If the time comes, it will not be sent, and if the time comes, it will not be delayed. But seeing Zhuge Song take out the military order from the bamboo tube and said to Liu Feng: "Tomorrow, I will lead 5,000 soldiers and horses to Shangyong to capture and kill Meng Da, the general can guard this village, the east and west sentinels, if Xu Huang arrives, then guard the village to block it, if Meng Da is defeated, then send troops to kill it!" With that, he stretched out the general order forward and motioned for Liu Feng to pick it up.

Although Liu Feng received the military order, he still couldn't believe it, and asked: "The general will lead 5,000 troops to restore Shangyong?" ”

Zhuge Song smiled indifferently: "Meng Da has a very high opinion of himself, but he has no real learning, and it is enough to lead 5,000 troops under him." However, Xu Huang is both wise and brave, and he is invincible if he is not a major general. This place is very important, if there is a mistake in Shangyong, there will be two enemies, so be sure to guard the camp as the top, and wait for me to take back Shangyong, to help the general, then Xu Huang will retreat! The major general is also a great achievement! ”

Liu Feng received the order, but he was still not sure in his heart, and asked again: "In case Xu Huang has a lot of troops, why can't he defend this village?" ”

Zhuge Song said with a smile: "Xu Huang travels fifty miles a day, because he is afraid that Meng Da will surrender, he is still five or six hundred miles away from here, if it goes well, when the young general captures Meng Da, Xu Huang's army may not have arrived, and the young general does not have to worry!" ”

Liu Feng was suspicious, and had to follow the order, since Zhuge Song set off, every day sent sentinels to Shangyong, Wancheng to investigate, and did not mention the camp.

Besides, Zhuge Song took Shana to raise 5,000 military horses and marched to Xiangyong, 30 miles away from the city.

There have long been detectives who have reported to Meng Da. Before, Zhuge Song ordered the messenger to leave the letter at the city gate and return, and sure enough, Meng Da was furious and chased the messenger too late, so he could only be on guard for days to strengthen the city defense.

I didn't want Xu Huang to go slowly, but Zhuge Song was not fast, and even after waiting for a few days, he didn't see Zhuge Song's army coming. For fear of slacking off the soldiers, he could only personally lead people to inspect the city every day, and when the horses were returned to Zhuge Songjun, he was shocked and gathered Shen Tan and Shen Yi brothers to discuss.

Shen Tanyan said: "I heard that Zhuge Song is now thirty miles away from the city and has a military strength of no more than 10,000 people, far less than what the letter said, is it a fraud?" ”

Meng Da replied: "In the past, Liu Bei came to aid Jing from Sichuan, and his department was about 50,000 horses, although now Sun Liu is making peace, but Guan Yu lost a lot of soldiers and horses in Fancheng and Maicheng, and Liu Bei will stay with troops to assist him to stabilize the situation." This time Zhuge Song came, I don't know what general accompanied him, even if the number of 50,000 is fraudulent, our army has a city to rely on, and there is Wei aid, the number of battles should be more than our army, not to underestimate the enemy! ”

Shen Yi said: "But now Xu Huang's troops have not arrived, and there are very few troops outside the city, could it be that Zhuge Song first divided his troops to fight Xu Huang, blocked my reinforcements, and when Xu Huang's troops retreated, he returned to the division to deal with us?" ”

Meng Dajue Shenyi's words were reasonable, although he didn't dare to move lightly, he sent many detectives to the side of Zhuge Song's camp to investigate.

Such an intensive investigation was easily known by Zhuge Song's camp. In fact, Zhuge Song knew that his army was small, and the city was strong, and if he wanted to break the city in a short time, there was only one way to lure the enemy. On the one hand, he felt that his plan to lure the enemy could be successful, and on the other hand, because he had been entrusted with the post of a mediocre county guard, he also wanted to rely on this battle to establish authority in this place and deter local heroes.

So in the next two days, Zhuge Song did not raise troops to the city, but only divided the soldiers into two squads, each class of 2,500 people, led by him and Shana respectively, every two hours during the day, took turns to strengthen the camp, set up bows and crossbows, and made a look of perseverance, and the replaced soldiers went out from the rear camp to cut wood and transport it back to the camp, part of which strengthened the camp, and part of it was processed into a large number of torches for backup.

