Call of the Heroes of Chaos in Another World

Chapter 2020: Xuanwu appears in Zhennan Formation, and the Nine Palaces and Eight Diagrams trap Xu Ning

Wang Jian's black banner pierced the morning mist, and the 50,000 imperial guards were like a black tide that flooded over the gentle slope. With every step these soldiers wearing phoenix-wing helmets took, the copper tiger amulets on their waists struck against their scaled armor, and the sound of metal clashing overwhelmed the war drums.

The tortoise-shell formation in the front of the Zhennan Army trembled slightly, and the barbs on the shields glowed faint blue in the sunlight.

"Break the formation!"

Ma Qianli pointed the spear in his hand towards the sky, and tens of thousands of people holding rattan shields suddenly split into nine groups. Each group was shaped like a tortoise shell but three times smaller. The distance between them was exactly the range limit of the crossbow.

A sneer appeared on Wang Jian's lips. Five hundred crossbows suddenly rose from the square formation of the Imperial Guards. The three-edged arrows with barbs spun through the air, but made a sound of metal and stone when they touched the shield formation - the inner layer of those rattan shields was actually embedded with fine iron mesh.

Ma Qianli relied on this layer of barbed wire to weaken the power of the crossbow arrows.

The Shenbi Crossbow, the manufacturing drawings of this crossbow, have been put into service in large quantities since Wang Yu obtained it from the system.

Of course, the Shenbi crossbow is really good, but it is not possible to replace all crossbows. The Shenbi crossbow needs to be powered by the legs. Although this crossbow has no problem with piercing power, it can deal with heavy armor.

However, in terms of lightness, it is not as light as ordinary crossbows.

No matter how powerful a weapon is, it is not invincible. Just like different types of soldiers, only when they work together can they create the greatest lethality.

"Turn!" A cry of cranes suddenly sounded from the Zhennan Army's formation. The small tortoise-shell formation spun like a gyroscope, and the centrifugal force threw half of the crossbow arrows to the periphery.

"Change the formation again!"

Ma Qianli's shout rang out again, and the small Black Turtle Formations that had split apart quickly changed again. The previous nine small formations, while maintaining the basis of their division, re-formed into a new large formation.

"Ding, Ma Qianli Zhen Nanxiong's skill is activated.
Zhennanxiong: The unique skill of the Ma family in the Da Cang Dynasty is advanced from Zhennan. Only the descendants of the Ma family bloodline can awaken the Zhennan skill, and only the head of the Ma family bloodline clan has a certain probability of successfully advancing to it. When one retires from the position of the head of the Ma family bloodline clan, this skill will degenerate into the Zhennan skill again, and the effects are different for different people.

Note: Only when the basic commander reaches super first-rate can there be a certain chance of awakening. The probability of a basic commander awakening to super first-rate is no higher than 30%, the probability of a basic commander awakening to heaven level is no less than 50%, and the probability of a basic commander awakening to god level is 90%.

Effect 2: The Lord of Zhennan, the hero of the Ma family. When Ma Qianli is on the battlefield, all descendants of the Ma family will gain Command +2 and Military Strength +.

Effect 3: When commanding infantry, your own command bonus is +3 and intelligence is +.

Effect three: when guarding the southern part of Da Cang, three random attributes of the individual will be temporarily increased by one point.

Effect 4: It can replace Zhennan skills and participate in its unique combination skills. When the four Zhen skills are replaced by the four Zhenxiong skills to form a combination skill, the activation effect of the original combination skills will be directly doubled.

Effect five, the master of the Xuanwu formation, the turtle and the snake fight each other. When the Xuanwu formation is deployed to fight the enemy, the military strength of all soldiers in the formation is +1, and the military strength of all enemy soldiers facing the Xuanwu formation is -1.

Note: This skill effect can only be used when the Xuanwu formation is deployed. Moreover, after this skill effect is activated, except for the skill effects of the participating parties, neither the enemy nor our side can be affected by other army-wide skill effects. "

The Four Heroes skill is an advanced version of the Four Heroes skill of Da Cang, and it is the only advanced version that exists. There can only be one in a generation, and it is also a top-level skill.

Moreover, there may not necessarily be one in a generation.

Just like the former Zhenbei Lord Lie Qiankun, his Zhenbei skills have not advanced to the level of Zhenbei Xiong. Even the four Zhen skills, not every family member can awaken them, there is a probability, not to mention the advancement of such things.

At least, of the four current Zhenxiong skills, only Zhennanxiong is left for now.

Zhao Changfeng's situation is unclear, but even if he once had this skill, it no longer exists. Wang Chang's situation is the same as Zhao Changfeng's. He has now abdicated, and his Zhendongxiong skill has also regressed to Zhendong skill.

It is not clear what level Zhao Kuangyin and Lie Feiyang’s skills have reached now, and whether they have been advanced into the new Four Heroes’ skills!

As for Wang Yu, his Zhendong skill has been integrated with Wuxiong's skill into a new skill. Zhendongxiong, the inherited skill of the patriarch of a large feudal family, is unlikely to appear, at least in his generation.

