@@"General, General Guo will be defeated at the first touch. The bandit army is so powerful, why not hold on to the camp?"
Seeing the torch blazing, the general Wang Yu suddenly stepped forward, grabbed the reins of the coach Xue Changxiong's horse and spoke.
“What nonsense are you talking about?” "If we don't defend the camp at this time, the whole army will be defeated. The chance of victory is only one day ahead! Go back quickly and prepare to fight with all your heart!"
Wang Yu didn't dare to say anything, so he could only let go and make preparations in a hurry.
After a while, the army camp also stood up, and the gates were opened. Then, tens of thousands of the main army troops poured out, but it was a typical crane-wing formation.
In comparison, the oncoming Dragon Army, which was only three or four miles away, was naturally a typical front-line formation.
But in fact, neither side was deliberately arranging the formation, it was just a naturally formed formation due to the convenience of marching.
Murong Zhengyan was ordered to send half of the masters of spiritual practice in his headquarters to the central army. After returning to the main formation, he met his deputy general Murong Huailian, who was also his clan brother, and several close followers. After standing on the horse for a while to observe, he couldn't help but feel uneasy:
"With such a formation, I'm afraid the winner can be decided in just one morning! Either we defeat the first ten battalions of the rebel army and the flanking reinforcements head-on, and achieve a grand victory that rolls back the bead curtain, or they Gritting our teeth and resisting, the subsequent heavy troops surged in, making us frustrated across the board and unable to support... Therefore, when the fight starts later, there is no need to leave any room, we must do our best."
The lieutenants and cronies all agreed, but Murong Huailian couldn't help but ask: "If this is the case, can't you retreat to the camp and hold on after being frustrated?"
"No!" Murong Zhengyan explained seriously. One is that our camp was hastily established and did not have sufficient defense facilities. The other is that our camp was mostly composed of civilians and auxiliary soldiers, with only a few county soldiers. Not only could it not stop the soldiers, but it also shook the whole line after the defeat, causing collapse. "
The faces of the people around him became tense, but they did not dare to refute anything.
"Old Seventh, Old Sixth." Under the commander's banner in the center of the military formation, Xue Changxiong glanced at his youngest son Xue Wanquan and his sixth son Xue Wancheng. He obviously struggled for a while, but still gritted his teeth. "At this point, the three of us, father and son, must work together... You two could and should have had someone stay in the camp as a backup, but no matter who goes, it will only make you brothers divided, and it will make us look more... The father and son spared their efforts on the spot to dissatisfy the masters of military training behind them who had finally been sent from various ministries... Therefore, in this battle, you two brothers are my own troops and are the two wings of our army. We are bound by life and death!"
The two brothers immediately bowed down and said yes, but couldn't help but look at each other, and then each of them had a sudden thought in their hearts - they all knew what their father meant. This battle was really dangerous, otherwise why would they say such things?
Seeing that his two sons understood each other, Xue Changxiong no longer had any hesitation. Instead, he clenched the straight knife in his hand and rode straight towards the Deposed Dragon Army's formation three miles away... It was just as he had announced before, as the commander-in-chief Due to his identity, he was the first to rush into the military formation and move forward indomitably.
When the commanders of the surrounding military formations saw the commander's banner moving forward, they all had their own thoughts. At this time, they couldn't help but feel a little excited. The troops and horses of each unit also started to move forward to greet him.
Of course, the deposed dragon army was also led by leaders wearing short black and white cloaks, and they marched northward without stopping, but they didn't even bother to engage in scout battles.
The sun rises from the east, and the huge military formations of both sides face each other from the north to the south in the plains. They are fair and impartial, and even the sunshine does not favor anyone.
Probably both sides have realized the tragic consequences of the collision of huge military formations, so in the last distance, the coaches of both sides chose to use their respective flags to slightly suppress the speed. But the distance of more than three miles is really not enough to see. It seemed that in just a moment, the two sides had already approached a very dangerous distance.
At this time, neither Xue Changxiong nor Zhang Xing seemed to be able to control the huge inertia of the military formations on both sides. However, it is also possible that both sides did not want to stop the military formations at all, so they accelerated somewhat.
Everyone thought that the beginning of this battle was another collision between two Zhenqi formations that had fought against each other three times.
Everyone guessed right, but everyone guessed wrong.
