"Brother Luo, when will you wait?" Outside Wagang Village, Wang Bodang looked at the sky and asked Luo Cheng.

This time, he asked Xie Yingdeng to go to Beiping Mansion to invite Luo Cheng, originally hoping to learn the method of breaking the formation from Luo Cheng, but he didn't expect Luo Cheng to come in person. And as for how to break the formation, Luo Cheng didn't even look at the formation map stolen by Hou Junji, so he bluntly said that he would definitely be able to break through the Long Snake Formation.

"Wait!" Luo Cheng looked up at the sun. It's hot, but it's not as hot as he expected. After sunrise in the morning, the morning dew did not disperse until three o'clock in the morning, and now it was almost noon, and Yang Lin's soldiers and horses had only been exposed for an hour and a half, and they may not have reached the state of being sleepy and lacking horses. "Wait until noon! Now that the weather is hot, the longer they spend outside the village, the better it will be for us. Brother Bodang, Brother Jun Ke, you must remember that when my brother and I rush into the formation, you will attack the second and fifth sections of the snake formation, if Yang Lin and Ding Yanping come to block, you must not attack, you must lead them in two directions. In this way, they can't take care of each other first, and when their cousins come out, they can go straight to the second and fifth verses. Junji, Yingdeng, when the time comes, you have to pick up the people in the village and tell them where to fight! Now the order is sent down, so that some people can take measures to escape the heat, and as soon as noon comes, they will immediately start breaking the formation! ”

"Good! I'll give it my command! When Uncle Wang saw that Luo Cheng still insisted, he didn't say anything more, but when he left, he couldn't help but glance at the man beside Luo Cheng.

This person called himself Jiang Song, and he came with Luo Cheng yesterday, according to Luo Cheng, this person has excellent marksmanship and is the best choice to break the formation. It was Luo Cheng's statement that made Wang Bodang very depressed, because as early as when Luo Cheng first came, Wang Bodang had already ordered Hou Junji to go to Yang Lin's camp to steal the formation map, but Luo Cheng didn't even look at it and began to break the formation. And the other person needed to break the formation, he once volunteered to go with Luo Cheng, but he was also rejected by Luo Cheng on the grounds that Luo Cheng thought that Jiang Song was more suitable than him! Although everyone didn't say anything at the time, they still felt unreliable, mainly because no one had seen Jiang Song's martial arts until now, and if Jiang Song was really as powerful as Luo Cheng said, why didn't he have any fame in the rivers and lakes?

A group of people in the rivers and lakes in the distance of Wagangzhai waited for noon, in front of Wagangzhai, Yang Lin was still the commander of the Beidou Long Snake Formation, besieged for more than half a month, Yang Lin was confident that there was not much food and grass in Wagangzhai, and the thieves in the village either surrendered or risked death to break through, although he was not afraid of this group of rivers and lakes recklessly, but for the enemy may make a desperate fight, he must also be guarded.

"Lord, Wagang has been besieged for more than half a month, at this time there will be a shortage of food and grass, and the people's hearts will be scattered, why don't we break through the cottage in one fell swoop, and the soldiers of the province suffer from the scorching sun every day." Ding Yanping, who had just arrived, did not understand Yang Lin's approach after learning about the current situation. In his opinion, the people in Wagangzhai are just a group of reckless rivers and lakes, and there are not many people, Yang Lin has no need to waste time here, if the three thousand soldiers who set up the long snake formation and the soldiers in the rear attack with all their strength, I am afraid that they will be able to conquer it in less than three hours.

"General Ding, Wagang is a steep terrain, surrounded by mountains on three sides, easy to defend and difficult to attack, if we attack with all our strength, although we can win, we will inevitably lose 1,000 enemies and 800 ourselves. It's just a little grass, and I can't fight with my Da Sui soldiers with their lives. Since they want to rebel, I will let them know that as long as I, Yang Lin, are still here, the Great Sui River will be as solid as a rock! Yang Linming said that the righteousness on his face was awe-inspiring, but in fact, the reason why he did this was mainly because of Qin Qiong.

