After the bow and arrow were used, it didn't work, which made the generals of the Celestial Empire very anxious when they saw it. There are even fierce generals like Lu Bu, who bluntly said that they want to lead the army into the battle, and they must have a good understanding of the power of this eight-gate golden lock array.

Lu Bu is so impulsive, and there is also a factor that wants to avenge the deputy army commander Chun Yuqiong.

Thinking about how strong the vanguard legion was, all the enemies were terrified when they heard their names, but this time the army of 100,000 was quietly destroyed. As a legion commander, if you don't show an angry attitude, how can you lead the troops?

Lu Bu wanted to fight, and Dian Wei also wanted to fight, but these were temporarily suppressed by Zhang Chao.

Eight doors of golden lock formation, easy to get in and difficult to get out. Zhang Chao didn't want his fierce generals to die in such a formation, so he was too aggrieved. He still pinned his hopes on Guo Jia and the others, waiting for them to come up with some good solutions.

While waiting, Zhang Chao led people to the vicinity to start adjusting grain and grass, and at the same time arranged for his cronies to go straight to Jinyang City with the holy decree.

No one dared to ask about what Zhang Chao did, and at this moment, no one would pay attention to it, because everyone focused on Guo Jia and several other wise men, looking forward to them finding a way to break the formation. During this period, Lu Bu also secretly ordered a division commander under him to rush into the formation with 10,000 cavalry. But it turned out that no one came out, and for this matter, he was also heavily punished, and he was almost deprived of the position of commander of the legion.

Zhang Chao was in an unhappy mood, although the ministers interceded, Lu Bu still received twenty military sticks, which made everyone else know that it was better not to provoke the emperor at this moment.

Nearly two million Heavenly Dynasty troops stopped at the junction of the two states, and all this was greatly satisfied in Zhuge Liang's eyes.

Seeing that the Celestial Empire's army consumed a lot of food every day, Zhuge Liang even asserted to his subordinates: "It won't be long before the Celestial Empire will withdraw its troops." After all, with Yongzhou's current capacity, it can't support so much of the army's daily expenses, so if there is not enough food, it can only be transported from Jinyang City.

On the contrary, this was the territory of Yizhou, and the Xishu army only had 800,000 people, and they could sustain their livelihood by taking grain from the grain depot in the county town at that time. So Zhuge Liang was not in a hurry, he even hoped that the Celestial Empire army would stay here for a while longer.

An eight-gate golden lock array completely stopped the two million army of the Celestial Empire, and it took two months to stop it.

In the past 60 days, I don't know how many times grain has been transported here, and if this continues, the state treasury will inevitably be unable to support it. In this regard, Guo Jia expressed his opinion on behalf of the ministers, that is, whether the army could be withdrawn first, and the matter of dealing with Yizhou could be discussed in the long run.

Zhang Chao rejected this proposal in one sentence, he just said that when the army arrived, how could he retreat without a fight, isn't this a joke?

Zhang Chao is the emperor, he said so, and the people below can only stand up like this, but they really don't know where the hope is, after all, during this time, even several military advisors have given up studying the method of cracking the Eight Golden Lock Arrays, and there is no good way for others.

Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, it was the middle of October 209 AD, which was more than three months before the army came to Xialu City.

A new batch of grain and grass has been transported from Jinyang City, and relying on these, it is enough for two million people in the army to eat for half a month.

And these grains are also the last batch in the treasury, and everything has to wait for this year's new grain to come down, that is to say, if the formation cannot be broken within half a month, Zhang Chao will not be able to order the retreat. With so many troops running out of food to eat, it could be a big problem.

In Shanglu City, Zhuge Liang also admired the persistence of the Celestial Empire's army, but at the same time, he also wanted to see how long the other party could hold out, if such a situation could be maintained for a year, I was afraid that the Celestial Empire would be self-defeating.

And just after the arrival of the new grain, Zhang Chao suddenly raised the account, although he did not say what it was, but everyone knew that the time for the withdrawal of the army was coming.

The ministers walked into the tent in an orderly manner, came to Zhang Chao's face, and shouted long live.

"Okay, let's all get up, this time I called you over to discuss how to capture Shanglu City." Zhang Chao sat on the dragon chair and said with excitement on his face.

"Huh?" As soon as the words came out, all the ministers were shocked.

Everyone thought that Zhang Chao called them to discuss the matter of retreating from the army, but they didn't expect that it would be an attack, which is completely two contrasts? Could it be that the emperor has discussed some way to deal with the Eight Gates Golden Lock Array?

It should be like this, otherwise, the emperor would not have marched lightly, and he didn't see that General Lu Bu just sent 10,000 people to test the formation, and when he came back, he was beaten with a military stick, and now he is just recovering from his injuries. Thinking of this, all the generals in the tent became excited.