The Four Heroes of Zhen are worthy of being the ones who are the only ones who can advance successfully. From Ma Qianli's point of view, the effect of this skill is purely designed for the children of his own family and can only work on the bloodline of his own family.

Moreover, this skill of the Four Heroes also fully demonstrates the strength of Da Cang.

The three commanders and eight generals of the former imperial guards had two powerful combination skills. Now it seems that the four generals of the towns also have a powerful combination skills.

Even under the state of Four Heroes, it can be doubled. A set of top-level combo skills, if doubled, once on the battlefield, will have a subversive impact on the battle situation.

If there had not been problems within the Four Towns themselves, they would not have been qualified to overthrow Da Cang with just the Rebellion of the Three Kings and the Heavenly Master.

"Ding, Ma Qianli Zhen Nanxiong's skill effect 1 is activated, Black Tortoise Formation Master, Turtle and Snake Fighting Together. When the Black Tortoise Formation is deployed to fight the enemy, all soldiers in the formation will have their Force +1, and all enemy soldiers facing the Black Tortoise Formation will have their Force -.

Ma Qianli’s military strength +1, basic military strength 94, equipment +2, current military strength rises to 97.

Ma Qianli, command 98, military strength 94, intelligence 81, politics 82, charm 90.

Qiongqi’s military power +1, basic military power 108, equipment +2, current military power rises to 111.

……

Wang Jian’s force -1…”

Strictly speaking, Ma Qianli's skill effect is not an army-wide skill, and can only be used on the army related to the Xuanwu Formation.

However, considering the huge number of troops deployed, even if it is not an army-wide skill effect, it is still half an army-wide skill effect. After all, once this skill effect is activated, the enemy and ours combined will cover at least tens of thousands of troops.

Even now, the enemy and ours have a total of 500,000 troops, but a full one-fifth of the enemy and ours combined are within the range of this skill.

"Xuanwu Formation?" After vaguely seeing the change in the formation, the expression of Wang Jian, the commander of the front army, couldn't help but change slightly.

The Xuanjia Formation is the most basic formation among the many formation variations of the Zhennan Army, and many formation changes are evolved based on the Xuanjia Formation.

As for the Xuanwu formation, it is the culmination of all of them. As a descendant of the Zhendong Wang family, Wang Jian had only heard of it before, but had never seen it in person. After all, it was the real treasure of the family. This kind of formation would not be used easily, just like Xue Rengui's Longmen formation, which was only used as a trump card.

The Xuanwu Formation, while retaining the Xuanjia Formation's super strong defense, has transformed it into a killing formation filled with murderous power.

Of course, although the Xuanwu Formation has much more killing power than the basic version of the Xuanjia Formation, it also takes defense into consideration. In terms of pure killing power, it is not as good as Xue Rengui's Longmen Formation.

The most rare thing is that most of the formations in this world, such as Xue Rengui's Longmen Formation, cannot be moved easily once they are set up.

However, this Xuanwu formation is different. As the nine Xuanjia small formations continue to change, the Xuanwu formation can also move slowly during the changes. Therefore, this also makes it the top military formation in the world.

At this time, Wang Jian began to wonder who the other side's front army commander was!
As far as he knew, there were only a few people in the entire Zhennan Ma family who could set up such an extremely complex formation as the Xuanwu Formation.

As thousands of thoughts flashed through his mind, Wang Jian pointed his flag at the ground, and his eyes under the phoenix-wing helmet reflected the strange changes in the Zhennan Army's formation. The nine tortoise-shell formations shifted in an interlaced manner in the dust, and the scales on the shields rippled as the formation rotated, as if a living thing was breathing.

"Step into formation! Charge forward with your spearhead!"

The 30,000 Tiger Guards in the front line roared in unison, and the double-layered tower shields merged with a bang, and the fine iron latches on the shield edges made a dragon roar. These specially made giant shields weighed 40 kilograms each, and the three-edged spikes at the bottom plowed deeply into the loess as they advanced, carving nine bloody gullies on the battlefield.

The Xuanwu formation of the Zhennan Army suddenly retreated, and the outer shield wall was inserted diagonally like the pattern of a tortoise shell. When the Imperial Guards' spearhead formation approached the enemy formation, a 10-foot-long sickle suddenly appeared from the gap in the shield - these specially made long-handled sickles were specially used to lock the tower shield latches, and the nine spearhead formations were fixed in place at the same time.

"Divide!" Wang Jian's flag was chopped diagonally, and the tower shield formation split into square teams of a hundred people. The Hook-Sickle Battalion of the Imperial Guards rushed in from the gap.

The Hook and Sickle Camp, this camp is commanded by Xu Ning, and it still makes use of the inherent strengths of this camp and has a certain restraining effect on cavalry.

Although the Han Dynasty had cavalry corps such as the Flying Feather Corps, and even more elite Black Cavalry and Golden Fire Cavalry, Wang Yu still formed this army with an attitude of being prepared for any eventuality.

