Chapter Seventy-Two: The Poisonous Snake Python Fights Dongyue, and the Heavenly Master and the Taoist come to subdue the demon

The strength of the ballista is strong in the penetrating power, not to mention the ordinary soldiers, even the ordinary first-class masters do not dare to hard-catch the arrows shot by the ballista, if it is an ordinary bow and arrow, it is okay, but the ballista is different from the bow and arrow, and it is not human power that can block it.

This is also the reason why Yeluxiong is in a hurry to give the order.

Five rounds of crossbow arrows were fired, and the ghost city was stopped, and Zang Feng, the commander of the Underworld Battalion, immediately killed it with a team of less than 5,000 people.

Taking advantage of his illness to kill him, this is a simple truth that ordinary people in the rivers and lakes know, how can people like them who are forced to the end of the mountains and rivers not know!

As soon as the Hellish Luo Battalion left, the Ghost Brake Battalion followed, only the more than 300 people behind Mo Qinghua and the Wushuang Women's Battalion did not move, after all, there were still so many ballista machine tools.

"Mo Qinghua, so deep in thought, no wonder he will send troops in the starry night. Jeuryo slammed his fist into a table in front of him, and the table cracked.

"General, it's better to take advantage of the moment to reorganize the team and kill him by surprise. ”

"No, the enemy army is at its peak, and there are two thousand crossbow lathes, and we will definitely not be able to bargain if we attack rashly. "The people present are all battle-hardened warriors, and they naturally know the power of the bow and crossbow lathe, but they never thought that the ghost town could build so many bow and crossbow machine tools in such a short time.

The most frightening thing was that their spies hadn't found any news about the bow lathe before.

"Since Mo Qinghua dares to go deep into the Pingze Wasteland, and has two thousand bow and crossbow lathes, he has the confidence to resist our 100,000 army. ”

"Order, Mingjin withdraws the troops!"

"Yes, General. ”

"Please Tuoba seniors. ”

"Wow. ”

After a while, an old man with white hair appeared in front of Yeluxiong, and the two exchanged salutes and discussed in a whisper.

Over there, after the Wushuang Women's Battalion packed up the crossbow carts and crossbow arrows, Mo Qinghua did not hesitate to order the withdrawal of troops, and did not chase after them.

Although nearly 50,000 horses were killed in Xichu this time, the casualties on the side of the ghost city were not light, and the team of more than 30,000 people could still maintain less than half of its combat strength, nearly 10,000 people died in battle, and seven or eight thousand people temporarily lost their combat effectiveness.

Although the Xichu side suffered heavy casualties, it was victorious because of the large number of people, with a loss of 50,000 combat power, and 150,000 combat power.

If the battle continues, all the more than 30,000 people they brought from their side will remain on the battlefield.

Of course, the most important thing is that Xi Chu has not shown real combat effectiveness until now, and Yeluxiong is obviously hiding something.

Therefore, Mo Qinghua was not greedy for merit, so he ordered the collection of men and horses on the spot and directly evacuated the battlefield.

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The reason why the ghost town was able to win narrowly was actually to take advantage of the convenience of the night, if it was in the daytime, Yeluxiong would never not be able to see those ballistas, once Yeluxiong saw the ballista, their plan would be meaningless, which is also the reason why the ghost town has never dispatched the ballista machine.

Compared with the tragic situation in Xichu, Huang Dingbang's side is almost equivalent to experiencing a nightmare, a creepy nightmare when it is mentioned.

It's night, there is no starlight and no moon, these days have been harassed by poisonous snakes, Dongyue's soldiers don't dare to be careless, they are all cautious, they don't even dare to sleep to death, they are always tense their minds.

As a terrible roar sounded in the barracks, the Dongyue soldiers unsheathed their swords one after another, they knew that those poisonous snakes were coming again, they had experienced such a scene several times, and they had already been able to deal with it easily.

With the terrible roar sounded, countless war horses in the Dongyue camp stood up from the ground, shook their heads, and the momentum was raging, a warrior wearing armor left the camp in an orderly manner, the cavalry turned over and got on their horses, and the foot soldiers quickly assembled, ready to set off at any time.

Huang Dingbang's side sent his own soldiers for the first time, ordering the generals of all parties to assemble the team, and the war drums also sounded at the first time, countless torches were lit, just a few breaths, and the torches were illuminated within a radius of twenty miles, and the silent night was noisy in an instant.

