? Chapter 185: Breaking the Formation

Zhuge Liang's 150,000 army had already arrived at the camp ten miles outside Xuzhou City, and Zhuge Liang ordered the whole army to camp and rest, and make preparations to prevent Liu Bei from sneaking attack.

Liu Bei's spies delivered news every few moments, reporting to Liu Bei and Zuo Ci.

Liu Bei said to Zuo Ci: "Military advisor, Zhuge Liang's army is really fast, it will arrive in four and a half days."

Zuo Ci nodded, and Lu Bu in the audience said: "Lord, since Zhuge Liang arrived so quickly, it must be a forced march, and the army is tired, you can send me 20,000 iron cavalry to attack the camp at night, and I will definitely be able to win a big victory."

Liu Bei also had this intention in his heart, turned his head to look at Zuo Ci, Zuo Ci shook his head helplessly and smiled: "Fengxian, do you know that Li Zhewei is in the tent, what does this mean?" ”

Lu Bu didn't understand Zuo Ci's thoughts, so he had to shake his head and say, "The last general doesn't know."

Zuo Ci said: "Li Zhe has won a hundred battles, it can be said that he is a victorious general, but this person's soldiers and horses are strictly organized, although he often wins, but the soldiers are not arrogant, and the more he fights, the more courageous he becomes, why is this?"

Lu Bu shook his head again and said, "Please give me military advice."

Zuo Ci said: "It is because of Zhuge Liang that Li Zhe and Zhuge Liang are inseparable, Zhuge Liang must have privately instructed Li Zhe to be a victorious army, but not to indulge in the way of governing the army"

Zuo Ci paused for a moment and said: "With Zhuge Liang alone, Jing Chu can be guaranteed for twenty years, not to mention that Li Zhe also has Feng Xiao, Xu Shu, Zhou Yu and other characters who are rare to see in a hundred years."

Liu Bei asked, "What does the military advisor mean?" ”

Zuo Ci said: "As long as he dares to break the formation tomorrow, he will definitely let him die in the formation and solve a great enemy for the lord."

Liu Bei stopped talking, and his heart boiled with blood.

Liu Bei said: "Okay, tomorrow I will beat the drum and cheer for the military division"

Lu Bu said: "But what does this have to do with the sneak attack on the camp?"

Liu Bei said: "Zhuge Liang is cautious, not to mention that now that Li Zhe is not in the camp, Zhuge Liang must cheer up, a very careful person, how could he not think that we would attack the camp tonight, he must have made a defense early, waiting for you to go."

Only then did Lu Bu understand what Zuo Ci meant.

Li Zhe hurriedly rode to Xuzhou and dared to come, and he was very worried in his heart, for fear that Zhuge Liang would use troops before he arrived, and he would be passive when he became Zuo Ci.

The next day, Zhuge Liang came to the city of Xuzhou with 50,000 people, and happened to see that there were no less than 50,000 people under the city who had already lined up under the city.

Zhuge Liang boarded the well cart and stood on a high place looking at the enemy camp. Zhuge Liang smiled, it turned out to be the Eight Gates Golden Lock Array, when Zhuge Liang looked at the dragon's eye in the center of the array, Zuo Ci stood on the stage alone, and there were eight more people holding the Order Banner before and after, Zhuge Liang's eyebrows tightened, and then he thought, this is not a simple Eight Gate Golden Lock Array, but an unknown formation evolved from the Eight Gate Golden Lock Array, which looks the same as the Eight Gate Golden Lock, but the eight Order Flags around it are not the Golden Lock Array.

One of the enemy soldiers rode out of the column and shouted: "Zhuge Liang, can you know the formation of my military division, if you have the ability, come to break the formation" Zhuge Liang did not move, standing on the well car and observing the movement of this formation.

After more than an hour, Zhuge Liang got off the well car, and Zhang Fei said: "Strategist, how about I take 10,000 people to try?" ”

Zhuge Liang shook the feather fan and said: "Yide can't, it's easy to get in but it's difficult to get out, this array is evolved from the Eight Gates Golden Lock Array."

There are sixty-four changes in the ordinary Eight Gate Golden Lock Array, and I don't know if this array has added Wai Bagua or Qimen Dunjia, there are eight more Ling Banners, that is, there are five hundred and twenty-one changes. It's hard to break the formation.

Zhang Fei said: "Strategist, what should we do, we can't stand still, or I'll take someone to attack it first, you watch the changes in the enemy's formation on the well car, and then think of a way to break the formation."

