Three Kingdoms: I'm Ma Su, and I'm Not Defending Jieting Today!

I transmigrated as Ma Su. I had just made a solemn pledge to Zhuge Liang and was preparing to defend Jieting.

Just then, the Steady as a Mountain System arrived! “Recklessness leads to death! Only caution ensures survival!

Host, make the safest choice!”

“Task: Refuse to take the mountain. Set up camp on the main road and dig a ten-mile-long trench.”

I looked at the mountain beside me and the System's warning, then immediately gave the order: “All troops, listen up! Set up camp on the main road! Dig trenches! Put every bit of strength you've got into it!”

Wang Ping: “Military Advisor... you've finally taken our advice!”

Ding! Cautious action! Reward: 5,000 Zhuge Repeating Crossbows!

“Zhang He is here? Don't panic! First, shoot him with three volleys of repeating crossbows! Then lure him into my chain of traps!”

Zhang He: “Ma Su... why isn't he following the usual playbook? Why is this tortoise shell at the foot of the mountain so tough?”

Zhuge Liang: “I thought Ma Su was utterly useless. I never imagined he would be such a cautious man!”

Watching Zhang He suffer such a devastating defeat that he questions his entire existence, I can only ask: Why climb the mountain? Isn't it better to lie low at the foot of it?