Wielding a knife to kill a resisting Shu soldier in the last place, Wei Yan wiped the blood on his face, came to Ma Chao, and asked in a low voice: "The people in the mountain pass, won't you find out?" ”

Ma Chao glanced down the mountain and replied: "There shouldn't be, at this hour, most of the people in the pass should have fallen asleep, even if there is a patrol, their attention should not be on the mountain behind them, but in the direction of the garrison of our army in front of the pass, but just in case, Wen Chang will lead a thousand brothers to the halfway up the mountain to ambush later, and he will personally interrogate the prisoners and set out the military deployment of Jiameng Pass." ”

Wei Yan saluted Ma Chao with a fist and said, "Don't worry!" Then he took a thousand Tiger Lux and walked down the only mountain road leading to the top of the mountain.

Watching Wei Yan's departure, Ma Chao turned to the tiger warriors behind him and said, "Leave four hundred brothers on both sides of the guard, come fifty brothers and a certain interrogation rate, and rest on the spot!" ”

Facts have proved that Ma Chao's guess is right, the attention of the Shu soldiers in Jiameng Pass is not on the top of the mountain behind them at all, coupled with the quick decision of the Tiger Ben Warriors, the Shu soldiers on the top of the mountain were disarmed in the shortest possible time, making them lose their combat effectiveness, therefore, the Shu soldiers in charge of patrolling in Jiameng Pass did not notice the changes on the top of the mountain behind them at all.

For a night, Wei Yan waited for half a night in vain on the mountainside, and couldn't help complaining: "The quality of these Shu soldiers is too poor, such a big thing happened behind their backs, they didn't notice it at all, it's bad, it's too bad." After sharing the hardships with the Tiger Warriors, Wei Yan's vision became higher, and these lax Shu soldiers were not even as good as scum in his eyes.

On the top of the mountain, Ma Chao spent half the night successfully from the mouths of the Shu soldiers captives, knowing the communication method and the information of the incision they reported safety to the Jiameng Pass under the mountain, and figured out most of the deployment of the Shu soldiers in the Guannei. Liu Bei gathered most of his troops in front of the pass to guard against Ao Lie's strong attack, and only sent thirty percent of his troops to scatter in other parts of the pass, responsible for guarding the important materials in the pass and guarding the guard. Such a deployment is beneficial to Ma Chao, which can allow Ma Chao to calmly look for fighters and give Liu Bei a hard time behind his back, but Ma Chao's carelessness has improved a lot under Ao Lie's teaching. Of course, he would not believe the confessions of these Shu prisoners, and he still had to make some observations before he could make an accurate judgment.

When Wei Yanjing left a thousand tiger wrestlers in the middle of the mountain and returned to the top of the mountain alone, he told Ma Chao about his close observation of Jiameng Pass from the middle of the mountain, and Ma Chao believed the confessions of those captives and confirmed that Liu Bei did not deploy too many troops behind the pass.

After having such an inference, Ma Chao and Wei Yan discussed it carefully for a while, and finally decided to send the news back. Let Ao Lie launch a frontal attack in front of the pass, and at the same time, Ma Chao will lead the tiger warrior to launch an attack from the back of the pass, so that Liu Bei can take advantage of the weakness of the defense behind the pass. Of course, it is good to attack the pass in one fell swoop, even if it can't, it is nothing, at least it will contain Liu Bei's energy and force Liu Bei to send reinforcements to the back of the pass. Take the pressure off Ao Lie on the frontal battlefield.

Just do it when you think of it, and after discussing it, Ma Chao immediately sent someone to send a message. It's not realistic to send Tiger Lux back the way he came. Therefore, before Ma Yue's expedition, Ao Lie had already thought of a way to communicate with each other, and there was nothing mysterious about it, just the oldest way of long-distance communication - flying pigeons. Before leaving, Ao Lie deliberately gave Ma Chao two carrier pigeons, so that Ma Chao went to the back of Jia Meng Pass, used to contact the army's communication tools, however, Ao Lie also knew that this method was not advanced, and it was easy to be intercepted by the enemy, so as to know the information that they wanted to communicate with each other, so the real mystery was that on the letter carried by the carrier pigeon, there was no text on it, there was a series of lines of different thicknesses and irregular points, which was Ao Lie's secret language formulated by imitating the Morse code of later generations. In addition to Ao Lie's own mastery of all the contents, only a few people such as Jiufang Quancai, Five Tiger Generals and Eight Good Generals can decipher and use this set of codes, so that they don't have to worry about the hidden danger of being intercepted by the enemy after the carrier pigeon is intercepted by the enemy, and for the sake of insurance, Ao Lie also asked Ma Chao to bring two carrier pigeons, which will fly back to Hanzhong from different directions, so as to reduce the possibility of being intercepted.

Coming to the back of Jia Mengguan with his feet, Ma Chao and others walked for a day and a night, but the carrier pigeon walked a straight distance in the sky, so it only took more than two hours for Ma Chao to release the two carrier pigeons, and brought the news he wanted to tell Ao Lie to Ao Lie.

Ao Lie untied the secret letter on the leg of the carrier pigeon, and after opening it, he saw that it was Morse code, and immediately distinguished the authenticity of this letter.

