Chapter 868: The Trap of the Immortals
The mechanism is actually not a mechanical device, but an octagonal groove the size of a palm, except for exquisiteness, there is nothing inconspicuous, however, Zhou Sen has determined that the secret of Shanhai Xiongguan is in this octagonal groove, because this makes the eight octagonal grooves in the meridian of Shanhai Xiongguan, which coincides with the yin and yang of heaven and earth, and it is no coincidence.
Faced with these eight octagonal grooves, Zhou Sen was at a loss, because he didn't know what the mystery of these eight octagonal grooves was.
Obviously, this was an ancient formation, but how to activate this formation, Zhou Sen didn't know anything.
Zhou Sen's understanding of the ancient formation was extremely shallow.
"What do you guys think?" Zhou Sen glanced back at the four women behind him.
"It's a formation." Shen Huimin lowered her head and gently stroked the finely carved octagonal groove, and said with an affirmative expression.
"Do you know what it's for?" Zhou Sen was immediately overjoyed, but he knew that Shen Huimin had a deep knowledge of this kind of side-door left-hand way.
"Nope." Shen Huimin shook his head and said: "Dafan formations, they are extremely particular about activating formations, and the difference is thousands of miles, although I know that this is an abandoned ancient formation, but it is not easy to give it a new life." ”
"Looks like this thing won't work." Zhou Sen sighed, a hint of disappointment on his face.
"Zhou Lang, if this octagonal groove is really an ancient formation, perhaps, the inhabitants of this mountain and sea Xiongguan know some secrets, after all, their ancestors have lived here for generations." The Nine Heavens Xuannu said slowly.
"Now the mountains and seas are clear, and the residents of the city have been evacuated, and they can't collect news." Zhou Sen shook his head.
"Zhou Lang's work is really busy, and there are many residents living in this mountain and sea Xiongguan." The Nine Heavens Xuannu smiled softly.
"And the residents?" Zhou Sen was stunned.
"Many old people in the twilight are reluctant to leave here, for fear that they will not be able to come back for the rest of their lives after leaving, so a large part of the old people have stayed, and if Zhou Lang collects clues, he may be able to find valuable news."
"I've neglected the inhabitants of this city." Zhou Sen showed a look of shame on his face.
Zhou Sen immediately ordered the soldiers to gather all the residents of the city to prepare for evacuation, and by the way, they drew a map of the octagonal groove and distributed it to the residents to see if they could provide valuable information.
The order is like a mountain.
Soon, the residents in the city of Shanhai Xiongguan were concentrated, and to Zhou Sen's great surprise, there were not many residents in the city, nearly a thousand, standing in the square, a large area of black pressure.
The soldiers handed out the octagonal grooves drawn by the painters, and there was a chatter in the crowd.
To Zhou Sen's surprise, when there was less than a stick of incense, there were dozens of old people who said that they had clues to provide, and when they heard the news, Zhou Sen was immediately overjoyed and immediately arranged for the old people to gather in the square.
After a group of old people arrived at the square, they immediately rushed to report to Zhou Sen, and the atmosphere was extremely warm, making Zhou Sen dizzy.
When there was a full stick of incense, Zhou Sen finally figured out the ins and outs of the matter.
It turns out that this octagonal diagram is not unfamiliar to the people of Shanhai Xiongguan, it is said that thousands of years ago, this octagonal diagram is the auspicious symbol of Shanhai Xiongguan, it is very popular, every year or something, there will be people at home to draw this octagonal diagram eucalyptus to pray for blessings. However, in recent centuries, for various reasons, the octagonal figure as a mascot has gradually declined, except for a very few families still retain this custom, it has basically become a glorious history, and some young people do not even know this ancient figure.
In the enthusiastic report, Zhou Sen found what he needed.
There are three households with ancient books about octagonal diagrams.
Zhou Sen was overjoyed, and immediately sent people to follow the residents to pick up books, and rearranged the residences for the old people to avoid being affected by the upcoming war.
Three ancient books were placed on Zhou Sen's desk.
The three books are exactly the same, simple and vicissitudes, and they are very old at a glance.
After opening the book, Zhou Sen began to read it carefully, and slowly, Zhou Sen's brows stretched and became eyebrows.
"How?" Shen Huimin leaned over and looked at the page.
"As I expected!" Zhou Sen stood up and laughed.
"Say it!" Shen Huimin saw that no one around was squeamishing Zhou Sen.
"Huimin, this mountain and sea Xiongguan is an ancient formation, known as the 'Heavenly Machine Array', the Heavenly Machine Formation is different from the ordinary magic array, it is integrated with the city wall, killing the enemy invisibly, dangerous and abnormal."
"Isn't it amazing?" Shen Huimin saw that Zhou Sen was happy, and she was inexplicably happy in her heart.
"Of course it's amazing, according to this ancient book, the invincible emperor and the devil died in this mountain and sea Xiongguan." Zhou Sen said with a smile.
"Is the Emperor Great Devil very powerful?" Shen Huimin is originally a superpower, and he has a superpowered father, who can be regarded as well-informed, but he has never heard of any emperor and big devil.
