Chapter 2: The Battle of Makino
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Ji Fa looked at the 170,000 merchant army opposite, and only felt a headache, although he thought that the strength of the Great Zhou was not bad, but it was still very depressing to see the merchant army several times his own.
"The king is brutal and unreasonable, forcibly conscripting more than 100,000 people to go into battle to kill the enemy, and even slaves and prisoners of war are used, hum, digging his own grave!" Tai Dian snorted coldly, disdainful of the Shang Dynasty's 170,000 army.
"Not bad! Look carefully, the tyrannical merchant army is scattered, and the fighting spirit is low, how can you defeat my big Zhou Huben! Nangong Shi said.
Everyone observed carefully, and saw that many people in the merchant army were looking around, poking and pounding, and they didn't stand up, as Nangong Shi said.
Suddenly, Ji Fa rekindled his fighting spirit and said: "Come on, pass the order, the enemy's fighting spirit is sluggish, the army is lazy, not the enemy of my Great Zhou, let all the soldiers work hard and kill the merchant dog without leaving a piece of armor!" ”
Soon, the order spread throughout the army, and everyone was skeptical, but it also boosted some morale, and they shouted one after another, wanting to strengthen their courage.
And the earth-shattering shouts on the side of the Zhou army made the merchant army, which did not have much fighting spirit, more and more frightened, and all kinds of riots spread.
"Quiet! Be quiet! No one is allowed to move, stay in formation! "The one who drank the army was the main general of the Shang army, that is, Ying Hao, the commander of the Chaoge Chengwei, the word is like the middle, the great master of the eightfold realm of qi refining.
Sure enough, the deafening shouts of the martial arts master quieted everyone down. Everyone looked at Ying Hao.
Ying Hao held the battle Ge in his hand, wearing golden armor, and shouted loudly: "Warriors of Chaoge City, now that Ji Fa has rebelled against the party and despised the majesty of the dynasty, and the soldiers are coming to the city, you should defend the king of Shang with your lives!" ”
"In addition, the king has an order that all captives, those who bravely kill the enemy, can be spared death!"
As soon as these words came out, many prisoners of war were agitated, gradually overcame their fear, clenched their weapons, and prepared to charge and kill the enemy.
"The three armies obey the order, kill!"
With Ying Hao's order, although most of the 170,000 merchant troops were still reluctant, they still rushed overwhelmingly towards the Great Zhou coalition army.
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At the same time, Ji Fa pulled out the sword of the Son of Heaven, pointed directly at the merchant army, and shouted: "The soldiers of the three armies, kill with me!" “
Ji Fa took the lead, his legs were clamped, and the red-maned horse jumped several feet away, and the coalition forces behind him also shouted and charged.
In just a few breaths, the commanders of the two armies have already met each other. As soon as Ying Hao stepped on the horse's back, his body spun in the air, and Chang Ge's "crying" black shadow flashed, and the air was evacuated in one fell swoop, and it slammed heavily on Ji Fa's sword of the Son of Heaven.
Ji Fa gathered all the true qi in his body on the sword and resisted hard, but Ying Hao was two realms higher than him, and the grade of "when crying" was not weaker than the sword of the Son of Heaven. Ji Fa and his people led the horse back to Zhangyu.
"King Wu retreats, let the old man come to meet this guy" Nangong Shi held Zhangyu's Jin Lie secret knife, the knife aura around his body was sharp, and there was a faint flash of golden light.
Ying Hao didn't dare to hold it up, "when crying" drew a circle in the air, the dark true qi was frantically injected, Chang Ge instantly emitted a black light, and in an instant collided with Nangong Shi's big knife, the two of them each took a step back, and they were evenly matched.
"Qi Refining Peak!" Ying Hao exclaimed.
"Hmph, I didn't expect that the Eightfold Realm actually took the old man's knife, it seems that you are also an immortal genius, but when you meet the old man today, you can only fall."
"Cut! It's just a knife, if I can't even catch a knife, wouldn't my skills be practiced on a dog. Ying Hao said disdainfully, and at the same time, Chang Ge "When crying" black light was released, waving left and right, suddenly forming a demon aura, and Nangong Shi's strength was also slightly suppressed.
"Haha, good boy, there are really two hits, but the old man has been immersed in the peak of the Nine Realms for nearly ten years. Now, let's decide the winner with one move. ”
Nangong Shi's big knife was horizontal, kicked off the horse's back, the figure rotated in the air, Jin Lie's secret knife was danced out of the Dao afterimage, the golden light flashed from time to time, and a slightly vague sword gang was formed between the two breaths.
The battlefield is a meat grinder, there are lives dying every moment, and the Great Zhou coalition army is losing in numbers, Nangong Shi does not dare to delay, and wants to end the battle as soon as possible to relieve the pressure on others. So as soon as he made a move, it was a trick.
