The Legend of the Condor Heroes: From Being Expelled from Peach Blossom Island

Chapter 445 The First Battle of Beiwei
This Jin man looked to be only in his forties. How could he possibly have seen the Beiwei Army from back then? After all, any Jin person who could see the Beiwei Army in person had basically been reincarnated countless years ago.

After Yue Fei died unjustly, the Beiwei Army disappeared for decades. The Song people had long forgotten about the Beiwei Army, but the Jin people did not, especially those Jin soldiers who were thoroughly defeated. They would never mention it, and they would never dare to forget it in the depths of their souls.

Back then, the Jurchen cavalry swept across the land, capable of crushing any enemy in their path with a single charge, until they encountered the Beiwei Army.

No matter how unstoppable the Jin army's charge was, when faced with the well-prepared and relentlessly fighting Beiwei Army, it was like a surging wave crashing against a majestic cliff. No matter how many piles of snow were stirred up, the cliff remained unmoved, and then the Jin cavalry were shattered to pieces.

In world history, an army loses its fighting capacity when its casualty rate exceeds one-third, and only a later army can achieve a casualty rate of 100%, where the last soldier is killed on the front lines.

However, the Beiwei Army is also an option. The Jin cavalry's painful memories of the Beiwei Army are based on countless instances of defeating the enemy despite outnumbering them, with the best outcome being mutual destruction.

Upon hearing those three words, the Jin spy in front of him instinctively shuddered, much like a middle-aged person suddenly encountering a childhood trauma.

You may not have thought of it for many years, but your body will immediately have an instinctive reaction whenever you encounter it.

He unconsciously took a step back, his eyes glancing at the young men standing in neat rows behind Wu Chengyu, who remained silent and upright like pine trees, their movements unnoticed.

When Wu Chengyu mentioned the Beiwei Army, the boys behind him still didn't move, but the unseen killing intent made their skin feel sting.

The Jin spy couldn't help but shout, his voice trembling and hoarse: "Impossible, absolutely impossible! The Beiwei Army is gone, completely gone! There should never have been such an army in this world. They should not exist!"

Don't think that just because you gather some teenagers and raise a banner, you can call them the Beiwei Army. They don't deserve it. After Yue Fei died, the backbone of your Song people was broken. There will never be another Beiwei Army in this world.

Looking at the approaching army, Wu Chengyu saw how ridiculous and tragic it was for the Song army to fight under the command of the Jin people.

"Song Mu, what do you suggest we do if people don't believe you're the Beiwei Army?"

"The Beiwei Army earned its reputation through battle. Your subordinates will let them know that the Beiwei Army has truly returned."

"What do you think of these three thousand Song soldiers before you?"

"The army's discipline is poor, the battle formation is scattered, and many of them don't even know how to hold a knife. Now, relying on their numbers, they are acting arrogantly. Once the offensive goes against them and they suffer even a little loss, these people will surely collapse."

Seeing these people before me, devoid of morale and fighting spirit, like mud, beyond redemption, no wonder you, Master, desire to rebuild the world.

"So, you're confident you can defeat them?"

"We have less than three hundred men now, but let's say three hundred. Three hundred against three thousand, I'm confident we won't lose a single brother."

“Very well. As Song soldiers, they are ordered by the enemy to hunt down the people of Song. I do not want them to see the sun rise tomorrow.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Wu Chengyu raised his right hand and waved it forward, accompanied by Song Mu's roar: "Courageous in the face of death, ready to fight!"

Under Song Mu's command, the Beiwei Army marched forward in unison, their steps and gazes perfectly synchronized. They simultaneously drew their steel swords from their backs, the flashes of the blades forming a continuous line. They marched in formation towards the Song soldiers opposite them, their movements perfectly synchronized.

When they were still thirty paces away from the Song soldiers, Song Mu gave the order again: "Seven Killings Greedy Wolf Formation, Seven Stars Converge."

All the Beiwei Army soldiers instantly changed formation, automatically dividing into seven groups. Each group was arranged in a parallel formation, capable of supporting each other, and could also transform into a pair of scissors at any time.

The so-called Seven Killings Greedy Wolf Formation is actually seven sets of arrowhead formations, with the strongest person in each set as the tip of the blade, just like seven steel blades, which can also form a large formation.

