There are gentlemen in the Three Kingdoms

The potter turned his head to look at Zhuge Liang for a while, then heaved a long sigh.

"As a teacher, how can I not know the truth of this? It's just that the soldiers and horses in my hands are only the three thousand Jinling White Horse Army. With this army and horses alone, can we fight against the soldiers and horses sent by Yuan Shao to attack us? I really don't have a bottom line in my heart to win."

Zhuge Liang turned his head to look at the dense forest behind the river, and suddenly said: "Teacher, there is a method that students may use, but I don't know if the teacher is willing to trust the students?"

The pottery merchant turned to look at him, wondering: "What does Kong Ming mean? Try it."

Zhuge Liang greeted someone to bring a torch, and then took out a roll of carefully wrapped sheepskin pictures from his arms.

Seeing how much the sheepskin figure was cherished by Zhuge Liang, the potter knew that this kid must be tinkering with some new invention.

This kid is the Eastern Han version of Edison.

If Kong Ming lived in a peaceful world, perhaps he would be far better as a scientist than a politician.

Unfold the picture, all of which are dots drawn with ink circles, and write different characters on the left and right under the mountain, for example: life, injury, rest, Du, scene, death, shock, and open.

The potter's eyes suddenly widened.

"Are you the Eight Door Dunjia?"

Zhuge Liang was at a loss.

"What is the Bamen Dunjia? This is the eight-array map recently researched by the disciple, and I specially presented it to the teacher for reference."

"A picture of the eight formations." The pottery merchant was stunned when he heard the words, and said, "What is the use of this formation?"

Zhuge Liang explained to the potter: "The diagram of the eight formations is the masterwork made by the disciple who has read extensively and painstakingly. The disciple thinks that this formation should be the crown of the world's formations. The combination is compatible with the heavens and the geography, whether using stone barriers, or using people as the eyes of the formation, or using mountains, forests and vegetation as the eyes of the formation, it can be done."

Hearing Zhuge Liang's mysterious words, the potter asked suspiciously, "Is your thing an evil method?"

Zhuge Liang shook his head vigorously: "Teacher, don't make fun of the students. How can there be any evil in this world? I just borrowed the sixteen formations of the sky and the twelve formations of the earth. Appreciate the ever-changing opportunity”

"Okay, Kong Ming." The potter raised his head and interrupted Zhuge Liang: "Master, I probably understand the principle, so please tell me what to do now?"

Kong Ming looked at the potter's almost dilated eyes suspiciously, and said, "Teacher, are you sure you really understand?"

The potter nodded affirmatively and said, "I'm sure."

"Then repeat what I just said."

The pottery merchant reached out and punched Kong Ming's head with an old punch: "Bastard boy, you dare to come to examine the master before you are a teacher. It's really against you! Tell me something serious."

Zhuge Liang rubbed the bun on his head aggrieved.

The teacher is not modest at all, he just doesn't understand, but he pretends to understand, and even beats people if he is exposed.

"From a student's point of view, this forest has a deep inner diameter, numerous trees, and is connected to mountains and water sources, which is quite consistent with the Eight Diagrams. If you can lure the enemy into the forest, and then use the Eight Diagrams to fight against it, you can have an enemy several times stronger than yourself. Strong army!"

The potters still believed in Zhuge Liang's abilities and means.

But what he didn't believe in was the acceptance ability of his own soldiers.

"Our time is very close now. Can you teach your difficult and profound eight formation diagram to the soldiers of the White Horse Army in such a short period of time? I'm afraid they won't be able to practice this so-called eight formation diagram right now."

Zhuge Liang nodded lightly and said: "Teacher has seen it clearly. It is true that the eight formations can not be practiced in a short time, but the magic of this formation is that people can use mountains, forests and vegetation as formations, and mountains, forests and vegetation can also be used as formations. If you set up an formation in the forest, on the contrary, this environment is the main body of the eight formations, and soldiers and horses don’t need to understand the mystery of the formation, they only need to act according to the signal of the drum or the sound of the horn!”

Only then did the potter understand: "What is the code for the sound of the drums and horns?"

Zhuge Liang said: "Teacher, let General Zhao and several lieutenants of the White Horse Army come and listen. After they understand the code, they can command the three armies to deploy."