"What the prince said is that the name of the king is unknown. However, there is one more thing in the end, and I ask the prince to agree. Ding Yanping complimented a few words, but in his heart he had to admire Yang Lin's arrangement to kill people.

"General Ding, but it doesn't hurt to say it." Rao is Yang Lin didn't expect that Ding Yanping, who has always been upright, would lower his posture towards himself today.

"That's the case, the prince must also know that Qin Qiong was originally the nephew of Marquis Luo, so in the future tense, the marquis once asked the last general to intercede with the prince, after breaking through Wagang, how he should be punished depends on the prince's decision, but please be sure to spare his life."

After listening to Ding Yanping, Yang Lin was also happy in his heart, how could he want to kill Qin Qiong, although Qin Yi was indeed killed by him back then, but it was a general battle, and both sides were their masters, plus Qin Yi would rather die than surrender after being captured, he had to fulfill his loyal name. And Qin Qiong is now gathering people to rebel, although it is a capital crime, but since ancient times, it is not uncommon to recruit generals, he still hopes that Qin Qiong can surrender to him, even if Qin Qiong wants to kill him in the future to take revenge, but as long as Qin Qiong can inherit his mantle and lead the Yang family Taibao to protect the foundation of the Great Sui, what does it matter if he dies!

"This ......" Yang Lin pretended to think for a while, and then said reluctantly: "In this case, this king will definitely enforce the law impartially, who is the mastermind of the people of Wagangzhai, and how to bewitch the Thirteen Taibao to cause chaos, this king will not be spared." ”

Ding Yanping saw Yang Lin answer like this, and also knew that Yang Lin intended to keep Qin Qiong's life, so he didn't say more, and then thanked him for his gratitude, and then turned his eyes back to Wagang Village, where there were many people, and Xu Shiji was already anxious. The development of things far exceeded his expectations, as early as the time of the incident, he had thought that the imperial court would definitely encircle and suppress Wagang, but he never thought that his opponent in the first battle of his fledgling army would be Yang Lin! Moreover, Wagangzhai is surrounded by mountains on three sides, although the terrain is unique, but it is only based on the enemy's strong attack, and like Yang Lin is now besieging but not attacking, it is undoubtedly turning Wagang's advantage into a disadvantage. What's more, he underestimated the reaction speed of the imperial court, so that before the number of people in Wagangzhai gathered, he was besieged by Yang Lin's 3,000 iron armor, which can be said to be even worse!

"Daochang Xu, there is not much food and grass in the village at the moment, and it is not a way to continue to be trapped after all, if there is no way to retreat from the enemy, I am afraid we will have to surrender!" On the city wall, Qin Qiong looked at the city, and was reluctant in every way, but what could it be? They also wanted to fight Yang Lin to the death, but now Yang Lin didn't give them this chance at all. Surrendering without a fight, this is what Yang Lin wants, and he has to think about the lives of everyone in the Eighteen Villages at this time.

"Brother Qin!"

"Brother Qin!"

Shan Xiongxin and the others knew that there was a grudge between Qin Qiong and Yang Lin to kill their father, and they all spoke out to stop it, only Xu Shiji closed his eyes helplessly and twisted his face to the side.

"There is a situation!" When Xu Shiji turned his head, he saw a team of people suddenly rushing out from the right side of the long snake formation outside the city, about fifty people. The leaders were two young men, one of whom was slightly older in a crimson shirt, and Xu Shiji was too far away to make out who it was. But next to that person, although the other person was dressed in coarse cloth clothes, judging from his figure, everyone vaguely felt that it should be Luo Cheng. Besides, the man was still wearing a mask to cover it up at this time, so why bother if he was not afraid of being recognized?

"Dao Chief, is that person Brother Luo?" Shan Xiongxin didn't dare to blink for a moment to look out of the city. But seeing that the two people under the city led their troops to kill the long snake formation from the right side, Yang Lin on the opposite side had already discovered the situation and shouted: "Array to meet the enemy!" Immediately three drums sounded, and the formation that was originally loose due to the summer vacation suddenly became orderly, and the light of the knife reflected the sun, reflecting the eyes of everyone on the city tower. Then Yang Lin's gesture changed again, on the high platform in the distance, Luo Fang and Xue Liang waved the command flag, and the sections of the long snake formation began to change, and the formation was like an iron wall in the blink of an eye, under the leadership of Yang Lin and Ding Yanping, towards Luo Cheng and the others.

