[Three Kingdoms] Carnival

Pluck the strings with plain hands, and the sound of the piano is Lingling.

In the past, listening to Zhuge Liang playing the piano, no matter how disturbed he was, Liu Bei could gradually calm down amidst the clear and clear sound of the piano.It seems that Zhuge Kongming sitting behind the lyre, even though he is just a young man, is born with a magical power, which can easily soothe his restless heart.The calm appearance from the beginning to the end makes people feel as if the sky is falling, as long as Zhuge Kongming is there, it is just a string on the paulownia wood, and if someone picks it up and picks it a few times, everything can be turned into peace and set off. Can't afford the slightest disturbance.

But the effect of the piano sound became weaker and weaker after Guan Yu's death.

Now, as soon as Liu Bei closes his eyes, memories will flood in like a flood.On that day, the peach garden was full of falling flowers, and the three of them swore to be brothers with the evidence of the emperor's queen.Years passed by and the times were chaotic. They had not encountered dangers, and they had encountered countless situations of extreme poverty, but no matter what, at least the brothers were still there.Then, the mountains of knives and the sea of ​​fire, and the dragon's pool and the tiger's lair, are no longer so scary.

But Guan Yu died, he died under Cao Jun's treachery, and died under Jiang Dong's treachery.As for the self-proclaimed benevolence, for the sake of the so-called "overall situation", he didn't even dare to blame Jiang Dong for Guan Yu's death, and he had to humbly write a letter to ask Jiang Dong for help.

He even wondered if Guan Yu should not have been allowed to leave Cao Ying in the first place.Guan Yu's high martial arts skills are rare in the world, and Cao Cao admired Guan Yu so much. If it weren't for his unsatisfactory elder brother, Guan Yunchang would have already been famous all over the world, not what he is now, and even his bones would not be buried intact.

He wholeheartedly wanted to use the method he believed in to help the Han Dynasty and pacify the world.But how could he be so arrogant when he didn't even dare to take revenge on his brother? !What can he do? !

"My lord," the sound of the piano stopped abruptly, replaced by Zhuge Liang's clear voice, "Your mind is disturbed. If your mind is disturbed, you will not be able to hear the sound of the piano."

"Brother!" Just as the sound of the piano stopped, Zhang Fei rushed in, "Take a horse to report, Cao thief has led an army a hundred miles away!"

"It came so fast?" Liu Bei wondered, "Then Jiangdong..."

"Brother, that kid Sun Quan hasn't replied now. It's clear that he wants to break his promise and profit from it. I don't think we need to count on these remote barbarians. Brother, give me three thousand soldiers, and watch me behead Cao Cao to avenge my second brother." !"

Liu Bei was taken aback by Zhang Fei's rude words, and when he sniffed it carefully, Zhang Fei smelled alcohol again: "Yide, didn't I tell you not to drink alcohol? Why are you drinking like this again!"

"It's just a few pots of wine, why are you making such a fuss?! I'm drunk, but I can still kill Cao Cao? Brother, drink!"

If it is said that Zhang Fei pretended to be rude in the past to deceive others, then the tyranny and arrogance revealed after he was drunk is not a disguise at all, especially after Guan Yu's death, Zhang Fei's temperament changed drastically. Swearing and whipping his soldiers.Liu Bei told him many times, but he refused to change.After losing his second younger brother, Liu Bei felt even more distressed about his only younger brother, so knowing that Zhang Fei couldn't go on like this, when he thought of Guan Yu, he couldn't bear to reprimand him harshly.

Although Liu Bei couldn't bear it, some people still remained rational.Zhuge Liang sat behind the piano and looked up at Zhang Fei with a dignified appearance: "General Zhang, there is an order in the army that no one is allowed to drink alcohol. The general is in a bad mood, Liang can understand, but the state has state laws, and the army has its own military regulations. , please don’t do it again, General.”

