Fortunately, behind him is Zhang Chao's three legions followed, and there is no need to worry about the safety behind him, which makes the speed of the seventh legion not too slow, four days later, he came to the front of Shanglu City, where he saw the Xishu army neatly dressed and dressed in khaki military uniforms, and also saw the head of General Chun Yuqiong who was hung high above the city tower.

Although he had long thought that General Chun Yuqiong was afraid that he would be more than lucky, Zhang Liao was still very surprised when he saw his head hanging high. This is enough to show that the 100,000 troops of the vanguard army are afraid that they will all be wiped out.

Seeing that the Xishu army had already set up a formation, and the unique wooden wheel car could be seen in the army from afar, and even Zhuge Liang in white sitting on it, Zhang Liao knew that the people were clearly prepared, and he was not in a hurry to attack at the moment, but arranged for the army to make a defensive battle formation, and then he rode a fast horse to report the situation here to the emperor Zhang Chao behind him.

Xishu had already prepared for a battle in Shanglu City, and after the news that the previous General Chun Yuqiong, including the 100,000 vanguard legions, was likely to be wiped out, returned to Zhang Chao, his face became extremely difficult to see.

The things in front of him are enough to prove that Zhuge Liang had already expected that he would send troops from Yongzhou to Yizhou, and he was afraid that the reinforcements of the Xishu army in Xiangcheng were also fake, and everything was created for himself.

Originally, I thought that I was a soldier who made a surprise move, but when I thought that someone would come up with a plan, I would devour my 100,000 troops alive, and it was strange that Zhang Chao could swallow this breath.

"Come on, the army will speed up its march, and I will go to meet that Zhuge Kongming." Zhang Chao was angry and gave a military order. Guo Jia and the others on the side did not stop it, the matter has come to this point, and they want to meet anyway.

Under the military order, the army of the three legions of the Celestial Empire rushed outside Shanglu City in only three days. There was an army of nearly two million, and when the tent was fully unfolded, it gave people the impression that it was indecisive and endless.

On the upper tower of Shanglu City, Zhuge Liang, who was dressed in white and holding a goose feather fan in his hand, looked at this scene, his eyes were extremely flat, as if there were not two million enemies in front of him, but two million pigs, which made people feel fearful.

"Prime Minister, the army of the Celestial Empire, what do you think will happen next?" Beside Zhuge Liang, there is a big man with a swallow jaw and tiger whiskers, a leopard head and ringed eyes, this person is Zhang Fei and Zhang Jide, known as the three generals.

"Don't be afraid, although there are many enemies, they can't pass my Eight Gate Golden Lock Formation, if they still come, Chun Yuqiong is their example." Zhuge Liang said in a flat and confident tone.

As early as when Zhang Chao led his army into the Western Regions, Zhuge Liang began to consider the security of Yizhou.

In his opinion, no matter whether Zhang Chao's army wins or loses, I am afraid that when he returns to Yongzhou, he will fight Yizhou's idea, because if it were him, he would do the same, so he had already secretly sent the Xishu army to the land of Wudu County.

Sure enough, after Zhang Chao destroyed the Cheshi Kingdom and the Yanqi Kingdom in the Western Regions, he waved his army back, and not long ago, he got the news that the Fifth Army was going south from Xuchang City to attack Xiangcheng, which made Zhuge Liang convinced that he was afraid that the war between the Celestial Empire and the Western Shu Kingdom would start.

In order to let Zhang Chaozhong plan, he followed the method he had previously discussed with Dongwu, so that the Dongwu soldiers temporarily put on the military uniforms of Xishu, and pretended to be reinforcements to Xiangcheng, which created an illusion for the Celestial Empire, but in fact, the main force of Xishu was indeed standing still, waiting in Wudu County, waiting for the Celestial Empire.

The facts also proved that what Zhuge Liang thought was correct, Chun Yuqiong really fell into the plan, first captured the seemingly unguarded Shanglu City, and then was killed out of the city by Zhang Fei with the army, and then was forced to enter the Bamen Golden Lock Array, and then no one came out, except for the 30,000 people who surrendered, the other 70,000 people, including the main general, were all killed in battle.

Chun Yuqiong died in battle, according to Zhuge Liang's meaning, he quietly continued to lure the army of the Celestial Empire, but Zhang Chao was too careful in doing things, and he didn't even send a large army to come, but only explored the way with a small-scale scout, and Zhang was also escaped back by a few people, he knew that it would not work before Shi, so he simply set up a position in Shanglu City, waiting for Zhang Chao to bring the army to arrive.

Outside Shanglu City, Zhuge Liang also arranged an army of 800,000 Xishu, of which 100,000 constituted the powerful Eight Gates Golden Lock Array, with this, he believed that even if Zhang Chao's army came, he would not be able to break out of the formation, so what was he afraid of?

Zhuge Liang said so confidently, Zhang Fei couldn't help laughing when he heard it, "With the prime minister here, my old Zhang is naturally relieved, but it is a pity that he can't fight in a bright and bright way." ”

"Hehe, the three generals don't have to say that, once the Celestial Empire is defeated, when we chase and kill the past, we still want the three generals to show their might." Zhuge Liang finally had a smile on his face, and he smiled.

