xymnovel Chapter 1005 Back and Forth
Chapter 1005 Back and Forth
"Commander Meng!"
The bronze demon mask on Xiao Hanyi's face clashed with a loud clang, and the dragon horn spear of this general was already dulled from the blows.
He stared at Kang Jinlong's troops, who were scattered by the fleeing soldiers, and his eyes became bloodshot. Those fleeing soldiers who should have been driven away were now entangled with the Azure Dragon Army, making his Star Constellation Formation feel like a fishbone stuck in his throat.
"Burn the grain carts!"
Meng Zhang's expression remained unchanged. The thirty-six grain carts that had been given to He Man's rabble, but which were secretly filled with sulfur, suddenly rushed towards the Imperial Guard formation.
But Si Luoying's Xuanhuang Army was already waiting nearby. A Crimson Phoenix mechanical bird swooped down, and sulfur bombs exploded above the grain carts, creating orange-red fire clouds.
Hundreds of crimson figures burst forth from the flames; they were Gongsun Ba's personal guards, the "Hanba Armor," clad in fire-resistant robes and wielding sabers aimed directly at the axle.
"The Azure Dragon returns to its rightful place!"
Meng Zhang suddenly flicked his fingers across the sword's edge, causing the pearl on the Starry Sky Sword to glow with blue light. The seven Star Generals retreated simultaneously, forming the Big Dipper formation within the formation.
The spear formation of Jiao Mu Jiao transformed into dragon horns, the chain hammers of Kang Jin Long formed the dragon neck, the arrow rain of Fang Ri Tu protected the body like dragon scales, and the light cavalry of Wei Huo Hu swept across like the tail of a dragon.
Opposite them, eighty-eight small flags of the Guardian of the Qing Dynasty rolled in, swirling with yellow dust, looking like eighty-eight bronze behemoths with manes.
The remaining 10,000 Imperial Guards behind me suddenly transformed into jet-black wings and charged towards the Yellow Turban miscellaneous troops.
As Meng Zhang gazed at the white torrent spreading across the horizon, he suddenly waved Wei Qing's small flag.
Amidst a carriage drawn by four snow-white unicorns from Cangzhou, Su Ye, dressed in a plain white fur coat, with the tassel of the Chun Jun sword lying across his knees, made the cinnabar mole between his brows appear like a dripping plum blossom.
He subtly gestured to the flag bearers beside him. As the flags on Wei Qing's command platform behind him continued to wave, Huo Qubing and the others fighting in front understood the signal. Suddenly, their lances grew more than ten feet long and lifted up the seven constellation flags.
"The Azure Dragon has returned to its place after a night's rest!"
The eight hundred Vermilion Bird Archers, who were seconded from the Vermilion Bird Shooting Camp, all fired their unlit rockets in unison. The rockets ignited the oil dropped by the eight Crimson Phoenix mechanical beasts, and the oil turned into a fire dragon in the morning breeze, burning and twisting the flanks of the Azure Dragon Heavenly Constellation Legion.
Seven thousand young Feather Forest Cavalry and one thousand heavy cavalry from the Tail Fire Tiger Tribe clashed back and forth in the Star Formation, neither gaining the upper hand.
The "Crimson Phoenix" mechanical beast could be faintly seen rising into the air amidst the flames, its wings spreading out to cover half the sky, creating a shower of sparks.
At the same time, smoke suddenly rose from the east side of the battlefield. It turned out that the Azure Dragon Army's Xuanhuang Army had gone straight to Kang Jinlong's front. Eight Crimson Phoenixes dropped oil canisters, and sulfur bombs exploded in the grain piles, with flames shooting into the sky.
But those emaciated starving people dodged and weaved, stepping over the corpses of their companions to continue backward. The eyes of this man reflected the small banner with the character "Su" fluttering in front of him.
At the same time, on the flank of Kang Jinlong's regiment, the clear shouts of the Azure Dragon Army suddenly resounded throughout the battlefield.
Those ragtag soldiers driven off the battlefield by Ou Yan were not even fully armored. No one wore oxhide armor, and no one carried a rusty plow. Some ruffians mixed in with the troops had their heads wrapped in yellow turbans and were carrying newly issued wood-chopping knives in their arms.
Lin Jun looked at the flank of the Azure Dragon Heavenly Constellation Legion, which was collapsing in the Vermilion Bird True Fire, and suddenly laughed again: "The Duke of Zhenguo's command is indeed full of hidden talents."
The moment the flag fell to the ground, a barrage of black lightning bolts rained down, targeting the vital points of the formation.
"Meng Shuai, you're so kind!"
Suddenly, the dragon horn spear in Xiao Hanyi's hand blocked eight crossbow bolts, but with a "crack" sound, the inch below the spear shaft was shattered by the anti-armor teeth under the crossbow bolts.
"Vermilion Bird Burns the Heavens!"
