Chapter 499: Twenty-Eight Nights
At that time, the night has been three watches, the bright moon is in the sky, the stars are shining, shining on the earth, the sky is light and the wind is light, a peace, but on the ground is more than 100,000 people in the fierce battle of forgetting to die. This battle lasted from early morning to late at night, and both sides suffered extremely heavy casualties, and the victory or defeat was indecisive. The Song army occupied the geographical advantage, but the Mongol army relied on a large number of people. Seeing that the situation was scorching, Guo Jing said: "Brother Fang, you and Rong'er stay here for a while, and watch Guo rush to kill for a while." "Saying that, the order will go down and mobilize the Jingkang army to prepare.
Although Fang Zhixing has the heart to contribute, he is a newcomer, and he has little experience in battle, even though his martial arts are strong, he may not have any effect in such a big war. Hearing what Guo Jing said, he said: "Guo Daxia, don't worry, there is a poor road, and there is no one who abandons the city and escapes in Xiangyang City!" he said and looked at Lu Wenhuan, obviously meaning something.
Guo Jing was also on guard against this, but with Fang Zhixing's assurance, he was even more relieved. And Huang Rong and Guo Jing have been in Xiangyang together for more than ten years, of course they know what Guo Jing plans to do. Although she was a little worried in her heart, she didn't say anything, but just gave Guo Jing a whole suit and armor, so that he could rest assured that he would fight.
"Guo Daxia's benevolence and righteousness are unparalleled, and the poor road is not as good!" Watching Guo Jing go away, Fang Zhixing sighed. He has lived in seclusion in Dongting all these years, although it is because he does not use the strategy, but in the final analysis, he has no intention of escaping. Compared with Guo Jing's perseverance and perseverance, it is too much worse.
Fang Zhixinggui is the number one master in the world, if he heard him admit that he was inferior in the past, Huang Rong naturally couldn't help but feel a burst of joy in his heart. But at this moment, she didn't hear it and asked, "Brother Fang, you are very resourceful, do you know how to solve the current situation?"
Gang Leader Huang laughed. The poor road has not been in battle, where is there any insight. If necessary. Please also ask the Huang Gang Master to command!" Fang Zhixing said.
Huang Rong said: "Then there are the labor brothers, and there is still an elite army in the city." Later, when Brother Jing attacked the Mongolian Great Khan, he also asked Brother Fang to take the opportunity to kill. If the Mongol Khan can be injured or made to retreat slightly, the battle may be temporarily suspended. โ
Fang Zhixing did not shirk either, and took the order to leave. Before leaving, he glanced at Lu Wenhuan again, and flicked his fingers slightly. Before long, Lu Wenhuan was sleepy, and he fell asleep on the city wall. See here. Huang Rong was even more relieved in her heart, and arranged for a few personal soldiers to support Lu Wenhuan and give orders on his behalf.
Under the city, Meng Ge was standing on the top of the hill, watching the battle, when he suddenly heard the front army shouting in unison, and a group of Song troops galloped towards the hill. Although the number of people is very small, only in the hundreds. The combat power is extremely strong, and the surrounding escort soldiers have released arrows, but they can't stop it. Meng Ge was condescending and looked out. I saw a Song army general holding a double spear in his hand, riding a tall horse, rushing left and right in the battle array. Mighty and unstoppable, feathered arrows rained down on him. Let him set aside them one by one. Meng Ge waved his left hand, and the drum stopped. Turning around and asking, "This person is so brave, do you know who he is?" A white-haired general on the left said: "Qi Yu Great Khan, this person is Guo Jing." In that year, Genghis Khan named him a golden sword and a horse, and he made great contributions to the Western Regions. Meng Ge lost his voice and said: "Ah, it turned out to be him! The general is brave and worthy of his reputation!"
The generals who commanded his own troops on the left and right of Meng Ke were not angry when they heard the Great Khan praise the enemy. The four generals shouted in unison, raised their swords in their hands, and rushed forward.
