In response to Zhu Huan's inquiry, the spies said that it was completely dark at that time, and they could only watch from a distance through the moonlight, and saw crowds of people slowly boarding the ship, but it was impossible to count whether all Cao's troops in Spring Valley had left.

Xu Sheng said: "Pang Tong asked us to attack the city first, which is problematic in itself. Moreover, Cao Wei finally occupied a city on the south bank of the Yangtze River and crossed the Yangtze River natural moat that we relied on for defense. There is no reason to give up easily. Yi Sheng's opinion

, it’s better to send spies to find out the situation in Spring Valley City and make plans before it’s too late.”

Zhu Huan nodded. It's too early for tomorrow, so it's better to find out first.

In addition, Zhu Huan sent spies to the vicinity of Li Qi's camp. He thought it was necessary to inquire about the reality of Li Qi's camp and see if Li Qi really stood still.

But he said that Pang Tong had left Xu and Zhu Huan's camp not far away. Zhao Yun finally couldn't help but asked Pang Tong: "The military advisor asked Xu Sheng and Zhu Huan to attack Spring Valley first. Is it because they suspected that Cao's army was cheating?"

Pang Tong said: "No. Le Jin prepared the ships during the day and crossed the river at night. He should have really withdrawn to the north of the river. Although I don't know yet whether Cao's army has a deeper intention in withdrawing, Cao's army has not yet reached a city on the south bank of the river.

Coach Zhang Liao surrendered, and the situation is indeed not optimistic. The isolated city of Spring Valley is difficult to defend, so it is not difficult to understand that the troops will withdraw."

Zhao Yun was surprised and asked: "In this case, why did the military advisor let Xu Sheng and Zhu Huan attack the city first? Isn't it just giving away an empty city like this?"

Pang Tong said: "There are two reasons: First, our alliance with Sun Quan is nominally to assist Sun Quan in capturing Spring Valley. If we take the lead in monopolizing Spring Valley, then the issue of the ownership of Spring Valley will inevitably cause problems between the Li and Sun families.

The disputes even caused the alliance to break up in a short period of time. Now that Cao's army has retreated, leaving only an empty city, let Xu Sheng and Zhu Huan take it first. If they don't take it, we will take it later, and Sun Quan will have nothing to say.

You can't take neither Li nor Sun and insist on leaving it to Cao Wei? There is no such reason. Secondly, I predict that Xu Sheng and Zhu Huan will not dare to attack Spring Valley easily. They must first send spies to find out the situation.

Only then did he dare to take action. Zilong could lead a detachment to lie down outside the Spring Valley City, specifically to kill the Jiangdong spies. Xu Sheng and Zhu Huan could not get a reply from the spies, so they must be suspicious and did not dare to attack the city. They only waited for Chen Shi

When we arrive, Spring Valley will be in our army's pocket."

Zhao Yun cupped his hands and said: "I have the order."

Niang Xipi, Zhu Huancai intercepted and killed many of his spies during the day, and tonight is the time to collect the accounts.

Pang Tong and Zhao Yun separated in the front and went about their own business. Pang Tong returned to the military camp and reported the matter to Li Qi.

At this time, Li Qi had just received the news that Cao's army had withdrawn. He was discussing with Huang Zhong and others about attacking the city. When he saw Pang Tong hurriedly returned to the camp, he said happily: "Shi Yuan came back just in time. I just received the news that Le Jin has withdrawn his troops."

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Pang Tong asked Li Qidao: "If our army captures Spring Valley, and Sun Quan sends people to take it over on the grounds that we only came to assist in the siege, what will my lord do?"

Li Qi smiled and said: "I'll take care of him. Whoever has the bigger fist will have the final say."

Pang Tong: "..."

Although I have been with Li Qi for so long and have heard all kinds of dirty talk, I still didn't expect that Li Qi would say the word "egg" with a smile. This is so rude.

Li Qi continued: "Chungu, Wuhu, and Yuhu are the three major windows in the south of the Yangtze River. If I occupy them now, it will be like letting Sun Quan withdraw from the Yangtze River and lose the defense line of the Yangtze River. How can I let it be returned to him?"

