to the signal of the dragon flag at the eye of the formation. If you don't reach home and destroy a dragon flag, the battle will be weaker."

Li Wenxuan said: "Then since their formation is used for defense, the Jin people have been attacking the city with all their strength. We are just waiting for reinforcements here, and we don't go out to fight. What's the use of them practicing this formation?"

Han Shizhong said: "I am also wondering about this matter. They formed this formation to prevent my Chuzhou City from sending troops out, but it is completely unreasonable..."

Li Wenxuan thought for a while, and then said: "There is another strange thing, that is, when I came back, I saw many golden soldiers cutting logs everywhere, and I don't know what to do with them."

Han Shizhong muttered: "Logging? What kind of tricks is this golden man playing..."

The two of them thought for a while, but they still had no idea, and Han Shizhong looked at it, but it was getting late, worried that Li Wenxuan hadn't rested all this time, afraid that he would be exhausted, so he told Li Wenxuan to go back to his room.

In the early morning, Li Wenxuan got up early in the morning. Although yesterday was hard work, Li Wenxuan had eaten and drank on the stone steps before, and he had recovered a lot of energy. The first thing he did when he got up was to see Yue Ying. But as soon as he went out, he saw several family members in the commander's mansion panicked. Li Wenxuan immediately called a person and asked, "What's going on? Why are you all in such a panic?"

The man said: "The big thing is not good. I heard that the Jin people set up thousands of catapults outside the city to attack the city. If these thousands of catapults fight, then... what about Chuzhou City?" Keep it!"

The man seemed to speak very loudly, even Yue Ying and Su Qingxue who were in the room heard it, they both left the door almost at the same time, Yue Ying said: "Where is your Marshal Han?"

The man said: "Our Marshal Han went to the city gate early in the morning, and now we don't know what's going on there."

Yue Ying was about to leave immediately, but Li Wenxuan held her back and asked, "Yingying, where are you going?"

Yue Ying said: "You control me!"

Li Wenxuan said: "Yingying, if you are angry with me, you can be angry again later, but now the situation is special... I know you are going to the tower, and I will go with you!" Then he looked back at Su Qingxue.

Su Qingxue said: "I didn't sleep well at night, and I'm a little tired. You go, but you must be more careful."

Li Wenxuan nodded, pulled Yue Ying out of the commander's mansion and went straight to the direction of the city gate. At first, Yue Ying wrestled with Li Wenxuan, very reluctant to be pulled by him, but the two of them didn't go far. He seemed much more honest, and he didn't get angry with Li Wenxuan anymore.

Before reaching the city tower, I saw people from every household, no matter men, women, old or young, all came out of the house. After Li Wenxuan asked, he found out that this was Han Shizhong's general order. Throwing boulders together, many of them will definitely fall into the city. If the common people hide in their houses, as long as they are hit, they will surely die. On the contrary, it is better to go outside, which can reduce the casualties of innocent people.

Li Wenxuan immediately said to Yue Ying: "Let's go faster!"

After a while, the two arrived at the gate of the city, and saw a Song cavalry of about a thousand soldiers inside the gate. It seemed that they were ready to go out of the city. Not many, Han Shizhong saw Li Wenxuan and Yue Ying coming, just nodded slightly, and then looked out of the city.

Li Wenxuan looked outside the city, and saw that Jin Bing had set up an oval formation of more than ten thousand people outside the city, which was divided into nine small formations, and there was a dragon flag in each small town, and the nine dragon flags had different colors , although the formation in front of him is more than a hundred times larger than what Li Wenxuan saw in the valley yesterday, but it looks like the position of the nine dragon flags, and it is the "Nine Dragons and Heavenly Gang Formation".

Behind the Nine Dragons Tiangang Formation, there is a handsome platform more than ten feet high. Jin Wushu sits on a big tiger leather chair, and dozens of generals stand beside him. How many soldiers and horses are waiting for an opportunity.And among the soldiers and horses behind Jin Wushu and those behind him, there are still thousands of gold soldiers busy. They are constantly chopping wood and assembling them. They are just building the catapult. It can be seen that these unformed catapults have surrounded Chuzhou City in the middle.

Li Wenxuan immediately understood: "It turns out that they felled wood yesterday so that they could build many catapults in front of Chuzhou City today, and the Nine Dragons Tiangang Formation was to prevent Song soldiers from sending troops to attack during the process of building catapults. How cunning!"

