Mikuni convenience store

"Yuan Jian!" Zhuge Tian shouted in a low voice.

"He probably doesn't know..."

The reason why Liao Hua was angry was that he discovered that this was not a place to store food at all, but a pile of horse feed.

This Mengge was just a refugee beggar who ate grass roots and tree bark when he was hungry. Little did he know that the beans he stole at the beginning were actually for feeding horses.

When Zhuge Tian and his men went over, Mengge was chased by those Cao soldiers and fell to the ground. The bean feed and the snow were mixed together, so Zhuge Tian and his men didn't notice it.

"We are not here to steal food. It is enough for us to find the enemy's baggage depot." Zhao Yun patted Liao Hua's shoulder.

"That's right!" Liao Hua reacted and let Mengge go.

They had already made a rough circle here and calculated that there was indeed about 30,000 people carrying supplies.

"We've confirmed this is the place. Let's wait until dark before taking action!"

Zhuge Tian asked a few people to stay here, and he groped his way back to the dog hole he had made at the beginning.

He looked around and took out a balloon and a small helium bottle from his pocket.

In just half a minute, the balloon was filled with helium and had a diameter of about 60 centimeters.

After tying it with a fuse, Zhuge Tian lit it, and then let go, and the red balloon flew directly into the sky.

In the heavy snow, no Cao soldier would look up at the sky.

When the balloon flew to a position about 100 meters above Wuyin City, the fuse burned out and the balloon exploded directly.

A red powder that had been pre-packed inside spread out and dyed that area of ​​the sky red.

Zhuge Liang and the others in the valley must have been watching this side with telescopes, so they would definitely be able to see such an obvious signal.

As long as they wait until Huang Zhong leads his men to attack the city at night, Zhuge Tian and his men can take the opportunity to cause chaos in Cao's camp.

After returning to the baggage depot from the dog hole, Zhuge Tian found Liao Hua and the others and said, "Alright, take a break and we can start at night."

He and Liao Hua gave all their dry food to Axiong, so the five people, four big and one small, could only share the dry food brought by Zhao Yun and Xu Shu.

He hid in the innermost part, covered himself with straw, and waited quietly for dark.

"How...how do we know when it will be dark?"

Since they couldn't run away anyway, they huddled together and Mengge asked in a low voice.

"Hey! Look here..."

Liao Hua pulled up his trouser legs, revealing a watch on his ankle.

There is no other way. I am afraid of body searches when entering the city. If I wear it here, basically no soldier will check the muddy trouser legs. It is much safer.

"what is this?"

"Watch!" Liao Hua pointed to the numbers on it. "You can see the time here. It's past five in the afternoon. It's going to be dark soon."

"Five o'clock?"

"It's the hour of You."

"Shh, someone is coming..." Zhuge Tian glared at the two of them.

Both fell silent.

The people who came this time didn't seem to be here to transport horse feed, but were doing something outside.

Unfortunately, they couldn't see what was happening outside, so they could only hold their breath and hide carefully.

Suddenly, footsteps were heard outside again. This time, there seemed to be more people coming, and the footsteps were more rapid.

The person who came in first seemed a little flustered and started rummaging through something, and then the person came in.

"Hmph!" A cold snort appeared in this compartment.

To Zhuge Tian and the others, the voice seemed somewhat familiar.

"It's you! You finally can't sit still anymore."

"Cao Zilian..." Liao Hua widened his eyes and spoke with his mouth.

Isn't this a coincidence? When they arrived, Liao Hua planned to see if he could kidnap two more Cao army generals and sell them to Boss Cao.

I didn’t expect that he was still an old customer.

"General Cao, what are you talking about?"

This voice should belong to the person who came in first.

"Haha, I'm not a general anymore. I've been demoted by my lord to be in charge of the baggage. But guess why I was demoted to be in charge of the baggage?"

"..." After a moment of silence, the timid voice suddenly became louder.

"General Cao is so calculating. I thought I was very careful. How did you find me?"

"I didn't notice you, but I know that the person who tampered with the horses has succeeded time and time again, and we don't seem to have discovered it, so he shouldn't give up such a good method."

"Isn't what you feed the horse some kind of special herbal powder or something? It doesn't look like anything at ordinary times, but once the horse starts running, its limbs quickly become sore."

"Lü Bu's army is about to advance westward, and we need to divide our forces to resist. If I were you, I would start giving medicine to the horses right now. That's why I've had people waiting for you outside!"

Zhuge Tian and his companions had never expected that they would discover such a secret even though they had originally sneaked into Cao's camp to cause sabotage.

Zhuge Liang had said long ago that there must be a mastermind behind them and Cao Cao, but they did not expect to encounter it in such a situation.

"Wonderful, really wonderful!"

When caught by Cao Hong, the man not only did not panic, he even clapped his hands.

This made Cao Hong frown slightly.

"I think General Cao must have known that there were people behind me, so he didn't want to alert them. He must not have brought many people with him, right?"

"Besides, this supply depot isn't very close to the camp, and hardly anyone would come here in such cold weather. Even if a fight breaks out here, it won't attract anyone from the camp, right?"

"What? Can't we stop you with just a few of us?" Cao Hong brought four of his trusted associates, a total of five people surrounded the man in the middle, drew their swords and pointed them at him.

"If there are only five of us, it might not be enough!"

The man bent his index finger and put it in his mouth, and a whistle like a bird's cry rang out.

He also pulled out his knife with his backhand: "You Han people have a saying, 'The oriole is behind the scenes.' General Cao thought he was the oriole, but maybe you're wrong."

Cao Hong's face changed. Seeing the man's calm demeanor, it seemed that his actions today had been anticipated by the other party.

"Wait...you said Han Chinese, but you are not Han Chinese!" Cao Hong looked at the other party in astonishment.

"It doesn't matter, General Cao. You're going to die here today anyway. We've put in a lot of effort to kill you generals."

"I didn't expect you to come to my door today."

While the two were talking, several more people in Cao Bing uniforms rushed in.

These people are obviously in the same group as the first person.

Several people surrounded Cao Hong and his four companions.

"Also, General Cao, do you know why those horses become weak in the limbs when they run?"

"Why?" Cao Hong felt that the other party was delaying time, and he also wanted to delay time, as it was almost time to finish his meal.

If Le Jin and Li Dian didn't notice me while eating, they would definitely look for me.

"Because our military advisor discovered that a person's blood is controlled by the heart. Once you exercise faster, the blood will flow faster and the heart will beat faster."

"Our drug will slow down the heartbeat at this time, and the horse's limbs will become weak due to the alternation between fast and slow heartbeats."

He looked at Cao Hong and grinned: "Besides, this medicine is also useful for humans."