At the foot of Lidu Mountain, there is Lidu City.
At this time, Kang Shuo was obviously a little anxious. It has been many days, and there has been no news outside Lidu City.
It seems that the entire Lidu City seems to be isolated from the world.
"How much food and grass are there?"
"Don't worry, General Kang. It's enough for more than two months... It's just strange that in the recent period, I haven't seen my Dongling grain transporter anymore."
Kang Shuo gritted his teeth, "No need to ask, it must be a trick of the Shu people to cut off the food supply."
People are not stupid. Following the recent weirdness, Kang Shuo vaguely guessed something. There was also an ambush in the south outside the city, but the Shu people who were ambush were never seen.
"General, if the army doesn't leave the city——"
"No." Kang Shuo frowned and interrupted, "Let me ask you, what if these situations are the layout of the Shu people?"
The general next to him hesitated and couldn't answer.
"Don't worry, something bad is really going on. My brother is General Dongling, and he will definitely find a way to send the order. If we leave the city and are ambushed by the lame Dongfang Jing, and lose Li Ducheng, I am afraid that all ten lives will be lost. It’s not enough to pay for the crime. There is still food and grass in the city... Just wait, maybe there will be news tomorrow."
"General, why don't we send more reconnaissance battalions out."
Kang Shuo hesitated. If the reconnaissance battalion leaves the city, it is very likely that they will not be able to come back. But in this situation, intelligence is indeed needed to make an effective response.
"Then let's send it——"
"General, general!" Just as Kang Shuo said, suddenly, someone hurriedly ran up from the bottom of the city.
"What?"
"I guess after holding it in for too long, dozens of Shanyue people and a small battalion of Dongling soldiers suddenly started fighting."
"Damn it."
Kang Shuo cursed, not daring to delay, and quickly walked down the tower.
At this time, a low-pressure haze inexplicably shrouded the sky in Lidu City.
Outside Lidu City, the ambushed Western Shu god archers kept staring at the gate of Lidu City. As soon as a reconnaissance battalion comes out, they will immediately try their best to kill everyone.
Yu Wen, who was wearing a battle armor, also left the city at this time and patrolled the nearby area himself. Occasionally he would look up and look at Li Ducheng not far away.
According to the wishes of his own military advisor, this time, he would try his best to prevent Li Ducheng from rashly sending out troops. In this way, the soldiers on the front line will have a greater chance to determine the entire battle situation.
"Quick, continue patrolling, don't let up any slack." Yu Wen said calmly in the dusk.
His lord would always say to everyone he met that he, Yu Wen, was the best general in Western Shu, and it was understandable... But Yu Wen understood that it was only because he had followed him the longest and was loyal that he won his lord's favor.
But looking at the whole of Xishu, there are not many people who are more capable than him.
Deep down, Yu Wen felt a little uncomfortable after all. The general name he wants is not the favor of his lord, but a name that should be earned step by step with his own hands.
With a calm expression, Yu Wen raised his head, his eyes bright. He looked forward to the day when his reputation as the best general in Western Shu would be resounding throughout the world.
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"March, keep marching."
On the official road, Ling Zhu led more than 8,000 people, following the forest roads and rushing towards Lidu City.
Not far away, according to the sign on the map, Siguan is in front of us.
"General Ling, the forest roads near Siguan are blocked." At this time, a personal guard came hurriedly.
Ling Zhu frowned tightly as he listened.
"Inside Siguan, it seems that many city walls have been smashed. When the scouts went there, they saw many Shu people fleeing back. But there is a newly paved road near the left side of Siguan."
"Newly paved road?"
"Exactly, I guess it is used by Shu people to transport grain——"
"That's not right." Ling Zhu narrowed his eyes and suddenly laughed, as if he was confident, "Brother Clan once said, let me be careful of the lame man's tricks. Please take a look, according to the map, there should be two or three small roads nearby. , but it’s obvious that it was blocked by Lame Man’s troops.”
"Moreover." Ling Zhu pointed to the Siguan in front of him, "In the Siguan, there were civilians who destroyed the wall and tried to cut off the road. In other words, now, in front of us, there is only this one left, the lame man A newly paved road. If you guessed correctly, there must be an ambush from the Shu people deep in this new road."
