Pottery merchants, Zhao Yun, Zhuge Liang and others galloped wildly, and finally rushed to the road from Guandu to Xuchang at the ugly time.

When this place first arrived, it was unremarkable, the road was densely forested twice, and there was a small river in the middle, and there were three pontoon bridges on the river that seemed to be quite strong, which should have been repaired recently by the local county.

The potter looked around at the terrain, and after carefully analyzing it, he finally set his eyes on the pontoon bridge and the dense forest.

"It seems that if you want to stop the Yuan army from attacking Xuchang, these two places are the only places to ambush, and the key here is on these three pontoon bridges, or maybe in the dense forest, depending on how to use it."

Zhao Yun looked around a few times and said: "Not to mention the dense forest, the river here is not conducive to the cavalry to sit in the town, there are pontoon bridges everywhere, I am afraid it is not good for our troops, if it is a heavy step or a bow and crossbow, it is okay, but the cavalry is difficult to defend." ”

While observing the terrain, the potter said to Zhao Yun: "If Yuan Jun wants to attack Xuchang, he must also use light cavalry, otherwise the speed is not enough, which is fair to both parties, and the second brother doesn't have to worry too much." ”

Zhao Yun couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this.

Fair?

How many war horses does Yuan Shao have?

How many soldiers did Yuan Shao have?

How can this be fair!

The third brother's heart is really a bit too big.

The potter took a closer look and scratched his head in annoyance.

It's really not easy to get this ambush right now, it's all hidden in the dense forest? It is inevitably a bit ridiculous, although this dense forest is deep and winding, but if it is ambushed, Yuan Jun will definitely be able to rush out.

However, if it is an ambush next to the pontoon bridge, it is easier to expose.

It's a bit of a difficult thing to do.

"It seems that the only way to bluff is to use the method of bluffing at the moment, and if you can scare Yuan Jun away, it will be the best! As the saying goes, the soldiers who surrender without a fight are also good at good. ”

Listening to the pottery merchant's muttering, Zhuge Liang stepped up to him and said: "The teacher's words, although they are not unreasonable, but the students think that Yuan Jun came with the idea of conquering Xuchang, and it is best to scare them away. ”

The potter turned his head to look at Zhuge Liang for a while, and sighed.

"Can you be a teacher who doesn't know the truth of this? It's just that at the moment, the only soldiers and horses in my hands are these 3,000 Jinling White Horse Army, and with this army alone, I can fight head-on against the soldiers and horses sent by Yuan Shao to sneak attack, whether I can win the battle, I really have no bottom in my heart. ”

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 student?" ”

The potter turned his head to look at him and wondered, "What does Kong Ming mean?" Let's put it mildly. ”

Zhuge Liang beckoned someone to bring a torch, and then took out a carefully wrapped parchment from his bosom.

As soon as he saw how much the parchment was cherished by Zhuge Liang, the potter knew that this kid must have come up with some new invention.

This kid, the Eastern Han Dynasty version of Edison.

If Kong Ming had lived in the Qing Dynasty, perhaps being a scientist would have been far better than a politician.

Unfold the leather drawing, on which are all dots drawn with ink circles, and use words to write different words on the left and right of the mountain, such as: life, injury, rest, du, scene, death, shock, open.

The potter's eyes widened.

"What are you...... Eight Gate Dunjia? ”

Zhuge Liang was confused.

"What is the Eight Gate Dunjia? This is the eight array diagram newly studied by the disciple, and it is specially presented to the teacher for reference. ”

"Eight Formations." When the potter heard this, he suddenly said, "What is the use of this array?" ”

Zhuge Liang explained for the pottery merchant: "The eight array diagram is the disciple's well-read books, carefully made the masterpiece, the disciple thinks that this array should be the crown of the world's formation, this array combines the permutations and combinations of Jingtian and Taoist gossip, compatible with astronomy and geography, or to the stone base, or to the human array, living in the mountains, forests, grass and trees as the array, can be done." ”

Listening to what Zhuge Liang said, the potter said suspiciously: "Is this thing of yours an evil law?" ”

Zhuge Liang shook his head vigorously: "Teacher, don't make fun of students, where is there any evil law in this world?" I just borrowed the sixteenth of the heavenly array, the twelfth of the heavenly array, the wind is invisible, the clouds are attached to the ground, the heaven and the earth rush back, and the dragon flies to praise the array and other changing opportunities......"

"Alright, Kong Ming." The potter raised his head and interrupted Zhuge Liang's words: "The master probably understands the principle, so you can tell me what to do now, right?" ”

Kong Ming looked at the potter's eyes almost like dilated pupils in confusion, and said, "Teacher, are you sure you really understand?" ”

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

"Then you repeat what I just said."

The potter stretched out his hand and slapped an old fist on Kong Ming's head: "Bastard boy, you haven't graduated from the teacher yet, you actually dare to come to the teacher exam, it's really against you!" Hurry up and get down to business. ”

Zhuge Liang rubbed the bag on his head aggrievedly.

The teacher is not humble at all, he just doesn't understand, he has to pretend to understand, expose him and beat people.

"From the student's point of view, this forest is deep in diameter, the trees are complex, and it is connected to the mountain water source, which is quite in line with the gossip appearance, if you can lure the enemy into the forest, and then give the gossip array to the enemy, you can be several times stronger than your own!"

The potter still believes in Zhuge Liang's ability and means.

But what he doesn't believe in is the receptivity of his own soldiers.

"Our time is very close now, can you teach your difficult and profound Eight Formations to the soldiers of the White Horse Army in such a short period of time? I'm afraid that they won't be able to practice this so-called Eight Array Diagram right now. ”

Zhuge Liang nodded lightly and said: "The teacher has seen it thoroughly, the eight formations are indeed not something that can be practiced at one time, but the magic of this formation is that people can use the mountains, forests, grasses and trees as the formation machine, and the mountains, forests and plants can also use people as the formation machine, if the formation is arranged in the forest, on the contrary, this environment is the main body of the eight formations. ”

Only then did the potter understand a little: "What is the code of the drum and the horn?" ”

Zhuge Liang said: "Teacher, let General Zhao and several captains of the White Horse Army come over to listen, and after they understand the code, they can command the three armies to set up the formation." ”

……

The pottery merchants made a double insurance on the main road from Guandu to Xuchang, on the one hand, they planned to use suspicious tactics to scare off the Yuan army, and on the other hand, they planned to use these 3,000 soldiers to deploy in the dense forest to deal with the Yuan army in case nothing went wrong.

Of course, for Kong Ming's Eight Array Diagram, the potter still has no confidence, and he still hopes to use the method of bluffing to scare Yuan Jun away.

And at this moment, in Xuchang City, another army of soldiers and horses, led by a young general, went straight to the direction of the Guandu battlefield.

And the general who led the troops was Cao Cao's young eldest son, Cao Ang.

Cao Ang originally wanted to go to Guandu to help Cao Cao retreat from the enemy, but Cao Cao resolutely did not 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 would forget it, he didn't want Cao Ang to take this risk.

But obviously, Cao Cao guessed a little wrong about the impetuous character of his son.

Cao Ang finally found a reason, led the army straight out of Xuchang, and rushed to the Guandu battlefield.