Chapter 1102 War
Strictly speaking, this was the first official battle between the six major sects and the Ming Cult.
Because the six major sects joined forces in advance, all the five elements flags of the Ming Cult were dispatched, but they did not rush up in a swarm, but in an orderly manner with strict formations.
Before seeing the enemy, Song Qingshu assigned the tasks of the six major sects. Shaolin, Wudang, Emei and Kunlun sects occupied the four directions of southeast, northwest and northeast respectively. Kongtong and Huashan were two mobile forces to respond to emergencies at any time.
The heroes had no objection to this arrangement, and the next step was to wait for the enemy to arrive.
The camp of the six major sects was located in an oasis, with sand dunes in the east, rivers in the south, and dense forests in the north and west.
Now is the season of late autumn and winter, the weather is dry, and the forest grass is withered and yellow.
They did not wait for the enemy, but waited for the fire first.
The raging fire spread instantly with the northwest wind, and the heroes were in an uproar.
"It smells like sulfur! It's the people of the Demon Cult's Fiery Flag who are setting the fire!" He Taichong, who knows the bottom of the Ming Cult best due to geographical reasons, immediately reacted and shouted.
Seeing the fire approaching, Song Qingshu immediately made a decision: "Retreat! Don't worry about these two sides, retreat to the east!"
Such a fire not only cut off the way out of the six major sects, but also blocked the way in from the Ming Cult. No one could pass through these two directions, so Song Qingshu immediately changed his strategy and gave up these two directions.
Moreover, he realized that the enemy set fire in these two directions, which must be to force him to the east, because there is a river in the south, and the six major sects have no tools to cross the river. The only direction to go is the east.
There must be danger in the east!
"The situation has changed, and the original plan needs to be changed! There must be an enemy ambush on the sand dunes in the east. Please ask the six sects to send masters with good light skills to charge first!" Song Qingshu chose to send high-end forces to explore and disrupt the enemy's deployment arrangements first, and then quickly lead people to charge.
It must be said that he still has some knowledge, but not much, otherwise he should not have chosen to meet the enemy in this low-lying oasis since he learned of the enemy attack. This is a taboo in military strategy.
"Look!" Xian Yutong was sharp-eyed and suddenly pointed to the east and exclaimed.
Without waiting for the six major sects to react, dense figures appeared on the sand dunes in the east. Under the moonlight, there were crowds of people, and I don't know how many people there were.
"Shoot!"
A cold and stern shout came, and the next second, the sound of "swoosh, swoosh" arrows was heard continuously. Under the moonlight, dense black dots shot towards this side.
The best archers among the Five Elements Flags must be the people of the Sharp Gold Flag, and each of their followers is a master archer.
"Scatter! Guard against arrows!" Song Qingshu's face changed drastically and he shouted loudly.
"Sixth brother and seventh brother, follow me!" Wudang's second hero Yu Lianzhou shouted, drew his sword, waved it to block the arrows, and rushed to the east to meet the arrows.
"Yuanyin, Yuantong, follow me!" Kong Xing roared, unwilling to be left behind.
Immediately afterwards, masters from each of the six major sects rushed to the east, and the Emei sect had a nun named Miejue.
More than a dozen masters leaped and flew across the sand dunes, passing through the rain of arrows, at an extremely fast speed. Even if the Ming Cult launched the second and third rounds of volleys, they could not slow down their speed.
The disciples left behind by the six sects were not so powerful.
After three rounds of volleys, dozens were killed and injured.
The masters were about to rush to the top of the sand dune, and the disciples of the six major sects below were ready to cheer. But at this moment, the sharp gold flag disciples in the front row suddenly retreated, and the row behind them held javelins, rushed out a few steps, and threw them with all their strength.
As soon as this row of javelins was thrown, the other sect followed closely, and after three or four rounds, dense javelins were seen shooting from the sky.
The masters were able to block the arrows, but the dense attack of such powerful and heavy javelins still posed a great threat to them.
Three people were injured on the spot, and an elder of Huashan was even pierced through the body by several javelins and nailed to death.
The offensive of the masters was instantly curbed, and at this time, the sound of the machine amplifier was heard. At this time, even the masters such as Master Miejue changed their faces, because it was the sound of the crossbow machine.
"Ahhh..." Monk Kongxing was aroused to madness, and suddenly wrapped more than ten javelins with the great cassock to subdue the devil, and threw them back upwards. Only the sound of "puff puff" of flesh and blood piercing and screams were heard continuously, and a gap suddenly appeared in the upper camp. Master Miejue took advantage of this gap and leaped to the top of the sand dune, rushed into the crowd and rushed with a sword.
