Knowing how powerful this woman was, Qi Moyan was worried that the group of armored soldiers he had worked so hard to train would fall under the spell of the old witch, so he shouted loudly: "Guard the Qingming Festival at the mourning platform closely, and don't let your imagination run wild." Immediately, the soldiers' eyes tightened, and each of them had a ruthless look on their face. It seemed that Qi Moyan was also strict with their training on weekdays.
Qi Moyan said harshly: "Old witch, we can talk about this when you can go out!" Bilan Po, who must be in her fifties, had an even more sinister look on her pretty face that could definitely be called young, and there was a hint of meaning in her voice. She was so shy that she said, "City Lord Qi wants to sleep with you in Xingluo Villa? I don't care, I'm just afraid that your body won't be able to bear it." Before Bilan Po finished her words, Qi Moyan He shouted angrily: "Set up the formation." Apparently he was giving orders to what he called the Xiangxi Army.
This was the first time she encountered such a military formation. Grandma Bilan did not dare to take it lightly. She flipped out her hands that had been hidden in her robe and added three silver needles to each, and dealt with it carefully.
Thirty-two people were carefully counted in the field and received the order. Each of them held the Zhouzhong eyebrow stick, spear, bow and arrow, scimitar, copper hammer, and shield. They performed their duties while moving their feet. They moved quickly to surround Bilan Po in three layers. Among them, they were ready and their actions were orderly and orderly. When they stopped, based on the large white and black characters on the clothes of these people, this was clearly the layout on the chessboard.
"Three cannons are leveled, attack; soldiers are four and one is advanced, protect." Qi Moyan gave the order again. Four soldiers with the character "Pao" on both sides bent their bows and set arrows. The extremely rare standard ox-horn bow in Zhongdu fired six arrows at Bilan Po's lower plate.
Seeing the opponent holding a bow in his hand, the well-informed Bilanpo could tell at a glance that it was an extremely well-made ox-horn bow popular among the nomadic people in the north. However, it was not very popular in the hinterland of the Central Plains because it was difficult to make and difficult to preserve and maintain.
This bow is extremely powerful. Without enough arm strength, let alone shooting, it is difficult to draw it. However, once the ox-horn bow is fully drawn, Bilanpo has seen it easily pierce the head of a wild horse dozens of feet away.
Naturally, the garrison in a small place like Phoenix City would not be equipped with this thing. This was completely due to the fact that Qi Mo Yanxian was very bored and wanted to move around. As soon as his brain got hot, he started to study this xiang opera formation that was born out of chess.
Chess has been around since ancient times, and it is said that the inventor was a feudal lord. At that time, the two armies were fighting, and they fought for several years with the Chu River as the boundary. There was no winner or loser, and several sand tables were damaged.
After that, they used the ground as a disk and stones to practice, simulating battlefield confrontations and arranging troops to demonstrate. Over time, such a simple and clear way to make a market became popular.
It was just too simple at the time and was just used to pass the time. The wife of a prince was also very clever and accompanied her husband on the expedition. During the truce, she saw that the punishment was so similar to that of imitating the punishment on the battlefield, so she polished the stone and made it herself, marking it with the name.
Because it adds a lot of fun and really tests thinking, after thousands of years of development, it has become a popular Xiang Opera in the world, also known as Xiangqi.
It originally evolved from battlefield conquests. Qi Moyan, who had never been to the capital in the past three years, had nothing to do all day long, so he began to study how to return the chess method to its original nature and return it to the battlefield, using a brand new way to fight the enemy, just like now The Fish-Dragon Formation and the Hook-Sickle Formation are highly respected in the army. If they are used familiarly, they will naturally produce unexpected results.
Afterwards, Qi Moyan reported to the court and stated the pros and cons. Of course, there were many benefits, and he promised to train an absolutely powerful elephant opera army in a very short period of time.
The current sage was very happy for Qi Mo Yan, who had gained an official position by playing chess. He was also quite interested in the so-called Xiang Opera and the Military Elephant Opera Formation, so he approved the proposal with a stroke of ink.
But for the siege cannon, which involved large equipment, the saint would not agree. After all, no matter how difficult it was to make, such a large offensive weapon would not be equipped in such a small city.
