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Chapter 220: Eight Golden Locks, Guarding Jiangnan! (Long chapter, please vote)

Thirty thousand people?!

When Li Guan heard this number, his brain buzzed. He grinned and felt that his smile was gradually distorted. Including his own people, the number would almost reach 50,000. Of course, the number of troops sent by Ying State and Chen State was also the same.

However, there were three famous generals on the opposite side, each leading more than 10,000 troops.

On one side there are three famous generals, and on the other side there are other experienced generals in charge, so each of them will not lead too many troops.

Li Guanyi felt like his brain was a little twitchy.

The sixteen-year-old young general, who was about to become famous all over the world, only felt his legs and feet were a little weak. In fact, only he knew that from being a person charging into the battle line to now, with the assistance of Yuan Zhi, leading 18,000 people, it was like walking on a tightrope.

Oops, my legs are a little weak.

Yuan Zhi was able to keep his composure, and the scholar said gently, "May I ask, among these 30,000 people, how many are combat soldiers and how many are logistics personnel?"

The Angry Scale Dragon King replied in a deep voice: "Thirteen thousand of them have internal energy, and the remaining ten thousand or so men are also good at water, and can provide logistics for the navy. There is also another fleet."

Ok? ? ?
The Confucian genius smiled slightly, then took a half step forward, grabbed the hand of the Angry Scale Dragon King, and said, "Fleet? Old sir, you should know that this name cannot be used casually."

The Angry Scale Dragon King said, "I dare not."

He replied calmly, "There is one [Da Yi] class warship, 15 feet 2 inches wide and 12 feet long, and two [Zha] class escort warships."

"A [Red Horse] class assault warship."

"A [Meng Chong] class main battle ship."

"In addition, there is the highest level treasure ship of the Mohist mechanical arts, the Canglong."

"The remaining ships of the Seventy-two Chained Strongholds can be gathered into a hundred combat-ready ships, which are enough to control the waterways south of the Yangtze River."

Li Guanyi and Fan Qing were both generals who came from the wild, but Yuan Zhi was a talented disciple of the entire Confucian school. He had read many classics and knew what this meant. The young strategist grabbed Li Guanyi's arm and said, "My lord, the great plan can be accomplished!"

"Hahaha, my plan works!"

The usually calm strategist showed his strategist's character again and couldn't help but burst into laughter, then turned around and left quickly. Li Guanyi was helpless and watched his strategist leave, then looked at the Angry Scale Dragon King Kou Yulie and saw that he was still half-kneeling on the ground, half naked.

Kou Yulie naturally wanted to show his loyalty.

Suddenly, he heard the sound of clothes fluttering, and something flashed before his eyes. The young general took off his battle robe and draped it over the old general's shoulders. Then, like him, he knelt on one knee and looked into the eyes of the Wrathful Scale Dragon King. He raised his hands and said:
"Sir, please stand up."

For someone like the Wrathful Scale Dragon King, who had fought in both the political arena and the martial arts world, he had said everything. This martial arts master, who still looked like he was in his prime, laughed out loud, grasped Li Guanyi's arm, and stood up and said:

"it is good!"

All we can say is that Li Guanyi is a veteran.

He turned around again, looked at Lei Laomeng who was watching the show over there, and shouted, "Lei Laomeng!"

Lei Laomeng stood up straight and said, "Boss?"

Li Guanyi said, "Today we are going to welcome the old gentleman, let's cook some delicious dishes! Bring me the monkey wine you hid!" He turned around and grabbed Kou Yulie's arm, stretched out his hand, and said:

"Old sir, please!"

Kou Yulie said: "Please! Please!"

While he was drinking and eating meat, he talked with Li Guanyi. After winning the battle, he hoped to move the 30,000 men and their families from the 72 villages into the 18 states in the south of the Yangtze River, so that they could have a chance to live. If possible, they should not exploit the fishermen as they did in the past.

Li Guanyi said: "Of course, do you want the land?"

Kou Yulie was stunned.

Seeing the young man stretching out his hand, he said, "I plan to divide the land, and fishing is also OK."

"Mean status?"

"Things like this should have been swept away long ago. I plan to abolish this."

