The Legend of Swing Sword and Execution of Demons

"Drive! Drive!"

The Fifth Marquis, who was wearing a purple robe, an armor, and a full head of white hair, was holding an eight-foot mace upside down, riding a horse with one hand and leading more than 10,000 riders to gallop towards an area that looked like a mountain col in front of them.

The place that looks like a mountain col may have been a real mountain col, but the mountains on both sides of the col have been thinned into two rock belts by thousands of years of wind and sand erosion.

The two mountain rock belts are nearly a thousand feet high and more than ten miles long. They stand abruptly to the northwest of the vast wilderness of Yimapingchuan. From a close distance, you can see that the mountain rock belts are not connected as a whole, but are individual branches of different sizes. The stone strips are randomly inserted diagonally, and at first glance they look like two rows of irregular tusks of beasts.

Therefore, it is called Langya Valley.

After passing through the Shili Langya Valley, you will reach a famous desert in the North.

There are six or seven deserts as large as Genting Plateau - Fire Island Desert.

Although the Fire Continent Desert is large, it has been conquered by countless caravans in the past thousand years.

As long as you carry enough luggage and have a guide with a good sense of direction, crossing the Fire Continent Desert is not difficult.

In the past dynasties, many armies have crossed the Fire Continent Desert and dealt a severe blow to enemies outside the territory after being fully prepared.

But if you are being chased by soldiers into the Fire Continent Desert, it is almost the same as a sheep entering a tiger's mouth, and it is no different than facing death.

At this moment, the more than 10,000 cavalrymen led by the Fifth Marquis were being driven to Langya Valley by the 50,000-year-old army, and were sent to the Tiger's Mouth in the Fire Continent Desert!

The vast disparity in troop strength and disparity in momentum seemed to indicate that the Fifth Marquis was leading tens of thousands of soldiers to flee towards a dead end.

The Oara people don't even need to go to war. They only need to drive these Zhongzhou people into the Fire Continent Desert and then guard the exit of Langya Valley. They can wait for these more than 10,000 people to die of thirst, starvation or sunburn in the desert.

However, the Wala people did not know that the Fifth Marquis took the initiative to lead these more than 10,000 people to this dead end.

It all started three days ago.

Three days ago, I looked north into the pass.

The Fifth Marquis, together with the generals guarding the border and the Bei League, and other righteous warriors, completed the last rehearsal of the Oara army's marching tactics based on the intelligence they had learned recently.

"The result is still the same. Although Beiwang Pass is close to the edge of Yunding Plateau and built on the mountain, it can only be regarded as a pass. As long as the enemy dares to invest troops, there is a 70% to 80% chance of overcoming it. It is not that easy. You can defend a place that is difficult to attack and difficult to attack. The weather in the north is getting colder and colder, and the Wala people have almost rested. They will not wait any longer and will launch a general attack within three days."

The Fifth Marquis looked at the deduction results on the sand table and came to a somewhat depressing conclusion. However, compared to the previous two inferences, the Fifth Marquis gave a clearer time point this time.

"If you really can't hold on, can you retreat?"

The person who asked the question was Mo Shang. In the first two sand table deductions, Mo Shang participated as a representative of the Jianghu martyrs. He had the same question in his mind every time, but no one mentioned the retreat of Sheguan. He knew that these soldiers must have something in their hearts. There was a reason why he couldn't withdraw. Since no one mentioned it, he didn't say anything about it.

This response was the last deduction. Mo Shang knew it was time to get the answer, so he asked for the answer for everyone in the world.

The Fifth Marquis has no hidden secrets and is open and honest.

“We can retreat, but Zhongzhou can no longer retreat.

"If we retreat further, the gate to the north of Zhongzhou will be open to the Oara people.

"Those barbarians filed in from Beiwang Pass. Even if General Niu is stationed at Xixing Pass, how can they withstand the attacks from the front, rear and west?

"Once Xixingguan is lost, the Wara army can easily break into Jinzhou City.

"If the Oara army is allowed to attack Jinzhou City one more time, Zhongzhou's army will inevitably lose morale. If the Oara army can use Jinzhou City as a stronghold to continue attacking east and south, the city will be lost more and more.

"So, not only can we not retreat, but we have to try to fight out!"

Mo Shang said: "Currently, the Walasiting and Zhongting armies have assembled 250,000 heavy troops, and are fully capable of launching an attack on Beiwang Pass and Xixing Pass at the same time. If we attack, will we get burned and suffer more casualties? "

The Fifth Marquis said: "This is destined, and there is no other way... As a son of Zhongzhou, I will die when I die. As long as my death is meaningful and valuable, it is worth risking!"

