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Chapter 175: Battle Without Horizontal Formation (1)
Gu Zhen wanted to meet the enemy with true energy, but unexpectedly, his true energy acted on its own, scurrying around, seeing the light of the saber approaching, he had to close his eyes and suffer death.Unexpectedly, the wind of the blade reached his body, and the zhenqi that was running around suddenly contracted, and a burst of energy was generated, before the blade's edge, the lightning spit out.For a moment, Gu Zhen's robe fluttered, he didn't lift his feet, his hands didn't move, Ling Xu controlled the wind, floated and then retreated.

This retreat was all due to zhenqi manipulation, not Gu Zhen's original intention.Unexpectedly, Pei Yuguan missed the knife.But Gu Zhen avoided the edge of the blade, but he couldn't avoid the air on the blade.Pei Yuguan's "Yanyang Dao" is originally an internal saber technique, when the saber is fired from outside Zhang Xu, the wind of the saber can make the sheepskin ignite spontaneously without fire.Gu Zhen's chest and abdomen were struck by the saber energy, and he felt a scorching energy penetrate his inner organs.His throat was sweet, and a trace of blood welled up in his mouth.However, no internal force in the world can get rid of the barrier of the "eight strengths of Zhou Liu". Pei Yuguan's saber strength is similar to Zhou Liu's fire strength. Once it enters Gu Zhen's body, it only fuels the momentum of the fire strength, the fire strength becomes stronger, and the water strength Weakened, Gu Zhen damages the strong and makes up for the weak, water and fire complement each other, and with just one stroke, the strength of the knife is melted away.

Pei Yuguan's sword was useless, and his heart was terrified. He felt that this person was very skilled and bold, with the blade reaching his body, and he retreated just now. .Compared with the previous move, this knife was more swift and fierce. Gu Zhen couldn't retreat in time, and the blade hit his shoulder. This "Chaoyang knife" was originally a precious knife, and the "Zhou Liushan Jin" was hard to resist. Sudden contraction, Pei Yuguan slipped his hand, the blade deflected, and slid across Gu Zhen's shoulder.

This blow comes from "Zhou Liuze Jin", with Ze Jin added to the body, the practitioner is as smooth as a loach, and can disarm all kinds of internal strength weapons.Pei Yuguan didn't know the reason, so he was astonished, he didn't dare to attack forcefully, his saber technique was restrained, he was defensive during the attack, rolled up a piece of saber light, and rolled forward slowly.

Gu Zhen was bound by the "eight strengths of Zhou Liu", advancing and retreating to a halt, involuntarily, sometimes his sleeves fluttered, his long hair stood on end, and his body was like a big bird, flying vertically and horizontally.Although Pei Yuguan's saber is strong, it is always a hair's breadth away from hitting the opponent.

The two rolled and rolled, fighting into the depths of the mountain fire unconsciously, the flames covered the sky, and thick smoke billowed.Gu Zhen's every move is guided by his true energy, so when the sword comes, he retreats, and when the fire comes, he avoids it. The whirlwind surrounds him, blows away the flames and smoke, and rolls away towards Pei Yuguan.Pei Yuguan burst into tears, couldn't open his eyes, and responded to the enemy with a knife entirely by instinct.

At this point in the fight, Gu Zhen understood somewhat in a trance. The "eight strengths of Zhouliu" are eight kinds of internal strengths dispersed, and once they are combined, they become a living thing that makes its own decisions.It's just because it hasn't been tamed for a long time and its wild spirit hasn't disappeared, so it behaves perversely, making no distinction between enemy and friend.Even so, this living thing is all born of Gu Zhen. If the host dies, Ba Jin will also die. Therefore, whenever life and death are at stake, Ba Jin will still be consistent in order to protect itself.

