Chapter Seventy-Five: The Battle of Quality and Quantity Against the Changsha (15)
It is said that Liu Qian sent Liu Bei to invite Huang Zhong. Liu Qian, the www.biquge.info of Pen, Fun, and Pavilion, told Huang Zhong that he had a skill in his hand that could make his son-in-law Huang Xuqiang fit and regain his health. Huang Zhong felt his kindness and vowed to follow and be loyal to Liu Qian for generations. It can be described as: giving grace to the needs of the people, and swearing allegiance to the fierce generals.
Next, under the advice of Xu Shu and others, Liu Qian finally selected the candidate for the exploration of the formation: the main general Zhao Yun, together with Liao Hua and Huang Zhong, commanded the four battalions of the Pingnan Jiugong Army. Zhao Yun is responsible for leading the way; Liao Hua was responsible for observing the high tower of the formation eye in the center of the large array, so that after returning, Liu Qian would arrange tasks for eight guns, two knives and ten members; Huang Zhong accompanied him in order to understand the location of those heralds on the high platform, in order to shoot the enemy's heralds at the first time and provide protection for the other gates to enter the battle.
In the evening, Liu Qian set up a banquet in the atrium tent to invite Huang Zhong and the generals to pick up the wind and wash the dust for Huang Zhong. Guan Yu and others designed Huang Zhong to go to the military field of that school to practice martial arts and archery when Liu Qian arranged for Huang Zhong to go to rest. Unexpectedly, Huang Zhong not only has outstanding archery skills, but his sword skills are slightly different from Guan Yu and Dian Wei, but compared to Xu Rong and others, it is much stronger. Its martial arts are similar to those of Zhang Jaw, and he immediately won the respect of these fierce generals. Therefore, everyone drank at the banquet and got along very well. Liu Qian saw that Guan Yu and the others got along well with Huang Zhong, and knew that Huang Zhong had integrated into his circle.
Liu Bei sat under Liu Qian's hand, and when he saw the smug expression on his brother's face, he was also happy to realize in his heart. It seems that my brother is really cherishing his talents! When Guan Yu and the others competed with Huang Zhong, they watched from the sidelines, and the sword and archery skills could be said to be a candidate for a general!
That night, all the generals above the general under Liu Qian were drunk.
On the second day, after the sun was on the pole, Liu Qian got up and was complained by Mrs. Zhang. Liu Qian walked out of his tent with a cheeky grin, and heard a pair of magpies chirping on the top of the tent opposite, and he was very happy.
As the saying goes: when you go out and smell the magpie calling, something good will come true.
No, as soon as Liu Qian walked into the atrium tent, he heard someone inside say loudly: "Why are your adults so sleepy?" I've been waiting here for a long time. Why haven't you gotten up yet! ”
"The general will drink tea for the time being, and wait a while. I heard from the people below that my head of the family invited Nanyang Huang Zhong to a banquet, drank a little too much, and slept a little late! That's why I haven't gotten up yet! As everyone knows, how can there be a reason for someone to wake up the master? This is Xu Ding Xu Boyang's voice.
Liu Qian didn't enter the account, so he said loudly: "Brother Boyang has returned, I'm afraid that he has already invited Lu Bulu, a warrior from Bingzhou." Before the words fell, Liu Qian walked into the big tent. The burly man sitting on the guest seat in the tent stood up when he saw someone enter. Next to him was Xu Ding and Xu Boyang.
When Xu Ding saw that the lord was coming, he hurriedly stood up and said, "I've seen the lord!" ”
"Excuse me!" After speaking, Liu Qian came to the burly man, looked this person up and down, and secretly said in his heart: It is worthy of being called the red rabbit among horses, and Lu Bu among people. This Lu Bu looked at his age, which was similar to his own. He is more than nine feet tall, more than half a foot taller than Guan Yu. The face of the Chinese character, the starry eyes and sword eyebrows, the nose with a knife, and the mouth with a pen carving, these facial features are called upright! Wearing a purple and gold crown on his head, wearing a purple and gold robe, a beast head and armor silk girdle in his waist, and a pair of sky-looking combat boots under his feet, standing there like a god of war above the nine heavens, especially when he just stood up, the pheasant feathers behind him were still swinging.
