Chapter 698 Zhuge Plays the Zither to Drive Sima Away! Where Is the Main Force of the Qin Army?

The sound of the piano lingers at the top of Licheng City.

Ge Ying's eyes were fixed on the strings in front of him, and he devoted all his energy to the music. He did not dare to look sideways, lest he lose his mind and make the music tremble because he saw the enemy troops outside the city.

Next to Ge Ying, Ge Ping seemed to be listening to the music immersed in it, but Ge Ping had already looked down at Zhao Jun outside the city with his eyes half closed, and his heart was full of nervousness.

Until now, Ge Ping still cannot understand Ying Chengyu's plan.

Ge Ping didn't know what effect Ying Chengyu's move would have.

But now that the matter has come to this, Ge Ping has no chance to change, so he can only pray in his heart:

"Chang'an Jun's back-up plan will definitely succeed!"

"Who is this signal for?"

"Don't let me down!"

In the city gate tower, Xun Tuo nervously clenched the hilt of his sword and muttered dissatisfiedly: "What on earth do I think?"

"I'm actually willing to carry out such a ridiculous plan with you two!"

"Entrusting the lives of everyone in Li City to an internal agent?"

"If this strategy fails, it will be difficult for all of you and me to survive!"

Li Qiong's eyes were close to the crenel, and he had no intention of paying attention to Xun Tuo's thoughts.

The city gates have been opened and the enemy troops have arrived.

What's the point of talking about this now?

Just leave it to fate!

Suddenly, Li Qiong shouted in a low voice: "The enemy is slowing down!"

Xun Tuo also quickly put his eyes to the crenellation and looked out carefully.

Then Xun Tuo saw that Zhao Jun outside the city had really slowed down his march.

Even though the Zhao army's vanguard had reached 300 feet outside the city wall of Licheng, they still did not launch a charge!

Xun Tuo was confused: "What's going on?"

"I thought there was a spy lurking in the Zhao army, so when I heard the music of the piano, I got angry and killed the generals of the Zhao army, causing chaos in the Zhao army and thus solving our army's difficulties."

"In the end, why did Zhao Jun slow down on his own?"

"Then Sima Shang seems to have taken the initiative!"

Li Qiong's eyes were also filled with confusion.

Last night, Li Qiong and the others discussed Ying Chengyu's order all night long.

The final conclusion was that Ying Chengyu wanted to use Nei Ying to defeat the enemy, and the sound of the piano should be a signal to Nei Ying. The wide-open city gate was to allow Nei Ying to quickly escape back to Li City after killing Sima Shang.

This is also the only reasonable explanation the three of them can give Ying Chengyu for this order!

As a result, Sima Shang is still alive and well, and even took the initiative to come to the front of Zhao Jun.

Zhao Jun actually slowed down!

Li Qiong asked in a low voice in disbelief: "Could it be that Sima Shang has been instigated by Lord Chang'an to rebel?"

"Chang'an Jun's order is not to defeat the enemy, but to welcome friendly forces?!"

Otherwise, why didn't Sima Shang attack the city? !

Even greater doubts lingered in the minds of Li Qiong and Xun Tuo and could not be dispelled for a long time.

Ge Ping's half-closed eyelids were also trembling.

"The enemy has stopped!"

In Ge Ping's field of vision, Sima Shang's vanguard stopped a hundred feet away from Licheng and stopped moving forward.

Sima Shang himself stayed two hundred feet outside Li City, riding his horse and pacing left and right without giving any orders.

"Zheng~"

A garbled sound hit Ge Ping's ears. Ge Ping turned to Ge Ying out of the corner of his eye and shouted solemnly: "Be calm!"

"No matter what happens, concentrate on playing the piano!"

Ge Ying took a deep breath and nodded gently. He no longer dared to pay attention to the battlefield, but focused all his attention on the strings in front of him.

Just as the doubts in the minds of the officials in Licheng became more and more serious, Sima Shangce immediately took two steps forward and shouted loudly:

"I wonder where Lord Chang'an is. Can I have the honor of meeting you in person?!"

Sima Shang's family soldiers spoke in unison, transmitting Sima Shang's words clearly and unmistakably into Li City.

Ge Ping's figure stiffened.

What to do? What to do? What to do!

The development of this battle was completely beyond Ge Ping's expectations. It was completely different from the script guessed by Ge Ping and the others last night, and Ying Chengyu did not make any orders about it!

What exactly should Ge Ping do?

Ge Ping's mind was racing and he couldn't come up with an answer.

After more than ten breaths, Sima Shang shouted loudly again:

"Now the main force of our army has arrived, but the main force of the Qin army is far away."

"Magistrate Ge is a man of both wisdom and bravery. He should be able to see the situation in Licheng."

"I wonder if Magistrate Ge is willing to abandon the dark side and join the bright side and join our great Zhao?"

"If Magistrate Ge Ge is willing to surrender, I, the Great Zhao, will definitely reward you generously!"

This time, Sima Shang's vanguard also became a mouthpiece, allowing Sima Shang's words to be heard clearly by the entire Licheng.

Ge Ping knew that he could no longer do nothing!

Since you don’t know what to do, just follow your heart!

Ge Pinghu sat on the ground, holding his left knee with his left hand, and resting his right forearm on his right knee. His body was obviously leaning forward, and his eyes were looking down at Sima Shang outside the city.

After two breaths, Ge Ping smiled and shook his head, his body returned to its original position, he picked up the wine cup on the table and took a sip of wine.

Ge Ping didn't say any words, but Ge Ping's actions clearly showed his contempt and disdain!

And Ge Ping's sitting posture was even more humiliating to Sima Shang!

Sima Shang couldn't help but feel a little angry, but what followed was a deeper vigilance.

