"Listen, you two. From what I can see, this formation derives from the Eight Gates and Nine Divisions. It has eight gates and mixes the false with the real. The Life Gate is merely a facade, while heavy forces lie in ambush at the Death Gate. The simplest way to break it is to charge straight into the formation and find the Life Gate. Do this and this, then that and that."
Jiang Ziya patiently gave his instructions. Without entering the formation, he could only make a rough assessment from outside. Naturally, he could not see its crucial junctions, Formation Eye, or Formation Bases, but that did not matter. He could break it by navigating the Life Gate and Death Gate.
As long as they emerged safely through the Life Gate, that would count as breaking the formation.
While he spoke, Ji Shuqi and Ji Shubo had already approached the formation, their hands on their weapons.
Jiang Ziya was generous enough. With a signal from his flag, he directly asked Gao Jieneng to open the formation and let them through.
"You dare open the gate outright? Don't look down on us!"
Seeing the gate swing wide, Ji Shuqi immediately felt anger surge within him. The key to a military formation lay in surrounding and killing the enemy, making a shield formation indispensable.
A shield formation had many strengths when it came to surrounding enemies and blocking their advance. A well-trained shield formation could even keep anyone from entering, while its own soldiers killed the enemy from behind their shields.
Yet to Ji Shuqi's surprise, although soldiers bearing large shields stood within the Shang Army's formation, they made no attempt to stop them. They simply watched them enter. Was that not a provocation?
"Charge in! Today, we won't just break this