"Very powerful, but, because he died early, according to this historical record, this guy died before he got out of the division, just passing by this mountain and sea Xiongguan, he was ambushed, seriously injured, although he escaped, but, it was difficult to escape the doom, when he fled to the Grand Canyon, he was caught up by the enemy, and he was killed on the spot, and the descendants named the Grand Canyon the Grand Canyon of the Emperor in order to commemorate the battle...... It's a bit wrong, usually, the naming is named after the winner, why a loser? Zhou Sen showed a trace of doubt on his face.
"That's right, if I kill the Emperor Great Devil, then the canyon will definitely be Shen Huimin Grand Canyon." Shen Huimin grinned.
"Hehe, this matter has been going on for a long time, and there is no way to trace it, let's go, it's not too early now, arrange it early, and wait until dawn tomorrow, and you can activate the Tianji Array...... Hey, where did they go? Zhou Sen asked.
"They slaughtered people...... Cultivating together with the Nine Heavens Xuannu outside the courtyard. Shen Huimin snorted coldly, she was very dissatisfied with the closeness of Ming Xian Mingkong and the Nine Heavens Xuannu.
"Oh......"
Zhou Sen felt Shen Huimin's complaints, didn't dare to ask more, and hurriedly walked out of the study first.
It was late at night.
The inside of Zhou Sen's mansion is not quiet, in the courtyard, the sword light and sword shadow, the sky is full of light, it is the Nine Heavens Xuannu who is teaching the two sisters of Mingxian and Mingkong swordsmanship.
When Zhou Sen walked out, the three women stopped, sweating one by one.
"Zhou Sen, have you found anything?" Mingkong asked with a concerned expression.
"Found it."
"Ah, really?" Mingkong suddenly jumped up and hugged Zhou Sen's arm.
"Humph!" Shen Huimin watched Mingkong's full chest pressing on Zhou Sen's arm, and suddenly her jade face became cold, and she snorted coldly, but unfortunately, Mingkong didn't put his mind on her at all.
"Let's go, let's go and have a look."
Under the leadership of Zhou Sen, a group of women followed behind Zhou Sen in a mighty manner.
Among the four women, the Nine Heavens Xuannu is the most silent, only after arriving at Zhou Sen's mansion, she basically doesn't speak, if it weren't for her too special identity, it would be easy to be ignored.
Ming Xian Mingkong is the most active, in addition to harassing Zhou Sen from time to time, he will also entangle the Nine Heavens Xuannu, to the surprise of the two sisters, the Nine Heavens Xuannu is not so difficult to contact as imagined, in addition to rarely speaking, speech and demeanor are no different from ordinary people.
Shen Huimin intentionally or unintentionally alienated several women.
For a long time, Shen Huimin thought that she was Zhou Sen's real female right, so she disdained to lower her figure.
Several women, while maintaining a wonderful relationship, no one gave others the opportunity to be alone with Zhou Sen.
Jiutian Xuannu is a smart woman, she knows the status of these three women in Zhou Sen's mind, so she endures her lovesickness, and is not in a hurry to renew her relationship with Zhou Sen, just silently waiting for the opportunity.
A group of women all understand that after Zhou Sen ate amnesia, he has not fully recovered his memory, and now, they are on the same starting line.
The power of amnesia is not so easy to erase from the body.
To put it more bluntly, the current Zhou Sen does not love four women. A person who has lost the memory of love, is no different from a former lover and a stranger, Zhou Sen can pay for four women, it is just a subconscious behavior.
Zhou Sen's memory is more from the indoctrination of the outside world than the recovery of brain memory.
It's like after Zhou Sen lost his memory, and then, many people said who was his woman and who had shared a bed with him, not Zhou Sen himself recalled what happened, so Zhou Sen's attitude towards the four women was also if he left, try not to provoke them.
In Zhou Sen's view, he is just taking on the responsibilities that a man should bear. Zhou Sen never claims to be a hero, but he regards himself as a man, an out-and-out man, and he believes that a man must have a man's mind and a man's responsibility.
Zhou Sen believes that one day, he will completely recover his memory, at least, there are signs of this recovery, occasionally, vaguely, some of the previous lingering scenes will appear in his mind in fragments, although incoherent, but also confirm that he is indeed entangled with several women......
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Under the night, the mountains and seas are low and dilapidated, like a wild beast lurking on the vast plains.
Standing on the city wall, there will be the heroism of the king who looks down on the world.
Walking at the base of the city wall, it will produce the opposite feeling, a feeling of insignificance and humility.
Under the corner tower of the city wall of Shanhai Xiongguan, there is a boulder that has been dug up, the boulder weighs at least thousands of catties, and in the position where the boulder was originally covered, it is the delicate octagonal diagram, that is, where the eye of the Tianji array is located.
Around this array, Zhou Sen arranged a large number of soldiers to guard, really three steps and one sentry, five departments and one post, and the security was extremely tight.
In fact, now the entire Shanhai Xiongguan is heavily guarded, scouts are out in all directions, and every moment, intelligence is flying like snowflakes, and then, filtered through the huge intelligence system, valuable information will be put on Zhou Sen's eucalyptus head as soon as possible.
Opening the obstacle that blocked the octagonal groove diagram, Zhou Sen summoned eight top-grade energy stones from the Qiankun ring, and then began to carefully place the eight energy stones in the octagonal groove, and his movements were very focused.