Kou Yulie, who wanted to ask for a way out and a clean identity for his 30,000 men and their families, suddenly froze. He didn't know why he couldn't speak. The thing he was prepared to exchange his life for, he got it with just these words. He felt almost in a trance.

Li Guanyi took a bite of the steamed bun, dipped it in the gravy, and said:

"Princes, generals and prime ministers, would you rather have the seed?"

"It is wrong to classify people as noble or lowly based on the industry they work in."

Kou Yulie's head was buzzing, his lips trembled, and he said, "There is also the secret prostitute sect..."

This was created by the prime minister of an ancient country thousands of years ago for the sake of economy and military expenditure.

Li Guanyi replied:
"There will be no brothels or gambling houses under the city I lead."

Kou Yulie looked at the young man in front of him. He saw that the young man was sitting cross-legged, eating meat, his cheeks puffed up and moving. He frowned and said, "People are people. As long as there is a brothel, human trafficking will follow."

“Especially in this era.”

"Well, it's related. I may not be able to achieve perfection, but, people."

The boy's eyebrows drooped, and he whispered:
"People are people, not commodities."

"Perhaps you find it ridiculous, but this is also one of the reasons why I drew my sword."

In troubled times, Qilin was a young Jinwu Guard and was imprisoned for destroying the Ghost Market.

Li Guanyi then asked casually, "Yes, if you have 30,000 people, how many children do you have? Can they read? Do they practice martial arts?"

Kou Yulie replied woodenly: "It is useless for children from poor families to know how to read."

Li Guanyi said: "After learning to read and arithmetic, you can take the examination to become an official, or do various jobs. It probably takes a lot of scholars to teach the children here."

In this era, lowly people are lowly people.

If the father is a lowly person, the child will be a lowly person from birth. What is this person talking about? Hahaha, what is this young man talking about, what is he talking about... Kou Yulie clenched the chopsticks tightly in his palm. He lowered his head and thought about when he came to this water area.

Men were grilling fish outside the boat and children were running around on the boat.

My daughter and wife were selling themselves on the boat...

I've encountered such a situation.

The son of a noble family came here to "play" fourteen years ago, and the woman he played with became pregnant and gave birth to a daughter. Fourteen years later, the nobleman came again, still stayed here overnight, and ordered the thirteen-year-old child.

The woman eventually went mad and committed suicide.

Kou Yulie was worthy of the "Lie" in his name. At that time, he hid his real name and raised his fists, wrapped them with white cloth dipped in water, and beat the son of the noble family to death with one punch. But when he returned, the man also jumped into the river wailing.

This worry was stirring the old Dragon King's heart like a drill.

Kou Yulie, an old and heroic man, felt an intense discomfort in his heart at this moment.

He wondered if the young man's promise was just an empty dream.

But, at this moment he suddenly felt like bursting into tears.

There was actually such an illusory, light, yet beautiful dream that he was willing to die for it.

But they saw the warrior over there coming in with a tray. Kou Yulie was puzzled, but Li Guanyi smiled and stretched out his hand, letting Kou Yulie take it himself. The old man didn't care. He was a hero of the world and was used to doing this. He stretched out his hand and touched the wine on his beard.

Just pull it at random.

But there was a cold light and on the tray there was a suit of armor.

The two people next to him each held a helmet.

A sword with a cold and sharp glow.

Li Guanyi said: "Old General, why don't you give it a try?"

Kou Yulie was stunned.

Although he had already made plans to place a bet before coming here, he did not expect that Li Guanyi would be so direct at this moment. He had been in the martial arts world for a long time, and even though he felt that he had been in the martial arts world and was able to avenge his enemies, he was still dazed when he saw three military lieutenants appear with armor in their hands.

His fingers lightly touched the armor, and the cold chill returned along his fingers. He closed his eyes, as if he could still hear the roar of fighting on the battlefield when he was young, life and death. Over the years, whenever he woke up in the middle of the night, he had to hold the knife to slowly calm down.

The young general simply tapped his sword with his fingers, making a crisp sound, and said:

"When I was drunk, I lit up the lamp and read the sword. I dreamed of the horn-blowing company. Eight hundred miles away, my subordinates were burning, fifty-stringed strings were sounding outside the Great Wall, and the troops were ordered in autumn on the battlefield."