"Yang Lin is killed!" Luo Cheng shouted, and Jiang Song rushed over without stopping.

On the other side, Yang Lin and Ding Yanping deliberately wanted to let Luo Cheng and others into the formation, so they deliberately leaned to the outside when facing the enemy, referring to making the opponent enter the snake formation after blocking the opponent's momentum. One side of the two parties wants to enter the battle, and the other side wants to let the enemy into the battle, which can be described as a very tacit understanding, so the four of them only fought each other, and Luo Cheng and Jiang Song were staggered by the two and put into the formation, leaving only Yang Lin and Ding Yanping with a burst of horror and puzzlement.

"Five Tiger Soul Breaker Gun!"

The two of them exclaimed in their hearts at the same time, and after glancing at each other, Ding Yanping shook his head, saying that he didn't know what was going on. Among the two people who broke into the formation, if he wanted to say that the one with the mask was wearing a mask, he could still suspect that it might be Luo Cheng, and the other person, if he didn't show his true face, he even dared to suspect that Su Dingfang accompanied Luo Cheng to break the formation. But the reality is that the other person has no shelter at all, and he doesn't know it at all, and the marksmanship used by that person is undoubtedly the Five Tiger Soul Breaking Gun, which makes him even a little swayed by his suspicions about Luo Cheng at first. Just thinking about the appearance of another person, he always felt as if he had seen it somewhere!

Luo Cheng and Jiang Song, who broke into the formation, naturally didn't have time to answer their doubts, and the two led more than 50 people to rush straight into the formation.

Xu Shiji and others saw this kind of scene clearly in the cottage, the moment the two sides of the people and horses touched, the long snake formation, under the leadership of Yang Lin and Ding Yanpingfeng, was really like a giant snake opening its mouth, and instantly swallowed the team of people and horses that broke into the formation. While the snake array was running, the first two sections of the snake array suddenly broke away from the snake body, and this sudden change surprised everyone in the village. However, after seeing the snake body continue to move forward, the previous moment it seemed to be a command error suddenly broken, but at this time, as if it had never happened, the broken snake body quickly merged into one place.

"Dao Chief! What a chance! Let's kill it now, the snake formation may not be able to crack it! Qin Qiong couldn't stop a burst of blood surging in his heart when he saw the sound of killing outside the village, but the cautious Xu Shiji opened his mouth to stop it: "Look again, if these people are the bait thrown by Yang Lin, we will throw ourselves into the net when we go out." "It's not that Xu Shiji is too suspicious, but because the soldiers and horses that rushed into the long snake formation under the city are really strange, whether it is Luo Cheng is still uncertain, and there are too few people and horses, maybe it is really a bait deliberately released by Yang Lin.

At this time, Luo Cheng and Jiang Song, who were in the snake formation, had no time to take care of too much, and more than 50 of them finally ushered in the attack of the snake formation at this time: after the layers of shield soldiers, dozens of hooks and locks were thrown out together, although Luo Chengcheng had explained the danger in the formation before breaking into the formation, but after all, most of the people accompanying them were green forests and grass cowards, and most of them were pulled off the horse because of their bodies being roped, and it was difficult to break free for a while because their bodies were covered by ropes, and after falling off the horse, they were pulled to the place where the shield soldiers were, and as a result, Luo Cheng, who has seen too many soldiers in life and death, can imagine it without looking.

"There is no immortal on the march and in battle! Dismount! Luo Cheng looked at the people around him who had just passed through the military formation, and woke everyone up with a loud voice. However, the people in the rivers and lakes were angry, and several of them saw the tragic death of their brothers, and for a while, they rushed to the top with blood, waved their weapons and killed the shield soldiers, but before they could kill the shield soldiers, the shields had already exposed the gaps, and then spears were stabbed out. Some people were shot and fell to the ground, and some people were lucky to avoid it, but then there were shield soldiers who stepped forward with shields, and when the shield was against these people, the short blades in their hands quickly stabbed out, and because there were spears on both sides, these people could not avoid it, and they all died under the knife.

