Chapter 496: Entering the tiger's den before leaving the wolf's den! (4000)

Hao Meng's words finally calmed the frightened soldiers temporarily.

However, his meeting with that group of soldiers was just a small probability event. The soldiers listened to his words and acted as he said. After another half an hour of tossing, only two groups gathered together. Not only did this situation not lead to any crisis,

The changes also caused a lot of hardships for these soldiers.

The slightest bit of morale that was finally raised quickly evaporated.

What replaced it was greater panic and suspicion than before, but this time everyone knew that if they spoke loudly, Hao Meng would hear them, so they only whispered among the group.

Some groups even simply sat on the ground and stopped moving.

Anyway, if Hao Meng finds a way to crack it, they can leave safely. On the contrary, no one can see each other, and no one will know that they are slacking off.

Of course this is not the way to go.

After all this tossing, Hao Meng already had a preliminary understanding of the eight formations in front of him. Although he didn't know that this was actually a maze of formations, which contained profound tactics and formations, he remembered that he had seen the formations in the forest before.

Following the faint sound of fire, he soon had a new idea.

"Gentlemen, I have thought of it!"

Hao Meng suddenly shouted again at the top of his lungs, "Climb higher! Each group sent one person to find the tallest tree around them and climb up. After climbing to the top of the tree and looking around, they could clearly see the lights lit beside the surrounding groups in the darkness.

The torches can be used to determine the position and distance between each other, and then the person at the top can instruct the people below to move and join together, so that you can get twice the result with half the effort. You should act quickly and get out in one fell swoop!"

"promise!"

Hao Meng's words once again gave the soldiers great hope.

The main reason is that after everyone thought about this idea, they also thought it made sense. The biggest problem now is that they can't see the path clearly and can't accurately judge the position of other people. And if you climb up and have a bird's eye view, you can have a clear view, which of course is not easy.

Trapped.

In fact, this is also a flaw that is difficult to avoid in all mazes.

As long as you can see the entire maze clearly, then the maze is just a slightly complicated map. You can quickly find the correct path with just your eyes and brain.

Unfortunately.

Although Hao Meng had a good idea, when it was actually implemented, it was not as smooth as imagined.

Many soldiers quickly climbed up the tree. Looking down, they could indeed see many groups of torches, but don't forget that it was late at night with extremely poor visibility. Even if they climbed up the tree and looked down, they could only

Seeing those torches and the few meters that the torches illuminated, even though I knew that the distance between two adjacent groups of people was not that far, it was still not easy to get the two groups of people to come together smoothly.

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For a time, the soldiers regained hope and became busy one by one.

But the atmosphere in the forest is not very harmonious:

"You are so damn blind. The person is obviously right in front of you. You just walked straight and you met him!"

"Come down and let me take a walk. There is a row of trees in front of me. How about I put on my wings and fly over?!"

"Keep your mouth clean. I will remember you. Wait until you come down to see if I will deal with you!"

"Wrong, wrong! Are you out of your mind? I told you to turn left. Where the hell are you going?"

"There's no way to the left, you're just out of your mind!"

"I'm not going to do it anymore. I love whoever I want. I'll show you the way. If you don't listen, forget it. You'll have to deal with me later. It's not human's business here or there. Whoever wants to do it can do it!"

"..."

After all, they are a group of rough guys with little education, and they are all soldiers who have seen blood. If they can restrain themselves and not really fight, it is already considered good.

However, this move is not useless.

Many people have discovered the problem. In addition to the trees and special terrain that are impossible to cross, if the two groups of people are close enough and separated by those weird stone barriers, they can climb over the stone barriers with some effort.

Convergence.

Some people even directly choose to overturn or dismantle the stone barrier and forcefully open a passage for the meeting.

As a result, more and more people gathered together.

Once there are more people, the fear in the heart will be relatively reduced, and the situation seems to be gradually getting better.

However, the situation is not as simple as they thought.

Although in the Hu army, except Zhuge Liang, even Wu Liang was unable to understand the essentials of the "Eight Formations", Zhuge Liang also told Wu Liang about the special features of this formation.

Just put it like that.

As Hao Meng and others are destroying part of the situation in the "Eight Formations Diagram" now, there is no way to break out of the formation. The "Eight Formations Diagram" has eight interrelated and ever-changing Ida Bagua battle formations, and there is also a general.