"What do you mean?!" If Zhang Fei, who was drunk, could still listen to Liu Bei's words, he would not have the slightest respect for Zhuge Liang.He pushed Liu Bei away and rushed forward, venting his anger mixed with alcohol on Zhuge Liang, "Don't you call yourself Crouching Dragon?! Isn't it omnipotent? You were in the Jiangdong tent that day. Why couldn’t I save my second brother?! Zhuge Kongming, are you a liar who deceives the world? Or have you been bribed by Jiang Dong to watch my second brother die!”

"Yide!" Liu Bei's face changed completely, and he quickly stood in front of Zhuge Liang, and said seriously to Zhang Fei, "Don't be rude to the military commander! You have been drinking again and again in your army, violated military orders, and went to lead three Ten military sticks go!"

"Brother! Clearly..."

"Aren't you even listening to me?!"

Zhang Fei was taken aback by Liu Bei's sudden burst of power, and the wine instantly sobered up a bit.Looking at Liu Bei, and then at Zhuge Liang who was guarding behind Liu Bei, Zhang Fei turned and left cursing.

"Kong Ming, Gudai Yide apologizes to you." After Zhang Fei walked out of the big tent, Liu Bei heaved a sigh of relief, turned around and apologized to Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang shook his head lightly, this level is really not enough to make him angry.What he cared about was that the state revealed from Zhang Fei and Liu Bei really made him more uneasy.It seems that Guan Yu's life and death are like a dam. After the dyke is broken, the flood will be surging, and sooner or later, Liu Bei's belief in establishing governance will be washed away.

"Since Jiangdong is unwilling to send troops, then we will fight according to the previous plan. There should be no problem for the envoys who have survived to enter Shu to return to the camp." They have already deduced the current situation countless times, although Jiangdong refused to help. Increased danger, but not enough for the Han army to lose the war.

"Liang will not repeat the previous arrangement with the lord. However, if Rong Chen offends, I will confirm with the lord again. My lord, do you have the ambition to take revenge?"

He knew that this sentence would increase the risk, but instead of letting the shadow of Guan Yu's death hang over his army, it is better to take revenge for others when he can still control the situation. Hatred is truly buried.

Liu Bei paused for a while, then nodded heavily. .

Compared with Cao Jun, who rushed here for thousands of miles, Liu Bei has a good location, and has already set up a military formation fifty miles in front of the camp.This piece of great plain located on the high mountain in the south of Jing, the land is flat and there are no weeds and jungles, it is the most suitable place for the two armies to fight.

As far as the eye can see, in front of the formation, there is no leader riding the horse to lead the troops, only the formations lined up in specific formations.The formations with distances from each other merged into a large formation, with no edges or corners, no head and no tail. At first glance, I don't know where to start.

However, although the enemy's formation was extremely strange, Cao Cao, who was sure that Sun Quan would never send troops, had a lot of time to deal with Liu Bei, so he was not in a hurry to break the formation.He narrowed his phoenix eyes slightly, fixed his eyes on the cavalry galloping outside the formation, and asked loudly:

"Do you know anyone who knows this array?"

As soon as this question came out, there was silence.There are many people who have never heard of this formation, have never seen it, and have no clue. Many people who know the formation are happy to watch the show. After all, although it seems that Cao Cao is asking everyone, he is actually only pointing at Sima Yi and Yang Xiu, or Said that they followed Cao Pi and Cao Zhi.

On the way from Nanjun all the way south, Cao Cao has set up such and other difficult problems many times to test his two sons and their staff. As for the third son Cao Zhang, who is the most brave and skilled in fighting, he was sent to Jiangxia County to monitor the changes in Jiangdong. .The meaning of this, even a person who has no brains, should understand.

Cao Cao turned his head and first looked at Sima Yi beside Cao Pi.Sima Yi lowered his eyes and closed his eyes, as if he didn't notice Cao Cao's eyes.Cao Cao looked at Yang Xiu who was next to Cao Zhi again. Yang Xiu squeezed his chin, rolled his eyes, and finally just replied:

"My lord, it's better to send scouts to investigate the enemy's situation first."

"De Zu's words are justified." Cao Cao, who has been paying more and more attention to Yang Xiu in recent days, immediately accepted Yang Xiu's suggestion and sent a cavalry team composed of a hundred men to investigate.

