The mechanical elephants were the vanguard, the Mohist Rangers were the center, the crossbow carts were the rear guard, and a mechanical wolf with a body made from the corpse of the demon king was flanking, forming a powerful offensive.
Fang Yun couldn't help but think of Zhang Huzhu's attack method. When comparing it with the Mohist Ranger, he had a rough outline of the pattern of literary warfare in his mind.
The first is to launch an attack with an absolutely powerful and elite small force, such as using the True Dragon Ancient Sword in conjunction with the Lian Shi Assassin and then combining it with attacking war poems. It is flexible and suitable for fast combat, and also for absolute crushing force.
The second type is this all-round attack. Zhang Huzhu's battle paintings not only include ground monsters, but also air forces. If he is at sea, he must also have sea monster battle paintings.
Although Mo Tuo was unable to conduct air combat, he used multiple types of troops to deploy on the ground and cooperate with each other.
A look of satisfaction appeared in Fang Yun's eyes.
The reason why he did not go all out in this literary battle was not only to use it against the more powerful Jinshi who would come later, but more importantly to observe and learn in the battle.
Fang Yun immediately learned Mo Tuo's fighting style, with the Ice Knight as the central army, facing the enemy head-on. Lian Shi Assassin protected him and targeted the Mechanical Wolf. The White Horse General and the White Horse Ranger outflanked Mo Tuo from the other side.
At the same time, two True Dragon Ancient Swords strengthened by the Second Realm Hidden Edge Poem tried to attack the Mechanical Elephant.
Every part of the mechanical elephant is covered with thick metal. Strange winds and weak water cannot destroy inanimate objects, and Fang Yun’s war poems will never be able to hurt the mechanical elephant.
When the two golden yellow dragons were still a hundred feet away from the mechanical elephant, the eight Zhuge crossbow nests on the back of the mechanical elephant quickly adjusted their angles, and four of them took the lead in attacking. More than two hundred powerful arrows flew towards the True Dragon Ancient Sword like locusts.
Fang Yun immediately stood the sword upright, staring at the flying arrows, and using all his strength to mobilize his literary courage and talent. He instantly calculated the gaps between the arrows, allowing the two True Dragon Ancient Swords to easily avoid all the arrows.
Those arrows fell among the Ice Knights, crushing more than a dozen War Poetry Knights.
The True Dragon Ancient Sword continued to fly forward. When it was about twenty feet away, the other four Zhuge Crossbow Nests launched their attack.
The two sides were too close, and even if Fang Yun was brave and talented, it was difficult for him to calculate the trajectory of more than 200 arrows and immediately control his sword to evade. These arrows were faster than Yiming, and if they collided with Liuming's True Dragon Ancient Sword, the force generated would be unimaginable.
However, the mechanism was a masterpiece of the Mohists. At such a close distance, more than two hundred arrows blocked all the paths of the True Dragon Ancient Sword. There were more than ten bangs, and arrows hit the True Dragon Ancient Sword one after another and exploded.
Although the True Dragon Ancient Sword was not damaged, its speed dropped from six chimes to one chime.
Even a Grand Secretary could not dodge so many arrows in such a short distance.
What was even more deadly was that the other four Zhuge crossbow nests attacked again, and the speed of the True Dragon Ancient Sword dropped to Yiming, so it could no longer attack. Fang Yun had to control the sword to move away from the mechanical elephant.
Although Fang Yun already knew the capabilities of the Mechanical Elephant and Zhuge Crossbow Nest, he still felt quite frustrated.
This was the biggest setback he had suffered since his literary war.
However, only 30% of this setback was caused by Mo Tuo, and the other 70% should be blamed on Zhuge Liang, because both Zhuge Liannu and Zhuge Nuchao were invented by him.
Zhuge Crossbow Nest is the standard air defense weapon used in Liangjie Mountain. Especially the large Zhuge Crossbow Nest, which can fire thousands of special arrows at a time, and even the demon king will be injured if hit.
Faced with the wisdom of the Mohists and the Industrialists of the human race, the True Dragon Ancient Sword was slightly inferior for a short period of time.
Fang Yun first withdrew the True Dragon Ancient Sword. After withdrawing to a distance of a hundred feet, he suddenly cooperated with Lian Shi Assassin to attack the mechanical wolf with all his strength.
