Early March.

Lu Bu's army arrived in the east of Xiangyang City.

Zhuge Liang used 20,000 people, plus some half-human-high stones, to lay out eight arrays.

Lu Bu sent 5,000 light horsemen into the battle according to the method of breaking the Qimen Bagua Array, but the piece of armor was not returned.

Bai Qi, Zhang Liao, and Wei Yan didn't know how to break the formation, and they were very distressed.

Outside the city.

The formation is still there.

Lu Bu sighed: "If you want to break this formation, unless it is Zhuge Liang himself..." ”

"My lord, the last general is willing to lead the Flying Tiger Army to break the formation!" Li Cunxiao hugged his fists.

"No, this array of virtual reality is unpredictable, and it is definitely not broken by brute force." Lu Bu glanced at the eight arrays in the distance and did not agree to Li Cunxiao's request.

Li Yuanba was very unconvinced: "Isn't it just 20,000 soldiers, what is there to be afraid of?" ”

"If the lord is not at ease, you can let me go with Yuanba, and I will definitely be able to break the formation." Li Cunxiao was still unwilling and continued to ask for war.

Lu Bu still didn't agree.

Bai Qi said: "The last general doesn't know how to break the formation, but he knows how to break the enemy." ”

"Oh?" Lu Bu looked at Bai Qi and asked, "How to break the enemy?" ”

Bai Qi said: "Zhuge Liang's formation, no matter how powerful it is, can only protect Xiangyang City." We will not fight Xiangyang, first defeat Ma Dai in Yicheng and Guan Yu in Bianxian, and then recover Nanyang and Changsha.... ”

Bai Qi was only halfway through his words, and Lu Bu responded: "Okay, just do as you say." Ordered all the departments to march to Yicheng. ”

"No."

Bai Qi choked and didn't say anything, which was very uncomfortable.

With the order of the Dragon Guard, the armies began to withdraw.

Wei Yan said: "My lord, withdrawing now will put our army in a situation where we will be exposed to the enemy." Let's think again, how to break the formation. ”

"No need."

Lu Budao: "When Xu Shu's first army occupies Jiaozhou, I will transfer 500 cannons over and blow up Zhuge Liang's eight formations." Now concentrate your forces and destroy the enemy outside the city first. ”

Next.

Lü Bu's army rushed to Yicheng.

Yicheng is a small terrain, surrounded by mountains on both sides, and backed by a river, so only the east can attack.

Ma Dai's 50,000 troops were stationed here, and the defense was extremely tight.

In the tent, Lu Bu asked, "How many mines do we have brought?" ”

"Back to the lord, there are two hundred left." Zhang Feng stood up and said.

"Okay, when it gets dark, attack Yicheng."

Lu Bu surveyed the topography of Yicheng. There are crossbow machines, arrow towers, powerful thunderbolts that are good at long-range attacks, and more than a dozen black boilers, all the rolling stones, giant woods, and fire oil needed to defend the city.

But no matter how hard the defense is, it is useless. Because the gates were made of wood, they were blown up by mines and were destroyed. Waiting for the army to enter the city and clean up Ma Dai is as simple as crushing an ant.

"Report..." A dark shadow dressed in a common person's costume broke into the camp tent with a panicked expression: "Lord, Gangneung City, Gangneung City..." ”

"What's wrong with Gangneung City?" The generals in the tent all asked anxiously.

"Don't worry, take your time."

Lu Bu's eyebrows tightened, and he had a bad premonition.

The Shadow gasped twice and replied, "My lord, the small one is the Shadow of Jiangxia County, and he was ordered to pass on information. When I came, I passed by the official road north of Jiangling City, and found that there was a road card set up by the Jingzhou army, so I looked for the road card and went to Jiangling City. The little one saw that there were more than 100,000 Jingzhou troops, who were storming Jiangling City... General Liang Hongyu is in danger. ”

Hiss...

The generals gasped.

