After a night raid on the city, Guo Jing, Huang Rong, Xiao Longnu, Cheng Ying, Lu Wushuang, Guo Polu and others were extremely anxious. Seeing that Jiang Chen and Yang Guo had returned safely, they couldn't help but let out a big sigh of relief. The two men attacked at night and killed many enemy soldiers, and everyone suddenly looked happy.
Jiang Chen looked at the room full of waiting people. Except for Guo Polu, who was really waiting for him, the rest of the people were waiting for Yang Guo. He couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable. After a few words of greeting, he said goodbye to everyone and said goodbye. Went back to the room to rest.
On the second day, the Yuanmeng army made another move. When everyone went to the city and looked around, they saw ten thousand enemy soldiers forming a formation a few miles away from the city, but they did not attack. Not long after, more than a thousand craftsmen carried stones and vertical timber to build a platform more than ten feet high. He also saw more than a thousand soldiers wielding long shovels and shovels, digging a deep and wide trench around the high platform. The dug soil was piled outside the trench to form an earth wall.
Just hearing the trumpet blowing and the sound of drums and drums, a team of ten thousand people marched up and lined up on the left side of the high platform, followed by another team of ten thousand people on the right side. The formation was set, and another team of ten thousand people was deployed in front of the stage. Together with the previous team of ten thousand people, a total of four teams of ten thousand people surrounded the high platform. This large formation stretched for several miles, with shield-bearers, spear-bearers, horse-killers, crossbowmen, and chargers, layer by layer, surrounding the high platform like an iron barrel.
Suddenly, there was a blast of trumpets, the drums stopped, tens of thousands of people fell into silence, and two horses galloped to the stage in the distance. Immediately, the passengers turned over and got off the saddle, and joined hands on the high platform. Because of the distance, the faces of the two people could not be seen clearly. They seemed to be a man and a woman. While everyone was stunned, Huang Rong suddenly exclaimed, fell back, and fainted. Everyone hurriedly rescued her and asked: "What's wrong? What happened?"
Huang Rong's face turned pale, she pointed at the high platform and said in a trembling voice: "It's Xiang'er, it's Xiang'er." Everyone was startled and couldn't help but look at each other.
Yang Guo shouted loudly: "No, I really didn't expect that the Tatars failed to attack the city and resorted to treacherous tactics. It's really... really shameless and despicable."
As soon as Huang Yaoshi and Zhu Ziliu said this, they immediately realized what he was saying and their faces were filled with anger. Guo Jing was still puzzled and asked, "How did Xiang'er get to this high platform? What kind of treacherous plot did the Tatars use?"
Jiang Chen then sighed and said: "Master Guo, Xiang'er unfortunately fell into the hands of the Tatars. They built this high platform and piled firewood under the platform, but they placed Xiang'er on the platform to force you to surrender. You If you don't surrender, they will set fire to the platform, causing you and Mrs. Guo to be heartbroken, confused and unable to concentrate on defending the city."
Everyone was shocked and angry, but they had no choice but to do anything. Huang Rong stared blankly at the high platform, feeling confused for a moment. Even if she had Zhuge's wisdom, she couldn't use it at this moment.
Seeing this, Jiang Chen quickly said: "For the current plan, we can only have a chance to rescue Xiang'er if we defeat the 40,000-person team around the high platform first."
Huang Yaoshi said: "Exactly." He pondered for a moment and said: "Let's simply use the Twenty-Eight Sushu Formation to fight the Tatars. This formation has many changes, but it was the Tiangang Beidou Formation of the Quanzhen Sect when I saw it. Later, I worked hard to create this twenty-eight-constellation formation by referring to ancient formations. I wanted to compete with the Taoist priests of the Quanzhen Sect, but I didn't expect that now I would use it on the Tatars first."
He immediately selected the city's elite and masters, a total of 40,000 people, and divided them into five groups, with 8,000 people in each group, led by Guo Jing, Huang Rong, Master Yideng, Zhou Botong, Yang Guo and himself. Jiang Chen was left alone, because He was the strongest in martial arts, so he was responsible for grabbing the high platform and rescuing Guo Xiang.
