Chapter 1197: Dying Struggle
Pengcheng, the city lord's mansion.
"The lord has not defeated Sun Jian, but Xuzhou has ushered in Wang Qiang's attack."
"Hey......"
Xu Shu sat on the main seat, a little worried, and sighed secretly.
"Also, although Mi Fang is the uncle-in-law of the lord, and has also reached the peak cultivation of the God Refining Realm, he is a golden mean."
He pondered, "This is the biggest shortcoming of the lord: most of the generals under him are not Tianjiao. ”
"In Kyushu, China, most of the outstanding talents are from families, and most of the Tianjiao from civilian backgrounds are in the hands of Wang Qiang."
"Dong Zhuo's subordinates are mostly Hu generals."
The lack of talent is Liu Bei's biggest shortcoming, which is an undeniable fact today.
In the final analysis, it is because his rise has been too short and he started from nothing.
If it weren't for Liu Bei's brazen tearing up with the wealthy family and wantonly plundering the resources and population of the wealthy family for his own use, he wouldn't have thought of such rapid development.
"Fortunately, Wang Qiang's main force, the focus is all on Yuan Shu, and the offensive against Xuzhou can be regarded as a small fight, like a tentative attack."
I have to say that the troops of the town navy regiment were divided into three routes and raided the three counties in the north of Xuzhou, and while achieving certain results, it played a good role in confusing it.
Even Xu Shu, a smart and strategic-type Tianjiao, made a wrong judgment.
Of course, the main reason is because there are not many elites left in Xuzhou, and Xu Shu is now more than willing but not enough.
Seven days after the raid by the Zhenhai Regiment, the news was finally exposed and known to spies from all sides.
Wang Qiang's strong army is famous, and Xu Shu, who learned the news, certainly did not dare to take it lightly and ignore it.
"Strategist!"
At this time, a wind sounded, and Liu Feng, the guard of Pengcheng, flashed forward and hurriedly reported, "Pengcheng has changed!" ”
"Just now, a large array suddenly rose outside the city, besieging Pengcheng!"
"The teleportation array and communication talisman in the city have all lost their effect!"
He was very anxious and a little flustered.
It's no wonder that he is really too deterrent on the Wang Qiang side, and there are almost no towns that cannot be attacked!
The princes have been fighting until now, and the advantage of Wang's strong army is no longer a secret.
Especially the large number of various four-star magic weapon array flags, which crown the princes of the world.
No prince dares to ignore it.
It was just a rumor before, but now it happened in Pengcheng, the command center of Xuzhou, and it was going to die!
"What?"
Xu Shu Huoran got up and said in shock, "This afternoon, the information from the scouts from all walks of life, isn't the nearest enemy from us still thousands of miles away?" ”
His face was very bad, blue and red, "I'll go and see!" ”
Xu Shu didn't delay for the slightest, his body magic power was urged, turned into a light smoke, and disappeared from the city lord's mansion in an instant.
In just a few moments, he flew into the air to the nearest north gate, and looked out of the city.
This is the outer part of the city, and it has been shrouded in a transparent light curtain, holding on to the large protective array that he has just opened.
With Xu Shu's divine thoughts that shrouded a radius of a hundred miles, he could clearly perceive that there were groups of black-clothed and black-armored soldiers outside the city, constantly gathering from afar, and then forming a military formation, waiting for the battle.
"It's happening!"
"This Wang Qiang's appetite is far from just the northern region of Xuzhou, but to plot the entire Xuzhou!"
Xu Shu had just checked the situation outside the city, and was immediately shocked, "Damn! I should have thought of it a long time ago. ”
"That Wang Qiang does not hesitate to start a war with many parties, and he also has to find ways to contain the lord!"
"They are repeating their old tricks, using lightning tactics similar to the capture of the three states in northern China to paralyze the command system of Xuzhou!"
Xu Shu is not unintelligent, nor is he not calculating, but he miscalculated Wang Qiang's appetite.
He originally thought that Wang Qiang, who had just started a full-scale war with Yuan Shu, would not invade Xuzhou on a large scale.
Compared with Liu Beilai, today's Cao Cao is more like a soft persimmon at the end of the road.
With Yuan Shu and Cao Cao in front, it is not his turn to be in his own house.
Where to think, Wang Qiang just does not play cards according to common sense, and will take Xuzhou as the first goal.
Wang Qiang's intelligence department was elusive, and once again exerted its terrifying strength, silently laying down the remote teleportation array flag, and responding to the sudden siege of the city by his own army.
From Xu Shu's point of view, by now, Wang Qiang's plot has been undoubtedly revealed.
"It's over!"
"I'm sorry for the lord's attention and cultivation, carelessness in Xuzhou, inevitably!"
Pengcheng was besieged and could not inform the lord, and the soldiers of the whole city had become turtles in the urn.
The other party is so deliberate, saying that there is no certainty of breaking the city, it is impossible.
And under the siege of the big array, it is also a luxury to lead the soldiers out of the city to fight the enemy.
