Can I get to the other side?.

Chapter 316: Lü Fengxian blushes, Zhuge Liang arrives on the battlefield for the first time
Wuchao.

The Western Army had been in a stalemate with Cao's army for more than ten days. During this period, Lu Bu launched several offensives, but still returned without success.

Because of his performance in the first charge, the Cao army learned experience, and from then on, whenever he charged, the enemy's seven generals would rush over to stop him.

After several unsuccessful attacks, he became a little discouraged.

"I can't even kill seven unknown men under Cao Ren's command. Am I really unrivaled in the world?"

Lu Bu drank alone and muttered to himself dejectedly.

Since he joined the army, no matter what kind of military formation it was, it was no match for him.

But the formation set up by Cao Ren this time made him feel powerless.

With seven generals attacking him together, he was no longer as invincible as before, but was instead at a disadvantage.

What made him even more depressed was that Zhang Liao had won victory after victory in Xuzhou, and had defeated Sun Quan and Zhou Yu step by step, but he was blocked by unknown people like Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan, which was really embarrassing.

This made him feel that he had failed the emperor's trust.

No matter what the reason was, failing to defeat the enemy meant failing to defeat the enemy, and as the commander-in-chief, he had an unshirkable responsibility.

Thinking of this, Lu Bu got up and went to the study.

He pushed open the door of the study and walked in, only to see that the study was in a mess, with letters and papers everywhere. Sima Yi was looking at the Cao army formation arranged on the ground with wooden sticks, studying it intently.

He didn't even notice Lu Bu's arrival.

Seeing this, Lu Bu couldn't help but ask, "It's been so many days, and the military advisor still hasn't figured out a way to break the formation?"

Sima Yi had been studying the enemy's military formation these days, and the enemy had provided him with several methods of breaking the formation, but they all ended in failure, which made him very anxious.

Will it work?

Sima Yi looked up when he heard the voice and saw that it was Lu Bu. He could not help but sigh and said, "I'm still studying... but I still don't have any clues at the moment."

Cao's army's formation is closely related to the Eight Trigrams. If one wants to break this formation, it is best to understand the art of Qimen, but this happens to be his weakness.

These days he found some related books and studied them while reading them, but Qi Men Dun Jia was too abstruse and he could not even learn the basics in such a short time.

"If you can't break it, then force your attack!"

Lu Bu slammed his fist on the table and said fiercely: "Tomorrow I will lead all the troops to attack. I want to see if they can stop the iron hoof of my Han army!"

After the previous infantry took over the counties and prefectures of Yanzhou, they have been rushing to Guandu one after another.

Now the Western Route Army has already gathered together.

The reason why all the troops were not assembled to launch a general attack was because it was unclear how many troops Cao's army had deployed in Guandu and where they had hidden their ambushes.

In this situation, if we rashly launch a general attack on the Cao army blocking the road, we will easily suffer heavy losses, or even a disastrous defeat.

The cautious Sima Yi would never allow such a thing to happen.

But Lu Bu didn't want to care about so many things now. He had been worn out and had no intention of continuing to wait and see and slowly think of a way to break the formation.

Just fuck him!

If Cao's troops secretly ambushed him while he was attacking, that would be exactly what he wanted. Both sides would fight to the death with swords!
"Mr. Wen, don't be impulsive!"

Sima Yi's bloodshot eyes flashed with anxiety. He put down the scroll in his hand, stood up and advised:
"Even if our entire army attacks, it will take a long time to forcibly break through the enemy's formation. If we are attacked by another group of Cao's troops during this period, we will surely be defeated!"

"Guan Du is of utmost importance. Cao's army has sent eight generals to guard it, which shows that the number of troops deployed is definitely more than the 10,000 troops on the surface. We have little chance of winning a head-on confrontation without any preparation."

"Only if we break this formation first, find out the enemy's strengths and weaknesses, and preferably take the opportunity to kill a few enemy generals, can we gain the upper hand!"

"Give me another three days, and I will definitely find a way to break the formation!"

Launching an all-out attack without knowing the enemy's strength is an extremely impulsive and foolish act, and Sima Yi dare not let Lu Bu do so.

He would rather do nothing than make a mistake.

Being blocked here would at most delay the time of attacking southwards. If all else fails, they could just ask the court for help. But if they attacked rashly and suffered a disastrous defeat, the losses would be huge.

"I can't care less!" Lu Bu said with a grim expression. "If anything goes wrong, I will bear all the blame. Your Majesty will only blame me when the time comes!"

"Tomorrow, the army will arrive!"

He had already made up his mind to send out a large army to attack, and he would not listen to Sima Yi's persuasion. He just didn't believe that a living person could be suffocated to death by urine.

