In the next few days, Gongsun Zan did not come to attack the city, and Xi Zhicai, Zhang Fei and others also took this opportunity to practice the formation in Jixian County.

At this time, Liu Yu's depression was almost better, and he began to work with his subordinates.

There are also workshops in Jixian County that specialize in building equipment for the army, although the scale and ability are not as good as Liu Yi's Arsenal Division, but it is better than nothing, and it is still possible to create some basic armor and shields.

On this day, Liu Yu and several of his subordinates came to the workshop to build weapons to check the progress, and after checking around, Liu Yu nodded and expressed satisfaction.

"Send someone to invite Liu Taishou and let him see if the equipment we built is still suitable!" Liu Yu instructed a person behind him.

"Yes!" After answering, Na Cheng hurriedly called a small guy beside him, and then ordered a few words according to Liu Yu's meaning.

At this time, Liu Yi, Xi Zhicai and others were testing the formation in the school training ground in the city.

"Brother Zhicai, do you think that Yide's training is okay now?"

Looking at the formation composed of nearly 10,000 soldiers on the field, and changing various formations in an orderly manner under the command of Xi Zhicai, Liu Yi couldn't help but sigh at the wisdom of his ancestors while being happy in his heart.

At this time, Xi Zhicai and Liu Yi were standing on the platform of the main formation, and after hearing Liu Yi's question, Xi Zhicai put down the order flag in his hand.

"The strength of General Zhang's three imperial soldiers is amazing, although the time is in a hurry, and the big array is not very perfect, but with the cooperation of the lord and the state pastor, his subordinates have the confidence to break Gongsun Zhan!"

Liu Yi looked at Xi Zhicai approvingly when he heard this, and said, "If you have the words of Brother Zhicai, I will rest assured!" ”

After speaking, Xi Zhicai stood on the platform more than ten meters and looked in the direction of the distant state pastor's mansion.

"I just don't know how the equipment of the state pastor is prepared? Only if the soldiers can change their equipment in time, then they will be foolproof! Xi Zhicai said with some concern.

Hearing this, Liu Yi stepped forward and patted Zhicai's shoulder and comforted, "Don't worry, since Lord Zhou Mu has agreed, he will definitely do it." ”

As soon as Liu Yi's words fell, he heard the loud announcement of the soldiers under the stage.

"Report to the lord, the state pastor is invited!"

Liu Yi and Xi Zhicai looked at each other and smiled when they heard this.

"It seems that the equipment thing is eyebrow-raising! Let's go, Brother Zhicai will go with me to have a look! ”

After speaking, the two carefully climbed down from the platform.

After Liu Yi and the others stepped off the podium, they gave a few words to Zhang Fei and the others, and then rushed to the workshop where the equipment was built with the guards.

Zhang Fei, who received Liu Yi's order, disbanded the soldiers on the spot, and then sat aside to rest.

A quarter of an hour later, Liu Yi and Xi Zhicai came to the workshop, only to see Liu Yu and others checking around a pile of equipment one by one, seeing this, Liu Yi and the others hurriedly walked up.

"See Lord Governor!" Liu Yi and Xi Zhicai walked up to Liu Yu and bowed respectfully.

Seeing Liu Yi and the others coming, Liu Yu laughed happily and said, "Haha~ Hurry up!" ”

After speaking, Liu Yu also teased Liu Yilai.

"Now I'm calling you Liu Taishou?

Or is it Liu Duwei? Or maybe it's General Liu? ”

Seeing that Liu Yu was still in the mood to ridicule himself, Liu Yi knew that Liu Yu's illness should be almost better.

"It's just a name, adults can call it at will!" Liu Yi replied respectfully.

Liu Yu laughed loudly when he heard this.

"Okay, then I'll call you General Liu!"

After speaking, Liu Yu pointed to the equipment that had been classified and placed in front of everyone and said to Liu Yi and the others, "General Liu, Mr. Xi, look at this equipment, but what do you want?" ”

Liu Yi and the others hurriedly stepped forward to check when they heard this.

