Chao Gai looked at Ji Anbang on the other side, and when he saw that he looked confident, he knew that it was not good, but if he didn't agree, it would seem that the Liangshan hero was afraid of him Ji Anbang, and laughed three times at the moment, and said: "What's so difficult about this, you will quickly plan the future and see me break the formation." ”

Ji Anbang was secretly happy in his heart, so he returned to the army, boarded the general's platform, and spread the flag left and right.

Chao Gai has also been familiar with a lot of military books and war strategies since he was a child, and then he built a pergola and read it again, and then laughed, and said to the leaders next to him: "This plum blossom array, there is nothing to hope for, just allocate five branches of men and horses, enter from the five portals, and send another team to rush the backbone, disrupt this array of flowers, and break it easily." ”

At that moment, the double whip was fired, and the two guns divided Dong Ping, Xiao Li Guanghuarong, Thunderbolt Fire Qin Ming, and Hua Monk Lu Zhishen into five teams, each leading the headquarters, and dividing it into five doors. However, the big knife Guan won, the ugly county horse Xuanzan, the three generals of Tianmu Peng Xi, and another Biao army horse went straight into the center, struggling to kill, and this array broke itself.

The military advisor next to him, General Lu, is a scholar, and he knows less about the formation, although he is a little worried, but he doesn't know where the problem is, so he immediately arched his hand towards Chao Gai and said: "Brother, Xiaosheng sees that this formation is very clean, and the formation is murderous, and there will be more ambushes. ”

Chao Gai thought about it and this is the truth, that Ji Anbang has been fighting on the battlefield for more than ten years, and he should not be underestimated, so he nodded immediately and said: "What the military advisor said is good, it is my carelessness to let go." At that moment, he ordered Hao Siwen, Li Kui, Fu Yu, and Luan Tingyu to lead their own military horses, and secretly went to ambush near the left and right outside the formation, and he and Lu General Yan Qingyun Tianbiao and others climbed to the high place to watch the form in the field, just waiting for the formation to be successful.

Let's say Hu Yanzhuo, Dong Ping, Hua Rong, Lu Zhishen and other heroes, leading the army forward, just committed suicide into the formation gate, suddenly heard two bombardment cannons next to the sky, a few drums and horns, the trumpet flag in the formation was moving, the sound of shouting and killing was deafening, the formation changed sharply, only to see the original five portals and change out of twenty or thirty portals, flags and flags, swords and halberds like a forest, spearmen, hob hands, hooks, iron cables, forks, sharp axes, four miles towards the Liangshan army to force down.

A group of heroes in Liangshan and thousands of soldiers in Liangshan panicked when they boarded, although Liangshan military horses were strictly disciplined, but where had they seen such a posture, they could not advance or retreat, and people turned over on their backs. Immediately afterwards, the big knife Guan Sheng outside the formation heard the sound of the cannon inside, the sound of killing vibrating, and urgently attracted the two generals of Ma Xuanzan and Tianmu General Peng Xi, leading the military horses of the headquarters to fight hard and rush into the formation, not wanting that Ji Anbang also set up a trap mechanism in this plum blossom array, and then everyone stepped directly on the trap, and even the people and horses turned down, and were captured alive by the hook hand. The second general of Xuanzan Peng Xi, who was pressing the formation behind, saw that it was not good, and led the troops to retreat quickly, but at this time, the officers and troops had come together from all sides, and more than half of the men and horses were killed and wounded, and the two generals sacrificed their lives to take the road away.

At this time, the Liangshan heroes in the plum blossom formation lost their direction, rushed left and right in the formation, and it was easy to find a life, and they fought out, they had already been taken to Dong Ping by the official army, and the others were lucky to get out, but they were also scarred all over their bodies, and the Liangshan military horses suffered heavy losses, and the battalions lost at least one-third of their men and horses.

At that time, Ji Anbang was now on the high platform, and he could see it clearly, and when he saw the Liangshan thieves losing their soldiers, he laughed and said: "The Liangshan thieves, the rabble, are all some reckless men in the green forest, who only know how to fight bravely and ruthlessly, where do they know the formation of soldiers." ”

At that moment, there was another wave of trumpet flags, and all the generals led troops to cover up and kill, and the Liangshanbo army was in turmoil, and they could not resist the enemy, and they were defeated and retreated; Thanks to General Lü's caution and cautiousness, the four generals Hao Siwen, Li Kui, Fu Yu, and Luan Tingyu led the army to respond, and with these four new forces fighting bravely from the two, it was another hard battle, and the officers and soldiers retreated.

