Following Huang Chengyan's footsteps, Qin Yang and the defeated Yellow Turban Army would naturally not get lost in the eight formations. The plain stone formation here seemed to be only more than ten miles away, but even if the Yellow Turban Army marched in a hurry and did not take any detours, they marched for half a day before leaving the stone formation.
Just after Qin Yang walked out of the stone formation, a few miles ahead, under the starry sky, a group of people had been waiting for him for a long time.
"Your Majesty, Ma Yuanyi, see you!" Ma Yuanyi jumped off his horse and paid homage to Qin Yang, who was walking slowly. Behind him, countless Yellow Turban generals also bowed to Qin Yang.
Qin Yang hurriedly helped Ma Yuanyi up and looked up, only to see the uniform appearance of the Yellow Turban Army. At first glance, there were tens of thousands of armored soldiers. He couldn't help but ask: "Ma Sikong, don't you have 50,000 troops under your command?" Ambush in the formation?"
Qin Yang asked this, firstly because since the formation is here to block the demon army, Ma Yuanyi's troops should ambush in the formation to deal with emergencies. Secondly, when he just passed the stone formation, even Qin Yang himself could faintly feel the murderous aura permeating the stone formation at times, as if there were thousands of troops hidden in it.
Now looking around, Ma Yuanyi's 50,000-strong army seems to be here, so what's going on with the murderous intent in the formation?
"Haha, your Majesty doesn't know something. The formation below is different from other military formations. In these eight formations, there is actually no soldier. And Lord Ma's men and horses are only here to prevent Your Majesty from arriving here before , just caught up by the demon army." Zhuge Liang smiled slightly and said lightly.
"No soldiers and horses?" Qin Yang was startled. Although he knew in his heart that Zhuge Liang would never lie to him. But it also feels incredible. After all, his current perception. It is on the same level as the Xuanwu Divine Beast. Could it be that this great formation is so evil that even the Xuanwu beast cannot sense it?
Zhuge Liang didn¡¯t explain too much. But he changed the subject and bowed: "Long time no see. Zhuge Liang was once your Majesty's enemy before, but now he wants to apologize to Your Majesty."
Qin Yang knew that what Zhuge Liang was talking about was that he had teamed up with Pang Tong to plot against him, so he couldn't help laughing and said, "Mr. Zhuge said this because he is looking down on me, Qin Yang. When the two countries are fighting, each has its own interests. If I, Qin Yang, Isn't it too petty to even hold this in mind?! What's more, if it weren't for Mr. Zhuge this time, I, Qin Yang, would have been chased by the demon army and fled to the end of the world. Sir, don't worry, from now on, I, Qin Yang No one below Yang will ever mention the past again. Now that the Demon Army is in chaos, the Han Empire and I should share the same hatred and unite sincerely."
Although Qin Yang said this to Zhuge Liang. But what he really wanted to warn were the generals behind him. Because even he didn't look back. You can also feel the strong hostility of the Yellow Turban Army generals after meeting Zhuge Liang. You know, since Ruyin was defeated and went south. All the generals of the Yellow Turban Army regarded Zhuge Liang as their biggest enemy, and the defeat of Ruyin was the greatest shame of the Yellow Turban Army. Qin Yang was also afraid that at this moment, there would be another bad blood between the Yellow Turban Army and Liu Bei. In that case, proud. There will only be the demon army behind them.
Sure enough, after Qin Yang said this. The hostility of the Yellow Turban generals was much restrained. Zhuge Liang also smiled happily and said: "Your Majesty is so righteous, Zhuge Liang admires it. With your Majesty joining forces with our Han Empire, the chaos of the Demon Army will be put down in one fell swoop."
Qin Yang smiled slightly, and now more than 10,000 people from the Yellow Turban Army have walked out of the stone formation. When the generals were reorganizing their troops, he asked Zhuge Liang the doubt he had had since just now: "Mr. Zhuge, according to what Mr. Huang said, you can only display these eight formations once. I don¡¯t know why it¡¯s placed here?¡±
Zhuge Liang seemed to have known that Qin Yang would ask this question, so he said calmly: "Does your Majesty know the three keys to victory or defeat in marching and fighting?"
"The three keys to victory or defeat? Could it be that the right time, the right location, and the right people?"
Zhuge Liang nodded and said: "Your Majesty clearly knows these three points. Now the demon army is at its peak, and the demon star appears in the starry sky, and the emperor star is dim. These are extremely unfavorable signs for our army. Whether we can turn the tide and turn things around is the key. It depends on the right time, right place and good people."
