Super Cultivation System of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1077 Eight Golden Locks
"Cao, the thief, give me your life."

Zhao Yun shouted, resounding through heaven and earth, and with a swipe of his silver spear, he immediately took the life of a Cao army soldier.

"Fire arrows!"

Countless arrows shot up into the sky and fell down towards Cao Ren's troops in a black mass.

"Raise your shields." Cao Ren gave an order and all the soldiers squatted down in unison. Then, they raised their shields above their heads, forming a black wall pointing to the sky.

"Thump, thump, thump..." The rain of arrows hit the shield, making a dull sound.

Zhao Yun's pupils shrank: "It seems that Cao's army is well prepared."

While thinking about the next tactics, Zhao Yun suddenly saw that the opponent had taken action first.

Cao Ren personally sat in the center, commanding teams of rattan shield soldiers, some in groups of ten and some in groups of twenty, who rushed towards Zhao Yun.

"Want to surround Zhao? Humph, wishful thinking."

Zhao Yun snorted coldly in his heart, pulled the reins, and the white dragon horse under his crotch neighed, ran forward three steps, then jumped high and flew over the heads of a row of rattan shield soldiers.

"Look at the gun."

Zhao Yun twisted his body backward in mid-air, and his spear, like a dragon, pierced into the back of a Cao army soldier like lightning.

Immediately afterwards, the warhorse landed on the ground, and the white dragon horse kicked with its powerful hooves, kicking the two rattan shield soldiers who were nearby away.

"System prompt: Zhao Yun's basic military strength is 102 points, and his King of Soldiers, King of Armor, and mount have increased by 5 points in total. He is not fighting alone at the moment, so his special skill 'Dragon Gallbladder' has not yet been triggered."

"Zhao Yun triggers the special skill 'Spear King', and his force increases by 4 points."

"Zhao Yun's current comprehensive force is 111 points."

With Zhao Yun's charge, a gap was quickly torn among the rattan shield soldiers. The Feiyu cavalry army followed closely and immediately charged into Cao's army formation.

Cao Ren was not in a hurry. He sent messengers around him and waved flags, and the soldiers with rattan shields quickly changed their formation.

In addition to the rattan shield soldiers, there were also different types of soldiers such as archers, spearmen, and light cavalry, who joined in from all directions, each lined up in an orderly manner. Countless colorful flags waved wildly, making Zhao Yun and the Feiyu cavalry soldiers a little dazzled.

A few miles away, Liu He, accompanied by Cui Jun, Xu Shu and Xun You, arrived quickly under the protection of Zhang He and the halberd soldiers, while the main army was still more than ten miles behind.

After receiving the news of Cheng Liang's death in battle, Cui Jun and others finally understood why Liu He suddenly became so anxious, although they didn't know how His Majesty could learn about the battle situation in front of Hulao Pass so quickly.

"Hmm?" Xu Shu looked at the changes in the battle far ahead and let out a light cry.

Liu He turned his head and looked at him: "Did Yuan Zhi find anything?"

Xu Shu stared ahead for a moment and shook his head: "The enemy's formation seems to have some tricks, but it's hard to see clearly at the moment. If we can climb up to a high platform and look down, we will be able to see it all at a glance."

Liu He waved his hand and everyone stopped immediately.

"Please build my command platform. Yuanzhi and I will watch the battle from here."

Zhang He brought a group of soldiers armed with halberds and quickly built the command platform for Liu He. Liu He went up there with Xu Shu, Cui Jun and Xun You.

"This is..." After Liu He saw the formation clearly, he suddenly felt it looked familiar.

Under Cao Ren's command, the army formed a huge circle. Strictly speaking, it was a circle with eight entrances and exits.

Within this circle, different types of soldiers formed their own formations and moved slowly in different orders and directions.

Xu Shu immediately shouted, "The Eight-Gate Golden Lock Formation, to be exact, should be an improved version of the Eight-Gate Golden Lock Formation specifically designed to deal with cavalry archers. It seems that Cao Cao had long anticipated that the lord would send General Zilong back to attack, so he had already prepared a countermeasure before the battle."

As they were talking, Zhao Yun had already led the Feiyu Cavalry and fell into the Eight Gate Formation.

Waves of arrows were shot from the bows of the Flying Feather Cavalry, but the only response they got was the sound of arrows hitting the rattan shields.

"Change of formation."

As soon as Cao Ren gave the order, the Eight Gate Formation changed rapidly. Although the soldiers surrounding the Feiyu Cavalry were still rattan shield soldiers, countless heads were moving rapidly behind the rattan shields.

Although Zhao Yun did not recognize the formation, he was a veteran and had a lot of experience. He looked around and made a prompt decision.

"Pass the order down, follow the general's footsteps and rush out of the enemy camp first, and don't linger in the battle."

He spurred his horse and rode quickly along a path cleared in the army formation.

Cao Ren smiled slightly and waved his command flag. Soon a team of soldiers with rattan shields stood in front of Zhao Yun. Just as Zhao Yun was about to jump over on his horse, he discovered that behind the rattan shields, there were rows of sharp spears.