Back then, Ma Yu gave Wu Chengyu a secret manual about ancient battle formations. Wang Chongyang comprehended the Big Dipper Formation from it, while Wu Chengyu combined it with the battle formations of the Yue Family Army to comprehend the Seven Killings Greedy Wolf Formation.

The Seven Killings Greedy Wolf Formation is specifically used on the battlefield. Unlike the Big Dipper Formation, which involves seven people besieging one person and trapping the enemy within the formation, the imagined enemy is the other four masters.

The Seven Killings Greedy Wolf Formation emphasizes defeating the many with the few, uniting against a common enemy, with seven steel blades intersecting to kill outside the formation.

As for the Seven Stars Convergence, it somewhat copied the method of mutual transmission and borrowing of internal energy developed by the few remaining Quanzhen Seven Masters in the later stages of The Return of the Condor Heroes.

Wu Chengyu merely used their names; the Dragon City Heart Method, as a battlefield martial art, inherently possesses the effect of gathering internal energy.

This effect of superimposed internal force transmission is very rare in the world of The Legend of the Condor Heroes. Later, the Eight Ugly Men of Tibet were only third-rate characters, but when they displayed this characteristic when using internal force, they were able to win the praise of Hong Qigong.

So it's true that the Murong family isn't very bright. Such excellent internal martial arts skills are perfect for developing an army, but instead, generation after generation, they've gone off to fight in the martial world, engaging in conspiracies and tricks. In fact, only one person in each generation has mastered the Dragon City Heart Sutra. Who can they rely on? It's a complete waste of talent.

As the two sides drew closer, the people at the back of each group placed their palms on the back of the person in front, transmitting their internal energy layer by layer until it finally converged on the person at the very front.

At the very front of each battle formation, Song Mu was the leader. He gripped his sword with both hands and gradually raised it above his head.

The Song soldiers, seeing only two hundred or so half-grown boys in front of them, thought it was all an act and laughed mockingly, their formation becoming even more scattered.

Twenty steps, fifteen steps, until only ten steps remained between them, when Song Mu gave the order again: "Activate Musou."

Seven sets of sharp, arrow-shaped blade formations were created, with the inner force of seven people converging on seven individuals. These seven individuals continuously poured their inner force into their blades, and with Song Mu's command, seven longswords were swung, suddenly creating seven blade beams in mid-air. The blade beams were a good two or three zhang long, but still not reaching the effect of a forty-meter-long broadsword. The so-called "Unrivaled" was just a joke by Wu Chengyu; the name he gave this move was merely a commemoration of the Dynasty Warriors game he played in his previous life.

But facing these seven sword beams, the Song soldiers felt as if they had seen the death warrant. They had no time to react. Under the sweep of the seven sword beams, at least two hundred soldiers in the front row were cut in two, along with their weapons, and were unable to defend themselves at all.

The martial arts level during the Tianlong era was already higher than that in The Legend of the Condor Heroes. At that time, Zhuo Bufan was able to unleash sword light, and he was called the Sword God. Moreover, his sword light could only penetrate the sword by less than half a foot.

Now, seven blades of light, each two or three zhang long, suddenly appeared. Although they were the result of the combined power of dozens of soldiers, even the Five Greats would have to dodge them. How could these ordinary soldiers, who had only practiced battlefield skills, withstand such an unfair and devastating attack?

Just as Song Mu said at the beginning, of the three thousand soldiers, only more than two hundred died at once. The remaining Song soldiers still had an absolute advantage in numbers, but these Song soldiers were in complete chaos. They had never seen such methods before.

Not only were they afraid to move forward, but some even wanted to scatter like birds and beasts. Fortunately, their leader shouted repeatedly, which emboldened them to surround them again.

Song Mu's side will not let them off the hook either. The Beiwei Army was born to use these traitors who betrayed the country as a sacrifice for their flag.

After unleashing the Seven Killings Greedy Wolf Formation, he swiftly charged into the enemy ranks, the seven sword formations working in tandem to gradually separate the Song soldiers before him.

The Song soldiers, relying on their superior numbers, charged forward in a swarm, brandishing their weapons. But each formation of swords was like a wave, one wave subsiding before another surged forth. The waves were red, for they were carrying the blood of the enemy.

Waves of Song soldiers rushed forward, but they were unable to break through the Beiwei Army's sword formation. Whether it was the formation's lethality and defensive power or the Beiwei Army soldiers' individual combat capabilities that far surpassed those of the enemy, these Song soldiers had no chance of resisting them, and could not even withstand a single blow.