The sound of horses' hooves stomping on the ground came, and the soldiers on Huang Dingbang's side had already finished their preparations, and the scouts had already walked dozens of miles away to report the situation to Huang Dingbang's Chinese army tent.

After the archers got the order, they immediately shot thousands of arrows, which were particularly eye-catching in the night sky, and countless poisonous snakes and pythons were shot by sharp arrows and died on the spot, but even so, there were a large number of poisonous snakes and pythons quietly entering Dongyue's army.

Soldiers were constantly bitten by poisonous snakes, the lighter ones lost their combat effectiveness, and the heavier ones fell on the spot.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, dozens of generals stood in armor, all with gloomy faces.

"General Yu, of the two thousand scouts sent out, only more than 180 people brought back news, and the rest of them are missing, and their lives and deaths are unknown!"

"General, the sound of horses' hooves has been ascertained, it is a suspicious formation in the ghost city, the ghost city side is led by Xing Manlou, the commander of the berserk battle legion, a total of more than 40,000 soldiers, and it is not close to us, and the enemy army is still fifteen miles away. ”

"General, according to statistics, more than 3,000 soldiers have been bitten by poisonous snakes, of which more than 2,200 died on the spot, and the remaining more than 1,000 are unconscious. ”

One after another news was constantly passed to the Chinese army's tent by the heralds, and everyone's faces became more and more gloomy.

"Didn't I already tell you that the radius of ten miles was sprinkled with realgar, why are there so many poisonous snakes coming in?" Huang Dingbang asked in a deep voice.

"General, although there are a large number of male yellow reserves in the army, they can't be sprinkled all over the ten mile range, because there are still many gaps. ”

Anyone with a little common sense knows that snakes are afraid of realgar, especially people who often walk in the mountains and forests, they will generally prepare a little realgar or bring some realgar wine, which can drive away poisonous snakes at critical moments, and even simply heal.

Huang Dingbang and others had already prepared a large amount of realgar and realgar wine before rushing to the edge of the ghost city, because there are many mountains on this side of the ghost city, and poisonous snakes and beasts are often infested, so these things don't need to be explained at all, and the person in charge of logistics will arrange them properly.

This time, the Dongyue army alone prepared thousands of catties of realgar, as well as tens of thousands of jars of realgar wine, originally these realgar wine and realgar can also be sprinkled all over a radius of about ten miles, but the temperature here in the ghost city is much lower than that of Dongyue, and there is no shortage of people in the army who like to drink, yes, tens of thousands of jars of realgar wine are not much after these months of consumption.

The ghost town used tricks and sent poisonous snakes and pythons to attack, and the realgar wine and realgar were already overstretched, and now there are only less than 100 catties left.

"Have all the poisonous snakes that escaped in been dealt with?"

"It has been dealt with, and the wounded soldiers have already begun to be treated in the army. ”

"Hmph, we didn't trouble them, they dared to take the initiative to attack, really my Dongyue 200,000 army is muddy. Nangong Yu, the silver-armored and white-robed Northern King, snorted coldly and said.

At that moment, a scout was helped in by two guards, covered in blood, and although the scout was still breathing, his head was shrugged, and he had obviously fainted.

"What's going on?"

"General, this person is a scout sent to Western Chu. ”

"What's going on over there in Xichu?"

"The ghost city of Mo Qinghua personally led the troops and attacked Xichu at night, and of the three hundred scouts sent by our side, he was the only one who came back alive. The guard spoke in a heavy tone.

"Take it down immediately for treatment. It was important to save his life. Sima Ning immediately opened his mouth and ordered.

"General, what is the ghost city for? Dare to fight against Dongyue and Xichu at the same time, that's an army of 400,000!" a burly man squinted his eyes and spoke.

The rest of the people were also full of disbelief, they thought that the ghost city was fighting against Dongyue on a single line, but they didn't expect the ghost city to fight against Dongyue and Xichu at the same time.

Although the battle on the Xichu side is fierce, the distance between the two places is not less than a hundred miles, and the sound over there can't be transmitted at all, and it is night, and the news transmission is not smooth, so there is nothing known about the war between Xichu and the ghost city.

"This is ruthless!"