After finishing the command, Huang Yaoshi ordered all the sergeants to collect and use all the supplies in the arsenal. Then he ordered the flag to be displayed, and 40,000 soldiers and horses were divided into five directions: southeast, northwest, center, and with three cannons, the city gates in all four directions were opened. Open, five groups of soldiers and horses line up.
I saw each member of the Eastern Route Army carrying a very long wooden stake on their backs and attacking the east end of the high platform. One thousand soldiers held shields in hand and rushed forward to block the arrows. The remaining 7,000 soldiers put down wooden stakes one after another and struck one to the east and one to the west. One stake may seem disorganized, but in fact, the positions of the eight thousand wooden stakes are all erected according to the drawings drawn by Huang Yaoshi. They are divided into five elements and eight trigrams, and the east end of the high platform has been sealed in an instant.
The West Route Army has the Quanzhen Sect as the main force, and the Taoists have always been familiar with the Tiangang Beidou formation. They saw long swords like snow, a group of seven people, a group of forty-nine people, piercing left and right, swarming in, Yuanmeng soldiers will see His eyesight was dazzled, so he had no choice but to shoot arrows to block it.
Suddenly, all the troops in the north were heard shouting, but it was Yang Guo and Xiao Longnu who led the three mountains and five mountains, dragging water dragons and shooting the poison on the Yuan Meng soldiers. The poisonous juice splashed all over the body, causing severe pain immediately. It blistered and rotted in a short time. The Yuanmeng army could not resist it and retreated southward.
But they saw smoke rising into the sky from the south. Master Yideng led eight thousand people to launch a fire attack, and bursts of brimstone and saltpeter spewed out from the fire-breathing iron cylinder. Seeing that the situation was wrong, the Yuan-Meng army was immediately defeated in the center. Guo Jing and Huang Rong led an army of eight thousand, and then slowly moved up. Seeing the chaos of the Yuan and Meng armies, they immediately waved their troops forward and rushed straight to the high platform.
Suddenly, the sound of horns and loud shouts were heard next to the high platform, and tens of thousands of helmets came out of the ground. It turned out that Commander Yuanmeng was also good at using troops. In addition to placing four thousand troops around the high platform, he also dug a hole in the ground and ambushed tens of thousands of troops. Guo Jing and others looked from a distance and thought that the enemy had dug a trap. Little did they know that they were ambushing a new force. As a result, the Mongolian army's defeat was immediately reversed. The twenty-eight-year-old formation came and went in various directions. Although the enemy army was thrown into chaos and tried to gather and annihilate it, it was no longer possible.
The war drums thundered, and the Song army and the Mongolian army shouted for a fierce fight. The defenders beside the high platform used strong bows and crossbows to fire outwards. Guo Jing led the middle route army to charge forward several times, but were shot back by a hail of arrows. The two armies fought for half an hour, with no victory or defeat decided. Huang Yaoshi's green flag fluttered, and suddenly the East Route Army attacked the south, the West Route Army attacked the north, and the formation changed.
The twenty-eight-constellation formation conceals the principle of generation and restraint of the five elements. On the south road, Master Yideng's red flag army rushed to the center, Guo Jing's yellow flag army rushed to the west, Zhou Botong's white flag army rushed to the north, Yang Guo's black flag army headed east, and Huang Yaoshi's green flag army turned to the south road.
The Great Transformation of the Five Elements means that fire generates earth, earth generates metal, metal generates water, water generates wood, and wood generates fire. Although there were only 40,000 soldiers in the Song Dynasty, their formations were exquisite and the leaders were all martial arts experts. Everyone in the Song soldiers were grateful to Guo Jing and his wife and were determined to risk their lives to save their beloved daughter. Therefore, although there were twice as many Mongolians, there were actually Can't resist it either.
