Gao Jinnei took advantage of Xiaoding's trip to Jingzhou to make a claim and led his troops to attack the enemy's main array, but not only was 10,000 soldiers annihilated, but he himself was captured alive by the enemy and was devastated in prison.

However, Xiao Ding had no intention of rescuing him, he wrote a letter to Youyangzi and directly asked Youyangzi to kill Gao Xuannei.

However, after Youyangzi read Xiao Ding's letter, he didn't plan to kill Gao Quannei. There is such a scourge of the best, what a pity to kill? Wouldn't it be nice to keep him to plague the enemy camp?

However, despite thinking like this, Youyangzi did not immediately let go of Gao Jinnei's idea of going back, he felt that although he had not yet figured out how to use this deputy marshal hostage, he might be able to come up with a good way to make full use of this hostage in the future. Maybe it will be of great use in the future.

But he still had some regrets in his heart, the other party had already given up on this deputy marshal, so wouldn't the immortal cultivation method he had been thinking about for a long time also come to naught?

However, Youyangzi was still extremely confident in his big array. I heard the person who went to deliver the letter come back and said that the deputy marshal surnamed Tian of the other party was not in the camp at that time, and said that he had gone out to run errands. This time, the other party took the initiative to send someone to send a reply letter, it seems that the deputy marshal surnamed Tian should be back, although he doesn't know what the deputy marshal Tian has done out of the camp in the past month or so, but he can also guess that the other party's deputy marshal will definitely launch an attack in the near future when he returns to the camp.

After all, tens of thousands of troops consume a huge amount of grain and grass every day, not to mention that the other party has been stationed for more than a month without any movement.

The fact is just as Youyangzi guessed, at this time, Xiao Ding is accompanying Hongyu Zhenren to stand on a high place and observe the enemy's large array.

Next to Hongyu Zhenren, there are also Mu Hong and Mu Yiyi's uncle and nephew. Mu Hong is Mu Yiyi's distant uncle, when Mu Yiyi was young, Mu Hong brought Mu Yiyi to the Misty Cloud Sect, and asked his senior brother Hongyu to accept Mu Yiyi as a closed disciple.

Since Xiao Ding got the secret technique of the Misty Cloud Sect, he will study it when he has time, and he has recently learned the way, and he is no longer a rookie who knew nothing before.

Facing the enemy's large array, although he can't see all the mysteries yet, now, he can also see one, two, three.

At least, he can understand most of the terms involved in the discussion between Hongyu Zhenren and Mu Hong.

Hongyu Zhenren and Mu Hong observed and discussed, and Mu Yiyi also studied carefully on the side, after all, she was still young and her learning was limited, and in terms of formation, she was far inferior to Hongyu Zhenren and Mu Hong.

A few people looked at each other's big array, and after looking at it for more than an hour, Hongyu Zhenren said that it was okay. Xiao Ding accompanied a few people back to the camp.

After returning to the camp, Hongyu Zhenren didn't care about answering the questions of Xiao Ding, Song Yinzi and others, so he hurriedly found a pen and paper and began to draw on the paper.

After painting for about an hour, Hongyu Zhenren finished painting, it was close to noon at this time, after Hongyu Zhenren finished painting, he let out a sigh of relief, put down the brush in his hand, and then said: "The other party's big array is a fusion of the eight-sided lock dragon array and the eight-sided heavenly absolute array. These two large formations are already very cumbersome formations, and the fusion of the two is even more powerful.

"Looking at the methods of this arranger, I feel a little familiar, especially like a traitor of mine twenty years ago. At that time, my eldest apprentice was expelled from the door by me because of fornication with other factions, and he stole the secret book of my faction formation in a fit of anger and fled, and he has not been found yet. Could it be that this person who set up the formation is really the big apprentice I took in at the beginning? After Hongyu Zhenren finished speaking, he looked at Mu Hong, presumably Mu Hong must have known about it.