"Drive the horses and keep going!" Although he had never had too good expectations for this group of people who were new to the battlefield, the loss of two-thirds of his manpower as soon as he first engaged in the battle still shocked Luo Cheng's heart. Although he knew how to break the formation from Xiao Zhuo's mouth, the method that Xiao Zhuo said was based on how to enter the snake's belly, and as for how to enter the snake's belly, it depended on his own ability. Therefore, he chose these fifty people as cover for him and Jiang Song, otherwise with him and Jiang Song alone, the enemy would only need to fire a volley of arrows, and they would be a hundred steps away!

The rest of the people also know in their hearts that they have no way out at this moment, and they may have a glimmer of life only by fighting to the death! Immediately slapped the horse's buttocks, the horse was frightened and was about to rush to the shield guard's defense, but saw another burst of hook locks thrown, the iron hook lock immediately grabbed the horse's back, and in an instant pulled the horse to the ground, although several horses were forced to break free of the hook lock under the pain, but then the shield soldier's short blade stabbed into the neck, only a few struggles and then no movement. However, although this prevented the impact of the war horse on the shield formation, at the same time, the shield and spearmen also blocked the sight of the hook lock soldiers, and the personnel in the formation decreased sharply, and the hook lock was no longer thrown wantonly, so that Luo Cheng and the others could go deeper.

However, just a few steps forward, Luo Cheng suddenly stopped, looked around, and already realized that something was wrong. The shield soldiers, who were supposed to launch a siege, did not move at this time, and the original gap between the various arms was added at this time. There are all kinds of signs that Yang Lin is carrying out the most ruthless changes in the Long Snake Formation-interspersed with troops, and they are self-defeating. He remembered that Xiao Zhuo said that when this change was launched, the operation of the Long Snake Formation would also be abnormal, and it would no longer slowly strangle the enemy in a hovering posture, but would block the enemy in the first two quarters, and then open a gap between the various arms, and the troops in the third and fourth quarters of the follow-up would also take the opportunity to make up for it. Once the formation is formed, the original two layers of shield soldiers inside and outside will become four layers, and the gap between each spearman and the hook lock soldier will also be filled. It can be said that this is a way to run the long snake formation at the fastest speed, and the reason why the commander wants to make this change is nothing more than two purposes: one is that the commander does not intend to capture the people in the formation alive, so he directly kills the opponent in the fastest way; As for the second one......

"Lord Wang, why is this?" Ding Yanping looked at Yang Lin's command, and also realized that the change in formation was not the same as what Yang Lin told him before, but now this way undoubtedly prompted the snake formation to complete the encirclement of the enemy at a faster speed.

"Encircle the point and send reinforcements! It is said that the rivers and lakes are righteous, but this king wants to see if they can save it or not? Pass the order, and the people in the array only need to besiege, not kill! With Yang Lin's order, the shield soldiers in the formation stood up, surrounding Luo Cheng and more than a dozen people in the formation, and then the spear was stabbed out in two ways, blocking everyone's footsteps from stepping forward to break the formation.

"Brothers! Kill! ”

Luo Cheng was deep in the enemy formation on this side, and Wang Junke, Wang Bodang, Xie Yingdeng, and Li Rugui on the jungle side had already led people to act according to the plan. With two arrows rushing into the sky, Qin Qiong and the others in the walled city finally determined that the people and horses trapped in the formation at this time were not the bait deliberately set by Yang Lin, and most of them were indeed Luo Cheng. Especially Xu Shiji, he looked at the movements of Wang Bodang and Wang Junke, and it was consistent with the idea he came up with at the beginning to crack the one-word long snake array, and immediately ordered: "Brother Qin, the owner of the single village, bite the gold, Gongjin, Bodang and Jun Ke are probably not Yang Lin's opponents, a few of them quickly lead two teams of men and horses, go out to contain Yang Lin and Ding Yanping, and prevent the concentration of troops on Luo Cheng." Zhai Rang, Bai Xiandao, the two of you lead the rest of the people in the village, don't fall in love after leaving the village, and go straight to the Yanglin base camp five miles away. ”