Yue Ying said: "I once heard from my father that when the Jin soldiers attacked Bianjing, even though the Jin soldiers were strong and strong, my Great Song defenders were no match for them in terms of combat power or numbers, but it was a matter of the survival of the Great Song Dynasty and the defense of the city. The soldiers fought with their lives, and the Jinmen stormed for several days, but they didn't take advantage of it. But one day, the Jinren set up [-] catapults around the city of Bianjing overnight. Thousands of catapults fired stone bombs at Bianjing City non-stop, knocking out all the stones outside the border city. Finally, the defenders suffered heavy damage and were unable to resist the strong attack of the Jin soldiers again, and then Bianjing was taken by the Jin people. ..."

Li Wenxuan said: "Now the Jin people are building catapults outside again. If they get their wish, wouldn't it be the same as the situation in Bianjing City?"

Yue Ying looked into the distance and said, "Although the catapult has not been erected yet, but...but it will be soon."

Li Wenxuan was contemplating with his brows fixed, but he heard the battle drums at the city gate. As the city gate opened, he saw the thousand or so cavalrymen of the Song Army that he had just seen in the city charge out, heading straight for the Nine Dragons and Heavenly Gang Formation on the opposite side.

In the center of the Kowloon Tiangang, black, red, and white are arranged in the front, middle, and back, blue and blue are on the two wings, and yellow, orange, green, and purple are on the left and right.

The pair of Song soldiers went straight to the green flag on the right. The Jin army under the green flag seemed to be deliberately not resisting, but retreated, allowing the Song army to cut them into two pieces. Entering the formation, I saw the green flag in the formation waved, and the golden soldiers outside were about to close the entrance just now, while the Song army among them turned around and rushed towards the blue flag closest to the edge of the entire Nine Dragons Tiangang formation .

But just after the golden soldiers around the green flag closed, the nine dragon flags waved at the same time, and then the Nine Dragons and Heavenly Gang Formation began to revolve around the blue flag, and when the Song army rushed to the front of the blue flag, it unexpectedly It fell into the center of the whole formation inexplicably, and then saw that there were tripping ropes everywhere. The Song army fell countless, and then saw the Jin soldiers stabbing with long spears, or pounced on with short knives. The Song army suffered heavy casualties for a while The crowd, with less than [-] horses left, rushed to a place nearly a hundred steps away from the blue flag, but they were followed by random arrows. Song soldiers formed a shield formation to resist in desperation, and finally blocked it. This wave of arrows, who would have known that eight taels of iron-clad chariots suddenly shot out from the side. After being charged by the chariot, it was immediately torn apart, and the remaining Song army suffered more than half of their casualties. The remaining Song army finally rushed towards the blue flag with all their strength, and encountered another wave of arrows, and could no longer resist it.

In a short while, these thousands of cavalry were strangled to death by the golden men, and those who survived the injuries were also captured by the golden men.

On the tower, Han Shizhong had been watching the battle with all the generals at the top of the city. Everyone was moved when they saw the entire army sent by their own side was annihilated. Immediately, several generals asked for orders to go out of the city to fight again, but Han Shizhong shook his head and said: "There is no way to break the law. Can't break the law... How can I watch you go out and kill yourself in vain?"

The generals heard that their coach seemed to have no choice but to face the big formation in front of them. They couldn't help but think of the situation where the Chuzhou city was destroyed when the golden men set up thousands of catapults. He bowed his head and buried his tears.

Han Shizhong said slowly: "As a general, you should take the lead and die later! Vice-General Wang obeys orders!"

Vice-General Wang stepped forward and said loudly: "No General is here!"

Han Shizhong said: "Order another [-] brave cavalry, and I will go out of the city to see the golden man's tricks for a while! If I win, you will lead the army out of the city to help in the battle. Killing the enemy is the second priority, destroying those catapults that have not yet formed. If I can't win after leaving the city, you will be the commander in chief of the city and act on my behalf, you have to remember, as long as there is one person in my army and there is still one breath left, you are not allowed to listen to the golden soldiers taking the first step into the city!"