According to Shadow, Jiangling City, where Liang Hongyu was stationed, didn't know how long it had been attacked by the enemy, but it was only because the news could not be passed on, so it was not known. If it weren't for this shadow report by chance, I'm afraid Gangneung City would have been lost.

Li Cunxiao stood up and said: "Lord, let the last general go to Jiangling City, and he will definitely defeat the Jingzhou army besieging the city." ”

"Don't worry."

Lu Bu calmed down and asked the shadow, "You just said that you passed on the information of Jiangxia County, what happened to Jiangxia County?" ”

Shadow took out a piece of paper from his bosom and handed it to Lu Bu.

After Lu Bu opened it and read it, he breathed a sigh of relief.

It turned out that five days ago, there were 30,000 Jingzhou sailors who raided the Jiangfang camp and were repelled by Gan Ning.

"Wei Yan, Li Cunxiao."

"Yes."

Lu Budao: "The two of you led the soldiers and horses of your headquarters to Jiangling City and rescued Liang Hongyu. You must remember that the gains and losses of Jiangling City are not important, the important thing is General Liang Hongyu, and there can be no mistakes. ”

"No."

The two left with the shadows.

The generals in the tent were very moved. For the sake of Liang Hongyu, Lu Bu can even give up Jiangling, an important town in Jingzhou, which shows that it is the same for them. Only with such a master is worthy of allegiance.

After Li Cunxiao and Wei Yan left, there were 90,000 troops left around Lu Bu. They were Bai Qi's 40,000 army, Zhang Liao's 36,000 army (part of which had been lost in Jiangling) and Liang Hongyu's 10,000 light cavalry and 10,000 chariots, plus Zhang Feng's 3,000 dragon guards, totaling 90,000.

Compared with Zhuge Liang's army, the number is much worse.

But it is not the number of troops that fights a war, but the strength! With Li Yuanba here, it is worth hundreds of thousands of troops, and there are 544 mines built, attacking cities and conquering land, and there is no disadvantage. Lu Bu believes that the final victory is still his own.

Night.

Bai Qiqin led 60,000 troops and raided Yicheng.

Boom boom...

After the two boxes of mines were ignited, a powerful force erupted and destroyed the gate of Yicheng. However, behind the city gate, there are countless boulders, blocking the road into the city. Bai Qi sent two more teams of soldiers, alternately covering the past, moving stones out one by one and throwing them into the moat.

It's a long process...

Ma Dai's soldiers have been firing arrows to stop the soldiers carrying stones.

The dense array of bows and arrows were all concentrated at the gate of the city, causing hundreds of casualties among the white soldiers.

Fortunately, the road was opened in the end.

Bai Qi gave an order, and all the departments rushed into the city.

Ma Dai saw that he could not do anything, so he led his army to retreat to Xicheng. However, beyond the West City, there is a big river, which cannot be crossed at all. So Ma Dai killed all the horses, threw them into the river, and ordered the soldiers to force them to cross.

In this way, more than 10,000 people drowned and more than 4,000 escaped.

After dawn, Lu Bu entered Yicheng. Seeing the moat outside the West City Gate, it was full of drowned war horses and soldiers, and the blood stained the river red, which was extremely terrifying.

Rao is Lu Bu, who is used to seeing life and death, and when he saw this scene, he couldn't help but feel tight.

"White up."

"Yes."

Lu Budao: "Send a team of soldiers to salvage the body and cremate it outside the city." ”

"No."

Zhang Liao walked up to the city tower and handed a note to Lu Bu: "Lord, this is sent by the shadow of Nanyang County..." ”

Lü Bu had long known that Cao Cao's army was attacking Nanyang. But... Two months have passed and there has been no news. Lu Bu was also curious, did Cao Cao really help, or was he pretending?

"Hope is good news....

Lu Bu took the note.

After reading it, he laughed: "Cao Cao's army has conquered Nanyang and captured 60,000 Jingzhou soldiers, and Zhuge Liang is gone.... ”