"The horse is as fast as a unicorn, and the bow is as loud as thunder. I have accomplished the king's affairs and won a good reputation in my lifetime and after my death. What a pity! My hair has turned white!"

The young man's voice was clear and melodious. He seemed to be proficient in music. Even if he was tapping with his fingers, his voice was sincere and heartfelt. A big bandit like Kou Yulie murmured in a low voice: "I look at the sword by lamplight when I am drunk, and I dream of blowing the horn in the camp..."

"Poor, white hair!"

These two sentences were like seeing my younger self slashing with a sword.

Even Kou Yulie couldn't help but feel a lump in his throat and sighed to the sky. Life in this world is difficult, and he grabbed his armor.

Li Guanyi said: "Left and right!"

"Armor the general!"

"promise!"

The old man with messy hair stretched out his arm and put on a set of cloth lining, first the inner armor, then the heavy armor, putting it on layer by layer, his hair was messy, and he tied it up again, and a long sword was handed in front of him.

Kou Yulie stroked the weapon, raised the knife and looked at the young man in front of him.

The young general stood in the backlight, smiled and stretched out his hand: "Well, General Kou, welcome. If possible, I hope we can be comrades pursuing the same dream."

So Qilin shared the vast dream among his subordinates.

Kou Yulie only took half a step forward, lowered his head, half-knelt on the ground, and said softly:

"Meet...General."

The ships of the Seventy-two Chain Villages were originally going to reach Dongdu City, but this was rejected by Yuan Zhi. The young strategist chose a more calm and radical strategy.

It was at the original ferry crossing of the State of Chen that many old boats were purchased with great fanfare.

There were fifty or sixty ships, all in a very dilapidated state.

The elite scouts of the State of Chen saw this scene and reported it to the then commander of the State of Chen in the south of the Yangtze River. After further exploration, they found that the Qilin Army was even selling its war horses to prepare these ships, and came to a very direct conclusion.

"The Qilin Army led by Li Guanyi is good at crossing mountains and rivers. The backbone of them is from the Yuwen family army in the north. Humph, they suddenly appeared here. Although they took advantage of the situation and occupied many ferry crossings."

"But the foundation is still too weak. We lack naval forces and ships."

On the next day, Yuan Zhi asked Yuwen Tianxian to gather outside Dongdu City when he was changing guard at the various ferry crossings. There were flags everywhere, and the atmosphere was extremely solemn and murderous. The momentum was so huge that when the general of Chen State discovered it for the first time, he reacted instantly.

They thought that this group of fierce Qilin soldiers would fight a quick battle like before.

So he gathered his troops and prepared for battle.

Who knew that the Qilin Army was just changing guard, and Yuwen Tianxian said woodenly to disband.

After the scouts had inquired, the generals of the State of Chen were so angry that their eyes turned red.

Yuan Zhi also asked Nangong Wumeng to lead the Yin Yang Lun Zhuan Sect disciples who had joined the Qilin Army to spread rumors in the Chen State area, saying that "Li Guanyi has already joined forces with Ying State. Look, even General Acalanatha is in his camp."

He also said in Ying State: "Li Guanyi is a Chen man after all. He and Chen State plan to join forces to drive Ying State out of the Jiangnan area."

After that, every time the Qilin Army changed guard, it was done with great fanfare, and the soldiers of the Chen State gradually got used to it. Yuan Zhi also asked Lei Laomeng to lead the alien beast army to hunt near the opposite city when they had nothing to do. At the beginning, the Chen State was extremely vigilant, but then slowly, they finally relaxed.

Although he still looked alert, he was actually just pretending.

Sometimes they would go hunting in the middle of the night and the other side would be too lazy to get up. So after more than a month, Yuan Zhi told Li Guanyi that the time had come.

The young strategist smiled and said: "I have a large army and a river basin. The chance of victory is on my side. How can I lose? Not to mention what price I will have to pay!" The top strategic strategist among the younger generation finally showed his fangs.

On this day, Yaoguang divined and observed the stars and predicted that it would be a dark, windy and lightless night.

Outside Dongdu City, there were still flags everywhere and loud noises, but the Chen army in Chunyang City had already gotten used to it. Even for elite soldiers, it was difficult for them to be vigilant enough every night when they had been doing this every day for more than a month, and no one knew about it.

