The Great Wei Music Bureau

Chapter 77: The General Who Broke the Formation (Part )

Last time, we talked about Yuwen Tian sending out heavily armored soldiers equipped with some kind of mechanical art of the Mohist school, using the Yuwen family's formation to besiege Dugu Long. So what exactly is this new tactic? Let's take a look together.

Dugu Long nodded after hearing Li Yi's reminder, picked up the Dragon Tooth Spear and prepared to meet the enemy. The two teams of heavily armored soldiers formed four rows, totaling sixty people.

The soldiers in the first row held round shields in their left hands, with various grooves and hooks on them, and a strange device on their right arms; the soldiers in the second row held crossbows in their left hands, and also had the strange device on their right arms; the soldiers in the third row held swords in their right hands, and had another device on their left arms; each person in the last row held an iron rod with strange uneven surfaces.

At this time, the Dingchen cavalry who were originally eating on the shore entered the woods, and Wang Shuang returned to Li Yi and waited for the next order.

Dugu Long did not rush forward, as this kind of heavily armored formation that had been improved with Mohist mechanical techniques was the first time he had seen it. Moreover, Yuwen Tian was known for his deployment of troops when he was in the Ministry of War, and he had heard of him before.

And the Yuwen family's Prison Life Formation was just as Nangong Xue said. If it was completed by six masters at the peak of the fourth rank, even he himself would not be able to escape for a while, so he did not underestimate the enemy and analyzed this new formation in front of him.

The first row of soldiers began to advance, forming a fan shape to surround Dugu Long, who of course could not wait for them to surround him. Dugu Long rushed forward with his gun and attacked the one in front of him. The heavily armored soldier was well prepared, curled up into a ball, and hid behind his round shield. The mechanism on his right arm suddenly shot out an iron chain that buckled around the waist of the heavily armored soldier next to him. Then, one chain after another shot out, linking the first row of fifteen heavily armored soldiers together.

Dugu Long was quick to change his target and attacked the heavy armored soldier's outstretched right arm. However, all the chains suddenly contracted and gathered the fifteen people together. Just as Dugu Long reached the heavy armored soldiers, the heavy armored soldiers formed a circle with Dugu Long as the center. With the chains of the first and last heavy armored soldiers interlocked, they surrounded Dugu Long!

Dugu Long knew that if he wanted to break through from the front, he would have to wrestle with fifteen heavily armored soldiers alone. To be able to move freely in such heavy armor, one must be at least a sixth-grade martial artist. It was not a wise move to wrestle with them.

A normal person faced with this situation would definitely choose to jump out of the encirclement, but Dugu Long did not do that, because that would undoubtedly make him a sitting duck. He chose to wrestle with those fifteen people!

The dragon tooth spear was placed on the large shield of the heavy armored soldier in front of him, and he led the fifteen people around him to rush towards the remaining heavy armored soldiers. Seeing Dugu Long's attack, the second row of heavy armored soldiers retreated, and the third row of heavy armored soldiers with swords rushed forward and swung their swords, stabbing at the surrounded Dugu Long from different directions! The latter stuck the dragon tooth spear on the hook of the round shield, and used brute force to support the fifteen people. He roared and turned the dragon tooth spear, and the dragon tooth spear drove the fifteen people to rotate and knock away the heavy armored soldiers swinging their swords.

With the sound of metal colliding, the heavy armored soldiers in the third row fell to the ground one after another, and those heavy armored soldiers with round shields also lost their fulcrums in the collision and rotation, and the encirclement began to loosen. Although this consumed a lot of Dugu Long's energy, he took the opportunity to jump out of the encirclement.

This is not over yet. Dugu Long just jumped out of the encirclement, and the heavy armored soldiers holding crossbow machines fired crossbow arrows. Dugu Long waved his spear to block the crossbow arrows. At this time, the round shield heavy armored soldiers used their shields as darts to throw at Dugu Long! The latter could only dodge. The only way to deal with high-quality warriors is to launch continuous attacks, leaving them no chance to change their Qi base. Once the Qi base gathered for the first time is used up, it will be certain death!

Dugu Long also knew that if he didn't take a breath, something would be in danger. After blocking the crossbow arrows and avoiding the flying shield, he suddenly jumped into the air. He knew that this was very dangerous, but if he didn't do this, the heavily armored soldiers with swords would surround him and fight him in close combat. He knew without thinking that he would be dead.

Dugu Long in mid-air hurriedly adjusted his breathing base. At the same time, the mechanism on the right arm of the heavy armored soldiers holding crossbows was activated, and countless flying needles shot out from their right arms. It can be said that there was no blind spot attack.