The pottery merchants made double insurance on the main road from Guandu to Xuchang. On the one hand, they planned to scare away Yuan Jun with suspicious tactics, and on the other hand, they planned to use the three thousand soldiers to deploy in the dense forest if things failed. Formation, used to deal with Yuan Jun.

Of course, the potter still had no confidence in Kong Ming's eight formations, and he still hoped that he could use bluff to scare Yuan Jun away.

But at this moment, in Xuchang City, another army led by a young general headed straight for the Guandu battlefield.

The general who led the army was Cao Cao's young eldest son, Cao Ang.

Cao Ang originally wanted to help Cao Cao defeat the enemy at Shangguandu, but Cao Cao resolutely refused to agree to Cao Ang's request for the sake of his family. After all, he was his eldest son and Cao Cao's most valued heir. This battle was too dangerous. Cao Cao himself Forget it, he didn't want Cao Ang to take this risk.

But obviously, Cao Cao guessed wrongly about his son's impetuous character.

Cao Ang finally found a reason, and led his army straight out of Xuchang, heading for the Guandu battlefield.

Chapter 557 The Bad Thing Cao Ang

After Zhuge Liang taught the secret code to the potter, Zhao Yun, and a group of lieutenants of the Jinling White Horse Army, the potter immediately began to prepare for the battle.

He first asked most of the soldiers to go with Zhuge Liang and others to set up formations in the depths of the forest. Although the forest is next to the official road, the road is deep and winding, and it is extremely large. It is lush and opaque, even if Zhuge Liang goes in to set up an array, he will need a certain amount of time to carefully inspect a certain area, and the time may be very tight.

But even if the time is tight, there is no way, the potter can only find another way to buy time for him.

He asked another small group of white horse soldiers to tie the reins of the war horses around the trees, and let them run around the trees, splashing waves of sand. It looks like there are many ambushes hidden, which can put pressure on the opponent.

As for the surrounding area of ​​the pontoon bridge, the potter did not arrange too many troops, but only let Zhao Yun lead more than [-] cavalry to station beside the bridge, and the [-] cavalry were only stationed at each other. Only Zhao Yun was left alone to break the bridge by the water.

Although he didn't know if this method would work, the potter still decided to give it a try. At least at critical moments, he had to treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor.

Just as the sky was beginning to see light, a burst of dust began to rise in the distance, and the heavy sound of horseshoes accompanied by the morning wind also reached the ears of pottery merchants, Zhao Yun and others. This voice, the number of people on the other side is probably quite a lot.

The potter who was hiding by the dense forest suddenly became nervous.

To be honest, he is also ambiguous about his own method, and he doesn't know if it will work or not.

But right now, it's up to people to make things happen.

Before he knew it, the potter's heart began to jump rapidly, like a little chaotic bump. Those who knew it came when Yuan Jun came, and those who didn't know that it was his old friend who came.

After a while, I saw an extremely large number of cavalry rushing towards the direction where the potter and the others were.

And on the big flag in the middle of the team, a big "Han" character is embroidered in gold characters.

Tao Shang sorted out Yuan Shao's generals one by one in his mind, and finally calculated that the person who came here should be Han Meng, Yuan Shao's general.

Han Meng's ability is high and strong, he is a famous Hebei general who is as famous as Gao Lan, Zhang Yun, etc. It is said that his ability is not too much to give up.

When I was young, I saw a vigorous Hebei cavalry team approaching the pontoon bridge. The sergeants stood still and looked at the opposite side of the bridge suspiciously.

Seeing someone on the bridge, Han Meng stretched out his hand to tidy up, and signaled the cavalry behind him to move forward to meet the enemy.

Under Han Meng's gesture, the cavalry in the front of the enemy began to move quickly, as if preparing for battle.

Han Meng fixedly looked at the big banner behind Zhao Yun, and then looked at Zhao Yun, who was alone without many soldiers behind him, narrowed his eyes, and began to beat his heart.

Such a small number of people are either looking for death, stupid, or conspiracy.

Li Shan, the lieutenant under Han Meng's command, said to Han Meng, "General, could this person be Zhao Yun?"