Chapter 239 Madness
Is it easier or more complicated to anger a group of wolf soldiers than a group of ordinary people? Mu Xingqiu decided to give it a try. . ybd.
Six thousand soldiers from Xijie Kingdom faced 20,000 demon soldiers. No matter how much Mu Xingqiu believed in his ability to boost morale, he would not think that he could make up for the huge gap in numbers. The final battle of war was strength. All strategies were just to make the best use of one's own strength and interfere with the opponent's performance.
Yesterday at noon, when Master Xin introduced the wolf and bear cavalry of the demon clan, Mu Xingqiu was wondering if the mind illusion would be more effective on the alien beasts with low intelligence.
He first found a few war horses for experimentation, but the results were not particularly ideal. Animals also have emotions, but they are too simple, and the illusion has little effect. It's like a sphere with a too smooth surface, which is very light, but difficult to grasp because there is no place to exert force. He tried to attack the flea again, but the flea just stared at him with its evil yellow eyes, looked at him innocently, and then came over and rubbed him with the root of its horn - its horn was still growing and it often felt itchy.
The spirit beasts were too powerful. They had lived in the Laozu Peak, which was full of spiritual energy, since they were young. They had no inner elixir or demon elixir, but they were born to resist most spells.
Mu Xingqiu's idea was finally verified on the two dogs.
Duanliu City was overcrowded and food was insufficient. Humans were starving, and it was even more difficult for the dogs wandering in the streets to get food. They would fight over a dirty bone.
The two dogs sneaked into the military camp and bit each other for territory. They refused to retreat even when their heads were broken and bloody. The soldiers watched the excitement on the side, and no one stepped forward to stop them.
Mu Xingqiu happened to pass by.
The two dogs suddenly attacked like crazy. They had been fighting fiercely, but they would always separate for a while and attack again after biting a few times. At this time, they completely ignored their lives, did not retreat, and just bit randomly. Several soldiers hurried forward to pull the half-dead dogs apart.
When Mu Xingqiu left, his confidence suddenly increased to 70%. It turned out that it was not his illusion that had a problem. When he first tried it, the warhorse had no obvious emotions, so he had no place to focus. The power of the first layer of the illusion is limited, and it can only affect the strongest and clearest emotions, so the common emotions of a group of people are more susceptible to being moved than a single person.
On the battlefield, Mu Xingqiu, standing on the back of the Qilin, cut the demon soldier in half with a sword. He cast a little spell to make the blood splash high. Like a piece of red cloth hung under the sky, it aroused the stronger fighting spirit of the giant wolves, and then he used illusion to push this fighting spirit to the peak - any extreme emotion is crazy, especially the fighting spirit of the warriors.
Mu Xingqiu whipped out and overturned at least ten wolf cavalrymen. The demon soldiers fell to the ground, and the giant wolf was thrown into the charging team behind.
It was inevitable that it would be trampled by other wolf cavalrymen, and the giant wolf jumped up. Rage, killing, blood, all the desires related to fighting spirit burned like fire, their eyes were red, they didn't distinguish between friend and foe. They opened their mouths and bit any living creature nearby.
But the chaos created by the ten giant wolves was too insignificant. Mu Xingqiu stood on the back of the flea, cutting the edge of the wolf cavalry and running, constantly using illusions to arouse extreme fighting spirit. Constantly using a long whip to create chaos.
The length of the whip was limited, and the chaos caused was limited, but the fighting spirit aroused by Mu Xingqiu still had an effect. Even the demon soldiers on the back of the giant wolf were affected by the illusion, roaring at the top of their lungs, urging their mounts to run faster. The giant wolf's eyes were red, and it charged madly. No matter what was in front of it, even if it was its own wolf cavalry, it would still hit it head-on and bite it. The giant wolf attacked by its companion immediately turned around to retaliate.
The speed of crazy fighting spirit was faster than the wind. More than a thousand wolf cavalrymen were like a giant snake crawling sideways, rolling and crawling and crashing into the cavalry of Xijie.
Mu Xingqiu aroused the fighting spirit of the wolf cavalry, which brought a negative effect that they became more brutal.
The Xijie Kingdom cavalry who rushed to the front line were all purple talisman soldiers. They were the exclusive army of the royal family. The soldiers were all strong soldiers selected from the frontier Xuanfu Army. They were experienced and well-equipped. They held long spears in their right hands and controlled the reins with their left arms through the shield tie.
The purple talisman cavalry did not feel timid at all. The drums vibrated in their blood, and the shouts swelled their muscles all over their bodies - their fighting spirit was no worse than that of the demon wolf cavalry.
Mu Xingqiu's illusion was still in a relatively rough stage and could not be precisely controlled. He aroused the fighting spirit of the wolf cavalry and also affected the Xijie Kingdom cavalry behind him.
This was a fight beyond imagination. It was not as gorgeous and grand as the battle in the sky, but it was more intense. It was a real collision, a charge without skills, and flesh and blood were tangled with steel. Both sides regarded themselves as invulnerable iron men. As soon as the battle started, blood, broken limbs, and weapons flew high, like huge waves stirred up by rivers at their mouths.
Ten miles away in the rear, the supervising Xin Taifu looked ashen and trembled slightly. Through the Eagle Eye Flying Talisman, he could see the situation on the battlefield. As the commander of the Purple Talisman Army for so many years, he had imagined the battle scene countless times and discussed tactics with civil officials and generals almost every day, but what he saw now was completely different from what he expected.
"This is not my army..." Master Xin muttered to himself, and even suspected that this was not a human army at all. Those soldiers, those soldiers who were obedient in front of him and went wherever he told them to go, suddenly turned into bloodthirsty beasts. He saw with his own eyes that a soldier's spear broke in his hand, and without time to draw his dagger, he pounced directly on the demon soldier from horseback and bit his neck with his mouth.