A fleet passed through Dongdu City.

Following the river downstream, we arrived at Chunyang City before sunrise.

It was not until this time that the Chen soldiers defending the city, who had been harassed by the strategy of tiring the army for more than a month, raised their heads. In the dim firelight, they saw the terrifying navy above the water, and the armored Angry Scaled Dragon King had already risen into the air.

The military forces gathered together and turned into a formation, and the dragon image of the Angry Scale Dragon King soared into the sky.

The grandmaster-level general personally led the troops into battle.

The giant Mohist mechanical crossbow carried by the [Canglong Main Ship] blasted through the city's defenses. Ling Pingyang, Fan Qing and Yu Wenhua rushed into the city from three sides. With deliberate planning, at sunrise, the scarlet battle flag was planted on the city wall of Chunyang City.

The Qilin Army captured a main city outside of the ferry-type cities.

Ling Pingyang and others led the cavalry to pursue and encircle the enemy. Chen Guo broke out of the encirclement but had to retreat.

The influence of the State of Chen was shrinking, and there was only one city, Qushui, and the surrounding important towns left in the south of the Yangtze River. Chen Dingye was furious, and issued an imperial decree, rushing overnight to order the three generals to capture Li Guanyi without any mistake.

The imperial edict of Emperor Yingguo also arrived.

The famous general of Ying State made a judgment in an instant and chose to leave a part of the city for defense. The main force of the army directly entered the land area of ​​​​Jiangnan, abandoned the water route and prepared to fight to the death on land to avoid being invaded by the opponent's terrifying navy.

Although the Ying State was powerful, it was not proficient in naval warfare.

As for this, the Qilin Army’s military strength.

There are 18,500 infantry combat troops and logistics personnel.

Thirty thousand naval forces.

Battleship Corps 1.

They gathered a crowd of 60,000 people, with great power and might, and were unrivaled in the southern part of the world. Famous generals of the State of Chen and the State of Ying all chose a similar strategy at the same time, or they were forced to do so, abandoning the water route and embarking on land warfare.

They all abandoned the city. As they were all famous generals, they realized something very fatal: when the opposite side directly controlled the waterway and had the world's top warship corps, if they still stayed obediently in the city within the water area, they would be waiting to die.

Two armies invaded, one from the north and one from the south.

It seemed like a tacit understanding between the famous generals, which gradually gathered together and turned into an encirclement force. They called for an army of 100,000 strong, intending to swallow up the Qilin Army of only 20,000 infantrymen. Everyone in the world who knew about this change laughed at it.

This is the counterattack of the two major powers.

Only Lu Youxian was furious, and he wrote a letter overnight, demanding that the city defense be withdrawn immediately: "The enemy is disturbing us lightly, and this must be for a special purpose, which is to make us abandon the city defense and be disturbed by the enemy, which is a taboo in military strategy!"

This first-rate general who was in charge of defending the city was now laid off at home because of the incident in Guanyi City.

Ultimately, this proposal did not receive enough attention.

The troops of Chen and Ying rushed directly into the land area, and the role of the navy was abandoned. Or, in other words, this was the purpose of Yuan Zhi's strategy. But at this moment, this strategist of ordinary origin hesitated a little.

He remained silent for a long time, then asked Li Guanyi, "My lord, if we retreat now and take back the city, we can still hold out for a while. If you really follow my plan, I'm really, I'm just a scholar, and I've never used such a plan..."

"If you fail..."

Li Guanyi answered cheerfully: "It's just the same as before!"

"Employ people with confidence, and don't employ people you don't trust. Sir, please give us a plan!"

Yuan Zhiyi gritted his teeth. He looked at Li Guanyi, the young famous general, and the equally young counselor. The young people's blood was burning the world. They adopted an almost absurd strategy and sent generals at the same time to challenge the military forces of Ying and Chen.

Yuan Zhi held the master's seal in his hand, stood up, and said loudly:
"This time, the famous generals of Ying and Chen are secretly cooperating to outflank us. It is impossible to annihilate us completely. The goal is to win a great victory!"

"It's a big country. If we occupy this strategic location, we will inevitably face a counterattack. Only by completely defeating this counterattack in a more decisive and direct way can we achieve the first strategic goal of occupying the entire 18 states of Jiangnan and remotely controlling the remaining 17 states around."

