"I saw with my own eyes that the Great Xuan Army on the walls only finished setting up their defenses during the day. They must be exhausted now, and their defenses must be lax at night."
"Climbing walls is precisely what ninja excel at. As long as you climb up quietly, you don't need to kill anyone. Just cause chaos, throw fire oil, and shoot arrows from hiding. Keep them from sleeping all night. When we attack tomorrow, they'll be a pack of exhausted soldiers, and you'll have earned great merit."
At the mention of merit, excitement flashed in the ninja leader's eyes, and he immediately answered.
"Yes, sir! I'll make the arrangements at once."
A short while later, a hundred ninja dressed in black night gear silently left the camp.
They moved low to the ground, their footsteps soundless, and soon reached the foot of Kuaiji Commandery City's walls.
They swam across the moat.
Once they had all reached the foot of the wall.
The ninja leader took the lead, pulling a rope with an iron hook from his waist and flinging it toward the battlements.
With a faint click, the iron hook caught firmly on a merlon above.
The other ninja followed suit.
"Up."
The ninja at the head gave the order in a low voice.
Then he gripped the rope with both hands and climbed swiftly upward like a gecko.
The remaining ninja followed his example. Ropes hung from the wall as the ninja steadily climbed through the darkness.
With Su Fei's God-tier Insight Technique operating automatically, his hearing and sight were keen, and he noticed the faint sounds coming from below the wall.
An idea stirred in his mind, and he ordered all the soldiers on the wall to leave the area and hide first. He