The Three Kingdoms

……

noon.

The whole morning has passed, and the Wei army outside the city is still standing outside the city wall, and has no intention of entering the city at all. A lot of scouts have been sent out, but very few of them can come back to report.

Because when they sent scouts, the elite scouts sent by the Wu army in the city were waiting for them up and down the city wall. As long as any Wei army scouts approached the city wall to inquire about the truth, they would be ambushed by bows and arrows.

"General, Du Dang, the Marquis under my command, is back!"

The scout lieutenant sent out all the scouts under his command, and only one can come back.

"General, I have scouted the whole song, only seven of them can come back!"

A scout soldier knelt down in front of the generals, and reported in grief and indignation: "As long as our scout soldiers get close to the city wall, they will be ambushed and killed by Wu Jun's bow and arrow. , We found the shadows of Wu Jun soldiers in ambush under the left city wall and the right city wall, although they hid well, but today the sun is slanting, they showed their shadows and we discovered them!"

"Are you sure?"

Hearing this, Zhang Ren frowned slightly, and his face became gloomy.

"The end will be determined!"

The scout said with certainty: "I saw it with my own eyes, the dense shadows are definitely ambushes!"

"Damn!"

"They really have an ambush in the city!"

"These Wu Jun are too cunning!"

"Zhuge Liang showed up at the top of the city, defending the city alone, the purpose is to lure us into the city, and then ambush us, their methods are despicable!"

"As soon as we enter the city, we will definitely suffer a devastating blow!"

The generals of the Wei army said one by one suddenly filled with righteous indignation.

"Dudang, can you confirm how many ambushes they have in the city?"

Zhang Ren narrowed his eyes slightly. He always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell.

But this didn't frighten him, because he knew that even if there were ambushes in the city, he would not be willing to retreat immediately.

"General, our scouts can't enter the city at all, they can only observe from outside the city wall. We can't be sure of their strength, but from the shadows they exposed, there are at least tens of thousands of soldiers!"

The scout soldier shook his head and said.

"General, although Baima Pass is not a grand pass, it can be regarded as a pass that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. As long as they have tens of thousands of soldiers, they can actually defend Baima Pass. There is no need for such pretense, but when they face our army attacking the city, But he opened the gate of Baimaguan, which shows that his soldiers and horses are at least equal to ours, or even superior to us, so he can ambush and encircle us!"

A partial general cupped his hands and said.

"What General Xiahou said is true!"

"Yes!"

"Wu Jun's move is obviously to ambush us, so don't be fooled!"

All the generals quickly seconded the partial general's words.

"Hmph, so what if the Wu army has ambushes, don't you think you won't fight this battle? There is food in the city, winter clothes in the city, armor in the city, and weapons in the city. You all think carefully about your subordinates. Soldiers and soldiers in winter, do you let them go hungry and fight in thin clothes?"

Zhang Ren obviously felt a decadent atmosphere among the generals, and couldn't help but let him drink loudly.

"General, we don't want our soldiers to do this, but we can't let them die."

All the soldiers gritted their teeth, looked at each other, and remained silent.

They also wanted to win the White Horse Pass, but if they knew the trap and went in, they would be fools.

"Whether there is an ambush in the city today is still unknown. The capture of Baima Pass is an unchangeable battle. The big battle is imminent. If anyone shakes the morale of our army, I, Zhang Renli, will not forgive me!"

The long spear in Zhang Ren's hand burst out wisps of cold qi, and said coldly.

"Yes!"

All the generals trembled, and their faces became solemn.

Zhang Ren's eyes burst into a cold flame, and he shouted: "pass on my military order, set up camp on the spot, bury the pot to make food, and recharge your energy. I will go to the city in person to see if their ambush exists at midnight tonight." !"

……

Before the White Horse Pass, one person held tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. One day had passed. As night fell, the night gradually enveloped the White Horse Pass. Under the silence, the atmosphere was cold.

Inside the pass, on a spacious street not far from the city gate, thousands of elite Wu soldiers were already waiting in formation.

"Commander, there is news from the warlord that the Wei army will not give up. They will definitely take advantage of the night to test the reality of the soldiers and horses in the city. The warlord's order is that this battle will be fought, but it will be defeated in one battle!"

A staff officer dressed as a book boy delivered Zhuge Liang's orders.

"Defeated in one battle?"

Hearing this, Xu Sheng narrowed his eyes slightly, thinking about the meaning of Zhuge Liang's words.

"The warlord also said that the commander's defeat in this battle must be fake and hypocritical. At least let the Wei army feel that you were defeated on purpose. Only in this way will the Wei army dare not come in!"

"The commander understands!"

Xu Sheng's eyes lit up and he nodded.

He knew what Zhuge Liang meant. If he led his troops to forcibly defeat this tentative Wei army, it would appear that the people in the city were guilty, and he would even be convinced that there was no ambush in the city, which would trigger the main force of the Wei army to attack the city.

But if they pretended to be defeated, turned around and left after losing the first battle, it would make them feel a little bit of luring the enemy to go deeper, and they would naturally stop and dare not come in.

Fake and real!

This means of grasping people's hearts, Zhuge Liang is really very shrewd.

"Is Governor Zhuge in danger now?"

Xu Sheng thought about it and asked.

"Don't worry, Commander. Governor Zhuge said that as long as Baima Pass is not breached, he will be the safest at the top of the city!" said the little book boy.

"Xu Lai!" Xu Sheng thought for a while, but was still a little worried.

"commander!"

"You lead me to guard hundreds of people, and ambushes under the head of the city. As long as the city is not protected, you will spare no effort to snatch Zhuge Governor back and escort him out of the city safely. There must be no mistakes!"

"Yes!"