"Expand the sphere of influence to a thousand miles in radius."

"The enemy underestimates us. This is our chance to win."

"Generals, fight bravely and vigorously. This is our second chance to win."

"There is a city behind us, and the water area can be used to transport troops. We have already taken advantage of the opportunity to be invincible. In this invincible place, we can seek victory again. This is the third battle."

"General Ling Pingyang, please lead a group of elite troops to challenge the country."

Ling Pingyang said: "Pingyang will definitely live up to your trust."

Yuan Zhi said: "You can only lose this battle, but not win. Lead the enemy army into our camp."

Ling Pingyang hesitated, then bowed and agreed, and led a battalion of soldiers away. Yuan Zhi said again: "General Kou Yulie."

The Angry Scale Dragon King took a half step forward and said, "Here!"

Yuan Zhi said: "Originally, the general is in charge of the navy, but now he has to complete the strategy of luring the enemy before the army of Chen State. Only a person of the general's level can succeed, just like General Ling Pingyang, who led the troops here!"

Kou Yulie glanced at Li Guanyi before saying, "Yes!"

He also led his troops out. Yuan Zhi was silent for a long time. Li Guanyi, dressed in armor, and Qilin sat in the main camp. This time, not only the army soldiers, but also the elite naval forces joined the defense.

Yuan Zhi’s plan is dangerous, but also very domineering.

【Borrow troops】!
The previous rumors had been released. The State of Chen thought that Li Guanyi and the State of Ying had joined forces; the State of Ying thought that Li Guanyi and the State of Chen had colluded and did not necessarily believe it, but at the critical moment, a little seed of doubt was enough to succeed.

Yuan Zhi's strategy, in the final analysis, was to let the armies of Chen and Ying fight each other, while the Qilin Army would focus on defense and self-preservation. The young strategist, who had just come out of retirement, was full of courage and boldness, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he seemed to be able to overwhelm the world.

But this strategy was supported by Li Guanyi.

The camp has changed a lot. During this period of time, Yuan has been training his troops.

The main thing is that these people can understand the orders of the big banner.

This formation is composed of combat soldiers, totaling 12,500 people. This is the entire Qilin Army's entire assets. They are going to fight to the death, but if Yuan Zhi's strategy succeeds, their losses will be greatly reduced, and it will be enough to deter all parties and completely swallow up Jiangnan.

The sound of horse hooves faded away, and within the camp, the sound of breathing seemed to become louder.

Ling Pingyang and the Angry Scale Dragon King both perfectly executed the strategy of feigning defeat to lure the enemy.

Only the heavy cavalry under their command and the sons of the Angry Scale Dragon King would believe that their commander was able to pull off a feigned defeat and not actually turn the feigned defeat into a real defeat, thereby luring the enemy into a rout. In fact, feigning a defeat in history is a tactical operation that is extremely difficult to implement in practice.

The scouts reported back: "Report!"

"General Ling Pingyang's troops are approaching ten miles away! The enemy has sent out more than 10,000 soldiers."

"Report!"

"The Angry Scale Dragon King's troops have led the Chen army closer! The other side has sent out more than 10,000 soldiers."

Yuan Zhi could almost hear the roar of Ling Pingyang leading the heavy cavalry to form a cone formation and charge with the Ying country's army. He closed his eyes, his face pale. Ling Pingyang returned to his formation, and the Angry Scale Dragon King returned to his formation.

Thousands of Ying State cavalry and infantry gathered together and entered the main camp.

The Chen army is approaching——

The sound of people around him assisting him in calculations and deductions never ceased.

The sounds of horse hooves, sword handles, breathing, and roaring all came together and finally mixed into the smell of blood and fell into Yuan Zhi's nose. The young strategist opened his eyes and saw the howling wind and the fluttering scarlet flags in front of him.

A goshawk flew over the vast battlefield.

Yuan Zhi raised his sword, and under his feet was an extremely complicated diagram of sixty-four hexagrams. At this moment, the Qilin Army was no longer in the original formation. The young strategist closed his eyes, and everything was dark, but suddenly ripples appeared, and the ripples swept across this extremely large area.

An army consists of 12,500 men, with ten men forming a fire, totaling 1,250 fires.

