"Report to the lord and Zhuge Junshi, there are enemy troops attacking in the west. The commander of the army is the younger brother of Sima Yi, the marquis of Jin, the general Sima Yan, and his troops are 50,000 horses. It is expected that after three days, the enemy will reach the vicinity of the entrance to Panlong Valley. A scout reported.

"Report to the lord and Zhuge military division, there are also enemy troops in the south, the commander of the army is Deng Ai, the general under Wuhou Sun Quan, and the troops led by him are also 50,000 horses, and the enemy is expected to reach near the entrance of Panlong Valley in four days." Another scout reported.

"Report to the lord and Zhuge Junshi, no trace of the enemy has been found in the north."

"Report to the lord and Zhuge military division, and no trace of the enemy has been found in the east."

The two scouts reported separately.

The easternmost part of Qingzhou is a vast coastline. This era has not yet entered the era of great navigation, so when Zhuge Ming formulated the strategic policy before, there was no need to worry about the enemy attacking the Red Star Army from the sea. Therefore, as long as you guard the entrance of Panlong Valley, you can block the enemy from the jurisdiction of the Red Star Army, which is what Zhuge Ming said.

After listening to the scouts' reports, Liu Handong said: "Several scout brothers have worked hard, you should go down and rest first."

After several scouts left, Liu Handong continued to speak: "Everyone, the enemy is finally coming, then, let's follow the plan we set before." The generals listened to the order, and the defense of Confucius was related to the life and death of our uprising, and its importance is self-evident. Therefore, I hope that all the generals can go all out to resist the strong enemy and achieve the final victory in the defensive battle of Kongcheng. In this way, our Red Star Army does not have the trust of the common people in us. ”

"In this defensive battle, the commander-in-chief is Zhuge Military Division, and Mr. Zhuge is fully responsible for all decision-making and scheduling related to the war. Including me, let Mr. Zhuge send me. No one is allowed to disobey the military orders made by Zhuge Junshi, even if it is an order that he cannot understand for a while, he must immediately and strictly implement it! Those who violate the order will be severely punished in strict accordance with military discipline and military regulations! ”

"Mr. Zhuge , the next battle will be handed over to you to command." Liu Handong said.

Zhuge Ming said unrelentingly: "The generals listened to the order, and according to the previous plan, transferred our army to the entrance of Panlong Valley for defense. On the one hand, it was necessary to take advantage of the geographical advantages to stop the advance of the enemy army, and on the other hand, it was necessary to rely on the favorable terrain of the valley mouth to kill and wound as many enemy troops as possible, which was the purpose of the first phase of the war. ”

"My lord, please lead a thousand light cavalry to take the lead in the Dragon Valley, and act cheaply according to the tactics I have formulated before." Zhuge Ming said to Liu Handong.

After Zhuge Ming finished giving the order, the generals immediately went to the school field, and after ordering the troops and horses, the 12,000-strong army of the Red Star Army began to march towards the entrance of Panlong Valley. Liu Handong led a thousand light cavalry to run towards the outside of Panlong Valley, and according to the plan, he first had to hide outside Panlong Valley in order to play the role of a surprise move.

A day later, Zhuge Ming led the army with his brother Pang Tong and other generals to the entrance of Panlong Valley. The Red Star Army lined up and waited for the enemy to attack. After more than half a month of all-out preparations for the war, the preparations that should be made have been prepared, and now they are just waiting for the enemy to come and enjoy these feasts prepared in advance.

Two days later, Sima Yan led an army of 50,000 to the plain in front of the entrance of Panlong Valley, looking at the width of the valley mouth of only a dozen meters, and the towering mountains on both sides of the valley, a sense of crisis rose in his heart.

Sima Yan couldn't help but think in his heart: This is a dangerous place for soldiers to fight! If a large army were to hold the entrance to the valley, it would inflict serious damage on the attackers. Fortunately, Kong Cheng has a strength of more than 10,000 troops when he is full, and there are no powerful generals and battle formation divisions. Therefore, it should be no problem for us to break through this valley, take Kong City, and find the Ring Dragon Ruler again.

Just as Sima Yan was about to send a small force to tentatively attack the mouth of the lower valley, he saw a team of about 1,000 people rushing out of the valley, led by a young man dressed in Taoist robes and holding a feather fan. In the ranks stood a red flag, in the upper left corner of the banner was a golden five-pointed star, and below the five-pointed star was a sharp spear.

As soon as the team came out of Taniguchi, they quickly formed a circle-like formation, but in the middle of the circle there was an "S" shaped about a meter apart, so that it seemed as if two fish connected in the first place formed a circle.

After all, Sima Yan was from a big family, and when he saw the other party discharging such a shape of formation, he immediately understood that this was a "Taiji Array", which was composed of a yang fish and a yin fish, with yin in yang, yang in yin, yang in yin, yang in yin, yin and yang giving birth to yang, yin and yang gluing, and endlessly. Seeing this formation, Sima Yan was slightly taken aback, he couldn't imagine that a small Kong Cheng would have such a battle formation division, which was really unexpected.

"Sima Yan, I can't imagine that your Sima clan has such wolf ambitions, and actually betrayed the imperial court to raise troops and make trouble. If the Sima clan behaves like a chaotic minister and a thief, there will be no good end. Therefore, it is better for you to immediately abandon the darkness and turn to the light, set things right, join our Red Star Army, and work together to support the Han family and rescue the Li people, so that you can still leave a name in history. Zhuge Ming, the Heavenly Supervisor of our company, promised that as long as you are willing to join the Red Star Army, you will not be implicated in the rebellion of the Sima family, how about it? Zhuge Ming shouted at Sima Yan.