Just placed eight top-grade energy stones, when Zhou Sen spent a few pillars of incense, after placing them, Zhou Sen was already sweating profusely, his face was pale, as if he had fought three lilies in the war, and the whole person was in prostration.
"Seven more." Zhou Sen wiped the sweat from his face and got up.
"Is it hard?" Shen Huimin asked with concern.
"It's not easy, the mirrors of these energy stones are not the same, to find out the position of light refraction, the heavenly machine array, in order to be able to exert the greatest power, this groove should have a correction tool such as card yellow, because the time is long, it has been lost, and now there is no sunlight as a reference, only by feeling to calculate, to calculate the accurate position, extremely energy-consuming." Zhou Sen let out a long breath.
"This mechanism will cost eight top-grade energy stones, and eight organs, won't it cost sixty-four top-grade energy stones?" Shen Huimin asked.
"Of course."
"Oh my God, the amount of energy stones consumed by this formation is too large!" Even Shen Huimin, who has a lot of money, is amazed, you must know that many thousands of years of history of the Divine Cultivation Sect have extremely rare collection of superb energy stones.
"If it weren't for the consumption of too many energy stones, how could this formation be abandoned!" The Nine Heavens Xuannu said.
After listening to the words of the Nine Heavens Xuannu, everyone couldn't help but have a feeling of sudden enlightenment.
Presumably, as the Nine Heavens Xuannu said, the best energy stones consumed by this mountain and sea Xiongguan are too large, even with the financial resources of the Han Empire, they can't support it, and with the passage of time, coupled with the natural danger of the Orr Desert in this western border pass, this formation has gradually been abandoned and abandoned.
Of course, no one knows the reason why the Heavenly Machine Array is really abandoned, perhaps, it is a certain general who embezzled the energy stone, and then destroyed part of the information about the Heavenly Machine Array, and there is no proof of it, and finally, the Heavenly Machine Array is gradually forgotten and abandoned......
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This period of busyness lasted until the morning sun rose.
When the fiery red sunlight shone on the city wall of Shanhai Xiongguan, a strange scene appeared.
The superlative energy stones placed by the eight organs of the Heavenly Machine Array refracted red light, and the light reflected to the huge bluestone slab, and the bluestone slab emitted milli light, and then, the milli light seemed to have spirituality around the city wall, and eight rays of light shot out in eight directions, converging in the sky above the mountain and sea Xiongguan, forming a huge three-dimensional red eight-pointed star in the sky.
The eight-pointed star kept rotating under the canopy, like a huge gear, and it was full of a mysterious atmosphere.
The spectacle lasted less than a stick of incense, when the spinning eight-pointed star vanished, and the mist surging in the air disappeared without a trace, as if the dreamlike scenery had never appeared.
Everything returned to its normal state, but the soldiers vaguely felt that the ancient city wall seemed to suddenly become vibrant, which was an extremely strange feeling, because the city wall, which was still dilapidated and decrepit just a moment ago, suddenly regained new vitality, thick and steep, and daunting.
Zhou Sen ordered all the boulders to be restored to their original places.
"Zhou Sen, this ancient city seems to be alive." Mingxian's eyes turned around, and he kept looking left and right under the root of the city wall.
"It's ...... alive," Zhou Sen couldn't help but be stunned.
"Yes, there is a feeling of being alive, how to describe it...... In the past, Shanhai Xiongguan occasionally gave people a feeling of looking up, like a majestic mountain...... Oh...... No, no...... It should be like a huge corpse, even if it's a corpse, because it's too big, it will cause awe, and now, this corpse is resurrected......"
"You described it well, yes, it lived!" Zhou Sen walked forward at the root of the city wall, looking up at the towering city wall, and said surgingly.
"Is there anything powerful about it?" Mingkong asked curiously.
"I don't know, but according to ancient records, this heavenly machine array can not only kill evil spirits, but also prolong the life of the residents in the city...... It is no wonder that the inhabitants of the city would worship the octagonal figure as a totem. Zhou Sen had a flash of inspiration, and suddenly he suddenly realized.
"When will the scattered immortals come?" Shen Huimin asked.
"They're coming." A wise smile appeared at the corner of Zhou Sen's mouth.
In the afternoon of the same day, Zhou Sen sent troops to the Grand Canyon of the Emperor.
The elite division of the 5,000 Han Empire.
These 5,000 elite cavalry are not strong, but they are all brave and skilled Predators.
Leading the five thousand elite cavalry was Ran Bo and twenty high-ranking powerhouses.
Twenty high-level powerhouses, this is the data that Zhou Sen decided after careful consideration, because twenty high-level powerhouses should be on par with the strength of Dongying Immortal Island.
Ran Bo led twenty strong men and five thousand elite cavalrymen to trek in the Orr Desert for two days and two nights, lurking in a Gobi desert, waiting for their target.
Ran Bo led the elite to lurk and didn't mention it, talking about the scattered immortals.
Zhou Sen blew up the square stone tower that Sanxian had spent decades building, although it was not completely destroyed, but it also blew up the stone tower, which made Sanxian extremely angry, and what made Sanxian even more crazy was that Zhou Sen actually stole his two extremely rare Ebony Divine Tree and Red Heart Divine Tree tree.
