Super Cultivation System of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 977 Zhuge's Chief Plan
"Hey...how are you?"

The soldier helped the man on the horse up and asked with concern.

The man looked very weak, his whole body was covered with blood, especially his face, which was completely disfigured by the blood.

He raised his head with all his strength, opened his eyes slightly and looked around, then said weakly, "Hurry... hurry to Xin... Xin Mang Valley..."

"What happened to Xinmang Valley? Please explain it clearly."

"Gao Shun... Gao Shun led the army... he... uh..." The man didn't finish his words. His head tilted and he fainted again.

The garrison commander shouted from the tower: "What happened?"

The soldier turned around and shouted, "This man seems to be from Xinmang Valley, under the command of General Wei Yan. There seemed to be some unexpected events during the battle in the valley, but he fainted before he could explain clearly."

"Xinmang Valley?" The general was startled. Although he didn't know much about the ambush due to his low rank, he had heard that his lord was going to have an extremely important battle here, so when he heard the name of the place, he immediately became anxious.

"Quick, bring him into the city and send a military doctor to treat him."

The deputy general next to him said: "General, it is better to be careful. This person's identity is unknown, or..."

"Hey, he is just one person. Even if he is a spy, what can he do? The lord has made a major deployment in Xinmang Valley. Now it seems that something has gone wrong. This is the time for you and me to make contributions. How can we be overly cautious and miss the big thing? Quick, bring the person in."

Several Cao army soldiers outside the city immediately led the horse into the city, and then the city gate slowly closed.

Without waiting for the military doctor to arrive, the guard quickly ran down the city wall.

"General, he has fainted and I'm afraid he won't wake up for a while."

The garrison commander patted the fainted soldier and saw that he really didn't respond. He hurriedly shouted, "Quick, where is the military doctor? Send him over immediately. Quick, help him to the house to rest."

He commanded two soldiers to help the man down from the horse. One of the soldiers shouted, "Oh, this guy is quite heavy. You wouldn't have guessed he's such a big guy."

"I guess he must be General Wei Yan's personal attendant, right?"

After the two men helped him down, they found that although his head was tilted to one side due to fainting, he was still half a head taller than both of them and had a very sturdy build. They couldn't help but feel a little envious.

The deputy general of the garrison suddenly pointed at the back of the warhorse and said, "Why are there two large cloth bags on the back of this horse? You two, take them down and see what's inside."

"Yes, sir." The two soldiers stepped forward and reached out to take the two cloth bags.

However, as soon as the two men started to untie the ropes that hung the two cloth bags on both sides of the horse's back, the cloth bags not only did not get lifted up, but sank suddenly.

"Boom..."

The cloth bag hit the ground hard, making two dull sounds.

"What a heavy thing!" said the soldier in surprise.

The deputy general suddenly became suspicious: "What is that? Let me see."

He walked forward, bent down, and cut the cloth bag directly with a knife. Immediately afterwards, two round objects appeared in front of everyone.

“This… this is…” The deputy general widened his eyes.

The guard walked forward and took a closer look: "Isn't this a pair of hammers? There are spikes on them, how strange."

He stretched out his hand to grasp the hammer handle and lifted it hard: "Wow, what a heavy hammer, who can use it?"

The deputy general looked at the pair of sledgehammers, seeming to be thinking about something, but his expression soon turned into one of extreme fear.

"This is... This is Zhu Ye's Hunyuan Thunderbolt Hammer!"

"What?" The guard was so shocked that he threw the sledgehammer away, as if what he had in his hand was not a sledgehammer but a piece of red-hot iron.

"Why is the enemy general's weapon here?"

Everyone was terrified, and suddenly they heard a voice coming from behind.

"Of course I brought it myself."

"Who?" The guard jumped up in shock, looked around, and saw that the unconscious soldier who had just been helped away was now standing in front of them in good health.

"You...you you you...who are you?"

The man did not answer, but sneered and walked towards him.

"You... who are you?" The guard was frightened and stepped back unconsciously.

The man still didn't answer him a word, but walked to the side of his warhorse, bent down, stretched out his hands, and took the two sledgehammers in his hands.

"Whoosh..."

He played with the two hammers in the air for a while, and then said with satisfaction: "Well, not bad, they are not broken."

Looking at these heavy hammers, which seemed to have no weight in his hands, how could the guard not recognize them?
"You...you are Zhu...Zhu...Zhu Zhu Zhu..."