Both sides are far apart
At a distance of several hundred steps, the Zhenqi military formation had not yet appeared. Suddenly, a golden light flashed through the air in the direction of the southeast side of the Dragon Army, and came straight to the front. This was not conspicuous in the middle of the huge military formation. Anyone who noticed it also guessed that the extremely fast and obvious glow was probably the Heavenly Sword Bai Sanniang joining forces at the deposed dragon army's frontal formation... That's what Xue Changxiong thought.
However, within a few breaths, the typical trace of glowing true energy suddenly turned around a little in front of the formation of both sides, flying very high and far in the sky, and actually came straight to the direction of Xue Changxiong's handsome flag, and it was almost just In a few breaths, there was no time to observe or react. A strip of glowing Qi, several feet wide, suddenly appeared in mid-air. Then, it came down from above and brushed Xue Changxiong's head, before sweeping down the handsome flag behind him.
Xue Changxiong hurriedly circulated his true energy, and with just one move of the straight knife in his hand, three feet above his head, a golden sword that was two to three feet long and seemed to be solid was born out of thin air. However, the golden sword had no time to move, and then He was struck by the oncoming golden light and dissipated on the spot.
Bai Yousi, who was wearing leather armor, a warrior's crown, and a white cloak, missed his attack. Instead, he turned around a little and leaped towards the Dragon Army Formation due south. He did not forget to laugh in front of the battle: "General Manager Xue's Grand Master." The situation is indeed nothing more than this!"
Come and go, hit and laugh, giving no time to react.
Xue Changxiong was an expert, and he was panic-stricken in his heart. He completely understood why the Youzhou Army collapsed overnight, but he didn't show it on his face at all. Instead, he laughed out loud.
"Today, let me discipline this junior on behalf of Brother Bai, and smash your Heavenly Sword!"
As he spoke, his body was filled with zhenqi. Under the sunshine in the early spring morning, a big sun formed on the ground, complementing the sun that had just risen in the distance. And a golden sword that was several feet long and looked like a substance was easily regenerated. in the air.
The Qijing masters from various tribes who gathered for the first time behind them obviously lacked the experience of forming such a large formation, but when they saw this posture, they had never eaten pork and had seen pigs run away, and they all temporarily released their true energy and joined in.
At this time, under the banner with the word "Deposed" on the red background, Zhang Xing's zhenqi was already flowing non-stop. He first condensed into a formation, then suddenly increased his speed, grabbed a breath, and struck first!
Bai Yousi came towards him, but he didn't dare to go directly into the formation. Instead, he ducked and then pursued him from behind.
As soon as he entered the formation, Zhang Dalongtou clearly noticed that the true energy in the formation was surging. It improved significantly, but he became more confident and rushed forward. When it came to the glow formation on the opposite side, there was a purple light that rolled up the "deposed" flag and smashed it towards the infuriating formation on the opposite side.
Xue Changxiong also slashed out the golden sword.
Next, the two great formations of true energy collided face to face. The golden sword against the purple flag was like thunder on the ground, or like a thunderbolt in the sky. But to the people around, it was more like two huge bronze bells suddenly appeared in the center of the battlefield ahead. It's like they bumped into each other.
After the collision, the true energy escaped and rolled away in all directions like waves, and the entire battlefield was suddenly neighing.
The two groups of people inside the bell jar were each dizzy, and the jaws of the tiger were violent. Some of the unlucky Qijing masters even had bleeding from their orifices on the spot, fell off their horses and died, and there were countless people who lost control of their horses and howled.
The entire battlefield was inexplicably quiet for a while, but the next moment, as if he had received a signal, the armies on both sides immediately erupted into loud shouts of killing. The two army formations, which were many times larger than the Zhenqi army formation, looked like monsters. They generally howled and collided with each other.
The formations of both sides are tight and vary in width.
The first ones were naturally the Zhang Xing headquarters led by Wang Xiongdan from the Jia Yue and Zhou Xingfan battalions. Most of those who ran into them were the remainder of the headquarters assigned to Xue Changxiong's two sons, totaling 3,000 officers and soldiers, but there were also some The small part is Wang Yu and Feng Duan on both sides.
Among them, Jia Yue lived in the west and bumped into Xue Wanquan and Wang Yu; Xiao Zhou lived in the east and bumped into Xue Wancheng and Feng Duan.
Immediately, further east, Wang Zhen, who had arrived first, led 5,000 Dengzhou troops and met Zhonglang General Dou Pi's nearly 3,000 men face to face, but they were far apart.
