Chapter 127 The Will of Wuhou (Part 1)

Bingzhou Governor Hu Qi led 5,000 troops to Chang'an as a vanguard. Although he was rushing along the way, he was extremely cautious.

The kings and ministers of the Wei State believed that Jiang Wei's Shu army would have ambushed, and Hu Qi did not dare to entrust them. Before going to war, he ordered the army to be strict. During the march, he repeatedly reminded the generals of each unit not to panic when they encountered ambush. Everyone stood together and waited for the army's army to come to aid.

It is not unreasonable to arrange Hu Qi as a vanguard. He punished him for being punished. More importantly, Hu Qi's military skills were much better than those of Zhang Tong and Xiahou Shao. He did not show off his courage and commanded the entire army to fight, and the time and effect of resistance were better than that of others.

Hu Qi could understand that the burden in his heart no longer existed. Looking at the approaching Shu camp, he did not encounter the Shu army along the way, which was very abnormal.

The more unusual it is, the more dangerous the road ahead is. Hu Qi ordered the troops to follow closely, maintain the compactness of the formation during the rapid advance, and avoid being disrupted by the Shu army. It was done everything that could be done, and it was useless to think about it. Hu Qi was also a general back then, and was stimulated by the surrounding environment, and seemed to have regained the courageous demeanor of some heroes back then.

The generals of the front army suddenly discovered the enemy situation and hurriedly came to inform Hu Qi. Hu Qi was very surprised when he heard this. The people of Shu actually leaned on the camp to wait. Looking around, it seemed that they could ambush the place of the army. Is the famous Jiang Wei and Jiang Boye too underestimated the formation to fight like this?

The firelight on the opposite side shone, and 23,000 Shu troops lined up, and the torch lights were illuminated by the radius of daylight. Looking at the Wei army's shocked and suspicious expression, the Shu Han general Jiang Weilang laughed and said, "Jiang Boyue has been waiting for a long time, where is the Duke of Jin?"

The Shu army was still in a row, and Hu Qi was already lucky, so how could he dare to rush over to fight with the Shu army? Just looking at the Shu Han formation, it was daunting. Hu Qi hurriedly sent people to report the subsequent troops, and he commanded the troops to arrange the formation, and he should have the bow, crossbow, spear, and stab the formation steadily, and then responded to Jiang Wei's call.

"What a status of Duke Jin, you can't see him anytime you want!" Hu Qi replied angrily, his eyes vaguely looking at the Shu army.

"I expect Duke Jin will arrive soon. Hu Bingzhou can rest assured that there are no ambushes around." Jiang Wei laughed, turned around and slapped his horse and retreated to his own formation to rest.

Hu Qi is also a good general. Although he is panicked when facing a great enemy, he arranges the formation, surveys the surroundings, and waits for the army to come. He does everything in a normal way. Seeing that Hu Qi is suspicious, Jiang Wei deliberately uses words to pick him, and he is already suspicious. The more honest Jiang Wei is, the more unbelieving Hu Qi on the other side will become.

Soon after, Sima Liang, Zhang Tong and Xiahou Shao's 30,000 troops arrived. Seeing that the Shu army was in a strict formation, there were Zhuge crossbowmen faintly mixed in it, all the generals did not dare to attack, so they had to go to Sima Zhao's army to report.

There was no movement in the Shu army. Instead, there was a faint cry of killing in Chang'an City in the distance, which made people feel even more anxious.

Liu Chan commanded the Shu army to attack Chang'an City, but he was careful. After the fierce attack on the west attracted enough Wei troops, the five thousand elite soldiers who were raising their strength began to launch a fierce attack from the east side of Chang'an City. The Shu army on the front had already made the Wei army do their best. After being attacked by Shu soldiers on the east side, it suddenly seemed in danger.

The battle in front of him was very difficult. The long sword in Li Fu's hand had already killed more than ten Shu Han generals who rushed to the gap, and he also got two stabs. After receiving the news of an emergency on the east side, Li Fu felt helpless.

