Similarly, with the end of the meeting, a letter was sent back to Zhuge Liang.
It was a reply from the spy sent earlier.
In fact, Zhuge Liang himself also had a lot of sense of déjà vu. After all, they had suffered a big loss because of Ma Liang's incident.
But he never thought that this matter was because of his own problems.
Spies can't always be discovered, right?
Does the other party have any secrets?
But Zhuge Liang did have a better idea this time.
In order to prevent the spies from being monitored or the letters from being tampered with, he specially made cryptic markings on the letters and asked the spies to communicate using the code they had agreed upon. Therefore, the content of the letter seemed extremely ordinary at first glance.
words, but after changing the word order, it became a secret message of communication.
"Sure enough, there are only 20,000 defenders in the city - in this case, there is no need to worry about being unable to attack the city."
"But...has the city defender been replaced by Zhu Ran?"
To be honest, Zhuge Liang is still frightened by what Zhao Yun said during the day.
He has tried his best to avoid direct confrontation with Yi Xiaotian over the years, but Zhao Yun's words still reminded him of bad memories.
In addition, Zhu Ran's appearance was indeed unexpected. He remembered Zhang Zhao once said that Zhu Ran was his general, and he was a very obedient person... Why did Zhu Ran become the other party's general now?
?
but…
"Well, there's no problem with the letter..."
Zhuge Liang muttered to himself and confirmed the identification of the letter again and again.
There must be nothing wrong with the letter, that is to say, the spy did not lie - then Zhuge Liang must not be negligent in the face of Zhu Ran. He is a man who has been on the battlefield for a long time, and is better than the previous city guards.
It's a higher level. If the opponent really reacts, it may cause a lot of trouble to the army.
However, Zhuge Liang was slightly relieved after receiving this news - at least the other party was not Yi Xiaotian... If it was Zhu Ran, the other party would definitely not be able to detect the spy.
This time, we won’t fall short of success, right?
Zhuge Liang, who was sitting in the tent, took a deep breath of air and constantly calculated his next move, ensuring that as long as he captured Jianye, they would be able to declare their phased victory.
The time was set at midnight, when the enemy's psychological defense was weakest. At that time, the city gate was set on fire. As a signal, spies stormed the city gate from inside the city. Zhao Yun was sent to drive straight in and directly break through the city gate's defense.
It is absolutely impossible to attack the city. Only in this way can we retain as much strength as possible for the subsequent attacks on Wuhui and other places.
"It should...can't go wrong, right?"
Zhuge Liang asked himself, but no one could answer his question, and the most reliable Pang Tong was not around. He forced his trembling hand down, wondering why he was still so scared even though it had been so long.
——
On the other side, Zhao Yun was inspecting the camp, and Zhang Fei was practicing something with the soldiers.
——As for the second part of the plan, after Zhao Yun breaks through the city gate, Zhang Fei will lead his army to occupy the city wall. This step is actually the most dangerous, because he enters the city at the second time and has time for the opponent to react, so Zhang Fei
Fei is stepping up efforts to consolidate the soldiers' response plans for various situations.
Time passed by like this minute by minute.
In the evening, the scout came back and told a lot of useful information, including the situation of the opponent's city defense:
"The south gate of Jianye City has the strongest defense. The enemy has deployed a large number of troops here. The north gate and west gate are relatively weak. It seems that a baggage team once entered the city at noon, taking a winding route around the hillside to the east of the city.
Valley - because it is covered by mountains and forests, we did not continue to advance any further."
"well done!"
After Zhuge Liang received the scout's report, he couldn't help but applaud.
All the concerns he had in his mind were now dispelled, and he said directly to Liu Bei beside him:
"Although the enemy is prepared to delay the time, they have no determination to fight to the death. As long as the city gate is lost, they will withdraw their troops within half a day if they can. It just so happens that we have no intention of fighting to the death with them. We have consumed too many troops in Jianye.
The gain in military strength is really not worth the loss——"
"Inform Wu Ban and Chen Shi to wait for the signal for us to break the city, and have them harass and intercept the enemy's retreating army halfway. On the Jianye side, we will surround three and one, and let them escape through the north gate. That's it!"
With Zhuge Liang setting the tone in this way, Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei had no objections. Zhang Fei was just waiting to leave the camp to show off his skills. The previous battles were just like drizzle, painless and painless, which made him quite unhappy.
However, seeing Zhang Fei so ready to make a move, Zhuge Liang still reminded:
"Yide, when climbing the city wall, you should pay attention to the opponent's guard. Zhu Ran is very capable. Don't try to get his way. For the sake of safety, we must seize the city wall as soon as possible before our army can enter the city."
"Don't worry, military advisor, what can little Zhu Ran do to me?"
Zhang Fei patted his chest and said for sure. It’s not that Zhang Fei looked down on others. In terms of individual combat, he would have no problem fighting one against a hundred. Except for water battles, Zhu Ran’s skills were as good as those of three-legged cats on land.
, it really doesn’t pose much of a threat to a macho man like Zhang Fei who was born in the cavalry.
Zhang Fei was so confident, but Zhuge Liang couldn't completely rest assured. He could only remind Zhang Fei repeatedly that attacking a city was not a plain battle, and it was not a child's play. Zhang Fei just kept responding, and it seemed that he didn't hear it at all.
——
Night came quickly.
Zhuge Liang sat firmly in the tent, in front of him were the scouts who came to report:
"Military advisor, there seems to be enemy scouts around the military camp. Do you want to take action?"
"There is no need... just let them waste time here, just give the opponent a false signal. After we get the news, we will attack quickly and catch the opponent off guard."
The enemy's scouts posed no threat at all, and Zhuge Liang knew it.
The scout agreed and left quickly, leaving Zhuge Liang alone in the tent with his eyes closed and resting.
Time passed quickly, and as time went by, noon finally arrived.
The originally quiet military camp suddenly "came alive". Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun arrived outside the camp early in their neat armors. The camp was dark, but the soldiers ran out of the camp in great spirits.
There was no sloppiness in this set of procedures, and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses had already been assembled before even having a cup of tea. Taking advantage of the darkness, the army quickly approached Jianye City.
At the same time...in the dark Jianye City, a group of people who were smearing people were sneaking around through the streets and alleys towards the city gate.
They are naturally the spies arranged by Zhuge Liang.
If nothing else goes wrong, once they make a big fuss at the city gate, Zhao Yun will get the signal and lead his army to break through the city gate.