I saw that there were cuirasses and rattan shields in front of me, because the time was too short to rebuild, so these equipment were all rebuilt on the equipment of the soldiers under Liu Yi's command.

Xi Zhicai picked up a cuirass and shook it in front of everyone, and then nodded to Liu Yi with satisfaction.

Seeing this, Liu Yi turned his head to look at Liu Yu.

"Thank you, sir! These equipment are needed by subordinates! ”

Liu Yu smiled when he heard this: "Haha~ That's good!" ”

After briefly clicking on the equipment in front of everyone, Xi Zhicai on the side hugged his fists and asked Liu Yu respectfully, "My lord, how many sets of such equipment are there now?" ”

Hearing this, behind Liu Yu, a strong man who looked like the person in charge of the workshop replied, "About 8,000 sets have been made so far, and now the craftsmen are still manufacturing, no accident, 10,000 sets of equipment can be delivered tomorrow morning!" ”

As soon as this person finished speaking, Liu Yu on the side took over.

"Ten thousand is enough?"

"Ten thousand is enough!"

......

At this time, it has been six days since Gongsun Chan's last attack.

Outside Jixian County, Gongsun Chan was sitting in the big tent of the Chinese army at this time, drinking tea and studying the military book in his hand.

It is said that Gongsun Chan's current achievements are directly related to his usual love of studying the art of war, even in the process of marching and fighting, as long as he has time, Gongsun Chan will take out this bamboo slip to record the art of war and start studying.

As the saying goes, "read a book a hundred times, and see its own righteousness", just when Gongsun Zhan once again got new inspiration from the book on the art of war, which was about to be read rotten, a notice suddenly came from outside the tent that Tian Kai, Shan Jing, and Guan Jing asked to see him.

Gongsun Chan carefully rolled up the bamboo slips, and then beckoned the two into the big tent.

As soon as he entered the big tent, Tian Kai stepped forward and reported, "General, the soldiers are ready!" ”

Hearing this, Gongsun Chan showed a sly smile.

"Good! Tell the soldiers to only bring one day's rations, and we will send troops to Jixian County early tomorrow morning! ”

"Yes!" Tian Kai and Shan Jing responded when they heard the words and went down to prepare.

At this time, only Gongsun Zan and Guan Jing were left in the tent.

"General, but you have a plan to enter the city?" Hearing Gongsun Zhan order the soldiers to bring a day's rations, Guan Jing asked with some puzzlement.

Hearing Guan Jing's words, Gongsun Zhan smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"You have also seen it before, the soldiers under Liu Yi's command are no less heroic than the elite of my subordinates, with the current strength, even if they fight on the plains, I am not sure of a complete victory!"

Guan Jing was even more no-when he saw this

Explained, so he asked tentatively, "Then the general is...?" ”

I saw Gongsun Chan laugh twice and replied, "Since you can't capture Jixian County for a while, it's a waste to spend it here, besides, Liu Yi hasn't gone far enough now, we have to help him!" ”

Hearing this, Guan Jing's mouse eyes turned sharply a few times, and then made an expression of sudden realization.

"I see, the general is wise!"

......

Early in the morning of the seventh day, the weather was exceptionally good for a few days, and the sun was cloudless.

The strong man who was in charge of improving the equipment led people to drive several large carriages early in the morning and delivered all the 5,000 sets of modified equipment to Liu Yi and others.

After Liu Yi ordered the soldiers to change into equipment, before they could test the effect of the equipment, they heard the news of Gongsun Zhan's attack from Cui Sitan.

"How soon will it take for the enemy to arrive?" Liu Yi asked anxiously.

"At the latest!" Cui Si hurriedly replied.

"Come with me to see Lord Governor!"

After speaking, Liu Yi hurriedly ran to the state pastor's mansion with Xi Zhicai.

After Liu Yi informed Liu Yu of the news of Gongsun Zhan's attack, Liu Yu hurriedly called several of his subordinates in charge of military affairs to the house.

"General Liu, the people have arrived!"

Hearing this, Liu Yi looked at the few people in front of him and explained the battle plan to everyone.