Mo Shang could feel the surging fighting spirit of the Fifth Marquis. Even though he had never had a military career, his passion to sacrifice his life for the country as a Zhongzhou man had indeed been ignited, but as the leader of the Northern Alliance, Mo Shang could feel it. , to lead so many people with him to a dead end, of course he had to ask clearly what the meaning and value of this battle was.

"What can I get in exchange for fighting?"

The Fifth Marquis said: "The worst result is that we can kill 50% of the Wala people's troops and delay their attack for a month."

Mo Shang said: "Two months? Two months is a bit short, but it can give the Zhongzhou court a breath of fresh air, so it should be a fight. What is the chance of winning and getting a better result after fighting?"

The Fifth Marquis confessed: "Less than 20%. If we want to win, we must march dangerously and follow the route of defeat that the Wala people think we should take. We must put ourselves to death and survive!"

Mo Shang understood what the Fifth Marquis meant and said: "Only in the scenario envisioned by the Wala people, when they are most complacent and most relaxed, can we, who are desperate, have a chance to turn defeat into victory!"

The Fifth Marquis said: "Yes, this is exactly the reason. The letter from General Niu also gave the same view. They will do their best to cooperate. I wonder if Alliance Leader Mo and all the righteous men are willing to accompany me to take this gamble?" "

Mo Shang said: "The less than 20% chance of winning is the result of the support from Xixingguan?"

The Fifth Marquis said: "No, if we count on Xixingguan, I'm afraid none of us can survive. Xixingguan only has time to help us seal the victory. The 20% chance of winning must be won by ourselves!"

Mo Shang said: "It's true!"

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The ten-mile Langya Valley is here in an instant.

When more than 10,000 Zhongzhou troops rode into the valley, 30,000 Wa La troops followed half a mile away.

Sure enough, on the third day, the Wala Army sounded the clarion call to charge toward Beipang Pass. Not only did the Fifth Marquis personally put on armor and lead an 80,000-strong army out of the city to meet the enemy, but he also joined forces with the Jianghu righteous men of the Jubei League headed by Mo Shang to form a 20,000-horse tiger and wolf division to fight against the elites of Wala.

First, they dispersed the 10,000-strong vanguard army of Oara in one go, and then killed the 20,000 right-wing troops in a devastating manner, causing the main force of the central army of Oara to retreat back to defense.

The 20,000 cavalrymen had no intention of giving up when things got better. Instead, they became more and more courageous as they fought, and became more and more crazy as they fought. They actually intended to attack the Oala central army's rear defense from the right wing of Oala, which had been killed and the door was wide open.

The Wala people simply left 20,000 troops to guard the rear defense, so as to avoid being stolen by the Zhongzhou Army who planned to kill them all.

As a result, the 20,000 cavalry were finally forced to fight their way to the northwest under the back and forth blocking of the main force of the Oara Central Army and the rear defenders.

The Wala Army knew very well the art of encircling three and missing one. This bloody road was made by them. Even if they failed to prepare an ambush on this road in advance, they could still send these more than 10,000 Zhongzhou people to death.

The Oara people failed to set up an ambush in Langya Valley in advance, so the Zhongzhou Army was naturally beyond their reach. Therefore, as long as the Zhongzhou Army dared to escape on this dead end, the Oara people would definitely catch up with confidence and boldness.

At this point, the Fifth Marquis's strategic policy has been half successful.

Facing the menacing 130,000-watt army, they managed to kill nearly 30,000 troops with only 20,000 troops, and also restrained the opponent's 30,000 troops.

On the front battlefield of Beiwang Pass, the 60,000 Zhongzhou Army was evenly matched with the 70,000 Wala Army.

You must know that among these more than 10,000 people, there are the Fifth Marquis and three Zhongzhou lieutenants, as well as Mo Shang and other masters of the Zhongzhou Jianghu who rejected the Northern Alliance. Such use of their bodies as bait is enough to attract the attention of the Oara army. Among the 30,000 pursuers, nearly Hundreds of warriors are among them.

If the remaining 10,000 people of the Fifth Marquis and others can defeat their opponents in Langya Valley, today's battle will undoubtedly become an important node in reversing the situation in the central and northern part of Zhongzhou, and become an epic victory that can be recorded in the history of Zhongzhou!

After nearly eight miles deep into Langya Valley, the Zhongzhou Army could already feel the slight heat blowing from the northwest and hitting their faces.

