Chapter 202 Falling Flowers (Part 2)
The flowers bloom, colorful, and the flowers fall, and the fields are desolate.
The Wei army gradually took the initiative in the fallen flower formation, but it was difficult to break the formation. The fallen flower formation still operated naturally and regularly. When the flowers bloomed, the Shu army surrounded each other and scrambled to show off. When the flowers faded, the Shu army was like a receding tide, leaving no trace.
The way of heaven is beyond the imagination of ordinary people, but the natural rules are eternal.
Zhuge Zhan's formation uses the natural laws of flowers as its trajectory, supplemented by the star-glory art of the Nine Palaces of Bagua. Although the lethality is difficult to compare with Zhuge Wuhou's Bagua formation, the effect of Kundi is not bad at all.
The nine people in the formation are in a group, nine groups are in a group, and nine groups are in a flower. The seven hundred and twenty-nine Shu troops are a complete flower. There are shield players, spearmen, swords and axes, crossbow players, Zhuge crossbow players, flag bearers and even cavalrymen, which echo each other, rising and falling one after another, as quiet as virgins, moving as if they were riding a rabbit, without any boundaries, as if they were in the sky.
The 100,000 Shu troops arranged a formation of falling flowers, and one flower in the inner part could be divided into several, covering all kinds of things, which was very mysterious.
Flowers bloom and fade, and the Shu army sometimes attacked fiercely, sometimes wandered, sometimes retreated, and constantly changed. Even though the Wei army was brave and good at fighting, they were unable to touch their minds.
The opponent attacked fiercely, and the Wei army took a defensive force and was about to counterattack, but the Shu army retreated.
The Wei army, which was divided into countless columns, had no formation at this time, and was only separated by a team of Shu army, but because of the circumvention of Shu army, it was not discovered that it was almost impossible to gather people and fight hard.
The flowers bloomed and faded continuously in the formation, and the flowering periods were different. Some Wei troops were not besieged several times after half a day of fighting, while others were besieged more than ten times in just half an hour!
Only Zhuge Zhan knew in his heart that it was difficult to trap the Wei army with similar forces, so he naturally concentrated his troops to siege and kill the Wei army one by one.
I don’t know the true face of Mount Lu because I am in this mountain.
As soon as the Wei army entered the formation, they were all brave, but after being surrounded and cut off by the Shu army's formation, they felt a little scared, but they were unable to let go.
Because I can’t see through, I am confused. Because I am confused, my decisiveness is greatly reduced.
If all Wei troops work together to rush and kill, no matter how mysterious this formation is, it will ultimately be unable to withstand the 100,000 Wei troops launch a fierce attack at the same time.
But when people have fear and hesitation, even if the time is right in front of them, there is no correct judgment, so what's the use?
Everyone says that the mystery of the formation comes from Qimen Dunjia, but they don’t know that the way of heaven is the human heart, and the movement of the formation has a certain trajectory to follow, which makes people confused, so this formation naturally seems mysterious!
It was late at night, dark clouds blocked the moonlight, and the Shu army lit a torch to shine on the battlefield. The fire light jumped with the wind, and the shadows of everyone on the battlefield were projected on the ground, and they continued to stretch and shorten, twist and change, making the fallen flower formation look even more energetic.
Hu Guang, Hu Fen, and Lu Qi led the Wei army to fight for more than half a day, but at night, they could not hear the movements of the three acropolises. They felt a slump in their hearts, and they knew that all the people and horses might have retreated.
"Hard fighting is useless. You can retreat quickly, but you can still protect Shouchun!" Hu Fen swung his sword and sweated on his forehead. When fighting in this battle, the pressure in his heart was far greater than the pressure of the Shu army siege and killing.
Lu Qi frowned and said, "Each route is divided into a formation. If he retreats, he may..." It is obvious that the Wei army is divided into fallen flowers and surrounded by the flowers of the Shu army. At this time, how many people can escape? And how many people can get the order to retreat?
This is a question, but it cannot be thought about it carefully.
Since ancient times, those who have accomplished great things have not been focused on minor matters, and those who are high-ranking will not understand the difficulties of the weak, nor will they care about the ideas of the lower-ranking people.
Lu Qi was not worried about what to do if the Wei army stayed in the formation, but how the withdrawn troops could defend Shouchun after retreating in such a shame.
Which general will consider whether a few young soldiers have not escaped when retreating?
Hu Fen retreated a wave of Shu troops and shouted: "I can't take care of so many things, retreat!"
With a retreat, the nearby Wei army shouted loudly and began to withdraw. The Wei army, who heard the sound, also joined the ranks. The formation of the Shu army could indeed block the Wei army's sight, but could not stop the sound transmission. But in this way, the Shu army also knew that the Wei army was about to run away...