Unless you are sure to break the opponent's big array.
However, in the entire Peng City, including Xu Shu, there was no Natal Spirit Treasure or Spirit Root, and there was no hope of suppressing the increase in the city protection array, and if he wanted to break out of the formation with the array, there was no hope.
As we all know, the biggest advantage of Wang Qiang's forces is all kinds of mobile magic weapon array flags.
Even the Sima family and the Xun family, who have a powerful natal spirit treasure, are not Wang Qiang's opponents, and Xu Shu, who does not have hole cards in this regard, where does he have the confidence to break through the formation?
……
"Strategist, you're finally here!"
Seeing that in the four-star supreme magic weapon array banner that he had laid out, after a silver-white light, there would soon be a continuous stream of soldiers lining up from the teleportation array, Gan Ning stepped forward and said to Guo Jia, who was the leader.
The soldiers who followed Guo Jia were the Qilin Legion led by Zhao Yun.
After Yuan Shao was destroyed, the Da Luo Golden Immortal-level dragon ball left behind had been exchanged for Guo Jia using all his merit points.
This is an acquired spirit treasure level dragon ball, and there is a secret realm small world in it, which is very suitable for Guo Jia, who is a military advisor.
After refining it into a natal treasure, Guo Jia's combat effectiveness has been greatly improved, not to mention, he can also carry a large amount of military logistics materials with him, which greatly enhances his ability to lead troops in battle.
If you want to break the protective array of Pengcheng in front of you, you have to use extraordinary means to increase the four-star best chain array that you have laid out.
Therefore, in order to successfully capture this Pengcheng and destroy Liu Bei's headquarters in Xuzhou, Guo Jia discussed with Jia Xu and decided to come to command the battle in person, and by the way, break the enemy's protective array.
As the current command center of Xuzhou, the city protection array here is of course not simple, it is also a four-star superb formation, and it is also one of the only sets of four-star magic weapon array flags in Liu Bei's hand.
If Gan Ning is in charge of the attack, it will be difficult to break.
But it is not much difficult to leave the current Guo Jia.
Guo Jia himself is a four-star top-grade formation master, and after getting the Natal Dragon Ball, he is even more ridiculously strong, and he is already the top ten top masters in Wang Qiang's forces.
"That's Xu Shu?"
After exchanging a few words with Gan Ning, Guo Jia looked at the city, and a strange feeling came to his heart, as if he had met the intuition of Tianjiao, a strategist of the same kind.
"This Xu Shu, it's a pity."
He knew some information about Xu Shu, and he belonged to the kind of Tianjiao who could be recruited.
However, this kind of outstanding genius always has something that he insists on.
The intelligence shows that Xu Shu is loyal to Liu Bei, and there is no possibility of betrayal.
Liu Bei is also benevolent to Xu Shu, digging out his heart and lungs, and even entrusting Xuzhou to him, he is the most relied on person, and there is no one.
Heroes cherish heroes, that's why Guo Jia said, it's a pity for this guy.
"Humph......"
Gan Ning snorted coldly when he heard this, and said disdainfully, "This kind of Liu Bei's diehard elements can't be surrendered at all." ”
"Killing him is the best choice, anyway, we have countless Tianjiao generals now, and he is not the only one!"
He has always believed that since he is a mortal enemy, killing the other party is the only thing once and for all.
"Well, too."
Guo Jia is not a soft-hearted person, nodded his head, and ordered, "Zilong, Xingba, order the soldiers, line up and reorganize the army, and after half an hour, the siege battle will begin!" ”
Indeed, as Gan Ning said, there are a lot of Tianjiao generals in his family, and there is no shortage of Xu Shu at all.
After more than ten years of development, most of the second-generation Tianjiao in the army have grown up.
These second-generation Tianjiao in the army, because they have been extremely perfect and vigorously cultivated, coupled with the assistance of various top-level cultivation resources, are no worse than their fathers in all aspects.
The number of these outstanding second-generation Tianjiao military formations is as many as hundreds, and all of them are already masters of the God Refining Realm, and there are nearly 100 people who have reached the peak of the God Refining Realm.
Therefore, today's Wang Qiang forces, saying that there are many talents, is not bragging, but a real fact.
"I'll do it!" ……
Gan Ning, Zhao Yun and others were ordered to leave, and began to dispatch troops and prepare for the formation.
In the confrontation between the two armies above and below the city, the soldiers on both sides had different thoughts, and before they knew it, the time for the attack had come.
"Whoosh!"
Guo Jia jumped forward, his figure flickered, and he came to a hundred feet in the air.
"Go!"
As soon as his mind moved, the five-colored dragon ball flashed out of the sea of knowledge, and the next moment it appeared in the eye of the array.
"The five elements of yin and yang are turning the wheel in a big array, up!"
Guo Jia, who had already reached the formation of a thought, raised his hand to make a seal, and he, who completely controlled the formation, exhaled and spoke.