Seeing that Senior Brother was looking at him, Mu Hong also nodded and said, "Indeed, I guess that apart from that gangster, no one else may be able to have such a skillful array technique. ”

Xiao Ding heard the conversation between the two, and said in his heart, it turns out that there is a story here! So he interjected and said: "Our army detective once inquired, and the commander of the other party is a Taoist priest named Youyangzi, who is the senior brother of Youyingzi, the lord of the Earth Evil Valley. ”

"Youyangzi? I haven't heard of this name, my big apprentice was still a layman when he was in the Misty Cloud Sect, I only remember his name was Gou Liangcai, he was extremely talented at that time, his mind was flexible, and he could understand everything, if he didn't break the door rules, I wouldn't be willing to expel him out of the door. Hongyu Zhenren recalled.

"Alas, it's a pity that Gou Liangcai's original ingenuity was all used in the wrong place, he privately colluded with people from other sects, and had close contacts with people from other sects, if it was just a simple relationship, it wouldn't hurt, but he actually passed on the secret techniques of his own sect to others. When he finally left, he secretly stole the sect's formation cheats, which was really hateful! Mu Hong also sighed and said.

Mu Yiyi also interjected on the side at this time: "I have always heard from the senior brothers that there was a genius senior brother in the door, but I have never met him, I didn't expect that he is really a genius!" ”

Xiao Ding listened to the conversation of several people, and also guessed that the other party's Youyangzi was very likely to be Gou Liangcai, the eldest apprentice of Hongyu Zhenren of the Misty Cloud Sect back then, otherwise, in this world's martial arts, except for the people of the Misty Cloud Sect, who could have such superb array skills? It is still the fusion of the two great arrays of the Eight Sides Lock Dragon Array and the Eight Directions Heavenly Absolute Array, if it is not for the in-depth study of the formation, it will definitely not be able to do this, even the predecessors of the Misty Cloud Sect like Mu Hong feel helpless against these two fusion arrays, it can be seen that the person who set up the formation on the other side must be a genius-level intelligent person.

After discussing Gou Liangcai, the outcast of the Misty Cloud Sect for a while, they turned to the topic of breaking the formation.

Hongyu Zhenren pointed to the diagram he had just drawn and said, "After these two large arrays were fused together, four formation eyes were formed. In order to break the entire array, you need to destroy these four formations first. Unlike the Four Gates Absolute Formation that you broke before, the four pillars of this large array will be heavily guarded. Moreover, whether it is the eight-sided locking dragon array or the eight-sided heavenly absolute array, there will be eight array gates, which are divided into east, south, west, north, southeast, northeast, southwest, and northwest, and eight directions. After the two great arrays fused together, these eight array gates also coincided together. The traps and other arrangements inside are still not omitted, so there is only one correct route for each door. If you make the wrong move, you'll fall into a siege or trap.

"The four eyes of the array, each of which controls two doors, after breaking the eye of the array, the two doors controlled by the eye of the array will completely lose their defense, and all the hidden things in the array will be revealed, otherwise, you will lose your way when you enter, and you will not even be able to find the route back.

"Therefore, the key to breaking the formation is to destroy the four formation eyes in the large array, including the command platform at the eye of the formation, and the mechanism boulder at the eye of the formation.

"The eight-sided lock dragon array is heavy on the word 'trapped', and if you go in, you will be trapped, and only by destroying the eye of the array can you see the actual situation inside the array. The Bafang Heavenly Absolute Formation focuses on the word 'absolute', after entering, it is as if you have entered a Jedi, and you cannot survive, and it is also through the destruction of the array that you can get rid of the encirclement and get out of danger. ”

After Hongyu Zhenren explained endlessly, he also told everyone the safe route to enter the battle and the specific location of the formation eye according to the map he drew.

The camp was full of generals, and everyone stared at each other, and most of them heard it in a fog. Only Xiao Ding, Mu Hong, and Mu Yiyi understood Hongyu's explanation.

The main reason why Mu Hong had nowhere to start to break the formation before was that he couldn't determine the specific location of his formation and the safe route to enter the formation. Now hearing what his senior brother said, he suddenly realized that he had a great sense of empowerment.

Xiao Ding still looked at each other after hearing this, so he asked Hongyu Zhenren to draw a few more formation diagrams with Mu Hong and Mu Yiyi. Mu Hong and Mu Yiyi have a foundation in formation, and there is no problem at all according to Hongyu's real person's formation drawing. With these formations, it is enough to tell the generals the route of march and the objectives of the battle. These generals don't need to understand the principle of the big array, they just need to know how to enter the army and how to destroy the eye of the formation.