After about half an hour, only ten people returned to the army, and each of them was in a state of distress. There was one person who had just arrived in front of Cao Cao, and could no longer hold on to his serious injuries. Before he could speak, he fell off his horse and died. .

"What's going on here?" Cao Cao's face became more serious.These hundred people are all elites in the army, and their duty as scouts is only to scout out the enemy's situation, and they will try their best to avoid fighting with the enemy. It is normal to lose one or two people, but it is too abnormal to be so embarrassing.

The remaining nine people reported the situation to Cao Cao.Just now, a hundred of them first avoided riding outside the formation, and searched around the entire formation, but they couldn't find any mystery.Therefore, 50 people advanced to investigate between the two small soldier formations, and the other 50 people responded outside.As a result, there was no news of the 50 people who entered the formation, and the fifty cavalry outside the formation were unfortunately seen by the enemy rangers. All the people were driven into the formation by rangers, and then instantly swallowed by the formation.

However, the sacrifice of nearly a hundred people has at least brought back some information. For example, the total number of enemy formations on the outermost layer is eight, and the number of soldiers in the inner layer that has not been clearly detected is estimated to be about 3.For another example, this army formation seems to have no head and no tail, but in fact it is head everywhere and tail everywhere, and there is no entrance to the army formation at all.

Cao Cao ordered the corpses of the dead soldiers to be carried down, and looked at the vast enemy army in front of him, his eyes became more and more complicated.He fought against Liu Bei quite often, and he knew very well that Liu Bei had absolutely no such ability, and the only one who could form such a treacherous and unpredictable formation could only be Zhuge Liang, who was named Crouching Dragon.

Commanding in the center of the formation must be Zhuge Kongming.

But as far as rational analysis is concerned, there are 3 enemy troops, and it is estimated that only a few thousand people are divided into each formation.However, the army brought by Cao Cao was about [-], and the number and bravery of the cavalry were far superior to that of the enemy. This comparison shows that there is absolutely no reason to retreat without a fight.

Seeing that Cao Cao hadn't spoken for a long time, some brave and courageous generals volunteered:

"My lord, please order me to bring 3000 troops to the battle!"

The speaker is Zhang Liao.Although he was brave and valiant, he was not impatient, and it was not like he would be the first to call out to go to the battle.However, among the generals accompanying the army today, only Zhang Liao is a surrendered general, and it is reasonable to dare to be the first to earn more fame.

But even though he thought of the reason he justified, Yang Xiu still felt a little weird looking at Guo Jia who was riding beside Zhang Liao just now.Although he believed in his intelligence, he never ignored his instincts. Just like now, his intuition told him that Zhang Liao was the first to challenge Guo Jia.

"Okay, I will give you 4000 people alone, Wenyuan, just for a trial battle, and you must not be brave enough to advance!"

"The last general takes orders!"

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Liaoyang whipped his horse and led four thousand elite soldiers to charge forward. 4000 people will not be as helpless against the enemy as 100 people, not to mention there are brave generals like Zhang Liao charging forward.The cavalry holding Ma Shuo pierced into the formation like a sharp knife, tearing a huge opening, and the infantry following behind them quickly poured in through the opening.Fighting hand to hand, fighting to the death, the sound of shouting and killing shook the sky and the earth.

Everyone in Cao Jun looked better.It seems that this formation is not as treacherous as they thought.After all, no matter how exquisite the military formation design is, it also needs military strength as a support. It can naturally devour a hundred people without any effort, but once the number of people increases, it will inevitably fall into a disadvantage due to poor strength on paper.

However, before the smiles on their mouths disappeared, the opening torn apart by the iron cavalry had been poured in by the enemy troops from both sides of the formation, and the gap was quickly filled, and the formation returned to its original shape.But Zhang Liao and the soldiers led by him were submerged by the enemy army in a short while, and there was no real sound of fighting in this room, it was like mud falling into the sea.

The enemy rushed into it, the two wings came to rescue, the head and the tail matched each other, the chaos was unprovoked.