"Yes, I'm going to kill Lao Zhang this time, hahaha." After Zhang Fei heard this, a trace of excitement appeared on his face. Obviously, he couldn't wait for the moment of chasing down the Celestial Empire's army.

On the tower of Shanglu City, Zhuge Liang looked at the army of the Celestial Empire coming from afar.

In the army of the Celestial Empire, Zhang Chao also followed the civil and military forces on the side to the front of the formation, watching the formation of the Western Shu army in the distance.

"It's the Eight Gates Golden Lock Array!" Guo Jia is worthy of being well-informed, and he quickly recognized this formation.

As soon as they heard that it was the Eight Gates Golden Lock Array, several army commanders and generals who followed together couldn't help frowning, even the emperor Zhang Chao was tightly frowning.

For the Eight Gates Golden Lock Array, Zhang Chao has been famous for a long time.

To say that the Eight Gates Golden Lock Array is divided into two kinds, one is that Wei used Cao Ren to deal with Liu Bei before, and was later broken by Xu Shu, this one is relatively simple. Even if Xu Shu's military division is far from here now, it can be cracked with Guo Jia and others.

The second is the Eight Gates Golden Lock Array that has been improved by Zhuge Liang, this is the ultimate killing weapon, even now, there is no real means to crack this formation.

Now, Zhuge Liang is in the opposite city, needless to say, the Eight Gates Golden Lock Array in front of him must be the second type.

Thinking of this, Zhang Chao knew that this was a big problem, but he still pinned his hopes on Guo Jia, Li Ru, Deng Ai and others on the side and asked, "Do you know how to crack the Eight Gates Golden Lock Array?" ”

Faced with Zhang Chao's question, after the three military advisors looked at each other, Guo Jia replied: "The so-called eight doors refer to the door of rest, the door of life, the door of injury, the door of Du, the door of view, the door of death, the door of shock, and the door of opening. According to the arrangement of the arrangers, the troops can be divided into different forms, and their strength and attack power can be exerted to more than ten times. In other words, the Eight Gates Golden Lock Array in front of them was composed of 100,000 people, but they were indeed able to exert the combat power of nearly a million troops, which was really not to be underestimated. ”

As we all know, some of the tactics of ancient armies in fighting were mainly achieved by formation. Because at the time, there were basically zero means of communication, you couldn't fly pigeons in battle, and if you let the heralds run back and forth, you could be killed and your tactics leaked. And with the formation, everyone knows their position, and even if they can't hear the order, they can rely on the soldiers in the formation in front to convey the order.

In this way, the formation can play the strongest role, and the natural attack power and defense power can also be greatly improved. If an outsider enters it, no matter which position you stand on, you may be attacked by several points at the same time. Similarly, when you launch an attack, you also have several points to defend at the same time, which can be said to be offensive and defensive, which is really a battlefield killer.

But this formation also has a weakness, that is, it is only suitable for defense, not for attack.

In other words, if the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation wants to exert his power, only when he is attacked, he can only exert his strongest strength by setting up a formation in advance, so even if he knew this formation earlier, Zhang Chao did not study it in depth. Thinking about the strength of the Celestial Empire, they have been attacking for a long time, so where do they need such a defensive weapon?

The Eight Gates Golden Lock Array is useless to the Celestial Empire, but it is indeed the best weapon for the defense of Xishu, and they have placed the formation here in advance, but they can block the attack of the Celestial Empire's male army.

Guo Jia closed his mouth after introducing the Eight Gates Golden Lock Array on the side. Obviously, he only knows this formation, but when it comes to how to crack it, I'm afraid he still needs to study it carefully.

"Your Majesty, it's better to arrange archers to shoot from a distance, maybe you can see a hint of it." Li Ru, the military division of the Sixth Army Corps, said with an idea.

"Yes, then arrange for the archers to shoot quickly." Zhang Chao nodded, this is not a bad way, even if it doesn't work, it's just a loss of some bows and arrows.

The idea was proposed by Li Ru, and it was naturally implemented by the Sixth Legion, and Dian Wei personally led the bow immediately. Although he is not strong when it comes to archery, with his brute strength, he is able to shoot a bow and arrow into the Eight Golden Lock Array.

After the preparation of the Sixth Legion, a burst of bows and arrows shot out, falling towards the Eight Golden Lock Formations of the Western Shu Army on the opposite side.

The bow and arrow were shot, but the Xishu soldiers in the Eight Gates Golden Lock Array had already raised their shields, and wave after wave of bows and arrows went down, although they could also play some lethal roles, but after all, the power was still too small, and they just happened to hurt some people.

"This bird formation is like a turtle shell, and the bow and arrow don't have any effect." At least 100,000 bows and arrows were shot, but the injured Xishu army was afraid that there were not even 1,000 people, which made Dian Wei scold impatiently. According to this algorithm, in order to break the Eight Gates Golden Lock Array, at least tens of millions of bows and arrows must be prepared, even if all the bows and arrows of the Celestial Empire are concentrated, it is not enough.