At this time, not to mention Deputy General Wang, even the others were taken aback. They didn't expect Han Shizhong to enter the battle in person. They saw the previous situation and knew that after entering, they would be close to death. Although it is said that they will be excited by the visit of the coach, the tigers and wolves of the Kingdom of Jin must also fight with all their strength like smelling blood. How can Han Shizhong survive this time?

Everyone on the city wall knelt on the ground and said in unison: "Marshal, no!"

The deputy general Wang said: "Marshal, you are the commander-in-chief of the army. If you make a mistake, then the city of Chuzhou is really in danger. The last general is not talented. If you are willing to lead the troops to break it for the marshal, I can issue a military order. If you can't If you win, I am willing to kill myself in the city of Chuzhou!"

How could Han Shizhong not know the danger in this?He acted like this because he hoped that he could motivate the army by himself and make a desperate fight. Even if he died in battle, the defenders in the city would be sad and angry, so Chuzhou City might be able to defend for a while.

Han Shizhong said again: "I have made up my mind, there is no need to say more, let's prepare soldiers and horses quickly!"

The generals were helpless, suddenly Li Wenxuan stepped forward and said, "Han Shuai, can you let me go down and have a try?"

Yue Ying was startled, she didn't expect Li Wenxuan to take the initiative, she just wanted to pull him back, but there were so many people here, Yue Ying wanted to stop her, but she couldn't open her mouth.

Han Shizhong said: "You are a good boy, and your martial arts are also very good, but breaking the formation cannot be done by one person alone. You are not a soldier in our army. How can I let you take this risk?"

Li Wenxuan said: "Han Shuai, you just saw that the golden soldiers under the city are either stumbling horses, firing arrows, and those strange chariots. Don't say thousands of people go in, it's just that more people are afraid. I can't stop it, why don't you let me go, I have lightness skills, they may not hurt me, even if I can't cut down the dragon flag and mess with their positions, I should be able to retreat completely, as for me, I am not in the army , to drive out the gold thieves is what a man should do!"

Han Shizhong pondered for a while, as if his heart was moved, the deputy general Wang saw this, and immediately said: "Commander, I think this method is feasible at the end. Li Shaoxia's swordsmanship is superb, and it may be that he accidentally understood the formation, but the marshal only needs to observe. Just tell Li Shaoxia the way of this formation, but there must be a lot of Jin soldiers, even though Li Shaoxia is strong in martial arts, it may be difficult for him to enter it, the final general is willing to bring people who dare to die with him, even if his body is broken, he should help him attack Into the eyes!"

After the other generals heard this, they all nodded slightly, and several of them said at the same time: "The last general is also willing to go!"

Han Shizhong looked at the nine dragon flags outside the city, worried, and finally said: "Okay, I promise, how many troops do you want?"

Vice General Wang also felt unsure about this trip, and said in his heart: "If there are too many people going here, it will inevitably be procrastinated when charging, and most of them will cost their lives in vain. Less, I'm afraid I'll be strangled by the marching army if I don't reach the front of the line." So he thought about it and said: "A thousand soldiers!"

Han Shizhong thought of the scene of the battle under the city just now, and said, "One thousand, I'm afraid it's a little less..."

Before Han Shizhong finished speaking, Li Wenxuan said, "Han Shuai, I think..."

Han Shizhong asked: "How many troops do you want, just ask!"

Li Wenxuan said, "Three hundred!"

"What? Three hundred?" All the generals in the city found it inconceivable. This was said by Li Wenxuan. If it were someone else, I'm afraid they would immediately say that he was defiant.

Han Shizhong shook his head and said, "This is no joke. There are nearly 2 people in the opposing party. What can you do with just 300 people?"

Li Wenxuan said: "Han Shuai, there are actually many people going with me. If I charge forward with all my strength, they may not be able to catch up with me, and the team will definitely be stretched. Naturally, it is easy to fall into the siege of the Jin army. The team will be cut off. In this way, I think it is more appropriate to have fewer people. Whether it is marching or midway rescue, everyone can gather together, which is very convenient, but... these 300 people, I hope they are all agile Yes, the best mount is also a fast horse!"

Hearing what Li Wenxuan said made sense, Han Shizhong said: "Okay, it's up to you, come here, and quickly select three hundred strong and brave men!" Then he said to Li Wenxuan: "You don't have a battle armor, and you can wear mine in a while." how?"

(End of this chapter)