The other masters were a few steps slower, and the crossbows of the church above were shooting, forcing them to dodge in embarrassment and temporarily avoid the edge.
Nun Miejue's swordsmanship was sharp. With the Sword of Heavenly Sword in hand, almost no one in the sect could make her strike a second blow.
Her tall figure was seen weaving in and out of the crowd, and several sect members died under her sword in an instant.
"Old thief! Don't hurt my brother, I, Zhuang Zheng, will meet you!" A loud shout came, and rushed forward with a mace in hand.
When Nun Miejue heard the name, her heart was moved, and her murderous heart was sobered. She knew that Zhuang Zheng was the flag bearer of the Five Elements Flag and the Sharp Gold Flag, and was considered a big figure in the Demon Sect.
Seeing Zhuang Zheng approaching, Nun Miejue raised her sword and chopped it, and actually cut the thick mace in two with one sword.
But Zhuang Zheng was not surprised at all, and threw the remaining half of the mace as a hidden weapon at Nun Miejue, and then he rolled on the ground and rushed forward, shouting and punching with both fists, and wanted to fight with Nun Miejue in close combat to curb the advantage of her Sword of Heavenly Sword.
Mistress Miejue blocked it for a while, and found that Zhuang Zheng was surprisingly strong, and his moves were also meticulous and powerful. For a while, he fought her on equal terms.
Below, Kong Xing and others' first wave of attack was repelled by crossbows, but they launched a second wave of attack immediately afterwards.
At this time, a group of believers in red clothes arrived with spears, and they were the ones from the Fiery Flag who came to support.
The Sharp Gold Flag and the Fiery Flag fought more than ten righteous masters together. The former had a large number of people and a strict formation; the latter had high martial arts and could move freely.
Although the Five Elements Flag suffered heavy casualties, they firmly entangled the masters in the quagmire of the battle formation, leaving them no time to take care of other things.
At the same time, the believers of the six major sects below were facing a huge crisis!
Just as Master Miejue and other masters were fighting with the Sharp Gold Flag and the Fiery Flag, with a sharp and long whistle, a black shadow suddenly swooped down, rushed into the camp of the six major sects, and grabbed Song Qingshu who was commanding the battle formation.
Song Qingshu was startled. Before he could react, Song Yuanqiao and the fourth hero Zhang Songxi shouted and blocked him. They exchanged a few moves with the attacker and faced each other.
The two of them turned pale and took two steps back, looking painful.
The attacker was also shocked and flew back. He grabbed a Wudang disciple and flew into the air.
Amid the Wudang disciple's screams of fear, the man bit his neck, stopping his screams.
"It's the devil Wei Yixiao! Everyone be careful!" Song Qingshu shouted in shock.
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the sound of water splashing beside him. Hundreds of figures emerged from the water, each holding a water hose.
"Shoot!" With the shout of the leader, more than a hundred water arrows sprayed towards the shore.
The heroes only smelled a strong sour smell. The Kunlun Sect, which was closest to the shore, was immediately affected. Dozens of disciples fell down immediately after encountering the water arrows, screaming and wailing, holding their necks with both hands and rolling on the ground. In an instant, their skin and flesh were torn and rotten, which was a horrible sight.
"It's the poisonous water of the flood flag, retreat quickly!" Monk Kongzhi roared, tore off his cassock, and waved it like a spinning top, forming a barrier and rushing into the water.
This monk wanted to buy time for the heroes to evacuate, and he did it. In a flash, he rushed into the water, his palms flew, and disrupted the flood flag camp.
But soon, Tang Yang, the flag bearer of the flood flag, led several masters to meet him, entangled him so that he had no time to take care of him, and the rest of the followers re-formed and continued to spray poisonous water at the heroes.
Song Qingshu shouted at the top of his lungs and led the remaining people away from the river bank.
Wei Yixiao returned, laughing strangely as he rushed into the crowd of the six major sects and slaughtered ordinary disciples. There was a chaos in the crowd until Ban Shuxian and several elders of Kongtong Sect joined forces to force the vampire bat to fly away again.
"Go to the dunes! Meet up with Master and the others!" Song Qingshu shouted until his voice was hoarse.
At this time, there was no strategy or command, he was completely panicked.
In the original plot, the six major sects acted separately. The upper echelons of the Ming Cult had internal strife and the troops were dispersed, so there was no such large-scale war.
In the original plot, the war commanded by Song Qingshu was also a favorable battle. Basically, who went to which side was assigned, and then they won.
But despite this, they were ambushed by the Tianying Cult and were trapped. If it weren't for Zhang Wuji's gambling with Master Miejue, the six major sects would have suffered heavy losses.
