Chapter 314: Ancient Evil Formation
Mid-August.
As the full moon approaches, the soldiers of the Dagan army gather in Qingqiu Fudi.
It has been more than a year since the Dagan expedition to the south. There are four elders in charge of the government, two of whom are the confidants of Emperor Hongde.
There is also Wang Bo'an, the Observer of Government, who reports on the affairs of the court at any time. Although Emperor Hongde is far away from the domain, he still firmly holds the power of the court.
At the same time, the army of the southern expedition sent back victory reports one after another, stabilizing the hearts of the lower classes.
As the looted wealth of the demon country was brought back to Dagan, even if eleven of it flowed into the people, the people of Dagan were relieved.
Central military tent.
Emperor Hongde summoned seven great governors to discuss the attack on Qingqiu Fudi and completely destroy the demon country.
The formation master, Master Zi Yuan, reported: "Your Majesty, I have carefully investigated Qingqiu Blessed Land. It is fastest to break the formation from the north. You can see the interior of Qingqiu Blessed Land within a month."
Qingqiu Blessed Land has been passed down for 900,000 years. The protective formations are stacked up. However, destruction is always faster than construction. There is no need to consider the mutual influence of formations and restrictions. Just remove them all. .
Master Zi Yuan led thousands of monks who were proficient in formations and restrictions. In a month, they could break through the passage from the east and reach the interior of the blessed land.
Emperor Hongde reminded: "Don't forget to set up the formation when breaking the formation. Set up formations and restrictions outside Qingqiu to prevent the monsters from attacking."
Master Zi Yuan said: "Your Majesty, don't worry. I will set up formations such as demon-killing and air-banning on the periphery. If Qingqiu dares to attack from outside, the army will be at ease and can easily defeat the monsters."
"Thank you for your hard work, Master."
Emperor Hongde smiled and was very kind to Master Zi Yuan.
On the one hand, the need for a master of formations is urgent, and more importantly, the Dao sect has turned over now, and the True Immortal ancestors frequently show their sainthood.
"According to the rules set during the southern expedition, whichever army reaches Qingqiu first will be the central army attacking Qingqiu."
Emperor Hongde swept his eyes over the eight great commanders, and finally landed on Shen Chongshan, saying: "Originally, I thought that the first to arrive must be the Luojing Imperial Army, but I didn't expect that Shen Aiqing's army was as powerful as a spearhead and arrived first."
Shen Chongshan hurriedly stood up and saluted, saying: "There are many demon cities in the north, and I just took advantage of the direction and dared not compete with Commander Xu for the position of commander-in-chief."
"There is no joking in the army, Shen Aiqing does not need to be modest!"
Emperor Hongde said: "From tomorrow on, Shen Aiqing will be in charge of the central army and dispatch other soldiers to destroy Qingqiu as soon as possible."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Shen Chongshan was excited. With him as the commander in this battle, the day of destroying Qingqiu will be the day when his name will be remembered for thousands of years.
Governor Xu on the side had a calm expression, but glanced at Governor Sha, the commander of the Zhenhai Army.
As far as he knew, the first troops to arrive in Qingqiu were under the command of the Zhenhai Army.
Governor Sha did not question it out loud, and anyone could see that Emperor Hongde wanted to promote Shen Chongshan to the throne, so why should he annoy His Majesty.
After that, many details were discussed, and Shen Chongshan was the main force, and the various armies were deployed as left and right wings.
Emperor Hongde listened quietly on the side. He knew that he could not command the army to fight, so he regarded himself as a mascot to inspire morale.
After Shen Chongshan took charge of the seal, he quickly mobilized the various armies.
There was a troop of soldiers on each of the three sides of Qingqiu Fudi, building fortifications and camps, arranging formations and prohibitions, and preventing the monsters from escaping.
The remaining four armies gathered in the north.
The Tongcheng Army was the central army, the Imperial Army was on the left, the Great Victory Army was on the right, and the Zhenhai Army was the rear guard. They had already approached the outer mountains of the blessed land within ten miles.
Emperor Hongde stood on the tower ship and looked at the army below, which stretched for hundreds of miles. He couldn't help but admire.
"The Tongcheng Army under the command of Mr. Shen Aiqing has a neat formation and a strong momentum. No wonder they can be the first to arrive in Qingqiu."
There were five million troops in the southern expedition, but now there are only about three million left.
After a year of bloody battles, nearly half of the troops were killed or wounded. The military appearance was noisy and chaotic, much worse than the Tongcheng Army.
"Since it is called a military formation, the formation is the top priority!"
Shen Chongshan said proudly: "If you can't even arrange the formation well, how can you command the army when marching and fighting?"
At this time, all the generals in the army were commanding below. Most of the people on the tower ship were guards of Emperor Hongde. They didn't know much about the art of war. They heard that what Shen Chongshan said was very reasonable, and they all praised Marshal Shen as the military god of the time.
Qingqiu is about to be destroyed. Shen Chongshan has made great contributions and is in the emperor's heart. He will definitely be the pillar of Dagan in the future.
At the end of the rear army.