"What about the demon stars" Qin Yang thought. He didn't know much about celestial phenomena. But after all, he had traveled with Taishang Laojun in the heaven, and he still understood some things. Now that he heard the word Yao Xing, he instantly thought of the consequences of Yao Xing's appearance.
At the beginning, Taishang Laojun also said it. Destiny is determined by nature, and everything depends on man. Some things, although they are destined somewhere, will have different results due to people's efforts.
It¡¯s like, someone is destined to be down in the end. But if this person does not give up on himself, but works tirelessly and perseveresOtherwise, it is very possible to create some glory, and even if you are down in the sunset, you will be admired by everyone. And some people are destined to be prosperous, but they don't want to make progress, and they may not be in decline for a long time, until they finally appear briefly and then disappear like a shooting star. What is destined is only the final result, but the pain and joy during it vary according to what you do.
And now what Zhuge Liang wants to do is probably just such a thing. Even if the demon star emerges, the two emperor stars will eventually fall. But whether it is Zhuge Liang or Qin Yang, or Liu Bei, Sun Quan, Cao Cao and others, they absolutely do not want the devil to rule the world.
Seeing that Qin Yang had some enlightenment, Zhuge Liang continued: "Although the emergence of the demon star is not irreversible, we must be prepared to die together. Even if the two emperor stars in the sky fall at the same time, we must not let the demon star It shines alone. But now, the three major princes of our Han Empire have retreated, and I have set up eight formations here, just to compete with the demon army for this time, location, and people."
"The so-called timing, for now, is time. What I want to fight for is the time for our army to assemble, the time for all the heroes in the world to gather all their strength together. It is also the time for the demon army to lose its energy, and then we can fight against the demon army. The best time for the army to fight decisively! And at the same time as I was acting, Zhou Yu, the governor of Soochow, was also looking for geographical advantages and used his power to find the best place to fight the demon army. Presumably. It will also happen in the near future. There are results. As for harmony, it is the morale of the three armies. It is also the common hatred of all human beings in the world. In terms of the morale of the three armies, Sima Yi will naturally do a good job, but my Lord Liu Huangshu, together with His Majesty the Ming Emperor, the King of Wei, and the King of Wu, But we still need to open up our hearts, forget about the world, and fight against the enemy together."
Zhuge Liang was talking eloquently, and Qin Yang couldn't help but nod. Now the Demon Lord suddenly appears with millions of elite soldiers. This is simply a disaster for the other two empires. If at this time, the two sides are still fighting for each other endlessly, entangled with each other like the last time in Yingshang, and each has their own agenda, I am afraid that destruction is not far away.
Among these people, the one who has the biggest knot in his heart and is most likely to be unstable is naturally the Ming Emperor Qin Yang who was once calculated against. This is why Zhuge Liang immediately admitted his mistake when he saw Qin Yang. The reason for mentioning what happened back then.
While the two were talking, the defeated soldiers and horses of the Yellow Turban Army were also assembled one after another. Being chased all the way, those who finally reached this place were naturally the elite of the Yellow Turban Army.
Huang Tianying. Houtu Camp, Shenji Camp, and Black Mountain Army. Although the various groups including the Silver Armored Army had their own injuries, the total was calculated. There are also hundreds of thousands of people. This time Qinyang's five armies came out together, bringing more than 250,000 troops and horses. Now the battle is over. A total of 150,000 troops were lost, which can be said to be a disastrous defeat.
Just when the team of the Yellow Turban Army was just reorganizing and preparing to rest. Suddenly, a fire burst into the sky in the north, and the light of the flames turned half of the night sky red. Faintly, there was the sound of people shouting and horses neighing. It can be heard from such a long distance, which shows how many enemies have arrived near Jixia Hills.
"Get ready to fight!" Upon seeing this, the Yellow Turban generals couldn't help but jump on their horses and pick up their weapons. The exhausted soldiers who had just prepared to set up camp also hurriedly lined up. In their opinion, the demon army has millions of elite soldiers. No matter how mysterious the formation is, it cannot stop the advancement of millions of elite soldiers. After all, sometimes, when you have an absolute advantage in numbers, any subtlety and weirdness have become pale and powerless.
"What's the point of panic! Play Zhicai, Jia Xu! Restrain the three armies and don't cause chaos!" Qin Yang saw that his subordinates were like frightened birds, and suddenly felt his face dim, and ordered in a deep voice.