Pang Tong said: "For the benefit of our army, these three cities must not be returned to Sun Quan. But to occupy the three cities, there must be a reason to occupy the three cities. If the lord wants to conquer Jiangdong, how can he be ignored in the eyes of the Jiangdong nobles?"

The impression of truth?"

Li Qi hesitated for a moment and asked Pang Tong, "Does Shi Yuan have any good ideas?"

Pang Tong said: "Tong has made an agreement with Xu Sheng and Zhu Huan without the Lord's permission. If they cannot take the spring valley tomorrow, we will go and get it."

Li Qi slowly sat down and asked: "Chungu is just an empty city now. How come they can't take it down in one night?"

Pang Tong informed Li Qi of the arrangement of sending Zhao Yun to intercept and kill the Jiangdong spies, and said: "I expect that Xu Sheng and Zhu Huan will definitely come to find out our movements if they can't get any information from the spies ahead. So, my lord,

It is advisable to arrange for the soldiers to turn off the lights and rest early to paralyze Xu Sheng and Zhu Huan, and at the same time recharge their batteries for the attack on the city tomorrow."

Li Qi still had some doubts and said: "What if Xu Sheng and Zhu Huan are not fooled, or if they just rush to the city?"

Pang Tong laughed and said: "Anyone who plans something should learn about five things, check them for planning, and find out his feelings. These five things are: Tao, heaven, earth, generals, and law. Tao, heaven, earth, and law, presumably

My lord knows this, and based on my understanding of Xu and Zhu, I will not rush in easily."

"Okay." Li Qi knew that he didn't know the Jiangdong generals as well as Pang Tong.

Putting aside the fact that the generals of the Jiangdong clan are somewhat confused in the history books, ten of them are combined into one biography. Even the history books may not be completely objective and reliable, and Li Qi has not read much.

Pang Tong has lived in Jiangdong for a long time, and he prides himself on being an elegant and popular person, so there should be nothing wrong with him.

Taking a step back, even if Pang Tong was wrong and allowed Xu Sheng and Zhu Huan to capture Spring Valley, he would also have Wuhu and Yuhu as a springboard for crossing the river. While being able to contain Sun Quan, it would also allow Pang Tong to make mistakes due to his mistakes.

He felt guilty after being sentenced to Chungu, and when the time came, Li Qi comforted him with words, which was more able to win people's hearts.

On the contrary, if Pang Tong is right, then don't say anything and just celebrate.

But Xu Sheng and Zhu Huan stayed up all night with dark circles under their eyes, but could not wait for news from the spies.

Xu Sheng speculated: "There are two situations now. One is that Cao Jun did not really retreat, but in order to prevent the news from leaking, he deliberately intercepted and killed our spies; the second situation..."

Zhu Huan took the words and said: "It was Li Qi who intercepted and killed our spies because he wanted to attack the city himself, and he had even sent troops to attack the city."

He himself had intercepted Li Qi's spies, so Zhu Huan would not be surprised at all if Li Qi also sent people to intercept his own spies.

Xu Sheng said: "Then we will send people to Li Qi's camp to investigate the situation."

The two armies are not far apart. It would be too late to decide whether to send troops to Spring Valley after learning about Li Qi's movement.

Zhu Huan followed his plan and sent spies to Li Qi's camp while arranging his troops, horses and equipment for attacking the city.

After a while, the spies who went to Camp Li Qi reported: "Except for a small number of patrol teams in Camp Li Qi, most of them have turned off the lights and gone to bed."

Zhu Huan was surprised: "Can they sleep?"

Xu Sheng smiled and said: "I don't know whether Li Qi and Pang Tong can sleep, but the soldiers can definitely sleep."

Zhu Huan always thought that Li Qi and Pang Tong would not be so kind. After pacing back and forth for a long time, he suddenly thought of a possibility: "Wen Xiang, I have a bold idea."
Chapter completed!