Volume 1: Overture to the Dead Chapter 8: Plum Blossom Armor Breaking
The heavy riverside water gate was slowly opened, and the seven iron grates slowly opened with a sour sound, like a desolate monster showing a full mouth of fangs, waiting to taste those young and fresh lives.
The half-grown children of the 10,000 new barracks, operating five hundred old warships, relied on the courage aroused by the captain's generous reprimand, straightened up, listened to the increasingly dense war drums, and began to cross the Linjiang Gate, past the already dilapidated Linjiang dock, and rushed towards the Moon Shadow River.
The sound of war drums at the head of the city became more and more noisy and dense, and the enemy's ships were seen approaching in the distance, and in the silent shouts, the wooden oars rowed across the water, stirring up a cool feeling, and rowing through the hearts of the people.
Although I have made full mental preparations, I have made full mental preparations.
But when he came to the riverside and saw the tall warship that suddenly appeared in the enemy formation, he was also frightened and took a deep breath.
After a year of siege to the city, he had not seen the enemy's warships in the cold night, but the warships used by the enemy were generally only two stories high and five zhang long, although they were much taller than his own warships. But in the face of the eleven-zhang Xunyang city wall, it can only be a sigh of hope.
But this time, the warship launched by the Purple Lotus Army—no, it can't be called a warship anymore, it's simply a moving Void Beast—the giant ship transformed from the Ancient Behemoth Giant Tree is eight zhang tall and dozens of zhang long. Originally, the skeleton of the giant was installed with a wall panel made of spiritual wood.
It obviously didn't use human power, but rather relied on the remaining soul will of the giant beast to move forward, and although it was cumbersome, it was as fierce as a beast. Looking at its surging momentum, it is not much shorter than the towering Xunyang city wall.
It was hard to imagine how those Purple Lotus Cultists could tame the will of this Void Behemoth and transform it into the current Giant Castle Battleship.
But now was not the time to think about this, as soon as he was distracted by the cold night, he saw a blazing heat in his ears, and then he heard a loud bang, and two fireballs had already crashed into the array of his own warship, and the shattered wood chips flew everywhere.
The screams have already begun to sound.
"Disperse!" this is Captain Shi Jian's hoarse shout, and the flag on the command ship also began to fly: "Plum Blossom Armor Breaking Formation!
After receiving the order, the recruit navy, which had already practiced this formation countless times, was busy mobilized, and the five hundred small boats soon fanned out and rushed towards the incoming enemy team.
These ships, although much smaller than the enemy's ships, were more flexible. Most of these sailors were also born and raised on the river, and soon dodged the first wave of fireballs and arrows from the enemy formation, and rushed out.
A huge fireball came again, and although the ship where the cold night walker was located had been nimbly dodged by the sailors, they were still stained with a little splash of fire.
Once the fire was touched, it lingered, and in an instant it consumed the sailor's life.
Han Yexing screamed, only to feel as if his body was no longer his own, the body preceded his consciousness, tucked the remnant knife in his hand, took the wooden oar of the sailor who fell into the water and died, stabilized the boat, rocked the oar vigorously, and rushed up.
And as his spiritual eyes opened, the spiritual world returned to him.
He saw countless spiritual threads intersecting in the air, flying towards his eyes. He knew that the end of each spiritual thread meant devouring a living being. His soul was running at high speed, trying his best to calculate the landing point of each spiritual thread, and the wooden paddle in his hand was constantly flying.
Until all the warships were scattered, and they formed a formation in twos and threes, and plum blossoms formed on the surface of the river, and the flag came from the flagship of the command: "Formation-"
Cold Nightwalk almost jumped to the center of the ship and photographed the button.
As a fluctuation of spiritual power spread, the plum blossoms were all connected to each other, forming a large array that was both scattered and connected with each other.
Plum Blossom Armor Breaking Array!
This plum blossom armor-breaking array is the handiwork of the Shuofeng Lingzun at the head of the city and behind the general, since this set of formations retains the flexibility of small warships, it also ensures the mutual connection and spirit array, forming a trend of mutual dependence.
But this formation seems complicated, but the real starting point is easy to be simple.
In addition to the huge crossbow in the center of the ship, which has been put on the winch, this Plum Blossom Armor Piercing City's knot button is already the largest transformation of these warships transformed from fishing boats. Seeing the ingenious connection of the spiritual lines between this large array, Han Yexing sighed secretly, this Shuofeng Lingzun is indeed a big deal.
However, although this large array that emitted a thin aura could block the fireballs thrown by the enemy army, it did not have much effect on this close-range fight.
But in a moment, the battle formations of the two sides collided together, and the bloody melee had begun.
Countless enemy ships had already crashed into their own array, and they rushed in black, apparently trying to squeeze this plum blossom armor-piercing array out of it and cut off the connection between this large array.
The enemy's warships are taller and more numerous. If it weren't for the blessing of this plum blossom armor-breaking array, I am afraid that I would be crushed by this enemy's battle array at this moment and become a rout deserter.