But after giving the order, Qin Yang couldn't help but look at Zhuge Liang, hoping that Zhuge Liang would give him reassurance. After all, these elite troops of ours are now exhausted and can no longer withstand the hardships. If Jia Xia really faced off against the demon army, he might not be able to escape the danger of annihilation.
However, Zhuge Liang seemed not to see Qin Yang's expectant gaze. He looked at the flames rising in the distance, gently shook his feather fan and murmured: "You actually set fire to the forest? It seems that the forest formation in front of you is going to be destroyed." ¡¡±
"What?!" Qin Yang couldn't help but shrink his pupils slightly when he heard this. He couldn't help it anymore and asked: "Mr. Zhuge, you mean that the maze of formations can't stop the demon army?"
Zhuge Liang then nodded and said: "Originally, I could block it for a while, but now I can't block it."
"Originally? Now? What do you mean?"
Zhuge Liang said: "Reporting to your majesty, the heaven and earth are not yet separated, and I can still control the power of the celestial phenomena. Even if the other party sets a fire, I can call a burst of rain to extinguish it. This forest is extremely dense, even if the other party wants to cut it down. , it will take more than three days. But now the power of the scroll is no longer, and the other party has set off a fire. I'm afraid it will be burned out by tomorrow morning."
?"So that's it" Qin Yang suddenly understood. When he heard Zhuge Liang say that the fire would burn until tomorrow morning, he secretly let out a sigh of relief in his heart, and then said: "In this case, I will order the three armies to rest now. Can we break camp at midnight tomorrow?"
Zhuge Liang shook his head and said: "Why are you in such a hurry, Your Majesty? Now Governor Zhou Yu is looking for a suitable place to fight. How about we wait for news here and then move again?"
"When will there be news about Zhou Yu?"
Hearing this, Zhuge Liang pondered for a moment, as if counting the time, and said after a moment: "As little as two days, as long as three days. I think there will be news."
"Three days?!" Qin Yang was startled. Tomorrow the demon army would be able to reach the other side of the Stonehenge, and there would be only one Stonehenge between his own army and the demon army. The opponent has an army of millions of demons. No matter how mysterious the eight formations are, there is not a single soldier in them. And the opponent is a million demon army. If they are broken through, the consequences
Zhuge Liang finally saw Qin Yang's anxiety and couldn't help but smile and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry. I believe that even if the opponent has millions of troops, it shouldn't be a problem if I want to trap the opponent for ten days with these eight formations. "
"Can it really be trapped for ten days?" Qin Yang saw Zhuge Liang's determination. I couldn't help but feel relieved. It's just because he has never seen a large formation that can trap a million troops for ten days. After all, even the large formation set up by Meng Huo, the barbarian king in Gepo, was only broken by Qin Yang's army in two days.
"Well that's about it. This is also my conservative estimate. If the other party really has an expert coming, it must be around this time." Zhuge Liang nodded and affirmed.
"Expert" When Zhuge Liang said the word "Expert", an extremely vague figure suddenly appeared in his mind. At this moment, the Yellow Turban generals were busy organizing their armies. Qin Yang said to Zhuge Liang: "Mr. Zhuge, if Zhang Liang, the wise founder of the Han Dynasty, comes here, how long can your eight formations stop him?"
"Zhang Liang?!" Zhuge Liang was startled when he heard this. He pondered for a moment and said, "Zhang Liang is a man of unparalleled intelligence and unfathomable intelligence. According to my estimation, after the founding of our Han Empire, he may have attained enlightenment and become an immortal. Could it be that he is also in the demon army?"
Qin Yang nodded and said: "Not only is he among the demon army, but not long ago, I was outside Hongnong City. I passed him by Sanxiao Forest."
"Your Majesty has seen Zhang Liang?!" Zhuge Liang was even more shocked when he heard this.
Qin Yang smiled faintly and said: "Absolutely. But I didn't see this person's face. This person's skills are unfathomable and elusive. When I want to see him, he has already disappeared."
With that said, Qin Yang simply told how he talked with Zhang Liang in Sanxiao Forest. He also told how he recognized Zhang Liang's identity through tongguo handwriting.
After a long silence, Zhuge Liang seemed to have recovered from his thoughts and murmured: "Zhang Liangcould this Zhang Liang be the demon star in this troubled world?"
"Yao Xing, is he a person?" Qin Yang asked doubtfully.
