Xu Mu's hands were trembling slightly. Deep down in his heart, he actually didn't blame Jia Zhou too much. Just as Jia Zhou said, if this plan to trap and kill Sima Xiu had been mentioned before, he would most likely not have agreed to it, considering all factors.
"My lord, please be at ease. I have two moves left in Chengdu."
"Wenlong...the first step is to be the puppy."
Jia Zhou nodded, "My lord, you guessed it right. The first step is to take my disciple Xiao Xiaofu. Moreover, I am not exaggerating. Xiao Xiaofu is indeed very talented. As long as Xiao Xiaofu is here, I will protect him with all my strength." The palace, and the princess giving birth.”
Xu Mu suddenly understood why Jia Zhou had tried his best to persuade him to go north to cut off the cold weather when winter was about to begin.
"What about the second step."
"My lord, have you noticed that Xiao Xiaoyao did not follow the army?"
"Wen Long, didn't you send him to Muyun State to assist Bo Lie before?"
Jia Zhou was silent for a while, "He was sent back again. There were more than 300 chivalrous men and nearly 3,000 righteous men hiding in the woods outside Chengdu. If there is a war in Chengdu, they will rush back to fight against Chengdu. An ambush army. If the puppy Fu Shou can survive, they will not take action for the time being."
Xu Mu's face was silent.
He deeply admired Jia Zhou's plan. The best wise man in Shuzhou finally laid out the overall situation and introduced Sima Xiu into the situation.
"In addition, Sima Xiu has entered the urn. Chao Yi will also rush to the Shuzhou Mountains to intercept Sima Xiu's retreat. I have completely surrounded this urn."
Xu Mu didn't hesitate anymore, he took a few steps closer and helped Jia Zhou, who was kneeling on the ground, up.
This world-famous strategist finally turned red-eyed and held Xu Mu's hand tightly.
"Please rest assured, my lord, Chengdu will be in chaos, but it will soon calm down. After this incident, I knelt in front of the palace and apologized to Shuzhou."
"Wen Long is not guilty." Xu Mu shook his head, "If there is truly an apology, I will kneel with Wen Long."
Jia Zhou was startled, then suddenly laughed. She held Xu Mu's hand a little tighter.
"Plan to kill Sima Xiu, my lord, the matter is settled!"
…
"Abandon your horse!"
After leaving the Pingman camp and riding horses in the rugged mountains and forests for twenty or thirty miles, Sima Xiu gave the order in a solemn voice.
This opportunity to defeat Shu was right in front of him. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Shuzhou is empty, and internal forces have already built momentum. They only need to capture Chengdu and hold on for about half a month, and the army from Liangzhou will follow.
As for Yuguan, it doesn't matter how dangerous it is. Once Chengdu is broken, I'm afraid it will fall into a passive situation.
"Poisonous Eagle, if it's really you, it's really a clumsy plan. Let me, Commander Matthew, teach you how to stage a big conspiracy."
"Leave five hundred men to break up the rear, and lay more traps in the forest to block the barbarians behind. If you successfully enter Shu this time, it will be a great achievement for you!"
"Military advisor, our army's spies are here in Chengdu!"
A few dozen miles further, several spies from Chengdu were hurriedly led in front of them.
"Meet the military advisor." The spies knelt down in unison.
"How's it going."
"Mr. Wei and his people have occupied almost the entire Chengdu... However, there is still the last royal palace left. At the entrance to the road, there is a young general who will not retreat."
"Where is Shu general Han Jiu?"
"They were ambushed, and the Shu people suffered heavy losses. Even the reckless Han Jiu was seriously injured and retreated. In addition, Sun Xun, the Shu general on the other side of the training ground, abandoned the training ground and disappeared with dozens of subordinate generals. Enter the mountains and forests.”
"Hiding into the forest? He wanted to wait for an opportunity to counterattack. However, he has done a good job." It was not until now that Sima Xiu breathed out a comfortable breath.
Looking at it this way, he made the right choice.
Shuzhou used Fu Xun tribe as a plan and took advantage of the chaos in Liangzhou to start a winter expedition. Instead, he took advantage of his plan and charged directly into Shuzhou, which was depleted of troops.
"This battle, whether it's Shuzhou or Liangzhou, is equally dangerous at every step."
"Military advisor, please go to Chengdu quickly and join hands to capture the Chengdu palace!"
"This is natural. I heard that Xu Buyi's princess has given birth to a baby?"
"Exactly...but there are still guards in the palace, and we don't know whether they are men or women."
Sima Xiu nodded and began to step forward with his hands behind his hands.
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There are fires everywhere in Chengdu. There are countless tragic scenes before your eyes.
"Raise your shield!" Puppy Fu's originally childish voice was now as mute as a broken drum.
The tiger shields were raised high. At the right time, the flying arrows all over the sky were knocked down with a thud, thunk thunk, causing the somewhat damaged shield to be filled with flying arrows again.
"Backfire!"
Behind Xiaoxiao Fu, a general looked for an opportunity and ordered the Shuzhou footbows in formation to also throw a wave of flying arrows outwards.
Scenes like this have been repeated countless times between the enemy and ourselves.
Many people were tired and had wounds all over their bodies. Even the puppy Fu himself was cut with a knife on his arm, and half of his armor was dyed red with blood.
Of the original two thousand people, nearly a thousand were killed in the battle, and many of the remaining people were injured. But even so, no one gave up.
At this moment, Zhuge Lai, who had returned to the palace, was also dying of exhaustion. While sitting on the ground and sighing, he raised his head angrily and looked at the enemy troops outside the palace.
Chen was wielding a knife with an iron pestle, and the old scholar was holding a stick. Xi Niang and Sister Lian, along with the women who stayed behind, grabbed wooden bows and took aim high up in the palace.
Among them, there were many common people who came here to seek refuge at first, but when they heard that they were trying to protect the young master of Shuzhou, one or two of them got angry and found long masonry sticks, and then they defended together to block the enemy.
"Damn it, why don't these Shu people retreat? How can that young boy be so fierce?" Among the enemy soldiers, the man in underwear said angrily.
Whether it's Han Jiu or Sun Xun, he can succeed with his tricks. But it was the young child in front of me who spent a lot of effort and two full days without any results.
If you can't capture the palace, you can't use the princess and the young master to blackmail you.
"Line up the spear formation again and crush these Shu people!"
"kill!"
Outside the entrance to the palace, wherever you look, there are corpses of those killed in battle. The enemy spearmen in formation could not skip steps, so they could only step on the corpses and roar forward.
"The front line of the shield array, retreat ten steps. The crossbows on both sides use the fan to shoot the enemy's gun array at the same time!"
"Leedun!"
After waiting for the frontline Shu troops to retreat ten steps and set up their shields, the Shuzhou crossbowmen hidden on both sides quickly fired the intertwined crossbow bolts into the enemy's gun array.
After only two rounds of cross-fire, the gun formation, which was still very high in morale, had to retreat in embarrassment after leaving behind more than a hundred corpses.
Puppy Fu took the opportunity to breathe. His mother hurriedly ran from behind, crying, and quickly put a piece of rice cake into his mouth.
Puppy Fu took two bites and swallowed it with difficulty.
Around him were women from the common people, most of whom had red eyes. They took advantage of the enemy's retreat and brought them food one after another.
No switches, no backups, just them.
"Mom, the enemy is going to shoot arrows soon, get back quickly."
Next to the puppy Fu, this illiterate village woman looked at her armored son seriously with bright eyes.
"Dogfu, what a good mother!"
"You lead everyone and drive these mutts out of Shuzhou! You are my mother's hero and the great hero of Shuzhou!"