Another well railing was pushed over, and the Shu army crossbowmen on it kept pulling bows and firing arrows. After several screams, several more Wei soldiers guarding the gap were killed. The Wei army behind hurriedly filled the gap and continued to fight. The defenders on the city wall above shot rockets at the Shu people's well railings desperately.

I don’t know which car it was, but the west gate of Chang'an City seemed a little loose. But there were Wei troops inside, and it was still 108,000 miles away from breaking open the city gate. Yan Su, the captain of Fenwei, who was responsible for attacking the city gate, shouted slogans at the top of his lungs. The car was rushing to the city gate with the rhythm of the slogans, hitting the city gate one after another.

A rolling wood stumbled down, and Yan Su concentrated on commanding the rushing car, without any precaution. The slogan stopped abruptly and sounded again in an instant. The adjutant beside Yan Su didn't have time to look at the main general who was lying in a pool of blood and continued to shout loudly.

"General, general!" A deputy general ran to the gap.

Li Fu looked back and saw that Zheng Gong's deputy general was coming, so he asked, "What are you doing here?"

"My general asks me to tell General Li, asking General Li to defend his place with peace of mind, and my general will go to the east of the city to meet the enemy." The deputy general replied panting.

"Okay, let me tell you that the general is in the city, and the city is in the city and the city is in the sky!" Li Fu replied silently, turning around and throwing into the battle again.

For a long time, although the generals of the Wei State recognized Li Fu's ability, they thought he was a surrendered general in Sichuan and betrayed Meng Da. Although he had made contributions to the Wei family, it was difficult to believe it. Therefore, the Chang'an guard general still arranged the relatively mediocre and loyal Zheng Gong as the main general, and Li Fu as the deputy general.

During several battles, Li Fu was the one who worked hard, and Zheng Gong was only responsible for staying behind. This was a matter of course. It was natural for the main general to stay behind and the deputy general to fight.

But Zheng Gong didn't think so. He was in his prime, but he repeatedly relied on a 50-year-old veteran to fight. His self-esteem as a warrior was greatly hit.

After hearing the reward from his deputy general, Zheng Gong nodded, his thoughts were the same as Li Fu. Chang'an must not be lost. It must be defended. The city is there, and the city is there and the city is dead!

The battle situation in the east of Chang'an City was extremely fierce. The Shu army was ready to take off, with all the elite soldiers and generals; there were only a thousand people on the Wei side, and they were quite thin on the vast city wall. Of course, there were not only these troops defending the city, but the war on the west side was critical, and the city wall was smashed out of gaps, so they had to draw soldiers from here to reinforce.

A loud shout came, and a Shu army general waved a machete and rushed up the city wall. The sword in his hand turned like a windmill, smashing the arrows shot flying, and began to kill along the city wall, like a tiger entering a flock of sheep. One place collapsed, collapsed everywhere, and in an instant, nearly a hundred people were already surmounting the city, and the number continued to increase.

The leader of the Shu Han general killed the school with pleasure. Suddenly, a general of Wei rushed into his arms. The general of Shu Han slashed the Wei general's shoulder, but he could no longer exert his strength. The belly was pierced by the Wei general's long sword. General Wei gritted his teeth and snatched the sword in his hand. The general of Shu Han twitched violently and pushed off the top of the city.

"The general is here! Let's go together!" When the defenders saw the chief general Zheng Gong, they assassinated the most difficult general of Shu. They cheered in unison and picked up their weapons and threw them into the battle.

Zheng Gong brought more than 300 personal soldiers, each of them brave and brave. The organization was accompanied by more than 2,000 young and strong men. The city was suddenly filled with Wei troops, and in a short while, all the Shu troops who came to the city were killed.

After repelling the attacks of the Shu army, the morale of the Wei people gradually grew. However, the Shu army did not give up, and countless soldiers and generals continued to attack. Soldiers on both sides kept falling from the city. The young and strong who assisted the battle went from being excited to being afraid, and gradually lost their anger.

