The party supporting Prince Shou finally sent out their troops.
Seeing the enemy's elite soldiers riding out on horseback, a hint of mockery as if a sinister plot had succeeded immediately appeared on Li Fazhu's lips.
As soon as they saw the other side, they immediately dispatched thirty generals, almost all of whom were powerful generals who could terrify the three armies. This made Li Fazhu even happier.
The old fellow thought excitedly, I am not afraid of you sending out a large number of people, I am just afraid that you will give in; now that you are out, just wait to collect your bodies, Uncle Liang's death formation is a veritable meat grinder.
The long swords were shining, the horses were neighing, and they rushed towards the death formation with the momentum to break through everything.
All this seemed to be going smoothly according to his plot, which finally put his mind at ease. He waved his hand and returned to the camp with Li Kuangba and Lai Huer.
But are things really going according to his plot
When Master Li returned to the camp and looked back, his face instantly turned dark.
Following his gaze, I saw a team of more than a thousand elite soldiers, rushing towards the death formation with murderous intent and roaring like tigers; leading the team was a domineering and unparalleled general, Zhu Ya, the younger brother of Huaihua General Zhu Li.
Zhu Ya came out personally. For Master Li, who regarded Zhu Li as a thorn in his side, he should be happy. But why did his face turn dark
When everyone looked over, they saw the second general of Heshuo, who was riding a horse with great arrogance, suddenly spun on the spot when he was only a shot away from the wounded gate of the death formation, reined in his horse, turned around and rushed to the side.
Li Gufeng and Yue Yun, who were following closely behind him, followed suit, reined in their horses and turned around without hesitation, following Zhu Ya's footsteps and rushing to one side.
Readers who are familiar with the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation should all know that if someone comes to break the formation, the party that set up the formation will generally let the other party enter through the injured gate.
For the party that broke the formation, leading the troops to break through the formation and pass through the wounded gate would definitely be a tough battle, and this battle had to be fought; but at the moment, Zhu Ya didn't even pay attention to the wounded gate of the death formation that was waiting for him, and rushed straight to the side.
What's his attitude? Is he really here to break the formation
Seeing that the other party was unable to enter, Master Li Fa suddenly felt uneasy in his heart, and his face naturally looked unhappy.
As for Li Tianfu, Yang Liuye, Zhou Ran from Yaozhou, He Ruobi, Wen Lan, Yang Guang from Youzhou team, and Qian Liu from Hangzhou who were following behind the Heshuo troops, they also led their troops to one side.
A thousand elite soldiers, led by ten generals, were like a spirit python that suddenly turned around, bypassed the wounded gate, and surrounded the three thousand guards of the Death Formation.
The opponent came to break the formation, but did not enter the death formation. Instead, he circled around the death formation. What did he want to do
No, these elite soldiers who were riding here on horses were definitely not just here for a stroll. Zhou Ran, who was following behind Li Tianfu, suddenly shouted to Li Tianfu, "Hey, brother-in-law, look at these stupid guys. They thought we would charge into the battle formation and fight them head-on. It really made me laugh so hard that my stomach hurts. It's bad enough that they're stupid, but they thought others were as stupid as them. Hahaha!"
"They are all as stupid as pigs, and they still want to plot against us. I think they might as well go back to their mother's womb and be reborn before fighting us again!"
"Hahaha, that's right, go back to your mother's womb and start over again." Li Tianfu echoed loudly.
"Go back to your mother's womb and be reborn!"
"Go back to your mother's womb and be reborn!"
"Go back to your mother's womb and be reborn!"
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As the commander of Yaozhou, Li Tianfu took the lead in making a fuss, and the soldiers under his command naturally followed suit, shouting in unison; then, the ghost guards from Heshuo and Youzhou also immediately followed suit.
These one thousand elite soldiers galloped on their horses and shouted at the top of their lungs, mocking all the soldiers in the death formation. They directly made the eight generals and Liang Bo, who was in charge of the formation, so angry that their faces turned red and their chests heaved like rattles.
Seeing such a strange scene, the senior officials who supported Prince Ji became confused.