"Oh, it turns out that Lord Zhuge is here, no wonder the little Kong City actually has a battle formation division that can discharge a high-level battle formation like the Taiji Array."

"Lord Zhuge said that my Sima family's big event is to stir up rebellion, and this is the prejudice of adults. Today, the Shu Han Dynasty is decaying, and the people in many places are already struggling to survive. Therefore, the uprising led by my Sima clan is actually a good deed for heaven, and it is a good deed to save the people of Li from fire and water, so it is a righteous act. Why don't you join my Sima clan immediately and participate in the grand event? I, Sima Yan, assure my lord that with the talent of Lord Zhuge , the courtesy that I can get in my Sima clan will not be under the military advisor Xie Xuan! ”

"Hmph, the Sima clan is just a chaotic minister and a thief, can An get the assistance of my Wolong family? As the saying goes, different ways do not conspire with each other, and it is useless to talk too much. Sima Yan, since you don't listen to good words, then be careful that this place becomes your burial place. ”

"Hahaha, isn't Lord Zhuge afraid of the wind flashing his tongue? But I do have another suggestion, Lord Zhuge might as well listen to it first. I believe that Lord Zhuge understands the purpose of my trip, and Lord Zhuge is here, which makes me more sure that the newly reborn Dragon Ring Ruler is in Kong City. It's not as good as this, Lord Zhuge handed over the dragon ruler, and I immediately withdrew from the army, and I will never commit any more crimes in Kongcheng, what does Lord Zhuge think of this proposal? ”

Zhuge Ming laughed and said: "Hahaha, Sima Yan, you are smart ears." I'll tell you the truth, the dragon ruler is not in Kong City at all. So, Sima Yan, you better go to other places to find the dragon ruler. ”

"Humph! Since Lord Zhuge toasts and doesn't eat and drink, then don't blame me for bloodbathing Kong City! Even a thousand people want to block the way of my army, Lord Zhuge is really delusional! Yan Liang listened to the order and ordered you to lead 3,000 soldiers and horses to immediately rush through the entrance of the valley for me. ”

"The last will obey." A general behind Sima Yan replied loudly.

I saw that Yan Liang immediately ordered his troops and horses, and ordered loudly: "All the soldiers listen to the order, deploy arrows and arrows, and charge!" The three thousand soldiers immediately lined up in the shape of a sharp arrow, and followed Yan Liang, who was in the lead, to charge. In order to keep the formation not out of touch, Yan Liang deliberately pressed the speed of the horse to the speed of the soldiers.

When Yan Liang led his troops to rush to about two hundred meters away from Zhuge Ming, he suddenly felt the horse's head fall down. Fortunately, Yan Liang reacted quickly, and saw that he immediately put a little force on the horse's back, and the whole person took off from the horse's back. Although Yan Liang escaped, his mount and some soldiers in the rear were not so lucky.

The ground where they had just been suddenly collapsed into a large pit, and many soldiers who were following the horses fell into the big pit in front of them due to the inertia of running. The pit was covered with spiked sticks. All of a sudden, screams and exclamations sounded from the pit.

At the same time, I saw Zhuge Ming wave the ice crystal feather fan, and his own true qi merged with the battle qi mass formed by the Taiji Array, and then with a wave of his feather fan, he sent out a battle qi technique towards the pit two hundred meters away.

"The sky is on fire!" Zhuge Ming shouted loudly.

I saw that within a radius of 20 meters from the ground, a sea of fire suddenly ignited, and all the Jin soldiers within the range of the sea of fire immediately let out a miserable scream. When the sea of fire burned for three breaths, suddenly something happened again. I only heard "bang, bang, bang......" explosions sounding from the ground of the sea of fire. As the sound of the explosion sounded, fragments of iron nails, iron sheets, and clay pots flew in all directions from the explosion point. I saw that the soldiers of the Jin army who had not entered the range of the sea of fire were knocked down by a large number of explosion fragments.

After the explosion finally ended, there were not many of the 3,000 soldiers who charged with Yan Liang. Fortunately, Yan Liang saw that the situation was not good, and quickly took off into the air and flew backwards diagonally out of the sea of fire. But even so, he was injured by some of the iron nails and fragments in the explosion.

It turned out that this was a tactic that Zhuge Ming had thought of early in the morning, using the trap, and then releasing the battle qi technique "Heavenly Fire Burning Plain" to kill the enemy, so as to give the enemy a dismount. When discussing this tactic with Liu Handong, Liu Handong proposed to bury some oil canisters in the ground within the range of the heavenly fire, and hide a large number of iron nails and iron pieces in the cans, which constituted a triple attack damage of a trap, a heavenly fire, and explosive fragments. Unexpectedly, the effect of this move was surprisingly good, and it almost wiped out the 3,000 men and horses of the Jin army in one fell swoop.

Looking at Yan Liang, who was injured and fled, and the hellish battlefield in front of him, Sima Yan was really shocked this time. The other party almost wiped out his own 3,000 men and horses without losing a single soldier. If you do this a few more times, even if you have an army of 50,000, you can't withstand such rapid consumption.

All of a sudden, the battlefield fell into a stalemate, and Sima Yan did not dare to send troops and horses to charge for a while.

Sima Yan weighed the pros and cons in his heart and thought: The huge trap in front of him made it impossible for our troops to continue to move forward for a while. What if our side bypasses the crater and continues the attack from both sides, but what if there is a similar trap on the ground next to it? Isn't that just using the lives of the soldiers to get through the trap of the other party? Such losses are too heavy! What's more, I have already received the report of the spies earlier, and the Wu army has also sent 50,000 troops to snatch the ring dragon ruler, and we will arrive here tomorrow morning, so we can't sacrifice too many troops, otherwise we will make a wedding dress for the Wu army.