After a fierce battle for a long time, Huang Yaoshi roared loudly. The Green Flag Army retreated to the center, the Yellow Flag Army returned to attack the north, the Black Flag Army detoured southward, the Red Flag Army rushed westward, and the White Flag Army fiercely attacked eastward. This formation is another change, the five elements are reversed, meaning that wood overcomes earth, earth overcomes water, water overcomes fire, fire overcomes metal, and metal overcomes wood.
Jin Lun Dharma King stood on the high platform, watching the battle below the stage, and was secretly shocked. He saw the Mongolian soldiers' casualties getting heavier and heavier, and the Yellow Banner Army pushed towards the high platform step by step. Although he threatened Guo Xiang, he couldn't bear to actually burn her to death. He wanted to give her a few words of advice, but Guo Xiang had already ignored life and death. King Lun Fa was so angry that he almost burst out of his chest. He shouted loudly: "Guo Jing, listen: I will count from one to ten. If you don't surrender, I will order the platform to be set on fire."
During the fierce battle between Guo Jing, Echo responded: "Evil monk, do you think I, Guo Jing, am the one who surrendered?"
Seeing that the situation was not right, Jinlun Dharma King shouted: "Guo Jing, listen, I count from one to ten. When I say 'ten', your beloved daughter will turn into coke. One...two...three...four..." Every time he called After saying one word, he paused for a while, hoping that Guo Jing would finally be unable to bear the torture anymore, and even if he didn't surrender, he would still be in a state of confusion.
Guo Jing, Huang Yaoshi, Yi Deng, Yang Guo, and Zhou Botong heard the King's report on the high platform, and saw hundreds of soldiers below the stage holding torches. They only waited for his order to burn the firewood. He was anxious and angry, and tried his best to attack and rescue Guo Xiang. However, the Mongolian army was extremely skilled in archery, and thousands of elite soldiers in front of the stage were unstoppable. It was actually difficult to break through for a while.
While the two sides were in a stalemate, Jin Lun Dharma King counted to ten. Although he couldn't bear it, he finally ordered a fire. In an instant, the firewood piled beside the stage started to burn, and thick smoke rose. The 8,000 yellow banner troops led by Guo Jing and Huang Rong each had sacks of earth on their backs, but they could not get within 200 steps of the stage, so they could only cry out in vain.
At this moment, thunderous shouts were heard in the distance, and tens of thousands of Mongolian soldiers behind the formation with clanging armor rushed out from both sides and went straight to attack Xiangyang. Then, the shouts of "Long live, long live, long live" shook the mountains and the wild, but it was the Mongol Khan who raised his nine-pin banner high and rushed towards the city. Elite soldiers and generals swarmed under the personal leadership of Meng Ge. Siege the city.
Guo Jing held a shield in his left hand and held a spear in his right hand. He had already grabbed a position less than a hundred steps away from the high platform. The Mongol archers' arrows were like a swarm of locusts, but they could not hurt him. He could jump up to the high platform just before he saw it. Suddenly, he heard something change behind the formation, and he couldn't help but He was taken aback and thought to himself: "Ah, no, I fell into the Tatar's plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain!"
Jiang Chen, who had been hiding in the army until now, knew that the most critical moment had come, and immediately said to Guo Jing: "Don't worry, Master Guo, leave Xiang'er to me to save you!" After saying that, he suddenly rushed out of the yellow flag army, like a falling star. , in a flash of lightning, they were already in front of the Mongolian army. Although the Mongolian army rained arrows, his long sword whirled around and danced so hard that water could not get in. No matter how much arrows rained from the sky, it was difficult to hurt him at all.
Guo Xiang was tied up on a high platform. She saw that her parents and grandfather were unable to come to the rescue. Thick smoke and fire quickly surrounded the foot of the platform. She knew that she would be burned to death in an instant, but she never thought that someone would forcefully break through the Mongolian army's blockade. , in despair, he looked around and recognized the person coming, and couldn't help but shout excitedly: "Brother Jiang, you are here!"