Jiaomu Jiao's dragon horn spear transformed into a sky full of spear shadows, Xuanlin Qi's coiled snake chain hammer was like a venomous snake spitting its tongue, Di Tu Hao's giant axe was like opening the sky and creating the earth, Fang Ri Tu's arrow rain was like meteors falling to the ground, Xin Yue Hu's heavy cavalry rushed in like flames, Wei Huo Hu's long halberd swept across like a dragon's tail, and Ji Shui Bao's engineers blocked like a hidden dragon.
As the Azure Dragon Army watched the staggering refugees rushing towards them, their eyebrows twitched with fervor. Then, they hurled the Mysterious Phoenix Token from their hands, and four hundred heavily armored Mysterious Phoenix infantrymen in front of them formed a wedge formation. The blood waves cleaved by their seventeen-foot-long sabers were eight times brighter than the morning light.
Qiao Shefei's Purple Nether Steed reared up with a long neigh, its twin blades flashing purple lightning in the formation. But Huo Qubing's lance suddenly grew longer, its red tassel entangled the blade light, and Si Luoying's charge scattered the Purple Nether team.
Lin Jun suddenly burst into laughter, raising his command flag repeatedly.
The Flying Tiger Cavalry, who had been waiting on the left flank, launched their attack with a roar. Their dark iron armor pressed down on the city like a dark cloud. The leading general's body was covered in iron-gray qi, and his bronze Yuwang Spear swung like a silver python. When the Bi Yan Claw cut through the morning mist, it brought up a string of blood beads.
Suddenly, the Wei Qing flag in my hand was raised four times in succession, and the entire Yu Xuan Color Formation suddenly trembled. The thousand heavily armored infantrymen at the forefront suddenly formed a battle formation. These heavily armored infantrymen were all mechanical armored soldiers that Su Ye had ordered the Mo family craftsmen under his command to recreate in Hengzhou.
Looking at Si Luoying struggling in the dragon's mouth, Meng Zhang suddenly laughed again: "General Meng's scheme is wicked, but alas..."
"But the stars will eventually set in the west."
"Release the arrows!"
A burst of laughter came from behind the musket of the cavalry general: "His opponent is you!"
"The Star Formation created by Commander-in-Chief Long Xiang and Gongshu Chou, the head of the Gongshu family, truly lives up to its reputation."
The armored soldiers were covered in heavy steel armor, with blue light emanating from their joints. Suddenly, they fired a barrage of crossbow bolts, large and small, at the rear of the Kang Jinlong formation.
"With the Duke of Zhenguo personally present, how dare I, Meng, offer a mere greeting?"
Wei Qing raised an eyebrow as he gazed at the strangely shifting starlight within the formation.
Meng Zhang looked at the Lin army's command platform opposite him, and suddenly the 80,000 black-clad warriors below the battlefield shouted in unison, their voices like thunderclaps.
Lin Jun stood silently below the command platform, the Eastern Pearl Blue light of the Starry Sword Tassel shimmering, the sword's edge pointing towards the gilded carriage that was rushing towards them from the front of the Yu Xuan-colored formation.
Before the feathered black formation could transform into two white wings, a sudden rain of arrows erupted, and the fine steel crossbow bolts pinned the last row of Yellow Turban soldiers to the ground like hedgehogs.
The entire Kang Jinlong Group transformed into a ferocious azure dragon, devouring all of Yu Xuanse's elite troops.
As he spoke, the Star Sword in his hand suddenly pointed to the eastern horizon. In addition, the remaining miscellaneous troops under the command of the eighty-eight Yellow Turban leaders in Xiaoqian Imperial City were surging in from all directions. The eight characters "Fu Huang Tian" on Wei Qing's small flag gleamed with a yellowish-brown luster in the morning light.
"clang!"
But what Lin Jun wanted was precisely that meat grinder!
Ran Min, at the very back, had already broken into the heart of the formation. His double-edged spear gleamed with a cold light and transformed into a meteor, heading straight for Lin Jun's command flag.
The Imperial Guard cavalry in front of me were equally determined. Suddenly, they swung out their steel claw hooks, which hooked onto the legs of the Seven Bright Horses in Kang Jinlong's formation. With a strong pull, the warhorses reared up, throwing their riders off into the dust.
"Lin Jun is going to use the blood of the common people of Xiaogan to pave his way."
Si Luoying's meteorite iron spear tips formed a moving city wall, the white banners of the White Banner Vanguard moved through the formation like lightning, and the heavy armor of the heavy cavalry crashed into Ou Yanchang's formation, causing it to shake.
"Feathered Black! Form the Feathered Forest Sky Soaring Formation!"
Lin Jun, standing below the central command platform, suddenly roared. His Star Sword traced an arcane path above his head, and a small constellation formation closed in once more, surrounding Si Luoying and the heavy cavalry at its core.