Can I get to the other side?

Wuchao.

The West Route Army had been in a stalemate with Cao's army here for more than ten days. During this period, Lu Bu launched several more offensives, but still failed.

Because his performance in the first charge allowed Cao Jun to gain experience. After that, as long as he charged into the formation, the opponent's seven generals would rush over to stop him.

After several failed attacks, he became a little discouraged.

"I can't even kill seven unknown soldiers under Cao Ren. Am I really unparalleled in the world?"

Lu Bu was sipping wine and muttering dejectedly to himself.

Since he joined the army, no matter what military formation he faced in the past, he was vulnerable.

But the formation Cao Ren set up this time gave him a feeling of powerlessness.

With seven generals coming together, he was no longer as destructive as before, but was at a disadvantage.

What made him even more depressed was that Zhang Liao had made great successes in Xuzhou and defeated Sun Quan and Zhou Yu steadily. On the other hand, he was blocked by unknown people like Xiahou Dun and Xia Houyuan, which was really embarrassing.

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

Regardless of the reason, failure to defeat the enemy means failure to defeat the enemy. As a general, he has an unshirkable responsibility.

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

He pushed open the door of the study and entered, only to see that the study was in a mess, with slips and papers everywhere. Sima Yi was looking at Cao Jun's military formation arranged with wooden sticks on the ground, studying it attentively.

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

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

Sima Yi has been studying the enemy's military formation these days, and has provided him with several ways to break the formation, but they all ended in failure, which made him feel impatient.

Will it work?

Sima Yi looked up when he heard the sound, and when he saw it was Lu Bu, he couldn't help but sigh: "I'm still researching...but there's still nothing to show for it at the moment."

Cao Jun's formation is closely related to Bagua. If you want to defeat this formation, you'd better know the way of Qimen, but this happens to be his weakness.

These days, he found some related books and studied them while reading them. However, Qimen Dunjia was too mysterious and he couldn't even learn the basics of it in such a short period of time.

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

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 taking over the counties in Yanzhou, the previous infantrymen had already rushed to Guandu one after another.

Now the West Route Army has already converged at one place.

The reason why he did not mobilize all his troops to launch a general attack was because it was not clear how many troops Cao Jun had deployed in Guandu and where he hid his ambush.

Under such circumstances, if we rashly launch a general attack on Cao's army blocking the road, we will easily suffer a big loss, or even suffer a disastrous defeat.

The cautious Sima Yi would never allow this to happen.

But Lu Bu didn't want to worry so much now. He had lost his patience and had no intention of continuing to wait and see and slowly think of ways to break the formation.

Just fuck him!

If Cao Jun's secret ambush wanted to attack him while he was attacking, it would be exactly what he wanted. The two sides would fight to the death with their swords drawn!

"Mr. Wen, don't be impulsive!"

An anxious look flashed across Sima Yi's bloodshot eyes. He put down the letter in his hand, stood up and advised:

"Even if our entire army attacks, it will take a long time to forcefully overwhelm the enemy formation. If we are attacked by another Cao army during this period, we will definitely be defeated!"

"Guandu is the top priority. Cao Jun asked eight generals under his command to guard here. It can be seen that the deployed troops must be more than the 10,000 on the surface. We have little chance of winning in a head-on confrontation without any defense."

"Only by breaking through this formation first, finding out the enemy's strength and strength, and preferably taking 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!"

It was an extremely impulsive and foolish act to attack with all his strength without knowing the true strength of the enemy. Sima Yi did not dare to let Lu Bu act like this.

He would rather do nothing than make a mistake.

The most that being blocked here would be is delaying the time to attack south. If it really can't be done, just ask the imperial court for help; but if a rash attack encounters a disastrous defeat, the losses will be huge.

"I can't control so much anymore!" Lu Bu looked ferocious, "If something goes wrong, I will bear all the blame. When the time comes, Your Majesty will only blame me!"

"Tomorrow, the army will attack the border!"

He had already made up his mind to send out a large army to attack by force, but even if he listened to Sima Yi's persuasion, he did not believe that a living person could be suffocated to death by urine.

Sima Yi's heart suddenly froze when he heard this. He knew 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 Lu Bu was really allowed to do what he did and something happened in the end, he would definitely not be able to escape the blame. After all, he was a military advisor.

What to do now?

Sima Yi's thoughts were racing and he was thinking about how to persuade Lu Bu, but before he could think of a way, Lu Bu's personal guard Cheng Lian came outside 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 had a look of surprise on their faces.

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

"Don't spit on anyone!"

When Lu Bu heard that the imperial reinforcements had arrived, he blushed with anger. Now he heard Sima Yi's words and became anxious. His eyes widened and he cursed: "I have recovered the entire territory of Yanzhou in just ten days, and I am approaching with the momentum of a great victory." How can Guandu ask for help from His Majesty?"

"I think you haven't been able to defeat the enemy's formation for a long time, so you secretly asked Your Majesty for help? Why are you still trying to defeat him?"

He just reported the general's situation truthfully. As for asking for help, he didn't mention it. He just said that it would take some time to capture Guandu.

"I don't."

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

Lu Bu was unwilling to ask for help, so why was he?

That's all. The key is that the only thing blocking him is Cao Jun's military formation. Asking for help for such a trivial matter, doesn't that mean admitting to the emperor that he is incompetent?

He would not do this unless he had to, otherwise he would not have spent this period of time studying Cao Jun's formations. He wanted to rely on his own ability to defeat the enemy.

