ley Land; and the convoy was manded by Sun Li。
〃What is known of this Sun Li?〃 asked Zhuge Liang。
A certain man of Wei replied; 〃He is a bold man。 Once he was out hunting with the Ruler of Wei on Great Rock Hill; and a tiger suddenly appeared in front of his master's chariot。 He jumped off his horse and dispatched the beast with his sword。 He was rewarded with a mandership。 He is an intimate friend of Cao Zhen。〃
〃This is a ruse;〃 said Zhuge Liang。 〃They know we are short of food; and those carts are only a temptation。 They are laden with bustibles。 How can they imagine that I shall be deceived by this sort of thing; when I have fought them with fire so many times? If we go to seize the convoy; they will e and raid our camp。 But I will meet ruse with ruse。〃
Then Zhuge Liang sent Ma Dai with order: 〃You and three thousand troops are to make your way to the enemy's store camp and; when the wind serves; to start a fire。 When the stores are burning; the soldiers of Wei will e to surround our camp。 That is how we will provoke a battle。〃
He also sent Ma Zheng and Zhang Ni with five thousand troops each to halt near the camp so that they might attack from without。
These having gone; he called Guan Xing and Zhang Bao; and said; 〃The outermost camp of Wei is on the main road。 This night; when the enemy see a blaze; our camp will be attacked; so you two are to lie in wait on the two sides of the Wei camp and seize it when they have left。〃
Calling Hu Ban and Wu Yi; he said; 〃You are to lie in wait outside the camp to cut off the retreat of the force of Wei。〃
All these arrangements made; Zhuge Liang betook himself to a summit of the Qishan Mountains to watch the results。
The soldiers of Wei heard that their enemies w