57. Use his own way to deal with him!

  Night fell, but the city wall was illuminated by flames as if it were daytime. Zhang Wu leaned against the battlements, his eyes fixed intently on the Liu Bei's large camp outside the city. Thoughts swirled rapidly in his mind.

  "Damn it! I've been taken in by that little scoundrel!" At this, Zhang Wu suddenly bellowed out in anger, his expression quite ferocious.

  Zhang Wu suddenly remembered the plan Ma Da had mentioned a few days ago, and looking at the current situation, even if Zhang Wu was foolish, he finally woke up. That kid Ma Da was letting himself drag Liu Bei down to implement his plan, but could he hold on? It's ridiculous that at that time, he was excitedly laughing, looking at the fluttering flags and the murderous aura of the Jingzhou army, a wave of powerlessness and bitterness rose in Zhang Wu's heart.

  "Am I, Zhang Wu, going to die here?" Zhang Wu's heart was filled with indignant rage: "No, no, I don't believe it. Even if I die, I won't let that Liu Bei have a good life..."

  Zhang Wu's expression was crazed, his face twisted in a fierce scowl as he gazed out at the camp, a cold, sinister laugh escaping from his lips. Those who heard it felt a chill run down their spines.

  Inside the big account, Gan Ning and Zhao Yun two generals looked at Liu Bei with their eyes. At this time, Liu Bei's expression had improved somewhat. Liu Bei lowered his head to look at the map, his eyes flashing uncertainly.

  Liu Xuan looked at the map with a frown, thinking deeply. Although West Hill City was surrounded and cut off from all sides, it wasn't easy to take down the city with its high walls and thick defenses.

  It must be done with strategy, it cannot be done recklessly.

  At this moment, Liu Xuan was also at a loss.

  At this time, Liu Bei slowly raised his head, looked at Zhao Yun and Gan Ning, and said coldly: "Is Zhang Wu now in Xiling?"

  "My lord, Zhang Wu is at Xiling, and Cloud reported seeing this person gazing out from the city wall before his patrol."

  "Hmph." Liu Bei let out a faint, cold laugh and then said in a calm tone: "Very well... Tonight the sky has already darkened, so for now we won't attack the city. You all return to your respective camps and be on guard against Zhang Wu's raiding of our camp."

  "Yes."

  Just as Zhao Yun and Gan Ning were about to step out of the tent, Liu Xuan suddenly flashed a hint of inspiration and hastily said: "Uncle Cloud, Big Brother Hing please wait."

  "Really?"

  Zhoa Yun and Gan Ning looked at Liu Xuan in confusion, Liu Xuan stood up tall and walked to the map, saying slowly: "Our army came here, Zhang Wu will certainly raise twelve points of spirit to respond."

  "That is to say, Zhang Wu's bandits will always be on guard against our army. If so, we might as well...". Liu Xuan said, revealing his entire plan. After a long while, Liu Bei furrowed his brow and asked: "Xuan'er, are you certain this plan will work?"

  "I don't know." Liu Xuan shrugged.

  Liu Bei listened and slightly smiled at Liu Xuan, but after a moment of contemplation, he thought that Liu Xuan's plan was worth trying. He immediately slapped the table and shouted: "Zi Long, Xing Ba."

  "The end will be there."

  "You lead the main force of soldiers and horses, in Xiling City, use their own way to govern their own bodies, let Zhang Wu's bandit army be exhausted, morale greatly reduced, wait for tomorrow, we will break the city in one move."

  "Yes."

  Outside Xiling City, Zhao Yun looked at the night scene and glanced at his younger brother Zhao Yu. He nodded slightly, and Zhao Yu suddenly turned around and shouted: "Every time we pass a cup of tea, beat the drums and gongs loudly, shouting and killing, creating the illusion that our army is attacking the city."

  "Ah!"

  Ready to strike, in Ganning, under Zhao Yun's one order.

  The play is about to begin...

  The General's mansion in the west of the town, inside the inner courtyard, Zhang Wu's eyes gleamed with a green light as he fondled the naked body of the beautiful woman on the couch, her devilish figure, skin like jade, white and translucent, with a hint of red. Zhang Wu's eyes overflowed with excitement and frenzy, his mouth couldn't help but let out a lewd laugh, just as he was about to rip off his clothes and charge into battle, when suddenly a commotion broke out outside the door.

