The sky gradually darkened, and at dusk, King Zhu Meng of Wu summoned a large number of Wu's important civil and military generals to gather in the hall.
At this moment, the King of Wu, wearing a rare helmet and armor, stood in the hall and told the civil and military ministers.
Nowadays, the number of officers and soldiers in the imperial court is only over 10,000. After winning a battle, they have begun to get carried away.
He actually dared to divide his troops into three groups to garrison outside Suzhou City. Now, each of them only has a few thousand troops.
And after careful reconnaissance today, the enemy forces at the south gate are the weakest.
Therefore, Wu King Zhu Meng decided to take advantage of the moment when the imperial officers and soldiers had just arrived outside Suzhou City and their foothold was not yet stable.
A night attack on the imperial officers and soldiers was carried out, and the target was the officers and soldiers camp outside the south gate.
For this reason, King Wu decided that in addition to leaving some elite troops to continue to supervise the young and strong defenders of the city, he would gather all the elite troops for tonight's night attack out of the city.
Send General Zhu Zhonglie to lead eight thousand soldiers and horses to pretend to attack the enemy outside the north gate, and be sure to attract the imperial soldiers and horses to the north for reinforcements.
After two sticks of incense, another general led five thousand soldiers and horses to raid the south gate camp.
And he, the King of Wu, will lead three thousand elites to bypass the front and coordinate the attack from the flanks.
Following Zhu Meng's murderous roll call, all the generals could only brace themselves and go out to take orders.
Zhu Meng looked at the dozen generals standing in the hall at this moment, stood up, and raised his hand to wave.
More than a dozen waiters brought bowls of wine to these generals.
"Come, I will have a drink with all the generals today. I wish you great success in Wu!"
"I wish me a great victory in the opening of the Wu Banner and immediate success." Zhu Zhonglie raised his bowl and drank heavily, drained the wine in one gulp, and roared loudly.
All the civil and military officials in the hall stood up one after another, raised their arms and shouted.
Seeing this scene, Zhu Meng couldn't help but laugh heartily, and then strode out of the hall.
"Do you think he really wants to surprise the officers and soldiers?"
Looking at the generals wearing helmets and armor, following Zhu Meng as they strode away.
A civil servant couldn't help but quietly asked his colleagues around him.
The colleague could not help but replied in a low voice with some hesitation.
"That should be the case. After all, after losing for a while, we have to avenge our shame, otherwise?"
"I hope..."
Compared with the enthusiastic generals at this moment, many of these civil servants had furtive looks on their faces and were whispering in low voices.
When the moonlight rose, at the west gate of Suzhou City, a large number of soldiers were gathering towards the west gate from all sides of Suzhou City and began to organize the army...
At this moment, many of the newly promoted dignitaries in Suzhou City are packing their bags in their mansions, hoping to wait for an opportunity to leave Suzhou City.
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Naturally, the movements in the city cannot be hidden from the imperial city detectives who are lurking in the city.
After exhausting their efforts, they finally quietly passed through the water gate of Suzhou City, sneaked out of Suzhou City, swam across the moat, and headed straight towards the officers and soldiers camp.
In the Chinese army's tent, Gao Zhang, who was trying to get close to Liu Fa and other generals, saw Yang Douzhi hurrying into the tent, followed by a dripping imperial city detective.
Yang Douzhi came to him and bowed, pointing at the soaked Qian Tan behind him.
"Master Zhuangyuan, there is news from the detectives staying in Suzhou City of our Imperial City Division.
The Zhu rebels are very likely to attack the camp today. A large number of people have gathered at the west gate of Suzhou City. The number is probably close to 20,000. "
As soon as these words came out, all the generals stood up, and Gao Zhang was also shocked by the news.
"Zhu Meng wants to be alone? General Liu, what do you think?"
Gao Zhang immediately set his sights on Liu Fa.
After Liu Fa inquired in detail about the officer Yang Douzhi brought in, he frowned and stroked his beard and thought for a long time before saluting Gao Zhang.
"Gao Xuanfu, according to the general's opinion, Zhu Meng sent all his troops to the west gate not only to attack the camp, but also for other purposes..."
"So the general thought that our army should scare the enemy and pretend to attack the west gate to disrupt the plan of the Zhu family rebels.
Second, the general will lead his cavalry and move outside the east gate, waiting for an opportunity to attack the enemy..."
Gao Zhang nodded and looked at General Liu who was looking at him eagerly, waiting for his approval.
Professional matters should be left to professionals. At least the other generals also recognized the opinion of this famous Western Army general.
Gao Zhang was naturally obedient and nodded towards Liu Fa.
"In this case, it will be up to General Liu. As for the heavy responsibility of the Ximen feint attack, I will ask Commander Deng to make you responsible..."
"The last general takes orders..."
Soon, the camp outside the west gate began to become noisy.
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On top of the city, Zhu Fang frowned and nervously looked at the Ximen camp where there were suddenly more and more flames.
The young men guarding the city on top of the city were obviously beginning to feel uneasy at this moment.
On the top of the city, the number of young and strong elites responsible for supervising and monitoring battles was now reduced by almost two-thirds.
Although the news received was to gather elite soldiers and horses to launch a night attack on the imperial camp.
However, with the decrease in the number of elites supervising the battle, Zhu Fang now sent almost all his own soldiers to suppress the situation, and only then was he able to control the somewhat restless young men defending the city.
At this moment, the passionate drums suddenly sounded in the Ximen Camp.
Then, Zhu Fang saw torches one after another, starting to move from the east gate camp to the outside of the camp, and began to advance towards the city gate.
Zhu Fang, who had been staring for a long time, finally couldn't control herself and shouted loudly.
"Quick, warn, sound the alarm, the enemy wants to attack Ximen at night, quick!"
As the urgent alarm bell rang on the west gate tower, the news that the imperial officers and soldiers were about to attack the west gate at night reached the ears of Wu King Zhu Meng, who was already ready at the east gate.
"Your Majesty, please send troops quickly to save Ximen."
Seeing the anxious general asking for help who had arrived in front of the horse, Zhu Meng couldn't help but get angry.
"Why are you panicking? The army has already gathered at the east gate. Now if we return to the west gate to help, how can we attack the army camp at night?"
"Tell Zhu Fang that he will stand up to me no matter what. As long as the North Gate and South Gate fight together, the danger of the East Gate will be solved."
"But the king..."
"If you don't get out of the way, I will kill you!"
Accompanied by Zhu Meng's furious roar, he let out a cry, unsheathed his sword, and pointed it directly at the general who blocked his way.
After seeing the general retreating to the side in frustration, Zhu Meng could no longer wait any longer and ordered the east gate to be opened without hesitation.
Along with the huge sound, the suspension bridge was slowly being lowered, and the originally closed city gate was slowly opening.
Zhu Meng took a deep breath and turned to look at this Suzhou city that he was extremely familiar with.
Then without hesitation, he urged the army to leave the city quickly...
Go to bed, go to bed, good night everyone
(End of chapter)