Qin Qiong and Shan Xiongxin did not dare to slack off, and immediately ordered two hundred soldiers each with Bai Xiandao and Shi Danai to fight out of the walled city, striving to meet Wang Bodang and others as quickly as possible. The four teams of people, inside and outside, were all attacking the snake formation for a while. It's just that after all, the two groups of people have a sequence, and for Wang Bodang and Wang Junke, who arrived at the snake formation first, Yang Lin only issued an order to "resist the enemy", and the flag soldiers next to him immediately shook the command flag, and the shield soldiers on the periphery of the snake head of the long snake formation have stood still, holding the shield in front, the single knife in the back, and the spearmen behind them are in the gap of the shield, stabbing the spear out. This scene made Xu Shiji, who came out with the army, frightened for a while, he knew that although the Eighteen Villages were many in the rivers and lakes, they were only more than a thousand people at best, and they were not well-trained soldiers, so how could they be the opponents of the three thousand elite soldiers under Yang Lin's command. Sure enough, when Wang Bodang and Wang Junke first came into contact with each other, they suffered a big loss!

"Don't mess up, Brother Qin, bite the gold, you go forward and drag Yang Lin to prevent him from supporting everywhere. Master Shan, let's go and support Brother Wang! After Zhang Gongjin finished the order, the two groups of men and horses separated, Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin went straight to Yang Lin, and Zhang Gongjin and Shan Xiongxin suddenly turned around and walked around the formation when they were about to kill in front of the shield soldiers, causing all the spearmen who stabbed out to miss. When they came to the side of Wang Bodang's subordinates, they didn't stop at all, and the posture frightened Wang Bodang's subordinates, who were pushing each other, immediately retreated. Zhang Gongjin and Shan Xiongxin led their subordinates to take the opportunity to stand in the middle and prevent the situation from continuing to deteriorate.

"It's good to come! Open! Seeing that the situation had changed, Yang Lin issued another order, and he also greeted Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin, who were killing him. And the snake formation that had already been formed, the outer four layers of shield soldiers and spearmen hook lock soldiers were immediately divided into two sections and separated from the main formation, one of which was led by Yang Lin, and the outer side was encircled, intending to press Qin Qiong's troops and horses to Zhang Gongjin's side. The other section was led by Ding Yanping, and began to suppress Zhang Gongjin's side in the opposite direction. If the two forces of soldiers and horses are successfully connected, then the people of Wagang will be tantamount to facing another long snake formation. As for Luo Cheng, there is a siege of four-layer shield soldiers and spearmen, Yang Lin is confident that with only a dozen people, it is impossible to break out of the formation!

"Stand back!" Zhang Gongjin ordered again. Although the part of the people led by him and Shan Xiongxin is also grass, these days by him and Bai Xiandao have been rectified and trained, and they are different from the group of people led by Wang Bodang in terms of orders and prohibitions, and at this time, their group of people are in front of them, and under the retreat, Wang Bodang's group of people has to follow and retreat. And as they retreated, Yang Lin wanted to surround them again, and he would inevitably expand the range of the march, even if they were really surrounded, at least the space for movement would be much larger than before.

At this time, around Luo Cheng and Jiang Song in the array, the original dozen people lost a few more people, and the encirclement was also smaller, until there was only an inch of land, Luo Cheng and Jiang Song's spears probed, stirring on several shields, and then the gun body turned sharply down, and struck under the shield, and the shield shook a few times, obviously the shield-holding soldier could not withstand such a blow. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the spears in the hands of the two turned around, and the tip of the spear slashed down the feet of the soldiers, and the wail sounded immediately. However, just when the wounded shield soldier thought that his life was short, he found that the two who injured them did not attack again at all, but immediately retreated and killed the soldier on the other side.

