Chapter 317 (1/2)

Chapter 317

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The day pa.s.sed by quickly. Zhuge Liang hesitated until the sky turned dark.

“It is about time.” Zhuge Liang said as he stood outside. The night was dark as the beautiful moon hid behind the clouds. “It is the time for killing under the moonless night.” Zhuge Liang laughed bitterly as he shook his head. Heaven truly favoured him for giving him this scenery on the night he intended a night raid.

“Military advisor. Everything is prepared. We are waiting for your signal.” Li Yan once again appeared before Zhuge Liang.

“I understand.” Zhuge Liang nodded. He looked at Xiakou believing that this was his last day in Jingzhou. They would be going to Lujiang the next day. ‘Brother. Sister. Take care.’

While Zhuge Liang felt sentimental, Huo Jun suddenly came and whispered. “Military advisor. Something really bad has happened.”

“Hm?” Zhuge Liang furrowed his brows. Zhuge Liang hated impatient people the most. Everything needed to be confronted calmly. However, Huo Jun was no longer calm but panicked. ‘What is going on?’

“Military advisor. There may be traitors in our army.” Huo Jun did not care about Zhuge Liang’s dissatisfaction. This was because he may not have another chance to say it.

“A traitor? What happened?” Zhuge Liang frowned. Zhuge Liang knew the seriousness of this matter. Their next act in the evening was going to be very important. If he fails, he would not only fail to provide support but also cause trouble for the Lu Bu’s Army.

“Military advisor. One of my subordinates, a general of one thousand man, had gone missing. Some of the men told me that he was seen entering General Wen Pin’s camp and did not come out.” Huo Jun anxiously explained to Zhuge Liang.

“He went to Wen Pin!” Zhuge Liang now had a headache. There was definitely something strange for a person with a small position to go and find Wen Pin.

“What does he know?” Zhuge Liang asked.

“I am not sure! You told me not say anything until the final moment. So, I did not tell him anything!”

“Why would he go and find Wen Pin?” One of the possibilities was for bribes. However, Wen Pin was a person that hated bribes. Could it be a relative? That was also not possible as Wen Pin’s two sons and one nephew were all still too young. If this person had been close to Wen Pin, he would have become Wen Pin’s subordinate from the start instead of joining up with Zhuge Liang’s troops. Zhuge Liang’s troops was from Jiangxia while Wen Pin was from Nanyang. Although both were still under Jingzhou, they were separated. There was also n.o.body of the Wen family in Jiangxia.

As it could not be those two reasons, the remaining possible reason was to rat on them. However, it was also a fact that Zhuge Liang was in charge of Huo Jun. This meant that they had leaked something. Zhuge Liang suddenly remembered. “Does that person look something like that?” Zhuge Liang did not know how to describe the person.

“Yes! His appearance does look something like that.” Huo Jun nodded. If it was any other general of a thousand men, Huo Jun would not be worried. However, this was a despicable person that Huo Jun wanted to kick out of his military but never had the chance to do so. Now, something like this has happened.

“Looks like he already realized something!” Zhuge Liang replied and took a deep breath. That day, after talking to Huo Jun, he had walked out only to see the general of a thousand men smiling at him. Zhuge Liang had thought that this person came to see Huo Jun but never expected that person to have been eavesdropping.

“Military advisor. What should we do? Should we continue?” Huo Jun was a little hesitant. Would they still achieve victory after their movements had been discovered?

Zhuge Liang closed his eyes. He did not expect to encounter this problem at such a critical moment. His plans was already half destroyed once it was leaked. After thinking for a while, Zhuge Liang said, “Continue. However, we will give up the Xiakou main camp. We will go straight for the navy and take all the wars.h.i.+ps that we can while destroying the wars.h.i.+ps that we cannot take.”

“But…” Huo Jun was still hesitant. If they were to still act after being exposed, it would just be courting death.

“Don’t worry. I have secret plans within my plans.” Zhuge Liang rea.s.sured Huo Jun. He was Zhuge Liang the Sleeping Dragon. It was a fact that Zhuge Liang would think of everything. After all, not many people would think of defeat when making strategems.

“Even if Wen Pin knows, he would reinforce his main camp and would not think his vanguards and the wars.h.i.+ps. What we need to do is to destroy his vanguards and take away the wars.h.i.+ps with provisions. Without any wars.h.i.+ps or provisions, his army would not be able to leave Xiakou!” The reason why Zhuge Liang did not revolt at Sanjiangkou was because he was afraid Liu Biao would become furious and join forces with Sun Ce to chase him down. This was why Zhuge Liang chose Wen Pin at Xiakou as the victim. Without wars.h.i.+ps, they would not be able to leave. New wars.h.i.+ps would also not come so easily. Wen Pin who found out about their actions could only reinforce the main camp and the rear guards. He would be unable to take care of the vanguards. This is because he had no evidence which is also one reason he did not arrest Zhuge Liang on the spot.

“I understand. Military advisor. I will go and make the preparations now.”

“Hm. Watch the time and wait for my orders. This must be done within an hour.” Zhuge Liang said with certainty. After watching Huo Jun leave, he shook his head. He originally wanted to take Wen Pin’s troops with him as Wen Pin had about forty thousand men. He could have infiltrated all the troops other than Wen Pin’s bodyguards and the nearby soldiers.

No bribery is allowed in Wen Pin’s Army. As a result, his army is strong. This was because his soldiers would be genuinely strong instead of being inferior products. On the other hand, promotions becomes harder and their salary would remain terrible. As a result, these soldiers would have a hard time supporting their family.