Unlike the generals, after Guo Jia heard this, he was stunned at first, and then he was very nervous, he didn't wait for Zhang Chao to say anything, he pounced and knelt down on the ground and said: "Your Majesty, no, the power of the Eight Gates Golden Lock Array is really ancient and rare, and it can be broken if there are many soldiers." If you rush hard, it will only cause irreparable losses, and please think twice. ”

Originally, Li Ru and Deng Ai on the side, when they saw Zhang Chao saying that they were going to attack, they thought that Guo Jia had thought of a way to crack the Eight Gates Golden Lock Array, but now it seems that this is not the case, this is Zhang Chao to break the formation with force, and the two of them also followed and bowed to the underground and said: "Lord Guo is reasonable, please think twice." ”

Guo Jia and the three of them knelt on the ground, and the sound of pleading, which made Zhang Chao not angry after hearing it, but very happy. A holy king will inevitably do wrong things, and at that time, he needs outspoken courtiers around him, so that he can make fewer mistakes. Undoubtedly, Guo Jia and others are such people.

"Okay, okay." Zhang Chao smiled, "The three Aiqing, please." ”

Listening to Zhang Chao let himself get up, Guo Jia and the three of them got up after listening to the order, they thought that this was the emperor's acceptance of their suggestion, and they couldn't help but secretly rejoice.

"I know the meaning of the three Aiqing, but I also said that even if I come, I can't retreat without a fight, so I still have to do the attack tomorrow."

As soon as Zhang Chao said this, Guo Jia and the others knew that the emperor had not changed his mind, so they wanted to kneel on the ground to admonish. But then they heard Zhang Chao say, "Okay, I know your worries. These are all my army, how can I watch them die in vain, everyone can rest assured, I have my own way. Now let's discuss the matter of attacking the city tomorrow, I think once the eight golden lock formations are broken, the Xishu army will be chaotic, this is the best time for us to take the opportunity to attack, how to grasp it still needs everyone's efforts. ”

Zhang Chao actually said that there was a way to break the Eight Golden Lock Array, which surprised Guo Jia and the others. Thinking that the emperor has always done what he says, they can't help but feel a little more curious, even if it's like this, they can only choose to believe the emperor. After all, everyone has said that this is the army of the Celestial Empire, and if these people have any losses, the first person to suffer is Zhang Chao himself.

Although there are still all kinds of doubts, the ministers still have their own opinions, and there are things about how to attack the Xishu army tomorrow, and everyone is making suggestions and making no effort.

After a whole hour, Ji Ce was born, and then he saw Zhang Chao caressing the case and said: "Okay, tomorrow's attack will be done according to the method discussed by the three military advisors just now." Now I'm going to talk about breaking the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation tomorrow. General Lu Bu, Zhang Liao, and Dian Wei, each of you brought 50,000 cavalry with explosives into the formation. Remember, to pretend that you don't have time to ignite it, just throw it into the middle of the formation. Then you must take the army deep into the formation in the time of a pillar of incense, and wait for the formation to break itself, at that time, you can bring your own troops and horses to adapt to the situation, and behind you, the army of the Celestial Empire will cover up and help you and others. ”

"Obey." Hearing Zhang Chao's words, Lu Bu and the three of them all knelt on the ground and said.

"Very good, let's go to rest, tomorrow morning, attack, break the formation." At this moment, Zhang Chao had a confident face, as if the headache-inducing Eight Gates Golden Lock Array had been broken.

All the generals naturally left the tent with an excited face, leaving Guo Jia, Li Ru, and Deng Ai looking at Zhang Chao with a sad face.

For what I just said about breaking the formation with explosives, some people have indeed mentioned it, but because explosives need a long lead to detonate, and once you hold the explosives, the Xishu army will not give you a chance to get close at all, and they will shoot with bows and arrows from a long distance, and if you don't get a good one, the explosives will detonate in your own army, so this opinion has been suppressed.

But now, Zhang Chao is talking about it again, and he has put forward this opinion again, how can the three military advisors not be in a hurry? They don't think it's going to be a good idea.

"Okay, three Aiqing, I know what you're worried about, but please don't talk about it, everything will be revealed tomorrow." Zhang Chao waved his hand, there are some things he doesn't want others to know, the reason why secrets are secrets is precisely because there are too few people who know, if it is passed on to the six ears, it is difficult to guarantee that it will not be leaked out, if there are spies from the Xishu Army in the army, wouldn't everything fall short?

Zhang Chao didn't mean to explain, Guo Jia and the others knew that there would be no result if they continued to ask, so they left the big tent one by one.

Shortly afterward, the three generals of Lü Bu went to the quartermaster office to receive explosives packages of varying quantities, and then news of tomorrow's battle spread throughout the tent. After all, what is needed is an all-out battle, so everyone must prepare in advance.

And also that night, several black shadows took advantage of the night to leave the barracks, they were the spies arranged by Zhuge Liang in the army of the Celestial Empire, and what they had to do now was to report to the army of Xishu that the Celestial Empire would launch a war tomorrow.