Chapter 1371: Prologue to the Decisive Battle
Cao Cao, the king of Wei, moved, and he got up and ordered his generals to go to meet the enemy. Sun Ce, the general of Zhengnan, also moved, he wanted to do the same thing as Cao Cao, but before leaving, he looked at Da Qiao, who was still lying on the ground unconscious-now, is not the time for children to grow up.
"Zhuge military division, Ma Chao is attacking in a big way, and our army has no arrangement, so what are the chances of winning?" Liu Xie seemed to be completely awake at the moment, and in the face of this final decisive battle, he was more excited and crazy than worried.
Zhuge Liang knew that now this madman had probably waited too long for this moment. However, Zhuge Liang didn't have much of a good impression of this madman, but just replied lightly: "Ma Chao is like a god with soldiers, and without knowing it, it is impossible to fight a decisive battle." I expected that this attack on the camp should be a tentative move by Ma Chao, as long as we can withstand this attack, our army will have time to lay a net! ”
When Liu Xie heard this, he hurried out of the tent, and at this moment, he saw a sea of fire everywhere, and several adjacent military camps were set on fire, illuminating as if it were day. Tonight, Cao Cao, Sun Ce and himself all thought that Ma Chao would not attack in a big way, and the defense was really paralyzed, and it was too embarrassing to be attacked like this by Ma Chao.
However, fortunately, the rocket that Ma Jiajun shot into his battalion was extinguished by the soldiers who had prepared for a long time and did not ignite. In the dark night, the soldiers and horses roared, and the figures flickered. As soon as the guards beside Liu Xie formed a formation, and when they wanted to step forward to take a closer look, they saw a group of people rushing over. Those men with white horses and spears, who could see very clearly in the dark night, were the first to break into the camp with a big spear in hand.
Liu Xie was surprised and delighted when he saw that person coming. What was surprising was that it was Ma Chao who personally led the troops to break into the camp tonight. And the good news is that Ma Chao didn't know Zhuge Liang's eight formations, and actually broke into the door of death and faced dozens of archers from his own army. Liu Xie was very proud in his heart, and with a bang, the bow and arrows were fired together, and several horses had already fallen. But Ma Chao was not chaotic at all, the big gun danced, rolling up a defensive gun shadow, the black horse under the crotch jumped like a dragon, jumped up, and rushed straight into the formation, after breaking the antlers, the shadow flashed, like lightning like thunder, and actually disrupted Liu Xie's formation.
"Ma Chao, you're here to die tonight?!" Liu Xie shouted, looking at Ma Chao's agile and splendid figure, his eyes were full of crazy killing intent.
"Liu Xie, it's not dawn yet, stop daydreaming!" Ma Chao did not forget to reply in the midst of a hundred battles, he himself was trapped in the core of the big array. Surrounded by a heavy siege, he didn't care, waving the big gun in his hand and advancing and retreating, as if he had entered a no-man's land.
Then the cavalry behind him suddenly rushed in, and they were about to break out of the siege with him, Liu Xie was willing to let him escape, and ordered all the guards around him to go up, and surrounded the horse in a circle. Suddenly, seeing Ma Chao put away his gun and take off his bow, there was a loud sound, and Liu Xie saw a flash of lightning suddenly flying a hundred steps away, which frightened him and hurriedly fell to the ground. After a moment of panic, he got up in shame, and saw that Ma Chao's arrow actually shot the soldiers on the nest car behind him to death, and he was immediately angry and hateful. But suddenly looking for Ma Chao again, his group had already rushed past his camp and rolled to the side.
Liu Xie was very annoyed, and at the same time a little clueless, this time he broke into the camp, and Ma Chao's soldiers were only 3,000 cavalry. And it was still a superficial taste, and even before the transfer of Cao Cao and Sun Ce's armies, he withdrew. This is too weird for Ma Chao, who has always used interlocking and spicy tricks.
"Zhuge Military Division, Ma Chao did retreat at one touch, and after going deep into the Chinese army, he didn't make too many moves." Liu Xie returned to the camp and opened his mouth to express his doubts to Zhuge Liang.
"Please give your Majesty an order that all armies retreat five miles and then set up camp." As soon as this sentence came out, Cao Cao and Sun Ce had already entered the account, and after listening to Zhuge Liang's words, their faces showed displeasure. The meaning of Zhuge Liang's words was to use Liu Xie's mouth to order the unified dispatch of the whole army. Although the three families are allied, it is still difficult to convince Cao Cao and Sun Ce that Zhuge Liang is in charge of the whole army.