"Whisp..." The warhorse was tightly reined in and couldn't help but sneeze a few times. "Ha..."

A row of spears stabbed forward from behind the rattan shields.

In a hurry, Zhao Yun drew the sword from his waist with his left hand and slashed across.

"Danglanglang..."

Several spears broke with a sound.

The spears of Cao's army were all made of ordinary wood, which were completely different from the specially made wooden poles or even iron poles under Liu He's command. They were no different from tofu in front of the imperial sword in Zhao Yun's hand.

"Go!" Zhao Yun shouted in a low voice, holding the gun in his right hand and sweeping it across. With such a tremendous force, he actually pushed the soldier with the rattan shield in front of him to the ground.

"General Zhao is so powerful! Brothers, hurry up and follow him."

Several generals of Feiyu Cavalry immediately came with their soldiers at full speed.

However, something strange happened suddenly.

Suddenly, scimitars appeared from under the rattan shields on both sides.

These scimitars flashed cold light and chopped at the horse's legs one after another.

"Puff puff……"

"Sorry..."

In a flash, the legs of thousands of Flying Feather Knights' horses were chopped off, and they fell to the ground together with their horses.

The wailing of war horses and the cries of pain of soldiers continued.

"Not good." Zhao Yun immediately reined in his horse and turned back, intending to go to the rescue, but was stopped by a team of rattan shield soldiers who suddenly appeared.

"Go away!"

He swung the bright silver spear and knocked away one rattan shield soldier after another. However, the speed at which he knocked away the enemy soldiers was far slower than the speed at which the enemy could replenish their forces.

Before long, Zhao Yun was completely surrounded by the rattan shield soldiers.

"Damn it..." Zhao Yun held the sword in his left hand and the gun in his right hand, slashing left and stabbing right. Although he was surrounded, Cao's army could not do anything to him.

"System prompt: Zhao Yun activates a new special skill - Dual Absolutes: Using different weapons with both hands at the same time reaches an extremely high level. When both weapons are divine weapons, both can increase the force. At the same time, the force in battle will increase by 3 points."

"Currently Zhao Yun uses the sword, which increases his strength by 1 point, and his special skill increases his strength by 3 points. Zhao Yun's overall strength becomes 114 points."

As the sword came out, the spears broke one after another, and as the spear swept, the rattan shields were knocked away one after another.

Cao Ren was a little annoyed. "Hmph, even if you are extremely brave, you can't escape from my Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation today. I have been practicing this formation for more than a year to deal with you, the Flying Feather Cavalry. This time, I must spare your life."

On the command platform, Xu Shu said with certainty: "There is no mistake. This formation is divided into nine formation walls and eight entrances and passages, namely Rest, Life, Injury, Stop, Scenery, Death, Shock, and Open."

Cui Jun said: "I also know a little about the Eight Trigrams. If we set up the formation according to this, we only need to attack from the three gates of Sheng, Jing and Kai to break the formation."

Xu Shu shook his head: "Not really. Cao Cao is a skilled warrior, and this formation is designed to deal with our cavalry, so it is not easy to break. You see..."

He pointed to the Eight Gates Formation in front of him and said, "The power of this formation lies in that it can be changed as you wish. The so-called Eight Gates are not fixed. The one General Zilong entered just now was the Open Gate. Cao Ren knew that General Zilong was both wise and brave, and was afraid that if he recognized this formation, he would not fall for it. Therefore, he used the Open Gate to lure him into the formation, and then the formation changed, and the Open Gate became the Death Gate."

"System prompt: Xu Shu comprehended Sun Wu's martial spirit. Sun Wu's attributes are as follows: Command 99, Martial Power 88, Intelligence 102, Politics 74. Special attributes: None."

"Sun Wu's Special Skill 3: Military Saint - As a main general, you and all your generals and troops are immune to all negative special skill effects that reduce the command and force of all your own people. At the same time, your own command and intelligence are increased by points. As a counselor, the immunity effect is only effective for yourself and the person you assist."

"Sun Wu's Special Skill 3: Formation Master - When facing an enemy formation, increase your intelligence by 2 points, reduce the enemy's main general's command by 2 points, reduce the force of all enemy generals by 2 points, and reduce the intelligence of all counselors by points."

"After Xu Shu's enlightenment, his attributes changed as follows: Command 82, Force 87, Intelligence 98, Politics 72. Special attributes: None."

"Xu Shu inherited the skill of 'Military Saint', and combined the skills of 'Founder of Formation' and 'Master of Formation' to form a new skill 'Ambush Formation' - when facing an enemy formation, he will increase his intelligence by 3 points, reduce the enemy's main commander's command by 2 points, and increase the military strength of all his generals by 1 point. After breaking through the enemy's formation, he will reduce the military strength of all enemy generals by 1 point."

"Affected by his special skill, Xu Shu's overall command is 85 points, and his overall intelligence is 104 points."

"Cao Ren's overall command has dropped to 87 points."

"Zhao Yun's overall strength becomes 115 points."

(End of this chapter)