How could this happen? She couldn't figure it out. Did someone leak the news in advance?
What she is worried about now is, can Niu Youdao still be in the villa now that he knows about it? Has he already hid in the mountain?
But she couldn't give the order to retreat. Without Ga Miaoshui's order, if Feihua Pavilion dared to retreat midway, the consequences would be beyond what Feihua Pavilion could bear.
She could only continue to rush forward, casting spells and shouting loudly, "Hurry over quickly!"
Standing on the top of the mountain, Su Renjie visually measured the enemy's impact speed and calculated the distance covered by his own bows and arrows. When he reached a certain distance, he swung the sword in his hand again and issued the attack order in advance based on visual inspection.
The speed of the attack does not work either too early or too late. Only generals with experience in battlefield fighting can have command experience in this area.
The flag bearer standing aside immediately waved the flag in his hand.
"Dong dong dong dong dong..." The war drums below suddenly rumbled and beat, and the sound of war drums rang out basically at the same time on the surrounding defense lines centered on Maolu Villa.
Upon hearing the drum call, the commanders of the respective camps below unsheathed their swords, pointed their swords forward, and roared in a hoarse voice, "Fire arrows!"
The archer camp suddenly fired thousands of arrows into the sky, the bowstrings screamed, and the sound of whooshing was heard piercing the sky at the same time. The combined sound of the turbulent air was astonishing, and the dense black shadows in the sky flashed away. This momentum
This is a scene that many monks have never seen.
Amidst the bang, bang, bang, and bang, the soldier wielding the wooden hammer vigorously hit the spring of the siege crossbow. In the buzzing sound, five steel spears were shot out from one siege crossbow.
The steel spears fired by rows of siege crossbows cut through the sky like an overwhelming force.
In order to block this attack, Yuan Gang used all the spare bows and arrows he had stocked here. It doesn't matter whether he is a professional archer or not, as long as he can shoot arrows.
This kind of large-scale arrow array shooting does not require precise shooting, as long as you can follow orders and shoot in one direction to cover.
Almost all the tens of thousands of men and horses were turned into shooters by Yuan Gang, because he knew very well that the imperial army could not penetrate deep into Nanzhou without being discovered. The only ones who could attack must be monks who could sneak over the mountains and ridges.
The garrison here cannot be the opponent of a large number of monks in a long-range fight. Only bows and arrows attacking from a long distance can take advantage.
Arrows swish, densely packed like rain, falling from the sky.
The arrow's speed of fire plus the downward acceleration were more powerful than a straight shot, and the large group of flying monks were immediately in a panic.
Some used sword energy to resist, some waved their palms to blast away, and some used body-protecting magic weapons to resist. However, they could no longer gather their energy to form wings and fly while performing spell-casting movements in mid-air to defend themselves.
In the attacking camp, the archers arrayed in front quickly knelt down on one knee and drew arrows after firing a volley.
"Fire arrows!" the commander ordered.
The archers in the rear camp immediately fired another volley, and immediately after shooting, they knelt on one knee, drew their arrows and put on the bowstring.
"Fire arrows!" the commander ordered again.
The archers at the end of the formation fired another wave of arrows.
At this time, the archers in the front camp had already stood up and drew their bowstrings, and the archers in the rear camp also stood up.
Another rain of arrows shot out like a frenzy, with three waves alternating, one after another, continuously connected with the volleys, maintaining the rhythm of continuous fire, not giving the attacking enemy a chance to breathe.
Amidst the constant rain of arrows, the attacking monks from Feihua Pavilion could no longer gather their energy to form wings and fly over. Those suppressed by the rain of arrows could only run on the ground and dodge left and right.
The protective aura could not withstand the erosion of the continuous rain of arrows, and people kept being shot to the ground.
The dignified monk was shot to death by an ant-like mortal's crossbow, and countless people watched with eyes split open.
What was even more terrifying was the steel spear that fell from the sky. It really struck with a huge force. The body-protecting magic weapon of the monks in the foundation-building stage might be able to block the attack force, but it could not stop the piercing power of the steel spear concentrated on one point.
"Master, you can't use your weak points to attack other people's strong points! If we charge any further, Feihua Pavilion will suffer heavy losses, so withdraw!"
Amid the cries of jingling, an angry shouting elder of Feihua Pavilion stirred up a hail of arrows. He was caught off guard by the shouting, but was pierced through the chest by a steel spear from top to bottom. He fell backwards but failed to fall.
The spear that penetrated the ground was held up.
Poof! Another steel spear pierced his body. He was trembling while vomiting blood, and was shot like a hedgehog by the arrow rain that came instantly.
The ground was already filled with arrows standing like thorns.
Cao Yu'er, who witnessed it with her own eyes, cried out sadly, "Thank you, elder!"
"Master, be careful!" Several Feihua Pavilion disciples rushed to protect her, defending her against the clanging arrows and steel spears. Two of them screamed and were shot to the ground.
Cao Yu'er, whose eyes were splitting, pulled up a steel spear on the ground, threw it backwards with a wave of his arm, and shouted angrily: "The master of the sect rushed over with all his strength and destroyed the opponent's arrow array!"
Fei Changliu, who was watching the battle on the top of the mountain, flashed his eyes and said slowly: "Master Dao, are you going to have a head-on confrontation?"
Yuan Gang, who was holding the Three-Hout Sword, had no expression on his face and said nothing, but he knew in his heart that Master Dao was going to take advantage of the situation and confront the imperial court head-on. Otherwise, Master Dao would have escaped long ago and how could he wait for the imperial court to attack.