So, after Hongyu Zhenren, Mu Hong, and Mu Yiyi drew a few more array diagrams, it was already lunchtime.

After lunch, after the generals were familiar with the formations, there was no doubt, Xiao Ding was ready to start dividing the troops, and he decided to capture the enemy's large array before it got dark today.

So, Xiao Ding once again sent four soldiers and horses to attack the formation from four directions, east, west, south and north, and each group was responsible for destroying an eye of the formation.

Among them, the first group of men, Xiao Ding sent Yang Yueling's sister and brother to lead an army of 10,000 to enter from the Eastern Formation Gate, carrying more defensive equipment such as shields and armor, marching according to the safe route in the formation map, directly killing the formation eye near the east gate, destroying the enemy's command platform, and the stone piles and stones arranged in the position of the formation eye.

The second group of men and horses, Xiao Ding sent two brothers, Yue Yunfeng and Yue Yunyu, to lead 10,000 horses to enter the formation from the southern formation gate, and also brought more defensive equipment such as shields and armor, marched according to the safe route in the formation map, and directly killed the formation eye near the east gate, with the same task as the first road army.

The third way, Xiao Ding sent Gao Hongxiu and Luo Sikou to lead 10,000 horses and horses to enter the formation from the western front, and the main task was the same as that of the first two roads.

On the fourth road, Xiao Ding sent Lu Changping and Di Wanjun to lead 10,000 horses to enter the formation from the northern formation, and the main task was the same as that of the previous soldiers.

General Han Qi is now almost recovering from his internal injuries, and recently he and his younger brother Han Qi, who has been taking care of him, came to the front-line camp together, but in this battle, Xiao Ding did not send the two brothers. Instead, let them stay in the camp to protect Song Yinzi and the Ninth Princess.

The ninth princess followed Song Yinzi to the front-line camp. After Song Yinzi received the news sent by Xiao Ding, she decided to go to the front line to take over the army, and the ninth princess felt that it was too boring for her to stay in the rear alone, so she also followed Song Yinzi to the front line.

After the four-way army was sent, Xiao Ding instructed the four-way generals again, asking them to destroy the big array, as long as Duli City appeared, they would directly lead the troops to attack Duli City in front of Duli City.

After the generals from all walks of life should leave, they all went out to prepare. A total of 40,000 remaining troops in the camp have all been sent out, and only the disciples of the various factions in the camp are left, with a total of four or five thousand people.

The battle time agreed between Xiao Ding and the generals was to start the war from time to time, that is, around thirteen o'clock in the afternoon in the later generations. He took the remaining dozen soldiers to a high place, overlooking the large array, and could have an unobstructed view.

However, at this time, the eyes of the large array have not yet been destroyed, and the position of the large array that you can see now is only dozens of piles of stones and some flags randomly planted on the ground. Not a single soldier in the formation could be seen at all.

Hongyu Zhenren, Mu Hong, Mu Yiyi, and several other heads or leaders of the Jianghu sect also followed Xiao Ding to this high ground, looking down at the large array below. They also wanted to see for themselves the live broadcast of today's army break.

Even Song Yinzi didn't know when he left the camp, accompanied by Fan Sanpang, Sun Dasheng, and the Han brothers, and came to Xiaoding together.

Anyone can have curiosity, not to mention that this is an existential battle.

Once the formation fails, the 40,000 troops on his side will be completely wiped out, and then there will be no more strength to fight.

If he wins, the king of Jiaozhou will be greatly injured, almost all of his main forces are here, once they are all wiped out, the king of Jiaozhou will have no chance to turn the tables from now on.

Time passed in silence, and the time finally came.

With the sound of artillery from four directions, shouts of killing erupted around the large array. The four-way army was led by the leading generals, and they entered the formation, and they followed the safe route on the formation map, avoiding danger all the way, and directly killed the formation eyes in the four directions.

Near the eye of the formation, the two armies engaged in hand-to-hand combat.

