0376 Chapter Days
Following Huang Chengyan's footsteps, Qin Yang and the retreating Yellow Turban Army would naturally not be lost in the Eight Formation Map. The plain stone formation here seems to be only more than ten miles away, but even if the Yellow Turban Army marched urgently and did not take detours, it took a long time to march out of the stone formation.
Just after Qin Yang walked out of the stone formation, a group of people had been waiting for a long time under the stars in the sky.
"My Ma Yuanyi, please see Your Majesty!" Ma Yuanyi jumped off his war horse and respectfully worshiped Qin Yang who was walking slowly. Behind him, countless Yellow Turban generals also bowed to Qin Yang together.
Qin Yang hurriedly helped Ma Yuanyi up and looked up. He saw that the Yellow Turban Army was neatly in appearance. After a sudden look, there were tens of thousands of armored soldiers. He couldn't help but ask: "Ma Sikong, isn't your 50,000 army ambushed in the formation?"
Qin Yang asked this, firstly because since the array was arranged here and wanted to block the demon army, Ma Yuanyi's troops should be ambushed in the formation to deal with emergencies. Secondly, even when he just passed by the stone formation, even Qin Yang himself could faintly feel that there were murderous auras in the stone formation, as if there were thousands of troops hidden in it.
Now looking around, Ma Yuanyi's 50,000 troops seem to be here. So what's going on with the murderous aura in the formation?
"Haha, Your Majesty doesn't know that the formation under him is different from other military formations. In these eight formation maps, there is actually no soldier or soldier. And Lord Ma's men are just here to prevent His Majesty from being caught up by the Demon Army before he arrives here." Zhuge Liang, who was standing beside him, smiled slightly and said lightly.
"There are no soldiers?" Qin Yang was stunned. Although he knew in his heart that Zhuge Liang would never lie to him, he also felt incredible. After all, his current perception was at the same level as the Xuanwu Divine Beast. Could it be that this formation was so evil that even the Xuanwu Divine Beast could not sense it?
Zhuge Liang didn't explain much. He just changed his tone and bowed and said, "I haven't seen you for a long time. Zhuge Liang had been an enemy of Your Majesty in the previous period, but now he still wants to apologize to Your Majesty."
Qin Yang knew that Zhuge Liang was talking about the matter that he had joined forces with Pang Tong to plot against him, and couldn't help but laugh and said, "Mr. Zhuge said this just because he looked down on me. Qin Yang had their own interests in clashing against each other. If Qin Yang had to be bothered with this, wouldn't that be too stingy? What's more, if it weren't for Mr. Zhuge, I'm afraid I, Qin Yang, would be chased by the Demon Army to the end of the world. Don't worry, from now on, no one will mention the past when I am below Qin Yang. Now that the Demon Army is in chaos, I and the Han Empire should share the same hatred and unite with each other."
Although Qin Yang said this to Zhuge Liang, the one who really wanted to warn him was the generals behind him. Because even if he did not look back, he could feel the strong hostility of the Yellow Turban Army generals after seeing Zhuge Liang. You must know that since Ruyin defeated and went south, all the generals of the Yellow Turban Army regarded Zhuge Liang as their biggest enemy, and regarded Ruyin defeat as the biggest shame of the Yellow Turban Army. Qin Yang was also afraid that at this moment, there would be another dirty thing between the Yellow Turban Army and Liu Bei. In that case, the only thing that would be proud would be the demon army behind him.
Sure enough, after Qin Yang said this, the generals of the Yellow Turban Army restrained a lot of hostility. Zhuge Liang also smiled with relief and said, "Your Majesty is noble and Zhuge Liang admires it. If Your Majesty joins hands with our Han Empire, the rebellion of the Demon Army will be pacified in one fell swoop."
Qin Yang smiled slightly. Now more than 10,000 people from the Yellow Turban Army had already walked out of the stone formation. While the generals were reorganizing their troops, he asked Zhuge Liang about the doubts that had been there since just now: "Mr. Zhuge, according to Mr. Huang, you can only place the eight formation maps once. I don't know why they are placed here?"
Zhuge Liang seemed to have known that Qin Yang would ask this, so he said lightly: "Do your Majesty know that the three major outcomes are the key to marching and fighting?"
"The three major winners? Is it because of the right time, right place, and harmonious people?"