"Wu Liang, I will give you 10,000 elite soldiers, remember to fully cooperate with General Liu!" Liu Yu pointed to a general named Wu Liang in front of him and ordered.

"Command!"

Liu Yi knows. The so-called elite soldiers in Liu Yu's mouth are just recruits who have been temporarily recruited in the past few days, but at this time, they can't take care of so much, even if they are recruits, they are better than nothing.

After everything was arranged, Liu Yi and Xi Zhi rushed back to their camp.

"Brother Zhicai, it's all up to you this time!"

"Don't worry, lord!"

At this time, Liu Yi had already changed into Rong armor, and the 10,000 soldiers behind him were also ready to leave the city.

......

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the sun was in full bloom, and Gongsun Zhan's army once again came to the front of Jixian County.

At this time, Zhang Fei and others had already set up a large array under the city according to Xi Zhicai's instructions, and Xi Zhicai also came to the general platform of the main formation in place of Liu Yi with the order flag in his hand.

"Hmph~ God won't even help you, it seems that it is providence to defeat you today!" Xi Zhicai looked up at the dazzling sun overhead, and couldn't help muttering to himself.

Gongsun Chan in the army.

Looking at the big array in front of him, without waiting for Tian Kai and the others to ask Gongsun Zhan, they heard someone inform that Liu Yu's envoy was coming.

When Gongsun Chan heard this, he ordered the messenger to be brought up.

"I've seen the general, this is a letter from the adult of my family to the general!" The messenger said respectfully.

Gongsun Chan snorted coldly when he heard this, and then ordered someone to present the letter.

Gongsun Chan opened the letter, only to see that there were only scribbled numbers in the letter: "Gongsun old thief, do you know this formation?" If you can break this formation today, I, Liu Yu, will willingly offer the head of Xiang Shang! ”

After reading the letter, Gongsun Chan looked up to the sky and smiled, "Carving insects are small skills!" ”

After speaking, Gongsun Chan pointed at the envoy arrogantly

said, "Go back and tell Liu Yupifu, let him wash his neck and wait for me!" ”

The messenger did not dare to speak, but nodded his head in a hurry, and then ran back in fear.

As soon as Liu Yu's envoy left, Tian Kai on the side couldn't help but ask, "General, do you know what kind of formation the enemy has arranged?" ”

Hearing this, Gongsun Chan confidently introduced the big array in front of him to everyone.

"This array is one of the ten ancient formations, and it is called the Long Snake Formation! It is a formation created by the predecessors to imitate the form of a snake, and this formation is the simplest formation among the ten ancient formations! ”

"A long snake formation?" After hearing Gongsun Zhan's explanation, Tian Kai and the others couldn't help but be surprised, they had never read the book of soldiers, and they knew very little about the formation.

Seeing this, Gongsun Chan nodded, then pointed to the large array in front of everyone and continued, "You see, this long snake formation is not a straight line, but a word in an arc, and the two ends are composed of mobile cavalry, which are the head of the snake and the tail of the snake; And the snake body in the middle, the outermost is the shield bearer, then the pikeman, and the archer in the middle! ”

Hearing this, everyone hurriedly raised their heads and looked at the big array, and saw that it was indeed as Gongsun Chan said.

After looking at everyone's expressions, Gongsun Chan said again, "The main force of the snake body of the long snake formation is the spearman of the second layer, and the shield hand symbolizes the snake scales outside, which is mainly used to protect the spearmen and block the impact of the enemy, preventing the enemy from breaking through; The role of the archer is to use the strong bow and crossbow to shoot at the enemy's reinforcements, so that they cannot be reinforced, and if there are no reinforcements, they are responsible for interfering with the enemy's breakthrough operations in the formation."

Everyone listened energetically, and when they saw Gongsun Chan stop, they all looked at him with eager eyes.

Gongsun Chan couldn't help but feel a little proud when he saw this, so he began to show off again.