The battle broke out in full force.
In the chaos, in the cold Zhenqi formation, Zhang Xing, carrying the unsheathed Jinglong Sword, reined his horse on the instantly hardened soil and turned around. His eyes swept across the battlefield, and he saw that he was thrown to the south after the collision. side
The golden zhenqi army formation behind them had a stern expression.
Moreover, Zhang Xing knew from the first time he collided with the opponent that Xue Changxiong was a half-baked master who had just entered the grand master stage and could not achieve the legendary unity of the Chinese army. Therefore, in such a large-scale battle, Next, the other party, like myself, will inevitably make choices due to the conflict between the practice system and the command system.
In other words, in order to ensure smooth command of the troops, theoretically the Zhenqi military formations on both sides should be greatly weakened compared to the previous times.
But in fact, both sides actually maintained their previous power.
Zhang Xing is replaced by masters such as Bai Yousi, Wu Jingfeng, Xu Shiren, Chen Bin, and Qian Tang. As for Xue Changxiong, I thought he had divided up a small half of his troops. In addition, Chen Bin and Wang Fubei defected, and most of his Zhenqi formations were high-ranking commanders. This time the Zhenqi army formation was very difficult. It might have dropped by more than one level, but I didn't expect that when the opponent faced a life-and-death battle, he actually bounced back, successfully summoned the practitioner resources of his military leaders, and continued to forcibly maintain a military formation.
Of course, Zhang Dalongtou was not nervous or afraid of this, because one was ebbing and the other was ebbing. Since Xue Changxiong had removed these people who were usually unable to be deployed, it meant that the combat effectiveness of his troops would decline accordingly.
It's just that the balance of victory relies more on the outcome of large-scale troop battles, and on this point, the Deposed Dragon Army still has the advantage.
And the reason why he looked so grim was that he realized through this action that Xue Changxiong was not completely overwhelmed by the unexpected all-out attack by the Deposed Dragon Army. This man still had a strong desire to survive, and he chose in time. Correct tactics and allocating combat resources as much as possible to continue pursuing possible victory.
In this battle, we still need to fight hard, and we also need to seize the opportunity before the battle.
"Zhang Longtou."
At this moment, Chen Bin, who had been observing the surrounding situation, suddenly stepped forward on his horse and pointed at a general flag with the word "王" on a black background with a white border not far to the west and an obvious force behind it that was heading south and trying to outflank it. The formation of Jia Yue's official and military troops may have been the result of the collision just now. His fingers were trembling slightly. "If possible, we might as well find an opportunity to capture this army first."
"How do you say that?" Zhang Xing asked, glancing over there.
"According to the number of people and army deployment habits, there should be Zhonglang General Wang Yu and his troops over there." Chen Bin spoke seriously. "This person has always been in the same position and behavior as me in the army, but he is not as good as me in everything. Now that I have abandoned the dark side and turned to the bright side, he will definitely be the most shocked. In addition, this person has always been cunning, and his troops are not very attentive. His troops It can be regarded as the weaker one among all the tribes...Hit his soldiers with the Zhenqi Formation, and if they are crippled, he will probably be the first to waver and run away."
The expressions of the people around were obviously different. Qian Tang, Jia Runshi, and some guardians with lower cultivation levels nodded almost instinctively. However, Wu Jingfeng, Xiong Bonan, and some elites in the gang with higher cultivation levels obviously nodded. There was some hesitation and he seemed to disagree.
After Zhang Xing suddenly realized, he had no scruples and replied in public: "You can beat him, but not now! Now the officers and soldiers obviously have enough breath to hold on, and they may not be able to escape. Let's have a good fight with Xue Changxiong's golden sword first. , bring out the momentum and tell the entire battlefield that their best hope is this. When the war gets intense, start with Wang Yu and try to defeat their army!"
"Okay!" Wu Jingfeng was overjoyed. That’s how you should fight!”
Chen Bin also nodded.
Bai Yousi, on the other hand, pointed his sword at the activated Glow Army Formation in the distance and turned around to smile: "I am a master, what if the confrontation goes on endlessly? Saburo must have a number, how many strikes do you want to perform?"
"Nine swords!" Zhang Xing blurted out. "Just follow the collision just now and do it eight more times! Regardless of victory or defeat, turn around and slaughter the large army of the official army!"