In just the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, all that could be seen at the scene were broken spears, shattered swords, and countless severed limbs and heads. The Beiwei Army's sword formation remained perfectly intact, and surprisingly, no one appeared to be injured.

Wu Chengyu shook his head; indeed, he couldn't have any expectations of these Song soldiers.

Although they betrayed their nation, if these Song soldiers could have shown some fighting ability, Wu Chengyu might have looked at them differently. Unfortunately, as Song Mu said, they were just a bunch of rotten mud.

If the three hundred Beiwei soldiers had encountered the main force of the Jin army of three thousand, they would not have had such an easy time; some of them would certainly have been injured.

If they were to encounter modern Mongol cavalry on the steppe, with three hundred against three thousand, the Beiwei Army would certainly suffer heavy casualties. The power of a Mongol cavalry charge is beyond human resistance.

Of course, Wu Chengyu's Beiwei Army consisted entirely of martial arts masters, so they certainly wouldn't be foolish enough to engage in a head-on clash with the Mongol cavalry on the grasslands.

However, the fighting strength of these Song soldiers was truly indescribable. To think that Song soldiers with such fighting strength could launch a northern expedition was simply a pipe dream.

Of course, not all Song Dynasty soldiers were like the ones in front of us, but they were all loyal to the court. In a court that has lost its backbone, even the best soldiers are wasted in their hands.

In the time it takes for half an incense stick to burn, only half of the three thousand soldiers remained. The Seven Killings Greedy Wolf Formation advanced steadily, and the Beiwei Army raised and swung their swords like machines, each step and each strike taking a life.

The remaining half of the soldiers finally scattered. The Song soldier leader who had defected to the Jin Dynasty had been cut off from the head by Song Mu's horse-slaying sword, splitting him in two. Without their leader, they began to cry and scream, scattering in all directions.

"The Beiwei Army, forming the Plum Blossom Formation, fights freely; with us, we are invincible."

The Plum Blossom Formation was discovered by Wu Chengyu from the Murong family's martial arts manual. He later taught it to the descendants of Yue Fei's army. It was a battle formation used by soldiers on the battlefield to fight against martial arts practitioners. It was thanks to the Plum Blossom Formation that not all of Yue Fei's descendants were killed in the pursuit of the Southern Song Dynasty.

Wu Chengyu improved the Plum Blossom Formation to make it more suitable for the Beiwei Army, who were practicing martial arts. His original intention was that one day, when they encountered a master whose martial arts were far superior to theirs, they could join forces to fight against him.

The Plum Blossom Formation consists of five people per group, each person like a petal of a plum blossom, sharp as a knife. The group combat is more flexible and the killing speed is faster. When used against Song soldiers who are far inferior to the Beiwei Army, it can only be said that killing is as easy as chopping wood and cutting grass without making a sound.

The meaning of "I am invincible" is simple: not a single Song soldier present should be spared, and no one should be allowed to escape.

Seeing his three thousand soldiers, whom he thought were his trump card, being slaughtered in one fell swoop, the Jin spy in charge turned deathly pale. His lips trembled as he silently recited the name of the Beiwei Army several times, his eyes wide as if he had truly seen a ghost.

At this moment, Song Mu and his men's fighting prowess and their merciless slaughter truly reminded him of the Beiwei Army, which had long since vanished into the dust of history.

He suddenly turned his head and shouted at Wu Chengyu, "Where did this Beiwei Army come from? I don't believe it. The Song Kingdom cannot have a Beiwei Army."

Then, as if suddenly realizing something, he pointed at Wu Chengyu and shouted to the martial arts practitioners behind him.

"Take him down! To catch the thief, you must first catch the leader. Take this guy down!"

There were more than twenty martial arts practitioners standing behind him. They were also terrified by the slaughter of the Beiwei Army and were covered in sweat. This had nothing to do with martial arts skills, but rather the impact on their minds brought about by the purest form of killing.

Amidst the shouts of the Jin spies, they finally snapped out of their daze and leaped out from behind the Jin man, rushing towards Wu Chengyu.

Wu Chengyu smiled happily. The twenty-odd people in front of him were all skilled in martial arts. He uttered a sentence softly.

"What makes you think I would be a weakness of the Beiwei Army?"

(End of this chapter)