The source of this heat in winter is the sand grains carried by the wind from the Fire Continent Desert where the sun shines all day long.

Hot air hit his face, filled his throat, and gathered in his chest.

Under the instructions of the Fifth Marquis, the more than 10,000 Zhongzhou troops seemed to have forgotten the fatigue of running and fighting for hundreds of miles, and full of blood, they reined in their horses and turned to the rear!

Since they were in the valley, neither the Zhongzhou Army nor the Oara Army could fully spread out their positions. The valley was only wide enough to allow a thousand cavalry to march side by side. This could at least ensure that the Zhongzhou Army would not be at a numerical disadvantage when facing the Oara Army.

Facing the Oara army that was pursuing them, Zhongzhou stuffed cotton that had been prepared in advance into his ears and waited for work.

Although there are rocks on both sides of Langya Valley, the rocks are thin and difficult to climb, and it is even more difficult to stand on them for a long time, making it difficult to set up an ambush.

However, the hollow terrain with shields on both sides like Langya Valley is similar to a huge cavity, and sound can easily propagate through it to form a resonance.

This is where the other half of the Zhongzhou Army's chances of winning lies. By taking advantage of the favorable geographical location, the four guardians of the Xiaoyue Alliance, Qin, Chess, Calligraphy and Painting, can exert their power that cannot be displayed on ordinary battlefields, catching the Wala Army by surprise!

Thumb~thump~thump!

Behind the Zhongzhou Army, a man in white who had dismounted from his horse at some point was sitting and playing the piano.

There was still a piece of white silk hanging in front of Qin's eyes. He couldn't see anything, but he had taken in everything in the valley.

The strings on the fingertips plucked with the sound of the galloping footsteps of the 30,000-watt army.

The messy sound of horse hooves seemed to gradually become unified with the rotation of the plucked strings.

Deng Deng Deng!

Tatata!

The two armies were about half a hundred feet away from each other.

Xia Qi, who had a beautiful beard and an open shirt, drove his horse to the front of the Zhongzhou Army, pointed at the oncoming Oala Army, and seemed to divide Wuyangyang's tens of thousands of troops into several groups in an instant. A square formation found the point where it was about to land.

Xie Shu, who was dressed in a green shirt and a Confucian crown, held a purple-hair pen as sharp as a cone and as sharp as a knife, and wrote large characters as tall as a man in the air towards the Wala army.

Hua Hua, with fluttering hair and elegant clothes, is also waving hair dye to add to the beauty of the Wala army.

Tuk, Tuk, Tuk!

As the distance between the two armies grew closer, the sound of the piano and the sound of horse hooves gradually merged into the same frequency in the Langya Valley, and seemed to become the heartbeat of everyone in the valley.

The sound of the piano is fast, the horses' hooves are beating fast, and the heartbeat is beating fast.

Suddenly there was a clang!

The sound of the piano suddenly stopped!

Both the Zhongzhou people and the Wala people touched their hearts in unison, as if their hearts had been hit by something and skipped a beat for a long time!

People from Zhongzhou who plugged their ears with cotton were less affected. At most, they experienced the discomfort of a black eye.

But the Wala people who were riding their horses and whipping their whips were not so relaxed. At least hundreds of them had their eyes blackened and their breathing stagnated just now. Those with poor horse skills or weak physical constitution had already fallen off their horses.

Fortunately these losers don't have to worry about being trampled to a pulp.

Because the heartstrings of all the galloping horses seemed to have been broken along with the sudden sound of the piano at that moment, and all of them had their feet mixed, and they broke their legs and fell out while running!

Boom!

The sound of a man falling from his horse may not be loud.

But the news of thirty thousand people falling from their horses was enough to shake the earth!

This is not just due to the sound of the piano.

You Xia Qi borrowed the sand and let the wind blow nearly a hundred gravels into the eyes of the horses, allowing them to swing their heads and bodies just right before falling down, leaving no space for the horses behind them to dodge.

The huge "trip" character in Xie's book triggered a shuddering reaction from the crowd.

Youhua paintings slightly change the landscape, adding a pothole here and a bump there on the originally flat ground, making it even more confusing for horses to land when they are frightened!

The 30,000-watt army was all horrified by this incredible turn of events!

At that time, the sound of the piano resumed, high-pitched and murderous!

"kill!"

The Fifth Marquis picked up the mace and led the charge!

More than 10,000 Zhongzhou troops faced off against 30,000 Wa La troops. It seemed that they were ready to beat up a drowned dog!