Zhang Fei's words made Zhuge Liang's heart moved, because he had never seen such a formation, and he also wanted to see the power and shortcomings of this formation. Maybe we'll be able to figure out how to break the formation.

Zhuge Liang was about to order Zhang Fei to take 10,000 people to test, but at this moment, someone behind Zhuge Liang shouted: "The lord has an order"

Zhuge Liang and Zhang Fei turned to look, thinking that they were covered in dirt and running on horseback. When he arrived in front of Zhuge Liang, he said: "Military advisor, the lord has an order, stay in place, and then march to Xuzhou when the lord arrives."

Zhuge Liang didn't have any idea, turned around and ordered the troops to retreat.

Zhuge Liang has been thinking in the big tent that Zuo Ci is really a master, and such a formation makes him have no confidence to break the formation.

Early the next morning, Li Zhe arrived, Zhuge Liang came out to greet him, Li Zhe took Zhuge Liang's hand and said, "I didn't enter Xuzhou."

Zhuge Liang said: "I'm ashamed to say that Zuo Ci set up a formation, but I haven't seen this formation, and I ask the lord to see if there is a strategy to break the enemy."

Li Zhe asked: "How many men and horses does the enemy have, what formation, how many shield soldiers, etc."

Zhuge Liang replied: "The enemy army has about 50,000 people, similar to the formation of the Eight Golden Lock Formation, about 5,000 shield soldiers, 20,000 pikemen, 5,000 sword and axe men, about 8,000 cavalry, and thousands of reserve substitutes and archers."

Li Zhe smiled: "Okay, let's see how I break the formation tomorrow"

The next day, Li Zhe came with an army of 80,000, Zuo Ci was still on the Longyan General platform in the center of the formation, holding the order flag, Li Zhe's army was about a thousand meters away from Zuo Ci's position, and the two armies were opposed.

Li Zhe brought 50,000 bows and crossbows that he had trained, as well as 30,000 soldiers and horses from Zhang Fei's headquarters.

Li Zhe ordered, 50,000 archers take a hundred steps forward, and watch my order flag act. Then he said to Zhang Fei: "The 30,000 army will advance 500 meters, and when the archers finish shooting the arrows, all your 30,000 troops will rush forward, leaving no mouth alive, but you will capture Zuo Ci alive."

Zuo Ci saw Li Zhe's army advancing forward, waving the order flag on the platform, and the formation evolved, Li Zhe thought to himself, you just change, I'll see if you will still maintain the formation when 500,000 arrows fall on your heads?

Zuo Ci looked a little wrong, why did Zhang Fei's soldiers and horses move forward five hundred steps, but the archers and spearmen behind did not leave, why was this?

At this moment, all the archers are lying down, taking off their bows and arrows and waiting with their feet, drawing their bows with both hands to prepare, and at this moment those soldiers with spears in their hands are also lying down, this is to confuse Zuo Ci and let these soldiers and horses come with spears!

Zuo Ci saw that the enemy army was a thousand steps away and wanted to shoot arrows, which was a little ridiculous, but he saw that Li Zhe's army was lying down, with bows and arrows on his feet, and pulling the bow with both hands, this was Zuo Ci's heart to understand, but it was too late.

Li Zhe waved the command flag, ten thousand swords flew together and the speed was fast, the killing power was large, each arrow fell on the person, directly penetrated, at the moment the formation was chaotic, the shield soldiers were limited, and even if the shield soldiers erected a shield wall, they couldn't stand this force, and directly shot the shield soldiers back several meters.

Zhang Fei rushed to kill, and then the archer with the spear in his hand also put down his bow and arrow, and followed Zhang Fei to kill him.

Zuo Ci saw that the formation was all out of order, there was no way, and Zhang Fei's army had already come in, Zuo Ci waved, and more than a dozen arrows around him flew up and shot at Zhang Fei's soldiers. Then more than a dozen flew up and flew towards Zhang Fei, Zhang Fei looked at it, dodged sideways and then continued to rush forward to kill.

Zuo Ci failed to kill Zhang Fei back and forth, and his body was too old to support it, and he worked too hard, so he spat out blood. Zhang Fei can see it clearly.

Zhang Fei ran directly to Zuo Ci, and Liu Bei on the city tower hurriedly shouted when he saw it, Lu Bu hurry up and save the army.