Instead, Qi Moyan used one to replace the other, and suddenly thought of using a bow and crossbow instead. At first, Qi Moyan wanted to buy a few foot-operated crossbows. Although the materials required for this type of offensive weapon were simple, the assembly was extremely demanding and would be destroyed if not handled properly.
The imperial court refused, so Qi Moyan retreated and settled for the next best thing, then changed his arms. Crossbows are classified weapons in the army that cannot be divulged. Whether it is a foot-operated crossbow or an arm-mounted crossbow, they are extremely destructive objects. They can easily penetrate the thickest infantry locks in the country within ten feet. A, even within five feet can break through the body-protecting aura of a master in the Dengtang realm.
This weapon is easy to carry and has great lethality. The Zhou Dynasty even had specialized armies equipped with such weapons, which can be called a weapon for attacking cities and demolishing strongholds.
Such a divine weapon cannot be released to the people, and Emperor Wen Sheng still refused. Qi Moyan retreated to the next best thing and thought of this big bow with horns.
Emperor Wen Sheng no longer had any reason to refuse, so he sent five large ox-horn bows as gifts. Therefore, it was not surprising that they appeared in this small city of Phoenix.
It's just that Bilanpo naturally didn't know the hidden truth, but she was still a little scared when she saw this terrifying weapon that could break the warrior's protective aura.
At this time, she already had some doubts about whether she had fallen into the Phoenix Lord's plan from the very beginning.
But when she saw the veins on the necks of the two strong men in black, the tendons in their hands were almost full, and the arrows whizzing at them from four to five feet away with the sound of wind, Bilan Po naturally did not dare to raise her eyebrows. , his eyes tightened, he leaped up, and at the critical moment, he flashed by, and the arrow cluster had already sunk into the ground and sunk as long as his hand, which showed how powerful it was.
Queen Bilanpo was terrified. If she was hit by a blow, she would probably end up here. At the same time, the five-foot-square iron swallow-tailed shields in the hands of the two warriors in Xuanyi were raised diagonally, protecting the other warriors in Xuanyi behind them.
In step and uniformity. The two gun-shaped warriors in Tsing Yi who had already filled their bows let go, and the arrows tore through the air.
With a "whoosh" sound, the special arrow, two fingers thick, hit Bilan Po's lower body, completely blocking her retreat.
At this time, Bilanpo, who had already been prepared, snorted coldly, fiddled with the silver needle with both hands, and easily swung the arrow aside.
Qi Moyan gave the order again in the hall,
"The Xuan soldiers are down, the green soldiers are entangled." Ten soldiers with soldiers on both sides stepped forward. The five soldiers with Xuan clothes and soldiers with eyebrow-level sticks crossed their hands and struck downwards, trying to lock Bilanpo's legs. The other five The soldier in green clothes with the character "Bing" also made the same move, facing Bilanpo's armpits, and the division of labor was clear.
Being able to sit in the position of team leader with his cultivation in his thirties, Bilanpo is naturally not an easy person to get along with. Although she does not understand the art of chess and does not understand these terms, she has been immersed in martial arts along the way. Chaojiu could also make a guess about the opponent's attack. When the ten eyebrow-leveling sticks attacked, the diagonal stabs rose into the air, turned over in mid-air in an extremely weird and tricky posture, and dodged just in the middle. This is a pincer attack.
Then before he could reach the ground, he used a silver needle to stab the soldier in black clothes with the word "bing" on one side.
"Long chariot, go straight in." Following Qi Moyan's order, the four Qingxuan warriors raised their long spears and thrust them into the gap at Bilanpo, who was unable to dodge in mid-air.
Seeing the bright spearheads of the four spears coming at her, Bilanpo was slightly discouraged and quickly fell down. She pressed her palms on the five eyebrow sticks on the ground and did a rabbit kick, kicking away the spears and flicking away the five sticks. Eyebrow leveling stick.
Obviously, under the intensive attack of the group of soldiers on the opposite side, they were unable to use their physical skills at all. Without looking forward and backward, they could not use their full strength. Bilanpo, who was not good at close quarters with fists and kicks, twisted up from the ground. The energy flowed into both hands, and as the energy flowed, he grabbed the spear from the left to the right, and quickly pulled it into his arms. As he breathed out the energy, the silver needle was directed towards the two soldiers.