The sight turned back to the battlefield east of Chang'an. Outside the Shu army camp, all the troops from the Wei army arrived one after another. All the arrangements made before the expedition were all washed away. The Shu people did not ambush or attack, but just lined up in front of the camp and waited for the Wei people to attack.

What kind of battle is this?

The Wei army was crowded with people, and Ma Zhao, a Jin company, came to the front of the formation surrounded by the generals. The Shu army opposite obviously saw Sima Zhao, but stood still. Sima Zhao looked back and said, "Jiang Boyue is worthy of being a famous general of a generation. His military management method should not be underestimated!"

Many generals suffered losses under Jiang Wei's hands, and they were also famous generals from Shu Han, just Jiang Wei. They all agreed with Sima Zhao's words.

At this time, Jiang Wei also rode out from the Shu formation. Seeing that there were more than 60,000 Wei troops opposite, he laughed in his heart and said, "Is the person coming Sima Zi?"

It is normal to denounce and insult each other before the battle formation, but it is better to have a few polite words for Jiang Wei and Sima Zhao. Jiang Wei called Sima Zhao directly, and his voice revealed indescribable contempt, which made the Wei people very uncomfortable.

Sima Zhao said disapprovingly: "It is my Lord! You are the thieves in Western Shu who do not keep their promises to fight. I come to raise an army to ask for punishment!"

Jiang Wei smiled and said, "The two sides have an appointment to fight, only you and me. What is the point of our army attacking Chang'an? However, Duke Jin destroyed his own agreement and lost his trust in front of the people of the world, and it is unlikely that it will be difficult to convince the public!"

"Why can the shameless Sichuan thief turn the black and white? You have betrayed the agreement before attacking Chang'an. What else can you say? You can fight quickly!" Sima Zhao shouted loudly, as if he had no intention of entanglement with Jiang Wei.

The two sides naturally did not involve the Chang'an part, but the Wei army had to be famous for its tens of thousands of troops. How could ordinary generals and soldiers know the details of the battle? Naturally, they were the chief generals who were the ones who were in charge of their own words.

A few Wei generals who knew about it understood Jin Gong's intention, so they followed suit and began to scold. Sima Zhao sighed in his heart, and was worried that the Shu army would betray the agreement, but now he really needed a victory to whitewash the page.

The Wei army was scolding, but they did not dare to attack first. The Shu army was invincible and terrified. The Wei people couldn't figure out what the Shu army sold in the gourd, so they just shouted and scolded.

Jiang Wei looked back at the direction of Chang'an, and said with a smile: "Since Duke Jin requested a battle, Wei welcomed him with this formation. I wonder if Duke Jin dared to fight?" After saying that, Jiang Wei listened to the movements in Chang'an, looking indifferent.

"Well... this is it!?" Sima Zhao did not answer immediately. He carefully observed the formation of the Shu army and found that there seemed to be a mystery.

"Zhuge Eight Formation!" Pei Xiu couldn't help but sigh at the war horse beside him.

"Ji Yan knows this formation?" Sima Zhao asked.

"When Xiu was young, he heard that Zhuge Wuhou deduced the Eight Formation, and sought many questions and studied it briefly. This formation was the Eight Formation taught by Zhuge Liang. The lord should not underestimate the enemy!" Pei Xiu said very carefully.

"Let me see..." Sima Zhao carefully looked at the formation of the Shu army again after hearing this. When the other military generals and civil officials heard what Pei Xiu said, they also looked at each other. After watching for a long time, they did not find anything special.

The Eight Formations are the Eight Formations mentioned by later generations. It is said that they have existed since ancient times. Zhuge Liang obtained the Eight Formations of his predecessors and refined them to understand them, and realized the mystery and used them in the army. In the past, when Wuzhangyuan Shu Army retreated, Sima Yi looked at the remains of the Shu army and sincerely praised Zhuge Liang's genius in the world.

When Jiang Wei was in the middle of Sichuan, Zhuge Liang taught this formation and selected 30,000 elite soldiers to practice it day and night. Today, he happened to use it to fight Sima Zhao's Wei army. With 40,000 Shu troops under his command, there were only 23,000 people who had to practice this formation, so the rest had to watch it on the wall.