The cold spear was light, startled like a dragon, two figures who relied on each other, attacking and defending each other, less hook and lock, and no spearmen interfering, for a while the two of them were like entering a no-man's land, the two spears waved several times, and several shield soldiers screamed, but because the wounded place was not critical, they could not withdraw from the formation for a while. Because if they want to retreat, the other soldiers will have to give way, which is undoubtedly a taboo in the formation. If it does not retreat, it will be like a cancer, affecting the performance of the entire formation!

"Stop them!" Li Tong, the fifth Taibao who was in charge of the command of the squad in the formation, found that the situation was wrong, because the direction in which Luo Cheng and Jiang Song rushed to kill at this time was exactly where the eye of the formation behind the formation was! There is a high platform built there, and on the high platform, there is a herald who is responsible for issuing Yang Lin's general orders, directing the changes of the entire military formation. In normal times, Yang Lin would be guarding there, but now, I don't know why Yang Lin is not under the high platform!

"Death!"

"Death to the old horseman!"

Li Tong encountered Luo Cheng in the formation, and Yang Lin faced Cheng Yanjin and Qin Qiong outside the formation. The difference is that Li Tong was stabbed to death by Luo Cheng with a shot after only parrying less than Wuhe, while Yang Lin faced Cheng Biting Jin and Qin Qiong, but he was undefeated in three or five rounds, and the shocked Cheng Biting Jin and Qin Qiong had to lead their troops to retreat, and Yang Lin also took the opportunity to shrink the encirclement again.

"Zhang Gongjin!" On the other side, Ding Yanping also recognized the person who followed Luo Cheng's side, but at the same time, he was also a little worried about the identity of the masked person who was breaking through the battle at this time. So he blurted out: "Zhang Gongjin!" Who is that man? ”

However, as soon as the words came out, Ding Yanping was shocked to feel bad. At this time, the two armies were fighting, and the soldiers around him were all Yang Lin's subordinates, if Zhang Gongjin didn't say it, it would be fine, if he really said Luo Cheng's name, wouldn't it be difficult for Beiping Mansion to get involved! Thinking of this, Ding Yanping didn't wait for Zhang Gongjin to speak, and shouted again: "Traitor!" Look at the guns! He immediately rode his horse and killed him.

Zhang Gongjin on the other side was also obviously stunned, in Beiping Mansion all these years, he still respected Ding Yanping very much, who would have thought that this usually respected person would have such a despicable behavior at this time. And Zhang Gongjin knew that he was not his opponent, so he had to turn around and run.

"Master Shan, Brother Wang, save me!" Zhang Gongjin shouted into the distance. Fortunately, at this time, the two forces of soldiers and horses had already merged together, and when Shan Xiongxin and Wang Bodang heard this, they immediately rode horses to help.

The spear was killed, and Ding Yanping had to give up the offensive and deal with it with all his might. The three of them fought each other, although no one could help anyone, but behind Ding Yanping, the imperial court soldiers and horses had already taken advantage of the situation to surround them. "Withdraw!" Seeing that the situation was not good, Shan Xiongxin waved his lance and knocked Ding Yanping's double guns, slapped his horse and retreated.

"The back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves!" Ding Yanping sighed with emotion and led his troops to continue the siege.

———— follow-up spoilers

"General Su, entrusted by the deceased, there is something to be handed over to General Su."

Before the two armies, Xu Shiji met with Su Dingfang again, and did not mention his previous defeat, which surprised Su Dingfang. But seeing that Xu Shiji had gone out alone, he also stepped forward and asked, "What is it?" ”

"Can you still recognize this Sword Su General?" After Xu Shiji finished speaking, he presented Qiannian to Su Ding's front with both hands.

He ...... Still alive? Hearing Xu Shiji's words, Su Dingfang was shocked. At that time, he knew that Xiao Zhuo was dead, but he only hated that he was not in Luoyang at that time and could not be saved. Then the world was in turmoil, and he had no time to explore this matter, thinking that this matter would become a regret in his life, but he didn't expect Xu Shiji to send a thousand thoughts!

"The matter of the deceased, it is better for General Su to investigate it himself! Leave! ”