Chapter 118: Lu Bu’s Defeat (Part ), the Maze!
On the other side, Lu Bu was still charging, but he had already noticed something unusual: no matter how hard he charged, he could not see any enemies in the rolling yellow sand. Instead, there were always people rushing out from behind him from time to time.

If we turn back, the enemy will run away again, and we will never have a head-on battle.

This waste of time has a significant impact on the morale of the army.

"My lord, how about we charge in one direction and rush to the end first?" Gao Shun said, "No matter how hard they try to hide, Jingzhou and Xiangyang can't escape. As long as we attack the city, can they just watch the city without defenders being captured?"

This idea is absolutely correct.

Go straight to the point.

Upon hearing this, Lu Bu nodded and accepted the suggestion, and led his troops straight to the city a hundred miles away - this was not far for the army that was fighting rather than marching. It was not a problem for the soldiers who had been trained for a long time to travel fifty miles in an hour.

In just three hours, they had traveled more than 150 miles.

But what was strange was that the city, which was only a hundred miles away, had yet to be seen.

This made Lu Bu's face change completely.

"What's going on?"

At the same time, someone among the spectators asked this question: Some of them were standing on distant mountains, and some were standing on the towers of the camp. They were all in high places and could see dozens of miles away, and had a clear view of the entire battlefield.

What's more, one can see the outline of Jingzhou city located on the mountain hundreds of miles away.

Therefore, it was clearly seen that Lu Bu led his army and began to circle in circles on the spot.

There is a sense of being "confused".

That is to say, even though he ran hundreds of miles, he was actually still in the same place and had not moved at all!

"Although Lu Bu's army is equipped with a 'compass car', they don't know that the compass may not only point south. The Mohists have a method that can change the world and change the north-south direction." Pang Tong said.

Regarding the south-pointing chariot, which is the prototype of the compass, legend has it that it was invented during the Battle of Zhuolu.

At that time, Huangdi was fighting against Chiyou and it was difficult to identify the direction in the large army, so he invented it and used it with the earliest "war drum" to defeat Chiyou in one fell swoop.

It was also a must-have item for marching and fighting later.

Otherwise, if you can't even tell the difference between the north and the south, what's the point of fighting a war?

However, as Pang Tong said, the "compass" is not absolute. There is no need to change the world. As long as the magnetic field is disturbed, the direction will change.

It is obvious that Zhuge Liang grasped this point.

"Really? It's really amazing!" Ji Hao said, and silently took out a compass. After finding that the direction was indeed wrong, he crushed it into pieces with force.

Fortunately, I came to watch the game.

Otherwise, if you trust modern science too much and ignore the wisdom of the ancients, you will definitely suffer.

"Of course!" said Pang Tong.

After realizing that he couldn't run away, he simply gave up and ran directly to Ji Hao.

Anyway, he was confident that Ji Hao would not let himself be killed by the chaotic army.

As for what happens next, whether to surrender or betray, let's wait until Lu Bu and Zhuge Liang finish fighting.

"My lord, something is wrong!" Gao Shun also noticed something was wrong in the battle formation. He brought a "mineral water bottle" imported from Qingzhou to Lu Bu and said, "I marked it before and threw it on the ground. But not long after I started traveling, I found it in front of me!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Lu Bu's expression changed immediately.

"what do you mean?"

"We are going in circles!" Gao Shun said, "Legend has it that in ancient times there was a kind of 'maze array' that could confuse people's directions and make them unable to tell east, west, south, and north. It was invented by the god of war Chi You."

Hearing this, Lu Bu frowned.

Puzzled, he asked, "But wasn't it later destroyed by the Human Emperor's Compass Chariot, making it useless?"

This is a doubtful point.

Gao Shun couldn't figure it out, but there was another explanation: "But is the 'compass car' of the emperor the same as ours? There are too many secrets of the Ji family that are not passed on to others. Maybe the one that has been passed on is not the real 'compass car', which can only point the direction but not break the maze?"