  Zhang Wu's eyebrows suddenly furrowed, and he immediately shouted a few orders to the outside, just as he was about to storm into the beautiful dragon girl's lair. Unexpectedly, another commotion broke out, and a burst of urgent shouting came from outside the door!

  "General, it's terrible! Liu Bei's army is attacking the city!"

  Zhang Wu was suddenly enraged when he was bumped into, but as soon as he heard that Liu Bei was attacking the city, Zhang Wu's spirit was stirred and he kicked the beautiful woman in his arms out of bed. The woman let out a cry of "Ah!" and glared at Zhang Wu with a fierce gaze, but Zhang Wu didn't care. After putting on his clothes, he even went forward and fondled the woman's plump buttocks several times, filling the room with lustful laughter.

  Zhang Wu hastily walked out of the house and asked the approaching person: "Has Liu Bei's army attacked the city?"

  Someone outside the slightly ajar door peeked at the beauty's furrowed brow, and was immediately captivated by her charming appearance. The person couldn't help but stare blankly, swallowing hard, when suddenly a cold "hmm" sound came from beside their ear. The person trembled for an instant, then hastily bowed their head and said: "General, the drums and gongs of Liu Bei's army have grown loud, with deafening shouts of killing... We fear we can't hold our ground, so we've come to invite General to take command..."

  "Rubbish!" Zhang Wu cursed in anger, then furrowed his brow and asked the man in a deep voice: "Where is Zhang San?"

  "Cough, cough... General Zhang San is still resting inside the mansion." The newcomer heard Zhang Wu's question and couldn't help but say, speaking with a quivering tone.

  "Damn it, at this critical moment of life and death, that turtle son is still fooling around with women?" Zhang Wu's face turned gloomy, and he roared: "You go inform Zhang San, if he doesn't arrive at the city gate within a minute, don't blame me for not being sentimental and upholding military law."

  That man was so frightened that he didn't even dare to respond with his head hung low, and in his heart, he muttered: "You're also messing around with women, aren't you?"

  Time flew by for half a watch, and the drumming, gonging, and shouting had gradually faded away. Zhang Wu and Zhang San, who was guarding the eastern city wall, stared at each other with wide eyes, their gazes fixed on the motionless black curtain in front of them.

  A cup of tea later, Zhang Wucan withdrew his gaze and thought to himself: "What is that kid Liu Bei up to?"

  He glanced at Zhang San with a lewd expression, and Zhang Wu suddenly smashed over with a 'chestnut fist', saying: "What are you looking at, not even seeing an enemy shadow..."

  Zhang San's head was knocked, he didn't think much of it, patted his chest and chuckled: "Wu Ge, with me Xiao San here, you can rest assured, look at that Liu Bei's army retreating without a fight, this..."

  "Farting away without a fight..." Zhang Wu glared at his younger cousin, furious: "What else can you do besides messing with women?" After scolding him several times, he said: "Take good care of this place for me. If anything happens here, got it."

  Zhang Wu looked at Zhang San with a cold smile.

  Zhang San was stared at by Zhang Wu, who trembled a few times and muttered: "Your mother's, the beauty in your house is still contributed by me, now you dare to say I'm wrong?" Although he said so, but Zhang San did not dare to speak out loud.

  Zhang San hastily shook his head and patted his chest, weakly saying: "Wu Ge, you can rest assured, I, Zhang San, will definitely not let a single soldier of Liu Bei's army in."

  Zhang Wu's eyes were gloomy as he glanced at the soldiers on both sides, his gaze turned and stared at Zhang San faintly: "I'll go patrol other places, you all damn well get your spirits up."

  "Yes, Brother Wu, take care..."

  Zhang Wu left soon after, patrolling the three sides of the city walls one after another. First, he scolded the guarding general, then comforted him with kind words and gave him a blank check as a favor, which moved his subordinates greatly. Only then did Zhang Wu return to his mansion, satisfied...

  As soon as he returned to the mansion, Zhang Wu thought of that little beauty again, and his lust gradually surged up. He had just taken off his helmet and was about to rush into the house for a fierce battle with the little beauty. But who knew that another drumbeat, gong sound, and shout for killing rose, and its momentum was quite large. Zhang Wu's heart skipped a beat, and he secretly thought, "Could it be that Liu Bei is going to launch a general attack under the cover of night?"

  Zhang Wu did not dare to slack off and had no choice but to put on his armor again in a huff, mounted his horse and hurriedly rushed towards Zhang San's place.