Although there are more than 10,000 troops in the formation than Xiao Ding's side, the main generals of the four armies sent by Xiao Ding are all the generals of the three armies of Yongguan.

Several commanding generals of the enemy army were border generals before, and they were already disgusted with the king of Jiaozhou for transferring border soldiers, and they were not so sincere to the king of Jiaozhou; Moreover, they are not as brave as the generals on Xiao Ding's side; The third is that when they see that something is wrong, they no longer have the heart to fight to the death, what good can they do to work for the king of Jiaozhou? It's still your own life.

Therefore, after a fierce battle, although there were casualties on both sides, it was Xiao Ding's troops who finally gained the upper hand.

Soon, the four armies all attacked the command platform of the formation eye, the enemy generals on the command platform have fled, the command platform has long been useless, but the four route army still did not let go of this platform, they ordered the soldiers, directly dismantle the platform, and then push and destroy all the stone piles and flags set up in the formation eye.

After all the four formations in the array were destroyed, everything that had been hidden in the array before was revealed. The city of Turry also appeared in people's field of vision behind the large array.

All that's left is to wipe out the remnants.

However, what these generals didn't expect was that when the generals saw that the situation was not good and the general trend was gone, they immediately led the remnants of the army, laid down their arms, and decided to surrender.

They were the border generals of the Great Song Dynasty, and they had been fighting for the Great Song Dynasty for many years, and at this time they were killing each other with their own flesh and blood, which was also something they didn't want to see.

Therefore, these border generals all led the remnants of the army to surrender.

Xiao Ding, who stood on a high place and watched, did not expect such an ending. He thought that it would take at least an hour to fight to end the battle, but he didn't expect the other side to surrender so soon, and he could see clearly from a high vantage point that there seemed to be more soldiers on the other side than the rest of his side.

Originally, this battle was very tragic, and both sides suffered a lot of losses. Xiao Ding thought that after this battle, the troops on his side would be greatly weakened, but he didn't expect to surrender so many troops at once, this time, go to attack the king of Jiaozhou again, see how this old boy will deal with it?

Seeing that all the generals of the other side had surrendered, and the battle on the side of the big array had ended, the four armies all led the army directly to Duli City according to Xiao Ding's previous orders.

At this time, Duli City had also received news that the large array outside the city had been broken, and many soldiers and generals had surrendered.

As soon as Youyangzi and the county order heard this, cold sweat came down on their heads, they didn't expect that such a large array would actually be broken by the other party. Moreover, there are 50,000 troops in the formation, and they have also been defeated, and the other party is simply not too powerful!

At the moment, there are only about 100 soldiers in the city, and it is wishful thinking to defend the city. So, as soon as a few people discussed, it was better to sneak away earlier, I am afraid it will be too late to run.

Therefore, before the four-way army came to the city, several leaders of the city fled from the back gate with gold, silver and their families.

Therefore, the army of the Four Routes occupied the city of Duli without much effort, and then the generals sent people to inform Xiao Ding and Song Yinzi and invite them to enter the city.

Xiao Ding and Song Yinzi led the remaining people in the camp to enter the capital city together, and then sent people to demolish the previous camp, clean up the battlefield, count the number of people, and so on.

After all the follow-up work was completed, Xiao Ding summoned all the generals to the county hall in the county seat of Duli County, and counted the materials captured in this battle, which was still quite a lot, and most of the materials in the city were left.

As for the number of troops, there were a lot of losses in this battle, 40,000 troops, and more than 18,000 people were killed and wounded. There were about twenty-two thousand soldiers left.

The enemy's 50,000 troops, with as many as half of the casualties, and the remaining 25,000 people, together with several border generals, all surrendered to Xiaoding's side.

Xiao Ding and Song Yinzi treated the border generals politely, and did not look down on them because they were generals, which made several generals very moved. said in court that he was willing to obey the dispatch of Song Yinzi and Xiaoding.

Xiao Ding and the generals were overjoyed, with the addition of these troops, his side had an army of nearly 50,000.

After all the follow-up work is completed, two or three days have passed, and the next thing Xiao Ding has to consider is how to attack Jiangzhou City and capture the king of Jiaozhou!