Ao Lie immediately called Zhuge Liang and several other peerless think tanks over, and handed the superstition sent by Ma Chao to their eyes. After reading the secret letter, Pang Tong took the lead in saying: "Meng Qi's idea is good, the army feints in front of the pass, which can attract Liu Bei's attention, and Meng Qi will have a chance." forced Liu Bei to send reinforcements to the back of the pass, maybe there will be fighters among them, and my main army echoed with Meng Qi's department from afar, so that Liu Bei couldn't figure out which side of us was a strong attack and which side was a feint. ”

Zhuge Liang didn't speak, just lowered his head slightly and thought carefully. Don't look at him always saying to Ao Lie, if there is a war, there will be casualties, that is just his words to comfort Ao Lie, with Zhuge Liang's prudence, he will never let his army suffer heavy casualties, so every time there is a big war, Zhuge Liang is extremely cautious, and never makes judgments easily, lest his decisions will lead to heavy losses to the army.

Seeing that Zhuge Liang was silent, Ao Lie looked at Jia Xu and Xun Yu and asked, "Let's talk about it too, how should we reply to Meng Qi?" ”

Jia Xu's character, that is the old scheming, deep wisdom to protect the truth, if it weren't for Ao Lie to ask him by name, or if it was not at an emergency moment, he would not say anything, this time is no exception, in the face of Ao Lie's inquiry, the first to speak is still Xun Yu: "King Yan, General Meng Qi's strategy is also feasible, just now Shi Yuan also said his own opinion, Yu feels that Shi Yuan said very insightful, but it must be divided into priorities, whether it is the main battlefield in front of the pass, or the main battlefield in the back of the pass, this must be clear, In this way, the soldiers will have a clear goal in their hearts and will not fight blindly. ”

After listening to Xun Yu's opinion, Ao Lie looked at Jia Xu, Jia Xu is good at everything, but he is too wise to protect himself, if it weren't for Ao Lie who has also experienced life and death with Jia Xu, I'm afraid Jia Xu is even more taciturn than now, no wonder in history, with Jia Xu's intelligence, he is at the bottom of Cao Cao's five major advisers, which is inseparable from his character.

Seeing Ao Lie looking at him, Jia Xu knew that he couldn't hide this time, thought about it, and said: "Xu agrees with Shi Yuan and Meng Qi's strategy, and Xu also thinks that Wen Ruo's words are also very reasonable. We all know that Liu Bei is not a fool, he must have been a little panicked at the beginning of the front and rear attacks, but I believe that it will not take long for him to calm down, because he knows that it is impossible for the main force of our army to appear behind the pass, because after the detour to the Jiameng Pass, this is something that the army can never do, ordinary soldiers, it is impossible to fly over the Daodao moat, so it can only be a small force to harass behind the pass, therefore, our army must take the battlefield in front of the pass as the main battlefield, and the main force of our army as the main battle force, Meng Qi's department, can only play the role of containment, and must not assume the role of the main battle, otherwise, the effect may be counterproductive. ”

After Jia Xu's words were finished, Pang Tong and Xun Yu nodded at the same time, expressing their support for Jia Xu's opinion. At this time, Zhuge Liang suddenly raised his head and said: "Big brother, Mr. Wenhe's strategy is feasible, but Mr. Wenhe also said just now that Liu Bei will definitely have a period of panic at the beginning of falling into the front and rear enemies, which is human nature, and this is also an opportunity that we can take advantage of." Liang thought that it was better to use Shi Yuan and Mr. Wen He's strategy together, take advantage of Liu Bei's initial panic, let Meng Qi bluff behind the pass, and set up banners, creating the illusion that our army has leaped over the moat, so as to confuse Liu Bei, and at the same time, during this time, don't invest too many troops in the battlefield in front of the pass, so that Liu Bei believes that it is true, and when Liu Bei is hesitant and sends troops to reinforce the pass, our army suddenly launched a strong attack in front of the pass, so that a dignified battle can be like when General Wen Yuan conquered Hanzhong, It has the effect of surprise attack. ”

"Good! Clever idea, this is a good idea! Pang Tong, Xun Yu and Jia Xu praised in unison. Seeing that the three advisors all agreed to Zhuge Liang's method, Ao Lie no longer hesitated, and immediately made up his mind: "Then let's do it." Kong Ming quickly replied to Meng Qi's secret letter in secret words, asking him to create a false impression after the pass to attract Liu Bei's attention. Shi Yuan, Wen Ruo, Wen He, you go and inform the officers and men of our army, let them prepare for battle, from now on, our army will enter the first level of combat readiness, ready to enter the Jiameng Pass at any time! The day of the general attack is set for tomorrow morning! ”

Zhuge Liang and the other four people bent down and saluted Ao Lie at the same time, and said, "Obey." Then he turned and left, and went to his own business according to Ao Lie's assignment.

Three hours later, two carrier pigeons flew back to the top of the mountain behind Jiameng Pass with a secret letter written by Zhuge Liang. After Ma Chao and Wei Yan read the secret letter, a smile appeared on their faces, and they thought at the same time: This time, Liu Bei, a big-eared thief, has suffered again...... (To be continued......)

PS: PS: Sorry, the second one is too late.