Chapter 59 Seeing through Zhang Liang’s plan

Author: big bell

Chapter 59 Seeing through Zhang Liang’s plan

The lieutenant general realized that Li Zhao was too careful and didn't bother to say anything.

But everyone can hear the meaning behind the words, that is, they should go straight to Huanglong instead of being suspicious here.

"Young Nei, I don't think there's anything to be wary of. I've heard about General Meng's battle. They just attacked the stronghold and scared the bandits into fleeing. In other words, the bandits are just a mob. General Meng's

Therefore, a disastrous defeat is a banquet."

The guard also agreed.

"Yes, Young Master, we should go straight up and kill them. Just be careful about their banquet." said a dozen other city defense troops.

Li Zhaozhi wants to curse people, they are a bunch of elm-headed people, just watch out for banquets? Will people use it a second time after using it once? How can they know Zhang Liang's strategy?

But he still restrained himself from scolding.

He was lost in thought for a while, and after a while he ordered, "Lieutenant, please take some people to look around to see if there is another way up the mountain?"

The lieutenant general was unhappy and secretly thought that Li Zhao was making a fuss, but he still left.

After a while, he came back and reported: "Li Shaonei, there is nothing abnormal around. The mountains are densely forested and full of thorns, making it impossible to go up the mountain."

Well! Li Zhao nodded and asked, "Is there anything special about it?"

The deputy general muttered and said nonchalantly: "Yes, there are, but it's nothing special. There are just some tables scattered around. They must have been thrown away casually by those who attacked General Meng.

Bar!"

"How many tables are there? How is the structure?"

The lieutenant general showed a little disdain. What kind of structure could the table have? Each family has its own way of doing it, but no matter how it changes, it will only be the same. There is no need to make such a big reaction.

For a moment, I secretly sighed: He is still a young boy! I really don’t know why Your Majesty asked him to suppress the bandits.

"It is made of wooden frame and can be folded and retracted. There seems to be nothing surprising about it."

Made of wooden frame?

"How many bandits are there?"

"About eight hundred." This is what he found out from Meng Yi's remnant army.

Li Zhao frowned. Suddenly, a haze passed between his brows, and he quickly ordered, "Step into the passage again and see how many steps there are in the flat area."

The guard impatiently obeyed the order and left. When he came back, he said it was a full five hundred steps.

"Five hundred steps? Five hundred troops? It's enough to accommodate."

Li Zhao muttered to himself. The next moment, his face changed and his heart was beating suddenly.

Fortunately! Fortunately, he studied Zhang Liang in his previous life.

"This is a cage of fate. Don't break into it. Retreat your troops today and attack again tomorrow."

Li Zhao loudly issued an order to withdraw the troops.

He still remembered reading some unofficial histories in his previous life, about Zhang Liang. It was said that Zhang Liang met an old man wearing a coarse short robe at the Yishui Bridge. Later, the old man gave him a book called "Tai Gong's Art of War".

The Art of War helped Liu Bang establish the Western Han Dynasty and became a founding hero. The old man was the legendary Taoist Huang Shigong who was invisible in the cave, also known as the "Old Man on the Wall".

There is a combat method recorded in the Art of War - Life Cage.

The person who ordered the cage ordered our soldiers to use wood and caltrops as walking horses; they dug a loop in the ground, five feet wide and deep.

This record is so similar to what I see now.

Moreover, as far as he knew, Zhang Liang was very principled in his use of troops. He did not advocate forceful fighting, but relied more on strategy to win. The use of troops was more about "one". "One" means that the troops must be concentrated and the actions must be unified.

If he really uses the life cage, the five hundred troops who attack the stronghold this time will definitely be dead ends.

"Retreat the troops?" All the sergeants looked at each other with dissatisfaction on their faces.

You must know that it takes a long time to march from Xianyang to here, and the speed is relatively fast. In addition, it is a hot weather at this time, so fatigue is inevitable.

After finally getting here, we have to withdraw our troops. Isn't this a trick on them?

"Li Shaonei, why do you want to withdraw your troops? We can take down the bandits in less than half a day if we work hard. If you ask us to withdraw our troops, wouldn't this demoralize everyone?" The deputy general retorted for the first time to Li Zhao.

Although the other sergeants did not speak, it could be seen from their expressions that they agreed with the deputy general's opinion.

Li Zhao's face turned cold and he stared at the deputy general, "Are you disobeying orders?"

"Don't dare!" The deputy general bowed his head, but everyone could see his dissatisfaction.

"If you listen, withdraw your troops immediately."

Li Zhao's unquestionable tone made everyone have no choice but to obey. It was a military order, but the resentment in their stomachs arose spontaneously.

After evacuating Saga Mountain, Li Zhao was not idle. He asked his deputy general to get some chariots and load them with stones. The deputy general was puzzled. Li Zhao did not give him a chance to refute, so he led a hundred people away.

Man knows what he is going to do.

"Lieutenant General, what is Li Shaonei going to do? It's inexplicable."

"Look, it's just to suppress bandits. You don't need a chariot. It's not a march to fight, so why waste so much effort?"

"What's even more outrageous is that we have to move so many rocks. Doesn't this increase the burden?"

After Li Zhao left, everyone complained one after another.

"Hey! He's still a baby! He doesn't know how to pretend to understand, and he makes random arrangements. It's crazy." The deputy general also agreed with everyone and sighed with disdain.

"Then what should we do? We won't go crazy with him!" Some soldiers were very dissatisfied.

"What else can we do? His Majesty asked us to obey him, so we can only obey his orders." Another soldier said.

"Have you ever seen bandits move stones? Moreover, the battle must be completed quickly. We have wasted today's great opportunity, but we cannot waste it anymore."

"Yes, soldiers are valuable and quick. We should seize the opportunity and suppress the bandits as soon as possible. As for Li Shaonei's military order, we can kill it first and then report it."

"Li Shaonei made this decision because he clearly doesn't want us to win military honors, Lieutenant General, don't you think so?"

The lieutenant general blinked his eyes, and his resentment was clearly getting stronger. He suddenly punched a big tree and said angrily, "Yes, he just wants to deprive us of our military merits. Brothers, why do we join the army? Isn't it just for the military merits?"

"I have decided. Let's set out early tomorrow morning. If we catch the bandits off guard, we will be able to achieve military success."

The deputy general makes the final decision.

"But" one of the soldiers expressed worry, "If Li Shaonei knew about this, wouldn't it be tantamount to resisting the imperial decree?"

"Hmph! What are you afraid of? As the saying goes, the general will be out and military orders will be ignored. If anything happens, I will take full responsibility for it. That's it."

Many people agreed upon hearing this, and soon, the deputy general organized a small group of people to prepare for a surprise attack early tomorrow morning.

Li Zhao didn't know what happened here, but he was overheard by a dark shadow in a hiding place. When everyone set up camp to rest, the dark shadow disappeared, and he quickly found Tie Ying to report what happened here.

"Boss, should we stop them?" Black Shadow asked.

Tie Ying waved his hand and said: "No need, our mission is to protect Li Shaonei. We must not expose him unless it is absolutely necessary. However, this matter must be reported to the emperor."

"You will immediately mount the fastest horse and present it to His Majesty."

"promise!"

The black shadow left, and Tie Ying said to himself with an expressionless face: "Boy, I really don't know what ability you have to be so valued by His Majesty. Let's see how you deal with it now?" After speaking, he quickly disappeared.
Chapter completed!