Su Renjie, who was ordering and supervising the battle, had a slight disdain on his face. The monk attacking in front of him was weaker than he thought. Even with such good skills, he couldn't display his power. He didn't know how to form a formation to charge, and he dared to charge blindly without a shield to defend himself.
I don’t know what primary and secondary defenses are when I’m attacking, I just rush in without any structure, it’s a waste of natural resources!
He believed that if he were to command these monks, they would be able to break through the attack defense line here very quickly.
If he told Fei Changliu about his idea, and asked Liuxian Sect disciples to learn how to charge into battle collectively with shields, I wonder what Fei Changliu would think.
Seeing the Feihua Pavilion monks fall down in large numbers under the rain of arrows during the impact, it gave the Liuxian Sect disciples an indelible sense of shock!
This group of ants that they looked down upon around them, united as one, and with the help of sharp weapons, were able to exert such a powerful attack power, and were able to kill the monks who were above them!
At first, when they saw so many monks attacking, Liuxian Sect disciples were still a little timid, and there was a faint panic in their hearts. Now, after seeing the effect of the attack here, their minds stabilized, and at least many of them were not so afraid.
The siege crossbow fired a volley, followed by follow-up fire from behind.
The thick bow string that was blown out with a hammer made a buzzing and trembling sound. The powerful soldiers did not dare to touch the trembling bow string with their hands. Not to mention human skin, even thick pig skin could be scraped off by the trembling bow string.
Skin.
The soldier pressed the trembling bow string with a wooden stick and stringed it again. The Liuxian Sect disciples on the side quickly cast spells to help speed up the replenishment of steel spears.
As the enemy's attack approached, two soldiers raised the siege crossbow frame with their shoulders. Someone immediately removed a wooden spacer underneath, lowered the shooting angle, and adjusted the shooting distance.
On a large bird, Ga Miaoshui and Gao Shaoming looked at the blocked offensive below. The scene of the tragic overturning made their faces darken. How could the imperial court's deliberate surprise attack turn out like this? There are tens of thousands of troops stationed here.
There are also the eyes and ears of the imperial court. How could such rigorous preparations be made in a hurry, when the imperial court did not receive any information in advance?
It was not that they felt sorry for the deaths of the disciples from Feihua Pavilion and Zhenling Academy, but that the Thatched Cottage Villa had obviously been well prepared, and the two of them could not tell whether Niu Youdao was still in the Villa.
People inside the Thatched Cottage cannot see the offensive and defensive formations outside, as their sight is blocked by the surrounding mountains.
When the horns sounded around, everyone in the high pavilion looked attentively. When the war drums sounded one after another, Huang Lie suddenly turned around and asked Niu Youdao: "Brother, what is going on with this noise? Why does it sound like a war to me?"
The sound of drums?”
"Enemy attack!" Niu Youdao said lightly.
Huang Lie was surprised, "Is there an enemy attack?"
Niu Youdao said coldly: "I didn't believe the rumors I heard before. How could Dachanshan collude with the inside and outside of the court to kill me? But I am afraid of death, so I still took some defensive measures outside.
I thought that someone was actually coming to attack me. I originally illuminated my heart by the moon, but the bright moon illuminated the ditch, and Niu was heartbroken!"
There is also a deep chill in the words!
Shang Shuqing looked at Huang Lie and others in surprise.
The man in colorful clothes also glanced away coldly.
Guan Fangyi curled her lips. The Taoist Master already knew the matter very well. It had nothing to do with Dachan Mountain. Why did he have to pour dirty water on the top of Dachan Mountain? Do he really want to take the opportunity to destroy these Dachan Mountains?
senior level?
The faces of everyone in Dachan Mountain changed drastically. They all heard murderous intent from these words and quickly alerted the surroundings. However, looking at the situation at the scene, they felt that they might not be able to do anything to them. The strength of these people is not simple!
Huang Lie said with a dark face: "Brother, I can swear to God that I, Da Chan Shan, have never colluded with the imperial court, let alone done anything detrimental to me! Could it be that this is the important gift that I invited me to see?
?Brother, please don’t fall into other people’s attempts to alienate you!”
Niu Youdao, who was holding his sword with both hands, nodded slightly, "Although I am really right, I still don't believe that Dachan Mountain can treat me like this. The current situation in Nanzhou is not appropriate! I also suspect that they are trying to drive a wedge between us."
Huang Lie: "I'm so relieved that my brother can think like this!"
Having said that, the people in Dazen Mountain are still on high alert.
At this moment, Duan Hu suddenly pointed in the air, "Master Dao, look!"
Everyone looked in the direction of his finger and saw more than a dozen black spots in the sky. It was obvious that someone was coming on a large bird.
Niu Youdao walked to the railing and squinted his eyes slightly, released the hand holding the sword, and raised it gently!
Upon seeing this, Lei Zongkang immediately turned around and waved downwards from the attic.
In another courtyard below, the courtyard of the monks of Nanshan Temple, there is a bell hanging in a pavilion, and several monks are guarding the bell.
Yuanfang, who was dressed in a snow-white monk's robe, held his sleeves on his abdomen and stood outside the pavilion staring at the attic. When he saw the signal from Lei Zongkang, he immediately jumped into the pavilion, waved his sleeves and drove away several monks, "Go away."
Go away, you are too weak, I will do it myself!"
He rolled up his sleeves with both hands, supported the hanging log, and cast a spell to slam it into the big clock!
"Dong! Dong! Dong..." The dull and majestic sound of the huge bell immediately rang in all directions from the Thatched Villa.