"The long snake formation is deduced from the habits of snakes, and there are three variations; If you hit the head of the snake, the tail moves, and rolls; If you hit the tail of the snake, you will be the first to move and bite; If you impact the snake body, then head and tail together, twist! The snake array is running, like a giant python attacking, and the attack is very fierce! ”

Everyone couldn't help but be shocked when they heard this.

"General, this array is so powerful, is there a way to crack it?"

Gongsun Zhan laughed when he heard this, "Although this formation is powerful, but there are fatal flaws, when the formation is broken, you only need to contain its head and tail, so that it can not play the ability to move and be flexible, and then use the strong cavalry to launch a strong impact on its snake belly infantry, so that its formation is scattered, and the long snake formation is cut into three pieces, so that the long snake formation is fighting separately, and it can no longer fight with the cooperation of the three parties, and the formation is self-defeating!" ”

Everyone saw that Gongsun Zhan had already had a way to break the formation, and they couldn't help but be overjoyed.

"In that case, please give the general an order!" Seeing that there was an opportunity to make meritorious contributions, everyone rushed to lead the troops to break the formation.

Seeing that the popularity of the crowd was so high, Gongsun Zhan sent three generals, two generals each led 2,000 cavalry to be responsible for dragging the head and tail of the long snake formation, and the other general led 4,000 elite cavalry to be responsible for breaking up the snake body.

Tian Kai and Shan Jing, who were not appointed at this time, felt a little uncomfortable, so they complained to Gongsun Zhan, "For such an important matter, why didn't the general send me and the two to battle?" ”

Gongsun Chan went

Yan looked at the big array in front of him and said, "You see that there is no armor on the chest of the soldiers in that array, I'm afraid there is another mystery inside, in order to ensure safety, you two should stay here and wait for a while."

Seeing that Gongsun Chan said that he would not send the two to the field for the sake of the safety of the two, he couldn't help but be moved.

......

At this time, in the big array, the 10,000 soldiers were each wearing black robes, and the rattan shields of the shield soldiers were also holding them inside and out.

Seeing that Gongsun Zhan's army rushed out of the three teams, the drama on the array snorted coldly, "Hmph~ It seems that you still have a little knowledge!" It's not in vain that my lord and I have taken such pains! ”

After speaking, Xi Zhicai waved the command flag in his hand and ordered the soldiers in the formation to get ready.

In the big array, the cavalry at the end of the head and tail were two thousand poisonous scorpions under Yao Lie, led by Yao Lie and Guan Yu, and the snake body was the commander of Zhang Fei.

Gongsun Chan was standing on the chariot in the distance at this time, and seeing that the two cavalry in charge of the head and tail had already made contact with Yao Lie and Guan Yu, and the elite soldiers in the middle were about to rush to the middle of the big array, Gongsun Chan couldn't help but show a smug smile.

At this moment, the flag in the hands of Xi Zhicai on the stage changed, and he saw that the 10,000 soldiers in the formation removed their black robes at the same time, revealing the armor inside, and those shield soldiers who held the shield also reversed the shield.

"Hiss~" After a burst of neighing of war horses, the enemy troops who rushed in suddenly became chaotic.

I saw that there was a white light in the array at this time, and the strong white light suddenly pierced those enemy soldiers and war horses who couldn't open their eyes.

Without waiting for Gongsun Zan and the others to react to what was going on, they saw the entire large array move forward quickly, and Yao Lie and Guan Yu at both ends of the head and tail led their troops to cross the enemy army, and then closed in the middle, encircling the three enemy legions in the snake formation.

At this time, the large array was like a giant python entangled in the prey, quickly tightening the snake body, tightly surrounding the enemy army, the archers in the middle, the arrows in their hands like rain to the middle of the "prey" beckoning, in an instant in the middle of the large array screams endlessly.

When he saw the white light for the first time just now, Gongsun Chan knew that something was wrong, so he hurriedly looked at the big array with the strong light, and when he squinted his eyes and saw the situation in the formation, his eyes suddenly cracked with hatred.

I saw that the dazzling white light was coming from the mirror-like armor on the chests of Yao Lie and the others, as well as the rattan shields in the hands of those shield soldiers.

(End of chapter)