Guo Jing saw that the four people who rushed to be tall and big, two with the white headdress of the commander of ten thousand, and two with the red headdress of the commander of the thousand, shouted like thunder, and the horse rushed closer, and immediately slapped the horse to meet it, and the spear together, snapped, and broke the big knife in the hand of a thousand-commander, and followed by a spear through the chest. The two captains came together with their guns and suppressed Guo Jing's spearhead. A thousand-sized snake spear stabbed Guo Jing in the lower abdomen. The four of them were all long blades, and they couldn't turn around in a hurry, Guo Jing's spear was gone, his body was tilted to the right, avoiding a spear of the thousand-captain, and then his wrists were flipped, grabbing the iron spear heads of the two commanders, and shouting, like a thunderbolt in mid-air, raising his arms to recapture. Although those two commanders were well-known warriors in the Mongolian army, how could they not help Guo Jing's divine power? Guo Jing didn't have time to reverse the head of the gun, and sent it out, and when there were two sounds, the barrels of the two iron guns hit the chests of the two people. The two captains were wearing chest armor, and the guns could not penetrate their bodies, but they shocked Guo Jing's internal force, and immediately sprayed blood, and they fell off their horses.
The commander was very brave, and even though he saw that three of his companions had died, he still raised his spear to stab him. Guo Jing crossed the iron spear in his left hand to separate his snake spear, and the iron spear in his right hand slammed into his helmet, only to shatter his head.
When the soldiers saw Guo Jing kill four brave generals in a row, they were all frightened, and although they were in front of the Great Khan, they did not dare to step forward to compete with him, so they kept releasing arrows. Guo Jing wanted to grab the hillock, but hundreds of spears were densely lined up in front of the Great Khan, and he couldn't get close even after grabbing several times, and suddenly the mount under his crotch neighed, and his front legs fell soft, and he was actually shot in the chest. The Mongol soldiers cheered loudly and hugged up. In the crowd, Guo Jing jumped up, stabbed a centurion to death with a spear, jumped on his mount, and slashed with his gun, killing more than a dozen Mongolian officers and soldiers in an instant.
Meng Ge saw that he was on a rampage, invincible, rushing back and forth in the million army, although there were many Mongolian soldiers, he couldn't help but frown, and ordered: "Whoever killed Guo Jing will be rewarded with 10,000 taels of gold, and the official will be promoted to the third level!" Under the heavy reward, the Mongolian officers and soldiers flocked forward. Although the Jingkang army led by Guo Jing was elite, the number was too small, and it was difficult to advance for a while.
Seeing that Guo Jing was caught in the formation, Huang Rong immediately issued an order and asked Fang Zhixing to bring someone to respond. Fang Zhixing didn't put on armor either, and immediately rushed out with two thousand infantry. I saw him holding a knife in one hand and a gun in the other, and under every move, someone would die, which could be described as invincible, and he killed the Mongolian Great Khan.
Seeing that the situation was critical, Guo Jing waved his gun and opened several enemy soldiers beside him, bent his bow and arrows, and shot at Meng Ge. This arrow was castrated, like thunder and lightning, straight to Meng Ge. The guards were shocked, and the two centurions dodged in front of the Great Khan, and with a pop, the long arrow passed through the first centurion, but the castration continued, and it shot into the chest of the second centurion, nailing the two into a string, and standing upright in front of Mรถngke.
Seeing this momentum, Meng Ge's face couldn't help but change color. At this moment, Fang Zhixing also led people to rush over. Seeing that Fang Zhixing's team of men and horses was extremely fast, the number of people was several times that of Guo Jing's soldiers and horses. The soldiers couldn't help but change color, and supported Meng Ge to retreat from the hillock. The Mongol soldiers saw that the Great Khan retreated. The formation was slightly chaotic.
Huang Rong could see it clearly in the city, and ordered: "Everyone shout." Say that the Great Khan of Mongolia is dead!" The army shouted for joy: "The Great Khan of Mongolia is dead, the Great Khan of Mongolia is dead!" The Xiangyang army fought with the Mongolian soldiers for many years, and the clever ones learned to speak a few words of Mongolian, and then some people shouted in Mongolian.