For this scattered immortal, the use of the Red Heart Divine Tree and the Ebony Divine Tree is far more than just killing people and saving people, these two trees are the spiritual veins of the small island.
The so-called spiritual vein is able to nourish all things, and it is similar to the dragon vein.
Although the Ebony Divine Tree and the Red Heart Divine Tree cannot be compared with the majestic and majestic dragon veins, their wonders are also very understandable, not only are they divine objects themselves, but they can also nourish all living beings within a radius of hundreds of zhang.
The two stone unicorns killed by Zhou Sen were actually conceived by two trees, and after a long time, they possessed a divine soul and became a guardian beast.
Of course, those two unicorns are still only in their shape, and they don't have the real charm of the divine beast, and the divine power is far from the real divine beast, otherwise, they would not be easily killed by Zhou Sen.
Zhou Sen didn't know that he had ruined the efforts of that scattered immortal for hundreds of years.
It was not only the two rare trees and the two fake divine beasts that were destroyed by Zhou Sen, but also the huge sea monster in the sea.
The sea monster is not a divine beast, but it was domesticated by the scattered immortals, and it has some shallow mana, which is used for vigilance, and was stabbed by Zhou Sen in a dozen holes in the neck, and he died a long time ago.
The audacious Zhou Sen angered the scattered immortals.
Sanxian personally led the 200,000 lions of the Russian Empire to slaughter the Han Empire.
As Zhou Sen predicted, Scattered Immortal was an extremely cautious superpower, and on Dongying Immortal Island, in addition to leaving a very small number of people to supervise the work, the master of cultivating gods poured out.
After trekking non-stop in the desert for more than half a month, Sanxian traveled all the way through the clouds and rain, providing shelter for the army, and was close to the border of the Han Empire.
Less than twenty miles from the Grand Canyon of the Emperor, the army of the Russian Empire camped and rested its military horses.
"Shangxian, the army is already close to the border of the Han Empire, I don't know what Shangxian's plan is?" A majestic-looking general looked respectfully at the scattered immortals sitting on the first plate.
"General Wu, don't panic, this time, I Dongying Xiandao master out of the end, vowing to take the Han Empire in one go, this strategy of using troops is nothing more than a narrow road to meet the brave wins, although the total army sends troops, as long as the mountains and seas are taken, the Russian army can drive straight into the Yellow Dragon!" Sanxian touched the beard on his chin and said.
"What Shangxian said is that it is said that the Han Empire has suffered disasters every year in recent years, the mob is rampant, and the old emperor died, the emperor is on the throne, and the people are panicked.
General Wu had a smug smile on his face.
Historically, the Russian Empire has coveted the rich territory of the Han Empire, just because the national strength is weak, it is impossible to launch a war of aggression, and this General Wu has been lobbying the Sanxian of Dongying Xiandao to help, this time, to his surprise, Sanxian actually offered to assist him in invading the Han Empire, which made him overjoyed and immediately hit it off.
"Ahead is the military town of the Han Dynasty, and the generals are in the right place to serve, so they should serve the country with all their hearts!" General Wu swept his eyes and said loudly.
"May I serve the dead!" The generals shouted in unison, and everyone was eager to try.
"Now that we have arrived at the pass, we must fight to make a victory, who will take the lead and make meritorious contributions?"
"Willing to go!" A burly man dressed in silver armor came out of the crowd, this person was the famous general Deng of the Russian Empire, who had fought on the battlefield all his life, strangled the mob, and never had a defeat.
"When the general goes, he will do miraculous feats."
General Deng received the order arrow and led an army of 20,000 straight to the Emperor's Grand Canyon.
Sanxian arranged two protectors to assist General Deng.
20,000 soldiers and horses, flags fluttering, swords and guns like a forest, morale is high, galloping like lightning in the desert,
General Wu is not a reckless person, when the army marched in the desert, he had already reconnoitred and rode around, and he had already inquired clearly that the strength of Shanhai Xiongguan was now weak, the defenders were less than 50,000, and they were dozens of miles away, guarding the emperor's Grand Canyon and Shanhai Xiongguan and Shanhai County Three passes, the troops were scattered, and the momentum of 20,000 tigers and wolves was enough to take it in one fell swoop......
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Heaven often does not fulfill people's wishes.
Mr. Huang's underestimated enemy paid the price of blood.
Before General Deng could react, 5,000 soldiers covered with a cloak like yellow sand stood up, and 5,000 sharp arrows shot out from behind the Gobi Desert, like locusts covering the sky.
Three rounds of firing in succession, 15,000 sharp arrows, immediately crushed the 20,000 cavalry.
In fact, these three rounds of shooting did not kill many enemies, because the desert is vast, and the 20,000 cavalry are running wildly, kicking up the sand and dust in the sky, and it is not easy to shoot at the target.
In the earth-shattering shouting and killing, five thousand elite long knives out of the sheath, like arrows off the string rushed out, was suddenly shot by the sharp arrows scattered Russian soldiers immediately fled in all directions, the Han Emperor ** people all the way like a bamboo, 20,000 cavalry cut and strangled, for a while, blood stained the yellow sand, corpses piled up......
At the beginning, although the two protectors of Dongying Immortal Island were suddenly attacked, they did not take the thousands of troops and horses in their eyes, and when they were just about to cast the spell, they were suddenly attacked by Ran Bo and twenty high-level powerhouses who were mixed among the soldiers, and the two protectors did not understand what was going on, and they were already in the desert.
