1477 False surrender

Zhuge Liang, Wang Baoyu and others couldn't enter the city, they didn't know the situation inside, and now they could only wait, and they waited for half a month, and they didn't see any movement in the city.

From this, it can be judged that Bantu must have dug up a water source in the city, otherwise it would not have lasted so long. Wang Baoyu said: "Sir, we can't delay for too long, if not, we will bypass this city and go somewhere else first." ”

"Wait a few more days, if we leave the Bantu army here, I am afraid that if we fight again in the next day, we may suffer from the enemy on our back, which will be very bad." Zhuge Liang did not agree with Wang Baoyu's idea, and the war should be considered holistically, and future troubles must not be left behind.

"But as long as the other party has water, then we can keep going, and we can't afford to delay." Wang Baoyu said a little anxiously.

"Baoyu can bear with it for a while, Bantu is a person of a different race, and not sending troops for a long time will definitely arouse the suspicion of the King of Guishan, and he should take action at that time." Zhuge Liang analyzed.

"Alas, pull your fingers and calculate, the mainland is about to celebrate the New Year!" Wang Baoyu sighed, originally just wanted to come to Chengdu to see, but he never thought that it would take so long to leave.

"Yes, Yueying should also add a child, but she still can't be by her side." Zhuge Liang also showed gloom.

This place is too far away from Chengdu, so that to this day, no news has been received from the mainland, which makes Zhuge Liang and others feel like they are alone.

"Sir, don't worry, my sister will definitely be a qiē shun lì. And I can be sure that this time it must be a boy, hehe, has you figured out the name, sir? Wang Baoyu asked.

Speaking of these, Zhuge Liang's face showed a rare tenderness, and he said with a smile: "If it is a man, he can be called Zhuge Zhan, and I hope that he will be far-sighted and become a pillar of the country." ”

"What a name! Congratulations sir, happy to add your son! Wang Baoyu praised.

"If I find the fruit this time, I will be considered a child, and I will have no regrets." Zhuge Liang laughed.

"Yes, good things come in pairs!"

Sure enough, not long after, the guards came to report that a letter came from Moro City, Zhuge Liang was overjoyed, and hurriedly asked him to present it.

I couldn't understand the text on it, so I had to find Xiangju again to identify, Xiangju glanced at it, and translated with a happy face: "Qiyu Han Prime Minister, King Hanxing, I am the Kushan general Sotel, there is no water in the city, for the sake of the soldiers, today has tied Bantu, if you are willing to let me go out of the West Gate to return, I will present Bantu in exchange." ”

"It's great that there is no water in the city, and Bantu has been captured!" Xiangju added excitedly.

Zhuge Liang frowned slightly and said, "It can be concluded that there is a shortage of water in the city, but it will not be waterless." This letter must have been Bantu's ploy to escape from Moro. ”

"Hehe, in that case, we can count it." Wang Baoyu said with a smile.

"Let General Qian evacuate the West Gate tomorrow." Zhuge Liang immediately commanded.

"Prime Minister, you can't let Bantu escape, let the tiger return to the mountain, and it will eventually become a trouble." Xiangju said anxiously.

"Hugh and retreat!" Zhuge Liang said with a cold face, Xiangju was frightened, and hurriedly retreated cautiously.

"His people are in a hurry to restore the country, how can they know the feelings between the Han people." Zhuge Liang said.

"It's just that I have that little force, and I'm embarrassed to point fingers, but I really can't do it, so I'll get rid of this person." Wang Baoyu said, now he looks at Xiangju a little unpleasantly.

"This person can't be removed, our army has come from afar, and we must not be able to exterminate all the Guishuang and support Xiangju, but it can play a role in checks and balances. After we leave, the two sides will definitely fight endlessly, but Shuzhong will be able to rest easy. Zhuge Liang said.

"It's still thoughtful, sir." Wang Baoyu nodded and said, following Zhuge Liang all the way, he did grow a lot of knowledge.

Of course, Zhuge Liang would not let Bantu leave so lightly, he looked at the map carefully, and found that ten miles to the west, there was a branch of the Ganges River, and most of these people had to stop here after escaping from the city, and immediately asked Zhao Yun to lead an army of 50,000 to leave Moro City at night and ambush on the other side of the river.

The Shu army tried to keep the formation unchanged as much as possible, so that the soldiers in the city could not see the changes, so that Bantu might not suspect this.

Early the next morning, Chanmo's army withdrew from the city gates and stopped five miles northeast of the city. Of course, this was Bantu's strategy, and his original intention was to continue to hold on, because the Han army had not moved, and he presumably did not want to consume too many troops. However, because of the lack of water, the dissatisfaction of the residents drove the feelings of the soldiers under them to be very impetuous, and the noise was too fierce.

Bantu was overwhelmed, and he couldn't rely on these soldiers, so he could only come up with such a way in the end.

Hearing that the Han army at Ximen had withdrawn, Bantu wondered if there was something else, and he hesitated. But the soldiers couldn't manage so much, and took the initiative to line up and prepare for departure without waiting for the call.

Bantu sighed, the reality no longer allowed him to think too much, and hurriedly asked the soldiers to move away the boulder blocking the city gate, and cautiously walked towards the outside of the city.

Surprisingly, there was no Han army to stop him, and in order to stabilize Zhuge Liang, Bantu still found a person about the same size as himself, covered his face, and tied him to the city wall, as if it was Bantu himself from a distance.

Zhuge Liang scoffed at this, this kind of trick was eliminated decades ago, and no matter how shrewd Bantu was, he couldn't keep up with the rhythm of civilization in a big country. Therefore, after hearing that the Bantu army had withdrawn, he did not enter the city at all, and led the army to immediately chase after him.

Once Bantu led the army to leave the city and run wildly, the most important thing they wanted to do was to find a water source so that the soldiers could replenish the water in time.

After running out of ten miles in a hurry, a river several zhang wide appeared in front of him, and the Guishan soldiers let out an earth-shattering cry, jumping into the water as if they were crazy, drinking and washing, as if they were reborn.

Bantu also drank enough water, but he always felt that something was wrong, this strategy of pretending to surrender was not wise, Zhuge Liang and Wang Baoyu were both well-developed characters, how could they not have any suspicions at all.

No, the Han army must have set up an ambush somewhere, trying to capture them alive. Bantu hurriedly threw a few handfuls of water on his face, beckoning the soldiers in the river to hurry out and continue on his way.

However, the soldiers felt that they had not moisturized enough, and reluctantly, they shouted several times and half of them were still soaked in the water, and finally Bantu was annoyed, and ordered, if he did not come out of the water again, Hugh blamed him for turning his face and being ruthless.

However, at this moment, a drum sounded in front of him, and Zhao Yun led an army of 50,000 people to rush out from the woods on both sides.

Sou! Zhao Yun didn't say a word, he shot an arrow at Bantu, Bantu hurriedly waved his weapon and flew away, but two arrows flew in succession, only to hear a miserable scream, the Han strategist who followed him turned over and fell off his horse, and died on the spot.