After watching for a long time, Liu Qian asked: "I'm afraid this strong man is Lu Bulu Fengxian, the commander of the Bingzhou Iron Cavalry!" ”
Lu Bu was also stunned just now, and only woke up when he heard this question, hurriedly lifted his skirt and knelt on the ground, and said: "Lu Bulu, the commander of the Iron Cavalry of Bingzhou, came to assist the general on the order of his father-in-law. Lu Bu has seen the general! ”
"Hurry up, please! Hurry up, please! Liu Qian bent down to help Lu Bu and said, "Brother Fengxian, don't be polite." Huang Zhong from Nanyang just arrived yesterday, and he picked up the wind for him, and he didn't want to drink and eat late, so he got up late today, so he waited for a long time! ”
When Lu Bu saw Liu Qian calling his brother, he was very useful in his heart. However, he didn't dare to accept it! This person is on the same level as his stepfather! Although he complained for a while just now, it didn't mean that he Lu Bu was arrogant and didn't know why. He hurriedly said: "Adults must not be like this, cloth is not a small leader, where can it be used!" Adults call Feng Xian is. ”
"That's it! I don't know how the war is going in the state? Liu Qian stopped being pretentious and asked.
"My lord, the state has not suffered much from the chaos this time, and it has been swept away. It's just that the northern barbarians are about to move, and I'm afraid that they have the intention of taking advantage of the chaos to rob! Lu Bu said.
"There are quite a lot of good generals under the command of Ding Thorn Shi, and there is such an outstanding righteous son to help him, so the barbarians dare not attack! The commander has traveled all the way, bumps and fatigue, why don't you let Brother Boyang wait for you to go down and rest? Liu Qian knew that the two of them came so quickly, and they must have been tired from driving all the way, so don't say much at this moment, let the family go down and rest!
According to Lu Bu's arrival, how the generals of the Pingnan Army will hold a banquet to receive the wind and other matters will not be mentioned for the time being.
On the first day of the ninth lunar month, Zhao Yun and others packed up and prepared to go out of the camp to explore the formation. Suddenly, Lu Bu came to Liu Qian to ask for an order, and said, "Your Excellency, I wish General Zilong to explore the formation together. ”
"This?!" Where did Liu Qian expect Lu Bu to come out like this? Some are in a dilemma.
When Xu Shu looked at it, he was also puzzled and asked, "Commander Lu, why do you want to explore the formation?" "Yes! Why are you going to explore the formation? This is on the battlefield, not what you want to do at home!
"Bu Bucai, the shot of Brother Guanhan is not as good as the shot of Bu! Therefore, he wished to look into the array. And Bu this time led a thousand and state iron cavalry here, and this time the formation will definitely open the way. Lu Bu explained.
Ah! Liu Qian then remembered. This Lu Bu has three uniques, one is that he is handsome; The second is that the Fang Tianhua halberd dances, and almost five people can defeat it; The third is the wolf tendon iron tire bow behind him, which is a good bow of more than ten stones, and his archery skills are even better than Huang Zhong. Why did you forget about it!
Liu Qian thought about it for a while, and single-handedly stopped the few righteous brothers behind him who were about to take risks, and said: "It's rare that Feng Xian has this heart!" Then take your 1,000 Iron Horsemen and set off with the team! But: "Go with you!" Remember, you must follow Zilong's arrangement when you go this time. If you don't listen, you will be dealt with by military law! ”
Zhao Yunjian joined a few more people, and the second brother and fourth brother also came in. I secretly said in my heart, big brother! Why did you arrange the second brother and the fourth brother in?
Liu Qian saw that Zhao Yun's face showed embarrassment, smiled slightly, and said, "Seventh brother, this time, Yun Chang and Ziman will go out as your deployment. Don't be unable to lead the army just because you're your brother, it's a taboo in the military! ”
Guan Yu and Dian Wei also said: "You must obey the arrangement of the seventh brother!" ”
At this time, Zhao Yun smiled and said, "Thank you brothers, Yunding is worthy of his mission!" ”
Liu Qian told everyone to be careful. As soon as Zhao Yun and the others agreed, they marched towards the enemy's large array. Liu Qian, Xu Shu and others led eight battalions of the Jiugong Army and twelve battalions of volunteers, totaling more than 20,000 people, waiting outside the Shengmen in the northeast of the Jiugong Bagua Array.
