"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 Thousand Mountain Breakout Camp, the advantages and disadvantages of the two sides will be completely reversed.
"Qi De, defeat the lame man. Your name will be resounding throughout 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.
…
Behind Liancheng, Ma Yi and his personal guards were constantly inspecting 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 on the rear grain road. Around the camp, many arrow towers were built, which were enough for shooting 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 in Li Ducheng, right?"
The grain inspector nodded, "Don't worry, General Ma. Li Ducheng is still guarding the city. The city gate is tightly closed. The occasional reconnaissance battalion sent out was intercepted and killed by General Yu Wen's men."
"As the little military advisor expected, the Dongling general guarding Lidu City was too cautious. I guess he didn't know that Dongling is already in a state of tragedy."
Lidu City has been blocked and turned into an isolated city. Today, there is no news exchange in Li Du City. I only knew to follow Kang Zhu's last order 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 Liancheng City, Dongfang Jing also smiled when he saw the grain inspector arriving. Like Ma Yi, Dongfang Jing also smiled. The arrival of the grain inspector showed one thing. Li Ducheng was still defending, while the official and grain roads in Cangzhou were unimpeded.
"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 strategist, it's okay to say so."
Dongfang Jing nodded and continued, "I have something to trouble Captain Bi Du. I also ask Captain Bi to find a way to collect the fire oil after he returns this time."
"Don't worry, little strategist. 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 route this time and must have passed through Si Pass."
"Of course. However, this level... was abandoned more than two hundred years ago."
More than two hundred years ago, there were Yue people who were causing rebellion 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's the little strategist's order, I will naturally do it well. But as a result, the kerosene baggage used by the little strategist to defend the city will not be much. The last time General Dou was so brave... he used it in the water battle. Quite a few.”
"It's okay. I have a solution 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 always 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 to Dongfang, clasping his fists.
"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, there is Lidu City.
At this time, Kang Shuo had a solemn expression on his face.
As the soldiers went out of the city to investigate, they 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 Pi'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 tactic 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."
The few generals standing by 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.
Wait for several generals who defend the city to come up together. Kang Shuo then raised his hand and pointed at the continuous forest 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 pricked up 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 tricks 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 can come and attack it."
…
In the woods south of Lidu City.
Meng Huo led more than 300 heroes from the plain 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 speaking, Xiao Menghuo turned his head again, trying to look in the direction of Kezhou.
"Many people have died in Kezhou. Don't let anything happen to my stupid father and that stupid tiger..."
