Chapter 497 Breaking the Ground and Carrying the Formation

"I plan to go to Xiangyang in person and meet the little emperor Zhao Yu of the Southern Dynasty." Speaking of this, Kublai Khan's eyes suddenly brightened, but he soon smiled and said, "The twin stars shine, after all, they can't be side-by-side, how can the two tigers in the mountains coexist peacefully." ”

"Your Majesty, no." Wuliang Hetai hurriedly dissuaded, "There are famous generals such as Ah Shu and Boyan at the front of Xiangyang, and according to the will of Lord Shenzun, they should be able to complete the task." The emperor is a body of ten thousand gold, how can he easily go to the battlefield? ”

"General Wuliang Hetai, I have also been on the battlefield for a long time. What's more, the advent of firearms has changed the trajectory and pattern of warfare, and I need to go and see for myself what firearms are. It's so powerful. ”

Yin Tianya said: "Since the Great Khan intends to conquer in person, the deity will accompany the Great Khan and go to Xiangyang again." ”

"Okay, with Lord Divine Venerable, I am more worry-free. Wuliang Hetai, the matter of the Privy Council will be left to you, remember, all armies must not act on their own, especially at the crossroads in the east and west, and they must be strictly guarded. Also, you ordered the Eastern Route Army, in addition to preventing Li Tingzhi from going north, to send another thousand cavalry troops familiar with the terrain to assist Eji, and be sure to exterminate this lone army of the Southern Dynasty. ”

"Yes, I obey."

"General Wuliang Hetai, you immediately reply to Ah Shu and Boyan, if the Lumen Mountain Fortress cannot be held, then the army will be transferred to the Baihe City Fortress. I set out from Dadu three days later and arrived in Xiangyang before the fifth of July, and before my arrival, the Central Route Army was mainly defensive. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Emperor, during my absence, you will be in charge of the affairs of the imperial court for the time being."

"Yes, Your Majesty, the ministers obey the order."

Kublai Khan finally said: "Everything will be decided after the battle of Xiangyang." ”

At noon on June 26, there was not a single cloud in the sky, there was not a single wind, a round of scorching sun hung high in the sky, the blazing sun shot like a rocket to the ground, all the trees and weeds were listless, and at the same time made the gloom of Lumen Mountain nowhere to be found.

However, within the five-square formation in front of the Yuan army's camp, it was still full of smoke, and such a strong sunlight could not penetrate it.

Under the scorching heat, the Song army once again sent troops to Lumen Mountain, preparing to attack the ground in the five squares, and the previous times are different from the previous times, it is no longer Gongsun Xiaochen who gave the order, but me, the emperor of the current Great Song Dynasty.

The reason is very simple, the general who led the team to break the formation was none other than Fang Ling. No matter how bold Gongsun Xiaochen was, he didn't dare to give orders to the Great Song Imperial Princess, although Fang Ling and I didn't mind.

Of course, I only played the role of a setter, and the specific way to break the formation was all formulated by Gongsun Xiaochen.

In front of the five phalanxes, I ordered: "Fang Ling listens to the order. ”

Fang Ling, who was dressed in battle armor, said solemnly: "Your Majesty, the last general." ”

"I order you to lead one hundred and eleven guards to attack the ground according to the plan, and there must be no mistake."

"Yes, the last will be ordered."

The ground carrying array is one of the two main formations of the five squares, and the main Kun position, which is a wounded door in the eight formations, has great attack power, and the attack power of the defenders in the formation can be doubled. It's just that for the formation, Boyan's cultivation is still far from enough, and the five-square array that was placed in a hurry can only increase by one to two percent at most with the attack power of the guards in the formation, and it can't put more people in the formation, otherwise it will affect the power of the entire five-square array. The formation of the cultivator is completely different from the formation in the general army, and the fewer people in the formation, the more powerful it is, like Zhuge Liang's eight formations, in which there is no one.

For the ground-carrying array, Gongsun Xiaochen said that if you want to break it, you need to take the main yin as the general.

In the entire Great Song Army, there is only one female general, Fang Ling, and Fang Ling is strong in martial arts, smart and clever, and he is the best candidate to break the formation. There are twelve arrays in this place, the shape is eight directions, the four corners of the cloud master, it is difficult to rush the enemy, its body is unpredictable, it is infinitely used, it is impossible to be independent, and it is matched with the yang.

Although there are only one hundred and twelve people who break the formation, even the upper spirits, this group of people are all masters, and for the sake of insurance, I also specially let Wen Zhang, Shen Mo, Zhang Quanyi and other good hands accompany them.

Fang Ling couldn't hide the excitement in his heart, nodded to me, held his sword, and led more than a hundred guards to the ground. Although it was the first time to enter the formation, Gongsun Xiaochen had explained in great detail before, and Fang Ling and others were bold, even if the difficulty of attacking the ground carrying array was greater than that of the other three formations, they were also fearless.

The ground is divided into 12 small formations, corresponding to the rat, ox and other twelve phases, each formation is guarded by twelve sergeants of the same genus, located in the center of the eye of the array, the person who is the leader of the twelve arrays must be born from January to December, for example, the twelve people in the rat array are all people who are rats, and the leader needs to be born in January.

