Chapter 3: The Fire Bull Formation

The three of them took the order to go, Xiahou Wei was in the middle, Yang turned in the front, and Tian Kai was in the back, each leading more than 100 horsemen to attack from the palace. The two armies shouted and cheered. The three of them entered the Shu array, only to see that the array was like a city, and the conflict did not come out.

Xiahou Wei panicked and led the cavalry to turn around and rush to the southwest, but they were stopped by the Xinhan soldiers with arrows, and the conflict could not come out. Xiahou Wei rushed desperately to kill, but the new Han soldiers in the formation would be haunted by the formation, and he couldn't catch up at all.

Han Xuan saw Xiahou Wei and the others breaking through the formation in the Chinese army, and said to Zhong Hui with a smile: "Deng Ai is really a genius, I deliberately turned this formation upside down, but he saw the clue early." ”

But the Nine Palaces and Seven Killing Formations overlapped, and there were portals, and Xiahou Wei and the others could distinguish between the east, west, north and south. Yang Chuan was so anxious that he led the army to collide in the middle palace, but he was shot by the New Han soldiers with crossbow arrows.

The rest of Xiahou Wei and Tian Kai couldn't care about each other, and the two rushed straight to the southwest, only to see gloomy clouds and deserts, miserable fog. At the beginning of the shouting, Chen Xiu, Zhang Bao, Gan Gui and others will be killed from the formation in seven ways, and the Wei army was scattered one by one.

Tian Kai was hacked to death with a knife, Xiahou Wei was captured by Zhang Baosheng, the rest surrendered, and the generals sent the prisoners to the Chinese army. Han Xuan sat in the tent, tying Xiahou Wei and the captured Wei soldiers to the left and right.

Han Xuan smiled: "It's easy for me to catch you. I will let you wait to see Deng Ai again, teach him to read the military book again, and re-observe the battle strategy, and then come back to be my enemy, it is not too late. Since I have spared your lives, I should leave behind weapons and horses. ”

Han Xuan then ordered someone to take off the clothes of Xiahou Wei and the other Wei soldiers, smear their faces with ink, and let them walk out of the battle.

Deng Ai was furious when he saw it, and turned back to the generals and shouted: "Han Xuan is so frustrating my spirit, what face do I have to see my teacher and Your Majesty!" ”

Deng Ai and Lu Qian immediately commanded the three armies and rushed to the death. Deng Ai drew his sword in his hand and personally led more than 100 generals to urge the superintendent to kill. As soon as the two armies met, suddenly the drums and horns rang out in unison, and the shouts were shocked, and a Biao army came from the southwest, and it turned out that Han Xing, the son of Han Xuan, led the army to rescue.

Lu Qian divided the rear army to block, and Deng Ai urged the army to fight forward. Suddenly, the Wei soldiers were in chaos: it turned out that Chen Xiu led the white-robed army to rush and kill, and the New Han soldiers attacked in three ways. Deng Ai was shocked and hurriedly retreated. The new Han soldiers in Suiyang City were killed again, and Deng Ai and Lu Qian led the three armies to rush out of Wangnan.

Deng Ai and LΓΌ Qian retired to protect Chendi, and Han Xuan took advantage of the victory to lead the army to pursue, successively taking Ningping and Xinping, and then breaking LΓΌ Qian's department in Chen County. LΓΌ Qian led the defeated army to Chenliu County, and Deng Ai retired to protect Changping. Han Xuan took advantage of the situation to go south to Ruyang to join forces with Chen Wu and attack Xu Huang together.

Let's say that after Liu Du arrived in Luyang, with Xu Shu as the military advisor and Zhang Fei as the vanguard, the 120,000 troops set up camp at each important point. Cao Rui's army also arrived, and the 200,000 army lined up on the plain, a hundred miles in succession, with forty camps in front and back, and the flag covered the sun during the day, and the fire was shining at night.