The eight formations are linked together in the middle formation, and this middle formation is where the eye of the formation is.

Only by finding the formation eye and taking it out in one fell swoop will the eight Ida Bagua formations be unable to continue to change, and only then will there be a chance to get out of it smoothly.

Of course, this does not mean that there are no other ways to crack the "Eight Formation Diagram".

When he was at "Mu Cemetery" before, Wu Liang thought of using the "top lifting" method to pass the "Eight Arrays" maze. It was indeed a good method, but "Mu Cemetery" had already dealt with it in advance.

A large amount of kerosene was placed at the entrance of the formation to resist this method. If Wu Liang did this, even if he could pass the "Eight Formation Diagrams", he would only end up with a mausoleum that was burned into scorched earth, and he might even be marked with himself.

The lives of the Hu army.

At this moment, Hao Meng ordered people to climb to the top of the tree to observe the formation, which was similar to Wu Liang's idea of ​​"lifting the top". Naturally, he also had a chance to crack the formation.

But the problem is that it is a night with poor visibility.

Even if they climbed to the top of the tree, they would not be able to see the full picture of the "Eight Arrays".

Of course, I don’t dare to spread torches in the forest, not to mention whether the kerosene and torches I carry with me are enough. Even if they are enough, in this forest full of trees and fallen leaves, if I am not careful, I can cause an unstoppable mountain fire.

Fire, and they won't be able to escape when the time comes, the end can be imagined.

But as long as they hold on a little longer until daytime, the "Eight Formations" will naturally not be able to trap them...

certainly.

This does not mean that the "Eight Formation Diagram" can be broken by anyone who wants to.

It should be noted that it is definitely a bad idea to arrange the "Eight Formations" into a labyrinth that will not move, as Wu Liang did now, or as "Mu Cemetery" did.

of overkill and underutilization.

The essence of the "Eight Formation Diagram" is the battle formation!

When fighting, using a large number of soldiers to form a battle formation is the ultimate form of this formation. In Zhuge Liang's own words, if you give him 10,000 soldiers and horses, and provide him with an open and flat battlefield, he can strangle ten people head-on with this formation.

Thousands of enemy troops were wiped out.

In fact, when I heard Zhuge Liang's bold words...

Wu Liang still couldn't help complaining in his heart: Tsk, tsk, tsk, you are so powerful. In history, you led the Shu army to the Northern Expedition several times, but didn't you achieve much results?

But it's just a rant.

In fact, he also knew in his heart that the essence of this "Eight Formation Diagram" is a defensive formation, and it requires a suitable battlefield to deploy the large formation. It cannot be used at any time, let alone Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition in history.

Most of them are siege battles, so there are even fewer opportunities for the "Eight Formations" to be effective.

So this does not mean that the "Eight Formation Diagram" is not powerful enough.

…

This went on for several more hours.

After demolishing many stone blocks, Hao Meng and others finally managed to assemble most of the troops. There are still some people who have not found them, but this does not mean that they have been able to escape from the "Eight Formation Map".

It can be said that the number of groups has changed from more than thirty groups to several groups.

At this moment, the originally dark night became darker and darker, even a little depressing.

This is actually the darkness before dawn, indicating that a new day is coming and they will see more things.

"Commanders, please rest for a while!"

Hao Meng also had a judgment in his mind, waved his hand to his soldiers, and said loudly, "Everyone is tired after a long night of hard work. Let's make a fire to keep out the cold and make food. After the meal, the sky will light up. At that time, we will wait for a while.

When you have the energy, you can climb high and patrol according to the law, and you can get twice the result with half the effort, so why be afraid!"

"promise!"

The soldiers were already exhausted, and they felt as if they were being pardoned after hearing these words.

After a while.

Several wisps of green smoke rose from the mountains and forests, mixed with the aroma of some corn. Some soldiers even felt comfortable after drinking the hot porridge. They wrapped their clothes and leaned against the trees and took the time to squint.

Another half hour later.

The sun finally peeked halfway above the horizon.

On the horizon is a green and red morning glow, which looks gorgeous and wonderful. The only drawback is that the late autumn morning is still a bit cold.

At the same time, the thin sunlight also illuminated the mountain forest.

Although it is still a little gloomy, the vision is good enough.
To be continued...