In the face of such a powerful blow, Ying Hao also felt pressure. He kicked his feet violently, and his body flew backwards, but Nangong Shi locked him tightly, and seeing that the big golden sword was about to slash at his body, a trace of fierceness flashed in his eyes, and he stopped his retreating steps, and Zhan Ge slashed forward, and the dark true qi was injected into it recklessly.
The golden light seemed to be hindered by a hint, but it still successfully broke through the black ray. Ying Hao's body was strangely twisted, his feet were weird, he took more than ten steps back, and he looked quite embarrassed.
"High-tier earth mystical weapon!" Nangong Shi was shocked.
Most of the martial artists in the Qi Refining Realm use human mystic weapons, and only a very small number of martial artists will have earth mystical weapons when refining the Qi Realm. These people either have a big background, or they are martial artists who have been immersed in the peak realm of qi refining for many years.
The high-level Earth Mystery Weapon is only partially possessed by the Refining God Realm, and as for the higher Heaven Mystery Weapon, it costs a lot of money to enter the Holy Realm Great God.
However, after reaching the Divine Realm, most people will do whatever it takes to obtain a Heavenly Mystery Weapon. Of course, there are a few exceptions, but at worst there will be the best earth mysteries.
Ying Hao is only a Qi Refining Eightfold Realm martial artist, but he has a high-level earth mystical weapon! Nangong Shi spent a great deal of money to get a low-grade earth mystery weapon.
"There is still such a strong man in the tyrannical business, how can I win this battle? So what exactly is that variable? Why hasn't it shown up yet? Nangong Shi felt irritable for a while.
At this time, the two armies had already collided fiercely. The soldiers on both sides fought desperately, and the move was fatal, but in just a few breaths, nearly 100 people were killed in the confrontation.
However, Ji Fa placed the three thousand tiger ben at the front of the three armies, and instantly tore a big hole in the merchant army, and the infantry, chariots, and archers behind followed the opening.
Arrows are like rain, cars are like tigers, blood is splashed in the sky, horses neigh, snow is cold, white paper and red ink are like a bleak picture.
Snowflakes fly, blood flowers bloom.
On the silver earth, the two armies fought, and from time to time there was the true qi of the master of the Qi Refining Realm, the scene was chaotic, but the chaos was orderly, and the Shang army besieged the Zhou army in depth, and the Zhou army advanced step by step under great pressure.
There was a river of blood on the ground, and the soldiers behind stepped on the corpses and blood of the soldiers killed in front of them, shouting and rushing forward to kill.
The dust in the air mixed with blood, casting a blood-red and hazy veil over the entire Makino.
Nangong Shi and Ying Hao are entangled together, although Ying Hao is in a weak position, his injuries are not serious, and he can contain Nangong Shi.
Ji Fa and several of his brothers were in a battle with several generals of the merchant army. In terms of numbers, the merchant army had the advantage, but the Ji Fa brothers were very brave and overwhelmed each other in momentum.
The two sides fought for a whole hour, and a large number of corpses were piled up on the ground, and rivers of blood like cobwebs appeared on the land of Makino. The commanders of the two armies saw that it was difficult to make achievements, so they each withdrew.
The Great Tent of the Zhou Army.
"Qiqi Martial King, in today's battle, nearly 5,000 soldiers were killed on our side, including seven at the commander level and above, more than 600 tigers, and more than 2,000 in the second and third echelons. Most people have injuries that are severe or minor. A general who counted battle losses said with a low face.
Ji Fa sat on the tiger skin throne, his right hand supporting his forehead, and was silent for a while after listening to the report. Then he asked Lu Shang in a hoarse voice:
"What do you think?"
Lu Shang stood up, knelt in front of Ji Fa, and said: "The minister deserves to die, the minister's miscalculation of Chaoge's strength led to a large number of warriors dying on the battlefield, and the minister deserves death!" ”
At this time, San Yisheng and Taidian hurriedly stepped forward, knelt on both sides of Lu Shang, and hurriedly said:
"King Wu forgives sins, there must be something strange in this. The four of us joined forces to deduce the Heavenly Dao, and I dare not say that it must be accurate, but it is also very possible. Besides, Shang's dynasty luck is very important, and it is difficult to make mistakes! ”
Ji Fa sighed and said in a low voice: "The four of you are the most trusted people by your father, and all four of you are high-level divine monks, of course I don't doubt the results of your deduction." Just ......"
Ji Fa was silent for a while, his brows furrowed slightly, his eyes were full of confusion, and he said in a low voice:
"It's just...... Is that so-called variable really my big week......
