"Imperial general, let me ask you, if there is a gap, how long will it take for the Ethereal Ninja to enter the Yong County City? How big and how small will the gap be? "
Yang Rui asked the imperial guard.
"If we prepare in advance, when the Ethereal Ninja approaches the city, he will only need a breath to enter the city.
But for the Ethereal Ninja, he will only need a gap the size of an arm to pass through … "
The imperial guard replied honestly.
"This is indeed not difficult. In my opinion, it will be difficult for Yuan Shu's troops to take down the Yong County City within half a day. When night falls, both sides will definitely stop fighting. At that time, we will act accordingly …"
After obtaining the answer he wanted from the imperial guard, Yang Rui immediately spoke of the plan he had thought of. After some deliberation, everyone felt that the probability of success was not small. Thus, it was decided that they would act when night fell.
Yuan Shu and Cao Cao's troops fought for half a day. Seeing that night was about to descend, both sides indeed stopped fighting. Those who needed to station their troops stationed their troops, those who needed to rest and reorganize went to rest.
Within half a day, Yuan Shu's troops made two probing attacks and two formal attacks. However, they were not able to successfully enter the city. Cao Cao's troops within the Yong County City were extremely tenacious.
Moreover, there were still tens of thousands of Yuan Shu's cavalry outside the Yong County City. They also needed Yuan Shu's troops to constantly divert their attention to deal with them.
As for Cao Cao's troops, the situation they faced was even more severe. After all, they were at a disadvantage in numbers. Even if Man Chong tried his best to defend the city, he himself could predict that they would not be able to last for too long.
Right now, no matter if it was Man Chong's troops inside the Yong County City or Cao Cao's cavalry outside the city, they persisted in resisting Yuan Shu's troops. Actually, while saving themselves, they were also waiting for Cao Cao's troops to arrive.
As the night deepened, both sides of the Yong County City gradually quieted down. Apart from a small number of sentries and patrolling soldiers, the rest of the people had already eaten their fill and gone to sleep as soon as possible.
Usually, when attacking and defending a city, the battle wouldn't last long at night. On the other hand, the attacking side would usually have to be on guard against the garrison troops going out to raid the camp, while the defending side would have to be on guard against spies.
In the current battle between Cao Cao and Yuan Shu, as the Yan County had been managed by Cao Cao for a long time, and all the soldiers were newly recruited by Man Chong, the probability of internal problems occurring was very small.
At this time, Yang Rui, Gao Shun, and Zhang Liao were each riding on a flying pet. Under the cover of the night, they slowly landed in a densely populated area on the north side of the Ming County City.
"Who is it?!"
Yang Rui, Gao Shun, and Zhang Liao thought that they had done a good job of concealment. Moreover, the Yong County City was close to the mountains, so it was normal for birds to fly and land. They didn't expect that they would still attract the attention of a group of patrolling soldiers.
However, Yang Rui, Gao Shun, and Zhang Liao stayed on the roof and didn't make a sound. The three flying pets had already flown away, attracting the attention of the patrolling soldiers. Not long after, the patrolling soldiers left by themselves.
After that, Yang Rui, Gao Shun, and Zhang Liao split up and went in three different directions. Among them, Yang Rui was the one who swaggered the most and didn't try to conceal himself.
This was because Yang Rui had already equipped the soul of the Transformation Mask and transformed into Man Chong's appearance not far from the north city gate. Before this, Yang Rui had dealt with Man Chong more than once.
In fact, the method Yang Rui thought of wasn't complicated. The key was the soul of the Transformation Mask.
Guo Jia needed to set up the Qianji Black Armored Battalion in the Yong County City with twelve array flags and guard three of them for a short period of time.
Guarding these three array flags shouldn't be a problem. Yang Rui, Gao Shun, and Zhang Liao should be able to guard one each. Moreover, Guo Jia had purposely placed the three array flags in remote locations.
The most important thing was to allow the Ethereal Ninjas who were setting up the array flags to enter the city. Then, they would send a message to the Imperial Guards and set up the array flags one by one according to Guo Jia's instructions.
In order for the Ethereal Ninjas to enter the city, they needed to open up a gap. Yang Rui's idea was to use the soul of the Transformation Mask and transform into Man Chong's appearance at the agreed upon city gate. Then, under the pretext of monitoring the city gate, he would open up a gap in the city gate temporarily.
"I am going to check the condition of the drawbridge outside the city gate and open the city gate …"
Yang Rui arrived at the north gate of the Yong County City. He didn't make any noise or hide his identity. Instead, he ordered the soldiers in charge of guarding the city gate.
All the paths inside the city gate were lit with torches. When the soldiers saw their General Man Chong arrive, they quickly went to greet him and opened up a gap in the gate for Yang Rui. The gap was only big enough for one person to pass through at a time.
Yang Rui pretended to go out and take a look. Presumably, the Ethereal Ninjas had already entered the city. He then returned to the city gate and casually walked into the city.
The Ethereal Ninjas had already climbed over the drawbridge by following the rope and were hiding near the gate. When Yang Rui opened the gate with Man Chong, all twelve Ethereal Ninjas had already entered the Yong County City.
The twelve Ethereal Ninjas that entered the city were all Fifth Grade soldiers selected by the Imperial Guards. Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to stay invisible for long enough inside the enemy city.
Even so, time was of the essence. Fifteen minutes after the twelve Ethereal Ninjas entered the city, the two closest array flags had already been set up under the command of Guo Jia and the Imperial Guards.
After nearly an hour had passed, Zero Wing finally finished setting up all 12 array flags. Fortunately, Ethereal Ninja was adept at concealment, so he didn't have to rely entirely on his Invisibility Skill to accomplish this feat.
Three faint lights flickered inside the Yong County City. The Thousand Black Armored Battalion's array had begun to operate. Yang Rui, Gao Shun, and Zhang Liao were already in position to guard these three array flags.
The faint lights attracted the attention of Man Chong's patrolling soldiers. Soon, some of them went to check it out. A small scale conflict soon broke out.
Fortunately, the three array flags stopped flashing after a while. The locations of the array flags were well hidden. Gao Shun and Zhang Liao had no problem fending off Man Chong's soldiers for a short period of time.
As for Yang Rui, at this time, he still had the appearance of Man Chong. He directly ordered the soldiers of Man Chong's division who came to check, saying that he was personally arranging a formation in the city, and asked to inform the whole city that no matter what situation they encountered, they were not to use force in the city.
Man Chong's soldiers were confused, but they still did as they were told. Yang Rui's goal was naturally to buy some time for the three people guarding the array flags.
It turned out that Yang Rui's action was unnecessary. In just the time it took to drink a cup of tea, the Qianji Black Armored Battalion was fully activated.
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