Gu Zhen realized this truth, knowing that the more dangerous his situation is, the more he can stimulate the potential of Ba Jin.So he turned his heart horizontally and deliberately rushed towards the sword light. For a while, the wind was blowing, the fire was criss-crossing, the mountains and rivers protected the body, and the electricity was free.The smoke around Pei Yuguan's body became thicker and the fire more intense, and when the electricity came, the roots of the trees arched.He was sweating through his heavy clothes, his beard and hair were scorched, coupled with the wind blowing the flames, his eyes were bright red, he was a little careless, he tripped, his body became hot, and his clothes burned.He knew in his heart that if he continued to fight, he must die here, so he immediately jumped out of the flames.

Gu Zhen's body swayed, suddenly piercing through the air like a meteorite, and slammed into a big tree hard.The tree was scorched and scorched, and with this impact, "Zhou Liu Shan Jin" gushed out, and with a "click", the tree broke in the middle.

Feeling the wind, Pei Yuguan swung the big tree away with his backhand. The crown of the tree was thrown upwards, and suddenly fell heavily, hitting him in the back.Pei Yuguan fell two feet away, and when he landed, a lazy donkey rolled and managed to get out of the fire.

Lian Zhong saw it from a distance, and hurried to catch up, but seeing Pei Yuguan's body was scorched black, he hardly looked like a human being, just when he stood still, he spat out a big mouthful of black blood, and said in a hoarse voice, "Run away." He said with two eyes Turned up, passed out.

Lian Zhong was so frightened that his face turned pale, he didn't dare to look at Gu Zhen any more, he helped Pei Yuguan into the forest, and fled away in a gust of wind.

Gu Zhen got out of the sea of ​​flames, the knife wounds and burns on his body caused severe pain. After this hard struggle, the eight energy in his body became thinner and weaker, he was exhausted and unable to play mischief for the time being.

Ding Huaichu was already dead, and Zhang Jilun was burned to death. When he saw Gu Zhen, he was trying to crawl away with his hands and feet. Suddenly he heard Gu Zhen shout: "Where are you going?" Bewitched by ghosts, I heard Ding Huaichu's nonsense. After all, it's all about Ding's fault, his clever mouth is too deceptive, the young ones are confused for a while, and the Ding..."

Gu Zhen heard it funny, and said: "You are sure that Ding Huaichu's death is not proven, so I can't argue with you?" Zhang Jilun hesitated: "The surname is Ding..."

Seeing his expression, Gu Zhen sighed inwardly, waved his hand lightly, and said, "Go away, tell those who want to kill Gu, Gu's head is here, and anyone who is capable can just come and get it."

Zhang Jilun was overjoyed, and said repeatedly: "Don't dare." He kowtowed his head three times and staggered away.

Gu Zhen avoided the fire, waded across a stream, and came to a small valley.It was late summer, the wind in the valley blew the leaves, like the sound of heaven, and a clear stream gurgled, separating the fire on the other side.

Gu Zhen drank a full meal of stream water and sat down against the rocks, but his muscles and bones felt weak and his wounds were painful. His only wish was to fall down and not wake up for three days and three nights.

Just thinking about it, Ba Jin was about to move, knowing that once he fell asleep, his true energy would lose control, and Ba Jin would rebel, and he would surely die.Thinking of this, Gu Zhen shook himself up and tried his best to drive away the drowsiness.

Sleep is natural, once drowsiness comes, it is better than any punishment in the world, Gu Zhen was in a daze for several times, and struggled to wake up several times.This time, instead of competing with Ba Jin, he was fighting against himself. The difficulty cannot be described in words.

The sun is setting and the moon is rising, the stars are moving, the golden crow in the east is leaping up, and the day and night are finally over.Suddenly, a flash of lightning flashed in Gu Zhen's mind, and some enlightenment came into being, followed by his body lightening up, as if his spirit had come out of his body.The body gave birth to a strange feeling, as if under the sun's rays, the flesh and blood melted away and gradually became transparent, leaving only a cloud of light smoke, indeterminate in the air.