A move intended to injure the enemy rather than kill it, don’t say a word about it
In "Four Elephants Replacement", four meteor hammers roared towards them, and Bilan Po had to withdraw her hand. The five eyebrow-level sticks under his feet also trembled at this time. The five black-clothed armored men gave a soft drink and worked together to lift Bilanpo up.
Bi Lanpo, who was already short, stumbled unnoticed. She had shifted her center of gravity downwards to avoid the four meteor hammers, and now she stumbled and staggered.
The battle between the two armies was a test of vision and adaptability. Qi Moyan ordered again,
"Ten soldiers are entangled." The five eyebrow-leveling sticks that had just been kicked away came in a fan shape among the five soldiers in green clothes. Bilan Po had no way to avoid it now. The stick was inserted into his armpit in an instant, and the lock was strong. The other five eyebrow-level sticks that were withdrawn from under his feet were also suddenly lifted up to support his legs.
Bi Lanpo was trapped in a hurry and tried to shake her body, but she couldn't break free. Then I heard another order from Qi Moyan over there,
"Four horses attack separately", they saw that four horse-shaped warriors from the two parties had moved forward with scimitars, and they would hold Bilanpo's neck.
Bilanpo couldn't help but be surprised. There was no routine in each of her moves. They were all ordinary moves that villagers in the countryside knew. There were no tricks at all. However, they just relied on perfect cooperation and tacit understanding. These were inconspicuous and inconspicuous. The trick of entering the mainstream will make you lose Jingzhou.
Qi Moyan sneered, got up and walked slowly to the courtyard, asking: "Old witch, how are you?" Bilan Po snorted coldly but said nothing.
"What about that arrogant ability just now? With such a small amount of skills, you still want to catch the midnight watch. What do you think?" As he spoke, Qi Moyan showed a rather proud smile.
It is also understandable that he, a literati and Confucian scholar who has been powerless since he became famous, actually caught Bilanpo, who had been notorious in the Zhou Dynasty for decades. It is a lie to say that he is dissatisfied.
Bilanpo ignored Qi Moyan. For a veteran like her who had experienced big storms, she would not take this kind of aggression to heart. People make mistakes and horses make mistakes. It is not a shame to be caught for being careless and underestimating the enemy. thing.
Qi Moyan walked with his hands behind his back and walked to stand outside Bilan's mother-in-law. He smiled and said: "I don't know whether it is appropriate to send you to the government or to kill you directly. I feel that if you are sent to the government, based on the regulations of our Great Zhou Dynasty, I am afraid that I'll send you back to Bohai County in a few days, right? Once you go back to Bohai County, the big thing will probably turn into a trivial matter. You still have to go back to Omoli safely. I think it's better to kill him, even though it's a bit dirty. We won't care about the hand." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand. The knight in black clothes with horse characters over there withdrew the steel knife and handed it to him respectfully.
Bilanpo looked at Qi Moyan who had already walked up to her, and sneered, "What the hell, boy, do you really think these people can trap me?" Before she finished speaking, Bilanpo's dark cloak was no longer visible. The wind moved on its own, bulging like a ball. He reached out with his hands, flexed his fingers to grasp, shouted softly, and shot like lightning. He grabbed two scimitars made of pure steel with his bare hands, and then turned around, just to avoid behind him. The other scimitar, it was clearly visible that the airflow around it was also shaking slightly, and it shook open the ten wooden sticks under the armpits and between the legs. Shocked and broken.
Soon after, Qi Moyan was startled when he saw Bilanpo breaking free from her restraints and leaping up. She swung two scimitars forward and back with two long spears, forcing the two Qingxuan chariot warriors to withdraw their spears. Returning to defense, he scrambled to block the incoming scimitar.
With this gap, Bi Lan Po's body swayed and she attacked Qi Mo Yan. Poor Qi Mo Yan is an expert at chess, but his fists and kicks are definitely not worth mentioning. He held a scimitar in his hand and was about to dance with it when Bilan Po grabbed her by the neck and pulled her to her chest.
It is said that carelessness leads to a loss in Jingzhou, but it was unexpected that Bilan Po was a blessing in disguise.