"Form a formation, meet the enemy—"
With the captain's order, on the warship, more than twenty recruits returned to their respective positions, guarding the important positions on the warship, forming a small array.
On this warship, together with the cold night walk, a total of twenty-three recruits, all of them were ordinary people who had not set foot on the door of spiritual cultivation, and this array was naturally not the concord array that the cold night walker saw in the requiem array.
The formation was divided into three tiers, with five shieldmen on the outside, five spearmen behind, five archers in the center, and five shortsword men on hand to fill in the gaps. There were also five rotating hands at the back of the boat, desperately shaking the wooden oars, urging the ship all the way forward.
This set of formations was practiced day and night in the water military camp in Nanhu in the city, and they cooperated with each other, and they were already proficient. Although it is not possible to take advantage of the battle with spiritual cultivators, if everyone is an ordinary person, then they can also attack and defend from afar, and advance and retreat freely.
Captain Shi Jian also gave this array a name very stinky, called the Cannon Fodder Mandarin Duck Array.
However, in addition to these people, there is also a position, which is the center of the warship guarding the cold night walking that activates the plum blossom armor-piercing array spirit button and controls the giant crossbow.
The reason for this arrangement is not that there is anything special about the cold night walk, but that among the twenty or so people, he is the youngest, and he has always been the weakest one, and he is also the most clever one.
The giant crossbow could not be shot easily until the last moment, and it was the most "idle" person in the ship at this time because of the cold night. He watched his comrades continue to rush forward while operating the oars, and at the same time getting into a scuffle with the enemy ships that connected from time to time, as if he had become a superfluous person.
It is also strange to say that when this warship rushed into this big river and looked at the black and oppressive enemy warship, Han Yexing only felt that his heart was pounding and almost jumped out of his chest. But once he came into contact with the enemy, he calmed down.
Cold Night Walking felt that his body was no longer controlled by reason, as if a spirit suddenly appeared to control his body. And his soul seems to have wandered away from this warship, and only silently watched from the side.
He found that the slashing movements of his comrades and enemies had slowed down, and with each movement, he seemed to be able to see countless loopholes, just waiting for him to swing his knife straight into those deadly cracks.
Suddenly, there was a flash of light, and a roar began! The whole ship shook violently—
A connecting enemy warship turned its bow and rushed straight ahead. The bow armor-piercing spear sprinted fiercely at the protective aura of the Plum Blossom Armor-Piercing Array, and let out a tooth-souring spiritual power grinding sound.
The ship shook before it swayed, and the enemy ship swung around the hull of the ship, and several huge poles on the side of the ship smashed down, crushing the side of the ship. Although the protection of the Plum Blossom Armor Piercing Array did not have much destructive power, a group of frenzied enemy troops had jumped onto their own ships along these giant poles.
A bloody close-quarters meat game begins!
A shout sounded, and before an enemy could hit his ship from the sky, he was pierced and pierced by a spear in mid-air, and then fell into the icy water.
However, these five spearmen were too limited to keep up with the growing number of frenzied enemy forces. After only half a moment, the enemy's sword had already broken through the outer shield defense line and slashed behind a spearman!
In a trance for a while, as if his body had a life of his own, he jumped up and jumped behind his comrade-in-arms, and the rusty remnant knife in his hand went straight to him.
Although the start was slow for a moment, the knife that traveled in the cold night came first, just in time to meet the slashing knife accurately. With a crisp sound, the two knives intersected, and the enemy knives were unsurprisingly broken in two.
However, he still ignored the length of the enemy's knife, and although the knife was broken, the blade of the slash was swept away, and it was still slashing towards him unhindered.
In a trance, the blade stopped in front of him, and blood dripped down the blade and onto his face.
The knife didn't hit him!
Beside him, a comrade armed with a short knife was kicked by the enemy, flipped over, and fell off the ship, making a splash. It turned out that it was his comrades-in-arms who blocked this knife with their own bodies and saved his life!
Cold Night walked roared, and the remnant knife swung out again. The enemy drew his sword back, but the knife in his hand was cut in two again by Cold Nightwalk, and the mutilated blade was inserted into the enemy's body without hindrance.
However, just as he had no time to remember what it was like to kill someone for the first time in his life, two more enemies jumped into the ship and slashed at him. Han Yexing also roared, and the remnant knife in his hand flew, facing the two enemies, almost subconsciously slashing out......
Blood! That's not my own blood! I'm alive --
Cold Night Walk fell into a crazy obsession. He also didn't know how many times he swung his broken knife and how many enemy attacks he blocked. He only felt a strange sensation in his hand, a viscous and warm liquid, the blood of an enemy.
He looked at the broken knife in his hand in some amazement, and forgot where he was for a moment.
As the scuffle began, he found that his teammates were falling one by one, and the enemy was also falling to the ground under his stumbling knife, and then they all rolled down and fell into the river, blood gushing like a spring......
