The scout quickly ran to Lu Meng and said, "Report to the Deputy Governor that the enemy troops in Shangyu have begun to take action!"

Lu Meng's eyes lit up and he immediately asked: "How did you do it?"

The scout said: "We are coming all the way overland. According to the flag, there are probably close to 20,000 troops?"

Regardless of whether it is ancient or modern, it is simply impossible to count the number of the opponent's army by scouts. To judge the size and number of the opponent, you must rely on other methods.

In modern society, we mainly rely on the opponent's number obtained through various channels to judge the size and strength of the enemy in front of us, while in ancient times, we mainly relied on the opponent's flag.

Lu Meng paced back and forth with a thoughtful look on his face. Then he stopped and asked, "Can Wenpin's flag be among them?"

The scout clasped his fists and said, "There is Wenpin's flag."

Lu Meng stood at the entrance of the tent, looked at the sky in the distance and murmured: "Wenpin is by no means comparable to ordinary mediocre people, he deserves the title of a general. How could such a person be so reckless as to lead his army out of the city to reinforce him?"

When the generals standing behind Lu Meng heard what Lu Meng said, they couldn't help but look at each other. One of them clasped his fists and said, "Did the Deputy Governor think there was a deceit in what he said?"

Lu Meng turned around and looked at everyone, and said: "We have set up a encirclement point for the enemy to call for reinforcements. Can't the enemy use the trick of attacking in the east and attacking in the west?

If my prediction is correct, the troops coming on land must be the enemy's suspects, and the real main force is actually coming from the water!

Wenpin is not a mediocre person. He must have seen my plan, so he concluded that our army will definitely set an ambush for his suspected soldiers after discovering them.

And this is actually what he wants, he will take advantage of the fact that our attention is on the suspected soldiers on land, lead the real main force to land from the water, and cooperate with the trapped enemy troops inside and outside to break our army's blockade in one fell swoop!"

All the generals looked at each other, and they couldn't help but feel shocked.

Lu Meng looked at the scout and asked: "Have you not noticed anything on the water yet?"

The scout clasped his fists and was about to answer. At this moment, a scout hurriedly came and knelt down and reported: "Reporting to the Deputy Governor, enemy traces have been found on the water and they are coming this way. They are traveling more than ten miles away from the coast.

,so that we didn’t discover them before!

Judging from the size of the enemy force, it seems that all the warships are out in force, and it will take about a day to reach the nearby shore."

Lu Meng smiled coldly, showing an expression that was indeed true. The generals standing behind him all expressed infinite admiration for Wenpin.

Lu Meng said calmly: "Since Wenpin wants to play a trick on me, so I will reward him by using his tricks."

He suddenly turned around and shouted to a general standing behind him: "Li Mo, you lead five thousand troops to the mountains to the east to set up an ambush. Remember, you don't have to be too hidden, so that your opponent can discover your flag and hiding place.

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The general named Li Mo was so puzzled that he couldn't help but clasping his fists and asked: "Deputy Governor, if you do this, how can the enemy army throw themselves into a trap?..."

Lu Meng smiled slightly and said: "The people who came over the land are just the enemy's suspects. If they don't find out that our army has set up an ambush in the direction they want, how can their real main force move forward boldly with confidence!"

Li Mo understood and was greatly admired. He clasped his fists and bowed: "The last general takes command!"

Lu Meng looked at the other generals and shouted: "Except for the remaining troops, everyone will follow me to set up an ambush on the northern shore. As soon as the enemy troops arrive, we will rush out and kill them all!"

"Yes!" All the generals said in unison.

Soon the Wu army took action. Li Mo led 5,000 troops to the mountains and forests to the east. In order to ensure that the ambush was completely successful, Lu Meng personally led 30,000 troops towards the northern coast.

Although the terrain near the coast is gentle, there are stretches of woods, which is the best place to ambush the army.

Lu Meng's plan was to wait for all the opponent's troops to land before launching a full-scale attack, trying to annihilate them all on the beach in one go.

Lu Meng was sure of this, because the opponent's army was not only a naval force, but also a boat-operating unit in the navy. Their close combat capabilities and equipment were very limited. They could not be an opponent of the regular Wu army.

Li Mo led his five thousand men to a mountain forest more than ten miles east of the camp and laid down an ambush according to the terrain.

The terrain in this area is not steep, but just endless hills and woods. An official road passes through the middle of the hills, and Li Mo's five thousand troops were divided into two parts, ambush in the mountains and forests on both sides of the official road.

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Moreover, in order to prevent his opponents from detecting them, Li Mo specially asked people to put up flags in the forest. In this way, opponents in the distance could vaguely detect them hiding in the mountains and forests.

Li Mo walked to the hillside and looked east. At this time, a gust of wind blew from the east, which made Li Mo feel particularly comfortable.

He didn't worry about anything, because all she had to do was to lure the enemy, and he didn't believe that the opponent's suspected soldiers would dare to actually launch an attack.

Time passed by unconsciously, as if in the blink of an eye, it was already the early morning of the next day. The sun rose from the east, and the mountains and forests in the early morning looked particularly fresh and vibrant under the sunlight.

"General! General!..." Li Mo was awakened from his sleep by the shouts of his officers.

Li Mo calmed down and immediately stood up and asked: "Have the enemy appeared?"

The officer standing in front of him clasped his fists and said, "I found that the enemy troops have appeared, and they have arrived not far ahead."

Li Mo's heart moved, and he immediately ran to the hillside and looked eastward. Under the rising sun, many flags appeared under the cover of the mountains and forests. The enemy finally appeared!

Li Mo smiled and said: "The enemy's suspected soldiers have appeared!"

At this moment, on the coast, Lu Meng and the others who were ambushing in the mountains and forests also saw their opponent's huge fleet appearing on the sea in the distance. However, because they were still far away, they could only see many black spots.

A black line formed on the horizon.

All Wu officers and soldiers became excited and couldn't help but hope that their opponents would come and land soon.

The black spots in the distance gradually became clearer, and the black line that was originally on the horizon turned into battleships covering the water and rushing towards this side.

Lü Meng immediately ordered all armies to prepare for battle. The 30,000 Wu troops hiding in the woods were all ready to attack, waiting for their opponents to land.

Time passed slowly while waiting. After about an hour, Liu Xianjun's huge fleet finally arrived at the shore more than a hundred steps away.
Chapter completed!