Chapter 524 Eight Golden Chains
Whether it was Han Zhan or Guo Jia, they all felt that since Chen Gong was ordered to go to Dongjun to serve as the prefect, and was escorted by Gao Lan by 5,000 soldiers and horses, he would definitely not encounter any danger.
But as soon as the troops entered the territory of Dongjun, the explorer in front came back to Gao Lan. Chen Gong reported: "Report to General Gao and Prefect Chen, are there soldiers and horses in Dongjun blocking the road in front?"
"The soldiers and horses of Dongjun blocked the road?" Chen Gong was stunned at first, thinking that the court had already informed the officials of Dongjun that he was about to be the prefect. Why would there be soldiers and horses blocked the road? Could it be that the soldiers and horses did not explain his identity clearly? He asked the soldiers and horses: "Have you ever informed them of their identity?"
"Go back to the prefect." The tentma quickly replied, "The young man had already told them. But they said that they only knew that there was Cao in the East County, and they had never heard of Chen."
"It's so outrageous!" Lu Kuang, who was following the two horses, heard the words of the horse probing, shouted in anger: "General Gao, wait for his subordinates to lead the troops to meet these Dongjun soldiers." After saying that, without waiting for Gao Lan to issue an order, he led a thousand troops and hurriedly left.
In less than two incense sticks, the explorer ran back in panic and reported to the two: "Reported to General Gao, Prefect Chen, and the Dongjun army and horses set up a formation in front. Captain Lu led his troops to charge the formation and soon fell into a siege. Now he is in danger. Please send someone to rescue him quickly."
When Lu Kuang learned that Lu Kuang was in danger, Lu Xiang was anxious. He quickly clasped his fists and said to Gao Lan: "General Gao, his subordinates are willing to lead troops to rescue. Please forgive me."
Just as Gao Lan was about to agree, Chen Gong suddenly asked Tan Ma: "Have you ever seen the other party's flag clearly?"
Tamma thought for a moment and replied, "Reply to the words of Chen Prefect, I saw a flag and wrote 'Cao'."
"So it's him, I understand." After saying this to himself, Chen Gong said to Lu Xiang: "Person Lu is a little calm. The one who leads the troops in front is Cao Ren. He is quite strategic and the formation he sets up is somewhat particular. If you go rashly, not only will you not be able to save Brother Ling, but you will also be trapped in."
Because he was worried that Lu Kuang would have an accident, the army accelerated the march. In less than half a stick of incense, he arrived at the battle area. At this moment, it can be seen that Lu Kuang was in a precarious situation and there was a possibility of the entire army being destroyed at any time. Lu Xiang hurriedly asked Gao Lang for his order: "General Gao, my brother is not good at growing up, please send troops to help as soon as possible."
"Let's wait!" Chen Gong put on a shed in his hand and looked into the distance: "Wait until I can see what formation the other party is posing."
"Premier Chen," Seeing Chen Gong's calm look, Lu Xiang was so anxious that he stamped his feet: "If you don't send troops, my brother will be dead soon."
"Personnel Lü, don't worry." Chen Gong turned over and dismounted, pulled out his sword, and drew his sketch on the ground: "General Gao, come and see."
Chen Gong had dismounted, so Gao Lan and Lu Xiang could no longer sit on the horse, and they also dismounted one after another, gathered around Chen Gong to see what he was going to draw.
While drawing a picture, Chen Gong said to the two, "Cao Ren is the Eight Gate Golden Lock Formation. The Eight Gate: Xiu, Sheng, Injury, Du, Jing, Death, Shock, Open. If you go from Shengmen and Jingmen, it will be auspicious if you enter; if you go from the wound gate, Jingmen, Xiumen, Injury, When you enter, you will be injured; if you go from Dumen, Death gate, and People will die. Although the eight gates are neatly arranged, they are just a lack of hosting in the middle, so this formation is just a false statement."
Gao Lan waited for Chen Gong to finish his speech, and immediately asked impatiently: "Premier Chen, how should we break it?"
"General Gao can lead two thousand troops, enter from Shangshengmen in the southeast corner, and fight out to the Xijingmen in the main, and the formation will be in chaos."
After hearing Chen Gong's method of breaking the formation, Lu Xiang hurriedly said, "Premier Chen, let me lead the troops to rescue him."
"Person Lu, you are not Cao Ren's opponent." Chen Gong shook his head and refused to Lu Xiang's request: "If you are unable to break out of Zhengxijingmen for a long time, then you will not be able to break this formation."
Just as Lu Xiang was about to say a few more words, Gao Lan put his hand on his shoulder: "Person Lu, as the prefect Chen said, I will lead the troops to break the formation, and you will lead the remaining people here to surround the formation."
Lu Xiang thought for a moment, thinking that not to mention him, even if his brother joined forces, he would not be Gao Lan's opponent. If he had to go out to rescue his brother, the chances of victory would be much higher. He clasped his fists and said, "I'm going to work hard for General Gao!"
Cao Ren trapped Lu Kuang. When he was secretly proud, he suddenly saw a soldier and horse coming from the opposite side. He actually rushed into the Shengmen in the southeast corner, heading straight into the formation, and hurriedly drove forward to fight.
The two met and did not sign up, so they started a fight. Don’t see Cao Ren as a famous general in Dongjun, but compared with Gao Lan, they were slightly inferior. At the beginning, the two could still draw, but after twenty rounds, Cao Ren gradually fell into a disadvantage.
After two more battles, Cao Ren could not resist the enemy and drove his horse away. Gao Lan did not chase him, but followed Chen Gong's instructions and rushed straight to Jingmen in the west.
When Cao Ren was defeated, the formation began to be a little messy. At this moment, Gao Lan broke out from Jingmen again. The eight-gate golden lock formation, which was only a false appearance, suddenly fell into chaos. Seeing that the enemy formation was in chaos, Chen Gong said to Lu Xiang beside him: "Person Lu, the eight-gate golden lock formation has been broken. Hurry up and lead the troops to kill and rescue your brother."
After hearing this, Lu Xiang agreed loudly and took the remaining troops to kill him. The troops in the Dongjun in the formation had long been in chaos. Now that he saw a new force entering, the soldiers shouted and fled in all directions.
Gao Lan, Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang joined forces and then covered and chased after more than ten miles. Fortunately, they considered that these soldiers and horses would be subordinates of Chen Gong in the future, so they only drove away rather than killed and injured. They killed only more than 500 people, but captured more than 4,000 people.
When Chen Gong brought people to him, Gao Lan bowed to him with his fists and said, "Congratulations to Prefect Chen, congratulations to Prefect Chen. Today, he broke Cao Ren's eight-gate golden lock formation so easily. I believe that no one will go against Prefect Chen in the future."
Chen Gong thought in his mind that there were about 10,000 soldiers Cao Ren used to set up the formation today. He killed more than 2,000 people when he broke the formation, and now he has captured more than 4,000 people. In addition, some of them were dispersed on the road. Only 3,000 soldiers could be followed by Cao Ren back to the city of Dongjun. If he wanted to take office in Dongjun, these soldiers would not be a concern. He hurriedly bowed and thanked Gao Lan: "Thank you, General Gao. If General Gao and the two Lu Zhengwei were not brave and good at fighting, it would be impossible for the palace to arrive in Dongjun smoothly."
"Premier Chen," Gao Lan asked Chen Gong: "Will we rush to Dongjun immediately?"
"This place is only thirty miles away from Dongjun City. It's getting late, and even if you rush over, you can't enter the city. It's better to rest here for a night, and it's not too late to enter the city tomorrow."
Chapter completed!