Li Xun's troops set up camp and the soldiers rested in the camp. There was no tension when the decisive battle came.
In front of them was the Zhenhai Army, and in front of them was the Central Army, which was a hundred miles away from the blessed land of Qingqiu.
General Sha was still a little unhappy, but he could not do anything to Shen Chongshan, let alone disobey the will of Emperor Hongde, so he spread the mood to Li Xun's troops.
Aren't you good at fighting and invincible? Then put them in the rear and watch the battle in the front.
I can't deal with your majesty, and I can't deal with you!
The rear army tent under the Xun character flag.
Li Xun looked at the sand table in front of him with a frown. He had already learned from the immortal that Dagan would be defeated.
Based on this result, he looked at the Dagan army formation in the sand table in front of him and immediately saw a huge loophole.
"If the demons gather and charge directly into the central army tent, the Tongcheng army will quickly collapse."
Li Xun murmured: "The Tongcheng army is guarding your majesty's tent, and there can be no mistakes. The other armies will definitely try their best to rescue, and the army formation will be in chaos, and the human army will lose the biggest advantage of suppressing the demons."
"In the melee, the individual strength of the demons is much stronger than that of humans, and the result is unpredictable!"
"There is also a big loophole in this deduction. Qingqiu has suffered a series of defeats and now only has to defend the blessed land. They should wait for Dagan's soldiers to enter the blessed land and wait for them to tire themselves out. Why would they choose to charge into the battle?"
"Besides, the central army is generally the strongest, even if..."
Li Xun was thinking hard when a noisy sound suddenly came from outside the tent, and then a guard came to report.
"General, the demon tribe has come out!"
"What?"
Li Xun's heart sank, and he had a bad premonition, and immediately walked out of the military tent.
The formation of Qingqiu blessed land opened a huge light gate, and endless demon beasts emerged from it. Tens of thousands of demon soldiers flew in the sky and ran on the ground, and charged with the demon beasts.
The black demon cloud covered the sky and the sun, and the demon king poked his head out of the cloud and swallowed hundreds and thousands of people with his mouth.
The sudden change made Dagan, who had just adjusted the military formation, react a beat slower.
The demon army attacked the central army of Dagan and easily destroyed tens of thousands of vanguards. They were only a few miles away from the central army tent.
The left and right wings of the army immediately gathered to support. The central army only needed to resist for an hour and a half, and the imperial army and the great victory army could form a pincer attack. The three armies worked together to strangle the demons.
The result was unbelievable. Before the demons came, the central army actually collapsed on its own.
The soldiers were frightened by the cruelty of the demons and turned around and ran away. In order to run faster, they threw away their armor.
Seeing this, the generals in the army drew their swords and killed several of the leaders of the escape, trying to save the defeat. As a result, there were too many people running away and they could not kill them all.
If they really killed all the escapees, there would be only a few people left.
Roar!
The demon beasts quickly chased after them. How could two-legged ones run faster than four-legged ones? They bit and tore everyone they saw.
Because too many people died too quickly, blood spurted and splattered, soaking the soil into mud. When stepped on, it made a crackling sound, and the splashing blood and mud dyed the monsters bright red.
The wailing, tearing, bone breaking, and screams before death, mixed with the roar of the beasts, spread for dozens of miles...
More than 200,000 people fled, like a scattered torrent. Even if there were soldiers who wanted to fight, they could only be carried away by the torrent.
Rays of light rose from the army formation, and the top three masters sitting in the army used magic to kill the monsters, trying to block them for a moment and wait for the left and right wings to come to the rescue.
"Niubizi, your opponent is this king!"
The one who spoke was a ten-foot-tall tiger, stepping on the demon cloud and rushing towards a Taoist master.
The master had to stop casting spells. The fox demon in front of him had a strong aura and was much stronger than him, so he had to take it seriously.
Many demon kings took off into the air and fought with the master of refining spirits.
In this way, no one could stop the demon army, and they quickly caught up with the fleeing soldiers and slaughtered them wantonly.
In a pit on the ground, there were more than a dozen corpses lying in a mess, some of them were disemboweled, and some of their heads were bitten off. It seemed that they were all dead.
When the big demon with a dog's head and a human body passed by the pit, his nose moved and he smelled the smell of living people.
"Hehehe, you actually want to pretend to be dead and get away with it!"
The dog demon stretched out his five fingers, like five sharp swords, grabbing a headless corpse.
Under the headless corpse, there was a living person pretending to be dead.
Just as the claws were about to fall, a monkey in a monk's robe appeared out of thin air, clasping his hands together and chanting the Buddha's name.
"Amitabha! The donor has this disaster, and I will send you off!"
Hou Yuan exhaled lightly, and the dog demon turned into ashes, and then wrapped the man and turned into a light to escape from the battlefield.
This man had Hou Yuan to protect him and was lucky enough to escape with his life, but the others were not so lucky and died in large numbers in the slaughter of the demons.
The war ships floating in the sky, with the aura of the formation shining, kept dropping thunder and fire, blasting the demons into pieces. However, the demon army soon mixed with the fleeing soldiers, and the battlefield that stretched for dozens of miles was full of humans and demons.
