Chapter 596

Li Xin led seventy thousand troops to set off for the North City, and did not encounter any obstruction along the way.

Not to mention dark sentries, he didn't even see a single person!

Finally, after exhausting all his efforts, he finally arrived at the North City of Bashu!

However, looking at the open city gate and the empty streets inside, Li Xin's mouth twitched.

These guys were so greedy for life and afraid of death that they all ran away knowing he was coming?

"The army follows me into the city!" Li Xin didn't think much and led the army into the city directly.

Ambush?

A joke, who would dare to ambush him?

He is the famous General Li Xin!

Thinking this to himself, Li Xin still looked around after entering, and only felt at ease after discovering that it was impossible for this to be an enemy plot.

Fire attack? There were no flammable materials here. Water attack? Once the city gate was opened, they wouldn't be flooded.

As for an enemy raid or something, that was even more impossible; they were inside the city.

If someone really attacked, they only needed to close the city gates, and it would turn into a defensive battle.

One must know that in this kind of terrain, defending a city is much easier than attacking one.

At worst, they could charge out.

However, what Li Xin did not know was that Qin Mu was above the North City, a position where even someone with the best eyesight could not see anything amiss.

And Qin Mu was hiding in that patch of woods, holding a telescope and watching Li Xin's every move from afar.

He could even see Li Xin's eyes and nose clearly.

Standing beside Qin Mu was Yu Ji, who was frowning and looking at Qin Mu with dissatisfaction.

She felt that Qin Mu simply did not trust her, which was why he had everyone in the city she was guarding retreat.

He wouldn't even let her defend the city; with two hundred thousand people, why couldn't they defeat the other side's seventy thousand?

"Ji'er, are you still angry with me?"

"Hmph!" Yu Ji turned her head away with a proud huff, almost making Qin Mu blush.

Looking at the adorable girl before him, Qin Mu handed over the telescope in his hand.

"Take it and look, don't be angry anymore."

Yu Ji snatched the telescope, studied it in her palm for a long time, and finally placed it before her eyes.

Watching Yu Ji's awkward posture, Qin Mu moved closer and taught her hand-in-hand.

"Look Wu Li Ke this, put your hand here, yes, yes, yes."

"Wow, how magical, things have all become bigger—no, they've become closer!"

"Isn't that the North City? It's so clear!"

At this moment, Yu Ji's brows furrowed.

"Who is this walking at the very front? Why is his gait so arrogant, and he looks so silly?" Hearing about the arrogant gait, Qin Mu knew immediately it was Li Xin; only he would walk at the very front of the entire army.

At this moment, he was probably feeling smug, thinking his reputation had scared them away?

"He is Li Xin, the leader of this attack."

"Just him? He's worthy of attacking a city? Why not let us charge over and capture him alive?" Yu Ji said with some dissatisfaction.

She just felt that this guy walking with such a swagger was annoying, and she really wanted to slash him with a blade.

Unfortunately, Qin Mu wouldn't let her charge, always telling her the time hadn't come.

"In a few more days, when everyone is gathered, how about I let you lead the vanguard?"

"Really? This is my good husband!" Yu Ji was incredibly excited to hear she could lead the vanguard.

She just wanted to go into battle and kill the enemy, while Qin Mu was indifferent; anyway, these guys were all small fry, completely serving as experience packs for them to train their troops.

Besides, in a siege battle, would the opponent actually run out?

Plus, besides a month's worth of grain and fodder, everything in the city that could be used to resist a siege had been taken away—they hadn't even left them a bed!

That's right, not even a bed; at this moment, Li Xin finally discovered something wrong.

This wasn't just a simple empty city; there was nothing here—no bottles, no jars, not even bowls or chopsticks!

Fortunately, they carried plenty of such items themselves, so they wouldn't be without a place to sleep or a way to eat.

And what surprised Li Xin was that they actually discovered enough grain and fodder in this deserted city to feed an army of one hundred thousand for a month!

This forced Li Xin to suspect that this was a conspiracy, a conspiracy he hadn't noticed.

When night fell, Li Xin sent out three teams of men to take turns guarding the city!

He suspected the enemy would launch a night raid!

Consequently, the entire army was in a state of combat readiness, and everyone only slept half-full.

However, what Li Xin didn't expect was that Qin Mu didn't have the habit of night raids, or rather, he didn't want to wipe out Li Xin and the others just yet.

Meanwhile, the other three cities—the Southeast and West—all received a unified message!

"Li Xin's seventy-thousand-strong army has moved into the North City; now, leave the city to force the enemy back, driving them all toward the North City!"

"The North City currently only has Li Xin's seventy-thousand-strong army; our goal is to surround these one hundred thousand people."

"We will attack the city, they will defend it; we hold the initiative, using the siege battle to train our troops!"

Master Zhuge Liang nodded as he looked at the secret letter sent by Qin Mu.

Their lord was indeed far-sighted; it turned out he had already planned the path for these one hundred thousand enemy troops from the very beginning!

"Xiao Zhuang, find a way to let these five thousand people escape tonight, and give them the news that the North City has been occupied by Li Xin, so they flee toward the North City!"

Master Zhuge Liang waved his goose-feather fan; with such a lord, why worry about not winning?

At night, at the place where the five thousand prisoners were held, they discovered that the guards from the Bashu South City were extremely lax.

They even saw that several guys were already asleep!

Thus, the veteran soldiers began to discuss.

"Should we break out of prison?"

"Break out? Are you crazy? You'll be beheaded if caught!"

"Will we not die if we stay here?"

"It is said that the North City has already been taken by General Li Xin; should we not escape and go to that North City to find General Li Xin?"

"If it's General Li Xin, maybe we can still fight our way back!"

"Not just fight back; if we don't run, we will likely be used as the vanguard, and by then, General Li Xin will definitely not spare us!"

"That's right, that's right, let's break out!"

Thus, under the leadership of a few veterans, they successfully broke out of prison and even killed quite a few of the sleeping Bashu new recruits.

However, what they didn't know was that those Bashu new recruits they killed weren't actually from Bashu, but were Qin Army soldiers they had fought alongside before!

And those leading them to the North City to find Li Xin were Bashu soldiers!

They had all infiltrated in disguise, and they were disguised so well that no one questioned them.

On the road, they even elected a person to be their team leader.

That person was one of the Bashu new recruits; he declined repeatedly, but the others thought he was being humble and agreed to let him lead their group of chaotic soldiers.

Finally, before dawn, they arrived at the Bashu North City; looking at the Great Qin flags covering the city walls, countless people felt an indescribable bitterness.

Although this journey only lasted one night, they had experienced a lot, being hunted down countless times; fortunately, their leader was excellent and led them successfully to the North City!