"Bah, you are the pig. I will not change my name or surname, Zhu Ye, Zhu Dehui, hehe, you didn't expect it, did you?"

When the guard heard him admit his identity, his eyes rolled back and he almost fainted on the spot.

"General... General, don't panic. Even though Zhu Ye is very brave, he is only one person. Our army has tens of thousands of soldiers. Are we afraid of him? As long as everyone rushes forward and captures him, it will be a great achievement. It won't be a problem for the general to be awarded a title of nobility."

At this moment, the deputy general seemed calmer than the guarding general.

After hearing what he said, the guard also reacted: "Yes, yes, yes, quick, everyone, come on, whoever can capture Zhu Ye, whether alive or beheaded, will receive a reward of one thousand."

Upon hearing the huge reward of thousands of gold pieces, many of the Cao army soldiers who had just been frightened turned their eyes red and rushed towards Zhu Ye, howling.

Zhu Ye raised his eyebrows and glanced around: "Hey, who said I'm alone?"

"You...what do you mean?" The guard felt something was wrong.

However, before Zhu Ye could answer him, shouts of killing suddenly shook the sky outside the city.

"Kill it..."

"Charge into the city..." A Cao army soldier stumbled down from the tower and said, "General, it's bad... There are tens of thousands of enemy troops outside the city rushing towards us..."

"What? This..." The guard was extremely panicked.

Zhu Ye smiled contemptuously, and then his huge body suddenly turned into a black shadow and quickly jumped out.

"Bang...bang bang..."

In the blink of an eye, several Cao army soldiers had their heads burst by his hammer, and he was rushing towards the Cao army defender at an extremely fast speed.

The guard was horrified: "Stop him... Stop him..."

"You guys are a bunch of rotten garlic and you want to stop me?" Zhu Ye sneered at the enemy in front of him. His two hammers flew up and down, killing the enemy one by one.

Somewhere in the wilderness of Runan County, four people and four horses were galloping at high speed.

After running for a long time, perhaps feeling a little tired, the four men stopped, got off their horses, and came under a big tree to rest for a while.

"Kong Ming, is your plan...really feasible?" Liu Zheng raised his head, drank a few sips of water, and asked worriedly.

Zhuge Liang looked at him with a smile on his face, and said slowly, "Don't worry, brother. If this plan fails, you can just take my head and give it to the three generals as compensation."

"Oh, that's not possible. You have such a smart brain. You must serve the country well in the future. I dare not take it away," Liu Zheng waved his hands repeatedly.

"But...how can you be sure that Shenyang City has not been lost yet? Even though the military report yesterday mentioned that Xiahou Yuan was still attacking the city and had not yet succeeded, today is already the third day of the siege. I'm afraid..."

"Yeah, big brother is right, let's not go to waste our time."

A man filled a water bag from a stream not far away and walked back, interrupting. This man was more than seven feet tall and looked only about fourteen or fifteen years old. He had a pair of phoenix eyes and a slightly red face. He was Guan Yu's eldest son, Guan Ping.

"Second brother, you have to think carefully. Don't let my brothers die in vain. My brothers are fine, but if we implicate our eldest brother, then, tut, tut, tut... that's no joke. Even if we escape with our lives, my butt and that of my third brother will be beaten to a pulp."

Another person came over. As he spoke, he unconsciously reached out to rub his buttocks. Something seemed to come to his mind, and a painful expression appeared on his face. This person was Cheng Liang's eldest son, Cheng Yang. He was born on the same day as Guan Ping, but a few hours later.

The two of them, plus Zhang Yong's eldest son Zhang Cheng, and Zhu Ye's eldest son Zhu Zheng, have called each other brothers since childhood. It's just that Guan Ping was originally the second oldest, and now there's Zhuge Liang in between, and Zhuge Liang is the oldest, so their "brotherly seating order" naturally has to move back one place.

Zhuge Liang shaded his head with a feather fan and looked at the sky: "Not only do I know that Xiahou Yuan has not succeeded at this moment, I also know that even if it is another day or even two days, he will not succeed."

"Oh?" The three of them were in high spirits and sat next to him. "Why?"

"Haha, the mystery lies naturally in the celestial phenomenon." Zhuge Liang pointed to the sky.

"Celestial phenomena?" Liu Zheng seemed to understand something, and Guan Ping also fell into deep thought.

Cheng Yang tilted his head, stared at the sky for a long time, and muttered: "What's so good about this celestial phenomenon? Apart from a big sun that makes people uncomfortable, what else can you see?"

Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "I will talk about this later. First, let me tell you why Xiahou Yuan must not have taken Shenyang today."

Seeing that he was about to explain in detail, Liu Zheng and the other two sat up straight.

Zhuge Liang said: "As far as I can guess, Cao Cao's purpose for this attack is not Shenyang City. Or rather, it is not just Shenyang City."

Liu Zheng thought for a moment and said, "You mean, he has other intentions?"

"Brother is indeed smart and understands things immediately." Zhuge Liang praised and continued.

"Now, the imperial court has deployed General Cheng, General Zhang, General Gao, General Xu, and General Qian in Yuzhou, with a total of more than 400,000 troops. No matter the number or the level of elite, they are superior to Cao's army. If Cao's army waits until our army is fully prepared before launching an offensive, how can it not be defeated? Therefore, he has won over Sun Jian's Jiangdong troops to help him. The two sides have joined forces to attack our army. His intention is to weaken our strength or even annihilate our main force. It would be best if he could kill one or two of our five commanders. As for Shenyang City, it is just a casualty."

Liu Zheng slapped his thigh and said, "Yes, I didn't think of that. He deliberately attacked Shenyang City on the pretext of a shortage of food and fodder, claiming to open up the food route to Jingzhou. In fact, he had two purposes. One was to annihilate the soldiers in the city, or even capture and kill my third uncle. The other was to use this to attract my fourth uncle and General Gao to come to help, so Cao the thief set up an ambush on the way."

"Haha, I only gave a brief introduction, but you were able to figure out the key points. You are indeed the eldest son that His Majesty values."

Zhuge Liang's face was filled with relief.

"Need I say more? After all, he is the elder brother I've been waiting for." Guan Ping looked at Liu Zheng with some respect.

They were talking and laughing, but Cheng Yang was extremely anxious: "You are still laughing, my father's life is in danger, second brother, hurry up, keep talking, keep talking."

"Okay, okay, don't worry, fourth brother." Zhuge Liang comforted him.

"Since Cao wants to attract Generals Zhang and Gao to come to his aid, if he wins the battle quickly and takes Shenyang City, or even kills the three generals, then the other generals will naturally not come to his aid. Instead, they will become united against the enemy, and the whole army will be wholeheartedly focused on avenging the three generals. Such a situation is naturally not what Cao wants to face. Therefore, before ambushing and killing the troops of Generals Zhang, Gao and others, Cao would never easily take the bait of Shenyang City. Whether it was burning the granary in the city or Xiahou Yuan besieging the city, it was just to make the situation in the city look more urgent and urge the generals to send troops as soon as possible."

"I understand. Second brother's words are worth ten years of reading." Guan Ping looked at Zhuge Liang with a hint of admiration in his eyes.

"Oh no, this is terrible. Yesterday, I eavesdropped outside the study and learned that Fourth Uncle and General Gao had already sent troops to rescue. Didn't this mean they were ambushed by Cao?"

Liu Zheng looked a little panicked.

"Hahaha..." Zhuge Liang suddenly laughed, making the other three even more confused.

"Brother, you are underestimating Mr. Xun Gongda. He is praised by His Majesty as the chief strategist in the army. How could such a small plan be hidden from him? I dare to bet that the two generals will not be ambushed by Cao's army this time, but will definitely defeat Cao's army."

The three of them heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this: "That's good."

Liu Zheng suddenly remembered something and looked at the road ahead.

"That's not right. This road doesn't seem to lead to Shenyang City either."

He had just been to Shenyang not long ago, also starting from Luoyang, so he naturally knew the road. Before, he was anxious and just focused on getting on with his journey. Every time he came to a fork in the road, Zhuge Liang gave directions, but he didn't pay attention. When he looked carefully at this time, he found that this road was not the way to Shenyang City at all.

Zhuge Liang smiled mysteriously: "Yes, we are definitely not going to Shenyang."

"Ah? If not to Shenyang, then where to go? Second brother, please don't play tricks on us."

A hint of doubt appeared on Cheng Yang's face.

Liu Zheng was also puzzled and asked, "Since Fourth Uncle and General Gao are both safe, where else should we go if we don't rescue Third Uncle?"

Zhuge Liang used his feather fan as a hand and pointed forward: "Of course, we should go to a place where we can deal with Cao thieves."

Liu Zheng, Guan Ping and Cheng Yang looked at each other with suspicion on their faces.

(End of this chapter)