Zhuge Liang nodded and said, "Your Majesty clearly understands these three points. Now the demon army is at its peak, and the demon stars appear in the world in the astrological signs, and the imperial stars are dim. These are all signs that are extremely unfavorable to our army. Whether we can turn the tide and turn the world around is to rely on this heaven, the right place and the right people."
"Damn Star..." Qin Yang's heart moved. He didn't know much about the celestial phenomena. But after all, he had traveled with the Taishang Laojun in the heavens, and he still knew some things. Now that he heard the word "Damn Star", he instantly thought of the consequences of the appearance of the Demon Star.
At the beginning, the Emperor Taishang also said that fate is determined by heaven, and things are caused by humans. Although some things are destined in the dark, they will have different results due to human efforts.
It’s like someone is destined to be in the end. But if this person does not give up on himself, but works tirelessly and persevere, he is likely to create a glory. Even if he is in the evening, he will be respected by everyone. Some people are destined to be glorious but do not want to make progress, and may not fall for a long time until they finally appear short-lived and then disappear like a meteor. What is destined is only the final result, but the joys and sorrows in the intercourse are different according to what they do.
What Zhuge Liang wants to do now is probably such a thing. Even if the demon star appears, the two imperial stars will eventually die. But whether it is Zhuge Liang, Qin Yang, or Liu Bei, Sun Quan, Cao Cao and others, they definitely don’t want the demon lord to rule the world.
Seeing that Qin Yang had some insight, Zhuge Liang continued to say, "Although the emergence of the demon star is not irreversible, we must also be prepared to burn both jade and stone. Even if two imperial stars in the sky fall at the same time, we must not let the demon star shine alone. Now, the three princes of the Han Empire retreat, and the eight formation maps are set up here below to compete with the demon army for the right time, place and harmony with people."
"The so-called time of heaven is now time. What I want to fight for is the time when our army gathers, the time when all the heroes in the world gather all their strength together. It is also the time when the demon army's spirit is used. That is the best time to fight the decisive battle with the demon army! And while I was acting, Zhou Yu, the Grand Governor of the Eastern Wu, was also looking for the right place to fight with the demon army at this time, and using his power to find the best place to fight with the demon army. I believe that there will be some results recently. As for the harmony of people, it is the morale of the three armies. It is also the human race in the world who share the same hatred of the enemy. In terms of morale of the three armies, Sima Yi will naturally do a good job, but my lord, Emperor Liu, and His Majesty Ming, King Wei, and King Wu, still need to open their own knots, forget the world, and fight the enemy together."
Zhuge Liang talked jokingly, and Qin Yang nodded constantly. Now the Demon Lord suddenly emerged with millions of elite soldiers. This was simply a disaster for the other two empires. If the two sides were still fighting for each other, just like last time in Yingshang, and each had ulterior motives, they might be not far from being destroyed.
Among these people, the one with the largest knot in their hearts and the most likely unstable is naturally the Emperor Ming Qin Yang who was once plotted against. This is why Zhuge Liang directly admitted his mistake when he saw Qin Yang and mentioned the incident that year.
As the two of them spoke, the retreating troops of the Yellow Turban Army were gathered one after another. They were chased and finally arrived here, naturally the elites of the Yellow Turban Army.
Although Huangtian Camp, Houtu Camp, Shenji Camp, Heishan Army, Yinjia Army and other personnel were injured, the total number was calculated. There were 100,000 people. This time, the five major troops of Qinyang were launched together, and the troops and horses they brought were more than 250,000. Now that the battle has come, the total loss of 150,000 troops is lost, which can be said to be a crushing defeat.
Just as the Yellow Turban Army was about to rest, a huge fire suddenly ignited in the north, and the light of flames reflected red half of the night sky. There was a faint sound of people shouting and neighing at horses. It could be heard at such a long distance, and it was obvious that many enemies had reached the vicinity of the hills.
"Prepare for battle!" Seeing this, the generals of the Yellow Turban Army couldn't help but jump onto the war horses and picked up their weapons. The exhausted soldiers who had just been preparing to set up camp were also hurriedly lined up. In their opinion, the Demon Army had a million elite soldiers, and even the mysterious formation could not stop the progress of millions of elite soldiers. After all, sometimes, when they had an absolute advantage in quantity, any exquisiteness and weirdness had become pale and powerless.
