Three Kingdoms: Ten Times Speed, Diao Chan Says I'm Too Fast

"Let them in."

Beigong Boyu, who had stopped his horse just outside Wuwei City, watched Zhang Liao and his entourage gradually approach the city.

Xiu Tu Ye breathed a sigh of relief beside Bei Gong Boyu.

"Haha, these guys finally fell for it," Xiu Tu Ye laughed.

A smile also appeared on Bei Gong Boyu's face.

"Now we just need to wait for Duan Yu to arrive, right?" Xiu Tu Ye turned to look at Bei Gong Boyu beside him and said, "But what if Duan Yu brings a large army?"

"many?"

Bei Gong Boyu shook his head and said with a smile, "Do you know why I chose to be here?"

Xiu Tu Ye scratched his head, shook off the yellow sand, and said, "Because it's far from here?"

"The distance is just one reason. Because it's far, if Duan Yu wants to rescue his beloved general, he can only ask for a fast horse," Bei Gong Boyu said. "In this way, his advantage in troop strength will be difficult to exploit."

Duan Yu knew that Zhang Liao's supplies would not last more than a few days if he pursued him here. If he wanted to save Zhang Liao, he had to get here before Zhang Liao's supplies ran out and Wuwei City fell.

"And we just need to stay here and wait for the enemy to tire themselves out."

Bei Gong Boyu squinted and clenched his fists.

He had already learned his lesson once before in Yunwu.

This time, he absolutely will not allow the same mistake to happen again.

"Haha!" Xiu Tu Ye laughed loudly, "You are even more cunning than those Han people."

"You deliberately didn't reveal all your troops, just to make Duan Yu carelessly think that we only have 10,000 men."

Bei Gong Boyu nodded slightly.

Xiu Tuye is right about this.

He planned for so long, and his plan was so meticulous.

How could they possibly only have 10,000 troops lying in ambush here?

Duan Yu was like a god in the battle against Yunwu, slaughtering so many people single-handedly.

How could 10,000 men possibly be enough to keep Duan Yu in check?

He might even be killed by Duan Yu in the end.

Bei Gong Boyu looked toward Ji County.

Duan Yu, I'm waiting for you here. This time... I guarantee you won't leave alive!

..........

Inside the abandoned city of Wuwei.

As soon as he entered the city, Zhang Liao ordered his soldiers to block the city gates.

Those with gates were closed, and those without gates were guarded by soldiers, with warhorses crammed into the gate openings.

After making a series of arrangements, Zhang Liao led his soldiers up the city wall.

Wuwei City has been abandoned for a long time.

The areas where the city walls had not collapsed were piled high with yellow sand.

Zhang Liao and Xia Yu stood side by side, looking at the Qiang cavalry surrounding the city.

Tens of thousands of Qiang people, along with Xiutu Huayou and the Huangzhong Yicong, merely demonstrated around the city but did not begin an attack.

Realizing something, Xia Yu looked at Zhang Liao beside him and said, "General Zhang, Bei Gong Boyu deliberately lured us here, using himself as bait to trap us."

"However, the price seems a bit too high."

"It's not worth it for more than 10,000 soldiers to lie in ambush here for so long, just for a mere 800 of us."

"Bei Gong Boyu's target should be the reinforcements that come to rescue us."

“It could be the Marquis of Ji,” Xia Yu analyzed. “This place is surrounded by sand dunes and hills, and our army only has a few days’ worth of rations left.”

"If Marquis Ji wants to rescue General Zhang, he must use light cavalry and fast horses, and not waste any time."

"In this way, Beigong Boyu can set up the ambush here and wait for the enemy to arrive, and then attack them when they are exhausted."

Zhang Liao, who was standing to the side, did not frown upon hearing this.

There was no sign of tension on his face.

After glancing at the more than 10,000 cavalrymen outside the city for a while, Zhang Liao actually smiled.

Seeing the smile on Zhang Liao's face, Xia Yu, who had just been serious and realized the gravity of the situation, froze.

Surprised in my heart.

Could it be that all of Duan Yu's subordinates are madmen?

How can someone who is surrounded and trapped in a deadly situation still be able to laugh?

"General Xia, to be honest... the reason I didn't tell you before wasn't because I didn't trust you."

"It's just that I didn't intend to put General Xia in such a dangerous situation."

"I was thinking of having Tian Tong take General Xia back with him."

Zhang Liao looked at the foreign cavalry outside the city and said, "Bei Gong Boyu's target is not a junior, but you, my lord."

"Therefore, he will definitely send someone back to inform the old general and Tian Tong so that they can get away smoothly."

Ok?

Xia Yu was taken aback.

Zhang Liao said this...

Did he know?

And you knew about it in advance?

"I am dissatisfied with General Xia. In fact, back in Zhangye County, I knew that Beigong Boyu must have had other purposes."

Zhang Liao recalled, "In the past six months, I have fought with Bei Gong Boyu no less than twenty times."

"This person is as cunning as a fox and as ruthless as a wolf."

"Last year during the Battle of Yunwu, even though we had already foreseen the turning point on the battlefield, we did not inform all our allies and instead chose to retreat first."

"Why would someone like that put themselves in danger?"

"If he really wants to escape, the simplest way is to have the Xiutu tribe cover for him."

Xia Yu nodded.

Xia Yu had heard the name Bei Gong Boyu more than once.

This person has survived for many years in a place like Liangzhou, where the situation is chaotic, and has always been successful. Such a person is no ordinary person.

Zhang Liao's assessment was spot on.

Cunning as a fox, ruthless as a wolf.

"So... General Zhang knew all along that Beigong Boyu was deliberately luring him?" Xia Yu looked at Beigong Boyu in surprise.

Zhang Liao nodded and said, "At first, I only had doubts but was not sure, but later I gradually became certain."

"Therefore, I had already sent someone to inform you, my lord, long ago."

"And the Lord's army must have already set off when we were pursuing Beigong Boyu."

hiss!

Xia Yu looked surprised.

"You knew it was a dangerous situation, yet you still jumped in without hesitation, just to buy time for Marquis Ji?" Xia Yu looked at Zhang Liao in shock.

Zhang Liao laughed loudly, throwing his head back.

“I once heard you say something.”

Zhang Liao stood with one foot on the battlement, his black cloak billowing in the swirling sandstorm, and declared with boundless pride, "If I don't go to hell, who will?"

"If Bei Gong Boyu dares to use himself as bait, why should I, Zhang Wenyuan, hesitate to sacrifice myself!"

"He, Beigong Boyu, wants me to die here, but I also want him to be buried here!"

"Haha, who isn't a tempting bait!"

"He wants to take a bite out of me, Zhang Wenyuan? Let's see if he has the teeth to bite me first!"

As Zhang Liao spoke, the Qiang, Xiutu, and Huangzhong Yicong outside the city had already prepared for the first wave of probing attacks!

Inside the city, all eight hundred defenders dismounted, and longbows and crossbows were mounted on the city walls.

Below the city walls was a forest of spears and swords, exuding a chilling and murderous aura.