Looking outside the city, Shuo Mo's army was getting closer and closer, and the people in the city could already hear the sound of war horses and drums from the enemy camp.The Chu Dynasty did not let the defenders attack blindly, but first stabilized the order in the city.She ordered people to move the old and weak into safer inner streets, and asked Liang Qiang to deliberately show that she was short of food and grass at the top of the city, leading the enemy to believe that Wangcheng could not hold out for much longer.Xie Yanlai led people to explore the enemy camp at night, and after confirming the location of Shuomo's granary, he brought the news back to the city.Chu Chao looked at the map and decided to turn the enemy's greed for power into an opportunity to break the situation.

She decided to cut off food supplies and asked Liang Qiang to fake a surrender with a fake map.This arrangement is very risky. Once General Shuo Mo finds out, Liang Qiang may not be able to come back.Liang Qiang did not refuse, but only asked if the Chu Dynasty could really defend the city.Chu Chao told her that Wangcheng was not her only bet, and everyone in the city was behind this map.Liang Qiang left the city with a pretense of surrender, deliberately describing the south gate as the easiest breach, and hinting that the city was about to run out of food and grass.The Shuomo Army was indeed moved and began to mobilize its main force towards the south gate.

At the same time, Xie Yanlai led an elite force out of the side road, and Ge Dashi led everyone in Cangmu Village to the mountain road to meet them.They avoided the enemy patrol and headed towards the Shuomo granary.In the darkness of the night, Xie Yanlai did not rush to light a fire. Instead, he waited for the war drums from the south gate to sound and confirmed that the main enemy force had been lured away by the fake map before ordering a surprise attack.Fire soon broke out from behind the enemy camp, and grain trucks and fodder were connected together. Shuomo's army was in chaos.Wangcheng also took the opportunity to beat drums at the top of the city, and Liang Qiang led the defenders to rush out from the south gate, catching the enemy troops who were originally preparing to attack the city by surprise.

The Chu Dynasty stood on the tower to observe the battle situation and constantly adjusted the flag.She did not let the momentary victory go to her head. She knew that Shuo Mo's army still had the advantage in numbers, and if they pursued too deeply, they might be turned over.Zhong Changrong was ordered to guard the inner city passage to prevent enemy spies from taking advantage of the chaos; the people from Cangmu Village cut off the retreat through the mountain road so that the remaining Shuomo soldiers could not regroup.Xie Yanlai fought a bloody battle in the enemy camp and was injured in many places, but he never slowed down.He knew in his heart that only when the granary burned down could Wangcheng truly get some breathing space.

The night of the breach turned into the night of counterattack.Shuo Mo's army originally thought that the south gate was weak, but they didn't expect that it was the pocket laid by the Chu Dynasty.Liang Qiang led his troops to retreat and then counterattack, Xie Yanlai burned food from the rear to intercept the formation, and Ge Da's corpse blocked the mountain road. With the cooperation of the three groups, the enemy army finally collapsed.The Chu Dynasty did not let people kill deserters indiscriminately, but ordered the defenders to collect prisoners and ordnance, focusing on searching for tokens related to the ghosts in the capital.She knew that if Shuo Mo could grasp Wangcheng's defense so accurately, someone must be delivering the news inside Da Chu.

As daybreak approached, Wangcheng finally became quiet.The people walked out of their shelter and saw the fire outside the city gradually extinguishing, and then they realized that they had guarded the night.Liang Qiang came back injured and revived. The Chu Dynasty did not take credit and asked her to immediately compile the battle report and send it to the capital.Xie Yanlai also returned from the enemy camp. The blood on his body was not dry, but he first looked to see if Chu Chao was okay.Chu Chao supported him and briefly let go of his tense expression that had been tense all night.The victory at Wangcheng allowed Yunzhong County to temporarily escape danger, and also allowed traces of Xiao Xun's secret collusion with Shuo Mo to surface.But she knows very well that the real mole is still in the capital, and the real storm will not stop just because of this victory.