The first thousand two hundred and fifty-eight chapters open the city gate
Chapter 1,258 Open the city gate
I don't know how long it took... Zhuge Liang asked about a burning smell, and suddenly realized that they were approaching less than ten miles away from Piling City.
As soon as the horse stepped into the ashes-filled soil, it seemed to feel some discomfort, and some displeased grunts came from its mouth.
Zhuge Liang quickly looked up and found that half of the army had already entered this place.
Feeling the strange calm around him, Zhuge Liang immediately stopped the army.
…
"Military advisor...what are your orders?"
Chen Dao stepped forward from the side, thinking that Zhuge Liang was going to make some arrangements... but seeing that Piling City was still ten miles away, and it was not within the enemy's range at all, what did Zhuge Liang want to do?
"Ah...it's okay...just...um..."
Zhuge Liang was suddenly confused. He realized that he had issued irrational orders because of his doubts.
But... Zhuge Liang quickly made peace with himself.
"Take me to the place where General Yide was injured earlier."
"Well...it's not far ahead. Military advisor, please follow me."
Chen Dao showed an expression of sudden realization, and immediately led a small team of men and Zhuge Liang forward to observe.
The place where Zhang Fei was injured was not far from them - about a quarter of the entire burned trench area.
It didn't take long before Zhuge Liang saw the so-called "trace" of the explosion.
Call it a trace... In fact, as long as you are not blind, no one will miss such an exaggerated big hole——
"Isn't this... really a trench dug by the other side?"
The corner of Zhuge Liang's mouth couldn't help but twitch... Based on the previous descriptions of the listeners, combined with his own experience of the explosion in the distance, he only thought that the power of the explosion was equivalent to the traces created by that kind of thunderbolt car.
But…
The huge pit in front of him, which was three feet wide and long - and in this pit... the remains of a tall war horse that was completely destroyed by the explosion... made Zhuge Liang a little unable to accept the power of Yi Xiaotian's new weapon.
fact.
This was not the first time that Chen Dao saw this huge pit, but when he saw it again, he was still extremely shocked.
Seeing that Zhuge Liang's face was a little stiff, Chen Dao asked tentatively from the side:
"Military advisor...you...did you see any clues?"
"This... of course is not a trench. You see... the trench not far away is basically no more than five feet wide. The size of this big hole is obvious..."
"I know... I know... Needless to say."
Zhuge Liang seemed to have come back from being blinded. He shook his head and said seriously to Chen Dao beside him:
"You must...be careful about the opponent's new weapons. If you find signs that the opponent is going to use new weapons, you must instruct the soldiers to protect yourself..."
"Now...it's still unclear whether the opponent has other ways to use this weapon, but...from General Yide's previous description, this thing can only be used once...The only question is how many of these weapons the opponent still has in hand.
A new type of weapon."
As if he was asking Chen Dao or hypnotizing himself, Zhuge Liang forced himself to calm down the shock in his heart, and then pretended to be calm and walked back to the army——
"Military advisor...your horse..."
"Ah...oh...forgot."
As a result, Zhuge Liang even forgot that he was riding a horse, which in turn showed Zhuge Liang's confusion at this time.
——
Finally...five miles.
This is a very sensitive distance for both offense and defense.
Many generals, such as Zhang Liao, will often launch a surprise attack out of the city at this distance, even if their own forces are inferior.
The purpose is to make the enemy lose his footing.
There are also many generals who are known for their conservatism. At this distance, they often start to prepare to release arrows - in order to pursue a wave of maximum damage to the enemy.
Before the appearance of the Moon-Chasing Repeating Crossbow, the range of crossbowmen from both the northern and southern forces was mostly within one mile. They might be able to shoot farther, but the lethality of the arrows was far from enough.
But the Chasing Moon Repeating Crossbow more than doubled this distance, so when he was five miles away, Zhuge Liang began to give orders, asking the soldiers around him to always pay attention to the movements on the enemy's city.
However…
"Military advisor! Report from the soldiers at the front! There seems to be no defenders on the other side's city!"
"..."
Zhuge Liang now really wants to put a question mark over his head.
He didn't understand... We were at this distance. First, he didn't see the opponent coming out of the city to fight, second, he didn't see the opponent's ambush, and third... there was no defender on the opponent's city.
This...what is Yi Xiaotian doing?
"Did you see clearly?"
"The military advisor is absolutely sure! There are no defenders on the enemy city!"
"Then keep pushing forward! I don't believe that our opponent won't respond when we approach the city!"
Zhuge Liang is a little angry now. He feels that Yi Xiaotian is deceiving him. It not only contains elements of fraud, but also contains a part of contempt——
'Okay, since you don't take me seriously, then I won't let you even have a chance to regret it!'
Maybe it really reached a critical point, and the evil spirit that Zhuge Liang was holding in his chest reached its peak at this moment.
Either break out in silence or perish in silence. Zhuge Liang obviously chose to break out.
"Don't give your opponent a chance to react! Attack the city with all your strength!"
"yes!"
Zhuge Liang issued an order for a full-scale attack. If nothing goes wrong, I'm afraid there will be a unilateral massacre...
Thirty thousand versus six thousand, if you fight well you can take it down in just a few hours.
However, just when the messenger was about to blow the horn and the army was about to launch a full-scale charge, the scene that Zhuge Liang couldn't understand the most appeared in front of him.
Rumble——
Those who didn’t know thought it was thundering again…
But obviously, Zhuge Liang, who had been watching Piling, saw the sound of something with his own eyes, and naturally he would not think of it as a thunderbolt in the clear sky.
"I am not wrong, right?
what is that?"
It may seem strange to say it, but the entire army of 30,000 people was silent for a long time at the same time...
"Report...report! The gate of Piling City is open!"
"You don't need to tell me! I have eyes and can see for myself!"
Zhuge Liang replied cursingly...
But his conversation with the soldiers around him also described what had just happened.
Yes, the gate to Piling City opened - without warning and unreasonably.
At this moment, Zhuge Liang's original angry mood suddenly turned into confusion.
What's this?
Is this a provocation?
Right?
Why not show up for provocation?
Is this a way to die?
But...the opponent is Yi Xiaotian?
How could he let himself take advantage for no reason?
Then...this must be a trap?
A storm arose in Zhuge Liang's heart at this moment.
"Army...strategist! Be careful of fraud!"
Chen Dao hurried from the side, thinking that the enemy must be playing tricks.
Otherwise...how could he easily open his city gate?
"But... maybe the opponent has reached the end of his rope?
No...that's not right..."
Zhuge Liang was stunned. This was the first time since he fought in Red Cliff that he was so confused...