General Deng was also beheaded by soldiers.
After winning the battle, the soldiers of the Han Empire did not become impetuous because of the victory, and immediately withdrew their troops.
This battle ended in less than half an hour.
The 20,000 elites of the Russian Empire lost their armor and lost their armor, more than half of them were killed and wounded, and many soldiers fled in confusion and went deep into the desert to get lost.
When the news of the failed attack of the 20,000 elite reached the camp, General Wu was stunned, and the scattered immortals were thunderous and furious.
General Wu was stunned because he didn't expect the Han Empire to be on guard.
And the anger of the Scattered Immortal Thunder is because of the war, and he actually died two major protectors, which is unbearable.
"Immediately send troops and set foot on the mountains and seas!" The scattered immortal stood up and rushed to the crown in anger.
"Immortal ......"
"Troops!" Sanxian stared at General Wu coldly.
"Yes, Immortal."
General Wu secretly complained bitterly, although this immortal has great powers, but he is not familiar with the art of war, this is the time when morale is frustrated, we should rectify the morale of the army, revitalize morale, and it is not appropriate to send troops immediately.
The most important thing is that the Han Empire seems to have been prepared for a long time, and if it rashly sends troops, once it falls into the trap, it will fall into a situation from which it will never recover.
Unfortunately, General Wu did not dare to resist and could only send troops.
Now, General Wu can only honor the magic power of the scattered immortals to win this battle, but at this time, General Wu is already uneasy, because the two protectors of the scattered immortals actually died on the battlefield silently, which made General Wu vaguely feel a little uneasy.
General Wu was in an important position and had a close relationship with Sanxian, he naturally knew the power of the twelve protectors under Sanxian, and he never dreamed that the two protectors who were usually high-spirited and high-spirited would be killed in a skirmish without the slightest movement, which was really a bit unbelievable.
This mountain and sea Xiongguan, it seems, is not a bone to gnaw on.
If General Wu knew that there were actually twenty high-level powerhouses who had attacked the two Dharma Protectors, he would probably have to go home immediately.
It's a pity that General Wu doesn't know, he still pins his hopes on the supernatural power of the scattered immortals, in his opinion, this immortal is a real immortal, worthy of a million male soldiers, and it is not a problem to take a mountain and sea Xiongguan.
There are many, many things that General Wu doesn't know, he never dreamed that Zhou Sen didn't take this war to heart at all, and his goal was not this mere 200,000 troops, but the entire Russian Empire......
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The 200,000 army immediately pulled out the camp and sent troops, rushing towards the Emperor's Grand Canyon.
That scattered immortal is not really unfamiliar with the art of war, in order to be on the safe side, he sent his nine protectors to fly to intercept the ambush of the Han Empire.
The speed at which Edgeworth flew was so fast that before he was in the Emperor's Grand Canyon, the Nine Great Protectors had caught up with the soldiers of the Han Empire.
The nine protectors are all superpowers, and they dare not slaughter ordinary soldiers unscrupulously, in order to vent the hatred in their hearts, the nine protectors set off a terrifying sandstorm, the sandstorm swept away the five thousand elite cavalry, in the face of the superpower's supernatural powers, the five thousand elite cavalry could not do anything, and could only trek in the wind and sand.
Just when the Han soldiers were trekking hard, the army of the Russian Empire had already arrived at a gallop.
The 200,000-strong army pressed over in the desert like a dark cloud, which was extremely spectacular.
In the shouting of killing, the sandstorm suddenly stopped, and the momentum of 200,000 tigers and wolves swept over the sky like a surging tide.
The 5,000 cavalry of the Han Empire threw away their armor and fled.
Ran Bo and the twenty strong men fled all the way from hiding among the soldiers, and they did not fight back, because this was part of the plan.
Zhou Sen's plan was simple.
First suppress and then raise.
At first, let the soldiers of the Russian Empire fight a defeat to frustrate their spirit, and then, let them fight a victory, so that their confidence will swell infinitely and become arrogant soldiers.
The arrogant army will be defeated!
At this time, the 200,000 army was as murderous as a rainbow, followed by the 5,000 defeated soldiers who lost their armor and chased all the way to the first pass of the Emperor's Grand Canyon, and the 200,000 army submerged the pass with less than 1,000 defenders in an instant.
The sound of killing shook the sky.
The 200,000 army pursued the victory, all the way like a bamboo, until it reached the city wall of Shanhai Xiongguan, above the city wall, there were swords and guns, and the army was prosperous.
"Report to the general, it's not good, it's not good......"
Just when General Wu was triumphant, suddenly, a soldier galloped on horseback, and when he was still ten zhang away, he turned over and rolled off his horse, and crawled in front of General Wu.
"What's so alarming?" General Wu showed a hint of displeasure on his face.
"In the desert, there is an ambush army of about 1,000 people, and they ...... They...... They are setting fire to our food and grass......"
"What?!"
General Wu's face changed color, and he subconsciously looked up in the direction of the desert, only to see the sky, thick smoke billowing out, obscuring the sky and the sun.
The anxious General Wu immediately commanded tens of thousands to return to the desert to help.