These words are the result of superstitious thinking.

But by accident, they discovered that the compass car was inoperable.

"This is troublesome!"

After Lu Bu reacted, he found that he could neither advance nor retreat, nor could he find the enemy. He was stuck in Zhuge Liang's "Bagua Formation".

But the question is, how did Zhuge Liang manage to create such a large-scale Bagua formation with only a few people?
"Form a formation and defend!"

After all, Lu Bu was not a reckless man. After learning the situation, he did not continue to rush around like a headless fly, but chose to defend himself in a group.

An army of 800,000 formed a "nine-square grid" and watched over each other.

Each route has 90,000 troops.

In this way, he had the confidence to respond to all changes with the unchanging approach and leave Zhuge Liang with no way to respond.

But, is that really the case?

"Lu Fengxian, are you scared?" Zhuge Liang's figure suddenly appeared a mile ahead.

Lu Bu's face turned dark.

He took out the bow and arrow from his back and shot.

But at this moment, the yellow sand flew over and engulfed Zhuge Liang's figure, and the arrow disappeared. After an incense stick of time, Zhuge Liang's four-wheeled cart appeared behind him.

Left, right.

Zhuge Liang could be seen from time to time, but every time he rushed over or shot an arrow at him, he would miss.

In the end, what shocked Lu Bu was that more than a dozen "Zhuge Liangs" appeared at the same time in four directions, front, back, left, and right. Each of them had a general flag with the word "Liu" on it, commanding the army to charge forward.

As he charged, he said, "My Nine Palaces and Eight Diagrams Formation can change from one to two, two to four, four to eight, and eight to sixteen. Sixteen times the force has surrounded you!"

Following the sound, a massive army attacked from sixteen directions.

He actually took the initiative to attack Lu Bu.

"Nonsense, how is this possible?" Lu Bu said angrily.

Of course that is impossible.

Zhuge Liang was not a god, he just made fifteen fake wooden men - anyway, he was riding a four-wheeled vehicle, and watching from a distance, who could tell the real ones from the fake ones?
Even if he could, his soldiers wouldn't know about it.

Lu Bu's army was still in panic.

Zhuge Liang had an army of 200,000, sixteen times that, that’s more than three million!
"It's fake, don't be afraid, he is bluffing!" Lu Bu roared.

However, the densely packed army on the opposite side really attacked in sixteen directions, with only 12,500 men in each direction, but they formed a formation and tore apart Lu Bu's army.

In less than half an hour, it turned into an all-out melee.

A head-on collision, two hundred thousand versus eight hundred thousand.

For a while, he actually had the upper hand.

"Little thief, do you dare to come out and fight me?"

Lu Bu roared, killing everyone in the army as if he was in an empty space, but he found that there was no trace of Zhuge Liang at all, and the rolling yellow sand covered the entire battlefield.

Even, it is still engulfing his army.

He was like a headless fly, not knowing where to hit and could only run around in all directions.

And his 800,000-man army was useless.

Although they were still there, it was difficult to organize an effective resistance. It felt like there were enemies everywhere, as if there were really three million of them.

Standing outside, it was obvious that his army was divided.

If you shrink, you will fall into Zhuge Liang's trap.

Now most people are squeezed among their own people. They can only hear the shouting and killing from afar but cannot see the enemy. In this way, it naturally seems that there are fewer people than the enemy.

"How can Lu Bu be so incompetent? If it were me, I would charge in from the death gate, and then..."

Sima Yi spoke as if he could easily defeat Zhuge Liang. Zhou Yu, who was also standing outside the situation, also felt that Lu Bu was too stupid and gave Zhuge Liang a chance for nothing.

However, despite their wise considerations, they forgot one thing.

That is, when you really face Zhuge Liang, you are in the game and everything he does is arranged against you, it will be completely different!

"In this battle, Zhuge Liang did not get to show his best skills!" said Pang Tong.

(End of this chapter)