Dugu Long shouted loudly and held the Dragon Tooth Spear to his chest. A black dragon shadow appeared and coiled around Dugu Long, blocking the flying needles. The moment Dugu Long landed, the heavily armored soldiers with swords surrounded him. At this time, the heavily armored soldiers with shields had already untied the iron chains connecting them and were picking up shields everywhere.

After Dugu Long used the black dragon phantom to block the sword soldiers, he took advantage of the gap when the crossbow soldiers were changing the crossbow arrows to fly into the air again. After adjusting his qi base, he found the core of the Iron Chain Dragon Prison Formation, and the method to break the formation became clear.

The tip of the Dragon Tooth Spear flashed with a cold light, and when he looked again, he had already rushed to the front of the last row of heavily armored soldiers holding sticks, waving the Dragon Tooth Spear, intending to kill them before these heavily armored soldiers could make a move.

These stick-armored soldiers put the iron sticks in front of their chests and formed a defensive formation. Dugu Long raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and leaped behind the stick-armored soldiers. Then he swept across the enemy with a huge move. But then he heard a dragon roar, and the blue light from the dragon-tooth spear formed a dragon body, and then the dragon's tail twitched, what a move that swept across the enemy!

This attack not only knocked the fifteen stick-armored soldiers flying, but also directly broke seven iron sticks! The stick-armored soldiers fell to the ground one after another. Dugu Long did not intend to give them a chance to breathe and was ready to harvest their heads. However, the shield-armored soldiers and sword-armored soldiers who had picked up their shields rushed over in formation. Dugu Long gathered his Qi base, held the Dragon Tooth Spear upside down with both hands, and shouted: "Dragon Tooth Breaks the Sky!"

The roar did not stop, but a black dragon roared and flew up, tearing the shield and sword of the heavy armored soldiers into pieces. With a loud bang, the shields and swords of the heavy armored soldiers were broken, and even the battle formation was broken into pieces. One by one, the heavy armored soldiers fell to the ground and could not move. This was Dugu Long's strongest attack, which consumed a lot of energy. After this attack, he fell in front of Li Yi and Nangong Xue on the south bank of Penghe River, and the iron chain dragon prison formation was broken.

Dugu Long pointed his gun at Yuwen Tian and said loudly: "Your Iron Chain Dragon Prison Formation is really amazing. It took me all my strength to break it. If you change your mind now, Yuwen Tian, ​​I will spare your life!"

Yuwen Tian laughed loudly and said, "Dugu Long, the Dragon Fang Breaking the Sky just now was your strongest attack, so I guess you must have suffered a lot of damage! You really destroyed the heavy armored iron chain soldiers that I spent three years to carefully build. However, I don’t just have this team of heavy armored soldiers, I have two teams! I wonder how much strength you have left?"

After Yuwen Tian finished speaking, he waved his hand, and the double shield wall opened up two gaps again, and another sixty heavy armored soldiers came out. Dugu Long was shocked, Nangong Xue looked embarrassed, but Li Yi stepped forward and said with a smile: "Master Yuwen, don't bluff. If you really have three teams of such powerful heavy armored soldiers, you would have crossed the river by stepping on my head! I have been blocking you here for so long, doesn't that explain everything?"

Li Yi's words were like a reassurance pill. Dugu Long and Nangong Xue felt relieved. Dugu Long smiled and said, "Yuwen Tian, ​​I did suffer a lot, but I am not alone! I still have a thousand elite cavalrymen hiding in the woods behind me. We can hold out until the reinforcements arrive. But you have worked hard for three years to build such a group of heavily armored soldiers. It seems that Liu Hong's infiltration into Wei is related to you!"

Yuwen Tian stroked his beard and smiled, "Yes, I have already reached an agreement with Shouyang King Xiao Yonghui to help Liu Hong sneak into the Mohist School to learn mechanical arts, and help him practice Confucianism and Taoism to become the first person in the three cultivations. And I will take these painstaking efforts to train the Mohist heavy armor to Daliang to become the commander of the new army, and be crowned king and divide the land. You few can't stop me!"

Li Yi laughed loudly and said, "Lord Yuwen is too naive. You believe such a promise? Will he, the King of Shouyang, help you to be crowned king and divide the land? He is just the King of Shouyang. He is in charge of only 70,000 naval forces of Southern Liang and is responsible for guarding the Jianghuai defense line. Will he be kind enough to help you ride on his head?"

Yuwen Tian cursed, "Li Yi, stop talking nonsense. The King of Shouyang and I have already agreed that he will be in charge of the Southern Liang navy while I will lead the new army to guard the two states in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. We will support and cooperate with each other. How can I ride on his head?"

