Zhang Fei's current state is really delicate.

Since he conquered Luoyang, Zhang Fei's whole person has been like unloading, he can't lift his spirits for anything, and even the affairs of the army are handed over to Wei Yan to control.

Even in the end, Zhang Fei directly locked himself in the mansion in Luoyang and saw no outsiders.

According to Zhang Fei's housekeeper in Luoyang, Zhang Fei's behavior during this period of time was very strange, sometimes he was quite irritable, and his subordinates would be reprimanded and scolded by Zhang Fei if they were a little unsatisfactory, but sometimes, Zhang Fei was unusually good at talking, and he was smirking at everyone, and he greeted him with a smile when his subordinates made any mistakes, and he didn't care.

This state is obviously not the state of a normal person.

Zhuge Liang also once asked famous doctors in Luoyang City to diagnose Zhang Fei. As a result, famous doctors all said that Zhang Fei was a symptom of "overthinking and hurting the heart".

To put it bluntly, when you are older, you think a lot, and in the end you are in a trance.

And the reason is actually not to mention, with the twenty-year friendship between Zhuge Liang and others and Zhang Fei, you can probably guess a little.

The first emperor and the two generals have all passed away, and only the three generals are still alive among the three Taoyuan brothers in the past.

The reason why the three generals were able to hold on was because the second general left a testament to the third general, asking him to defeat Luoyang and change the "Sili Captain" on his body from a remote leader to a real person, so the three generals have been holding on to it.

Now, Luoyang has also been captured, and the three generals have lost all their life goals, and it is not impossible to miss the two brothers to become what they are now.

After all, the three generals are also old, and there are almost seventy people in the countryside at this age, and there are not a few people who have the same symptoms as the three generals.

Considering this special situation, Zhuge Liang is in charge of the current Luoyang military affairs, and the actual implementation in the army is also handed over to Wei Yan to deal with.

And Zhang Fei is now more of a mascot, a spiritual symbol.

In this military meeting, Zhuge Liang still invited Zhang Fei, but Zhang Fei's speech could not be taken seriously.

Don't say anything else, just rush to Zhang Fei to respond to Zhuge Liang's words, you can see it.

Zhang Fei actually called Zhuge Liang a "military advisor" at the military meeting.

Zhuge Liang hadn't heard Zhang Fei call himself that for almost ten years.

The last time Zhang Fei called himself like this was when the first emperor had just conquered Hanzhong.

Zhang Fei's personality is different from Guan Yu, although Guan Yu also respects Xu Shu, Zhuge Liang and others, but he himself is also arrogant, plus he is used to being the boss, he is used to calling Xu Shu "military advisor" instead of Xu Shu's official position, but it reflects Guan Yu's recognition and respect for Xu Shu.

But Zhang Fei is different, Zhang Fei is very respectful of the literati and doctors, under normal circumstances, he will not use the tone of the superior to the subordinate to speak to Zhuge Liang and others, under normal circumstances, Zhang Fei at this time should call Zhuge Liang "Prime Minister".

In the past, when Zhuge Liang was only a "military general" or "military general", Zhang Fei's official position was higher than Zhuge Liang, and calling Zhuge Liang as a "military advisor" was to show closeness and respect, which was equivalent to raising Zhuge Liang to a position similar to himself.

But later, as Zhuge Liang's official position gradually became similar to Zhang Fei's, at this time, Zhang Fei generally called Zhuge Liang's official position out of respect for literati doctors, rather than continuing to call him "military advisor".

Therefore, Zhang Fei in this situation is obviously in an abnormal state.

In addition to this, there is one more corroborative evidence. Zhang Fei didn't remember who Huang Quan was at all, and when he saw Wei Yan, he actually asked why Wei Yan appeared in the council hall instead of guarding his eldest brother.

Wei Yan didn't know how to answer this.

Obviously, Zhang Fei's mental state is very chaotic now, and he is a little confused about where he is and what he says, of course, cannot be used as a reference.

But no matter what, putting aside Zhang Fei's opinion, most of the generals in Luoyang City are now in favor of a foreign war.

Therefore, Zhuge Liang wrote a reply to Sima Yi, agreeing that three days later, outside the east gate of Luoyang City, there would be a showdown.

For three days, Sima Yi was not given the opportunity to transfer reinforcements from the south or north gates.

And as long as Zhuge Liang on Sima Yi's side agrees to go to war, it is already a good thing that Sima Yi expected, and it doesn't matter whether he transfers troops and reinforcements at all.

Moreover, Sima Yi is not so unproductive.

There are about 40,000 defenders in Luoyang City, and Sima Yi now has 40,000 troops in his hands and an invitation battle with almost the same strength.

Sima Yi doesn't think that he is really inferior to Zhuge Liang.

40,000 against 40,000, Sima Yi has enough certainty to win.