Nangong Shi coughed twice, and said tiredly: "Now that my Great Zhou has taken advantage of the time, place, and people, who else can be more suitable to be the lord of the world than my Great Zhou?" ”
In the battle with Ying Hao, Nangong Shi's true qi was almost exhausted, and he was slightly injured, but Ying Hao was also beaten by him and vomited blood again and again.
Ji Fa was silent, Lu Shang knelt on the ground and said: "King Wu, according to the opinion of the old minister, we should temporarily give up the strong attack, buy some officials of the Shang Dynasty as soon as possible, rescue Fei Lian and Evil, let them rebel, so as to contain them inside, and then we will organize the tiger Ben to carry out a sneak attack, and the army will then attack." ”
"Yes, although the current tyrant has the strength to intercept us, there will definitely be a lot of contradictions, plus in the past two years, the king has no way, the sky is angry and the people are resentful, as long as we provoke a little, we will definitely succeed!" San Yisheng echoed.
"Seconded by the Minister"
"Seconded by the Minister"
All the ministers agreed with this law and seconded it.
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While Zhou's side was in full swing with operational deployment, Shang was also dealing with the battle.
"Humph! Little Ji Fa actually made us lose more than 30,000 people! A bunch of rice buckets! What do you want? The king put his arm around Daji and reprimanded Yinghao and several other generals.
"Ying Hao! I saw that you were so talented that I made you the commander of this battle, but what about you? With a high-level earth mystery weapon in hand, it was just a matter of not killing Nangong Shi, and he was beaten so embarrassed! ”
"Great King, it's really that Nangong Shi is too powerful, besides, those captives are too poor in physical fitness and too weak in combat effectiveness, it is not easy to resist this offensive." Ying Hao explained with a frown.
"If you let them have a full meal, or give me another 50,000 horses, I will definitely let Na Ji Fa collapse the army."
"Hehe, let them have a full meal?! My elite merchants have not yet returned from Xu Yi's side, they have to consume a lot of grain and grass every day, where did I get the excess grain and grass for you, besides, they have never eaten enough, but they still defeated Xu Yi, what about you? ”
"Besides, if they are full and turn against me, wouldn't it help Ji Fa."
Ying Hao gritted his teeth and said, "Then please ask the king to give me another 50,000 horses." ”
"The king~" Daji was upset when she heard it on the side, and couldn't help but be coquettish to the king, "Just give him 50,000 horses, that Ji Fa has been arguing all day long, and the people who hurt him can't sleep, and the concubine suffers, the king~ You just agree~"
The king couldn't bear it, and then said: "Okay, you go to the prisoner of war prison and pick another 50,000 prisoners!" If you don't get Ji Fa's head within three days, you'll be miserable! ”
"King Xie!" Ying Hao hurriedly thanked him.
"Let's go, the king~ The concubine recently learned a new dance, and I'll show it to the king later......" Daji pulled the king away and gradually walked away.
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Two days later, Makino.
Ji Fa, Ying Hao. The two commanders confronted each other from afar, and the gap in the number of men and horses on both sides was even greater, with 190,000 Shang troops and 40,000 Zhou troops.
However, the ranks of the merchant army were also more disorganized than they had been two days ago, and the number of prisoners and slaves had increased greatly, and the proportion was further out of proportion. Sitting on the ground, swearing, pulling at people's hair...... The whole mess.
On the other hand, the Zhou army had strict military discipline, standing with soldiers, silent, and all serious and deep.
Confrontation with a pillar of incense, Ji Fa took the lead, the sword of the Son of Heaven flashed coldly, instantly unsheathed, the red-maned horse leaped out, with Ji Fa's "kill", the three armies charged with all their might, 40,000 people stepped on the same pace, and the ground was also driven by this resonance, trembling slightly.
Ying Hao squinted his eyes, and then laughed "haha", and a loud shout sounded like a thunderbolt on the land of Muye, and nearly 200,000 troops slowly advanced, with a defensive posture.
The first to collide with each other was the general and the main general, Ying Hao smiled strangely, Chang Ge "should cry" The demonic energy swept across, and Ji Fa flew upside down without knocking hard.
Just when Ying Hao was slightly stunned, a gust of wind and sand rose from the ground with sharp energy, Nangong Shi flashed from behind the red-maned horse, kicked the ground with his right foot, and the big knife swirled, and a cold knife qi rolled up like a whirlwind.
Ying Hao was shocked, but after all, he had experienced a hundred battles, his body fell to the other side, fell off the war horse, and the end of Changge fell to the ground, and his body fell upside down.
The knife qi was raging, Ying Hao's war horse was cut off by the waist, and a cloud of blood mist broke out in an instant, blood and internal organs were scattered all over the ground, and a blood-colored long knife ran out from the blood mist.
Suddenly, Nangong Shi's empty door opened, and when Ying Hao was about to insert Zhan Ge into Nangong Shi's chest, a sharp sword stabbed from Ying Hao's armpit with a cold light.