"This is not my army." He muttered again. He was just a pure spectator now. No order could affect the soldiers on the front line.
There were still two thousand infantrymen. They were slower and still some distance away from the battle line.
There were more than five hundred soldiers and dozens of assistant generals left by Master Xin. They could not use the Eagle Eye Flying Talisman, but the battlefield was not too far away. They could see the red dust and the shrill cries, and they were all moved.
"Is that really a Taoist priest from Pangshan?" The assistant generals were always cautious in front of Master Taifu, but they were so surprised that one of them couldn't help but speak.
Mu Xingqiu, standing on the flea's back, was more conspicuous than all the soldiers. The bright long whip was even more eye-catching, drawing one lightning after another. Wherever he went, the fighting would be more fierce.
"I have never seen Taoist priests fight like this. Those in the sky... are like Taoist priests." Some assistant generals had participated in the previous battle between Taoists and demons, and were even more surprised by Mu Xingqiu's performance.
"Her flag is still moving, that means it's fine."
A cavalryman hurried over from the direction of Duanliu City. When he arrived beside Master Xin, he whispered, "The bridge has been opened, Master..."
"Wait a little longer." Master Xin said without looking back, his eyes fixed on one of the many eagle-eye flying talismans in the sky. The cruel battle scene made his heart tremble and his stomach nauseate, but the more so, the more he couldn't move his eyes away.
The assistant general in charge of monitoring the general situation on the battlefield suddenly shouted, "Demon Mountain! The Demon Mountain is coming!"
Watching a demon fire mountain moving towards them, Master Xin and his party immediately remembered the day when the capital was destroyed: another larger and rounder demon fire mountain stopped hundreds of miles away, but the shadow it cast seemed to cover the entire capital, and then this smaller conical demon mountain acted as the vanguard. Crushing the defenders and the city walls, ending the last hope of the capital.
At that time, Master Xin chose to escape, and this time he decided to stay a little longer.
Four thousand cavalrymen from Xijie Kingdom dispersed the wolf cavalrymen. The simple emotions of the war horses became an advantage. They were not affected by the illusion and continued to perform their tasks normally - sprinting forward without stopping. The internal strife of the wolf cavalrymen caused too much trouble, offsetting the power brought by the high morale.
The cavalrymen from Xijie Kingdom continued to charge, and the two thousand infantrymen who came from behind surpassed the talisman master driving the chariot. Clean up the remaining wolf cavalrymen.
"You can give orders." Master Xin took his eyes off the Eagle Eye Flying Talisman. The battle situation was better than he thought. The cavalrymen from Xijie Kingdom were brave and good at fighting, and the demon soldiers on the opposite side adopted the most unwise formation. These were all opportunities.
Immediately, a talisman master issued an order to the front line.
Mu Xingqiu and the princess heard Master Xin's order through their helmets.
The Demon Fire Mountain was heading towards Duanliu City. Master Xin ordered the cavalry to deviate to the south, as far away from the Demon Mountain as possible, to attract the demon infantry on the opposite side.
The demon army commander made a serious mistake. Dividing the 20,000 troops with an absolute advantage into two parts, protecting the Demon Fire Mountain like wings, Master Xin decided to lead away the demon soldiers in the south of the Demon Mountain. First, win a decisive victory in this direction, and then meet the demon soldiers in the north.
This is an extremely risky strategy. The demon soldiers in the north will advance straight ahead because they are not blocked. Even if the Xijie army wins a little later in the south, or weakens its combat effectiveness due to heavy losses, the entire plan will fail.
But this is the only chance for Xijie to win.
The casual cultivators who have been floating in the air watching the battle can finally join the battle. They summon a large number of terrifying and exaggerated beasts, rushing towards the demon soldiers in the north in groups, and then fighting and retreating. Their task is simple, even if it is to slightly slow down the attack speed of the demon soldiers.
The Taoists in the air did not move. They were fighting with a large number of magicians on the Monster Mountain. As expected, because Fu Jun had already sent the information to the Monster Commander, the Monster Mountain avoided the originally selected trap location and shifted to the north, running towards the group of monks.
The monster soldiers also had a clear strategy. They wanted to win on the battlefield of magic first, and then it would be easy to eliminate the soldiers of the Xijie Kingdom on the ground.
When Mu Xingqiu first said that the trap could be moved, everyone was still very surprised. When Shen Hao got the Dream Rejection Tripod in the Sizu Hall of Yangshen Peak, there was no doubt anymore.
The original purpose of the Dream Rejection Tripod was to help disciples put aside their thoughts and enter the state of imagination, but it was also like the entire Yangshen Peak, which could be large or small, enough to hold the entire Monster Fire Mountain.
Shen Hao seized the opportunity, threw out the Dream Rejection Tripod, and prayed to the Three Ancestors of the Taoist School that this trick would be effective.
The fist-sized Jumeng Ding rolled towards the ground. When it landed, it had grown to several feet. Then it continued to roll forward, and its size became larger and larger, but it was still too small compared to the Monster Fire Mountain.
Finally, Jumeng Ding was crushed by the Monster Mountain, which was a hundred times larger than itself.
Mu Xingqiu led the cavalry to turn to the southwest. The monster infantry on the opposite side was indeed attracted. The battle was about to begin. He turned around and looked at the Monster Fire Mountain. No matter how hard he tried, the outcome of the battle still depended on the contest between Jumeng Ding and the Monster Fire Mountain.
With a bang, the ground shook violently, and the war horses neighed in shock. Soldiers on both sides couldn't help but turn their heads to look at the source of the vibration.
In the sky and on the ground, the battlefield stopped for a moment.
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