"When the two armies are facing each other, the other side is riding their horses outside the army formation. Could it be that they despise our soldiers and arrows?" Wang Jian of Xichuan immediately grabbed his school bag and shouted angrily.
"Yang has heard that General Zhu Li of Huaihua was invincible in battle. What is the purpose of his arrangement today?" Yang Xingmi stared at the field, touched his chin, and became suspicious.
"Zhu Li and Zhu Quanzhong are both as cunning as foxes. There must be something fishy about their behavior!" Li Keyong, who had suffered at the hands of Zhu Li and Zhu Quanzhong, acted contrary to his usual behavior and made a firm conclusion.
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Looking at Zhu Ya and others who were free from the death formation, and listening to the foul ridicule and insults from the other side's soldiers, Liang Bo, who had always lived a life of luxury, and the three evil generals began to lose their composure.
However, in his opinion, it was a joke that the other party thought that he could not do anything to the other party in this way; the other party was acting so recklessly and had no knowledge of military tactics at all, and he would definitely suffer.
As soon as the idea came to his mind, Liang Bo immediately signaled to the flag bearer beside him and waved the flag in his hand.
The soldiers forming the death formation saw the flags in the center change and immediately knew that their commander had given the order.
At the outskirts of the formation, people moved at the sound of the flag. Countless giant shields more than one person tall were erected one after another in an instant. The entire battlefield was immediately filled with the sound of "bang, bang, bang..." of the erected shields.
In a moment
The entire death formation was like a sheepfold made of giant shields, tightly fitted and leak-proof.
At the same time, the moment the big shield was erected, more than a thousand archers in the death formation immediately drew their bows and arrows, with the arrows tilted sixty degrees upward, shooting poisonous arrows at Zhu Ya and others who were riding horses outside the death formation.
"Swoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."
In an instant, a cold blue light filled everyone's vision; everywhere they looked, all they could see was a gorgeous blue color, which was the color of extreme poison.
The arrows were poisoned and colorful, which was common knowledge that everyone knew; however, even though they knew they were poisoned arrows, no one from the two opposing sides spoke up to expose the truth.
In the struggle for power, every possible means will be used. If someone calls it out, it will only be a laughing stock and no one will pay any attention.
When countless feather arrows infected with deadly poison broke through the air and rushed into the sky, the entire space immediately emitted a fishy smell.
Those whistling arrows drew a short arc in the air, then immediately dropped their heads and swooped down, rushing straight towards Zhu Ya and others who were like swimming dragons.
"ah... "
At this moment, a roar came out majestically, suddenly rising from the sky like a spring thunder. The sharp whistling sound stimulated everyone's eardrums and made them feel as if they were about to burst.
The sound waves were like waves, rolling and surging. In the blink of an eye, they swept across the vast sky, shaking the entire space.
That was Zhuya's "Dragon Roar and Lion Howl". Countless poisonous arrows shot down from the sky instantly became disordered and shaky under the attack of Zhuya's sonic waves.
This chaos lasted for a very short time, just a moment.
But at this moment, Li Tianfu, the Grand Palace Master of Longhu Mountain, suddenly puffed up his cheeks like a toad blowing the sky, and with a "puff", a stream of crystal clear wine sprayed out.
The wine is crystal clear, splashing like a dragon, and the water dragon dances in the sky, shaking its head and tail.
Looking ahead, one could see that amidst the endless roar, a crystal blue dragon suddenly rose into the air in the blink of an eye, circling around the death formation and forming a perfect circle.
The arc seems random, but it is suspended very accurately below the feather arrow, spreading out into a wide water belt, blocking the poison arrow's path.
Those torrential rain of poisonous arrows fell on the blue water dragon without any surprise.
No one doubts that water buoys.
Although the amount of wine sprayed by Li Tianfu was very small, his skills were much higher than those of the archers who shot feather arrows.
The seemingly fierce poisonous arrow, after being blocked twice by Zhu Ya and Li Tianfu, was instantly turned into a spent force and could not penetrate the Lu silk.