When the Mongolian officers and soldiers heard the shouting, they all looked back and saw that the Great Khan's Great Khan was retreating backwards, and there was a lot of disturbance near the Great Khan, and in the chaos, they could distinguish the true from the false, and only said that the Great Khan had really died. When the army was in turmoil, the morale of the soldiers was unmotivated, and they retreated one after another.
Huang Rong ordered a chase and opened the north gate. Lu Youjiao led the beggars to help the disciples, Shen Qingchen led the Quanzhen disciples, and 30,000 elite soldiers rushed out together. Although the 4,000 men led by Yang Guo had lost nearly half of them, the rest took advantage of the momentum to chase the enemy. The Mongolian officers and soldiers were battled for a long time, although they were defeated, and after the elite army, they slowly retreated to the north. The Song soldiers couldn't get closer. However, none of the more than 5,000 elite Mongol divisions that attacked Xiangyang survived.
When the four Mongol soldiers retreated, the sky was already bright. This battle lasted for twelve hours, and the yellow sand in the four fields was soaked in blood, and the dead were piled up. Broken guns, dead horses and broken flags. It stretches for more than ten miles.
In this battle, the Mongols lost more than 40,000 casualties, and the defenders of Xiangyang also suffered more than 20,000 casualties. This battle is the most tragic. Although the defenders of Xiangyang killed the enemy soldiers, mourning was heard everywhere in the city of Xiangyang. A mother weeps for her son, and a wife cries for her husband.
After returning to the city. Guo Jing, Zhu Ziliu and others counted the people, and their hearts were also a little gloomy. Although the battle was won, the defenders in Xiangyang City suffered a lot of losses, and more than half of them were the elite soldiers they had trained over the years. Looking at his Jingkang army again, not only did they lose dozens of people, but almost all of them were wounded, which shows that they were tragic. Thinking that his hard work over the years has gone more than 20% in one day and one night, even if he is used to seeing big wars, Guo Jing, Zhu Ziliu and others are also a little gloomy.
When Fang Zhixing learned of the situation, his face also changed slightly. He came to Xiangyang this time, in order to take advantage of this opportunity to defend and attack, if the soldiers and horses in Xiangyang City lost too much, it would be difficult. Remembering that Guo Xiang is still in the hands of King Jinlun, I am afraid that if the Mongols do not give up, there will be a big war in the future. At that point, it's even harder.
"It's a pity that Senior Huang is not here, otherwise, it would be able to form a twenty-eight night array!" Fang Zhixing thought of the future situation and sighed in his heart. These 28 Great Arrays were created by Huang Yaoshi after seeing the Tiangang Beidou Array of the Quanzhen Sect and combining the changes of the Four Elephants and the Five Elements, which can be used for the competition of dozens of people in the martial arts, as well as for the battle array. Compared with the Beidou Great Array, which requires everyone to be familiar with the changes in Tiangang and Beidou, this set of 28 Great Arrays only needs to have five top masters leading dozens of first-class masters to preside.
Regarding the changes in the Twenty-Eight Nights Great Array, Fang Zhixing had already obtained it when he communicated with Huang Yaoshi, and he was also familiar with it, but at this time in Xiangyang City, only Fang Zhixing, Guo Jing, and Yang Guo were the top masters, and Shen Qingchen was also enough to lead the way, but Huang Rong, Fang Yuxia, Zhu Ziliu and others were all a little worse. And once the Mongolian side threatens Guo Xiang's life, Fang Zhixing will inevitably go to the rescue, in that case, there will be one less master, but it will be even more difficult.
Just thinking about it, someone suddenly came to report that a few people from the rivers and lakes came to see him. Although he was extremely tired, Guo Jing was about to go to greet him, but before he took a few steps, everyone heard a hearty laugh: "Jing'er, you have fought such a big battle, you have killed so many Tartars, it is really happy!"
Hearing this, Fang Zhixing, Guo Jing and others were all happy in their hearts. The voice of the person who came was heroic and full of energy, it was not Hong Qigong who was it, and everyone immediately greeted him.
Seeing that in addition to Hong Qigong, there were also Huang Yaoshi, Master Yideng, Zhou Botong, Yinggu, Cheng Ying, Lu Wushuang, Gongsun Lucao and others, Fang Zhixing was also stunned and said, "Uncle Shi, why are you here together?"