This answer temporarily allowed everyone to reach unity on the surface, so everyone in the Zhenqi army responded in unison, and then cheered up again. The Zhenqi slowly circulated, then rose and fell like a tide, forming one body and heading towards them.
The surrounding soldiers were already engaged on all fronts. And just after the battle, they were fiercely attacked by their respective commanders, many of whom were brave, united, and meticulous. But when they saw this scene, they all threw away all thoughts as if they had seen a ghost and hid in a hurry.
avoid.
But it's still not fast enough.
Another collision like a real dragon mountain, another golden knife flew out, but this time it was Wu Jingfeng who attacked from the dragon army formation. His light yellow true energy brought up countless dust and debris, rolling it into a A yellow tornado died together with the golden knife.
Many soldiers of the two soldiers who had no time to escape were directly shocked to death on the spot, and wailing sounds also sounded.
Not to mention, after the collision, the true energy escaped, and the falling debris and dust mixed with the true energy waves, scattering to the surrounding area of nearly a hundred steps, like a gray rain of debris.
There is even a slight red color.
This is the violent transformation of true energy, and it is the most common and most developed application of the so-called heaven and earth energy in this world.
If Zhang Xing could stay out of the matter, he would definitely be filled with emotion, and he would definitely try to imagine that a master-level master like Niu Dugong who has truly mastered the skills and abilities of externalizing zhenqi, can use the masters of forming pills and condensing pills layer by layer. What kind of state will it be like if the true energy formation and the military formation are completely integrated?
However, he was in it and had no time to think about it. He just tried his best to calm down the ups and downs of his heart, and tried his best to check the casualties and check the situation on the front. At this time, Fu Boshi, Shang Huaien, and Wang Fubei were about to join the battle. .
He was a little worried about the outcome of the upcoming battle, because each of the three armies had their own opinions.
Fu Boshi's battalion retains a group of elite Huaixi soldiers he brought, all equipped with long swords and spears, and their combat capabilities are very outstanding; at the same time, although Shang Huaien's battalion is the same as the others, they are the backbone of the army. subordinates, but as the commander-in-chief, he himself is a very poor and low-level general. Just because his brother was the first leader of the Dragon Gang to be killed in battle, he himself has always obeyed, and his troops are recognized Directly affiliated, this is what appears here.
There is also Wang Fubei. There is no doubt about the combat effectiveness of Wang Fubei's troops. We have seen it a few days ago, but he is a surrender. The people who just surrendered last night were only forced to surrender because they were determined to do so. If you catch up, who knows if you will work hard?
In short, the combat capabilities of the three armies in the second round are obviously uneven and full of uncertainties. It is not clear how they will perform. Especially when they will face the first wave of encirclement by the army.
After thinking about it, Zhang Xing couldn't stop for much longer because Xue Changxiong on the opposite side had already taken the initiative to attack.
There was a feeling that the coaches of both sides allowed the whole army to attack each other while counting horses and trying to find a victory or defeat.
However, this kind of round consumes too much and is too powerful.
Just as the third round between Xue Changxiong and Zhang San began, Zhonglang General Murong Zhengyan also began to lead his troops to formally engage in the battle. However, when he saw his troops crossing Feng Duanbu and trying to surround Shang Huai'en's troops, the east side Wang Fubei obviously turned to attack from both sides, which made his people worried. After leaving the command to his clan brother Murong Huailian so that the latter could concentrate on dealing with Shang Huai'en, he personally rode his horse to the east to find Wang Fubei for explanation.
Both parties knew each other well and relied on their own cultivation, so they had no scruples. They were only a few dozen steps away before talking to each other from afar.
"General Wang, your position is very important. If you can come back at this time, you will be able to surround the Dengzhou reinforcements with General Dou and General Feng. Not to mention destroying this tired army by then, you will take advantage of the situation to overthrow the thieves. It's possible
Even the general will only praise you for such a great achievement, and only say that you are pretending to surrender...why do you really want to be a thief?" Murong Zhengyan said sincerely. This is the luck given to you by Sanhui and Shiyu!"
"General Murong, are you kidding me?" Wang Fubei was speechless. I won’t say that I was directly promised the position of leader last night, so I don’t want to do it again. I only want to talk about the officers and soldiers. Even a warrior like me knows that once such a thing is done, it will cause resentment and cannot be tolerated anymore. ...If the Xue family and his son are ambitious, it is not impossible, but if they are generous, you are from a famous family, but you are also a native of Hebei, don't you know?"