If the ships dropped thunder again, they would kill their own people together.
At the same time, a giant beast flew out of Qingqiu Fudi, approaching the ships with thunder and fire, trying to knock them down.
On one of the ships, a bright yellow flag with the word "gan" was planted.
Emperor Hongde stared at the bottom in amazement. In less than half an hour, the central army was completely defeated.
The defeated soldiers fled in all directions, and the soldiers who came to support them encountered great resistance, and even caused the reinforcements to be distracted, and their fighting spirit was mostly broken.
"This... this... what's going on?"
Emperor Hongde's eyes were red as he stared at Shen Chongshan and asked, "How can General Shen lead his troops to defeat without fighting?"
"Your Majesty, I am ashamed of your trust!"
Shen Chongshan drew out the long sword from his waist, crossed it across his neck, and said, "I am guilty of death!"
Swish!
The sword slashed past, and Shen Chongshan's head flew several feet high, and his soul was destroyed.
The central army was defeated, and the commander committed suicide. In this decisive battle with Qingqiu, Dagan was already 90% defeated.
The only hope is the Martial Saint who protects the country!
At this time.
A stream of light flew out from Qingqiu, turning into a strange demon king with a human face and a sheep body, and broke through the defensive formation of the tower ship in an instant.
Several figures appeared beside Emperor Hongde, most of them were protecting him closely, and one of them rushed towards the attacking demon king.
"Giggle."
The demon king laughed like a baby, letting the magic of the master of the spirit fall on him, and stretched out his hand to grab him in his hand.
"I like to eat people alive the most!"
As soon as the words fell, the goat head opened a huge mouth several feet long, which was full of tiger teeth, and swallowed half of the human body in one bite.
Crunch!
As the demon king chewed, blood kept oozing out from the corners of his mouth, making him look more and more ferocious and terrifying.
After swallowing the master of spiritual cultivation into his stomach in two or three bites, the demon king stepped on the divine light and chased after the fleeing Emperor Hongde.
The demon king's escape method was extremely exquisite. He caught up with him in a flash. He opened his sheep's mouth and sucked. Several spiritual masters were unable to resist and retreated to fly into the demon's mouth.
Emperor Hongde showed horror on his face. He took out the communication jade from his sleeve and shouted loudly: "Ancestor, save me!"
The sky was full of silver sword light rising from the air and slashing at the demon king, as if it had merged into his body, leaving no scars.
Li Long's figure appeared and blocked in front of Emperor Hongde. He said coldly: "I am not afraid of the Taotie demon god, but a mere demon fairy clone dares to be so rampant!"
"Woo woo woo——"
The Taotie seemed to want to speak, but his throat could only make meaningless calls. Then countless silver lights bloomed on his body, destroying the demon fairy soul hidden in it.
Emperor Hongde was trembling with fear, and bowed and said: "Thank you for saving my life, please help me, slay the monsters to restore the morale of the army."
"Yes."
Li Long nodded and agreed, and pointed to the west.
The sword flashed, and the demon king who was fighting with the master Lian Sheng was annihilated.
The demons are not good at cultivating their souls, and the heart sword method can directly cut the soul, which can be said to be the nemesis of the demons.
Li Long was about to continue to take action when a woman's voice sounded from the sky.
"A great martial saint is so shameless that he attacks a junior!"
Li Long looked up and saw a graceful woman who sneered: "A mere vixen dares to appear in front of me. Did you forget the sword of my seat?"
"I remember it clearly, so the demon is coming back for revenge today!"
Hu Linger had a battle formation in her hand, and used her magic power to activate it, turning into hundreds of spiritual lights that fell on the battlefield on the ground.
The spiritual light fell, and the flags flew out from the demon soldiers, big demons, and even demon beasts, connecting together according to the formation, covering the area of dozens of miles in the formation.
Li Long nodded in agreement and pointed to the west.
The sword flashed, and the demon king who was fighting with the master Lian Sheng was annihilated.
The demon race is not good at cultivating the soul, and the heart sword method can directly cut the soul, which can be said to be the nemesis of the demon race.
Li Long was about to continue to take action when a woman's voice sounded from the sky.
"A great martial saint is so shameless that he attacks the juniors!"
Li Long looked up and saw a graceful woman who sneered: "A mere vixen dares to appear in front of me. Did you forget the sword of my seat?"
"I remember it clearly, so the demon is coming back for revenge today!"
A formation diagram appeared in Hu Ling'er's hand, and she used her magic power to activate it, turning into hundreds of spiritual lights that fell on the ground battlefield.
The spiritual light fell, and the flags flew out from the demon soldiers, big demons, and even the demon beasts, connecting together according to the formation, covering the area of dozens of miles in the formation.
A formation diagram appeared in Hu Linger's hand, and she used her magic power to activate it, turning it into hundreds of spiritual lights and falling on the battlefield on the ground.
The spiritual light fell, and the flags flew out from the demon soldiers, big demons, and even the demon beasts, connecting together according to the formation, covering the area of dozens of miles in the formation.