The length of the tent is 16 feet, with 10 men. Each man guards a ground of 16 feet. 13 out of 10 are the odd troops. 3,750 men are the odd troops. The remaining 8,750 men are divided into:

【Eight Formations】!
Each formation had 193 men, each worth 7.5 zhu, and guarded an area of ​​1,750 feet.

The eight arrays multiplied by 14,000 feet of ground, which equals 2,333 steps and two feet, and the total area equals six miles.

The remaining 173 steps and 2 feet, multiplied by the four sides of the fort, one side has land, and one li has 223 steps and 2 feet, the land inside the fort is -

[Fourteen hectares, seventeen acres, more than one hundred and ninety-seven steps, four feet, six inches and six points]!
An eagle flew over the ground, and the eerie aura of the armor rose into the sky. The changes were complex. This place had clearly turned into a battle formation covering an area of ​​14 hectares. Teams of heavily armored and heavily shielded soldiers formed a formation and moved back and forth quickly. A majestic military aura had risen.

Yuan Zhi stepped out, his sword against the ground, his eyes still closed.

But he seemed to be able to sense the entire vast battle situation!

The heavenly formation is located in Qian, which is the heavenly gate, and the earthly formation is located in Kun, which is the earthly gate.

The wind formation in Xun is the Wind Gate, and the cloud formation in Kan is the Cloud Gate.

The flying dragon in Zhen is the flying dragon gate, and the tiger wing in Dui is the tiger wing gate.

The bird flying in Li is the Fengxiang Gate, and the snake coiling in Gen is the Shepan Gate.

The winds and clouds of heaven and earth are the four directions!
Dragon, tiger, bird and snake are the four wonders!
There are mobile troops outside the fort, stationed at the two ends, with a charge in the front, an axis in the back, and garrisons in the four corners to prepare for emergencies.

The remaining 3,750 men formed the central camp, guarding an area of ​​6,000 feet, which equals two miles.

The first general on the right is Fan Qing, walking on the water, with a black banner and a flag with a picture of a bear with a white forehead and green feet.

The second general on the right is Yu Wenhua, who is on the path of fire and has a red banner and a flag with an eagle-like figure on its forehead and white feet.

The third general on the right is Lei Laomeng, who walks on a wooden pole, with a green banner and a flag, and a picture of a bear with a white forehead and red feet.

The fourth general on the right is Changsun Wuchou, who is in possession of gold, a white banner and a flag with a wolf-like figure on his forehead and black feet.

The first general on the left is Yuwen Tianxian, who is traveling by water, with a black banner and a flag with a picture of a bear with a white forehead and green feet.

The second general on the left is Murong Yuan, who is on the march to obtain fire. He has a red banner and a flag with a picture of an eagle with a white forehead and yellow feet.

The third general from the left, Ling Pingyang, returned to the battle line, carrying a wooden sign with a green banner and a picture of a bear with a white forehead and red feet.

The fourth general from the left, the Angry Scaled Dragon King, returns to the battle formation, carrying a golden and white banner with a wolf-like figure and a white forehead and black feet.

This is the army that will decide the victory. Yuan Zhi closed his eyes, sensing the entire army. The sound of horses' hooves galloping suddenly reminded him of his home when he was young, his mother's gaze, and the scolding. Finally, it reminded him of the time when he was young and saw the son of a noble family riding away on a canopy.

What my mother said with pride.

'My child is no worse than theirs'

"right?"

In the end, it became the mother's red eyes, and the hooves of the war horse trampled all memories.

The strategist who had been as gentle as jade before opened his eyes. The young general next to him was holding a Tiger Roaring Sky Halberd and sitting in the center of the formation, presiding over this huge and vast battle formation.

Lord.

I will use this formation to let you see a corner of this world thoroughly.

The long sword was pressed against the ground, and the surrounding battle flags fluttered violently. From the position where the general of the central army was sitting, the orders spread out layer by layer, and the incomparably exquisite and huge battle formation began to rotate and change rapidly -

Yuan Zhi lowered the tip of his sword to the ground and spoke. His originally gentle voice had become hoarse as smoke.

"The Queen of Wind holds the magic, the Eight-Gate Golden Lock."

"Open the formation!!!"

(End of this chapter)