Ling Zhu gritted his teeth, "If we wait to go through the new road, we will definitely suffer heavy losses. A lame man's vicious strategy!"
"What does the general mean?"
Ling Zhu sneered, "There's no need to ask. The path is blocked, so we'll go through Siguan. If I'm not wrong, there should be a road through Siguan. Otherwise, how can those people escape?"
Ling Zhu, who was determined not to take a new path, didn't know that he was being played hard.
"Pass my military order and pass Siguan as quickly as possible!"
Ling Zhu glanced at the direction of the new road again and smiled even more.
"The lame man can only come up with some useless tricks."
"The general has orders, quickly pass through Siguan and rush to Lidu City!"
Ling Zhu was very careful and did not swarm by. Instead, he sent half a battalion ahead. When he found that there was no harm, he let the whole army march quickly.
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"There are many grain inspectors in Western Shu. Today, I, Bi Ru, am the most annoying one!" In the woods near Siguan, Bi Ru looked expectant.
According to the little strategist's wish, he buried the kerosene in Siguan. In addition, he also brought five to six hundred Shu soldiers and thousands of civilians to serve as suspected soldiers.
"Lieutenant Bi Du, they have entered the customs."
Siguan is an abandoned pass without any defenders. As for the new road, it was actually only paved for seven or eight miles, and was used to create suspicion.
"Light the fire arrow." Bi Ru pressed the hand gesture, looked around, and when he found that the fire arrow was ready, he made the hand gesture steadily.
"Shoot the fire arrow——"
Suddenly, hundreds of fire arrows were thrown straight into the pass near Siguan. At the entrance of Siguan, there were more than a hundred civilians who followed Bi Ru's instructions and pushed more than a dozen burning grain trucks to the dilapidated pass to block the enemy's retreat.
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"What? How could there be an ambush!"
Ling Zhu looked up and saw the fire arrows filling the sky, and his face was horrified. He has been smart since he was a child. Compared with his clan brother Lingsu, he doesn't give in too much, so he must have seen through the cripple's tricks.
"Fire arrows are used to ignite fire!" In shock, Ling Zhu understood something, and his face became more and more anxious, "Retreat, exit Siguan!"
"General, the passes behind Siguan are full of fire!"
Ling Zhu cursed angrily and was about to give another order when he discovered that at some point not far from him, fiery snakes began to snake up and down.
"General, this is kerosene... Why didn't I smell it before? No, the Shu people covered it with earthy smell."
Ignoring General Pi, Ling Zhu immediately drew his sword and gathered all the nearby soldiers. The way back is blocked, so we can only fight towards the way forward.
But he never thought that there were also more than 20 carriages piled up on the road ahead. These carriages were blazing with fire and blocked the exit of Siguan.
"Grain Guards, line up your shields to block the fire!"
The large shields formed a long wall, and finally the fire was temporarily isolated from the shield array. The soldiers behind the shield were burned all over, so they could only abandon the shield formation and run back quickly.
"Choose fire oil!" Ling Zhu shouted anxiously.
The animal skin bags wrapped in kerosene were repeatedly cut out with long knives and thrown away. But these are nothing more than a drop in the bucket.
Under the choking smoke, many grain guards fell to the ground and died.
Ling Zhu gathered the remaining troops and retreated again and again, retreating to the corner of Siguan. Even with a knife in his hand, Ling Zhu could not help but tremble all over at this moment.
He suddenly understood that the ambush trap had been set in Siguan from the beginning. As for the new road, it manipulated his psychology and made him suspicious, so he chose Siguan as the marching direction.
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His face was peeling from the heat, Ling Zhu stretched out his hands in frustration and paused in mid-air.
"My general's name has not yet become famous all over the world, but it will be here——"
"Lame man, the most vicious dog-husband in the world!"
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Far above the west gate of Liancheng, Dongfang Jing calmly raised his head and looked at the front of the official road. Until the end, he lowered his head calmly and looked through the information and map in his hand.
Outside the west gate, the Shanyue people were old and weak. They had been unable to attack for a long time and were already tired. It won't be long before the troops at Ximen will be able to leave the city to fight back.
Dongfang Jing stopped browsing and fell into deep thought again.
"When I am here, Liancheng is here."
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