Li Lisong had long known that there were ironclad ships in Anyang, and that the artillery on the ironclad ships was more powerful than that on land. It was said that the power of the ironclad ships' artillery was almost ten times that of the land artillery - to be honest, Li Lisong was a little skeptical about this statement; but the powerful destructive power of the ironclad ships was beyond doubt.
Imagine: five powerful ironclad ships wreaking havoc along the seashore. What a disaster that would be!
At this point, not only did the soldiers' confidence begin to waver again, even Li Lisong's confidence began to waver.
Standing not far behind Li Lisong, Wang Zhouzhi, the Northern General of Jin, looked even paler. At this moment, Wang Zhouzhi thought of the prophecy he had obtained from the fortune-teller Miao Congrong when he first set out: the geese fly south, and the people do not return.
The atmosphere was oppressive for a moment. When a Yuanying stage expert spoke, of course, his voice was mighty and could be heard over ten miles away. Almost all the soldiers of Jin State heard it.
However, at this moment, Li Lisong suddenly let out a long roar, "Sir Yuan, what you said may be true, but what does it have to do with you? You have less than 40,000 people. Thank you for telling me the reason, which also allowed my soldiers to rest. All troops, listen to my order, charge! After we break through this blockade, we can go home!"
Li Lisong's voice echoed between heaven and earth:
What does this have to do with you? There are less than 40,000 of you!
The soldiers of Jin reacted immediately, their eyes lit up - yes, Anyang's weapons are indeed powerful, we admit, but what does this have to do with your Dongyuan County? Besides, you only have less than 40,000 people, we can kill them with a single charge.
Some soldiers have gathered spontaneously, ready to use the "Sword Formation". Of course, the Jin State has more than just the "Ten Thousand Swords Formation", there are many other battle formations; but in terms of lethality, the Ten Thousand Swords Formation is the best. The army is "quality is more important than quantity", too many battle formations will easily confuse people.
Therefore, Li Lisong had only two main battle formations: the offensive one, the Ten Thousand Swords Formation; the defensive one, the Eight Desolations and Six Harmonies Tiangang Formation.
Needless to say, the Ten Thousand Swords Formation was extremely powerful in attack, while the Eight Desolate Six Combinations Heavenly Gang Formation was primarily for defense and also had the function of trapping the enemy. Both of these formations did not rely on the Five Elements or the Four Symbols, so they would not be affected by the terrain and had "all-weather adaptability."
Previously, Li Lisong did not display the Eight Desolations and Six Combinations Heavenly Gang Formation, but hid it as a trump card. Now, it finally broke out.
Dozens, hundreds, or thousands of people gathered together and spontaneously activated the "Eight Desolations and Six Combinations Heavenly Gang Array". A layer of hazy light appeared above the team, as if it was the embodiment of "the sky is like a dome", protecting all the soldiers. Whether it was bows and arrows, crossbows, spells, artillery shells, etc., they were all blocked outside the array.
Of course, everything has a price to pay. Such a formation consumes a lot of cultivation. If victory cannot be achieved in a short period of time, the soldiers who set up the formation will be exhausted.
The Ten Thousand Swords Formation brought huge casualties to Dongyuan County; the Eight Desolations and Six Harmonies Tiangang Formation made the Jin soldiers seem to have tortoise shells on their heads, invulnerable to swords and spears; as soon as the war broke out, the Dongyuan County soldiers could not hold on.