If he succeeds this time, at least one of Ying Hao's arms will be broken. Ying Hao hurriedly took strange steps and dodged away.
Ji Fa missed a blow, the sword of the Son of Heaven swept over, and Nangong Shi took the opportunity to block Ying Hao's retreat with a "chaotic knife wheel slash". The two cooperate closely, and they want to take advantage of this trick to make Yinghao suffer a big loss.
A trace of fierceness flashed in Ying Hao's eyes, and suddenly his face turned hideous, and he shouted angrily, and a magnificent and broad aura burst out. At this time, Ying Hao was completely shrouded in dark and true qi, like a black devil in the world.
Between Ji Fa and Nangong Shi, the figure in a huge black ball kept flashing, and suddenly the black ball exploded, and the dark and true qi was like a wave, wave after wave impacting, and wave after wave, endlessly.
The joint trapping technique of the two was gradually disintegrated by this big wave, and Ji Fa retreated again and again in order to resist the impact of this dark and true qi.
Nangong Shi's eyes flashed with a fine light, and just now he was keenly aware that Ying Hao had burst out with the power of the Nine Realms!
Although it was only a short moment, it was indeed the power of the Nine Realms!
At this time, Nangong Shi was extremely shocked in his heart, he really couldn't believe it, but it was difficult for him to make a mistake when he had been immersed in the peak realm of qi refining for many years.
After a move "Dark Sea Waves", Ying Hao stood three feet away from Nangong Shi and Ji Fa, looking at them coldly. Changge's "When Crying" was dark all over at this time, exuding a loving atmosphere.
The mid-level peak Earth Mystery Weapon Heavenly Son Sword and the low-level Earth Mystery Weapon Jin Lie Secret Knife trembled slightly under the suppression of this aura.
"You're hiding your strength?" Nangong Shi asked.
Ying Hao smiled faintly: "So what? Isn't it? ”
Nangong Shi narrowed his eyes and said in a low voice: "If yes, you should be damned!" If not...... Then you deserve to die! ”
As soon as the words fell, Jin Lie's secret knife flew out in an instant, pointing directly at Ying Hao's three paths. Chang Ge "When Crying" hooked upside down and locked the long knife, Nangong Shi followed the long knife and slapped his palm on the knife shaft, and "When Crying" was immediately suppressed to Ying Hao's chest.
At this time, Ji Fa appeared again, his body jumped into the air, and all the true qi of the Sixfold Realm was injected into the Son of Heaven Sword, and a burst of energy burst out from his hand, and the Son of Heaven Sword turned into a cold light and shot out, and came to Ying Hao in an instant.
Nangong Shi was still not at ease, and slashed with his palm again.
In the face of such a crisis, Ying Hao let out a thunderous roar, and the sound wave fanned forward, but it only slowed down the cold light slightly, but this was enough.
Ying Hao leaned back, kicked the long pole of "Crying" with his right foot, and retreated, Chang Ge flew towards Nangong Shi with a big knife.
At the same time as Ying Hao retreated, the power of the Nine Realms exploded, and the dark true qi wrapped his hands, and he put his palms together and fiercely clamped the Sword of the Son of Heaven.
At this time, Nangong Shi blocked the two mysterious weapons, and slapped them with a palm.
Ying Hao jumped up with both feet, and let the residual strength of the Son of Heaven Sword fly backwards with him two meters away, Ying Hao's feet were grounded, his body was spinning, holding the hilt of the Son of Heaven Sword, and a move "poisonous snake spit letters" blocked Yu Wei's insufficient palm.
The two sides fell into a stalemate again, and then Ji sent back to help a few brothers, Nangong Shi and Ying Hao fought more than 200 moves, regardless of victory or defeat, and even Nangong Shi gradually fell due to a slight lack of physical strength.
So the two sides once again left tens of thousands of corpses and retreated to their own camps.
In the next few days, the two armies fought more than a dozen times without oil and salt, and none of the two sides participated in the battle in the Qi Refining Realm.
Although the Zhou army welcomed 10,000 reinforcements, the number was only more than 30,000. Although the merchant army also had reinforcements, there were only a few hundred or thousands of people at a time. The number dropped to 130,000.
In the camp of the Zhou army, Xiao Fangguo shouted to leave every day, but fortunately, Ji Fa and other high-level officials tried their best to persuade them, but they were afraid that they would not last long.
On the side of Dashang, due to Su Daji's calamity to the country and the people, the king of Su was completely degraded. Originally, it was said that Ying Hao would be punished if the Zhou army was not broken in three days, but that day, the king was busy coaxing Da Ji and didn't pay attention to Ying Hao at all.
In this way, on the battlefield of Makino, the two armies fought and entangled endlessly......