  On the city wall, only Zhang San was seen drawing his sword and running back and forth, shouting loudly to defend the city. Sweat dripped down his face, soaking his clothes. Zhang Wu looked carefully, but saw no one coming to attack. He hastily shouted to stop Zhang San, then gently told the soldiers on the city gate that those tense soldiers heard Zhang Wu's words and their minds slightly relaxed.

  At this time, Zhang Wu's face was gloomy, his eyebrows were tightly furrowed, and he stared at the black curtain in front of him for a long time. He gritted his teeth and said, "Damn it, this is Liu Bei's tactic to exhaust our army."

  Zhang Wu shook his head with a bitter smile, and his face also revealed a hint of helplessness, muttering: "Alas, we've also tasted the bitter fruit..."

  "Should we ignore this? If Liu Bei really attacks, we'll be caught off guard and likely suffer a crushing defeat. But if we prepare for the worst, it will also affect our army's morale, causing too much mental strain on our soldiers... If Liu Bei always uses this tactic, then there's no point in fighting..."

  Don't look at Zhang Wu, Chen Sun claims to have tens of thousands of troops, but after several battles, he only has 500,000 to 600,000 left. In fact, there are less than 30,000 who can fight, and the elite soldiers are fewer than 5,000. Liu Bei has at least 20,000 elite soldiers, how can they compete?

  Rush out? Zhang Wu didn't even think about it, and without relying on the city's defenses to resist the Jingzhou army, he feared there was only one dead end.

  At that moment, Zhang Wu was in a dilemma. He stared at the city wall with wide eyes and did not dare to leave without permission.

  Time slowly passed, and the drums, gongs, and battle cries of Zhang Wu's army against the Jingzhou army gradually subsided. The enemy on the city wall gradually relaxed their vigilance, and some even leaned against the city wall and fell asleep...

  East-facing barracks, Zhao Yun stood outside the camp, with 3,000 soldiers standing by behind him. As the night dissipated and dawn was about to break, Zhao Yun's body shuddered, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes, holding a mighty dragon spear, he turned around and shouted to the 3,000 soldiers in a low voice: "Brothers, victory or defeat is only today..."

  "Kill..." Zhao Yun's dragon-like bravery was on full display, his sharp edges exposed. A hint of cruel and icy smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

  "Attack..."

  …………

  The Jinzhou army's battle cry shook the sky, while on the walls of Xiling City, Zhang Wu's soldiers were all fast asleep, exhausted from a night of torture. Their minds had been severely damaged and now they just wanted to sleep soundly. As for the rest? Let's talk about it at dawn.

  On the city wall, Zhang Wu was startled by the killing shout. Rubbing his eyes in annoyance, he got up and took advantage of that sliver of light to look outwards. In an instant, Zhang Wu's expression suddenly changed, and he turned around, roaring: "Damn it, get up for me, the enemy is attacking the city...the enemy is attacking the city."

  But little did he know that what awaited him was a remark that made his blood boil: "What siege? Don't you understand that it's the enemy's tactic to tire us out?"

  Zhang Wu saw that the person was his own cousin, Zhang Wu's anger reached its peak, he drew out his sword and thrust it straight into Zhang San's chest. Zhang San immediately let out a mournful cry: "Ah..."

  Zhang San stared at his elder cousin with wide eyes, Zhang San would never understand why Zhang Wu would 'kill' him. He was his younger cousin after all. Zhang San wanted to ask out loud, his Adam's apple moved up and down several times, but the words were not spoken, fresh blood kept flowing from his mouth, and soon darkness covered Zhang San's consciousness.

  However, thanks to Zhang San's miserable cry, the generals on the east side of the city all woke up and looked at Zhang Wu, who pulled out a bloody sword, with a very confused and shocked face. Zhang Wu roared: "What are you looking at? Don't you get over here to guard the city? Useless things! The enemy is attacking the city!"

  "What? Under attack?" Many bandits were shocked, and many people ran to the city head to take a look. Many people were shot by feather arrows and fell down with a scream. Some clever ghosts were frightened and dodged the flashing cold arrowheads.

  Zhang Wu saw Zhao Yun leading his troops, as fierce as a tiger and swift as lightning, charging over the city wall of Hu River. The soldiers of Jingzhou were already climbing up with ladders, while his own men still looked like they were in a daze. Zhang Wu smiled wryly: "It's all over, it's all over."

  As he spoke, Zhang Wu drew his sword and rushed towards his own mansion, determined to take the beautiful woman with him even in death.

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