Chapter 329 (1/1)

Liu Mang did not need to admonish any of the soldiers or raise their ood soldiers None of them retired or captured The ones that ‘left’ are the ones that were killed in battle The ones with serious injuries also chose death over dragging down their tea waved his hand Everyone took enough provisions to last for three days and started their journey

Outside Guangzhou city was an endless plain Liu Mang’s Army marched such that they hid the ballista They also covered the ballista hite cloth to conceal it

After walking for a long ti saw the slope of a hill The hill was not too large but it was enough to hide fifty ballista Besides that, they could see everything at the plains froood place to set an a Let us prepare the a was satisfied with this hill It was not easy to find such a hill on Yangzhou and Yuzhou This showed that Liu Mang had good luck

Liu Mang had thought that the place he chose would be agreeable to Liu Ye but Liu Ye had shook his head and replied, “Milord, we cannot prepare the a thought that this was strange as he believed that finding such a hill was good luck

“It is certainly a good place for an a to be bait Do you think anyone would take the bait if we set up an ambush here?” Liu Ye explained The hill could be used for an ambush and it would be hard to find a better place However, if they could tell that this place was good for an a Cavalry came not only to escort the provisions but also to show off their strength With such an action, Liu Mang could tell that the one leading the Xiliang Cavalry was not a useless person The zhou That was si not to act blindly as they only ca’s Ar were to act shamelessly

A commander such as this could easily tell that there would be an ambush at that location At that time, not only would he not take the bait but he would becoe the next tio to set out a was less experienced compared to Liu Ye in such matters Naturally, he would let Liu Ye deal with this He knew that all first-rate advisors during that era were not simple people

“Milord Look over there!” Liu Ye and Liu Mang had cliazed over to the distance Liu Ye pointed to the plains and said to Liu Mang, “That is the place that would determine our success”

“There? How could that be possible?” Liu Mang looked at where Liu Ye pointed and suddenly felt that this was not possible It was a wide open field with nowhere to defend At that location, the heavy infantries would not be able to ainst the heavy cavalries even with their battle for Cavalry would be able to es Besides that, it was also near a s Cavalry, he would have the cavalry charge down that hill for greater hting strength would increase further

At such a location, they would not have good surveillance and have nowhere to place the fifty ballista Their every move could be seen from the hills and ambushes would be i Cavalry unprepared

“Haha Milord, we cannot prepare an ambush here with the fifty ballista but why round here?” Liu Ye asked rhetorically, causing Liu Mang to be at a loss ‘If not on the ground than would it be in the sky or under the ground?’ Liu Mang suddenly blinked and asked “Ziyang What do you ’s hurried expression and knew that Liu Mang had already guessed the secret of this plan “Yes If we place the ballista on the ground, there would be nowhere to hide If we hid on the hill, weto ambush them However, it would be a different story if we placed the ballista in the ground Of course, it would not be as si a hole to put in fifty ballista We need to make a foundation such that the ballista could just be pushed out The grass on the plains cannot be throay and can be used for cae This way, they would not be able to see us even fro Cavalry takes the bait, we tear away the ca the fifty ballistae out This would be the perfect scenario for the a Cavalry unprepared

If they placed their ca Cavalry would be able to see them As it was not a place possible to set an auards At that time, they would face their ends

“Haha Good Do it that way!” Liu Mang had it easy Just do everything as Liu Ye says The two thousand five hundred soldiers iing tools, they had their swords So As they were at the borders of Yangzhou and Yuzhou where it rains a lot, the ground was easier to dig The hole then needs to be supported ood or theup by the two thousand five hundred men in about half a day

“Just like that Ten ballistae is enough here Place the re at the other two sides with twenty on each sides” Liu Mang commanded the soldiers as he worked

“Milord Why did we not place all the ballista in the center?” Liu Ye planned to hide the ballista under the ground As the ballista needed a large area to show their strength, Liu Ye had planned to place all fifty racks of ballistae together This way, the fifty ballistae would show its strength and also its power of inti Liu Ye also did not believe that scattering the ballistae would , I ies However, your Lord still has knowledge that you do not know of!” Liu Mang laughed He could not explain to Liu Ye what is crossfire and what is the h it was ether, it would be less effective This is because each soldierthe arrows They do not have enough ballistae this as there are over eight thousand enee and they would be able to place pressure on the eneh They ballistae would be able to seal them off no matter where they went

“Hm? Really?” Liu Ye still could not understand Fortunately, Liu Mang continued and said, “Hao Shao, Hao Botong used this when defending Guangzhou to defeat thousands of Liu Bei’sLiu Ye nodded at with praise It was to the extent that Liu Ye even told Liu Mang that Hao Shao was a talented individual and must be valued Hao Shao only had two thousand men and he defended such a small location from Liu Bei’s Army of twenty thousand They killed almost five thousand lorious achieveood!” Liu Ye did not ask Liu Mang to give his Liu Ye had never even heard of

“Alright The preparations here are done The next part is how to make sure they take the bait” Half a day had passed and the preparations had beenwent to the hill to make see what the camp below looked like and if the ballistae were properly hidden He could see that so was different with the telescope in his hand This is because the earth had been overturned when digging up a hole However, this is with a telescope in hand On top of that, Liu Mang already knew that an a noticed the oddity If the person was the general of the Xiliang Cavalry who does not have a telescope, it is likely that he would not notice it

“Do not worry Milord! I have already done that part” Liu Ye nodded to Liu Mang and replied When Liu Mang was still busy leading the troops out of Guangzhou, Liu Ye had already dispatched the scout and the bait along with hi Cavalry to take the bait