"The three girls are not worried about Yang Xiaozi and have always wanted to come to Xiangyang to have a look. Aunt Ying also wanted to see Xia'er, so she came together. Zhou Botong squeezed his eyebrows and said.
"Lao Wei has been in Chixia Mountain Villa these days, and he has been disturbed a lot. I heard that there will be a big war in Xiangyang, so I have come to do my best!" said Master Yideng. Ci'en and King Jinlun had a big battle, and they were already seriously injured, although they were lucky enough to escape by using the method of the essence and spirit explosion in the Three Treasures Ruyi Technique taught by Master Yilan, but they were injured on top of their injuries. Even with the one yang finger of the master of one lamp, it is only barely surviving. Seeing that he might die, Ci'en begged Master Yideng to take him to Aunt Ying to beg for forgiveness, and the two of them went to Chixia Villa.
After arriving at Chixia Villa, Master Yideng took Ci'en to beg Aunt Ying for forgiveness. Although Aunt Ying has long reconciled with Zhou Botong, she still can't forget the time when she lost her son, and she naturally didn't have a good face when she saw the murderer who killed her child. It wasn't until later that Ci'en was about to die, and Zhou Botong, Fang Yuxia and others persuaded him to let go of this grudge. Hong Lingbo administered acupuncture and pills to temporarily maintain Ci'en's life, waiting for Fang Zhixing to return for treatment.
These people stayed in Chixia Villa for several months, but they never saw Fang Zhixing return. Instead, Fang Yuxia, Guo Poyu and others went to Xiangyang to participate in the Heroes Conference. After the two left, Aunt Ying was always relieved, and when she heard the news that Xiangyang was about to fight, she was even more worried, so she rushed with Zhou Botong and others. As for Huang Yaoshi, it was Cheng Ying who stumbled upon him on the way, and he also came together.
After a few people arrived in Xiangyang, they saw that the Mongol army was besieged, so they had to stay around for a while, and met Hong Qigong. It wasn't until yesterday and tonight that the Mongols retreated dozens of miles before they took the opportunity to enter the city.
"A few seniors came just in time, and Poor Dao was thinking about the twenty-eight night battle of Huang's seniors, but he had to work for everyone. Fang Zhixing said.
"Twenty-eight Great Arrays, what are you doing with this formation?" Huang Yaoshi said strangely. This formation was created by him, so he naturally knew the mystery, and when he heard that Fang Zhixing wanted to use this formation, he was extremely curious.
Huang Rong also knew about the Twenty-Eight Residences Great Array, and when she heard this, she immediately guessed Fang Zhixing's thoughts, and said gloomily: "Xiang'er was captured by the Golden Wheel Dharma King, and Brother Fang wanted to set up this formation to rescue Xiang'er." โ
Huang Yaoshi frowned and said, "Xiang'er was taken captive, when did this happen?" He had just arrived and didn't know about it. Back then, he and Fang Zhixing deduced martial arts together, one of which was passed on to Guo Xiang, as a person who inherited his martial arts, Huang Yaoshi also attached great importance to Guo Xiang.
Hearing this, Fang Zhixing roughly explained the matter and said: "The Mongols are defeated today, and they must be unwilling, and they may use Xiang'er to disturb the hearts of the Xiangyang army." Poor Dao thought that Xiangyang had insufficient soldiers and horses, and if he fought head-on with the Mongols, he would have to use a formation, so he thought of this big battle. โ
Huang Yaoshi said: "This formation has many changes, after seeing the Tiangang Beidou Formation of the Quanzhen Sect, I pondered hard, participated in the formation of the ancients, increased it by four times, and created these twenty-eight formations. The original intention of my formation was only to be used for the fight of dozens of people in the martial arts, and I didn't expect it to be used in the battle formation of thousands of troops. However, with a slight change, it seems to be appropriate. โ
Yilan said: "Brother Yao's Five Elements Qimen technique is unique in the world, this twenty-eight night array must be wonderful, please show it to Brother Yao." (To be continued......)