Shu Han Confucian General of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 41 Eight-door Golden Lock Formation

"My lord, Cao Ren is leading the army to fight!" When he was less than ten miles away from Cao Ren's camp, the scouts who had been scattered earlier reported some unexpected news to Liu Bei.

"Is Cao Ren crazy? How dare he use 2 people to block our 8 people in the wilderness?" This was everyone's immediate reaction. "Zilong, Shuzhi is holding the rear army, Zijing is holding the middle army, and Yide Botao will follow me to have a look." Liu Bei quickly reacted, and then made a relatively safe decision.

"No!" Zhao Feng and Zhang Fei responded in unison, and each led their own troops to follow Liu Bei to meet the enemy.

"Liu Shijun, it's been a long time!" Cao Ren was seen from a distance and cupped his hands first. "It's easy to say, since General Cao is going out in person, he must be fighting to the death with us?" Liu Bei also replied while returning the salute, while Zhang Fei was already gearing up, and only waited for Cao Ren to nod his head before stepping forward to fight.

"Liu Shijun is serious!" Cao Ren blushed and said, "General Zhang and General Zhao are both fierce generals in the world, how dare I, Cao Ren, be so overconfident."

"Then General Cao is here to abandon the dark and turn to the bright?" Zhao Feng said suddenly, which made Zhang Fei and others laugh.

"Of course not, Shijun Liu. I, Cao Ren, don't want to say any more empty words. Now that I have set up this big formation, as long as Shijun Liu can break it, I can go to Peiguo unimpeded." After Cao Ren finished speaking, he turned his horse. Heading back to the formation, the [-] soldiers behind him were arranged and operated under the command of the two generals, forming an army formation.

"What formation is this?" Zhao Feng and Zhang Fei stared wide-eyed.After Zhao Feng came to this world, he also asked Guan Yu and Zhang Fei if there was an army formation in this world. He had a deep impression of the miraculous formation in Romance of the Three Kingdoms.Especially in Zhuge Liang's eight formation diagram, dozens of broken stones trapped Lu Xun to death.

According to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, there is indeed a formation, but it is not so mysterious.Generally speaking, the formation method is to divide the large army into more flexible small units, and strengthen the cooperation between the various units during combat, so as to be able to fight more and less against the enemy in a local area, so as to achieve the effect of defeating the enemy.It's just that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei know very little about formations, and the two together probably know seven or eight ancient formations.Zhao Feng looked at Zhang Fei's white face, and knew that he absolutely didn't know about today's formation.

"What should I do?" Zhao Feng was a little panicked, Cao Ren's formation just blocked Liu Beijun's way.Of course, there are many soldiers in Xuzhou, so if you go around it, you can go around it.But in this way, when he confronts Cao Cao under Peiguo City, he will face the danger of being flanked.

"It's getting late, let's set up camp today, and gather everyone to discuss matters in the evening to see how to break the situation." Seeing that the crowd didn't see any tricks for a while, Liu Bei ordered to go down and deal with it for the time being.

At night, in the big tent of the Xuzhou army, everyone was present. "My old Zhang has never seen this big formation, do you know if anyone has seen it?" Zhang Fei muttered. "What big formation?" Zhao Yun and Chen Dao in the rear army and Lu Su in the middle army were all at a loss, so Liu Bei explained the situation at that time.

"So that's how it is, my lord. This large formation is laid out on the plain, and it can't be seen clearly if you just look at it casually. You can order the soldiers to build a slope overnight so that you can climb up and watch it." Lu Su first remonstrated after listening.

Zhao Feng's eyes lit up when he heard the words: "Is Zijing familiar with formations?"

"I'm familiar with it but I don't dare, but I still know a few formations. Go up to the heights tomorrow and have a look, and you should be able to find some flaws." Lu Su was still cautious as always.After hearing what he said, Liu Bei and others finally gained a little more confidence.

Not to mention that the Xuzhou army was discussing with each other all night, at this time, under Peiguo City, Cao Jun's big tent was also brightly lit.Cao Cao and his important advisers and generals were all there, and everyone's expressions were not very good.

"This crossbow is so powerful, it seems that Peiguo City will be difficult to take down easily." Cao Cao also sighed.He ordered people to attack all day during the day, but more than 5000 corpses were left behind.Of course, the defenders of Peiguo were not without damage, and it is estimated that at least a thousand died.The problem is that if the fight continues like this, Cao Cao's Yanzhou army will be hurt.

"Report to my lord, Guan Yu from Runan personally led an army of [-] to rescue Pei, and he has already arrived in Liang." At this time, another spy came to report, and suddenly there was another exclamation in the camp.

"I've heard about Xuzhou's elite army and horses for a long time, and seeing them today really deserves their reputation. The defender of Peiguo is just the Yellow Turban Bandit Guan Hai, but he should not be underestimated. Now that the reinforcements from Guan Yu and Liu Bei are aggressive, I'm afraid it's hard to let go of this situation. Lian, with your 2 troops, go to the western village to stop Guan Yu. If necessary, use the eight-door golden lock formation, and be sure to stick with me for five days!" Cao Cao also made up his mind, and must smash it before the reinforcements arrive. Peiguo is a hard bone.

"Promise!" Cao Hong received the order with clasped fists, selected men and horses to go without mentioning them all night, without saying a word all night.

Early the next morning, Liu Bei led the people to climb up the slope that had just been built, and watched Cao Ren's army formation from a distance. "Brother Zijing, have you ever seen it clearly?" Seeing that Lu Su's expression was still as indifferent as ever, Zhao Feng knew that he probably saw something tricky.