Suddenly, a warm current originated from the dantian, and gushed out from every hair, making the whole body numb, sour, itchy and swollen.Immediately, it was like a torrent, turning in the chest again, rushing to the mouth and nose.

Gu Zhen couldn't help but let out a long howl, and the howling rushed up, shaking all forests.After whistling for half an hour, the true energy in his chest was exhausted.As soon as Gu Zhen jumped up, he felt light all over his body, and his eight strengths followed his breath and breath, complementing each other's strengths and weaknesses, and he was free and active. He didn't need to deliberately guide him anymore, it was as natural as breathing and exhaling and blood qi rising and falling.

Gu Zhen was overjoyed, and tried to force out eight strengths, but the strength reached his limbs, and suddenly retracted.He thought it over and over again, but couldn't figure it out. Fortunately, the "six deficiency poisons" were eliminated, and the fear of life was temporarily gone.

At this time, the mountain fire on the other side has been extinguished, and the remaining smoke is lingering in the valley.Gu Zhen leaned over to look, the stream was as clear as empty, and there was a figure with disheveled hair, scorched beard and brow, and his face was as black as charcoal, which looked very funny.

Gu Zhen laughed dumbfounded, and washed away the dirt with water.Strange to say, in just one night, all the wounds on his body have healed. Gu Zhen thought to himself: "The master of the earth is born, 'Zhouliu earth energy' grows all things, maybe the earth energy grows hair, and healed my injury." Thinking of this , pulled a green vine, rolled up her long hair, and strode out of the valley.

After walking for a while, he suddenly heard someone yelling: "Master Gu!" Turning around, dozens of people rushed towards him, and the leader was Zhao Shouzhen.Gu Zhen's heart sank, and he raised his voice and called out, "Zhao Shouzhen, are you coming to take my head too?"

He put his hands on his waist and stood on the hillside. Although he was not fully clothed, he had an aggressive aura.Zhao Shouzhen ran up to him, knelt down on the ground, and said, "Master Gu, what are you talking about? You don't care about your life for the people in the south of the Yangtze River, and you would rather be an enemy of the old master. This kind of generosity, Zhao admires it from the bottom of his heart, but only hates martial arts. You are lowly, unable to help, how dare you think of murdering you?"

All the merchants also knelt down one after another. Gu Zhen looked at Zhao Shouzhen, saw that he did not seem to be lying, and asked, "Is this true?"

"It's absolutely true!" Zhao Shouzhen smiled wryly, "We have been waiting in Lingcui Gorge when we heard about Master Gu and Master Lu. Later, Lan Yuanbei met Zhang Jilun and saw that he was burnt and festered all over. We only found out the reason when we pressed him. They failed to assassinate Gu Ye, but instead suffered a great loss. Brother Lan came back to report, and we immediately searched all the way, luckily Gu Ye was fine, I was relieved."

Gu Zhen's expression slowed down a bit, when he saw three businessmen holding the heads in their hands, he asked: "Who are those people?" The three took a look, followed by Zhang Jilun, Hong Yuanzhao, and Liu Keyong.Zhao Shouzhen said bitterly: "The three thieves broke their promises, and we ran into them, so naturally we can't let them go."

Gu Zhen sighed secretly, and said: "This time the opponent is too strong, you guys are with me, it's fine if you win, if you lose, you will inevitably lose your family, are you not afraid?" The crowd responded with emotion: "No."

Gu Zhen's heart was hot, and he counted roughly, there were less than thirty people who came, and asked: "Where are the others?" Zhao Shouzhen sighed: "They all left because they were afraid of being implicated." It's normal!" After a pause, he asked again, "Is there any news about Lu Jian?" Zhao Shouzhen said, "Mr. Su is looking for it."

Gu Zhen thought to himself: "Lu Jian has fallen into Wan Guizang's hands, the situation is dangerous and unpredictable, and I don't know if my brothers will meet again?" He felt sad, and asked again: "Is there any chance?" News about General Qi?"