After the war, Chao Gai collected the troops and checked, this battle lost Guan Sheng, Dong Ping's two leaders, lost more than 5,000 people, and suffered a big defeat, Chao Gai knew that it was caused by his rival, and he was very ashamed. The military advisor Lu Jiang comforted him at the moment and said: "Brother, don't be sad, victory and defeat are commonplace, why should my brother mind, and wait for Xiaosheng to think of a good way to break the enemy and take revenge." ”

Hearing General Lu's comfort, Chao Gai's mood was also much better, and he sighed at the moment and said: "This Ji Anbang is a famous general today, and he has a profound strategy, but I'm afraid that I admit my mistake, and it's not the plum blossom array that I put down." ”

Then Chao Gai continued: "Today, Ji Anbang still laid out that formation, saying that if he can't break this formation in three days, he will kill him on the mountain." It was wishful thinking for the officers and soldiers to kill, but if the plum blossom array could not be broken for a long time, the morale of my Liangshan would be damaged, and it would be difficult to defeat the officers and troops at that time. ”

Chao Gai and Lu will discuss a few people, there is no result, at that moment Chao Gai and Lu Jiang sealed out of the village on the horse, watched the formation, Chao Gai said: "This formation is really exquisite, it is late today, and the formation will be broken tomorrow,"

When Ji Anbang learned that Chao Gai came to see the battle in person, he was overjoyed, laughed, and said to the generals next to him: "Chao Gai has thrown himself into the net, I think Liangshan Bohe is defeated, how can I know the mystery of this formation." The generals laughed and agreed.

There was nothing to say all night, and on the second day, Chao Gai was promoted to sit in the big tent, General Lu, the military division, and Yun Tianbiao, the chief of staff, sat on the left and right, and the leaders stood on both sides, very quiet, all listening to Chao Gai speak. At that moment, Chao Gai looked at everyone and said: "Ji Anbang's array diagram, I have already known it when I watched the array for the second time yesterday, this name is divided into plum blossom arrays, from the plum blossom array, there are five doors outside, and there are five five and twenty-five portals inside, and the five elements are secretly pressed. There is a general platform in the middle of the formation, and a big flag is placed in front of the platform, which is the eyes and ears of the whole army, and the supervisor of the formation is high on this platform and directs the advance and retreat. There are many changes in this array, and there are many ambushes, and they are in it, but they feel that the flags are confused, the golden drum shakes the sky, and they conjure up many portals, if the direction is confused, they can't kill this array, and they are tied. If you want to break this formation, you must have a brave and courageous person who is not afraid of the enemy, lead the troops into the center of this formation, cut down the banner, and mess with the eyes and ears of the whole army. Then the five teams of men and horses rushed into the five portals, the heart of the flower was smashed, the petals were difficult to survive, and the formation broke itself. ”

As soon as Chao Gai's words fell, he heard the military advisor next to him, General Lu, sigh and said: "What my brother said is easy, you need a person who is not afraid of the enemy, brave and courageous, leads the troops into the center of this formation, cuts down the banner, and messes with the eyes and ears of the whole army." Guan Sheng and Dong Ping's brothers are in prison, Lu Zhishen and others are seriously injured, where can they get this brave person? ”

As soon as General Lu's words fell, he saw a hero jump out of the crowd and shouted: "Brother military advisor, you also don't underestimate people, except for Lu Zhishen and Guan Sheng, who are brave people, we are the wine bags and rice bags?" I'm going to fight this bird formation today. ”

When everyone looked at it, it was the black whirlwind Li Kui, Chao Gai said with a deep face: "This array is infinitely powerful, you black guy has courage and no strategy, how can you get brute strength?" ”

Li Kui was even more unconvinced after hearing this, and then he screamed again, screamed, and said: "Brother is so unreasonable, don't you want me to go with Tieniu, I want to go."

Chao Gai saw that Li Kui was asking for battle, smiled faintly at the moment, and signaled to the military advisor General Lu and Chief of Staff Yun Tianbiao next to him, the two of them were also full of smiles, and Chao Gai said: "You can go, you must be careful, when the battle is broken, I will count your first work." Then Li Kui was ordered to lead the headquarters to break the elite infantry of the military camp, and Xiang Chong and Li Gon were the leaders of the infantry army and entered the battle. But when I see that there are red hearts in the white flag, this place is a way of life, just choose to go there, you can not lose the direction, go straight to the center of the plum blossom, and break the formation with the flag. Li Kui heard Chao Gai's agreement, grinned widely, hehe, went straight first, and was so happy that he was ordered to leave.

Song Jiang also ordered Xiao Li Guanghuarong and Luan Tingyu with an iron rod to lead the people of the headquarters to be a team of the Qingqi Army; He also ordered Lin Chong, the head of the leopard, and Yang Tengjiao of the Saizhi Festival to lead the people of the headquarters and be a team of the White Flag Army; He also ordered Xiao Luo to become Tang Bin, and the mountaineering leopard Li Tianyan led the people of the headquarters to be a team of the Red Banner Army; also made the double whip scorching, hating the sky and not leading Bian Xiang to lead the people of the headquarters to be a team of the Soap Banner Army; He also ordered Jing Mu Qian Hao Siwen and Hutou Taibao Yutai to lead the people of the headquarters and be a team of the Yellow Flag Army.