Chapter 455: Breakout is imminent
The end of the Xu hour.
A full moon was quietly shining on the sky, the moonlight cut through the sky, and the silver light shook off the starry frost in the sky.
At this moment, Guanghan County was unusually quiet. Countless torches stretched out in the shadows of the city walls. It was unclear whether the flames were embellishing the sky, or the clear light was illuminating this small battlefield.
Apart from the seriously injured soldiers who were unable to fight, all the Shu army soldiers who were still capable of fighting had been concentrated on the southwest side, totaling 32,000 people.
In order to prevent any clues from being discovered, there are still 6,000 people guarding the other sections of the city wall as usual. Once the breakout battle starts, they will move towards the southwest and work together to break out of the siege.
Thirty-two thousand plus six thousand, a total of thirty-eight thousand people, this is all the combat power left by the Shu army.
And at least another five thousand people will die in tonight's breakout battle.
In other words, after about an hour, only half of the 60,000 Shu troops would be left.
The remaining half will flee towards Niutou Mountain as planned, and Han Zhao will order the army to pursue them tomorrow morning, thus causing the more than 200,000 imperial troops to fall into the dragnet that Wei Changtian had already laid.
Compared with the Niutou Mountain ambush that is about to take place, although tonight's breakout battle is foreseeable to be very brutal, it can only be regarded as an appetizer at most.
Especially for Wei Changtian's overall plan, as long as the Shu army can successfully break through and complete its mission as "bait", it doesn't even matter how much manpower is left.
Thirty-five thousand? Thirty thousand? Or twenty thousand? Ten thousand more or ten thousand less would not have any substantial impact on the Battle of Niutou Mountain.
However, even if only 10,000 people can be killed, the breakout tonight must be successful.
They only have this one chance.
If they failed, Han Zhao would definitely not be able to open a "back door" for them again, and the Shu army would then be besieged in this small Guanghan County until they were completely wiped out.
This would also mean the failure of the overall plan and the demise of Shu.
“.”
Standing on the city wall, looking back at the 38,000 people crowded under the city wall, Wei Changtian whispered to Liang Zhen beside him.
"Uncle Liang, how long will it take?"
"In less than a quarter of an hour."
Liang Zhen answered calmly, without any unusual emotion on his face.
On the contrary, Liang Qin next to her was a little nervous at this moment.
"Brother Changtian, can General Han really be trusted?"
She came close to Wei Changtian, frowned and asked softly: "We put all our lives on his shoulders, what if..."
Liang Qin didn't finish her words, but her meaning was clear.
But Wei Changtian just smiled and was not worried about it.
Han Zhao had taken the Puppet Pill, and if he had the thought of rebellion, he would have died suddenly.
And since he is not dead, it means there is no possibility of rebellion.
"Don't worry, there's nothing wrong."
Smiling and shaking his head, Wei Changtian chatted with Liang Qin for a few words, and then asked Chu Xianping beside him calmly.
"Brother Chu, where is Xu Suisui?"
"Miss Xu said she went to wash her hands."
"Clean hands?"
Wei Changtian frowned.
The war is about to start, and you're going to the toilet?
Is he scared to death? Wei Changtian thought about it and still felt uneasy.
He was not worried that Xu Suisui would leak secrets or anything, but he was mainly afraid that the latter would not be able to find him in the chaos.
Although I was planning to send this fellow villager away after breaking through the siege, it is not the right time yet, so I have to protect him.
"Brother Chu, I'll go find her."
"Sir, why don't I go?"
Chu Xianping advised: "It is almost midnight now, you should stay with General Liang."
"It's okay, I'll be back soon, so I won't delay anything."
Waving his hand, Wei Changtian left a few words and jumped off the city wall. He quickly disappeared into the night in the direction Chu Xianping pointed.
Liang Zhen also noticed the situation here at this moment, so he asked Chu Xianping a few questions.
"Hmm? What is Changtian doing?"
"General Liang, the young master is going to look for Miss Xu."
"Miss Xu? What is she doing at this time?"
"Wash your hands."
"oh"
Nodding, Liang Zhen withdrew his gaze from the direction where Wei Changtian disappeared, and after hesitating for a moment, he suddenly lowered his voice.
"Mr. Chu, do you think this Miss Xu is a little strange?"
“.”
If someone else heard this question, they would probably ask back something like "What's strange about that?"
However, Chu Xianping did not ask that.
He just looked deeply at Liang Zhen, then nodded slightly.
Fengyuan, the Dafeng Imperial Palace.
In the bedroom filled with the scent of sandalwood, everyone had left the hall, leaving only the Freemason standing in front of the imperial bed with his hands hanging down.
"emperor."
"I am the man of Master Wei Changtian. Master Wei asked me to pass on some words to you."
Looking at Li Qi, who was lying on the bed and playing with the corner of his clothes with a silly grin, the man shook his head helplessly, feeling like he was playing the lute to a cow.
But since it was a task assigned by Wei Changtian, he could only do it.
So after a pause, he didn't care whether Li Qi was listening or not, and continued to speak: "Your Majesty, Young Master Wei has now sent seven second-rank masters to Fengyuan to take Princess Wuping to Shuzhou for refuge."
"But the princess is unwilling to live in vain and wants to stay and live and die with Dafeng."
"Master Wei naturally does not want to see the princess die, and he hopes that Dafeng can resolve this crisis."
"But for some reason, those seven masters cannot participate in the Dafeng war."
"Plus, Shu Province is also in the midst of a war right now, and Master Wei is powerless. There is only so much he can do."
"So, Mr. Wei wants to know what your Majesty is planning?"
"If the situation in Dafeng is irreversible, then Master Wei hopes that you can persuade Her Royal Highness the Princess to leave for Shuzhou as soon as possible to prevent any changes."
"And if you think there is still hope for a turnaround in the situation in Dafeng, please make it clear to Master Wei as soon as possible."
"Your Majesty, I have finished speaking."
“.”
After repeating all that Wei Changtian had told him, the man stood there and waited for a while.
He had been observing Li Qi's reaction while he was speaking, but the latter never looked at him from beginning to end, and just kept smiling foolishly and fiddling with his fingers.
The man actually knew Wei Changtian's intention in asking him to say these words, which was nothing more than to test whether Li Qi was really stupid or just pretending to be stupid.
Judging from the current situation, he felt that the probability of being "really stupid" was basically 99%.
Coming from a high-ranking Freemason family, the man is quite confident in his ability to read people's expressions.
Unless Li Qi's acting skills have reached the pinnacle, it is impossible that there were no flaws at all just now.
Alas, it seems that God wants Dafeng to die. Sighing with some sadness in his heart, the man finally stopped waiting and turned around to leave.
But just as he was about to reach the palace gate, a voice suddenly came from behind him.
"My dear, please let Tong'er come to see me. Please don't let others notice us."
(End of this chapter)
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