And three days later, the two sides set up a position outside the east gate of Luoyang City and agreed to fight.

On Sima Yi's side, 40,000 troops marched out and lined up outside the city.

On Zhuge Liang's side, there were only 30,000 people to fight, in order to prevent Sima Yi from rebelling again, Zhuge Liang left Huang Quan and Xiang Chong, each with 5,000 people to guard the south gate and the north gate.

There's no way, Sima Yi, this old boy has a criminal record, he promised to fight last time and ran away without a fight, this time he pretended to agree to make an appointment, but in fact, it was not impossible to make a sneak attack plan.

Therefore, Zhuge Liang left 10,000 elites of the Northern Army to guard the two gates to prevent Sima Yi, an old boy, from fighting for fame and playing sneak attacks.

As for Sima Yi, in fact, Sima Yi really didn't find out that Zhuge Liang had 10,000 fewer people to fight at first.

There were too many people, and Sima Yi did not occupy the high ground, so his vision was limited, but if he observed it with the naked eye, he could only see the dense Han army going out of the city, and it was difficult to distinguish the number of troops for a while.

And Zhuge Liang's array also set up a conventional circular array, based on defense first. The formation of the circle formation, at least for the first time, Sima Yi couldn't see how many people Zhuge Liang had hidden in the rear army.

It was only after Sima Yi took the initiative to launch an attack and Zhuge Liang waved his army to meet the enemy that Sima Yi found out. Zhuge Liang's round formation seems to be a little weak at the defensive level.

So. Zhuge Liang didn't have all the troops?!

By observing the changes on the battlefield and judging from his own experience, Sima Yi finally found that Zhuge Liang's army had about 5,000 to 10,000 fewer troops to fight.

This matter is troublesome.

Of course, Sima Yi would not have thought that this was Zhuge Liang's rebellion to guard against his shamelessness, so he left his troops to defend the city Sima Yi subconsciously thought that Zhuge Liang deliberately left a hand, ready to win with one blow when he found a flaw in his attack.

This led to the fact that Sima Yi needed to pay attention to the changes in his offensive formation at all times, not to create opportunities for Zhuge Liang to entangle himself, and at the same time to be ready to deal with Zhuge Liang's surprise attack at any time.

To this end, Sima Yi deliberately gathered a reserve of 5,000 people and cooperated with his own Chinese army headquarters of 3,000 people, just in case.

Theoretically speaking, Sima Yi's strain is not wrong, but the problem is that Sima Yi finally realized that things seemed to be a little different from what he expected.

In fact, Sima Yi also had expectations for this invitation.

He knew that the Shu thieves had an elite northern army in Luoyang City, and the overall combat effectiveness of this Shu army was stronger than the county soldiers in his hands.

But the problem is that in Sima Yi's opinion, the combat effectiveness of the elite of this northern army is not to the extent of crushing the Cao Wei soldiers, and in addition to this northern army, the combat power of the other county soldiers of the Shu army may not be stronger than that of the Wei army.

Again, this is a big battle of 40,000 people, even if the combat power of the soldiers is excellent, it depends on whether the commander can give full play to the maximum combat power through command adjustment. Even if it could, Sima Yi's side was not unable to entangle the elite of this northern army through tactical adjustments, and then seek the possibility of a breakthrough in the places defended by other Shu thief soldiers.

On the battlefield, it all depends on the commander's scheduling, and the combat power of the soldiers may be very important, but there are also many factors that affect the combat power of the soldiers, and it depends on who can really grasp the opportunity.

is still the same sentence, in terms of commanding the battle, Sima Yi has enough confidence in himself, he really doesn't think that Zhuge Liang, a person from a civilian background, even if he has studied military books for a few years, can compare with himself in the adjustment of the battle.

Then Sima Yi was slapped in the face.

No matter how he commanded and adjusted, Zhuge Liang could make a very good response in the shortest time, and in terms of the tactical execution ability of the soldiers, the soldiers under Zhuge Liang were obviously stronger than the Yanzhou soldiers under Sima Yi.

Sima Yi obviously underestimated Zhuge Liang's talent for command, and Zhuge Liang could make corresponding adjustments almost immediately after he made any tactical change.

Moreover, Zhuge Liang's arrangement of troops was indeed a round formation at the beginning, but while fighting, Sima Yi found that Zhuge Liang let some of his troops retreat, and some of his troops slowly changed in a round formation in advance, not like a round formation.

Rather, it resembles an octagonal formation.

Yes, Zhuge Liang used the Northern Army of the Han Dynasty as the backbone, pressed the Northern Army of the Han Dynasty forward, and the soldiers of Nanyang County shrank inside, and put out his own original formation-Eight Formation Diagram.

I'm really lazy today, only two more. Let's see if there is time to make up for it tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.

(End of chapter)