At the head of the city, Xunchuan Shi's white beard fluttered, and his eyes were firmly fixed on the melee in front of him. The Giant Castle battleship only had to take a step forward, and the huge fireball that shot from the ship was enough to smash the wall into this section of the wall.
But whether it was Xunchuan Shi or Shuofeng Lingzun behind him, or even the guards and soldiers standing straight around him, none of them had the slightest panicked look, let alone left to avoid it.
"It's really difficult for the Purple Lotus Sect to find the remnants of an ancient giant for the sake of these rebels!" Shuo Feng sneered, but his face did not move: "It's a pity, although I don't know what method they used to tame the remaining will of the giant taki, but they can't exert one-tenth of their power, how can they be able to defeat the city protection array left by this legendary spirit king." After all, they still didn't dare to step into the range of the Negative Beast, and our soldiers were about to attack his ship. ”
"Hold on to this point and still be able to vaguely maintain the formation, this batch of recruits is of good quality. Xun Chuanshi was slightly silent, and after a while, he muttered: "Shuofeng, this plum blossom armor-breaking array you designed is also very good, it seems that I am going to lose this bet." ”
"Shi Jian, who trained them this time, is a talent personally selected by you, General, so naturally he can't be wrong. Shuo Feng said expressionlessly: "Looking at the rabble of the Purple Lotus Sect, it has already become a mess, it seems that it will not take a moment for our army to win a big victory." ”
"Don't jump to conclusions, it's just a test on their part, and even if we win, it doesn't matter the big picture. Xunchuan Shi shook his head slightly: "But this Shi Jian is good, after coming back, he was transferred back to the Xunzi battalion and promoted to guerrilla leader." This time, this batch of recruits can come back, and they will be reviewed together and put into the Xunzi battalion. ”
Shuo Feng nodded yes, but suddenly his tone changed: "It's not good, the crazy woman of Red Lotus has come to charge the battle again!"
The warships of Xunyang City were still advancing, slowly cutting through the enemy's ship formation. From a distance, this armor-piercing plum blossom is about to close and form a real plum blossom. And the stamen of that plum blossom is the giant battleship.
The warship where the cold night trip was also under the desperate rocking of the oars of several sailors, finally got rid of the enemy ship and continued to rush forward. However, the battle did not stop, and even became more and more bloody.
Arrows flew like locusts, spears rained down, and from time to time enemy ships came around and collided together, continuing to provoke a tragic melee fight.
I don't know how much blood was on Han Yexing's face, and he didn't have time to reach out and wipe it. There are fewer and fewer comrades-in-arms around him, and more and more enemies have jumped into the warship, always breaking through the outer shields from time to time and rushing into the array.
He did his best to maintain formation with his teammates, and the remnant knife in his hand kept swinging and stabbing out. He didn't know if he had stabbed the enemy, so he and his comrades could only maintain a gradually shrinking defensive position, trying their best to protect the two remaining sailors who were still desperately rocking their oars, as well as the most precious crossbow.
If it weren't for his spiritual eyesight, which allowed him to see the path of the enemy's sword cut down one step earlier, in such a rain of swords and guns, I am afraid that he would have died long ago.
All he could rely on was the remnant knife in his hand!
It was only then that he truly realized his sharpness and unbeatable superiority. But every sword that touches it will be broken. But wherever its broken blade goes, it is invincible.
Several more comrades-in-arms fell, and the mandarin duck battle formation with tacit understanding finally failed to form, and the battleship fell into a complete melee. The comrades-in-arms around him died one by one, and he just subconsciously protected the spirit button of the spirit crossbow machine bracket and the plum blossom armor-breaking array, and kept slashing at the enemy.
However, he is still alive in the end. He had already seen the enemy's giant battleship, the ancient Void Behemoth. That was the end of his trip, and the banner of their victory.
Just destroy it, destroy it, and we'll be able to go back alive!
Han Yexing found that his own warship had broken through the enemy formation, and shot a Dao spirit crossbow at the huge and somewhat bulky ship. With each crossbow, the aura wall on the ship twisted.
With each crossbow, its massive body swayed, and with a silent hiss, it stirred up huge waves in the Moon Shadow River, overturning the nearby boat to the ground.
Seeing an opportunity, Han Yexing swung a knife and forced back an enemy army.
Turning around and slashing at the launcher, the giant crossbow shot out suddenly, already piercing the enemy, hanging his corpse and flying towards the giant battleship.
But almost at the same time, Han Yexing suddenly felt a tingling pain in his forehead, as if the crossbow had not shot at the boat, but at the spirit eye in his forehead.
He felt that his eyes were dark, and the whole world seemed to slow down. All the killings around him, the swinging swords and guns, even the huge crossbows that were fired at the Giant Ship, paused for a moment.
The river suddenly became desolate, and a blood-colored red lotus rose into the air and jumped into his eyes.