"What a panic! Xi Zhicai, Jia Xu! Constrain the three armies and don't be in trouble!" Qin Yang saw that his soldiers under his command were like frightened birds, and suddenly felt a light on his face and ordered in a deep voice.
But after giving the order, Qin Yang couldn't help but look at Zhuge Liang, hoping that Zhuge Liang could give him a reassurance. After all, these elite troops are now exhausted and can no longer stand the trouble. If he really faces the Demon Army under the throne, he may not be able to escape the danger of annihilation of the entire army.
But Zhuge Liang seemed to have not seen Qin Yang's expectant gaze. He looked at the flames rising in the distance and gently shook his feather fan and murmured: "I actually set fire to the woods? It seems that the maze of the woods in front of him is about to be destroyed recently..."
"What?!" Qin Yang's pupils shrank slightly when he heard this, and he couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Zhuge, what do you mean is that that maze can't stop the demon army?"
Zhuge Liang nodded and said, "It was originally able to block it for a while, but now it can't stop it."
"Original? Now? What does it mean?"
Zhuge Liang said: "Report to Your Majesty, the world has not been isolated yet, and it can still drive the power of the celestial phenomena. Even if the other party sets fire, I can call a heavy rain to extinguish it. This forest is extremely dense, and even if the other party wants to cut it down, it will take more than three days. But if the rolling force is no longer there today, the other party sets a big fire. I believe that it will be burned out tomorrow morning."
"So that's it..." Qin Yang suddenly realized. When he heard Zhuge Liang say that the fire was about to burn tomorrow morning, he also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and then said: "Since that's the case, I will order the three armies to rest now and to deport the camp at the third day of tomorrow, can it be?"
Zhuge Liang shook his head and said, "Why should your Majesty be so anxious? Now that Governor Zhou Yu is looking for a place for war, we might as well wait for news here and then move again, how about it?"
"When will Zhou Yu have news?"
When Zhuge Liang heard this, he pondered for a moment, as if counting the time, and then said, "At least two days, at most three days. I think there should be news."
"Three days?!" Qin Yang was stunned. The Demon Army would be able to fight to the other side of the Stonehenge tomorrow. His army and the Demon Army were only separated by a Stonehenge. The other party had a million demon army. No matter how mysterious the eight formation diagram was, there was no soldier or soldier in it. And the other party had a million demon army. If it was broken through, the consequences would be...
Zhuge Liang finally saw Qin Yang's anxiety, couldn't help but smile and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry. I believe that even if the other party has a million troops, it should be no problem to trap the other party for ten days."
"Can you really be trapped for ten days?" Qin Yang felt confident when he saw Zhuge Liang's words. He couldn't help but relax. It was just because he had never seen a large formation that could trap a million troops for ten days. After all, even the formation set up by the Gepo Barbarian King Meng Huo was only broken by Qin Yang's army for two days.
"Well... it's almost the same. This is also my conservative estimate. If the other party really has a master coming, it must be this time." Zhuge Liang nodded and affirmed.
"Master..." When Zhuge Liang heard the word "Master" say, a very vague figure suddenly appeared in his mind. At this moment, the Yellow Turban Generals were busy reorganizing the army. Qin Yang said to Zhuge Liang: "Mr. Zhuge, if Zhang Liang, the founding wise man of the Han Dynasty, came here, how long can your eight-forming map stop him?"
"Zhang Liang?!" Zhuge Liang was also stunned when he heard this, pondered for a moment and said, "Zhang Liang is an unparalleled person with wisdom and unfathomable nature. According to my estimate, after the founding of my Han Empire, he may have realized the truth and become an immortal. Could it be that he is also among the demon army?"
Qin Yang nodded and said, "Not only is he in the Demon Army, but also not long ago, I was still outside Hongnong City. I passed by him in the Sangu Forest."
"Your Majesty has seen Zhang Liang?" Zhuge Liang was even more shocked when he heard this.
Qin Yang smiled faintly and said, "It's almost the same. But he didn't see this person's appearance. This person's skills are unfathomable and elusive. When I want to see him, he has already disappeared."
As he said that, Qin Yang simply told him how he talked to Zhang Liang in Sangulin and how he recognized Zhang Liang's identity in Tongguo's handwriting.
After a while of silence, Zhuge Liang seemed to have recovered from his thoughts and murmured: "Zhang Liang... Could this Zhang Liang be the demon star in this troubled time?"
"Demon Star, is it a person?" Qin Yang said in confusion.
