Upon entering Xiapi City, the first thing Liu Bei asked Lu Bu was about his wife and children.
When Zhao Chen heard this, he smiled and thought that the Romance of the Three Kingdoms was not official history after all. Maybe Liu Bei did think that his brothers were more important than his wife.
But he did not necessarily say that "brothers are like siblings, and wives are like clothes." Moreover, this plot in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is not that he does not want to save his wife, but that he is in a desperate situation and has no choice but to comfort Zhang Fei.
Lu Bu said with a smile: "Mr. Xuande is really a man of good temperament. Of course I don't dare to neglect your wife and children. They are all in the old house in the east of the city. Gong Xuande will pick him up at any time. Quan Dangbu thanks Mr. Xuande for coming to support." "
Liu Bei gave Lu Bu a big gift and expressed his deep gratitude.
Then he ordered Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to pick up Mrs. Gan and others, and immediately sent them out of Xiapi to Huaiyin.
It is said that Cao Cao ordered to raise troops again and besieged Xiapi City.
It turned out that Fu Yang's Cao Ren army had sent troops earlier.
One day later, the two armies came to Xiapi City.
Cao Cao was a little wary of Zhao Chen's plan, so he simply merged the two groups into one, re-camped twenty miles west of Xiapi City, and prepared to attack from the west.
Cao Ren was filled with anger in Cao Cao's main tent, and immediately asked for a fight: "This Feipifu, Taishici child, is too much! I am willing to lead the army to fight again, attack Xiapi City, take the heads of Lu Bu and Liu Bei and present them to the lord." .”
Cao Cao thought to himself, you tiger. At this moment, Liu Bei's army has entered Xiapi City. There are at least 40,000 to 50,000 troops in the city. If you want to attack the city, you must have three times more troops. He only has more than 90,000 troops. How can he force it? Siege the city.
So he comforted him and said, "Don't be anxious, Zixiao. We are sitting here today just to capture Xiapi City, Lu Bu and Liu Bei. As for how to capture it, let's take a long-term approach."
Cao Ren refused to give up and said: "But my lord, our army has come from afar. Yanzhou is now empty. If Xuzhou keeps delaying, wouldn't it be very dangerous? It's better to fight quickly!"
Cao Cao smiled and glanced at Guo Jia.
Guo Jia understood and stepped forward and said: "Don't worry, General Zixiao. Before the trip, my lord has written a letter of divorce to Yuan Shao, deliberately telling him that our army will raise an army of 100,000 to attack Xuzhou. Yuan Shao is indecisive. Even if there is another letter from Zhao Chen to urge him, We must also believe that the emptiness of Yanzhou is a trap set by our army, and we must not dare to go there. This is a falsehood that is true, and a true falsehood."
Cao Ren nodded reluctantly: "Mr. Fengxiao, don't worry about Yanzhou. But you must avenge the enemy in front of you. I have learned a new formation. As long as Lu Bu and Liu Bei dare to challenge, I will definitely trap them in the formation. A way out.”
When Guo Jia heard this, he became interested: "General Zixiao, please tell me, what kind of formation is so magical?"
Cao Ren chuckled and gave it up: "My lord allows me to lead the troops on the expedition. Mr. Fengxiao will be able to see my formation outside Xiapi City."
Cao Cao pointed at Cao Ren and said, "Okay, I'll leave you with 30,000 troops to challenge."
Cao Ren was excited and replied: "We only need 10,000 troops in our own army."
"Okay, I'll let Miaocai and Yuan Rang each lead 10,000 troops to raid the formation for you."
Cao Ren thanked him and left.
Before leaving, Guo Jia said to Cao Ren: "If you want Lu Bu to fight, the general only needs to keep insulting him. Lu Bu will definitely not be able to sit still."
Cao Ren nodded in agreement.
The next morning, Cao Ren led an army of 30,000 troops to the outside of Xiapi City and set up a general platform two hundred steps away from the city.
Cao Ren personally ascended the general platform and waved three flags.
I saw Cao Ren's main army disperse instantly and set up a huge formation in a radius of 100 meters.
Then he shouted from a distance: "Lü Bu, the old thief Liu Bei, and Zhao Chen, the kid, do you think my formation is worth it?"
Liu Bei and Lu Bu heard this and hurried up the city wall with their soldiers.
I saw the sound of drums beating and people surging below the city.
All the soldiers seen were holding shields and standing facing out. There were archers and spearmen inside waiting for the opportunity.
Just looking at the coordination of the arms, we can tell that this formation is very sophisticated.
As Cao Ren's flag changed, the formation also kept changing, sometimes appearing from the east, sometimes from the west, and the gods and ghosts were unpredictable.