Zhuge Liang nodded and said: "Of course, no matter the magic star, the emperor star, or the demon star, they all refer to someone. Now, the two emperor stars in the sky are naturally your majesty and the emperor of Han Dynasty. And the magic star is the devil. So. Is the demon star really Zhang Liang? It¡¯s just strange that according to what my master said, Zhang Liang has become a loose immortal since the founding of the Han Empire, so how could he side with the demon lord?¡±
"Could it be that this Zhang Liang did not realize Taoism and become an immortal, but died. Now he is resurrected by the devil?" Qin Yang guessed.
Zhuge Liang nodded, shook his head, and said: "It is possible, but the possibility is extremely small. If a person as talented as Zhang Liang says that he has not become an immortal without enlightenment, I am afraid no one will believe it. But if If a mortal wants to realize the Tao and become an immortal, he must first let go of his obsessions. Xiang Yu, a contemporary of Zhang Liang, committed suicide because of his obsessions. Xiao He and Han Xin were killed because of their obsessions. Only this Zhang Liang got rid of his obsessions. Thoughts floated away. If he doesn't become an immortal, I'm afraid there won't be anyone who can become an immortal."
Qin Yang naturally also knows something about how to become an immortal. Among the counselors under him, Xi Zhicai was the only one who indulged himself in wine and swords, had no obsession, and everything came naturally. As for the others, even Zhuge Liang in front of him, Qin Yang didn't think he could realize the Tao and become an immortal. After all, these people all have their own persistence in their hearts. People with persistence may have unlimited achievements in their own fields, but they are completely different from becoming immortals.
Thinking of this, Qin Yang analyzed: "Could it be that after Zhang Liang became an immortal, he had any disputes with the devil? So that after the devil came to this world, he had to help the devil?"
Hearing this, Zhuge Liang nodded in agreement. Now only Qin Yang¡¯s guess is the most reliable.??. After a while, Zhuge Liang said: "If this matter is serious, then I will ask Master and the others for instructions. I wonder if Zhang Liang's immortal power is still there. If it is still there, I'm afraid he will be a more terrifying opponent than the Demon Lord. .¡±
Qin Yang smiled slightly, shook his head and said: "Impossible, the world is isolated, and no one has immortal power. No matter how strong Zhang Liang is, he is just a loose immortal, not a true immortal. Since the three immortals have lost their immortal power, Then it is even more impossible for him to possess it. At most, it is only slightly stronger than ordinary people. By the way, where are the three immortals now? I haven't seen them for a long time."
Immortal Nanhua is Qin Yang¡¯s master, but Mr. Shui Jing is Zhuge Liang¡¯s master. Qin Yang really didn't want to be called a generation younger than Zhuge Liang, so he had no choice but to directly call the three of them "the three immortals".
When Zhuge Liang saw Qin Yang's question, he hesitated slightly, and then said: "Master and the others have been in retreat since they returned to the Central Plains from the Fairy Island in the South China Sea. It has been more than two years now. Some of the news I have received is also They told me before they retreated. Master said that the three of them were only one step away from breaking through to true immortality. This step was to completely kill the demon lord. And the demon lord was killed by the king's energy of the Han Empire. The seal is broken, so this cause and effect can only be resolved before the Han Empire is destroyed. The Han Empire has not yet fulfilled its destiny, and originally Master and the others were not too anxious. Now that the demon star is in chaos, they must be out of seclusion soon. "
Qin Yang nodded and said: "I see, it must be for this reason that you strive to protect the Han Empire and assist Liu Bei, right?"
Zhuge Liang sighed and said: "Your Majesty is aware that the world is in chaos and the feudal princes are fighting for supremacy. No matter the Shi Chang Shi, the old thief Dong Zhuo, or the Yuan brothers who later became emperor, these are nothing to worry about. As for Cao Cao, King of Wei, and Sun Quan, King of Wu, although they are both They are heroes of a generation, but they are constrained by each other and cannot destroy the Han Dynasty. In this world, the only one who can change his fate and destroy the Han Dynasty is His Majesty. Therefore, I have no choice but to come out to assist my uncle Liu Bei, who is loyal to the Han Empire, and your Majesty. I am an enemy. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."
Qin Yang chuckled and said that the previous feud had been resolved long ago. He just said lightly: "It is meaningless to talk about this now. The demon star has appeared in the world, and I am afraid that the destiny of the Han Empire has also arrived. We should think carefully about how to deal with the demon lord" (To be continued)