"Qi De, is it possible that there is a back-up plan?" Zuo Shiren thought for a while and asked calmly.
"Of course there is, sound east and strike east."
"Shouldn't it be about making an attack in the east and attacking in the west?"
Ling Su smiled and said, "My lord, when the time comes, the lame man will also think so. Don't forget, there is an old saying in the art of war."
"I know that soldiers are crafty."
"That's right." Ling Su sat down again and began to close his eyes and think about how to arrange this battle to perfection.
After breaking Liancheng and rescuing Liducheng's Fifty-Wanshan camp, the advantages and disadvantages of both sides will be completely reversed.
"Qi De, if you defeat the lame man, your name will be resounding in the thirty states of the world, and you will be among the top five in the world."
Ling Su listened, opened his eyes and smiled, noncommittal.
…
At the rear of Liancheng, Ma Yi, with his personal guards, constantly inspected the situation of the grain road.
"The little military advisor has an order, don't let it go."
At this time, two simple camps had been built along the grain road in the rear. A number of archery towers were also built around the camps, allowing them to shoot from a distance.
Of course, in the area near the lower mountain, Ma Yi also arranged for civilians to dig many pits for trapping horses, and set up trip ropes and ground spear traps.
"General Ma, the grain inspector is here."
Ma Yi turned his head and glanced back. When he saw hundreds of Shu soldiers and four to five thousand civilians transporting carts of grain and grass, he rarely smiled.
"See General Ma."
"No courtesy." Ma Yi laughed, "How about it? Nothing bad happened over there in Li Ducheng, right?"
The grain inspector nodded, "Don't worry, General Ma. Li Du City is still guarding the city, and the city gate is tightly closed. The occasional reconnaissance battalion sent out was intercepted and killed by General Yu Wen's men."
"As expected by the little military strategist, the Dongling general guarding Lidu City was too cautious. I guess he didn't know that Dongling is now in a state of tragedy."
They have been sealing off Lidu City and turning it into an isolated city. Today, there is no news exchange in Lidu City. All they can do is follow Kang Zhu's orders and defend the city gate.
"You just happened to be here. The little military advisor wants to see you. Come with me into the city."
The grain inspector nodded, straightened his robe and armor, and followed Ma Yi carefully towards the city.
On the top of the city of Liancheng, seeing the arrival of the grain inspector, Dongfang Jing also smiled like Ma Yi. The arrival of the grain inspector meant one thing. Li Ducheng was still defending, and Cangzhou's
The official road and grain road are smooth and unobstructed.
"Bi Ru meets the little military advisor."
"No gift."
Dongfang Jing smiled and asked the grain inspector in front of him to sit down together.
"Lieutenant Bi Du, I asked you to come here this time because of one thing."
"Young military advisor, I just say it doesn't matter."
Dongfang Jing nodded and continued, "I have something to trouble Captain Bi Du. I also ask Captain Bi Du to find a way to collect the kerosene after he returns this time."
"Don't worry, little military advisor. After gathering them, I will send them over as soon as possible. This time the military affairs are urgent, so I won't send much kerosene -"
"No need to send it." Dongfang Jing shook his head and interrupted, spreading the map he drew in front of Captain Bi.
"Lieutenant Bi Du followed the official road this time and must have passed through Siguan."
"Of course. However, this level... was abandoned more than two hundred years ago."
More than two hundred years ago, there were still Yue people who were causing trouble in Cangzhou, and Siguan was a barrier to stop the Yue people. But later, all the Yue people migrated to Lingzhou.
"After taking the kerosene, Lieutenant Bi Du buried it in Siguan according to my arrangement." As he said that, Dongfang Jing handed the map in his hand to the grain inspector in front of him.
"The war is urgent and there is a shortage of manpower, so we trouble Bi Duwei. I know that Bi Duwei is from Shu, and he is a good man. He serves as the assistant general in Yu Wen's Fengzi Camp."
Bi Ru nodded, "Since it is the little military advisor's order, I will naturally do it well. But as a result, the little military advisor will not have much kerosene and baggage to use to defend the city. Last time General Dou was so brave... he used it in the water battle.
Quite a few.”
"It's okay. I have an idea here. There may be trails near Siguan. Lieutenant Bi Du also please block these trails."
"Little military advisor, where are the refugees nearby."
Dongfang Jing was silent for a while, "There is no need to drive them away. When the refugees are there, there will be fireworks, which can cover a lot of things."
Bi Ru vaguely understood, but he didn't show any signs of losing his composure. Instead, he raised his hands high and bowed towards the east with fists in his hands.
"The little military advisor guards Liancheng, life or death. All the common people and soldiers in Western Shu are willing to listen to the little military advisor's orders."
"I, Dongfang Jing, am just a weak and disabled person. What I do is only for the great cause of my lord and the prosperity of the people of Western Shu. I will have no regrets in my life."
…
At the foot of Lidu Mountain, Lidu City.
At this time, Kang Shuo had a solemn expression on his face.
As the soldiers who went out of the city to investigate were constantly intercepted and killed, he simply ordered people to build a three-foot-high lookout post at the top of Lidu City.
Every day, he went up to the lookout post and looked outside the city for a long time.
"General Kang, many of these Shu people have returned to Danghu City."
Danghu City is the Xishu City Pass that confronts Lidu City.
Listening to General Bi's words, Kang Shuo did not feel any joy. Instead, the solemn look on his face became even worse for a moment.
"I've told you before, this must be a strategy to lure the enemy. Don't forget, the lame man likes to use cunning tactics to attack the city. I bet that if we send people out of the city, the lame man will lead his own troops.
, rush over from the ambush."
Some of the generals nearby were a little unconvinced after all.
"Everyone, go to the lookout post." Kang Shuo smiled. In the past few days, he actually discovered a lot of things on the lookout post.
Kang Shuo waited until several generals who were guarding the city came up together. Kang Shuo raised his hand and pointed to a continuous forest to the south of Lidu City.
"In the past few days, I discovered something interesting in the south direction. Everyone, please listen attentively."
When several generals heard the words, they hurriedly raised their ears and listened carefully for a while, but there seemed to be nothing except the noise outside the city.
"Don't forget, I, Kang Shuo, am from Shanyue. I am most familiar with things in the forest. It is autumn now, when there are the most birds. However, in the woods to the south, the sounds of birds and beasts in the past few days have all disappeared.
Much weaker."
"That is to say, someone in the forest frightened the birds and beasts away. And last night, I saw the fire smoke in the forest to the south. Although it was extinguished quickly, I could finally see it clearly."
Kang Shuo's face was determined, "If I guess correctly, the lame man's troops must be ambushing in the woods to the south outside Li Du City. If I go out at this time, I will definitely fall into the trap!"
Kang Shuo would never have imagined that these routines were all played to him by others.
"General Kang is wise!"
"As expected of my Admiral Dongling's brother!"
Kang Shuo smiled and said, "As I said before, as long as we defend Lidu City, if the lame man has the ability, he will come and attack it."
…
In the woods south of Lidu City.
Meng Huo led more than 300 heroes from the barbarian camp to hunt birds. To this end, he shook the trees from time to time to scare away many forest birds and animals.
"King, why did General Yu Wen... let us do this?"
Meng Huo looked like "I didn't know".
"General Yu Wen is my stupid father's old friend. He is very powerful."
As soon as he finished his sentence, Xiao Menghuo turned his head again, trying to look far away in the direction of Kezhou.
"Many people have died in Kezhou. My stupid father, that stupid tiger... don't let anything happen to me."