The moment he finished speaking, the Wei army immediately deployed its defenses.
However, the Shu army did not attack the city, but instead set up camp outside the city. Sima Yi immediately realized that the Shu army was trying to besiege them!
"Damn it! Damn Zhuge Liang!" Sima Yi cursed through gritted teeth.
"General, the Shu army has surrounded us on all sides, with only the east gate being the weakest point."
The strategy of surrounding three sides and leaving one side open is intended for besieged troops to break out, because once they lose hope, it becomes even more difficult to attack the city.
Zhuge Liang's ultimate goal was not to eliminate them all in Li County, because that was unrealistic.
Instead, they repeatedly annihilated their fighting force, causing Sima Yi to gradually lose his will to fight.
Sima Yi took a deep breath and said to his deputy, "Send the order: let the soldiers eat and drink their fill tonight, and break out from the east gate tomorrow!"
"Yes, sir!" the lieutenant replied and hurried off to make the arrangements.
Night falls.
Inside the Wei army camp, the lights were on, and the soldiers were eating their food and meat with great enthusiasm.
At this moment, a scout delivered a battle report.
Sima Yi was furious after reading it!
"Ah!!! Fake? The Zhuge Liang at Shili Slope is fake???" Sima Yi roared.
The lieutenant was startled when he saw this.
"General, please calm down!" the lieutenant said quickly.
However, Sima Yi had already gone mad.
"I'm going to kill Zhuge Liang! I'm going to kill him!" Sima Yi roared.
The fake Zhuge Liang scared away Sheng Zhongda. If this were to spread, where would Sima Yi's reputation be?
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