"She's ruthless or not, it's not the first time we've learned it, what's the use of talking about it now? It's better to think about how to kill the enemy. ”

"Xing Manlou's army is not moving, don't you think that these poisonous snakes can deal with us?"

"Sima, I don't know if there is a strategy against the enemy?"

"General, how many marksmen are there in the army?"

"Helan Ting, how many crossbowmen are available under your hands?"

"General Yu, 23,000 people, all of them are good at wearing Yang in 100 steps. A thin man in light armor spoke in a deep voice.

Looking at the rivers and lakes, it is also a great skill to wear Yang in 100 steps, but there are more than 20,000 people under Huang Dingbang's hands who can do it in 100 steps, which makes people have to be shocked.

In fact, in the army, as long as you can be a crossbowman, you can basically wear Yang in 100 steps, and at worst, it is still okay to wear people in 100 steps, so the light-armored man named Helanting didn't say much.

"Send half of your crossbowmen and be sure to shoot all the vipers in the shortest possible time. ”

"The last will obey. ”

"Chu Mad, I will give you an army of 100,000, are you sure to fight Xing Manlou?" Huang Dingbang asked in a low tone.

Chu Mad hesitated for a moment before he spoke: "General, if it weren't for those poisonous snakes and pythons, the last general wouldn't dare to say that he was nine out of ten, at least six points sure." ”

Huang Dingbang waved his hand: "You don't have to worry about this, I will send someone to clear the way for you." ”

"In this case, the last general will fight to the death. ”

"If a ghost town dares to send troops at night, it must be prepared, and you must not be careless. ”

"The last will understand. ”

"You go and prepare at once, and in a quarter of an hour you must go. ”

"Whoa!"

"General, what should we do?"

"Fan Dingshuang, Li Qinghou, the two of you each lead 5,000 troops, and they are set off from the southeast and northeast, ready to meet Chu Mad at any time. ”

"General Huang, Chu Mad has 100,000 horses, isn't it enough to take Xing Manlou in one fell swoop?" Nangong Yu asked with a frown.

"Your Highness doesn't know, in addition to poisonous snakes in the ghost city, there are giant pythons, one giant python is enough to be worth a thousand veterans, if dozens of giant pythons come out together, not to mention Chu Mad leading the troops, even if this general personally leads the troops, he doesn't dare to take it lightly!"

"Where did the ghost town get its snake control technique, it's really evil. ”

"Your Highness doesn't need to worry, this time there will be no giant python in the ghost town, if you dare to send a giant python, you will definitely let him come and go. ”

"Oh, the general already has a plan for the enemy?"

"Yes, the imperial court has invited a real person from Taoism, and it is rumored that there is a method of resisting thunder, and there are quite a few means to deal with these poisonous snakes and beasts. Sima Ning smiled and spoke.

"Well, this time it's also thanks to Mr. Sima, otherwise with the temper of those bull-nosed veterans, eighty percent would not have come. ”

"Hmph, these people are used to it, if one day I Dongyue dominates the world, I will make them bow down and be subordinate. Nangong Yu gritted his teeth.

"Your Highness, don't worry, it won't be long before you come to this day. ”

"I hope so!" Nangong Yu didn't say much, but there was clearly a trace of worry in the depths of his eyes.

Here, Huang Dingbang and the others listened to the news from the scout while discussing, and then gave a solution as soon as possible according to the news returned.

Over there, the 100,000 army led by Chu Mad had already appeared in Xing Manlou's sight, and the two armies were less than five miles apart.

Sure enough, as Huang Dingbang said, Chu Mad did not meet poisonous snakes along the way, but even so, he was cautious and did not go fast, Chu Mad as the first fierce general under Huang Dingbang, he was by no means a head and no brain, in fact, he was very shrewd, otherwise he would not be able to do his current position.

"General, the enemy army is ahead, what should we do?" the other generals asked in a low voice.

Chu Mad frowned: "Don't worry, this road is too calm, it is definitely not a ghost town style." ”

"Our 100,000 troops are less than five miles away from the enemy, it stands to reason that Xing Manlou should have sent troops to meet the enemy a long time ago, why hasn't there been any movement at all so far?"

"That's what's weird. ”

As soon as Chu Mad finished speaking, there was a sudden sound of brushing between the mountains and forests on both sides, which was exceptionally clear in the middle of the night.