“Brush, brush, brush…”
The knights who were riding their horses and wandering around the death formation instantly swung their long swords, sharp knives, benches and other weapons in their hands, and with a light push, they pushed all the poisonous arrows aside, so lightly that they almost didn't make any effort.
The first wave of poison arrows shot by the elite guards in the death formation was easily broken by Zhu Ya and Li Tianfu. Thousands of poison arrows did not hurt a single elite knight.
The horses' hooves whistled and they galloped like dragons.
The rumbling sound of horse hooves was as continuous as the roaring of the surging sea tide.
Zhu Ya, Li Tianfu and other elite soldiers of thousands were still circling around the death formation like a mad dragon. If someone were to look down from above at this moment, they would see that their cavalry of thousands were like a violent python, tightly wrapping around the "black turtle" in the middle, preventing it from swimming at all.
A wave of poison arrows did not produce any results, which made Liang Bo, who was in charge of the formation, angry.
Thinking about Uncle Liang, he was a giant after all, a man who could make the whole of China tremble with just a stomp of his feet; but now, he personally took action and didn't even hurt the enemy. He really couldn't afford to lose face.
The wave suddenly subsided, and Liang Bo immediately signaled the flag bearer to wave the flag again.
The flags were waving and poisonous arrows were raining down; what greeted them were Zhu Ya's "Dragon Roar and Lion Howl" and Li Tianfu's "Water Dragon Dance", followed by the knights' disdainful style.
The more he can't get something, the more he wants it; the more Liang Bo can't cause casualties to Zhu Ya and others, the more he doesn't believe in evil.
The flags were waving more and more frequently, and the frequency of the arrows was getting faster and faster. The whistling sound like cracking gold and shattering stones also kept rising. Above the entire battlefield, there was a crystal clear blue water dragon, constantly hovering between dissipating and becoming clear.
Accompanied by the roar of horse hooves, the roar that broke through the clouds and the sound of a water dragon playing in the water, the sky was raging; more than a thousand elite soldiers, whose skills were comparable to those of generals, continuously waved silver rays of light, knocking all the poisonous arrows aside.
Such a scene made the senior officials from both sides who were watching the battle suspicious. Who was breaking the formation and who was setting up the defense? It seemed that the positions of the attacking and defending sides were completely reversed.
Even if a general who is experienced in fighting were to look at the entire battle situation, he would probably not be able to understand it now.
"Damn it, what the hell is going on?" Looking at the weird scene on the field, Liu Hanhong of Jiangzuo, the hot-tempered governor, suddenly cursed.
One person took the lead, and the others also became anxious. Li Keyong opened his one eye wide and said in a deep voice: "No, the other party is here to break the formation. How can they just take a beating and
Why don't you fight back? "
"There must be something fishy going on here." Li Keyong said with certainty.
Hearing Li Keyong's question, Li Fazhu's face turned pale and he immediately exclaimed: "Arrows, the other party is consuming our poison... No, it's feather arrows, the other party is consuming our feather arrows."
A word awakened the dreamer, and the official who heard the exclamation immediately realized.
The scene on the field gave people the feeling that was just as what Li Fazhu had said; Zhu Ya and others rode their horses at full speed, willingly becoming targets, constantly inducing Liang Bo and others to shoot arrows, with the purpose, without a doubt, of consuming their own arrows.
By now, more than half an hour has passed, and Liang Bo's poison arrows must have been almost used up.
During the chaotic times at the end of the Tang Dynasty, military men were in chaos and the country was in turmoil. Almost all the local military governors and commanders were familiar with military practices in detail.
In every major battle, archers would usually carry three baskets of feather arrows, with fifty arrows in each basket. Like Liang Bo, he kept giving orders to shoot. After more than half an hour, each archer had shot at least a hundred feather arrows.
What can they do now that they have understood it
More than a thousand elite soldiers led by Zhu Ya and Li Tianfu kept galloping around the death formation, making it seem like tens of thousands of cavalry were charging. Even if they discovered the truth and shouted loudly, Liang Bo could not hear them. They sent people to pass on the message, but there were cavalry blocking the way outside. They knew they were fooled, but could do nothing. What was the difference between that and not understanding the truth
Although Master Li saw through the purpose of Zhu Ya and others, it had no influence on the result. In less than a quarter of an hour, the entire death formation suddenly stopped working.
