Chapter 443: Guo Huai is mighty
"Han Sheng deserves to be the best general in our army, it seems that breaking this formation is not far off!" Pang Tong looked at Huang Zhong's heroic performance and felt a lot more relaxed, but he felt that Guo Huai should be more than this level, and he always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't see it for a while.
"Humph! Wait for me. Guo Huai in the distance showed a trace of disdain, of course he was confident in his martial arts, but he was definitely not confident enough to be able to defeat Huang Zhong. You must know that Huang Zhong once killed Xiahou Yuan, the defender of Hanzhong, in front of the two armies. Although the two old men fought, their reactions were much slower, and when they met on a narrow road, Huang Zhong took the initiative again, and Xiahou Yuan was a little afraid of death when he was in a high position, and he was no longer as brave as he was back then, but the emaciated camel was bigger than the horse.
Guo Huai is confident, but definitely not arrogant. Besides, his task was to delay the pace of Wei Yan's army's attack, not to be brave. I saw that the order flag in his hand began to wave, and he threw it three times in a row below, and after seeing it, the executive generals everywhere all showed a grim smile in the direction of Huang Zhong.
Soon after the soldiers everywhere got the order, the formation began to change slowly, and then accelerated rapidly, and the Wei soldiers in place everywhere began to run, chaotic, divided and combined, Pang Tong and others who swept the formation outside were okay, but Huang Zhong and Han Dang, who were in it, were dizzy, and it was difficult to distinguish the southeast and northwest for a while.
"What's going on?" Huang Zhong watched the surrounding Wei army distance himself from him, and then shields with spikes lay across in front of his and the others, dense but not surrounding. Then another drum sounded, and the Wei army, holding shields, began to switch left and right, swapping formations, but always leaving several exits for the other party to enter and exit. This is obviously luring the enemy to go deeper! Glaive is really good at defense, it is impossible to be full of loopholes like this, and the appearance of the shield made Huang Zhong even more nervous.
"General, what now?" Everyone stopped watching the changes in the enemy formation, and Han Dang, who was beside Huang Zhong, asked.
"These Wei troops protect themselves like turtle shells, and it is difficult to start at all, so it's better for us to find a direction to break through." Huang Zhong's expression was solemn, he could already see that this formation was not as simple as Pang Tong said. If it was the Glaive Array, then he and Han Dang should rush to Guo Huai's side at this time, even if they couldn't take Guo Huai down, they would definitely make him chaotic. But Huang Zhong can't even see Guo Huai's figure now.
Han Dang nodded and began to convey orders to the soldiers in the rear. Huang Zhong looked at an exit, waved his spear, and led the army to rush over, there was no Wei army to stop him along the way, it can be said that he passed smoothly, and the soldiers behind Huang Zhong were also a little inexplicable, and they didn't know what the other party was doing.
"Don't relax, everyone, beware of the enemy's deception." Huang Zhong was afraid that someone on his side would take it lightly, so he gave a stern advice. Unexpectedly, as soon as Huang Zhong's words fell, the soldiers were not prepared at all, and a rain of arrows shot from the Wei army formation in the distance, and as soon as they came down, they wailed all over the ground.
"Rush over." Huang Zhong shouted, but he didn't disturb his mind because of the other party's attack. At this time, I can't care about breaking the formation, and I can break through as much as I can.
The cavalry rushed to kill again under the leadership of Huang Zhong, but the surrounding area was a shield array composed of Wei troops, which could not be cut down, but the trap door was extended in all directions, and the team was easily scattered.
When Huang Zhong looked back, there were less than five hundred cavalry behind him, and the infantry couldn't keep up at all.
"General, the other side has separated our army." A general looked around in a panic, only to feel that the shield array wandering around was like a man-eating beast, which would be slaughtered if he was not careful.
If it was just a simple glaive formation, Huang Zhong, Han Dang and the others had already entered the hinterland of the formation before, and they could have taken down the formation eye, but then the formation eye was gone, leaving only a maze behind, even if Huang Zhong had a thousand ways of wisdom and strength, he would have to pay a heavy price if he wanted to break through.
Huang Zhong was also anxious, and the soldiers and horses behind him disappeared silently, either separated or surrounded and killed by the Wei army, no matter what the situation was, it was doomed to no good result.
"This is the Bird's Glaive Array, the military advisor mistook me!" Huang Zhong shouted angrily. It is also thanks to Huang Zhong's superb martial arts, and Han Dang is also extremely brave, and the two of them decided that they would no longer scatter with the rest of the cavalry in one direction, but firmly rush in one direction. Even so, when Huang Zhong rushed out of the battle with difficulty, only he and Han Dang were left, as well as five scarred personal soldiers.
Two thousand people went in, and seven people came out! The lethality of this array can be seen. Moreover, Huang Zhong and Han Dang were both injured to varying degrees. Obviously, Guo Huai did put out the Glaive Array at the beginning, but the changes in the back may also confuse Pang Tong, a calculating military advisor! What's more, Huang Zhong and the others who thought they were rushing to kill in the formation.
In fact, Huang Zhong and the others didn't know, this was still Guo Huai's mercy at the last moment, he knew Huang Zhong's position in the enemy army, if Huang Zhong was killed, although it could temporarily boost the morale of his army, but at the same time, it would also anger the enemy.
The purpose of his trip is to delay time, and he and the other party are fighting generals and formations, which is just a strategy to delay the army, and strive to expand the power of Cao Zhen in Chang'an in a limited time, so as to seek stability in the rear. If it's just a momentary rush, if you provoke the anger of the other party and mobilize the opponent's army, even if you have a subtle formation, you can't suppress the opponent's large number of people.