"Yes." Zhao Shouzhen said with a sad face, "General Qi broke through the Jiujiang granary, put the grain on board, and went eastward along the Yangtze River. Unfortunately, he was one step too late. Yesterday, he was merged by the enemy by land and water and stopped at the lower reaches of Anqing!"

Gu Zhen groaned slightly, and said in a clear voice: "In life, death is inevitable, and death is death, but there are differences in severity. Now the southeast half of the wall is full of mourners, and tens of millions of hungry people are waiting to be fed. To solve this catastrophe, we must fight to the death. General Qi alone The situation is critical to stop the strong bandits, all colleagues, are you willing to go with me in this difficulty?"

After hearing this, all the merchants filled their chests with tragic spirit, and shouted one after another: "I would like to listen to Gu Ye's envoy."

"Okay." Gu Zhen strode forward, leading a group of colleagues, and rushed to the vicinity of Lingcui Gorge. The loyal servants and personal guards brought by everyone gradually joined, and the number increased to a hundred.This group of people with their hands and eyes open to the sky, sneaked away along the way, did a few businesses, bought horses, grain, fine armor, bows and arrows, and bought three earthen cannons from the township regiment, dragged them in a carriage to accompany the army, and kept recruiting old hometowns along the way. Yong, rushed to the bank of the Yangtze River, the number has increased to three hundred.

Gu Zhen saw the motley armor of the crowd, and thought that in a big battle, it would be difficult to distinguish between the enemy and us, so he ordered Lan Yuanbei to buy dozens of white cloths, tear them into strips, wrap their heads and tie their necks, first to distinguish between the enemy and us, and second to show generosity and tragedy .The troops were divided into 15 banners, 20 people in each banner, and [-] businessmen who had the ability to lead were selected. One person commanded one banner, and ten banners became one post. The two obeyed Gu Zhen's orders.

After the appointment was completed, the brigade went east along the river, and arrived at the battlefield in the early morning of the next day. They heard the artillery fire from afar, and the battle shook the sky.Gu Zhen was overjoyed: "Since there are shouts of killing, it means that the victory is not yet decided." Seeing the long journey, everyone was exhausted, so they were ordered to rest on the spot, and sent scouts to find out the truth.

Not long after, the scout came back to report.It turned out that the other party was caught by Gu Zhen's strategy of attacking the west, and the guards of the Jiujiang granary were weak. Qi Jiguang rushed to Jiujiang and wiped out the thieves guarding the granary in one fell swoop.Gu Zhen's grain ship followed closely behind, loaded the ship with grain, and went down the river eastward.The thieves intercepted along the way, Qi Jiguang turned and fought forward, invincible.But the bandits are so powerful that they come by land and water, and they come one after another.Before Qi Jiguang arrived in Anqing, Qiu Shi led the thieves from four provinces to come from Jiangxi, and "Mr. Cang" led a large number of Japanese pirates from Fujian to help. Thousands of sails, however.

Qi Jiguang was attacked on three sides, so he made a decisive decision, set up camp on the mountain, formed a water village with grain boats, set up iron cannons, and blocked the river.On land, there are deep ditches and high fortifications to resist Japanese pirates and thieves.The mandarin duck formation was extremely sharp, and two consecutive formations defeated the bandit army.Qiu Shi became angry with shame, and captured the nearby people, refined them into water ghosts, and formed a "water soul formation" to rush into Qi's army.

The Yiwu soldiers had never seen such a sorcery. At first they panicked and suffered many casualties. Fortunately, they were well trained, and after retreating for a while, they stabilized their positions again.Qi Jiguang saw the flaws in the "Water Soul Formation", and ordered ten little mandarin ducks to form a group and dance the wolf traps so that the wind and rain could not be seen. The wolf traps were connected with a hundred shields to form a wall. The arrow was blocked, and its power was reduced by half.Qi Jiguang sent bowmen and bird guns to ambush behind him, and fired continuously, causing the water ghost to stagger and lose energy.

