[387] God of War
The sun shines in the sky, the light of the cloudy day is more vivid, and a few flowers in front of the building produce two flowers on one stem, and the flowers have their own pedicles, and the pedicles are connected together on the stems of the blood and lotus are even more vivid. The bright red petals look like they are about to drip blood.
"This must be a large army of sailors, infantry and cavalry, but also naval cavalry and air cavalry. After a little thought, Zong Tian added.
His words were well thought out.
He had studied all the battle reports about the Nine Shadows Kingdom, and learned that each of Xiao Shizhu's armies did not have only one or two single troops.
A battalion of soldiers and horses led by a thousand households in the Nine Shadows Country has 1,200 ghost soldiers, and in addition to artillery and infantry, there are also cavalry and flying troops, as well as a number of air cavalry.
In addition, Xiao Shizhu often sent ghost talents from all walks of life in the country to the military camp to preach and teach, so that the soldiers of the Nine Shadows Country were still multi-tasking, and most of them were proficient in medicine and architecture. Therefore, he can not only be a soldier who goes into battle to kill the enemy, but also a good military doctor and military craftsman.
This is also the reason why wherever the Jiuyou National Army goes, it can build a solid fortification with local materials in the fastest time.
No matter what kind of troops they are, they are equipped with a variety of sophisticated firearms. And the air cavalry and cavalry all have artillery on the beast soul mount. So that a battalion of soldiers and horses of the Nine Shadows Army, if they hadn't encountered an ambush, they could face the tens of thousands of ghost soldiers of other vassal states in the underworld without falling behind.
It is precisely because of the more than 200,000 troops of the Nine Shadows Kingdom on Shuoyue Island that they were able to defend the island for a month, without being conquered by the million-strong army of Xudu.
"It's a good idea. After thinking for a long time, the Emperor Xudu nodded, but after a pause, he asked again: "Then who should be transferred to train this army?"
"If you can, the minister is willing to recommend himself. Zong Tian was just stunned, then bowed slightly, and said without hesitation......
Fenglin Continent, located in the northwest of Xuanyan Continent, is surrounded by weak water that is connected to the sea but does not float in the six seas of the underworld. With the exception of a boat made of strong wood, it is difficult for ships made of other materials to navigate in weak water.
Therefore, the weak water has become a natural barrier for Fenglin Continent.
To the south of Fenglinzhou, to the west of Mashou Country, there is a small seaside country with only two counties and thirty-three cities, called Headless Country. The inhabitants of the country are all headless human souls, commonly known as the headless ghost clan. This kind of human soul is basically a soldier in the army, or a bandit who gathers in the mountains and forests, and is beheaded after being defeated or captured, so the soul has no head after death.
But after death, when he went to the underworld, his body underwent a huge change, and he continued to live with his milk as his eyes and his umbilicus as his mouth. The children born in the underworld subsequently became headless ghosts without exception.
Just because they all killed countless murderous people in their lifetime, and they were also violent and difficult to control and restrain after death, so the Emperor Xudu made the first headless ghost Xingtian as the headless king of the underworld, and this headless country has been his fief for thousands of years.
At this moment, on the northern border between the country of Mashou and the country of headless, an army of yellow flags embroidered with bear totems is approaching the border between the two countries from south to north.
As far as the eye can see, the beasts are galloping in the rising dust. This army did not have infantry, but cavalry. In addition to the huge black bear, the sergeant's crotch mount also has a sturdy clouded leopard Pixiu and colorful tigers, beast spirits such as the stun.
Between the roars of the beasts, it can be seen that the cavalry riding the beast soul is all strong, wearing tough and fireproof heavy armor made of star marrow steel, holding a longbow made of dragon tendons, and hanging from the waist are slender and straight, about half a foot long ring-headed sword.
On this border is an endless plain, with no mountains and hills, no ravines and rivers within a radius of hundreds of miles.
On such a terrain, the cavalry, which is very mobile and impactful, has the advantage, and it is completely overwhelming and indomitable.