"I have no intention of asking for surrender, and I opened the city gate wide."

"How dare Ge Ping do this!"

The war horse under Sima Shang's crotch was pacing back and forth anxiously. Sima Shang frowned tightly, as if he wanted to see through the east gate of Licheng to see through all the arrangements in Licheng.

Although the scout personally sneaked into Licheng and confirmed that there were not a large number of soldiers hidden in Licheng.

Although logically speaking, Ying Chengyu should not be able to reach Licheng in such a short period of time.

Although……

But when Sima Shang eliminates all impossible situations, the rest, no matter how unbelievable, is the fact!

Ying Chengyu's ambush is definitely waiting for him nearby!

Sima Shang did not hesitate anymore and shouted: "Send the order to the whole army!"

"retreat!"

Seeing Zhao Jun coming in like a tide and receding like a tide, Ge Ping's eyes, half covered by his eyelids, were shaking!

"Zhao Jun, retreated?"

"Why did Zhao Jun retreat?"

Zhuge Liang playing the harp and retiring Sima Yi is just a fictional story created by Guo Chong, a fan of Zhuge Liang, the son of the prefect of Dong'an in the Cao Wei Dynasty, and the prefect of Dong'an in the Western Jin Dynasty.

Today, although it is almost impossible for Ge Ying's grandson to be granted the title of county lord due to Ge Ying's achievements, the surname "Zhuge" in Langya was born.

But today, Zhuge Liang's direct ancestor Ge Ying actually played the harp and burned incense on Li City, and retreated from Sima Shang without a fight!

Li Qiong and Xuntuo also walked out of the city gate tower and looked into the distance in disbelief:

"Zhao Jun actually retreated like that?!"

There was no insider who assassinated Sima Shang upon hearing the signal.

Sima Shang is not an ally who has been instigated to rebel.

Sima Shang's subordinates and Licheng are complete enemies!

However, Sima Shang swept forward with ten times the force advantage, but retreated hastily without firing an arrow or stabbing a shot!

All this is beyond the imagination of Li Qiong and others!

Ge Ying said thoughtfully: "Could it be that Sima Shang is afraid?"

Ge Ping laughed and said, "Afraid?"

"Sima Shang's troops are ten times stronger than mine. Unless Lord Chang'an leads his troops to come in person, otherwise..."

Ge Ping was slightly startled: "Could it be that Sima Shang thought that Lord Chang'an had arrived in person?!"

Li Qiong's eyes lit up: "Maybe, that's it!"

"How could we dare to open the city gate without the order of Lord Chang'an?"

"It is through the power of Lord Chang'an that we in Li City can defeat others without fighting!"

"Next, we in Licheng should continue to maintain deterrence, as if Lord Chang'an is in the city."

Xun Tuo frowned and said, "But how long can this illusion last?"

"If our army does not take the initiative to send troops, Zhao Jun will definitely realize that all this is an illusion!"

Li Qiong said solemnly: "Hold on as long as you can."

"Mr. Chang'an will be arriving soon!"

"As long as Lord Chang'an arrives with his army, this battle will be won!"

Xun Tuo nodded slowly: "That's all we can do now."

"I just have to work hard for my nephew Ge Xian and play the piano more."

Looking at Ge Ying's bleeding fingers, Ge Ping couldn't bear it, but in the end he patted Ge Ying's shoulder hard: "Good job!"

"Thanks to the power of Lord Chang'an, this battle may be recorded in history."

"And you and I, father and son, will surely go down in history as a result of this battle!"

"Baby, hold on a little longer!"

Ge Ying solemnly held up his hands: "Son, you will definitely die!"

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the other side.

Sima Shang quickly led the army to retreat, not even leaving the camp, and ran in the direction of Li Mu!

"Have you ever found out the location of the main force of the Qin army? The location of Lord Qin Chang'an?"

"Never found it?!"

"Then we'll investigate again and report again! Let me investigate carefully!"

Sima Shang shouted angrily and released all the scouts in the army again.

Sima Shang himself would look back from time to time, for fear of discovering Ying Chengyu's pursuers!

While Sima Shang was running away all night, a group of messengers holding torches quickly approached Sima Shang's headquarters.

"Where is Captain Sima Shang!"

Seeing the messenger in the distance, Sima Shang was overjoyed and hurriedly stepped forward: "This general is here!"

The messenger immediately presented a bamboo tube and solemnly said: "Pass the order of Lord Wu'an!"

After verifying the clay-seal letter, Sima Shang quickly opened the bamboo tube and poured out the silk.

【I was wrong! 】

[The west of Licheng is the Changzhi area, and the east of Licheng is full of cliffs, making it difficult to ambush. 】

[Since Lieutenant Sima did not notice any trace of the main force of the Qin army, it means that the general made a mistake and Lord Qin Changan has not yet arrived at Licheng! 】

[Of course, Lord Qin Changan will never leave Licheng empty, there must be Qin troops rushing to Licheng to help! 】

【make! 】

[Captain Sima Shang attacked Li City by force, and after capturing the city, he defended the city at all costs! 】

Looking at the military report in his hand, Sima Shang was confused.

"Has the main force of the Qin army arrived in Licheng?"

"How many soldiers and horses are there in Li City!"

"General, what should we do?"

When Sima Shang thought there was no ambush in Li City, Li Mu thought there was an ambush in Li City.

Now Sima Shang firmly believed that there was an ambush in Licheng, but Li Mu also said that there was no ambush in Licheng?

Is there an ambush in Licheng?

What on earth should he do!

After standing there for a long time, Sima Shang unconsciously clenched the silk in his hands into a ball, and finally said in his heart: "Send the order to the entire army to rest on the spot!"

"Make food tomorrow at the end of sunrise (7:00) and return to attack Li City!"