"Buzz ......"
Colorful streamers began to flicker non-stop in an instant, thunder and lightning, hail, wind blades...... Countless formation supernatural powers were activated one after another, and they bombarded towards the inner city protection array!
"Bang!" ……
"Boom ......"
Under the amplification of the Natal Dragon Ball, these endless formations have magical powers, and their power is truly endless, and as soon as they start, the light shield of the protective array will be bombarded to the light and darkness, and it is crumbling!
"Not good!"
Xu Shu, who presided over the city protection array, originally thought that the other party would adopt the strategy of besieging but not attacking, and first seizing the rest of the towns in Xuzhou.
Where would you think that as soon as the other party comes, they will gnaw hard bones?
There is no doubt that Peng Cheng, presided over by him, a four-star superb formation master, is definitely the hardest bone in Xuzhou!
However, when the enemy's city-breaking operation began, he was immediately shocked!
"This level of formation attack is far beyond the strength of a four-star magic array!"
"The treasure that the other party just entered the formation eye should be the Lingbao level!"
"I underestimated the heroes of the world, and I, Xu Shu, did my best!"
Seeing his own protective array, the gradually dimming light curtain, Xu Shu couldn't help but be in the dark path of despair.
Although the person who presided over the breaking of the formation was not the legendary Wang Qiang or Lu Bu, this young man in green clothes was already one of the strongest masters he had ever seen, no worse than the lord Liu Bei.
Rao is like this, Xu Shu did not give up resistance.
He tried his best to manipulate the city protection array, and the consumption rate of divine mana was getting faster and faster.
In less than half an hour, it was almost exhausted.
"Crackling ......"
Under the crushing of the enemy formation, as Xu Shu's last trace of divine mana dried up, the light curtain of the large protective array that was already crumbling shattered!
"Poof!"
Xu Shu's face was full of despair, and he looked up and spit out a mouthful of blood.
As a top-level strategic-type Tianjiao and a four-star top-grade formation master, Xu Shu didn't know how much danger it would bring to his own side once the city protection array was broken, but the enemy still controlled a four-star top-grade array.
In the confrontation between the two armies, whether there is a strong formation to assist or not, it is completely different.
At the very least, under the blow of the opponent's endless formation supernatural powers, one's own combat power could not be exerted fifty percent, and it was difficult to gather a team and form a formation to meet the enemy.
There is no way, where have you gathered a large army, the enemy's formation magic power attack will inevitably come immediately, and countless casualties are inevitable.
In this case, how easy is it to form a formation to meet the enemy?
"My lord! Today is the time for Xu Shu to repay you! ”
Xu Shu, who had already made up his mind to fight to the death, had a cold look in his eyes, "Essence blood burns!" ”
When his mana and divine thoughts were exhausted, he instantly burned three drops of natal essence blood to the maximum, temporarily recovering to his peak!
"Liu Feng, if you don't attack yet, when will you wait?"
He turned his head and shouted an order to Liu Feng, who was a little panicked, and then stood up as if he were dead, and headed towards Zhao Yun, who had just flown in the air!
"Want Pengcheng? Get past me first! ”
Xu Shu intercepted in front of Zhao Yun, holding the Junzi Sword, sending out one sword after another, and swayed towards Zhao Yun.
"The mantis arm is a car!"
"I can't help myself!"
Zhao Yun has experienced a hundred battles, and in these years of expeditions, he has faced many enemy generals who also burned their natal essence and blood and struggled to the death, and he has long had rich experience in this area.
Burning natal essence blood is a method of self-harm, although it can temporarily exceed the level for a while, it cannot last, and it will soon become a weak state.
If there is no formation siege, a cultivator of the same level still has a great hope of escaping, although it will do great harm to himself.
But now the advantage is in me, as long as I entangle Xu Shu for a while, it will be his death.
"White Bird Chaofeng!"
"Kill!"
Zhao Yun did not show weakness, he shouted loudly in his mouth, his wrist flicked, and the spear flowers turned into a flock of birds in the sky, shooting towards the attacking sword rays and Xu Shu himself.
In battle, he never showed mercy.
Especially for the die-hard elements of such an enemy.
"Sonorous ......"
After a series of piercing explosions, Xu Shu, who broke out with all his might, did not gain any advantage, and this magic spell attack was completely wiped out by Zhao Yun.
With the determination to die, he took the opportunity to observe the battlefield around him with his strong divine thoughts, but found that countless black-clothed and black-armored soldiers who broke through the city had already occupied the absolute upper hand!
Those who are dying in large numbers every moment are almost all their own soldiers!
Especially that Liu Feng, who was suppressed to the death by another Tianjiao general who was holding a big sword magic weapon, couldn't get out of his body at all, let alone command the soldiers.
Defeat is assured!
"Poof!"
Xu Shu, whose heart was as dead as ashes, suddenly crumbled, looked at the sky a little blankly, and his eyes were eclipsed to Zhao Yun, who attacked again.
(End of chapter)