And from the flags they carried, it can be seen that this menacing army is the army of the Xiong country, a neighbor of Mashou country.
Ever since Emperor Youxiong ordered troops to be sent from the north and south of Youxiong to attack the Mashou and Lingshan kingdoms a few years ago, the Yellow Emperor, the lord of Youxiong Kingdom, has been faithfully carrying out the Emperor's edicts, and there has been constant friction between the two countries. Either there is a bear country attacking Ma Shou country today, or Ma Shou country counterattacks the bear country every day.
The border between the two sides has also not been safe for several years.
At this time, opposite the bear army, stood a column of well-armed infantry dressed in shiny fine-scale armor. Counting carefully, there were thirty-six phalanxes in this group of infantry, each phalanx was fifty rows of sergeants, and there were no more than twenty ghost soldiers.
In the middle of the array, the hard swords made of the iron of the dragon's lair were like a forest, shining with a cold silver light in the light of the cloudy sun. On the high flag, a big longevity character is embroidered in the center.
It was the army of the country of Ashou.
Behind the military formation, there was a row of siege equipment such as catapults and bed crossbows standing facing north.
And not far to the right of this army was a neatly formed army, each dressed in leather armor and armed with either a heavy hammer or a plate axe.
And they are all headless ghosts, but they are also novel.
That's the army of the Headless Nation.
Xingtian, the king of the headless country, has always had a good friendship with Ma Shou, the lord of the country of Ma Shou, since he came to the underworld. For thousands of years, the two ghosts have become good friends who talk about everything, and there has never been any unpleasant conflict.
What's more, when he was in the human world, Xingtian died at the hands of the Yellow Emperor, and this blood feud continued to the underworld and could not be resolved.
At this time, I saw that there was a bear country that came to attack the Mashou country for three days, although it did not oppose the headless country of the Northern Yin Dynasty, but it was necessary to support this Mashou country no matter what.
After getting reliable information, knowing that the Bear Country was about to raise troops to attack in the near future, Xingtian did not hesitate to give an order, and countless headless soldiers gathered on the border, wanting to defend against the enemy together with the Ma Shou Kingdom.
Standing at the forefront of the army of headless ghosts was a headless ghost who was not wearing armor and rose naked, holding a huge axe and a bronze shield, stronger and taller than the other headless ghosts.
This ghost is Xingtian, and after hearing that the Xiong Kingdom has dispatched an elite division this time, Xingtian insists on going into battle to kill the enemy in person.
Seeing the enemy army getting closer and closer, Xingtian, who was surging in his heart, couldn't help but beat the shield in his hand with the axe in his hand, and at the same time shouted to the sergeants behind him with the navel that turned into a mouth: "Cheer up and prepare for battle! Let's use the axe and hammer in our hands to wash the blood of the bear army." ”。
As soon as the words fell, the morale of the sergeants behind him suddenly boosted, and they erupted in a roaring cheer.
At the same time, the catapults lined up behind the Ma Shou army were also in place, aiming at the enemy troops in front of them, and loading the wooden baskets on the carts with countless stones.
Immediately after that, dozens of ghosts pulled the ropes on the car at the same time, and the wheel of the car only creaked, and then there was a whistling sound, and the flying stones of nowhere ejected from the car flew high and shot forward.
Sharp stones like dark clouds swept over the heads of the army and smashed into the bear army that was still rushing forward.
The stones roared and fell to the ground, smashing up the dust in the bear army, causing many unavoidable bear soldiers to be smashed by the rubble and broke their heads.
The beast soul of the mount under him also rolled to the bottom under the slamming of the flying stone, screaming and screaming. Fortunately, they are all strictly trained beast souls, and they have the ghosts of the Xiong clan and are extremely good at controlling beasts, otherwise if this flying stone is slammed down, the bear army will definitely be in chaos.