Zhuge Zhan was determined to command the battle in the formation, and was very excited. The first battle of Luohua was very satisfied with this achievement.
In fact, being able to surround the opponent with equal forces is already a very clever formation and strategy. By this, Zhuge Wuhou's Bagua Formation traps several times the enemy with a few troops, which is unparalleled in the world!
The Shu army in the distance retreated, and they were ordered to attack Shouchun City, the two brothers Ding Sheng and Ding Chong. The Wei army in Shouchun fought with all their strength, leaving behind the troops to guard Shouchun naturally limited. Even if the Ding brothers could not conquer Shouchun, they would not retreat.
Zhuge Zhan thought and sent a command to start the formation!
As soon as the formation opened, the Wei army suddenly became clear, and the retreating troops retreated to Shouchun like a tide. The Shu army then covered up and killed them, but not far away to chase them.
Zhuge Zhan’s judgment was correct. A Wei army under Shouchun City had just repelled the Ding brothers. If he continued to pursue, he would inevitably be ambushed by the other party.
This Wei army was not someone else, but Yang Jun and Yang Ji brothers who came to Xuchang to take charge. Among the three brothers of the Yang family, Yang Yu was left behind to supervise military rations, so the two brothers Yang Jun and Yang Ji were naturally led by the troops.
Yang Jun wanted to station troops in Qiao County as the past story, as Shouchun's support and stay away from the front-line battlefield. However, Ma Yan, the Jin company, attached great importance to the battlefield in the two Huai Rivers and issued an order to mobilize the heavy troops from Xuzhou and Qingzhou to Shouchun to take charge.
Shouchun had a lot of troops, and Sima Yan still asked Yang Jun to mobilize Qing and Xu Erzhou's army to enter the battlefield, with obvious intentions.
Huai Shang not only needs to serve as a southeastern barrier in Wei, but also use its superior forces to launch a counterattack!
Yang Jun refused to listen to others' words, and Duke Jin must obey. Yang Jun gathered more than 60,000 people from Qingzhou and Xuzhou, and with the 15,000 elite soldiers he brought from Xuchang, a total of 80,000 Wei troops rushed to Shouchun. The journey was urgent and fast, and he happened to catch up with this battle!
When he was still far away from Shouchun, he only knew that the war ahead was a big fight. Yang Jun secretly hated Hu Lie, Shi Chong, Li Jian and others, but he also knew that fighting with the Shu army, the Hu brothers were experts and the main force. As the commander and supervisor of the Wei army in the southeast, he should not interfere with the public for personal gain.
Those who can fight are indeed avenged by themselves, and the responsibility for the defeat can be shirked out. But then again, what I have gained is not more than those who have let these people retreat to the Shu army? The Sanhu has made great contributions, which is greater than the ones in the court?
As Shouchun approached, Yang Junfang knew that his own troops were besieged by the Shu army. But the army had reached this point, and it was a delusion to withdraw. Fortunately, his brother Yang Ji was a fierce man and had poor strategy, but his skills were real!
At that moment, Yang Ji led 50,000 troops to the battlefield of Shouchun as a vanguard. He encountered the Shu army besieging Shouchun. Ding Sheng and Ding Chong brothers did not expect that the Wei army would still be "ambushed", and they were defeated by the 50,000 Wei army in one battle.
The first battle was won, but the Shu army was also injured. While resting, they discussed how to fight next. The veteran Tao Huang was killed, and the children of Jiangnan in the army were sad. Among the Jiangnan warriors, Tao Huang's reputation was already the highest, not only because of his age, but also because Tao Huang was Lu Kang's deputy back then and he had always been loyal to the country!
Tao Huang died in battle, and Tao Lin was the most sad. There was no eyebrow on the battlefield. If Tao Huang had not been to protect his son, he would not have taken Hu Lie's words and lost his life. Tao Lin was stabbed in the back, but he saved his life. When he opened his eyes, he kept crying.
Zhuge Zhan led all the soldiers of the army to commemorate Tao Huang, and at the same time sent someone to send the seriously injured Tao Lin and Tao Huang's corpse back to Jiangnan. Tao Lin needed to recuperate and rest, and Tao Huang's corpse was even more about to return to its roots.
The three acropolis were abandoned there, and the Shu army was too lazy to repair it. Instead, they harvested a large amount of military weapons and money from the three cities, which made Zhuge Zhan the happiest.
According to the Wei army's plan, these three acropolis were all buildings that were enough to hold on for a long time, so how could there be less money and food stored in it?
To calm the morale of the army and inspire morale, Zhuge Zhan called Li Jian, a surrendered general of Wei State, to inquire about Shouchun's situation and the arrangements of Wei State.
Chapter completed!