Apart from the mechanical elephant, this mechanical wolf is the most threatening.
But the mechanical wolf turned around and ran towards the mechanical elephant.
Fang Yun knew this. He immediately controlled the True Dragon Ancient Sword to bypass the mechanical elephant, and then rushed towards the war poem crossbow carts close to the ground, which was the third most threatening force.
Fang Yun didn't attack Mo Tuo at all. Mo Tuo had the power of defense and non-attack, plus the mechanical elephant and mechanical wolf, its own defense power even exceeded Fang Yun!
The eight Zhuge crossbow nests on the mechanical elephant immediately turned around and rose at the same time, then attacked the True Dragon Ancient Sword that was close to the ground.
Fang Yun's True Dragon Ancient Sword was hit by a crossbow arrow again, and its speed was greatly reduced. Then he saw Mo Tuo's Talent Ancient Sword and the Mechanical Wolf attacking his two True Dragon Ancient Swords respectively.
Unlike ordinary ancient swords of talent, there was a thin mist on the surface of Mo Tuo's ancient sword of talent, which made Fang Yun frown. Needless to say, that was the phenomenon that only occurred when the power of Mo Shou was added to the ancient sword of talent.
The scholars of the Mohist school possess the strongest defensive power among human beings.
With the combined efforts of Mo Tuo's ancient sword of talent, the mechanical wolf and the mechanical elephant, Fang Yun's two ancient swords of true dragon were completely unable to destroy the one hundred crossbow carts. However, Mo Tuo was unable to distract himself and focus on the frontal battlefield, but the mechanical elephant could occasionally separate one or two Zhuge crossbow nests to launch attacks.
Fang Yun’s Ice Knight is very powerful, but he is nothing in front of hundreds of crossbow carts.
While controlling the True Dragon Ancient Sword, Fang Yun continued to use war poems to attack, and kept a hundred feet away from the mechanical elephant, because once the mechanical elephant got close and launched a charge, even the Demon Lord would be smashed to pieces.
Next, the two people entered into a pure technical competition.
Mo Tuo is gifted and can control two mechanical beasts at the same time. He is also an old scholar who has experienced many years of war. He wears a three-finger-wide Mo family belt around his waist, which provides him with invincible protection.
Fang Yun's biggest reliance at this moment is no longer the three rare items, because the three rare items are not mature, and it can even be said that in their infancy, they are still unable to defeat the power of the Mohist School. At this moment, Fang Yun's biggest reliance is multitasking and his great talent.
Fang Yun now possesses four talents, each reaching seven and a half inches, and the total amount of talent is three times that of Mo Tuo!
In a protracted battle with Mo Tuo, who was weak in attack but strong in defense, Fang Yun gained the upper hand!
However, the only hidden danger was the mechanical elephant. Fang Yun stared at it closely and would never give the mechanical elephant any chance to charge closer.
As time passed, the more obvious Mo Tuo's lack of attacking ability became.
Finally, Mo Tuo raised his hand to signal a pause, then wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with a thunderous tongue: "I am weak in attack but strong in defense, and I am reluctant to destroy the mechanical elephant to launch the final attack. I admit defeat in this battle."
Fang Yun immediately took back the True Dragon Ancient Sword and bowed, saying, "Thank you. Senior, I am here because the Mohist Saint Way will not be destroyed together with the enemy. I am here to learn from you."
The stronger the Mohist scholars are, the more deeply they are influenced by "universal love" and "non-aggression", because if they do not adhere to these two basic holy ways, the power of Mohism will continue to dissipate.
Even if it is a war of words, Mohist scholars cannot use the tactic of destroying both themselves and the human race.
The eclecticists who fight for power and profit love power, the strategists who form alliances and make alliances love merit, the Confucians who want to create a world of great harmony, the Legalists who want to establish an orderly country on earth, the Military Strategists who want to end war with war, and even the Engineers who believe that engineering technology is the foundation of heaven and earth, all these schools will have extreme figures, but the Mohists will not have extreme figures.
Once an extremist appears in the Mohist school, he will inevitably be abandoned by the Mohist holy doctrine.
Mo Tuo bowed, put away the mechanical beast and left.
(To be continued…)