In the city, Meng Dayin Zhuge Song's previous fierce words in the book, he thought that as soon as Zhuge Song's army and horses arrived, he would attack the city and fight. Unexpectedly, Zhuge Song didn't have any intention of fighting at all, but put on a posture of holding each other. I believed Shen Yi's previous words that Zhuge Song would deal with Xu Huang first.

Convening Shen Tan and Shen Yi brothers again, both of them felt that Xu Huang's reinforcements were very important, and now Zhuge Song blocked the main road, and the news was not clear, so he needed to take advantage of the lack of troops to attack him, otherwise if Xu Huang retreated, Shangyong would be in danger.

Meng Da planned to divide the soldiers and horses in the city into two parts, one was led by Shen Tan to lead 10,000 people to attack Zhuge Song's camp during the day, and there was no need to attack too strongly, just take turns to feint and exhaust Zhuge Song's soldiers. At night, Shen Tan led the tired soldiers to defend the city, and Meng Da and Shen Yi led another 10,000 people to rob the village at night, and they would definitely succeed in one fell swoop.

Let's say that Zhuge Song heard the report that Meng Da sent troops, and when he and Shana went out of the tent, he saw that the leader was Shen Tan, so he asked out loud: "Where is Meng Da?" ”

Shen Tan saw that Zhuge Song was young, and remembered his matter of taking Shu and Baojing, so he forcibly put away his contempt, and said tentatively: "The general came forward to say that he wanted to capture and destroy us, but when the military horse arrived, he only closed the door and did not come out, which is really ridiculous." Wait until you are captured, and you will see you Mengda! ”

Zhuge Song was secretly happy in his heart, and said to Shana, my plan has been successful! ”

Although Shana has seen Zhuge Song's strange tactics many times, at this time there is only one village, and the military horses are only 5,000, in the face of a strong enemy attacking the village, she still can't guess where Zhuge Song's plan came from. I couldn't help but say: "If it is at night, the torch can confuse the enemy, but now in the daytime, where does the plan come from?" ”

Zhuge Song smiled: "Love concubine Gaojian!" Storming the camp, not a wise man, Shen Tan came, it was really Meng Da who saw that our army did not come out, and he was worried that most of the troops would deal with Xu Huang, and he could not try to attack our army during the day. I expect Meng Da to come to the camp tonight, and you and I can go back to the camp to rest, and ignore it. ”

After that, he said to Shen Tan: "The soldiers and horses in the camp are not the vanguard, and the army will come to converge today." The general will attack, and when the Chinese army arrives, I will come again to learn! ”

Shen Tan saw Zhuge Song carrying a female general in red armor back to the tent, and knew that it was Zhuge Song's princess Shana who had been incorporated from the Wuxi barbarians. Hearing Zhuge Song's words that today's army was coming, he thought that Meng Da asked him to come not to seize the village, so he didn't dare to set up a formation to attack the village with all his might, but used most of the military strength on guard, so that Zhuge Song's reinforcements could withdraw to the city at any time when they came.

On the other side, Zhuge Song returned to Shana with a leisurely appearance on the surface, but after entering the account, he said to Shana: "Shen Tan will be teased by me again during the day, and he can't wait for my reinforcements, and Meng Da will come to rob the village at night." You and I can take turns to take half of the soldiers and horses to rest, leaving only 1,000 men to guard the camp at night, and each with 2,000 men and horses and 10,000 torches to ambush on both sides of the camp two miles away. When Meng Da robbed the camp, the soldiers who stayed in the village burned the village and retreated, you and I lit torches, led the army to kill from both sides, cut off its way back to the city, and Meng Da will look at Wancheng and flee. At that time, you and I don't have to take the mediocrity anymore, just follow and kill, and take this person with Liu Feng, then the mediocrity will surrender! ”

Shana nodded in agreement, and went to prepare. Zhuge Song first sent someone to send a letter to Liu Feng and asked him to respond.

Shen Tan waited cautiously outside the village for a day, and there was no reinforcement arrival as Zhuge Song said. Knowing that he had been deceived, he was angry in his heart, and returned to the city to sue Meng Da.

Meng Da was relieved and laughed: "Zhuge Song is just delaying time, Shen Yi and I will go to rob the village tonight, wait to capture that child, and get angry with the general!" ”