Cao Rui ordered Cao Tai to supervise the army to fight, but saw Xun Shi, the son of Xun You, admonished: "Although this battle is in the plains, but the other army has firearms, and our army can wait for a rainy day to attack with cavalry." And Liu Du's military division Xu Shu is no less talented than Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi, and he cannot be underestimated. ”

Cao Tai bowed to Cao Rui and said: "Your Majesty, the pioneer Xu Yi has the courage of his father, and he can lead his army to challenge in front of the enemy's army and first thwart his army's spirit." ”

Xu Yi led the troops to fight in front of the Xinhan military village, and the Wei army showed off its might, insulting endlessly, and many people undressed and undressed, naked, or sleeping or sitting.

Liu Du scolded: "How dare Xu Yi be so arrogant! There are no fierce generals in the deception army? ”

"The last general is willing to fight, and the head of Xu Yi is dedicated to the tent!" Liu Du saw that the person was the pioneer Zhang Fei.

Liu Du nodded, allowed him to fight, and then instructed: "The general must be careful." ”

Zhang Fei picked up the Zhangba snake spear and galloped to the front of the village. Zhang Fei shouted: "You are Xu Yi? Your father Xu Chu is not an opponent, how dare you come to die! ”

Xu Yi was furious when he heard this: "Old horseman! Today, I will teach you to see how powerful this knife is. ”

Xu Yi patted the horse and raised the knife to fight Zhang Fei, and the two of them made more than 30 big moves, regardless of victory or defeat. Zhang Fei sold a flaw to Xu Yi, Xu Yi was really fooled, waved a knife to attack, Zhang Fei poured out a spear, and Xu Yi was stabbed under the horse.

Wei Jun was shocked, and Cao Rui said angrily: "Who dares to fight Zhang Fei, take Zhang Fei's head, and seal the marquis of a thousand households!" ”

"The last will go!" The first class will go out of the village.

Cao Rui asked who it was, and Cao Tai said: "Naiyong is the brother of Wang Shuang, Wang Meng." ”

It didn't take long for someone to report that Wang Meng was stabbed under the horse by Zhang Fei.

Cao Rui gritted his teeth and said: "Zhang Fei is as brave as he was back then!" Dian Man, Xiahou Ba, Niu Jin, and you fought against Zhang Fei. ”

The three generals came out of the battle, and Zhang Fei shouted: "You wait for the name to be reported, and a certain spear will not kill the nameless!" ”

"Son of Dian Wei, Dian Man."

"Xiahou Yuan's son, Xiahou Ba."

"General Niu Jin!"

Zhang Fei straightened his spear and took the pawn, and the pawn man swung a big axe to meet him, and the horse was handed over without winning or losing. Xiahou Ba urged the knife to take Zhang Fei's back, Zhang Fei turned around and blocked it with a spear, but was slashed in the back by Niu Jin.

Zhang Fei retreated with his injuries, and Dianman, Xiahouba, and Niu Jin chased after him. In Liu Du's army, Zhang Ren, Wen Ping, Liao Hua, Wang Ping, Gao Xiang and other generals came out together, intercepted the fight, and rescued Zhang Fei. There was a scuffle between the soldiers and horses at the front of the two armies, and each with casualties, both retreated.

Niu Jin's knife slashed Zhang Fei's old injury, the old injury recurred, and Zhang Fei was injured and bedridden. Liu Du asked Zhang Fei to return to Wancheng to recuperate.

A few days later, Xu Shu saw that the Wei soldiers were slacking off and their defenses were sparse, so he offered Liu Du a plan to attack the Wei camp with fire bulls. Liu Du then ordered people to requisition cattle from all over Nanyang, as well as various military supplies.