The news of the burning of grain and grass soon spread throughout the Orr army.
The morale of the army was shaken.
Tens of thousands of troops were suddenly drawn back to turn back, which threw the originally morale-boosting army into chaos.
A thousand miles of embankment was destroyed in an anthill.
Many times, the outcome of a battle is often the insignificant details.
At the moment when the Russian army was in chaos, all the gates of Shanhai County suddenly opened, and tens of thousands of cavalry and infantry suddenly killed without warning.
The defenders of Shanhai Xiongguan have a total number of about 200,000, except for a small number of defenders in the Grand Canyon of the Emperor, mainly distributed in Shanhai Xiongguan and Shanhai County, because the emperor died, Gyeonggi was turbulent, Longtu Tianshen drew out 50,000 elites and went to the imperial capital, at present, the entire Shanhai Xiongguan region is less than 150,000 troops, and of them, at least half of them are stationed in Shanhai County.
In other words, the defenders of the entire Shanhai Xiongguan are only 70,000 people.
In fact, the soldiers in Shanhai Xiongguan, except for the 30,000 elites brought by Zhou Sen, were less than 30,000, because when the fortified walls were cleared, a large number of soldiers were needed to organize the evacuation of residents.
Fortunately, Zhou Sen brought a team of 30,000 elites.
Now, this elite army is pouring out.
There are 30,000 people, but they are all carefully selected soldiers by Cai Ping, among them, some generals and soldiers come from Wuchao City, they have all experienced the battle of the corpse mountain and the sea of blood, and all of them are predators who have been tempered for thousands of years.
30,000 people, divided into three teams, shot into the 200,000 chaotic army like arrows off the string.
In front of the three teams, there is a group of high-level powerhouses taking the lead, they are like sharp spear tips, invincible, all the way like a bamboo, and like a hob cutting butter.
Different from the fierce fighting spirit of the soldiers of the Han Empire in the Shanhai Xiongguan, the Orr soldiers at this time, because of the chaos, their sharpness has been discharged, the grain and grass have been burned, the people's hearts are panicked, and the long journey, the people are sleepy and the horses are lacking, and they are charged by three wolf-like armies in a round, and the army is immediately defeated like a mountain, and the 200,000 army was killed crying and crying, and the vast plain is full of Russian Imperial soldiers who fled for their lives.
In the face of this situation, even the scattered immortals have no power to return to the sky, so they can only fight and retreat.
In fact, in this kind of large-scale human war, the role of superpowers is extremely limited, because superpowers are afraid of incurring a powerful catastrophe, and usually do not directly intervene in the war, at most in the form of favoring their own side.
Of course, this does not mean that superpowers will not intervene in human wars, in fact, in the history of human warfare, superpowers have participated in countless battles.
However, it is worth mentioning here that the way in which the superpowers participate is mainly in the form of creating benefits for their own side, such as calling for wind and rain, causing small-scale natural disasters, etc., and this kind of intervention, hostile release will also have superpowers to join, so that the superpowers of both sides will cause a head-on conflict.
Superpowers still have some scruples about killing ordinary people, but there is no fear between superpowers and superpowers, so often when superpowers intervene in human wars, it means war between the two superpowers involved......
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At present, in the battle between the two sides, there seems to be no superpower intervening on the side of the Han Empire, and a group of superpowers under the Scattered Immortal Constellation cannot do anything, because at this time, the soldiers on both sides are already in the midst of a melee, even if they cast spells, there is no point.
This round of rushing and killing, killing was dark, chasing and killing for dozens of miles, until dusk, Zhou Sen Ming Jin withdrew his troops.
In the middle of the wasteland, there are dead corpses and mutilated horses.
The beacon smoke filled the air, and under the bloody sunset, the battlefield became more and more vast.
It took two hours for General Wu to gather the remnants of the defeated generals together, 200,000 elite soldiers, and more than half of them were killed and wounded on the first day.
There was a depressing atmosphere throughout the army.
The originally ambitious general soldier wanted to die, he overestimated the superpowers of Dongying Immortal Island, and underestimated the combat effectiveness of the ** team of the Great Han Emperor.
The house leak happened to rain overnight, and the bad thing is that not only was the morale of the defeated battle low, but the grain and grass were also set on fire.
Now, including those who are disabled, the 200,000 army is about 120,000, and the rescued grain and grass are not enough for 120,000 soldiers to eat for a day, not to mention, there are tens of thousands of war horses.
"General, don't panic, we are not in the desert where there is no grass, but in the territory of the rich Han Empire, and it is not easy to find food." Sanxian touched his beard, he naturally saw General Wu's situation.
"What the Immortal said...... But ......"
"General, you still give the order to conquer Shanhaixiong Pass as soon as possible, and then wave your army south and go straight to Huanglong!"
"That's all it can be."
General Wu sighed, he knew very well that he was now in a difficult situation to ride a tiger, because, even if he wanted to return to the Russian Empire, food was a problem.
The Orr Desert is a trench between the Russian Empire and the Han Empire, this trench not only distances the two countries, but also provides a natural barrier between the two countries, it is not easy for anyone to attack anyone, and it is precisely because of this that the Han Empire does not invest much military expenditure in Shanhai Xiongguan, so that Shanhai Xiongguan is in disrepair for a long time, and the majesty of Wuchao City is very different.