Everyone was amazed.
Zhao Chen looked from a distance and saw that Cao Ren's formation was like a gossip. The soldiers on both sides of each sect formed a small group, commanded by the middle man, who could change their movements and forward personnel at any time. The people in the middle obeyed the flag orders of Cao Ren, the general on the stage.
Such two levels of command can keep such a large formation from chaos.
"Eight-door Golden Lock Formation!"
Cao Ren is indeed a rare general, and Zhao Chen likes him more and more the more he looks at him.
While everyone was still confused about how to deal with it, Xiahou Dun and Xia Houyuan led a small group of people and ran to the foot of Xiapi City and shouted: "Lü Bu, you are incompetent and timid. You don't dare to come to break the formation. Why don't you go home and farm the land and sell it?" I’ll pay back the sweet potatoes.”
"Liu Bei is a big-eared thief. He doesn't have the ability to act bravely. He has the ability to come down and break the formation."
"My dear Lu Bu, please leave Diao Chan and go back to your hometown as soon as possible. My lord is coming to take over Xuzhou."
"..."
Waiting and other very unpleasant words.
Lu Bu and Zhang Fei were furious on the spot and cursed across the formation: "Where did you come from, you dare to accuse your grandfather of being a thief? Let's see how your grandfather will deal with you when I come down!"
Lu Bu and Zhang Fei wanted to go downstairs at the same time.
Zhao Chen took Zhang Fei's hand and shook his head, indicating that he should not be impulsive.
Seeing this, Liu Bei also came to persuade his third brother: "Listen to the military advisor!"
"Brother, he scolded you too harshly!"
"The harsher the scolding, the more they want you to go downstairs and break the formation."
"But……"
Zhao Chen comforted him and said, "It's okay with Yi De. Let Lu Bu hit the wall first. When the sun sets in the afternoon, you will have time to show off your power."
Zhang Fei was sure and responded: "Okay!"
Lu Bu did not have Zhao Chen to persuade him. Chen Gong's attention was all on Liu Bei and Zhao Chen. Before he could understand what was going on, he saw Lu Bu leading Zhang Liao and Wei Xu, each with 5,000 men, rushing towards Cao Ren's Eight Gates of Gold. Lock formation.
I saw that the army and horses lost their way just as they rushed into the formation. The sky was spinning and the dust was flying, and it was impossible to distinguish between east, west, north and south.
Lu Bu shouted, wielding Fang Tian's painted halberd and attacked from left to right, trying to defeat each team in the formation, but no matter how he killed, there would be a steady stream of people surrounding him, and there were fewer and fewer brothers following behind him.
Until the end, Lu Bu, Zhang Liao, and Wei Xu were scattered by the formation, each lost his way, and did not know how to deal with it.
On the city wall, Chen Gong saw that the number of people in Lu Bu's army was decreasing rapidly. Lu Bu was like a headless fly, rushing around but unable to break out at all, and he was secretly worried.
But at this time, he was helpless. If he sent troops to support him, he would not be able to break the formation and would only lose his troops and generals.
Helpless, he turned his attention to Liu Bei and Zhao Chen standing aside.
"Please sir, take action to rescue my general."
Chen Gong lowered his stance and begged Zhao Chen.
Zhao Chen glared at Chen Gong. He was still wary of us and others two days ago and was unwilling to let our troops enter the city.
After entering the city, they were always on guard against our troops, and sent many informants to monitor them all the way and restrict our troops' movements. They clearly treated our troops as a hostile force.
Now in times of crisis, you don’t want to mobilize your own forces, but you want our army to rescue you. How can this not make people angry? !
He smiled slightly and said viciously: "Mr. Gongtai has a good plan!"
Seeing this, Chen Gong bowed deeply and begged: "Mr. Houde, please forgive me. It's all Gong Duo's fault before. Now my general is in deep crisis. If we don't save him, I'm afraid he won't be able to escape. Mr. Wang, for the sake of our mutual understanding, For the sake of resisting Cao, please save my general."
Liu Bei also came up to persuade: "Military advisor, if you have a strategy to defeat the enemy, I hope you will put the overall situation first."
Zhao Chen smiled, since Liu Bei had spoken, this favor would naturally be given to Liu Bei, which was considered to have achieved his goal.
"According to the Lord's words, Chen will break the formation now!"
When Chen Gong heard about it, he immediately thanked Liu Bei.
Zhao Chen nodded with satisfaction. Unbeknownst to everyone, he agreed not for Liu Bei, let alone to save Lu Bu, but for another person, Zhang Liao.