After making preparations, Liu Dusheng gathered the soldiers to listen to the order: "Looking at the Wei soldiers today, I know the movement, and I want to take a battalion in the northeast first." Who would dare to take it? ”

Wang Ping, Zhang Yi, Zhang Wei, Liao Hua and other more than ten generals responded to the call and debuted: "A certain is willing to go." ”

Xu Shu instructed them: "You and others lead 5,000 troops, all wearing ghost masks and wind chimes around their waists. But seeing that there was a fire in front of the village, he went to take the fourth battalion of the Wei army: the Wei general Cao Shuang guarded. It's going to be a success tonight. I took my own troops to respond. ”

The generals led the troops to go, and called Zhang Ren and Wen Ping: "You and the others each lead 3,000 troops, and they are stationed five miles outside the wall." If the generals are defeated and a soldier comes, they should come to their rescue, but they should not pursue them. ”

The second general led the army to go, and Xu Shu went to check the deployment of the fire bull array. Xu Shu had already ordered people to select more than 1,000 bulls, and the cows were covered with a red cloth on their heads, and a quilt was draped over the cows, on which they were painted with strange patterns of red and green. And he had two sharp knives tied to the horns of the ox, and a bundle of oil-soaked reeds tied to his tail.

That night, while the Wei army was sleepy, Xu Shu ordered the oxen to be driven out of the city and set fire on the oxtail. As soon as the tail of the ox burned, more than a thousand cows rushed towards the direction of the Wei army camp in a frenzy.

Seeing the fire in front of the Wei army, Wang Ping, Liao Hua and other generals led 5,000 elite soldiers, followed closely by the cattle team, and rushed up. The wind chimes on the Xinhan soldiers rang in the wind, waking up the Wei army.

Cao Shuang scolded: "The enemy soldiers actually came from afar to attack our department at night, why didn't the patrol soldiers report it?" ”

Cao Shuang was frightened when an earth-shattering shout and the sound of weapons clashing came. Cao Shuang and his subordinate Wei Jun saw the firelight showing off, and hundreds of fire oxen with knives on their heads had already rushed towards them.

Seeing more than 5,000 "ghost soldiers" wearing ghost masks and crazy fire bulls, many Wei soldiers rubbed their hazy sleepy eyes, and their legs were weak in fright, and they scattered in all directions. Countless people were trampled to death by oxen, killed by horns, hacked to death by 5,000 New Han soldiers, and trampled to death by Wei soldiers.

Zhang Wei led hundreds of people to kill Cao Shuang Dazhai, and the wind chimes rang everywhere. Cao Shuang was shocked that there were thousands of new Han soldiers attacking, and hurriedly abandoned the village.

When Cao Shuang rushed out and got on the horse, he met Zhang Wei. Zhang Wei took Cao Shuang straight with his gun, but Cao Shuang couldn't resist him, so he fled. Zhang Wei led his troops to chase after him, and suddenly there was a loud shout, and a Wei army of elite cavalry killed to block Zhang Wei's way.

"Cao Yan! Help me. Cao Shuang shouted towards the leader.

Zhang Wei took the road and left, and the hundreds of elite soldiers led by him were all annihilated by the Wei cavalry. Zhang Wei rode alone and was walking, and a big man with a big axe stopped him behind the wall, which was full of pawns. Zhang Wei fought to the death, less than ten he, and was beheaded by Dianman.

Cao Yan led the Wei army to rescue everywhere, killed Liao Hua and Wang Ping, and chased them for fifteen miles. Seeing that the Han generals were about to be surrounded by this Wei army, Zhang Ren and Wen Ping led the army to kill and rescued Liao Hua and Wang Ping.

Cao Yan led his troops to retreat. Zhang Ren led the generals back to the camp, counted the men and horses, and only a few hundred wounded soldiers remained of the 5,000 elite soldiers, and Zhang Wei died in battle. The generals entered the account to see Liu Du and Xu Shu to plead guilty.

Xu Shu said: "If it is not the fault of your soldiers, I want to test the enemy's false and real ears." I have already decided to break the plan of the Wei army. ”