Immediately afterwards, the longbowmen in the army of Ma Shouguo had already bent their bows like a full moon, and the arrows in their hands as wide as shovels were diagonally facing the sky. After a moment's pause, there was a sassy sound that shot out of the military array with thousands of angry arrows that broke through the air.
Rushing to kill the hundreds of cavalry mounts in the front of the bear army, Qi Qi was shot by the chisel arrows flying in the Ma Shou army, and the forefeet were soft and bent one after another, and the beast stumbled and fell after making a mournful roar, and the rider on his back was caught off guard and was lifted high and thrown forward.
After falling to the ground, he rolled forward for several laps before stopping. But there was no way to dodge the beast souls behind that couldn't hold back and rushed up one after another. The front of the two armies suddenly screamed and became chaotic.
At the same time, Xing Tian rushed forward with a roar, and the huge axe in his hand flashed with a cold and cold glow in the light of the cloudy sun.
The sergeants behind him were enthusiastic, and they raised their blades one after another, and rushed forward with Xingtian.
"Kill!" Xingtian, who had already rushed to the enemy army in less than a moment, pushed the bronze square shield held in his left hand forward, and beat a clouded leopard on the opposite side to the point that his head was split and bleeding.
Then he raised the axe in his right hand above his head and slashed down. The clouded leopard cavalry and the beast and the rider split it in two with an axe.
The wind howled, mixed with a strong smell of blood. Xingtian did not stop, and continued to rush forward, waving the bronze shield and axe in his hand.
The army of headless ghosts that followed was also extremely ferocious, slashing the blades left and right as soon as they rushed into the enemy formation, and specifically slashed the heads and front paws of those cavalry mounts.
In an instant, the cavalry in front of them had no mounts, and became a horseless cavalry that was not as good as the infantry.
Not to be left behind, the Mashou army also rushed forward, raising spears and waving swords to join the battle.
Although the Arikuma Army, which had been rushed into a mess, was not out of order for the time being because of its good training, it was also divided into several sections by many infantry armed with shields and spears, and lost the impact of the cavalry.
In order to deal with the cavalry of the Uma Kingdom, most of the infantry of the Ashouguo Province were armed with hook sickles with a pointed spear head, a barb protruding sideways at the bottom, and an inward curved tip.
And the Mashou Army's tactics are also tricky and vicious, rushing to the front of the cavalry and not picking the rider, but hooking the beast soul hooves of the mount and dragging it.
When the beast falls, he stabs the enemy to death with a sharp spear.
Suddenly the souls of the people on the border screamed one after another, and the screams of wild beasts were endless. The shouts of killing shook the heavens and the earth, and the sky was above.
When the two armies were in full swing, Xingtian also rose up, and the axe in his hand slashed and killed, and there was a blood mist rising everywhere he passed.
Even though the body has been slashed by the bear army more than a dozen times, the back of the arm can be seen everywhere with open flesh, and the blood does not stop, but he still wields the axe in his hand and rampages, killing those bear soldiers who have complained bitterly and retreated from him.
But Xingtian was cheap and behaved, and when he saw that all the ghosts of the bear country were avoiding him, he looked up to the sky and laughed a few times, and then killed him. Covered in blood, he couldn't tell which drop of blood was his own and which was the enemy's.
After rushing for a moment, Xingtian suddenly stopped, and a shadow was thrown in front of him, enveloping him.
Xingtian, who was slightly stunned, gently twisted the huge axe in his hand with one hand, raised his eyes to look in front of him, and saw a giant adult bear with long brown hair standing in front of them.
The two eyes glowing with green light stared straight at Xingtian, who was a head shorter than him, revealing bloodthirsty longing. Revealing Bai Sensen's fanged mouth, he spit out a hot fishy wind.
Riding on this man-bear, there was a sturdy middle-aged soul, born with a dignified appearance, and the square mouth under the eyes was covered with a thick beard.
"You are the Xingtian known as the God of War of Fenglin Continent?" the ghost on the human bear looked at Xingtian with interest and asked leisurely.