The Longtu Heavenly God is stationed in the Shanhai Xiongguan, mainly to fight the surrounding horse thieves, which is more of a symbolic meaning.
It is precisely because of this that General Wu still holds a glimmer of hope, because although the 200,000 army has lost nearly half, it still occupies an absolute advantage in terms of numbers, and as long as the Shanhai Xiongguan is captured, all problems will be solved.
That night, the Russian army set up camp a few miles away from Shanhaixiongguan and did not speak for a night.
In Shanhai Xiongguan, Zhou Sen was holding a grand celebration banquet.
In addition to a group of strong men, there were also Cai Ping people who participated in the celebration banquet. This time, Cai Ping and the others made great contributions, it was they who attacked the logistics units of the Russian army, set fire to the grain and grass of hundreds of thousands of troops, and laid the foundation for the subsequent victory.
"General, aren't we going to sneak up on them tonight?" Xiao Yat looked eager to try.
"They were attacked three times during the day, and they learned a profound lesson, they will definitely beware of us robbing the camp, forget it today, let them sleep well, and clean them up tomorrow." Zhou Sen said with a smile.
"General Wen Tao Wuluo, unparalleled in the world!" The mad Taoist took the opportunity to slap Zhou Sen on the back.
"It's easy to say, it's easy to say." Zhou Sen's face turned red and he laughed dryly.
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The four women also participated in the celebration banquet, but the four of them were very low-key, each with a glass of wine, sitting in the corner and chatting, but it was quiet, no one dared to disturb them, after all, there was a female butcher who was the number one on the list of bandits.
"Sister Fairy, Brother Sen is really a hero of the world, you see, the eyes of those generals looking at him are extremely respectful!" Ming Xian held the wine glass, she seemed to have drunk too much, her eyes were drunk, and her cheeks were charming red.
"Hmm." The Nine Heavens Xuannu looked stunned and nodded in response.
"You say, is it good for Zhou Sen to be the emperor?" Mingkong suddenly opened his way whimsically.
"He won't."
Jiutian Xuannu and Shen Huimin spoke in unison, and the two subconsciously glanced at each other, and actually had a sense of sympathy.
"Why?" Removed the wine glass in Ming Xian's hand, at this time, Ming Xian had fallen asleep on the chair, saliva dripping on the placket of his chest, and a large piece of wet.
"Zhou Sen is a turbulent nature, not keen on fame and fortune, with his talent, if he wants to pursue fame, he has long been famous all over the world, why bother to run around?
??” Shen Huimin glanced at the Nine Heavens Xuannu, and saw that she didn't mean to speak, so she replied to Mingkong.
"Also, Zhou Sen is the Oiran of the Jucheng Flower Society, that flower party made a sensation in the empire, and the poems he wrote are still popular, making countless women sleepless all night...... Mingkong grinned.
"Humph!" Hearing that Zhou Sen was recruiting bees and butterflies, Shen Huimin became inexplicably angry.
"Sister Huimin, are you angry, we are all superpowers, and there is still a long way to go." Mingkong shook Shen Huimin's arm and said with a coquettish expression.
"You think it's going to be a long time?" Shen Huimin sneered.
"What's wrong?" Mingkong was stunned.
"It's really the ignorant who is fearless, Zhou Sen already has his own Shentai world, in fact, he is already half an immortal, or it won't be long before he will ascend to the Tao, do you think that an immortal will still be entangled with you, a little superpower, in the world?"
"Ah...... That ...... That ......"
"That's that, that! Tell you, if you want to be with Zhou Sen, it's better to spend more time cultivating, don't think about some crooked ways all day long. ”
"When did I go wrong?" Mingkong pouted in dissatisfaction and protested.
"You're taking me for a fool! Don't think that I don't know about the tricks of your two sisters and deliberately alienate me, but Sister Huimin has a lot of them, and she doesn't care about you. Shen Huimin spat at Mingkong.
"......" Mingkong is not as cunning as Mingxian, and when he was debunked by Shen Huimin in person, his face suddenly turned red and he was speechless.
"When Zhou Sen ascends, I can see you two crying." Shen Huimin gloated.
"Why aren't you afraid?" Mingkong looked at Shen Huimin suspiciously.
"Why should I be afraid? I'm not like you two sisters who don't learn and don't know how to do it, as a closed disciple of Dingxu Shitai, I don't have any self-motivation, Sister Huimin, I am the greatest alchemy master in the history of the Divine Cultivation Realm. Shen Huimin looked triumphant and said unashamedly.
"Have you refined the elixir?" Mingkong looked at Shen Huimin with wide eyes and an incredible expression.
"I won't tell you, secret!" Shen Huimin snorted coldly.
"Hey, Sister Huimin, the Dan Room of Our Lady Mountain also has a share of our credit." Mingkong said with a flattering face.
"What credit? It's also a credit to torment those youkai every day? Shen Huimin sneered.
"......" Mingkong looked pitiful.
"Don't worry, if Hui Min becomes an immortal, you will definitely become an immortal too." The Nine Heavens Xuannu smiled.
"Why?"
Shen Huimin and Mingkong asked in unison.