Murong Zhengyan was speechless and could only persuade him again: "General Wang! We are all Paoze. We fought side by side the day before yesterday. Now, just one day later, are you going to fight with each other?"
Wang Fubei felt very sad when he heard this.
But at this moment, the two too dazzling light arrays in the northwest once again roared.
The thunder made the ground tremble, and the men and horses neighed. Wang Fubei took the opportunity to cheer up and answered seriously: "Now that things have happened, it is useless to say that! General Murong, I want to take care of you in the past two years and not come to attack from a flank." You are... But you, please don't boast that your family is in trouble and show off. In this kind of battle, you are a master of Chengdan, and life and death are not enough... Live well, everything is still possible, don't do it for Xue Changxiong That kind of person ruins his own life!"
With that said, Wang Fubei waved his hand in the military formation, and the troops followed him to the northeast and met Wang Changxie's troops further east.
Murong Zhengyan stood there and stared for a moment. Although he obviously solved the crisis of being flanked by opening his mouth, he became a little panicked.
But on the battlefield, there is no room for random thoughts.
Soon, a huge one-character flag loomed in the south amid the billowing smoke. There was also a general wearing a white short cloak, complete armor, and waving a long spear, leading dozens of cavalry to gallop out of the smoke in advance, far away. Just drink:
"The leader of the Deposed Dragon Gang, Dantong Haidan of the Eastern Territory, is here! Is there anyone brave enough in the army?"
Murong Zhengyan was already frightened when he saw that the rebel army was supporting them so quickly, and everyone was rushing to be the first. Now he heard that it was a well-known rebel, and he sighed deeply, but he could only follow the example of Dou Pi and lead a group of personal guards to meet him and fight. Use your own cultivation to provide one side cover for your own troops.
"Wang Fubei played a trick! Both Fu Boshi and Shang Huai'en resisted... No, it was Shang Huai'en who resisted, and Fu Boshi kept it secret!" After the third round, Zhang Xing couldn't help but He jumped up in person, took a look at the situation, and then with just one glance, he knew that the situation had changed.
But he only kept these words in his heart. As soon as he said them, his face did not change and he immediately ordered: "Hurry up and organize the military formation. This time we will attack first... Chief Xu, it's your turn to attack!"
Xu Shiren quickly agreed.
At the same time, dozens of miles southwest of the battlefield, at the east end of Douzigang, Xue Changxiong's third son, Xue Wannian, turned pale and asked again: "Fourth, are you sure you want to continue passing through Douzigang to attack? In case of an ambush, how?"
"If you are ambushed, fight with all your strength!" Xue Wanbi replied coldly. "Commander Father will definitely take the opportunity to attack the bandits' camp. Let's see who can hold it back!"
Saying that, he took the lead and walked forward into Beuzi Mound, which was full of salt swamps and low hills.
Zhonglang Gao Zhan, the general, raised his head and sighed, and could only follow.
And the second one to follow was Cao Shancheng.
Although Xue Wannian was more honest, he couldn't help but step forward on his horse and tugged on the opponent's sleeve to complain: "Mr. Cao Fu, what plan did you propose?!"
Unexpectedly, Cao Shancheng got angry on the spot and said: "If the general had listened to my plan, why would we be here today?! How could we let the thieves take the initiative?!"
Xue Wannian was startled by the scolding and was even a little dazed. After a long while, he followed the queue and walked in.
On the main battlefield on the southeast side of the Ma Mian River, the war progressed faster than Zhang Xing imagined, because although the battalions of the Deposed Dragon Army behind him had different performances, different combat strengths, and different battle losses, they were advancing faster and faster. As for the speed of engagement, there is currently no ambiguity.
This resulted in the front being rapidly widened, and the superiority in strength of the Dragon-Deposed Army began to emerge.
Therefore, as the fourth round ended, Zhang Xing hesitated and then made a suggestion: "Next round, I want the four Chengdans in the formation to attack together!"
Everyone's spirits were lifted.
But immediately, Bai Yousi became serious: "Then can you hold on?"
"You can hold on!" Zhang Xing immediately laughed to see if he could knock out two of the old dog's teeth! Besides, isn't the best defense the best defense?"
Three hundred steps away, Xue Changxiong looked at the gray-white Zhenqi army formation on the opposite side. Hearing the shouts of killing in his ears, he couldn't help but gasp through his mouth.
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