"Ballista battalion ready!"

"Shield Camp Ready!"

"Spear Battalion Ready!"

As soon as the voice rang, Chu Mad began to give orders in an orderly manner, and one command after another came out of his mouth.

A team of 100,000 people, full of torches, lit up a radius of more than ten miles nearby, and dozens of giant pythons the size of buckets roared out of the mountains and forests, accompanied by a strong smell of blood.

For a while, the soldiers on the periphery were so frightened that they scattered and fled, and the horses that sat down roared again and again, no matter how the soldiers on their backs dragged, it was useless.

Although these horses have been on the battlefield for a long time, and there are many bloody heads, it is the first time that a giant python like this bucket-thick python has been encountered.

"Evil beast, dare to make waves here!" A soft cry sounded like thunder in the army of 100,000, and everyone saw dozens of Daoists wearing Taoist robes and holding magic swords leaping up from their horses, and galloping away at the dozens of giant pythons without fear.

Seeing this, Chu Mad immediately ordered to charge.

Under Chu Mad's order, a famous soldier drove his horse and rushed towards the place where Xing Manlou's army was.

"Kill!" the earth-shattering shout of killing sounded in the silent mountain forest.

On the side of Xing Manlou, seeing Dongyue's army coming, everyone was also fearless, and immediately divided their troops and fought with Dongyue's army.

The biggest reliance of the ghost city army is the giant python, and at this time, the giant python was stopped by a Taoist priest who came from nowhere, and all they could rely on was themselves.

Before they came, they already had the will to die, and at this time, even in the face of Dongyue's 100,000 army, they were not afraid, because behind them was their homeland, once they couldn't hold it, then Dongyue would use troops against the ghost city next, so at this moment they had no reason to escape.

What's more, there are more than just pythons here!

A team of Dongyue soldiers and ghost city cavalry were in short combat, but it was a short confrontation, Dongyue's team of soldiers was killed and wounded heavily, and the inexplicable green snake didn't know when to run to the body, but the snake core vomited lightly, and took away a life, and then was inexplicably cut off by the ghost city cavalry.

At the same time, the same situation happened in dozens and hundreds of places, Chu Mad's face was gloomy as water, how could this battle be fought?

As a last resort, after the number of dead and wounded exceeded 10,000, Chu Mad immediately and decisively ordered to retreat, and after the Dongyue soldiers got the order, they all retreated without their lives, and the battlefield became chaotic for a while.

Just when the ghost city army was chasing and beating the Dongyue army, the two cavalry suddenly came out of the mountains and forests and attacked the ghost city army, and the ghost city army was surrounded by Dongyue's army unconsciously.

The situation in front of him is very good, Chu Mad immediately ordered a counterattack, as for those poisonous snakes that appeared inexplicably, there is no need to be afraid, in the eyes of the red-eyed soldiers, those poisonous snakes have little effect, and even some soldiers were angry, they tore a green snake to pieces on the spot, and then swallowed the green snake alive in front of a ghost city horseman.

The consequence, of course, was that the soldier was killed on the spot!

It's understandable for one person to do this, but when dozens or hundreds of people do the same, the scene is a bit frightening.

Chu Mad was also stimulated by this, his face was bleeding, and then he saw him swing his iron spear, and after picking up a flower snake with a flat shoulder, he jumped a ghost city cavalry off his horse with one shot.

Dongyue is a poisonous snake without a ghost town, but there are people in Dongyue, there are nearly 200,000 soldiers, even if you use people to pile up, you can pile up the 40,000 troops in the ghost town.

In less than an hour, nearly 30,000 horses were killed and injured on Dongyue's side, half of whom died in the mouths of poisonous snakes in the ghost town.

Although the situation on the ghost city side is slightly better, there are also heavy casualties, they have fewer people, but now there are fewer people, the team of more than 40,000 people has been sharply reduced by nearly one-fifth, Xing Manlou is also angry, if it weren't for the Taoist priest who appeared inexplicably and blocked dozens of giant pythons, this would be able to annihilate at least half of Dongyue's troops.

But who can predict the prophet, if he had known that Dongyue could invite people from Taoism, he would not be this way of playing.

The sudden appearance of the Taoist priest finally angered the girl who had not shown up!