Three Kingdoms: I choose Xiao Qiao and Da Qiao, why are you crying, Diao Chan?

Chapter 396 The worst outcome! (Thanks to Nai Xiang Yi Dao and Zhang Wan Hui for their two monthly tickets)
Boom boom boom——

The explosive flames instantly dispersed the thick fog, revealing a large stone with a Tai Chi pattern carved on it.

As the gunpowder cans exploded one after another, even the hardest stones were blown into pieces, with debris flying everywhere.

And as the nearest few large stones and the Tai Chi carved on them were destroyed.

The originally thick fog also receded at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Looking at the immediate effect of the gunpowder jar, Lu Bu immediately smiled with satisfaction.

When facing Zhuge Liang's Eight Diagrams before, if he could have made the gunpowder jars, it would have been less difficult to deal with.

As the saying goes, "All fear comes from lack of firepower."

If the weapon is powerful enough, even those mysterious immortals in the legend may be killed by it.

Just as Lu Bu was thinking about this and was about to wait for the soldiers to continue using gunpowder cans to clear the way.

In the fog, there were suddenly sounds of countless bowstrings vibrating and arrows breaking through the air!

Lu Bu's ears moved slightly, and he was the first to catch these tiny sounds. His face changed instantly, and he hurriedly shouted to the people around him:
"Be careful!! Enemy arrows are coming!"

Although Lu Bu's reminder was quick enough, the arrow fell just as fast.

Many soldiers didn't react in time and were pierced through the cheeks or necks by the sharp arrows!
Lu Bu was shocked, but in this situation, he could only try his best to protect himself and Red Hare, while slowly retreating!

Unexpectedly, there were enemy archers hiding in the fog.

Fortunately, he followed Guo Jia's instructions and used gunpowder cans to clear the way.

If he follows his idea and lets the soldiers enter hand in hand, they will definitely be attacked by the enemy!

With the first round of arrows, Lu Bu's side lost probably hundreds of people.

From this, we can judge that the number of enemies hiding in the fog should not exceed one thousand.

In this situation, the gunpowder cans could no longer be thrown, and the next round of arrows from the enemy had already been shot over!
Fortunately, with the reaction just now, our soldiers have responded in time.

Those who had shields immediately squatted down and used their shields to block, while those who did not have shields grabbed the corpses of their comrades on the ground to use as shields.

Those who don't have either can only use the weapons in their hands to barely resist...

With countermeasures in place, the number of our own soldiers killed by the enemy's second round of arrows was greatly reduced.

Lu Bu seized the opportunity, and when the enemy had finished shooting the second round of arrows, he immediately ordered his archers to shoot at the Eight Formations of Stone Soldiers!
With their huge numerical advantage, the enemy troops hidden in the Eight Stone Soldiers Formation were finally suppressed and could no longer shoot arrows.

Lu Bu took this opportunity to have his soldiers throw gunpowder jars at the boulders in the fog, while letting the archers shoot arrows to provide cover.

Not long after, the Eight Stone Soldiers Formation, which had a diameter of hundreds of meters, finally lost the maze effect formed by combining with nature after more than a dozen huge stones were blown up!
As the fog cleared, Lu Bu saw hundreds of bodies of Liu Bei's soldiers lying among the rocks.

But no other living people were seen, and it was obvious that the other Liu Bei soldiers had withdrawn.

Lu Bu asked his men to count the casualties and found that more than 1,300 of his own soldiers were shot dead or wounded!
His expression was quite serious.

Although they successfully broke the Eight Stone Soldiers Formation, they also consumed a lot of gunpowder cans and lost more than a thousand people.

In this first round of confrontation, it seems that they are slightly inferior...

Lu Bu immediately ordered the military doctors to treat the wounded and bury the bodies.

After the whole reorganization was completed, he led the soldiers into the damaged Stone Soldiers Eight Formations.

Looking at the complex formation composed of hundreds and thousands of large stones.

Lu Bu once again marveled at Zhuge Liang's in-depth research into the art of Qimen Dunjia.

I am afraid that in the past two thousand years, no one has studied it more thoroughly than him.

Especially since he has a second life and has a few more decades of life, he can definitely perfect the Wu Hou Qimen and even make it more powerful!
In the past, Lu Bu didn’t really believe in these supernatural things.

However, after he actually experienced and faced it, he realized that in ancient times, there were many magical powers that have not been passed down to modern times. Therefore, many modern people are unwilling to believe in those mysterious and strange existences.

Fortunately, he has never been a staunch materialist.

Therefore, seeing Zhuge Liang display the profound application of these strange techniques is not as difficult to accept as imagined.

Just like the ancients could not imagine the various high-tech products that modern people can use.

It is also difficult for modern people to imagine the various special abilities that ancient people once possessed.

If you are not in the era, you will not know its wisdom...

Lu Bu did not express too much emotion, but Guo Jia was quite interested in the arrangement and layout of the Shimen Eight Formations.

Lu Bu asked expectantly:
"Can Fengxiao replicate such a formation?"

After Guo Jia pondered for a moment, he said confidently:
"Give me some time, I should be able to replicate it!"

Lu Bu's eyes lit up with joy, and he immediately said:

"In this case, our army will rest here for a while while you comprehend the mystery."

Guo Jia immediately shook his head and waved his hands:

“That’s not necessary. If you want to comprehend the mystery, you can’t do it in a short period of time.

"I will first record the locations of these boulders on the blueprint, and then slowly comprehend them later."

Hearing what Guo Jia said, Lu Bu immediately agreed and personally accompanied the other party to record the location of the boulders in the formation.

At the same time, he was thinking about whether Zhuge Liang sent troops to Liang State.

Since the other party has set up the Eight Stone Soldiers Formation here, which is said to be able to block an army of 100,000.

To be on the safe side, we should send reinforcements to Liang State.

But when Lu Bu was doing important things, he was used to thinking about the worst possible outcome and responding accordingly.

If Zhuge Liang saw through his intention, there should be 30,000 troops in Xiaopei City at this moment.

They only had 39,000 people left, giving them only a slight advantage in terms of military strength.

Moreover, we don’t know whether we will encounter any other strategies of the enemy before arriving at Xiaopei.

Fortunately, they still have more than 2,000 gunpowder cans left. As long as they use them sparingly, they should be able to keep quite a few for sieges.

There can't be too many high-end items like the Shimen Eight Formations.

But considering that the opponent is Zhuge Liang after all.

Lu Bu immediately wrote a letter to Xia Pi, ordering Wei Xu who was guarding there to lead 20,000 troops to support.

About half a day later, Guo Jia finally recorded the locations of the boulders.

Although the upper part of the rocks had been blown away in many places, the holes left at the bottom remained.

In addition, Guo Jia himself had some knowledge of Qimen Dunjia, so he could accurately record the positions of all the huge stones in the Shimen Eight Arrays.

Seeing that Guo Jia had finished his preparations, Lu Bu immediately ordered the army to move forward.

When the army arrived at a plain south of Xiang County, they suddenly felt the earth shaking.

Lu Bu's heart sank, thinking that there was another earthquake.

However, he soon realized that he was wrong.

Because in the distance where the sky and the earth meet, a group of thousands of bison appeared and were running towards them madly!

(End of this chapter)