Lu Bu's Ambition

Chapter 1046 The Cautious Zhuge Liang
In Xiangyang City!

The candle flickered, and the dim light shone on Zhuge Liang's cheeks. The tired and sad brows showed the irritability in his heart.

"Military division, in the past half month, the Lu army has almost stopped making violent attacks, only making tentative attacks every now and then."

Staring at the battle report sent by Shuzhong, he couldn't help being a little fascinated, and Zhuge Liang didn't come back to his senses until someone from below made a sound.

Guan Yu, who was wearing a green parrot robe below, cupped his fists, watching Zhuge Liang put down the memorial in his hand tiredly, feeling ashamed in his heart.

From the very beginning, he looked down on this frail scholar, especially when he invited him out of the mountain, he was very airy, but after so many years, Zhuge Liang worked hard to make such a big country for his elder brother, which naturally showed his ability , which made him deeply impressed by Guan Yu.

"It's Yunchang!"

Zhuge Liang made Guan Yu bend his body slightly in relief, and said softly: "Military Master, the Nanman army in central Sichuan has been resisted by Chen Dao's troops in Bodao. Now Xiangyang is as solid as gold. Please take care of yourself, Military Master."

Being able to make this proud Guan Yunchang say such words, Zhuge Liang smiled slightly, shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Now that the enemy is at hand, I am ashamed of my Majesty."

Since his debut, he has laid the foundation of Shu Han for Liu Bei, which is the proudest moment in his life, but he encountered a nail when facing Lu Bu, and the army stopped and Xiangyang could not advance one step further.

Guan Yu, who sighed lightly, knew that persuasion was useless, so he couldn't help changing the subject and said in a deep voice: "Military division, I don't know which army to guard the city wall tonight?"

In today's world situation, everyone is optimistic about Lu Bu and not them, and those who have two hearts in Sichuan will never give up this opportunity, so the generals who are on duty every night have never been fixed.

Every night, Guan Yu would personally come to inquire, and Zhuge Liang would randomly arrange various generals to guard him. Without rules, even if there were traitors in the city, he would not be able to control the situation on the top of the city.

Zhuge Liang, who gently fanned the feather fan, squinted his eyes and said softly: "Tonight, the two generals Luo Cheng and Ma Chao will take turns on duty."

promise!
Under the dark night, there was a dim fire in Xiangyang City, and a messenger walked out of Zhuge Liang's camp.

Ma Chao was in the big tent, calmly flipping through the book of war in his palm, and the fire outside the camp flickered even more. Almost all the generals in the camp of the Shu army did not rest, and they were all waiting for new military orders.

"There is an order from the military division. The two generals Ma Chao and Luo Cheng will lead the army to guard Xiangyang City tonight!"

There is an order from the military division, and the two generals Ma Chao and Luo Cheng will lead the army to guard Xiangyang City tonight!

When it was almost time, there was a rush of footsteps and loud shouts in the camp, and the messengers holding command arrows ran into the barracks of Ma Chao and Luo Cheng respectively, shouting.

When the news was delivered, the light in the camp of the rest of the Shu army began to decrease, and the time was up, but the military order did not come to prove that they would not go to guard Xiangyang City tonight.

After receiving the military order, Ma Chao and Luo Cheng walked out of the camp and yelled at the soldiers of the army, causing the army under their command to rush to the city gate.

The gate was under the light of the fire, and Ma Chao was wearing silver armor, looking indifferently at the assembled soldiers of the three armies, and frowned involuntarily when he looked at the several lieutenants under his command.

Most of them looked dignified, but Ma Dai was in a trance. When he saw Ma Chao's dissatisfied gaze, he immediately shivered.

Cold sweat involuntarily slipped down from both sides of his temples, and the nervous Ma Dai remained silent as if the matter in his heart had been seen through.

Finally, Ma Chao snorted coldly, and shouted directly: "Tonight I and General Luo will take turns on duty, let's go!"

After reining in his horse, Ma Chao turned around and walked in the front. After seeing Ma Chao's back, Ma Dai couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Are you okay?"

At the moment when Ma Dai was most relaxed, Matthew's caring voice came from next to his ear, which made him startled and looked back hastily.

Matthew looked at him with concern, and murmured softly, "If you don't feel well, I'll ask brother for instructions."

"No~ nothing!"

Ma Dai, who swallowed nervously, shook his head to express that he was fine, but Ma Xiu still looked at him suspiciously.

"Pale face, and cold sweat, can't it be sick?"

Suppressing his anxiety, Ma Dai smiled reluctantly and shook his head: "I just practiced my marksmanship. It's normal to sweat a little on such a hot day. You and I should hurry up, and the elder brother will get angry later."

it is good!
Ma Xiu smiled heartily, and started to follow the army as soon as he clamped the horse's belly, and Ma Dai also marched together as if nothing happened.

Ma Dai, who was following in the army, advanced slowly on his horse, but there was a glint of prey in the depths of his eyes.

More than half a month!He didn't have any chance at all, or Zhuge Liang was too cautious, even they didn't know who would be on duty at night.

Without any regularity, he simply can't convey the confidence that's useful, nor any opportunity to convey the chances he wants.

Along the way, when the war horses staggered and finally came to the city of Xiangyang, the soldiers of the three armies had already rushed to the top of the city to prepare for the handover. Ma Dai couldn't help but secretly gritted his teeth.

"General Ma, I handed it over to you in the first half of the night!"

On the city wall, Luo Cheng clasped his fists skillfully at Ma Chao, and Ma Chao nodded slightly, "I will hand it over to General Luo in the second half of the night."

The two randomly drew lots to decide the first half of the night and the second half of the night. This is the rule set by the military division, and they have always followed it.

Zhuge Liang's cautiousness can be seen from this. Not only is the general on duty determined randomly, but even the first half of the night and the second half of the night are determined by luck.

Under such circumstances, even if there are traitors in the army, they cannot convey useful confidence at all.

Ma Dai in the corner of the north wall frowned, and looked around secretly with the black eyes of the helmet. Only the dedicated soldiers stared at the outside of the city, and their nervous and trembling palms slowly reached into the reserve quiver.

The strong and calm Ma Dai watched the flames outside the city weaken, he couldn't help pulling out a feathered arrow in his quiver, and put the pointed end on the torch in front of the battlements.

The burning feather arrow pierced the night sky suddenly and landed a hundred meters away. After shooting one arrow, Ma Dai did not stop, but shot three feather arrows in a row before giving up.

"Keep an eye out!"

Ma Dai, who had done all this, acted as if nothing had happened, and even pretended to be stern and yelled at the other soldiers beside him.

"promise!"

"Don't worry, general, our eyes are wide open."

After the reply came from the soldiers beside him, Ma Dai frowned with a cold face, as if to hide the panic in his heart, he shouted: "Everyone's eyes widened, and the rockets were shot immediately after the fire weakened."

promise!
After finishing all this, the clothes inside Ma Dai's armor were soaked with cold sweat, his rough palms were placed on the battlements, and he stared at the dark night in the distance.

Countless soldiers on the top of the city couldn't help showing admiration after seeing their general so serious.

But they didn't know that their general had already secretly communicated with the enemy and would send them into the abyss at any time.

(End of this chapter)