"If Duke Jin dares not fight, he will return to his own way, and Jiang Wei will never pursue him!" With retreat as he advances, Jiang Wei continued to put pressure on Sima Zhao.

The 60,000 Wei army was frightened by 20,000 Shu soldiers and retreated without fighting, which was a serious blow to the army itself. Sima Zhao said to the generals: "Who will go to break the formation?"

Most of the generals did not recognize this formation, and those who knew this formation could not see the strangeness of the eight formations of the Shu army, but no one agreed.

"Duke Jin, the Shu army relied on this formation, and our army had many people. If we had superior forces to attack them separately, how could it be unbreakable?" Sima Liang proposed a method of "violently" breaking the formation.

Seeing Pei Xiu silent, Sima Zhao snorted coldly and shouted to Jiang Wei: "Let me see if I break your eight formations!"

"I didn't expect that Duke Jin knew this formation, so Wei waited and saw." Seeing Sima Zhao agreeing, Jiang Wei laughed and turned around in the formation.

Liu Kai, the Duxiang Hou, stepped forward and advised: "My lord, don't fall into the plan of the Shu people. The Shu people agreed to the battle. They must rely on this formation and should not be underestimated!"

"Hmph!" Sima Zhao was unhappy when he saw Liu Kai's fearless look, so he ordered the troops to start gradually advancing.

No matter what formation you have, as long as these 60,000 Wei troops are pressing over, what is the use of your formation? How can the 20,000 formation be able to accommodate 60,000 enemy troops?

Hu Qi, Zhang Tong, Xiahou Shao, Sima Liang, and Liu Kai each commanded the troops and horses to rush towards the Shu army. On one side of the Shu army's formation, countless flags suddenly changed color, and 23,000 Shu troops moved at the same time, and the formation suddenly started.

Hu Qi led the army first, slapped his horse and speared his gun and led the team into the formation. The Shu army did not respond when they saw it, but retreated. Hu Qi shouted repeatedly and chased after him. He saw more than a hundred Shu troops rushing toward him, and Hu Qi sneered and swung his gun and fought.

After a few battles, the Shu army retreated and Hu Qi was about to chase another team of Shu army. Hu Qi was angry and led his army to rush towards the Shu army. After a while, the Shu army retreated again. There were several more Shu army turning out to fight. After several times, Hu Qi was furious and did not kill many people, but he was dizzy and unable to tell the direction.

In the formation, Hu Qi suddenly found that there were only two or three hundred soldiers who followed him, but the rest were missing. Hu Qi asked about the soldiers who followed him, who were only concerned about following the commander and knew nothing about what was happening behind him.

After asking several people about this, Hu Qi then put away his anger and led his army to find a way out. The four soldiers around him ran back and forth, and the five-colored flags and armor kept changing. Some just circled around the Wei army, while others looked like passers-by, and they didn't even look at the Wei army.

Whenever Hu Qi approached these Shu troops, several teams of Shu troops would emerge from the formation and fight with him in turn. Hu Qi was not hurt by the spear in his hand, and many soldiers following him were killed by the Shu army. In a panic, Hu Qi felt in his heart and didn't know what to do.

As Hu Qi took the lead in rushing into the Shu formation, the situation encountered was similar to that of Hu Qi. The second group of Wei generals who entered Hu Qi was Zhang Tong!

Zhang Tong was following Hu Qi's front army, but after entering the Shu formation, he was intercepted and fought by several generals of Shu. After Zhang Tong defeated several people, he found that most of the troops he brought into the formation were missing. In amazement, another Shu army came and fought for a moment before retreating.

This made the Wei army exhausted several times. The Shu people took turns to harass and fight to the death. Zhang Tong could not catch anyone and was furious. Seeing another team of Shu troops coming, Zhang Tong made up his mind to fight with him. After a few battles, the Shu generals were indeed defeated. Zhang Tong tried his best to chase and bite him.

