Shu County.

"Why did you only come with 20,000?"

Since Liu Fan sent a letter to his father Liu Yan, he has been waiting for reinforcements to arrive. Now the reinforcements have finally arrived, but the number is not right.

20,000 soldiers and horses is a lot less, but it is not much, at least not enough to break the current deadlock.

"Zhang Lu in Hanzhong suddenly sent troops, and the lord fell into a situation where it was difficult to take care of the end in order to prevent changes, so he had to send a part of his troops and horses to guard the passes everywhere." Li Yan, as Liu Fan's confidant, was naturally promoted, and he was the commander of this reinforcement.

"Zhang Lu dares to take the initiative to attack!" Liu Fan was shocked and angry, and his reaction was almost the same as that of his father.

They all took it for granted that Zhang Lu should be panicked after his betrayal, afraid that they would send troops, but they never thought that this person would dare to take the initiative to go to war.

However, they ignored the situation, after all, Zhang Lu sat in the land of Hanzhong, and his strength was not the same as it was at the beginning.

Moreover, now that Yizhou is worried about internal and external troubles, it should be that they are worried about Zhang Lu sending troops, not that the other party is worried about their crusade.

Xu Shu said in a deep voice: "It seems that we can only use the current strength in our hands to deal with Liu Zhang's soldiers and horses, as well as Liu Bei's reinforcements. ”

"Is the military advisor sure?"

Liu Fan regarded Xu Shu as his own ovary, thinking that his Xu Yuanzhi was no worse than Liu Bei's Guo Fengxiao.

Xu Shu muttered: "It is not safe to attack the city, if you can make Liu Zhang go out of the city to fight, the chance of winning is at least fifty percent." ”

This is actually a bit modest, Liu Zhang's soldiers and horses are far from being the opponent of the Dongzhou Army, and the only thing he can rely on is the 20,000 elites led by Huang Zhong.

Although the combat power of this army is strong, it is only 20,000 people after all, and Liu Fan's side still has an advantage in terms of strength.

"I have long wanted to see the strength of the so-called strongest army in the world, presumably that Liu Bei fought in the south and in the north, and his generals should not be people who avoid and do not fight." Zhang Ren spoke, and his words seemed to be eager to try.

Wu Wuji, even if the state army is famous, he still has the intention of fighting the male and female.

"Okay, Li Yan, you immediately send someone to give Liu Zhang and Huang Zhong a war letter."

"Whoa!"

"Strategist, how do you think this battle should be fought?"

"Fighting array, just to explore the reality of this Huang Zhong."

"Good!"

……

Some people are born with advantages that ordinary people do not have, and Xu Shu is this kind of person. Although the transition from Ranger to Strategist has not been long, he has already reached the level of a top strategist through self-education.

Not to mention, at this moment, the "Eight Gates Golden Lock Array" placed under the city of Shu County is already very powerful.

From the city tower, you can vaguely see the clear gossip pattern, and the loud shouting and killing sound continues to come from the ears, which makes people daunting.

The Dongzhou Army can indeed be called elite, of course, the premise is not to compare with the Bingzhou Army, a strong army that has experienced a hundred battles, after all, there are more strong players among the strong.

Seeing this, Liu Zhang was puzzled: "Could this be the Eight Gates Golden Lock Array recorded in the Book of War?" ”

As a prince and a prince, the book of war is naturally a compulsory course, and it is not surprising to know this formation.

Jia Long on the side nodded, his face solemn: "Exactly, it seems that there are capable people in Liu Fan's army, who can put down such a formation." ”

It is very simple to learn the formation from the military book, but if you want to really put it out, you need to test the cooperation of the soldiers and the ability of the main general to arrange the formation.

"Can you break it?" Liu Zhang asked again.

Although the method of breaking the formation was recorded in the war book, Liu Zhang felt that things would not be so simple. If it is a problem that can be solved by reading a military book, will the opponent still use it?

Jia Long shook his head and said, "It's naturally not difficult to crack this formation, but I'm afraid that there are other changes hidden in these eight golden lock formations." ”

The reason why this formation is widely used is not how difficult it is to crack, but because it has the characteristic of easily changing formations.

If used by a good commander, there will be many murderous motives hidden in it.

Of course, if the formation breaker knows how to improvise, he also has the ability to crack the formation, but Jia Long feels that the generals under Liu Zhang's command do not have this ability.

"I propose to wait and see what Huang Zhong says."

"Okay."

Liu Zhang agreed without thinking, he still felt that it was safest to defend the city.

……

"General, why don't you take the enemy's war letter?" Ma Chao looked at Huang Zhong with a puzzled expression, in his opinion, the soldiers and horses in Shuzhong were vulnerable, and taking the initiative to provoke was almost looking for death.

Huang Zhong shook his head: "Meng Qi, don't forget the task of our trip. ”

"The last general naturally didn't dare to forget, but the fighter plane was rare and fleeting. Besides, the prime minister's order is to keep Yizhou deadlocked, and we break its formation and kill and wound Liu Yan's soldiers and horses, which does not conflict with the prime minister's order. ”

"Then you might break the formation?"

"This ......"

Ma Chao originally wanted to say: Entering from the southeast Shengmen, and coming out from the west gate, this formation will be broken.

But when he saw Huang Zhong's interested eyes, he felt that it was not so simple.

"What does the general mean that the enemy army will change formations?"

"I don't know."

Huang Zhong shook his head expressionlessly.

Ma Chao: "......"

He blushed and said, "Even if the enemy army changes formations, it will definitely not be the opponent of our northern army. ”

"But don't forget, Liu Fan and Zhang Ren's soldiers and horses are almost six times the size of our army. There are more ants and they can bite elephants to death, not to mention that the Dongzhou Army is not ants. ”

"What does the general think?"

"Don't fight, what are you anxious about when you have food and drink here, they should be in a hurry." Huang Zhong used Jian Yong's words to persuade Ma Chao to retreat, and he had already made up his mind to implement Liu Bei's strategy to the end.

"Weavers and peddlers, caretakers, pig slaughterers and dogs, dare to fight?"

There was a shouting and scolding from outside the camp, and it was Liu Fan and Zhang Ren who saw that Huang Zhong and Liu Zhang were avoiding and not fighting, so they sent people to make the generals angry.

The lord humiliated the ministers to death, Ma Chao was furious, and immediately asked Huang Zhong for his life to fight.

saw Huang Zhong smile and said, "I'm in a hurry, it seems that they are really in a hurry." The more anxious he is, the more I don't fight, and I am in a hurry to kill him. ”

Guo Jia always came out of his mouth with all kinds of interesting words, so that many people under Liu Bei's command were influenced by him and competed to imitate him, and Huang Zhong was one of them.

Ma Chao couldn't laugh at this time, on the one hand, he was eager to establish his military exploits, and on the other hand, he really couldn't see the enemy army insulting his lord.

"General! Don't forget, they are scolding the prime minister! ”

"So what? It's just some non-existent things, so why bother? ”

Huang Zhong remained unmoved.

Liu Bei did sell shoes when he was a teenager, but as he grew older, he gradually became a street fighter in Zhuo County, and he no longer needed to sell shoes to make a living.

Guan Yu took care of the family and the hospital because he needed to avoid the limelight when he killed someone.

As for Zhang Fei, it was his butcher who killed the pig, and the family itself was a big local family, so where did he need to kill the pig by himself?

So Liu Fan and the others were embarrassed, no matter how good the formation was, what was the use, people didn't pay attention to you at all.

(End of chapter)