"Does the military advisor have a solution?" Although Huang Zhong was unwilling to return to the camp in embarrassment, he couldn't blame Pang Tong, this was originally the enemy who was too shrewd and cunning.
Pang Tong shook his head. Huang Zhong was secretly surprised in his heart, the military advisor Pang Tong has been conspiring all these years! Now that he has been watching outside the battle for a long time, he can only be helpless, and it is conceivable that the other party's main general, Guo Huai, is not in vain.
Pang Tong almost mistook Huang Zhong because of his miscalculation, and he was also very guilty, and while promising Huang Zhong, he hurriedly stepped forward and put on a kind smile, comforting: "Old general, don't blame yourself, it's not your responsibility at all to be unfavorable in this battle, only blame the other party for being too cunning." ”
Huang Zhong responded, and the two sides retreated and returned to their respective camps.
When night fell, the lights in the Liu Ying pioneer tent were still not extinguished, and Huang Zhong and other civil and military officials of the vanguard department all drooped their heads, lowered their heads and shook their heads in meditation.
"You haven't figured out a solution yet?" Huang Zhong thought about it for a long time, and finally looked at Wenchen and his gang impatiently. There are a lot of generals on this expedition, if it weren't for Huang Zhong's good personal relationship with Wei Yan, and the fact that he made great contributions in the last attack on Hanzhong, this vanguard would not have been able to take his turn as an old guy. If he waited for Wei Yan's army to arrive, Huang Zhong could only stand aside.
The loss of personnel is small, and the delay in attacking the Guanzhong is a big matter. Now that Zhang Ren has snatched Tongguan, if Huang Zhong is dragged by Guo Huai, then Zhang Ren will have to fight alone for a long time, and even face internal and external attacks.
Almost everyone looked at Pang Tong, and in this helpless situation, Pang Tong's existence was very important. I saw Pang Tong cross-legged, always holding the special wine of Huiji in his hand, and taking a sip into his mouth from time to time, his face was full of aftertaste, and he was happy.
"Ahem...... Military Division. Huang Zhong coughed helplessly, reminding Pang Tong, who was at ease, that everyone else was worried that he still had time to drink.
was called by Huang Zhong, Pang Tong came back to his senses, looked at so many people, pretended to be a scholar and said: "The way of the formation, the time of the heavens, and the location of the bottom; The change of the formation is like the change of heaven and earth, and the wind and clouds are unpredictable......"
"Enough, enough." Huang Zhong hurriedly stopped: "Strategist, you better directly point to the point!" I can't understand the crepe. ”
Pang Tong glanced at it, so he had to cut to the point and said: "No matter what the array, he has a way to crack it, even if Guo Huai's glaive array looks weird and complicated, and there are many changes, but if you think about it carefully, there are still flaws to be found." ”
"Where?" Everyone asked in unison.
"I don't know." Pang Tong closed his eyes and made everyone angry. thought it would be solved, but he said he didn't know!
"Strategist, do you play like this?" Huang Zhong straightened his body and couldn't cry or laugh. In his heart, he scolded Pang Tong all over again, during the day, you said that you could break the formation, but the old man broke the formation according to your method, and almost lost his life. It's good now, everyone is thinking about it, but you're like no one, you have blown a lot of cowhide, but you don't know!
"I don't know." Pang Tong also said helplessly: "This time General Huang Zhong went out, although he went straight into the hinterland of the formation, he did not find the eye of the formation, and he was trapped by the shield array in the formation, and the power of the formation has not really been shown, you say, how can I crack this?" ”
"Then what do you mean, you want to send another army of soldiers and horses to the test?" Han Dang on the side asked.
"It's inevitable." Pang Tong nodded affirmatively: "I need to know all the steps of the opponent's formation in order to crack it step by step." ”
"So it's very likely that this temptation will be sacrificed?" Han Dang couldn't help but think of the danger of breaking the formation between himself and Huang Zhong during the day, and said with some sadness.
Everyone was uncomfortable in their hearts, and the generals were even more angry, and their faces were full of unwillingness.
"General Huang, in my opinion, it's better to charge with the army, regardless of the formation of other birds, let's rush, their broken formation can still stop us." Han Dang stood up angrily and said.
After Han Dang finished speaking, several generals behind him also echoed and nodded yes.
"Although General Han's idea is good, don't forget, in addition to the Wei soldiers who are arranged, there are more Wei troops outside the formation, waiting to fight, we don't know how many men and horses they have, whether there will be reinforcements in Chang'an City, and the rash move will only make us accompany more sacrifices."
At the critical moment, it was Pang Tong's words that played a role, and sure enough, after Han Dang, who was still gritting his teeth just now, heard this, his face immediately shrank, and his anger disappeared all of a sudden. The military advisor is right.
"If you really follow the method of the military advisor, let Xu try it." Xu Sheng always closed his eyes and did not speak, until this moment, his eyes were full of perseverance, he stood up, bowed to Huang Zhong and asked for his life.
Seeing Xu Sheng so positive, Huang Zhong began to feel embarrassed, the previous time it was Huang Zhong himself and Han Dang who were lucky enough to break out of the opponent's formation, but next time there would be no such good treatment, if they were caught in the formation, they could only stare and stomp their feet. But Pang Tong also said that before testing the full power of the enemy's formation, the army really couldn't move.