Sima Yi's heart sank when he heard this. He knew very well that with Lu Bu's stubborn temper, once he made up his mind to do something, he would not listen to anyone except Chen Gong and the emperor.

But if he really allowed Lu Bu to do this and something went wrong, he would definitely not be able to escape the blame, after all, he was a military strategist.

What to do now?
Sima Yi's thoughts raced as he pondered how to persuade Lu Bu, but before he could come up with a solution, Lu Bu's personal guard Cheng Lian came to the outside of the study.

"General, the imperial court has sent reinforcements!"

Cheng Lian's words attracted the attention of Lu Bu and Sima Yi, and both of them showed surprise on their faces.

Sima Yi frowned, turned his gaze to Lu Bu, and asked first: "Duke Wen, have you asked His Majesty for help?"

"Don't spit on anyone!"

When Lü Bu heard that the imperial army had arrived, his face flushed with embarrassment. Now, hearing Sima Yi's words, he became anxious, his eyes widened, and he cursed, "I have recovered the entire Yanzhou in just ten days, and am approaching Guandu with a great victory. How could I ask your Majesty for help?"

"I think you have been unable to break through the enemy's formation for a long time, so you secretly asked His Majesty for help. Why are you turning the tables?"

He just reported the military situation truthfully, and did not even mention asking for help. He just said that it would take some time to capture Guandu.

"I do not have."

Sima Yi immediately denied the matter and said with a dark face: "How can I ask Your Majesty for help for such a small matter? Lord Wen underestimates me too much."

Lu Bu was unwilling to ask for help, and so was he.

Other things would be fine, but the key is that the only thing blocking him now is Cao's army formation. If he asks for help for such a small matter, wouldn't that be tantamount to admitting to the emperor that he is incompetent?
He would not do this unless he had no other choice. Otherwise, he would not have been studying Cao's army's formations day and night during this period of time. He wanted to defeat the enemy with his own abilities.

"How many troops did Your Majesty send? Who did you send?" Lu Bu did not continue arguing with Sima Yi, but turned to ask Cheng Lian.

Cheng Lian said: "There are not many people, only one thousand Tiger Soldiers, and the one leading them is General Zhao Zilong, the deputy general of the Tiger Soldiers."

"But besides General Zhao, there is another person, who seems to be called... Zhuge Kongming."

Hearing this, Lu Bu was immediately overjoyed and said excitedly, "Great! I didn't expect His Majesty to send Zilong!"

"Where are they now? Take me there quickly!"

Lu Bu was extremely happy. Although he was reluctant to ask the court for help, now that the person had come, and it was Zhao Yun, how could he not be happy?
Zhao Yun's martial arts was not much inferior to his. If Zhao Yun could charge into the battle line with him, why would he be afraid of the seven generals of Cao's army!

This timing is perfect!
Without saying anything, Lu Bu and Cheng Lian left the study, leaving Sima Yi standing there in a daze. "Zhuge Kongming, he's here..."

Sima Yi clenched his teeth, his expression gloomy and unclear, he didn't know whether he should be happy or sad.

He knew Zhuge Liang's talents. If the two of them joined forces, they would definitely be able to break the enemy's formation if things went as expected.

But in this case, he would have to share the credit equally with Zhuge Liang, which indirectly proved that his talent was not greater than Zhuge Liang's.

"That's all."

After standing there for a while, Sima Yi finally sighed, tidied his clothes a little, and walked out of the study.

……

In the lobby, Zhao Yun and Zhuge Liang were already waiting.

Led by Cheng Lian, Lu Bu came to the lobby. When he saw Zhao Yun, he gave him a bear hug and laughed heartily, "Zilong, you came just in time!"

"Meet Lord Wen."

Zhao Yun bowed to Lu Bu and said with a smile: "I know that Lord Wen is blocked by Cao's army here, so I asked your majesty for permission to come and help."

"I hope Lord Wen will not be offended."

A general certainly has his own pride, and Zhao Yun is also a military general, so he understands that Lu Bu would definitely not want others to get involved, so he apologized in advance.

Lu Bu was feeling a little uncomfortable at first, but after hearing Zhao Yun's humble words, this feeling of unhappiness immediately disappeared.

"Zilong, that's not right."

Lü Bu smiled widely, patted Zhao Yun on the shoulder and said, "The Cao army has no moral principles. They are fighting against me with seven men. I was worried that I couldn't break through the formation. You came just in time!"

"You are as brave as I am. If we join forces, how can Cao's army stop us?"

“We will definitely be able to defeat the enemy this time!”

Lu Bu meant the last two sentences sincerely.