With a flash of inspiration, Yang Xiu suddenly remembered that he had read an ancient book hidden by his father. It seemed that there was a similar description of a certain military formation, but it seemed...

While Yang Xiu was thinking, Cao Cao immediately ordered Le Jin and Li Dian to lead 4000 men each to attack and rescue Zhang Liao.

This is obviously a wise choice.Since this formation uses the strength of the two wings to defend the central formation from being attacked, as long as troops are sent to attack the two wings, the problem of where Zhang Liao is located will naturally be solved.

However, after Li Dian and Le Jin tore apart the openings like Zhang Liao and all entered the formation, this treacherous formation was quickly filled with soldiers on the two wings as before.Rather than saying that it was Li Dian and Le Jin who were attacking, it was better to say that the army opened its mouth wide and swallowed the fat that came to them.

Cao Cao's expression turned even worse.

"My lord, Xiu understands!" After seeing what happened to Li Dian and Le Jin, Yang Xiu finally affirmed his conjecture, and quickly said, "There is an ancient book that recorded Feng Hou making eight formations for the emperor to break Chi You. The formation in front of me is the combination of the eight formations of gold, water, fire, snakes and four formations of heaven and earth Genxun, each formation complements each other and forms a large formation, which is why it is changeable and unpredictable."

Cao Cao didn't care about the source, but cared more about practical issues: "In this case, can Dezu have a way to break the formation?"

Yang Xiu looked at Sima Yi proudly, knowing that in this round, he had won half of the victory for the fourth son.He rode his horse forward a few steps to Cao Cao's side, pointed to the formation not far away, but he did not say the method directly. Bring 5000 troops and charge from the northeast and northwest corners respectively. But there must be a quarter of an hour between the two generals."

Cao Cao glanced at Yang Xiu. Anyone who knew Cao Cao knew that when Cao Cao only glanced at a person from the corner of his eye, he must have grown bored with that person.However, firstly, Yang Xiu didn't know Cao Cao well, and secondly, Yang Xiu was staring at the formation of soldiers in the flying loess in front of him, completely unaware that Cao Cao's displeasure had been caused by his appearance as a mountain man with his own tricks.

The situation is critical, Cao Cao has no time to worry about these things with Yang Xiu.The generals in the army have been trapped in the formation of three people. To be sure, Cao Cao sent Zhang Xiu and Xiahou this time. Twilight??????????????????????????????????????????

"My lord, I beg you to go with General Zhang." Jia Xu, who had been huddled in the army with her eyes closed, opened her eyes when Cao Cao called Zhang Xiu, and begged Cao Cao for orders.

"You also ask for orders to go with General Xiahou." Xun You and Guo Jia looked at each other and rode forward.

Yang Xiu was taken aback.It is understandable to say that Jia Xu asked his colleagues because of Zhang Xiu, but what happened to Xun You?Obviously, it is not difficult to break the eight trigrams formation, as long as you grasp the fatal weakness of the formation...

Out of caution, Yang Xiu finally kept silent.Whether it is Jia Xu or Xun You, they are all people who hide their sharpness. There is no need for him to offend them and make enemies for the fourth son and himself.

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Seeing that everything was as expected, Yang Xiu unabashedly raised a smile, flamboyant and eye-catching.

The wind blowing across the plain blows, and his clothes flutter:

"The army formation composed of eight formations like Yishu is brilliant, but it has a fatal weakness, that is, the change and scheduling of the formation. General Zhang rushed into the formation, and the enemy had already anticipated it, so he responded in time; while Li Dian and Le Jin The angles at which the generals charge into the formation can also be predicted, and the deployment is made in advance to maintain the formation. But when General Zhang Xiu and General Xiahou charge into the formation, because the interval between the front and the rear is only a moment, the command of the central general has not yet been transmitted to each small formation. The situation has already changed. The front and rear commands are out of touch, and loopholes are bound to emerge. Now, there is only one thing left to break the formation."

He looked back at Cao Zhi, and signaled Cao Zhi to ride forward: "Xiu asked for orders and the fourth son led 3000 people to the battle, and captured the enemy general alive!"