However, at this moment, Liu Bei on the side couldn't even speak, he coughed tremblingly, and looked at Cao Cao and Sun Ce with pleading eyes. Cao Cao took the lead in making a promise: "Xuande Gong doesn't have to be like this, tonight will be done by Zhuge Xiaoyou!" ”
Sun Ce then nodded slightly, but he still had some doubts about Zhuge Liang's practice of not fighting back, not sticking to it, only retreating, and couldn't help but speak: "The military division doesn't seem to care about the attack of the Ma family's army, he is not angry, he is not defeated, but he shows defeat, why is this?" ”
Zhuge Liang smiled slightly, did not answer Sun Ce, and continued to Liu Xie: "Your Majesty, give another order, and General Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Chen Zhisan will set up eight formations one mile from the base camp, and secretly hide the sharp weapons in it. After Ma Chao's temptation, within an hour, after seeing our army move lightly, he will attack in a big way. The previous temptation was just a camp exploration and trickery. ”
Sun Ce was taken aback when he heard this, and immediately understood Zhuge Liang's calculations, and at the same time had a layer of understanding of Ma Chao's strategy of using troops to attack the heart. Although Zhou Yu was not by his side at the moment, he could already feel the wise demeanor shared by Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu in the face of the enemy's attack with wisdom.
Then the army retreated with the order, and for a moment the voices were noisy, and the wounded groaned. However, it was Guan Yu and Zhang Fei who had doubts about Liu Bei's failure to show up in person to give the order, but after seeing Zhuge Liang, those doubts disappeared. And Zhuge Liang looked at the figure of the two leading the troops, and sighed, he didn't know how to explain Liu Bei's death to them tomorrow.
But maybe after tonight, you won't need to explain? - Zhuge Liang shook his head, feeling unbearable for the boundless heaviness that suddenly pressed on his shoulders.
Later, in the boundless valley, Guan Yu lifted the felt cloth on the pack cart, and Mu Yang's eyes beside him suddenly showed a look of horror: I saw that on the pack carts, there were boxes of things like small cabinets. The top of the box is hollow, there are bamboo poles through the joints, and there are things that ignite fires - Mu Yang suddenly felt that this thing was very familiar, but for a while, he couldn't remember where he had seen it.
"The soldiers obeyed the order, this thing does not see fire, and once it catches fire, the mountain will collapse and the ground will crack. Everyone quickly took off the torches in their hands, and based on thirty steps, they buried them underground according to the eight array formations taught by the military advisor! Guan Yu gave a loud order, and at the same time signaled Mu Yang to supervise the work. Mu Yang was stunned for a moment, his expression changed greatly, but then he nodded to Guan Yu to indicate that he knew.
Guan Yu glanced at Mu Yang suspiciously, but after frowning, he didn't care too much, and took Deputy General Guan Ping to inspect everywhere. And Mu Yang's heart has already set off a monstrous wave at this moment, because Guan Yu reminded everyone that this thing is not visible fire, and after the fire will collapse, he suddenly remembered that he was in the Ma Arsenal and heard Ma Chao say the same!
As an elite in the shadows, Mu Yang had the honor of accompanying Ma Chao to inspect the arsenal. At that time, he clearly remembered that Ma Chao was also holding something similar to this at that time, and cautiously warned Zheng Hun and Pu Yuan. At that time, Mu Yang only knew that the peerless weapon researched by the Ma family at that time was infinitely powerful. Unexpectedly, after he went undercover to the coalition at this moment, he also saw this thing!
This thing can make the lord so cautious, I am afraid it will have the ability to turn things around. Mu Yang's eyes looked at the soldiers who were carefully burying these things in confusion, and panic flashed in his heart: tonight is the opportunity for a decisive battle between the two armies, and this thing is quietly buried here, once the Ma family's army breaks in......
Mu Yang didn't dare to imagine it anymore, although he hadn't seen the power of this thing, but he remembered that when he was conquering Meng in the south, he had heard in Chengdu that Zhuge Liang used a magic trick to break the vulture bone vine armor soldiers, so that the Ugo Kingdom was almost wiped out...... The more he thought of this, the more Mu Yang felt that he couldn't continue to lurk like this, and he had to do everything he could to inform Ma Chao of this matter!
"Master Mu, do you think it's already feasible here?" A soldier stepped forward to ask, Mu Yang was suddenly startled, and after looking at the murder weapons that were already densely packed in front of him, he sighed that Zhuge Liang was too powerful: although this place is not a steep and dense forest, but the valley is flat and silent, once the iron cavalry breaks through and is blocked by the large array in front, it is extremely difficult to advance half a step. At that time, only one fire is needed, and the Ma family army will not escape!
"Ah...... Oh. Mu Yang nodded and said, and then said, "Hurry up and go to the next place to arrange." Then Mu Yang suddenly turned around, pretending to change clothes (convenient), but quietly walked to the back of the valley. At this time, there was a commotion in the valley, but no one paid attention to him.
As soon as he got out of the valley, he suddenly ran wildly, and his heart almost jumped out of his chest: he fought for his life, and he must send this ambush news to the lord!