Let's say that after Fang Ling and the others entered the ground carrying array, they only felt that the yin wind was gusting and the cold air was seeping into people, but fortunately, everyone was a good hand, and they didn't feel anything. After walking straight forward for dozens of steps, I saw a huge flag erected not far in front of me, this flag has almost no flagpole part, about five meters high, and the figure on it is a giant rat with a bloody mouth open, and its shape occupies ninety percent of the space of the entire flag. There are twelve Mongolian soldiers under it, and the people at the head saw the Song army breaking into battle, and immediately waved a small red flag, and then, the remaining eleven people also danced the red flag in their hands at the same time, and in an instant, Fang Ling and the others only felt a stronger wind blowing, which blew all the soldiers dizzy, and looked at it intently, and saw the giant rat in the banner spit out countless ghosts from its mouth, and pounced on the Song army as soon as they landed.

"Hex, but Err." Fang Ling smiled coldly and said, "The first team, take the willow branches, and you can disperse the three souls and seven spirits of this group of powerful ghosts." ”

"Yes." The thirty-six members of the first squad each took out a willow branch and rushed towards the ghosts, and as soon as these fierce-looking ghosts got touched by the willow branches, they immediately turned into a puff of green smoke and disappeared from everyone's field of vision.

When the guards saw Song Jun taking out the willow branches, they knew that something was wrong, and they didn't care about the lack of people, so they waved the flag and rushed over with their war swords.

"Good come, General Wen, you lead the second squad to meet the enemy." Fang Ling ordered.

Although the twelve Mongolian cowardly Xue soldiers were blessed by the formation and their attack power increased, where was the enemy of Wen Zhang and others, and after a while, on the premise of not injuring a single person, the second squad of the pro-guard army cut down the twelve Mongolian defenders to the ground.

When the members of the first squad saw that all the enemy soldiers guarding the eye of the formation were killed, they threw the willow branches in their hands at the giant rat on the big banner.

Like a bullet, each willow branch striking the giant rat on the banner causes holes in the giant rat to appear in the shape of a bullet hole, from which a dark red goo like blood flows out.

When the thirty-sixth willow branch hit the giant rat figure, the banner "boomed" and collapsed to the ground.

"Okay, burn the demon flag." Seeing that the red banner was burned to ashes, Fang Ling ordered again, "Soldiers, keep moving. ”

According to the plan formulated by Gongsun Xiaochen, Fang Ling led the crowd to break the formation of cows, tigers, horses, and dogs with different magic weapons, and the banners representing the eyes of the formation were set on fire by the Song army.

As the small formations in the ground-borne array were broken one by one, the visibility in the entire array became higher and higher. The crowd didn't bother to check where they were, they just kept going.

The Hai Pig Formation, which was the farthest away from the other eleven formations, was about half an hour away from the nearest Dog Formation, and when he arrived at the Hai Pig Formation, Fang Ling said: "Okay, only this last formation is left." As soon as the pig formation is broken, this ground-carrying array will be completely finished. ”

The slight difference is that the white bones in the Hai Pig Formation are like mountains, and the corpses are stacked on top of each other, except for a small open space under the banner, which is clean and dry, the rest is full of river water, but it is a river with blood as water, blocking everyone's way.

From a distance, except for a strangely shaped pig on the flag, the rest of the scenes have nothing to do with pigs.

Fang Ling took out a talisman from his bosom, put it on the long sword, and said something in his mouth, and after a while, he saw that the talisman suddenly sparked, turned into ashes, and fell into the river on the ground.

There was almost no pause, and as soon as the river of blood encountered the spell that turned to ashes, it immediately disappeared, and it disappeared extremely quickly, and it didn't take long for the river of blood in the entire Hai Pig Array to disappear, and at the same time, piles of white bone corpses also disappeared without a trace.

"This Xiao Chen, there are really two strokes, and a small spell broke the Hai Pig Formation." Fang Ling praised and said, "Attack." ”

Of course, Fang Ling didn't know that this spell was not owned by Gongsun Xiaochen, but a spell made by Gongsun Ang, the master of the Imperial Valley Technique Hall, for ten years.

Gongsun Xiaochen, who had been staring at the ground array, said: "Your Majesty, Concubine Lingniang is done. ”

As soon as the words fell, they saw that the smoke in the ground carrying array dissipated, and Fang Ling and more than a hundred others appeared in everyone's eyes out of thin air like a magician's props, and behind them, the last main formation of the five squares, the Heavenly Covering Array, also revealed its face, but in my opinion, it was just a cloud of smoke.

Fang Ling led the crowd back to me and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the last general Fang Ling has completed the task. ”

"Okay, I'll be rewarded for my deeds."

Fang Ling laughed: "Emperor Xie." ”

"Haha." I was also very happy not to lose a single soldier and break the ground carrying array, and turned around to see Gongsun Xiaochen nodded, and then ordered, "Collect the troops." ”

Outside Lin'an City.

Yang Lian Zhenjia, Fang Chenqian, and nearly 2,000 members of the Heavenly Dao Alliance arrived at Daci Mountain outside Lin'an City one day ahead of schedule on the evening of 27 June. During the war, the imperial court had very strict jurisdiction over the northern border areas, and much more lenient on the inland areas. No one thought that at the critical time of the Song and Yuan wars, there would be civil strife, and it was still in Lin'an, at the feet of the Son of Heaven.