Zhao Yun, Guan Yu, Dian Wei, Lu Bu, Huang Zhong and others took four battalions of the Jiugong Army and a thousand Bingzhou Iron Cavalry into the Gengong Shengmen in the northeast of the Great Array. I saw flags fluttering in the big array, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses shuttling out back and forth, and the three generals appeared in front of Zhao Yun and others surrounded by all the soldiers.
The man at the head pointed his spear in his hand and shouted, "Who are you waiting for?" Hurry up and get your name on! ”
Zhao Yun looked at Guan Yu, and saw that the second brother Guan Yun was squinting at Danfeng's eyes, brushing his beard, and nodding slightly. He rode his horse to the front of the two armies, clasped his hands into fists, and replied: "We are the people who came to watch the battle from the Pingnan Army of the Han Dynasty. ”
"It seems that there are a lot of people waiting for you to watch the formation!"
"Could it be that we can wait for this less than 5,000 soldiers and horses to threaten you and wait for an army of nearly 400,000?" When Zhao Yun heard this, he immediately asked rhetorically.
"It's only five thousand, where can I put it in our eyes. If it is ten times more, a hundred times more, it may have an impact on our big array! Little doll, don't be in a hurry. Let me send a signal to the array. With that, the man ordered his men to stand on a three-foot high platform not far from the gate, and send out a banner to the great array.
Looking at a tall tower in the middle of the array, someone held up a big flag, dangling left and right three times.
When the man saw the flag, he waved his hand and ordered his soldiers to get out of the way.
Zhao Yun and others led nearly 5,000 soldiers and horses under their command and entered the large array. This array occupies a wide area of three or four miles, and the central Wuji soil occupies an area of two and a half miles in the center of the central position, and a high tower is erected in the very center of the central Wuji soil. The four pillars of that tower are thirty or forty zhang apart, and each pillar is a hug thick, towering into the sky, and it looks like it must be thirty or fifty zhang high.
Because he already knew that they were here to watch the battle, he used the flag language to command all the soldiers in the formation to hide.
Zhao Yun pointed to the high platform of about thirty zhang of the tower and said: "Everyone, please see, on that high platform, sitting on the famous monk Youhuai Jushi on the top of Nanshan. He is the eyes and heart of this big array, how his flag is commanded, and how the big array changes. At that time, after we broke into the big array, I also asked Commander Lu and Brother Hansheng to shoot the herald who cast the flag. ”
After finishing speaking, Zhao Yun led everyone to the northwest direction to open the door.
If this Nine Palaces Bagua Array enters through the door of death, no matter what skills you have, and no matter whether you are exploring the formation or breaking the formation, in short, you will not be able to get out of the formation, and you will die in the formation. Because the traps and traps in the array can only be known by those who set up the array. If you enter from the birth gate to the door and exit the door, you will not suffer heavy losses in the formation.
The general Sinan and his junior brothers Zhu Quan and Zhang Jinyao received the order of the right Huai Jushi Qiyu, and when Zhao Yun and the others arrived at the door, they had already lined up to open the door. More than 30,000 soldiers under their command guarded the door in a zigzag shape, and those flags were constantly waving in the wind, which suddenly seemed to have a solemn aura rising on the ground.
At this time, it was already time to leave the formation, and Zhao Yun didn't want anything unexpected to happen at this time. He whispered an explanation to his two elder brothers, Lu Bu, Huang Zhong and others, and then patted his horse and came to Nasi Nan, clasped his hands into fists and saluted slightly, and said: "Zhao Yun, the guerrilla general of the Southern Army in Xiaping, has finished watching the battle this time and is ready to leave the camp. Presumably, the army has been shown by the banner of your family leader. ”
Sinan saw that a little doll turned out to be a general. It seems that there is really no one in the Han Dynasty. He didn't listen to Zhao Yun's words much at all, he grinned and said, "In Xia Si Nan, the master of this sect's array." You can wait until you want to go out. If any of you wins this spear in my hand, I will let you go. ”
Is Zhao Yun fighting? Let's take a look at the introduction in the next book.