He had witnessed Zhao Yun's martial arts and had competed with him privately. Although he was not as good as Zhao Yun, he was far superior to those so-called first-class generals he had met.

Looking at all the generals in the army, only he and Huang Zhong can defeat Zhao Yun; moreover, Zhao Yun is still young, and as he continues to accumulate combat experience, he will become even stronger in the future.

After talking with Zhao Yun, Lu Bu looked at Zhuge Liang, who was standing beside him with a feather fan and a long scarf, and asked, "Are you Zhuge Kongming?"

Lu Bu was no stranger to Zhuge Liang.

At a young age, he was chosen by the emperor to directly serve as an important official in government affairs and was entrusted with important tasks. He has been the talk of the town in recent times.

Why did Your Majesty send this person here?
Zhao Yun heard this and said, "Lord Wen, Mr. Kong Ming is here to break Cao Ren's army. He has signed a military order to Your Majesty for this purpose."

Zhuge Liang bowed slightly to Lu Bu.

"Military order?"

Lu Bu raised his eyebrows, looked Zhuge Liang up and down, and was not impressed. "It is enough to break the formation with me and Zilong. There is no need for any method to break the formation."

Sima Yi studied for more than ten days but could not think of a strategy to break the enemy's formation. He did not think that the young man in front of him, who was younger than Sima Yi, could break the enemy's formation.

And he didn't need any method to break the formation.

The reason why he couldn't break the formation was because he was pinned down by Cao's general. Now that he had Zhao Yun to help him share the pressure, what was there for him to fear?
I'm afraid this guy is here to take credit.

Thinking of this, Lu Bu became even more disdainful of Zhuge Liang, and turned to Zhao Yun and said enthusiastically: "Zilong, you have worked hard on the way, I must treat you well."

"Let's go and have a drink!"

After saying this, without waiting for Zhao Yun to refuse, he forcibly dragged him out of the hall, leaving Zhuge Liang aside.

Zhuge Liang didn't care about this and remained calm.

He knew clearly that without any achievements, no matter what he said or did, people would not be convinced, especially a military commander like Lu Bu, who valued military achievements the most.

Without any achievements, even if he was valued by the emperor, Lu Bu would at most exclude him for the sake of the emperor's face, but he would look down on him in his heart.

Gently shaking his feather fan, Zhuge Liang looked at a familiar figure.

He bowed and said, "Brother Zhongda, how are you?"

Feeling the passion in Zhuge Liang's words, Sima Yi sighed and replied, "Not so good. I still can't think of a way to break Cao Ren's army."

"Your Majesty sent you here... because you are disappointed in me?"

The emperor's attitude is what he cares most about.

Zhuge Liang shook his head and said, "That's not the case. Your Majesty just hopes to speed up the offensive of the Western Route Army."

"I am too inexperienced, and I have offended many court officials because of my pioneering work. I am in urgent need of merit, so I took the initiative to ask for permission from His Majesty to come and break the formation."

Zhuge Liang paused for a moment, looked at Sima Yi, who looked haggard, and said in surprise, "It seems that Cao's army formation is very unusual, and it can make Brother Zhongda so exhausted."

"Brother Zhongda is not good at the art of war?"

Although he was reluctant to admit it, Sima Yi nodded and said with a gloomy look: "What I learned is the art of military strategy, but military formations are not my forte."

"Moreover, the military formation set up by Cao Ren is quite unusual and has a deep connection with the Qimen Bagua... Is Kong Ming good at this?"

Zhuge Liang waved his feather fan and said with a smile: "I am quite familiar with this."

"In that case, Kong Ming, please follow me."

Sima Yi didn't say much, turned around and walked towards the study, intending to take Zhuge Liang to look at his analysis and research on Cao's army formation during this period.

With a powerful enemy at hand, the most important thing was to break the enemy formation at the lowest cost. He was not so stingy as to deliberately keep the details of the enemy army secret from Zhuge Liang.

He wanted to compete with Zhuge Liang in an upright manner, rather than using some conspiracies, intrigues, or despicable means.

Zhuge Liang readily followed Sima Yi's advice and went to the study, where he saw the battle formation of Cao's army that Sima Yi had arranged on the ground with wooden sticks.

"This formation... is it the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation?"

"I never thought that Cao thief would have such a great talent under his command."

Hearing Zhuge Liang's slightly surprised words, Sima Yi was shocked all over. He had studied this formation for a long time but still couldn't understand it, but Zhuge Liang could see through the formation at a glance, which meant that he was extremely familiar with it.

He quickly asked, "Since Kong Ming knows this formation, is it possible to break it?"

(End of this chapter)