Shocked and furious, Qiu Shi rushed into Qi's army and killed the soldiers one after another.Seeing his bravery, Qi Jiguang ordered Wang Rulong to command three mandarin duck formations to form a three-talented formation to resist.With Lu Jian's guidance, Wang Rulong made great progress in the "Giant Spirit Mysterious Art".

The thieves and bandits use both water and land to do everything. Qi Jiguang has the opportunity to take advantage of the enemy and is infinitely adaptable.During the day and night of the war, Qi's army's two water and land villages stood still, and the bandits suffered heavy casualties and did not take advantage.

After hearing the news, Gu Zhen wondered: "Mr. Cang is here too?" The scout said: "Yes, there are many Japanese pirates here!"

Gu Zhen knew that "Mr. Cang" was Ning Bukong's subordinate, and it seemed that Wan Guizang not only subdued Qiu Shi, but also brought Ning Bukong under his command.Now that the two teams of Water and Fire have joined forces, and with the Western God of Wealth Ayes, the battle situation is very unfavorable.But luckily, Wan Guizang didn't come, otherwise, the situation would be even more out of hand.

It is said that the matter is of great importance, and Wan Guizang should have come to command in person, but he has not arrived for a long time, something must have happened.Thinking of this, Gu Zhen thought about Lu Jian, looked up to the east, and saw a lone star, desolate and silent.His eyes became hot, he took a long breath, calmed down, and moved forward quietly.

The dawn was slightly dewy, and the east was pale. Gu Zhen climbed a high slope and looked down from it.The river is sinking in a line, embedded between the mountains, and the ships on the bank have a deep draft, forming a water village.A huge black shadow hides in the lower reaches of the water village, bursting out with flames from time to time.In the water fortress, the cannons were also rumbling, and from time to time, they used the Frang machine to fight back, so as not to let the shadows get too close.

Gu Zhen recognized that the black shadow was the "Dragon", thought for a while, and ordered everyone to dismount, break off a branch, tie it behind the horse's tail, and then lie down in the grass, not to move around.Everyone was looking forward to the morning and the evening, and only hoped for a fight. After hearing this, they were all disappointed.

Gu Zhen stood still on one side, but it was at a critical juncture on the other side.Qi's army was invincible, the group of thieves relied on the large number of people, and used the "weak military method" to divide them into three battalions. Qiu Shi was on the left, Mr. Cang was on the right, and Ai Si was in the middle army. The three battalions attacked in turn to prevent Qi's army from having time rest.

Qi Jiguang guessed the opponent's strategy, but he was outnumbered and fought hard for days, and his strength was exhausted.He thought about sitting still and waiting for death, why not take the initiative to attack, wait until dawn, take advantage of the dark night and few stars, feast on the soldiers, the whole army came out from the empty camp, and went straight to the right camp where the Japanese pirates were.After only a while, the right battalion was defeated, the soldiers turned sharply, and then rushed to the left battalion. Qiu Shi resisted desperately, and the "Demon Dragon" also went up after hearing the news, bombarding the grain boats in the water village, forcing Qi Jiguang to divide his troops to guard.

The life-and-death battle between the two armies was full of dangers, and Gu Zhen and his party saw it from a distance, and they all looked shocked and had difficulty breathing.

Three thousand Qi's army formed a giant formation of mandarin ducks, the five elements coexisted, resisting the enemy on all sides, and the soldiers were all dressed in iron armor, shining coldly in the dawn, like a giant steel mill, rolling back and forth in the enemy formation.The wolf traps in the formation were particularly eye-catching. According to the six styles taught by Lu Jian, they attacked horizontally and vertically. When the fight reached the fierce point, there were thousands of green waves and numerous obstacles, dancing and undulating in the misty dawn, which was extremely spectacular.

The thieves' uniforms and armours are mixed, their weapons are various, they are numerous, and their martial arts are not weak, but their troops are scattered and they fight on their own.

(End of this chapter)