"Among the Han people, there are indeed many talented people!"

"What a quick response!" Ma Qianli sighed in his heart. He knew that there could be no reservations in today's Xuanwu formation.

In the past few years, the Han army has continuously produced countless famous generals, and Han Xin is just the most dazzling one, so dazzling that he overshadows the brilliance of others.

However, it's not that no one has noticed other famous Han generals who have emerged in recent years.

"However, my Ma's Black Tortoise Formation is not so easy to deal with!"

Ma Qianli sneered in his heart and couldn't help but wave the flag in his hand.

The three-meter chain sickle entangled the long-handled weapons of the enemy formation, but unexpectedly a forest of spears suddenly rose up from the inner layer of the Black Tortoise Formation. Seven-foot short spears emerged from the gaps in the shields like poisonous snakes, specifically stabbing the unprotected knees of the sickle-armed soldiers.

At the same time, the three sub-formations on the side of the Xuanwu formation suddenly rushed forward, and the shield wall flipped to reveal the crossbow receiver hidden inside. The sound of crossbow triggers continued to sound, and the Hook and Sickle Battalion of the Han Imperial Guard suffered heavy losses for a while.

"No!"

Seeing the hook-and-sickle fighters he had trained so hard falling down in large numbers, Golden Spear Fighter Xu Ning was furious, but there was nothing else he could do.

The Xuanwu Formation is both offensive and defensive, and is extremely versatile. Wang Jian witnessed its power with his own eyes today, and was dealt a heavy blow the first time he came into contact with it.

However, it was impossible for Wang Jian to give up so easily.

"I want to see how durable this Xuanwu Formation is?" Wang Jian said secretly in his heart.

As his order was given, the heavy infantry of the Royal Guards also launched the battering rams at this time - these iron-clad giant timbers were equipped with rotating blade wheels at the bottom, and as soon as they appeared, they crushed cracks in the shield wall on the outer edge of the basalt formation.

When the rotating blades of the battering ram crushed the seventh shield, a horn like the hissing of a tortoise and a snake came from the depths of the Xuanwu formation. Ma Qianli waved the flag in his hand again, and twelve general flags rose in the formation - this was the "Nine Palace Changes" of the Zhennan Army.

The Xuanwu Formation is the most powerful weapon of the Zhennan Ma family and one of the best formations in the world. It also contains the principles of the Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams, as well as various subtle changes.

"Turn away from Xunwei!"

As the command flags fluttered, three thousand chain hammer soldiers suddenly poured out from the gap torn open by the battering rams. The meteor hammers of these bare-chested warriors were used to smash the bearings of the battering rams. The moment the fine iron chains entangled the blade wheels, the shield wall behind them suddenly closed, trapping the thirty battering rams in the formation.

Xu Ning's Hook and Sickle Battalion was about to rescue, but they saw the roof of the Black Tortoise Formation suddenly opened, and hundreds of oil-soaked cowhide bags were covered below. These special net bags became hard when exposed to wind, trapping the Hook and Sickle soldiers and their weapons into cocoons.

"Change again!" The command flag in Ma Qianli's hand kept fluttering. As his command flag fluttered, the guards around him also kept waving flag signals. One flag soldier after another kept passing on orders. Relying on this method, the formation was in rapid change all the time.

As the Black Tortoise Formation kept changing, thousands of vanguards, including Xu Ning's Hook and Sickle Battalion, unknowingly fell into the stranglehold of the Black Tortoise Formation.

If you look down from the sky at this time, you can find that the 50,000-strong army of the Zhennan Army is like a giant turtle, lying across the center of the earth, and thousands of vanguards including Xu Ning's Hook and Sickle Camp are entangled in the middle of a giant snake that emerged from the turtle's back and are constantly bitten.

As for Wang Jian's troops, although they surrounded the giant turtle from several directions, they kept circling around the giant turtle.

Since Ma Qianli dared to take the initiative in a decisive battle, he was naturally confident. This was his confidence.

The black cavalry of Zhendong Family has the ability to fight over a thousand miles. Needless to say, their achievements in recent years have been great. They once broke into the capital of Dongyi Empire, defeated the Great Sword Army that had several times their own strength, and successfully helped Wang Yu blockade the Zhonghang Mountains.

The black cavalry of Zhendong’s family performed brilliantly. As one of the four towns, Zhennan’s trump cards were naturally not bad either.

Ma Qianli's Xuanwu Formation kept changing, but at this time Wang Jian was in hesitation.

He was considering whether to continue betting. The ram was able to hit seven shields in a row, which showed that the strong charge was effective. However, the changes in the Xuanwu formation were indeed very subtle. The ram could only be used for a short time, and the next moment it was controlled by the formation, which was a clear proof.

Therefore, Wang Jian hesitated at this time.

He still has a card in his hand, a card with extremely destructive power.

However, the exquisiteness of the Xuanwu Formation was something he had never seen before in his life. If this card was played and it became ineffective, and they fell into the enemy's stranglehold like the Hook and Sickle Camp, they would suffer a great loss.