"My lord, this should be Cao Cao's housekeeping stunt: the eight-door golden lock formation. Su once heard Liu Ye and Liu Ziyang mention it. Although Cao Ren's formation has changed, the fundamentals remain the same. Besides, this formation lacks guidance from famous generals. It's not difficult." Lu Su looked at it for a while, and finally saw something.

Liu Bei was overjoyed and quickly asked, "Can Zijing have a way to break the formation?"

"My lord, you can send a general to lead 2 light cavalry to enter from the Shengmen Gate in the southeast corner and go out to the Jingmen Gate in the west, then the formation will be broken!" Lu Su finally decided, but then added: "Cao Ren There are 1 troops, but this large formation is only composed of [-] people. Presumably there are still [-] people behind and ready to go. The Lord can lay down two more troops and cover them from both sides after the formation is broken. !"

"Zijing's plan is brilliant!" Liu Bei was also quite excited, and immediately ordered: "Zilong, you lead [-] cavalry and go to break the formation as Zijing said!"

"Promise!" Zhao Yun cupped his fists to accept the order.

"Third brother, Bo Tao, each of you will lead 1 horses, wait for the formation to break from both sides, and immediately swing up to cover up!" Liu Bei continued to order.

"No!" Zhao Feng and Zhang Fei also agreed together.

"Kill!" Zhao Yun roared, and the [-] light cavalry led by him immediately rushed to the southeast corner of the large formation Cao Ren was driving with all his strength, and then charged into the formation from there, heading west.The soldiers in the formation tried to step forward to stop them, but Zhao Yun and other cavalry were all fast with horses and spears, and shot straight into the formation like a sharp arrow, which completely disrupted the southeast corner of the entire formation. There are signs of growing areas.

"Not good!" Cao Ren, who was directing in the middle, became anxious when he saw that the formation was completely broken.At this moment, Zhang Fei and Zhao Feng on the left and right sides also mobilized almost at the same time, and the two army horses pressed down on Cao Ren's central army like a hungry tiger pouncing on a sheep.The formation was broken, including Cao Ren himself, who had no will to fight. Now that Zhao Feng and Zhang Fei rushed to kill them, they really wanted to kill like tigers in a herd of sheep.

"Don't enter the stronghold, retreat quickly!" Seeing that the defeated army could not hold back for a while, Cao Ren directly ordered to abandon the stronghold.At last he understood that he could not go directly to Pei State, so he packed up the remnants and retreated to the State of Lu guarded by Li Dian.

"It's a pity!" Zhao Feng swung his gun to kill several Cao soldiers who came forward to stop him, but Cao Ren had already fled far away.Now I am too busy to rescue Pei Guo, I don't have time to hunt him down.

"Brother, it's a great kill!" Zhang Fei laughed and returned to the slope to Liu Bei, then turned his head to salute Lu Su with a serious expression, "Mr. Zijing really has a great talent, Fei really admires it!"

"The three generals are serious!" Lu Su also smiled back.Zhao Feng will also return to the slope at this time. After reporting the military situation to Liu Bei, Zhao Feng looked at Lu Su and nodded with a smile.Lu Su also smiled, but didn't say anything.

"Lu Su still has tricks!" Zhao Feng sighed in his heart.Maybe he is not as good as Guo Jia when it comes to using troops and tactics, and Zhang Zhao is not as good as Zhang Zhao when it comes to internal affairs, but his victory lies in his omnipotence, he can point everything.Now Zhuge Liang is not yet 20 years old, and Pang Xiaoniao is probably still a minor.Since these two are not here, you might as well use Lu Su as a copycat version of Zhuge Liang.

"The sun is not past noon, and this place is only [-] miles away from Peiguo. My lord, please order the soldiers to rest on the spot, have a full meal, and then march with all their strength, and try to reach Peiguo in the afternoon." Lu Su remonstrated again, Liu Bei saw Such a big victory has long been grinning from ear to ear, but now he has a hundred trust in Lu Su, and he has no promise at the moment.

At this time, under the city of Peiguo, Cao Cao saw that the defenders of Peiguo who shared the same hatred with the enemy were still desperately resisting.Today Cao Jun's offensive is more fierce than yesterday, and the result is that the casualties on both sides are greater than yesterday. In less than half a day, Cao Jun has left more than 4000 corpses.As for the defenders of Peiguo, although their casualties have also increased, they still firmly guard the city.

"Guan Hai is a man of courage and intrepidity, and Jian Yong is not a man of resourcefulness, so the two of them have blocked us for almost two days." Cao Cao couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable.

"Look, Prime Minister, there seem to be people on the top of the city!" Xun You's eyes were sharp, and he could see that not only the guards were on the top of the city, but also some ordinary people were busy.Carrying stones, arrows, treating the wounded and so on.Although he did not directly participate in the battle, his role should not be underestimated.

"Xuzhou's army has won the hearts of the people!" Cao Cao sighed.Behind Guo Jia and Xun You looked at each other helplessly, isn't it because you were the one who massacred the city of Xuzhou?You just did this again in the country of Lu, and now the common people are afraid when they hear your name, so why don't you defend the city desperately.

"Siege the city quickly!" Cao Cao was about to give an order, when one of his guards rode a flying horse to report: "Prime Minister, General Cao Ren was defeated by Liu Bei and has returned to Lu State. Liu Bei's army is less than twenty miles away!"

"Crack!" Cao Cao dropped the whip from his hand.

(End of this chapter)