Chapter 374 How could you possibly break the Seven Star Formation?
Xiao Nanyan reined in his horse and rushed into the Qixing Mountain Pass, looking at the mountains and forests ahead, which were dyed green by the midday sunlight.
The mountain breeze carried the scent of grass and trees past my ears, and I could vaguely hear unusual movements in the forest.
Xiao Nanyan knew that Nan Zhao was good at deploying troops with the help of favorable terrain. Xie Lan retreated into the mountains, but the formation was not in disarray, and he was definitely not fleeing in panic. It seemed that he was intentionally trying to lure him into a killing spree that had been set up long ago.
"Your Majesty, the terrain of this mountain is strange. There might be an ambush."
Han Xiao spoke in a low voice, holding the sword tightly in his hand.
Xiao Nanyan's lips curled slightly, his black robe billowing in the wind like ink:
"Do you know why this place is called Seven Star Mountain?"
Han Xiao shook his head.
Xiao Nanyan curled his lips. "Because of this Seven Star Mountain, its seven peaks correspond to the positions of the Big Dipper in the night sky year-round. The mountain's shadows and the stars are seamlessly integrated, like a heavenly formation descended to earth. Seven layers of formations are laid out in sequence within the mountain, implicitly in line with the principles of the movement of the stars. This is the heart of Nan Zhao's stronghold."
"Your Majesty, it seems that the Xie family father and son have put a lot of thought into this."
Xiao Nanyan ordered:
"Pass the order down. The front troops will become scouts, holding stone-absorbing mirrors to clear the way. The rear troops will march silently and quickly, following the king deep into the mountains."
The so-called stone-absorbing mirror is a kind of iron mirror specially made by Apocalypse. If there is a copper and iron mechanism underground, it will detect it at the first time.
The soldiers of the front army used bronze mirrors to detect, and sure enough, they found clues at the first pass into the mountains.
Beneath the seemingly flat mountain road, there are actually densely packed poisonous spike traps. If you take a wrong step, you will be pierced into a sieve.
"Get the kerosene barrel ready."
Xiao Nanyan said in a steady voice: "Spray along the edge of the trap and set it on fire."
The flames licked the dry grass and trees, and with a crackling sound, the spikes in the trap were burned black and deformed, and the poisonous tips became invisible.
The Apocalypse Army marched forward on the still warm ground and easily broke through the first layer of the "spike array" set up by Xie Lan.
Just after passing the pass, countless huge rocks suddenly rolled down from the mountain walls on both sides, covering the sky and the sun. This was the second level of "falling rocks".
Xie Lan obviously wanted to use the mountain's terrain to crush the Apocalypse Army.
Xiao Nanyan was already prepared and raised his hand to signal:
"Hookhand, go!"
Hundreds of soldiers swung out ropes with iron hooks, accurately hooking them onto the ancient pines on the mountain wall, and using the dense branches of the ancient pines to withstand the impact of the rolling rocks on the top of the mountain.
As time went on, the Stones' momentum gradually died down.
Xiao Nanyan reined in his horse and walked through the pile of rocks. When he reached the mountainside, he suddenly smelled a sweet and strange fragrance in the air.
"Poisonous weed array!" Some soldiers covered their mouths and noses, but were still somewhat confused, and some even vomited uncontrollably.
Xiao Nanyan ordered sternly: "Take the Hundred Herb Pill quickly!"
On the eve of setting out from Yandu, he had ordered Fu Yunqing to distribute a bottle of the Hundred Herbs Detoxification Pill to each soldier to prevent the enemy from using poisonous miasma or smoke during the march and battle.
This comes in handy now.
However, humans can take detoxification pills, but war horses are difficult to control.
Xiao Nanyan urgently ordered: "Take sulfur powder and spread it downwind!"
The soldiers obeyed the order, and in a moment, the sulfur powder flew away with the wind and the fragrance gradually dissipated.
The fourth level is the "Stream Array".
Xie Lan obviously calculated that they would wade through the water.
However, Xiao Nanyue knew that the bottom of the stream was covered with sharpened bamboo stakes, whose sharp edges were faintly visible in the water. Even if a person could cross it by chance, a warhorse would not be able to jump over the stream.
He ordered some soldiers to cut down the tough vines, and another group to go into the water, holding short blades, to cut off the sharp edges of the bamboo stakes one by one.
Afterwards, they took out the cut tough vines and tied the adjacent bamboo stakes together in pairs, crisscrossing them to build a simple trellis on the surface of the stream. Finally, they moved some cut tree trunks and laid them horizontally on the trellis.
In just one hour, a floating bridge was built across the stream. Although it looked simple, it was stable enough.
The Tianqi Army stepped onto the pontoon bridge in an orderly manner and passed this dangerous pass safely.
Xiao Nanyan used his ingenuity to break the following "Rolling Log Formation", "Stalagmites Formation" and "Echo Formation".
When the rolling logs came, he ordered his soldiers to build a slope with huge shields to let the rolling logs slide into the mountain stream; when the stalagmites pierced from the ground, he ordered his soldiers to step on the blind spots between the stalagmites.
As for the echo array, Xie Lan used the echoes in the valley to create strange noises to disrupt the morale of the army.
Xiao Nanyan ordered the entire army to remain silent, using the sound of drums as a command, and they marched in unison, drowning out the noise in the valley.
The seven-level formation was progressive, but Xiao Nanyan broke it one by one.
When the dawn broke, after a day and night of fighting, he finally led his army out of the last "Star Gate" stone formation.
Xiao Nanyan reined in his horse and stood in an open valley. Looking around, he saw seven peaks surrounding him. He knew that this was the center of Qixing Mountain.
Xie Lan's troops were stationed here.
"Impossible, how could you possibly break the Seven Star Formation?"
Xie Lan stared at the mighty Xiao family army opposite him, and glanced at Xiao Nanyue in disbelief, his eyes full of anger.
How could he not be annoyed?
Originally, they wanted to trap Xiao Nanyue's troops in the mountains, but they didn't expect that they would march straight in and break through the core of the formation.
Right now, tens of thousands of Xiao family soldiers have trapped them in the center of the valley, like a turtle in a jar!
If Xiao Nanyue ordered the arrows to be shot at this moment, they would be dead!
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