Nangong Xue said coldly: "Humph, you are really a fool, actually believing this kind of nonsense."

Yuwen Tian said angrily: "How can you youngsters know the world's affairs! No need to talk nonsense, just prepare to die!"

As Yuwen Tian waved his hand, the shield wall was withdrawn, and the archers lined up to shoot arrows. Li Yi stretched out his hands in front of the three people to form a golden bell to block the arrows. On the other side, the spearmen charged and rushed to the bridge. Dugu Long said, "I can destroy the bridge so that I can delay for a while."

Li Yi said: "If the ferry bridge is destroyed, Yuwen Tian will definitely choose another route. Once he crosses the river from another place, there will be no such good mountain pass to retreat to."

Nangong Xue asked: "How long will it take for the reinforcements to arrive?"

Dugu Long said: "With the speed of Dingchen Army, the fastest way to arrive is tonight. If Brother Yu orders the cavalry of Luyang Army to come at all costs, it will take several hours."

Nangong Xue asked: "What does 'at any cost' mean?"

Li Yi smiled and said, "We will travel day and night without stopping, even if the horse dies."

Nangong Xue said calmly: "If that's the case, even if they come, how much energy will they have left to fight?"

"It's better than nothing!" Dugu Long said this, and the rain of arrows stopped. Yuwen Tian's spearmen had already rushed across the bridge and attacked in formation. Dugu Long planned to clear them out before they formed a battle formation. Nangong Xue also drew her sword and rushed forward, helping Dugu Long to charge out.

Wang Shuang on the side clasped his fists and said, "Mr. Li, let the brothers fight together. This will help General Dugu and Miss Nangong to some extent!"

Li Yi said, "Absolutely not. As long as Yuwen Tian's heavy armored soldiers haven't crossed the river, Brother Long and Miss Nangong can withdraw into the woods at any time and ambush us in the woods. If you come out, there will be no way to retreat!"

Wang Shuang looked at the two men who were fighting bloody battles in the crowd and said bitterly, "If I could fight side by side with General Dugu, it would be worth it even if I died in battle!"

Li Yi rolled his eyes at him and said coldly: "I don't want to die yet, my family is waiting for me to go back! You can't die either, I said you want to be a general, you can't die here!"

Wang Shuang sighed and said, "So we're just going to watch?"

Li Yi looked at the two figures, clenched his fists, and squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth: "Be patient for a while!"

Dugu Long and Nangong Xue were already trapped in the siege. Yuwen Tian's troops had already crossed the river with a thousand men, and he immediately ordered the heavily armored soldiers to cross the river. Dugu Long looked at Li Yi with a questioning look. If the ferry bridge was not destroyed at this time, something bad would really happen!

Li Yi knew what Dugu Long meant. If he were to be blocked by the same iron chain dragon prison formation again, he would not be able to escape for a while and might be exhausted to death, and Nangong Xue and he would also lose their greatest help.

Li Yi looked at Nangong Xue's bloodstained white clothes and gave Dugu Long a firm look. Dugu Long understood Li Yi's intention, and Nangong Xue also saw the firmness in Li Yi's eyes, and supported Dugu Long to rush forward to fight against the heavy armored soldiers.

Li Yi shouted, "Leave the team of heavy armored soldiers to me, and you two can deal with the miscellaneous soldiers!" He turned to Wang Shuang and said, "If I collapse from exhaustion, you lead the brothers to fight and retreat until the last man standing, and delay as much time as possible!"

Wang Shuang clasped his fists and accepted the order. Li Yi nodded to him, then put his palms together, used the Vajra Divine Art to jump into the air, and recited the Diamond Sutra. At the altar of the Acala Dharma Image, Li Yi said to the Acala Dharma Image, "How long can the Dharma Image last?"

Li Yi received a reply from the Acala Dharma Image in his mind. It took about half an incense stick of time. Li Yi smiled faintly and said, "It won't take that long. As long as we can kill all these heavily armored soldiers, it will be fine."

Acala replied that he could use Red Lotus Karma Fire, but after the attack, he couldn't even use the Vajra Divine Art and could only be like a useless person. Li Yi nodded heavily. Acala's left hand holding Red Lotus Karma Fire stretched out to Li Yi and held him in his hand...

Li Yi suddenly opened his eyes, and a ten-foot-tall purple-gold six-armed Acalanatha appeared out of thin air. It stomped on the ground and killed several people. It swung its six arms and killed many more. Then Li Yi formed a lotus seal with his hands in front of his chest and shouted, "Red Lotus Karma Fire!"