There was no other reason. The guards in the formation had shot all the poison arrows they carried with them. Even if they wanted to shoot, they had no more arrows.
When they saw the other party suddenly shut down, Zhu Ya and others looked relaxed.
If they wanted to take down the Death Formation Guards, the poison arrow would undoubtedly become the most deadly threat. Now that this poisonous fang had been pulled out by them without them noticing, it was time to take the hard brunt of it.
However, their team also needs to take a break.
Liang Boyu had run out of arrows, and when Li Fazhu was getting extremely anxious, he suddenly discovered that Zhu Ya and others had actually retreated.
What does this mean? Under normal circumstances, after consuming the opponent's arrows, wouldn't it be the perfect time to take advantage of the situation and attack? Does Zhu Ya have a pig brain? Why would he choose to retreat at this time
Before he could figure it out, he saw that as Zhuya retreated, Henan general Wang Yanzhang, Bining Wang Ke, Jizhou Mo Junhe and thousands of other elite troops rushed out on horseback in an instant.
There were also more than a thousand elite cavalrymen and ten powerful generals. As soon as these people rushed out, they grabbed the tail of Zhu Ya and others, and immediately surrounded the death formation in the middle, connecting with each other without any flaws.
When this team of a thousand men came up, they were not as polite as Zhu Ya and others. Relying on their fast horses and great skills, they rode their horses to the edge of the death formation, constantly waving their weapons and chopping at the giant shields indiscriminately.
The sound of "ding, dang, ding, dang..." of blunt instruments colliding instantly filled the entire venue; this shocking scene completely stunned several senior officials on Li Fazhu's side.
At this time, if they still can't see through the strategy of Zhu Li and others, then they are pigs.
It was obvious that the other side did not want to give the palace guards trapped in the death formation any time to recuperate, and they wanted to grind these guards to death. In a word, they had no intention of breaking the formation, but only of killing people.
Seeing through the intentions of Zhu Li and the others was not the biggest surprise to them; the biggest surprise was the strength of those elite knights on the battlefield.
They were all elite troops, but with every attack from those elite knights on horseback, they could actually smash the iron shields that were as tall as a person, causing them to shrink by several feet.
In just a short time, the galloping knights had knocked the huge shield that completely covered the bodies of the guards down by three feet; when the guards who formed the death formation all exposed their heads and chests, the galloping knights no longer attacked the huge shields, but started to attack the heads of those guards instead.
Until this moment, a jaw-dropping scene finally appeared.
Wang Yanzhang led more than a thousand elite knights. They raised their swords, spears and axes high in the air and attacked desperately. But apart from the sounds of "bang, bang, bang...", not a single guard fell down.
Among the knights, there was one who was using a double-edged axe. Just looking at its weight, it must have weighed at least dozens or even hundreds of kilograms.
In addition, the man was big and strong, and it was obvious that he was a man of extraordinary physical strength. Even such a big man swung the heavy axe with all his strength and hit the head of a guard who was trapped in the death formation. The guard only staggered, and there was not even a trace of blood.
Just imagine that a huge axe weighing 100 pounds hits a person's head, but the person is not hurt at all. How would you feel
Surprising, even terrifying!
After seeing this scene, not only did the senior officials on Zhu Li's side realize that there was a trick, but even the senior officials standing on the side of Li Fazhu noticed something weird; there was something wrong with these palace guards, they could no longer be called human beings.
No wonder the senior official representing Prince Shou did not use conventional methods to break the formation. It turned out that Master Li invited a master to set up a formation that not only used highly poisonous substances to temper the soldiers, but also made all the palace guards become so strange.
Thinking of this, Li Keyong, Yang Xingmi, Li Maozhen and all the people who supported Prince Ji couldn't help but become extremely cautious when they looked at Li Fazhu.