In the current situation, with the participation of Su Yi, the six major sects joined forces early, and a letter from Master Miejue caused the Mingjiao high-level officials to decide to fight for peace, so there was a battle in which the Five Elements Flags came out in full force.
If Xu Da had not discovered the traces of the Five Elements Flags, the six major sects would have been attacked without knowing it, and the losses would have been even more severe. Maybe they would have had to return home after this battle and ended in disgrace.
Despite this, Song Qingshu, who only knows how to talk about war on paper, was completely powerless when he met the experienced Five Elements Flags Flag Bearer, and was basically led by the nose.
The dense forests in the west and north were burned red by the fire.
The flood flags in the river in the south were forcing the heroes to stay away with poisonous water.
Now there is only one way left for Song Qingshu, that is to go east, kill on the sand dunes, and join forces with Master Miejue and others to see if he can break out of the siege. Only in this way can there be a glimmer of hope.
Under the cover of Kong Zhi, Ban Shuxian and other masters, the six major sects rushed to the sand dunes together.
As soon as they reached the halfway point of the mountain, they heard shouts and screams. After a chaotic battle, hundreds of strong men in white suddenly appeared. Four of them carried a thick log. The log had a pungent smell and had been poured with kerosene.
They moved quickly. When they reached the top of the sand dune, they shouted and threw the logs down. At the same time, people holding torches lit the kerosene.
Boom!
The kerosene burned as soon as it saw the fire. In an instant, it turned into a rolling column of fire, rolling down.
One after another, these people threw more than ten burning logs. Nun Miejue injured Zhuang Zheng and rushed over. She waved the Yitian Sword to slaughter the giant wood flags who threw the logs and curbed their offensive.
More than ten burning logs rolled down. The heroes did not dare to stop them at all and hurriedly scattered to both sides of the sand dune.
But at this moment, dust was flying on both sides of the sand dune, and men wearing khaki clothes holding sharp blades and shouting loudly, rushed towards the middle.
There were hundreds of these people, and they were the people of the Mingjiao Thick Earth Flag.
On the sand dune, the people of the Giant Wood Flag also swooped down, forming a three-way encirclement of the heroes.
"Kill!"
The three torrents rushed into the crowd in the blink of an eye, and in an instant, swords flashed and blood splashed.
At this time, there was no time to consider anything, only killing!
If you kill too late or too slowly, you will die, not to mention distracting others?
There is no formation or fighting method at all.
Although the disciples of the six major sects are highly skilled in martial arts, they fight on their own. Some inexperienced ones are nervous and panic at this time, and their moves are completely unorganized.
On the other hand, the followers of the Five Elements Flag, although their martial arts are not as good, they form small battle formations in groups of two, three or five on the battlefield to fight against the enemy.
The casualties on both sides increased rapidly, and the six major sects could no longer hold on. As the Huashan Sect retreated to the oasis first, the Kunlun and Kongtong Sects followed closely.
The pressure on the other three sects suddenly increased sharply, and they had no choice but to retreat back to the oasis.
Above, the five scattered members of the Ming Cult also arrived. The masters of each sect fought against the masters of the Ming Cult on equal terms. The sharp gold flag and the blazing fire flag also freed up their hands and rushed to the disciples of the six major sects.
Seeing this situation, Master Miejue and others were afraid that if they continued to fight with the enemy, all the disciples would die, so they had to fight out of the battle and reunite with the disciples.
The five elements flags surrounded them from all sides, forcing the six major sects to go down the sand dunes again and head towards the oasis.
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
At this time, the sound of killing on both sides of the sand dunes shook the sky, and the dust was stirred up. Countless people gathered, and swords and swords were like forests, and flags were waving, coming to kill here.
The six major sects and the five elements flags were in commotion, and they didn't know which side these people who appeared rashly belonged to.
But they soon revealed their identities.
"Is Nun Miejue of the Emei Sect here? The Su family army is here to rescue us!"
"The Xu family army is here!"
"The Hua family army is here too!"
The two soldiers shouted loudly, and the sound came from afar, which only frightened the two sides to slow down their movements.
Nun Miejue was covered in blood and looked confused.
She didn't know where so many troops came from, but she soon guessed the clues from these surnames.
The 500 people led by Xu Da definitely couldn't make such a big noise. This was just bluffing!
Nun Miejue quickly judged it. Her eyes flashed, and suddenly she used her internal strength to roar: "Everyone, reinforcements have arrived, and it's time to counterattack! Kill!"
After that, she did not retreat but advanced, and took the lead in killing the enemy.
The rest of the people didn't know why, but they were overjoyed. The morale that was originally low and desperate was instantly boosted, and they followed Nun Miejue to fight back.