"How many troops did your Majesty send? Who did he send?" Lu Bu did not continue arguing with Sima Yi, but turned to Cheng Lian and asked.

Cheng Lian said: "There are not many people. There are only a thousand Tiger Ben troops. The leader is General Zhao Zilong, the deputy general of the Huben army."

"But besides General Zhao, there is another person, it seems... Zhuge Kongming."

Hearing this, Lu Bu was immediately overjoyed and said excitedly: "Okay, okay! I didn't expect that your majesty actually sent Zilong here!"

"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 everyone was here, and it was Zhao Yun, how could he not be happy?

Zhao Yun's military force is not inferior to him. If Zhao Yun can join him in the battle, why should he be afraid of Cao's seven generals?

The timing is perfect!

Lu Bu left the study with Cheng Lian without saying a word, leaving Sima Yi standing there blankly.

"Zhuge Kongming, he is here..."

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

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

But in this way, he had to share the merit equally with Zhuge Liang, which also confirmed that his talent did not exceed Zhuge Liang.

"That's all."

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

…

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

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

"I've met Mr. Wen."

Zhao Yun bowed his hands to Lu Bu, and then said with a smile: "I know that Duke Wen is blocked by Cao's army here, so I asked your Majesty to come to help."

"I hope Mr. Wen won't be surprised."

Of course, a general has his own pride. Zhao Yun is also a military general, so he understood that Lu Bu definitely didn't want others to get involved, so he confessed in advance.

Lu Bu originally felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, but after hearing Zhao Yun's humble words, the discomfort immediately disappeared.

"Where is Zilong?"

Lu Bu smiled broadly, patted Zhao Yun's shoulder heavily and said, "Cao's army does not respect martial ethics. With seven men against one of us, I was worried that I would not be able to break the formation. You came just in time!"

"Your bravery is no less than mine. If you and I join forces, how can Cao's army stop us?"

"This time we will definitely break through the enemy's formation!"

Lu Bu meant the last two sentences sincerely.

He had seen Zhao Yun's martial arts and had competed with him in private. Although he was not as good as him, he was far superior to the so-called first-class warriors he had seen.

Looking at the generals in the army, he and Huang Zhong are the only ones who can overpower Zhao Yun; and Zhao Yun is still young now, and will be stronger in the future as he continues to accumulate combat experience.

After talking to Zhao Yun, Lu Bu looked at Zhuge Liang, who was wearing a feather fan and turban, and asked, "Are you Zhuge Kongming?"

Lu Bu is no stranger to Zhuge Liang.

He was appointed by the emperor at a young age, directly involved in government affairs and entrusted with important tasks. He has been in the limelight recently.

Why did Your Majesty send this person here?

Zhao Yun heard this and said: "Mr. Wen, Mr. Kong Ming is here to break Cao Ren's army. For this purpose, Mr. Wang has issued a military order to Your Majesty."

Zhuge Liang bowed slightly to Lu Bu.

"Military order?"

Lu Bu raised his eyebrows, looked Zhuge Liang up and down, and felt a little disinterested in his heart. "It is enough to break the formation with General Ben 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 way to break the enemy's formation. He did not think that the young boy in front of him, who was younger than Sima Yi, could break the enemy's formation.

And he doesn't need any way to break the formation.

The reason why he couldn't break the formation was just because he was restrained by Cao Jun's generals. Now that Zhao Yun was helping him share the pressure, what else was he afraid of?

I'm afraid this guy isn't 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 all the way, and I will treat you well."

"Let's go and have a drink!"

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

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

He knew that without merit, no matter what he said or did, it would not be enough to convince people, especially for a general like Lu Bu, who valued military merit the most.

Without merit, even if he was valued by the emperor, Lu Bu would at most reject him for the emperor's sake, but he looked 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 enthusiasm in Zhuge Liang's words, Sima Yi sighed and replied, "Not very good, I still can't think of a way to break Cao Ren's army."

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

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

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 the land reclamation. I am in urgent need of merit, so I took the initiative to ask Your Majesty to come and break the formation."

Speaking of this, Zhuge Liang paused for a moment, looked at Sima Yi, who looked haggard, and said with a little surprise: "It seems that the Cao army's 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, But Sima Yi still nodded, and said with a gloomy look: "What I learned is the art of military strategy, and military formations are not my forte."

"And the military formations set up by Cao Ren are quite unusual, and have a deep relationship with the Eight Trigrams... Is Kong Ming good at this?"

Zhuge Liang waved his feather fan lightly, and said with a smile: "Liang is quite proficient in this."

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

Sima Yi did not say much, turned and walked towards the study, intending to take Zhuge Liang to see his analysis and research on Cao's army formation during this period.

At present, the enemy is in front of him, and the most important thing is to break the enemy's formation at the lowest cost. He is not stingy enough to deliberately hide the details of the enemy's army from Zhuge Liang.

He wants to compete with Zhuge Liang in an upright manner, instead of using some conspiracy, trickery, and dirty means.

Zhuge Liang followed Sima Yi and went to the study with him, and then he saw the Cao army battle formation set up by Sima Yi on the ground with wooden sticks.

"This formation... is it the Eight-Gate 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. He had studied this formation for a long time but still couldn't figure it out, but Zhuge Liang could see the formation at a glance, which meant that he was very familiar with it.

He hurriedly asked: "Since Kong Ming knows this formation, can it be broken?"