Zhuge Liang nodded and said, "Naturally, no matter the Demon Star, the Emperor Star, the Demon Star, all refer to someone. Now in the air, the two Emperor Stars are naturally His Majesty and the Emperor of Han. And the Demon Star is the Demon Lord. So is the Demon Star really Zhang Liang? It's just strange that according to my master, Zhang Liang has become a scattered immortal after the founding of the Great Han Empire. How could he stand on the side of the Demon Lord?"
"Can't it be that Zhang Liang did not realize the truth and became an immortal, but died. Now he was resurrected by the Demon Lord?" Qin Yang guessed.
Zhuge Liang nodded, shook his head again, and said, "There is a possibility, but this possibility is extremely small. If a person as talented as Zhang Liang has said that he has not realized the truth and become an immortal, no one will believe it. If a mortal wants to realize the truth and become an immortal, he must first give up his obsession. Xiang Yu, who was in the same era as Zhang Liang, committed suicide due to obsession. Xiao He and Han Xin were killed because of obsession. Only Zhang Liang, who abandoned the obsession in his heart and floated away. If he did not become an immortal, there would be no immortal."
Qin Yang naturally knew about how to become an immortal. Among his advisers, only Xi Zhicai was indulging in the wine sword, without obsession, and naturally it would come naturally. As for the others, even Zhuge Liang in front of him, Qin Yang did not think that he could realize the truth and become an immortal. After all, these people each had their own persistence in their hearts. People with persistence might have unlimited achievements in their own fields, but they were completely different from the matter of becoming an immortal.
Thinking of this, Qin Yang analyzed: "Can you have any entanglements with the Demon Lord after Zhang Liang became an immortal? So much so that after the Demon Lord came to the world, he had to help the Demon Lord?"
Upon hearing this, Zhuge Liang nodded in agreement. Now only Qin Yang's guess is the most reliable. After a moment, Zhuge Liang said, "If this matter is serious, then I will ask Master and the others. I wonder if Zhang Liang's immortal power is still there. If he is still there, he may be a more terrifying opponent than the Demon Lord."
Qin Yang smiled slightly, shook his head and said, "It's impossible, the world is isolated, no one has the power of immortality. Even if Zhang Liang is strong, he is just a scattered immortal, not a true immortal. Since all the three immortals have lost their power of immortality, it's even more impossible for him to have it. At most, it's just a little stronger than ordinary people. By the way, I don't know where the three immortals are now? I haven't seen them for a long time."
The immortal Nanhua is Qin Yang's master, while Mr. Shui Jing is Zhuge Liang's master. Qin Yang really doesn't want to be shorter than Zhuge Liang in terms of title, so he can only directly call the three people "Three Immortals".
When Zhuge Liang saw Qin Yang asking, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Master and the others have been in seclusion since they returned to the Central Plains from the South China Sea Immortal Island. Now it has been more than two years. Some of the news I have received is also told me before they go into seclusion. Master said that the three of them are only one period of cause and effect when they break through to the true immortal. This period of cause and effect is to completely kill the Demon Lord. The Demon Lord broke the seal because of the kingly spirit of the Great Han Empire, so this period of cause and effect can only be resolved before the Great Han Empire destroys the country. The Great Han Empire has not yet ended, and Master and the others are not in a hurry. Now in the troubled times of the demon star, they must be out of seclusion."
Qin Yang nodded and said, "So that's the case. I believe that you are working hard to protect the Han Empire and assist Liu Bei, because of this reason, right?"
Zhuge Liang sighed and said, "Your Majesty clearly shows that the world is in chaos and the princes are fighting for power. Whether it is the Ten Generals, the Old Thief Dong Zhuo, or the Yuan brothers who later became emperors, these are not enough to worry about it. Although King Cao Cao of Wei and King Sun Quan of Wu are all heroes, they are hindering each other and cannot destroy the Han Dynasty. The only one in the world who can defy the will of heaven and change his destiny is His Majesty. Therefore, I had no choice but to come out to assist the uncle Liu Bei who was loyal to the Han Empire and be an enemy of Your Majesty. Please forgive me."
Qin Yang smiled and said, "It's meaningless to say that the previous grudge has long been resolved." He just said lightly: "Now, this is meaningless. The demon star has appeared. I'm afraid the destiny of the Han Empire should also come. Let's think carefully about how to deal with the Demon Lord..." (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!