The Shu army shuttled through the array of various flags and armor. Zhang Tong ignored the Shu soldiers who lined up and just chased after them. Seeing this, the Shu soldiers who lined up did not attack. As soon as the formation opened and closed, they let Zhang Tong go, but left more than a hundred Wei soldiers. The Wei soldiers were confused and were harassed by the Shu army from all directions. When the comrades behind him died of a disaster.

The Wei soldiers and generals inside the Eighth Formation lost their direction and were in a mess, and were slaughtered by the Shu army in batches. Sima Zhao and Pei Xiu, who were watching the battle outside, were frightened. They put 30,000 troops into the formation, but the Shu Formation was in a state of chaos, without any change in appearance.

After a while, the Shu army still disobeyed the formation, but the Wei army entered the formation did not respond. Sima Zhao was so scared that he said to Pei Xiu: "Can all 30,000 troops fall?"

Pei Xiu said: "The eight formations of Zhuge are endless and have countless mysteries hidden in them, so it is probably difficult to understand them for a while. You can send someone to rescue the generals first and then make plans."

"Who is willing to go!" Sima Zhao shouted loudly.

Seeing that Shu formation was so mysterious, many generals of Wei were afraid, but General Le Zhao, Xu Yi stood up and wanted to go. Sima Zhao then handed over 15,000 troops to rush forward.

Le Zhao was the son of Le Lin, the governor of Yangzhou. When Le Lin was killed by Zhuge Dan in Yangzhou, Le Zhao happened to be in the northern army, so he survived.

Jiang Wei, who was in the center of the Eighth Formation, stood on the high platform, looking at the movements in the formation, and the flags in his hand were constantly waving. On the wooden platform in front of him, there were more than ten kinds of flags, all of which were used to command the formation. His own commander and flag officer followed Jiang Wei's command and passed down the orders one by one.

The ancients mainly fought with flag language. The eight formations were complicated and complicated, so the flags used were naturally far beyond ordinary. The soldiers' positions were all commanded by flag language, and they had to be sure to do so. Therefore, although the Shu army had 40,000 people, Jiang Wei only brought the 23,000 people he trained to set up the formation.

"If you move, it will be strange, if you are quiet, it will be a formation. If you are Chen, you will be in the array, and if you fight, you will not be exhausted. If you are both hard and hard, you will be determined. If you have troops to defend in front of you, don't advance in the back." Jiang Wei recited the mantras that Zhuge Wuhou passed on, and his heart was inspiring.

Jiang Wei remembered that Zhuge Wuhou's first Northern Expedition was shocked by the shock of the people in the north. Although the Northern Expedition failed in the end, Jiang Wei, Liang, Shangguan and other major surnames from Tianshui were moved to Sichuan. Among them, Jiang Wei was called "Shangshi of Liangzhou" by Zhuge Liang, which was a rare talent.

What a mind is this that the power of a state wants to swallow the world?

People in the world ridiculed Zhuge Kongming for failing to fight the northern expeditions repeatedly. They were not familiar with Zhuge Wuhou coming and going freely in Yongliang land, and retreated when the food was exhausted. The Wei army had no ability to take the opportunity to fight back. Wang Shuang and Zhang He forced their pursuit, and in the end a generation of famous generals fell to the battlefield.

Just looking at Zhuge Liang's march route every time, you will know that Zhuge Liang actually won. The Wei army is really powerful, so why can the Shu army march forward every time until they run out of food and grass and return safely?

The Prime Minister's unfulfilled ambition, Wei defended him to the death. He was there in one breath and assisted His Majesty in restoring the Han Dynasty and pacifying the Central Plains! Thinking of this, Jiang Wei reached out to pick up a flag of orders, which were embroidered with ghost faces and human bodies, making it look like a snoring of wind and mist.

The wind has no shape, but it is attached to the sky. When it changes, it becomes a snake, and its meaning gradually becomes mysterious. Wind can stir, and all things are shocked; snakes can surround, and the three armies are afraid.

When the Shu general Fu Qian in the formation saw the change of the flag, he knew that it was time for him to appear, he urged the war horse under his crotch and went out to kill him.
Chapter completed!