Chapter 379 Sand Table Formation Deduction
"Open the city gate..."
"Form a formation!"
The military order spread quickly throughout the entire city wall like wildfire.
The heavy city gate slowly opened with the creaking sound of the winch, revealing the Nanzhao soldiers who had been waiting in the rear.
Archers were in front, followed by cavalry, and infantry and shield bearers were at the rear. Everyone held their weapons tightly and filed out one after another. The sound of armor plates colliding was crisp and dense, as if responding to the murderous aura gathered outside the city. Under the Seven Star City, they formed an indestructible iron wall and bronze wall.
Then, Xiyan took the lead and rode out of the city gate.
Xiao Nanyue's black horse paused for half a step almost imperceptibly.
His eyes were fixed on the beautiful woman riding the snow-capped horse.
It turned out that she was wearing soft armor, looking so heroic, with her back straight, and her profile shining in the morning light as she rode forward. It was a sharpness that he had never seen in his life.
His fingers under the black robe tapped lightly on the saddle, and a faint curve appeared at the corner of his lips.
Xiao Nanyue knew that the bet he had been looking forward to for three days was finally about to begin.
And his Yanyan did not disappoint him - even though she was on the opposite side, she was still so dazzling.
"Your Highness?" Han Xiao noticed his absent-mindedness and reminded him in a low voice.
Xiao Nanyan slowly loosened the reins, and a light sweat appeared on his palms.
He looked at Xi Yan reining in her horse in front of the battle formation and softened his voice:
"Yanyan, you're here. How have you been these past few days?"
Xiyan's grip on the reins suddenly tightened, and "Taxue" pawed its hooves nervously.
She raised her eyes to meet Xiao Nanyan's, her voice devoid of warmth:
"Prince Xiao, the battlefield is not the place to reminisce. Let's begin our three-phase agreement as soon as possible."
She deliberately emphasized the three words "Prince Xiao", as if to draw an invisible gap between the two of them.
Xiao Nanyue looked at her with an aloof look, and his heart felt like it was being run over by a blunt object, causing a dull pain.
"good!"
He took a deep breath and suppressed his surging emotions:
"In the first round, what do you want to compete in?"
Xiyan's eyes moved slightly, scanning the open space in front of the two armies:
"Let's compete in formation deduction. Bring the sand table."
Soon, the personal guards brought two sand tables and placed them between the two of them.
Xiyan reined in her horse and stepped forward, looking at the replica of the Seven Star Mountain's terrain on the sand table. Her voice was clearly heard throughout the battle:
"Prince Xiao, you and I will each hold a chess piece and deduce the attack and defense of this mountain. The soldiers behind us will cooperate and participate. If they can escape from the formation, you will win this game. How do you do it?"
Xiao Nanyue looked at her focused profile and suddenly smiled.
His Yanyan can always avoid the sharp edge and find the battlefield where she is best.
"As you wish."
Soon, within half an hour, hundreds of Nanzhao soldiers temporarily built a simple square formation on the open space nearby.
In the morning light, the two men were several feet apart, one Xuan and one Bai, one attacking and one defending, and started a contest in this tense battle.
Xiyan raised her hand and took the white jade chess piece from her personal soldier. When her fingertips touched the chess piece as big as a duck egg, her eyes had already fallen on the "life gate" position on the west side of the sand table.
The terrain of Qixing Mountain was scaled down in the sand table, the gullies were outlined with indigo, the peaks were stacked with yellow stones, and even the stream that once trapped Xiao Nanyue was simulated with silver threads, every detail was visible.
"Prince Xiao, this formation is a variation of the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation. The eight gates of Rest, Life, Injury, Stop, Scenery, Death, Shock, and Open are linked together."
She used her internal force to shoot out the jade chess piece, pressing it against the "Jingmen" in the center of the sand table.
"Prince Xiao, if you can command your soldiers to enter through Shengmen and exit through Jingmen, you will be considered the winner."
Xiao Nanyan picked up the black chess piece, glanced across the sand table, and suddenly smiled:
"Since Yanyan has set up this formation, she must have set up ambushes in each of the eight gates."
He moved his fingertips slightly, and the black iron chess piece had already landed on the "injury gate":
"For example, the Injury Gate hides rolling stones, the Du Gate hides archers, and the Death Gate... is it poisonous smoke?"
Xiyan's eyes darkened slightly. She didn't answer, but raised her hand to signal.
On the city wall, a sentry rang the bronze bell, and the soldiers of Nanzhao followed the order and quickly rushed into the entrance of "Seven Star Mountain" in the formation, blocking the eight gates according to the layout of the sand table.
Xiao Nanyan stared at the huge sand table, spinning the black iron chess piece in a circle between his fingers:
"Han Xiao, bring three sharp warriors and enter through the Jingmen Gate."
Han Xiao received the order, and the three Apocalypse soldiers rushed into the "mountain road" like civet cats.
There was no ambush at Jingmen, but the mountain walls on both sides suddenly closed together, and it turned out to be a disguised stone gate.
"Hook Claw!" Han Xiao shouted.
The soldiers quickly took out the iron hooks at their waists, hooked the gaps in the stone gate and dragged it outward, while using huge shields to resist the closing trend.
Beside the sand table, Xiao Nanyan's black iron chess piece fell towards the "Jingmen":
"Although the stone gate is dangerous, it requires human control. If you delay for a moment, there will be a flaw."
About an incense stick later, a loud noise of a stone gate collapsing was heard in the mountains - Han Xiao and his men broke through the first barrier.
Xiyan's white jade chess piece fell towards the "Death Gate": "Lead them there."
The Nanzhao soldiers set the poisonous weeds on fire, and the thick smoke drifted towards Jingmen with the wind.
Han Xiao sensed something was wrong and was about to order a return, but he heard Xiao Nanyan's voice coming from the front of the formation:
"Follow the stream; the poisonous smoke will disperse when it encounters water!"
Han Xiao and three sharp warriors immediately turned to the stream. The poisonous smoke swept across the water and turned into white mist and dissipated.
"The rolling stone hurts the door!" Xiyan Yuqi fell heavily.
Huge rocks rolled down from the "cliff", blocking the narrow road in front of Jingmen.
Han Xiao looked up and saw "steep cliffs" on both sides and a pile of rolling rocks in front. It was a desperate situation.
"My Lord, what should I do?"
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