"No... we can't go any further! The entire army has been ordered to stay where they are... wait until I find out the opponent's reality!"
With a cautious attitude, Zhuge Liang finally gave the order to stop advancing.
After this order, many soldiers felt extremely confused...Have they ever seen such a scene?
In their eyes, the opponent opens the city gate before fighting. In their eyes, there is no difference between this and surrender. Normal people would only think that they should pursue the victory at this time, but Zhuge Liang asked everyone to stop at this time...
Voices of dissatisfaction gradually emerged, but Zhuge Liang was not affected by such voices.
He knew that facing Yi Xiaotian, all caution was worth it.
Until Yi Xiaotian is really caught, there is nothing wrong with being cautious.
"Military advisor...what should we do next?"
"Wait... Let's see the other party's reaction first... The important thing is to pay attention to the sounds coming from the city... If there are soldiers and horses ambushing in the city, you can hear it if you listen carefully..."
Zhuge Liang frowned and said to the people around him.
Everyone knew little about it, but felt that what Zhuge Liang said made sense...
but…
As time passed by, the gates of Piling City were still wide open. Not only did no people appear in the city, but there was also no so-called sound of troops moving.
As time went by, Zhuge Liang was still a little unable to hold on.
"Chen arrives..."
"Military advisor, I'm here."
He called Chen Dao, and Chen Dao also rushed over.
Zhuge Liang rubbed his chin, seeming to have made an extremely difficult decision - he had experienced several battles in the past, but was always defeated by his opponents with various ingenious strategies, from which he also summed up some experience -
One of them he now plans to try himself:
"Gather a team of people and escort me to the front to take a look... I want to see Yi Xiaotian's layout for myself!"
Zhuge Liang said this categorically, which naturally shocked Chen Dao, who was also known for being cautious.
"This... military advisor, please think twice!"
"Kong Ming! This can't be done! You also said that you should act with caution, in case...if the other party really has an ambush, and there is only a small team of people to protect you, I'm afraid-"
Liu Bei had been silent before, but now he couldn't sit still when he heard Zhuge Liang said that he wanted to go forward to check the situation in person.
He is confused now... but the fact that Zhuge Liang can't get into trouble is of paramount importance to him.
He understood that the foundation of his achievements was having an all-powerful strategist like Zhuge Liang... Therefore, even if Zhuge Liang failed to lead them further due to some mistakes every time before, just because Zhuge Liang is still young and full of energy, he will not allow Zhuge Liang to
Adventure alone.
"Lord! Listen to me... Liang has been defeated by his opponents several times before, and even... he was even defeated head-on by an unknown person who made no statement. This makes me feel ashamed every time I think about it. This time, Liang has already made up his mind to fight the Jiangdong people.
Determination, no matter what happens, I will go all out——"
"And from the past failures, Liang realized one thing, that is, even if the battlefield is still changing rapidly, Liang still sits firmly on the high platform and watches the fire from the other side. It seems safe, but in fact he has lost some of his excellent ability to capture the wind direction on the battlefield.
Chance."
"Only by visiting the scene in person can we make the most correct judgment. The time was not available before, but now is the time."
Zhuge Liang's experience was too profound.
In the battle in Xiangyang, he could still say that he, Zhou Yu and Yi Xiaotian had a fair fight - but in the subsequent battle with Jiang Wan in Hanzhong, he felt aggrieved after losing.
Regardless of whether Jiang Wan used a magical formation or not, the important point is that Jiang Wan, a young man, actually rushed into the formation personally at the critical moment of the army and commanded the army to overturn him in one fell swoop.
At that time, Zhuge Liang saw the situation of the battle being reversed with his own eyes, but he did not even have the ability to parry.
Why?
To sum up, Zhuge Liang still felt that it was too slow to issue orders layer by layer through the messengers around him.
The key...because I am often too far away from the battlefield. From the time I see some changes on the battlefield, to the time I make the corresponding judgment and issue the order, the final order is passed through layers of layers, and then to the battlefield...the gap between
Several passes were the reason why the command became slow.
so--
"I have to go and find out the other side's true identity personally. My lord, don't worry. With General Chen Dao here, they will definitely be able to protect me."
Liu Bei seemed to want to say something more, but Chen Dao on the side felt a surge of blood in his chest when he heard Zhuge Liang's trustworthy speech.
He was originally calm and calm, not to say that he lost his mind, but he was indeed stimulated by Zhuge Liang's words.
"Lord! The military advisors trust me so much. If General Mo continues to shirk his trust, he will be betraying the trust of military advisors. Don't worry, General Mo is here. No matter what the enemy's plots are, General Mo will protect the military advisors!"
Several of Chen Dao's generals and lieutenants also came to petition. It was hard to refuse the hospitality. Liu Bei thought about it, and finally gave in when he saw Zhuge Liang's firm eyes.
"Hey...Okay, five hundred people...we must protect Kong Ming's safety. Once we find anything wrong, we must withdraw immediately without any delay. You can hear me clearly."
"As you command!"
Zhuge Liang also nodded, and then issued an order to Chen Dao beside him.
Soon... Chen arrived and ordered his troops, and Zhuge Liang, who was surrounded by them, left the army.
The army was stationed in place, only ten miles away from Piling City, and a small team of 500 people was marching slowly towards Piling through a messy trench area.
——
"Haha, he really doesn't dare to let the army come forward easily. General Sun, look... you can handle it with only a few hundred people, right?"
"Ahem...are you...okay? - Yi Xiaotian, you have to be there to remind me later...if it's true...if the other party really finds out the clues, we have to retreat immediately, you...you understand
Already?"
...At this moment, the sound of exchanges between two people came from the city, but because it was still some distance away from the city, even though Zhuge Liang had arrived less than three miles outside Piling City, he still could not hear the words from the city.
Human whispers.
At this time, Zhuge Liang was looking at the empty streets in the opponent's city with a serious face. He was silent and even more confused...
'how so?
’
He asked this question in his heart, but no one could answer his doubts.
Judging from his field of vision, Piling not only opened the gate of the outer city... From his position, he could even see the street view of the opponent's inner city clearly——
Naturally, there are no troops in the city. There are only a few old people cleaning the streets in the distance. Other than that, there is nothing else.