"The reason is very simple, Hui Min's cultivation is too shallow, if you eat the pill of becoming an immortal, it will definitely cause an amazing catastrophe, with your own cultivation, you will naturally not be able to cross the tribulation, you will definitely ask Zhou Sen to help you survive the tribulation, at that time, Zhou Sen will definitely find Hui Min to ask for the pill for you to eat, so that you can fly to the immortal realm together."
"Wow...... Are you sure? ”
Mingkong suddenly jumped up, and Shen Huimin's face turned green.
What the Nine Heavens Xuannu said was right, with Zhou Sen's temperament, if Shen Huimin researched the elixir of becoming an immortal, she would definitely share it with everyone......
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In the early morning of the next day, only the golden drums were heard, the cannons rang out three times, and the three armies shouted, shaking the heavens and the earth.
Above the mountains and seas, the soldiers of the Han Empire were fully armored and guarded the city.
It's a pity that the Orr army, which was bent on killing the enemy, was set on fire because of the food, grass and heavy weapons, and there were no siege equipment, so they could only shout and curse under the city walls.
To the annoyance of General Wu, the Han soldiers of Shanhai Xiongguan did not go out of the city, but only stood on the city wall, and when they encountered the approaching soldiers of Or, they fired a salvo of bows and arrows, and this situation lasted until noon, and the two sides were still deadlocked.
"Shangxian, it's not a way to go on like this, our grain and grass have been burned, and we won't be able to support it for long." General Wu went to Sanxian to complain.
"It's okay, I'll send people to harass Shanhai Xiongguan and force them to come out for a decisive battle."
"That's great!"
General Wu was overjoyed.
A cadre of generals did not discuss it.
After lunch, General Wu sent 20,000 soldiers and horses to the city, and Sanxian also sent two protectors to follow and assist, and the army flew into the sky to cast spells when the two protectors flew to the sky.
Between the gathering of rolling dark clouds, thunder and lightning flew in the clouds like silver snakes, which was terrifying.
Rumble!
Rumble!
Rumble!
In a loud sound of the sky cracking and the earth cracking, dense thunder and lightning poured down, blasting straight towards the city wall of Shanhai Xiongguan.
A shocking scene appeared.
Just in the thunder and lightning cracked between the lightning and stone fire, on the wall of the mountain and sea Xiongguan, a thin layer of mist appeared, thunder and lightning crackled on the mist, like a mud cow into the sea, without a trace.
The two protectors were immediately furious, and immediately urged, the mighty superpowers were overwhelming, filling every inch of space, the thunder and lightning became more and more dense, the dark clouds surged, and the sky above the entire Shanhai Xiongguan city wall, the sky seemed to be collapsing, which made people feel inexplicably cold.
It's a pity that the terrifying thunder and lightning, as long as it approached the thin mist, immediately turned into nothingness.
"Repulsion!"
The two superpowered people glanced at each other, and the evil was born to the side of the guts, and suddenly flew up in the air, urging the flying sword, and flew towards the sky above Shanhaixiongguan, speeding all the way, and in a blink of an eye, they reached the sky above the city wall of Shanhaixiongguan.
"Broken!"
The long swords in the hands of the two superpowers flew towards the thin mist, and on the flying swords, the glow was entwined, full of fairy energy.
To the surprise of the two superpowers, the flying sword stabbed on the mist, as if it was stabbed in the air, and there was no point of focus, but it actually passed through the mist, lost control, and flew towards the city of Shanhaixiongguan......
……
Just when the two cultivators urged the sword to stab at the mist, eight high-level powerhouses appeared on the city wall, and these ran wildly from both ends of the city wall, just between the lightning and fire of the two cultivators chasing the flying sword, the eight high-level powerhouses actually flew towards the two cultivators with the help of inertia, and the momentum was magnificent, and there was no two for a while.
"Extraterritorial thieves, mess with my dynasty, suffer death!"
A high-ranking powerhouse with a beard shouted violently, his five fingers spread, and grabbed one of the superpowers.
"Humph!"
The superpowered man snorted coldly, and with a wave of his long sleeves, a mighty force volleyed into the strong man, and at the moment when the long sleeves were swung out, the superpower's face turned abrupt, and he exclaimed: "Not good!" ”
High-level powerhouse!
The two superpowers never dreamed that they would meet eight high-level powerhouses at the same time on this city wall, you know, it is not easy to see a high-level powerhouse, and it is unimaginable to meet eight at a time.
If one or two, or even three high-level powerhouses, they would not panic, even if they couldn't win, it would not be a problem to escape, but in the face of eight high-level powerhouses, they did not have the slightest chance.
Obviously, the other party dispatched eight high-level powerhouses at one time to block all their ways out, which was to make it clear that the carriage and horses would not let them go back.
The strong, the king of the land.
If the superpowered person is the king of the sky, then the strong is the king of the land.
On land, where the strong have borrowed strength, they are more flexible and faster than the superpowers, and if the strong and superpowers of the same level fight on the ground, the superpowers have no chance of victory, and the savage attack power of the strong can easily destroy the body of the superpowers......
……
"Ah......h
The two superpowers didn't have time to escape, they were surrounded by several high-level powerhouses, and in a heart-rending scream, the two superpowers had been torn to pieces by the eight powerhouses, and the flesh and blood flew in the air, which was unbearable.