Three Kingdoms: Wolong's brother-in-law, tricking Liu Bei into seizing Jingzhou

Just as Cao Cao was hesitating, three Han soldiers on the left wing of the city wall desperately climbed up to the top of the city wall.

The three death-defying warriors killed crazily, beheading several Qin soldiers in a row, which actually frightened the surrounding Qin army, who surrounded them for a while and dared not approach.

Fortunately, Xu Huang personally rushed forward and killed the three Han soldiers who were climbing up the city wall, and the situation was brought under control in time.

"Your Majesty, we are a little overwhelmed. We must dispatch troops to reinforce the East Gate no matter what."

"Otherwise, if we delay any further, the situation will only become more unfavorable."

Cao Hong was filled with anxiety and had to persuade him again.

At this time.

Zhang Song rolled his eyes and said,
"Your Majesty, you can dispatch a general to take over the Xiliang camps in the reserve force, and only dispatch soldiers from Xiliang to reinforce the defense of the East Gate."

"The remaining reserve troops from Guanzhong and Shu will continue to stay in the city to prevent those disloyal people from continuing to cause trouble."

"The families of the Xiliang soldiers all live in the west of the city. Your Majesty can send the reserve troops to the west of the city in the name of protecting them, and use these families as hostages to prevent the Xiliang soldiers who are climbing the city walls from acting rashly."

"With these advance deployments, we can not only make the Xiliang soldiers fight to the death without hesitation, but also keep a reliable force to monitor those who are plotting rebellion in the city!"

“This kills two birds with one stone!”

Hearing Zhang Song's suggestion, Cao Cao's eyes lit up and the gloom on his face disappeared in an instant.

"Yongnian, what you said makes sense. Okay, okay, I'll follow your advice!"

Cao Cao was overjoyed and immediately shouted:
"Cao Hong, listen to my orders. I order you to go to the reserve army camp immediately, take over the Xiliang camps, and lead them to the east gate for reinforcement immediately!"

Cao Hong gladly accepted the order and rode away on his horse.

Looking at Cao Hong riding away on his horse, Cao Cao finally breathed a sigh of relief and turned to look confidently at the Han army outside the city.

"Tell the soldiers that reinforcements will arrive soon. Tell them to cheer up and hold on for a while!"

"promise!"

The generals accepted the order with great enthusiasm.

The Qin army was temporarily cheered up.

...

Inside Chang'an city, the Xiliang Qin army camp.

Cao Hong, carrying Cao Cao's imperial edict, led a group of troops and hurried into the camp and went straight into the big tent.

Inside the big tent, Li Kan, Cheng Yin and several other Xiliang generals had gathered in the tent, and it was unknown what they were planning.

As soon as Cao Hong arrived, the big tent became quiet instantly. The generals looked at each other, as if they were communicating something.

"Li Kan, Cheng Yin, you all muster up your troops and follow me to the East Gate for reinforcements. Don't make any mistakes!"

Cao Hong took the position of commander-in-chief and gave stern orders to his generals.

Apparently he came in a hurry, eager to take over the command of the reserve troops, and did not notice that there was something unusual in the atmosphere in the tent.

Cheng Yin and Li Kan looked at each other, but neither of them obeyed the order.

Cao Hong suddenly became angry and shouted at them:
"The situation at the East Gate is critical. Are you all deaf? Why aren't you taking any action?"

Cheng Yin perfunctorily cupped his hands and said indifferently:

"General Cao, we have already ordered our troops and are ready to go at any time, but we have to wait for someone first."

Waiting for someone?

Cao Hong did not understand the hidden meaning in his words, so he said sternly:
"I have been ordered to take over the reserve forces. You just need to follow my orders. What are you waiting for?"

Cheng Yin said nothing and glanced at Li Kan.

There was a hint of cunning in Li Kan's eyes, but he sneered:

"General Cao, please wait a moment. The person we are waiting for is on the way. I believe he will be here soon. You will know when you see him."

Cao Hong was completely confused by what they said. He slammed the table and asked in a stern voice:
"The situation at the East Gate is urgent. What could be more important than reinforcing the East Gate? Who are you two waiting for?"

"They are waiting for me!" a thunderous voice sounded.

The curtain was lifted, and a warrior wearing heavy armor and holding a sword, as strong as a tiger or bear, walked in.

"Pang...Pound?"

Cao Hong blurted out the name of the general.

When Generals Cheng Yin and Li Kan saw Pang De coming, they both breathed a sigh of relief and hurried forward to greet him.

Cao Hong then realized that the person they were waiting for was Pang De.

"Pang Lingming, His Majesty has assigned you to guard the armory. What are you doing here?"

Cao Hong asked with a livid face, obviously feeling a little uneasy about Pang De's arrival.

Pang De had no expression on his face and said coldly:
"With a great war approaching, how can I, Pang De, ignore it? Of course I have to fight alongside my Xiliang brothers."

Cao Hong frowned, but said in a commanding tone:

"Your Majesty has ordered me to take full charge of all the Xiliang camps. Since you have been transferred to guard the armory, the Xiliang Legion has nothing to do with you."

"I advise you not to leave your post without permission, but to take care of the armory immediately and not interfere with the operation of the troops here."

Cao Hong's meaning was very clear. Pang De has been stripped of his military power and is no longer qualified to command the Xiliang Army here. Get out of here immediately and don't get in my way.

Pang De smiled coldly, glanced at the generals, and said sternly:

"All the generals, listen to my order. Gather your troops immediately. Follow me to capture the granary and burn all the grain stored in Chang'an!"

Generals Cheng Yin and Li Kan readily accepted the order.

Cao Hong was horrified and stunned for a moment.

He originally thought that Pang De came without any instructions and just wanted to take the Xiliang Army to guard the East Gate to show his loyalty to Cao Cao.

Unexpectedly, Pang De not only did not want to reinforce the East Gate, but instead wanted to attack his own granary?

Is this because your brain is stuck in the door?

Still crazy!

The most incredible thing is that people like Cheng Yin and Li Kan actually accepted the order happily?

"Pound, are you crazy? You want to burn our granary?"

"Do you want to rebel?"

After being stunned for a moment, Cao Hong immediately became furious, pointed his finger at Pang De and roared at him.

Pang De stopped pretending, his eyes were stern and resolute, and he said in a deep voice:

"Yes, Cao Hong, you are right. I want to rebel against your Cao family!"

"Didn't your brother Cao Cao listen to Zhang Song's slander and suspect that I was secretly communicating with the Han emperor and wanted to betray him?"

"I can tell you that I, Pang De, did not surrender to the Han Dynasty that day, but now I have thought it through. I will bring my Xiliang brothers to submit to the Emperor of the Han Dynasty!"

"I will burn all the food and grass in the city, disrupt your army's morale, and help the emperor capture Chang'an!"

Pang De no longer concealed his intention and frankly expressed his determination to fight against Cao, even telling him his entire plan.

There were limited Western Liang troops in Chang'an City, and Cao Cao stationed heavy troops at the four gates for strict defense.

Whether it was Pang De or Liu Ye and other forces that had returned to the Han Dynasty, they wanted to raise an army to start a rebellion and seize the city gates to let the Han army enter, but it was obvious that their chances of success were slim.

If a strong attack fails, then use wits to defeat him.

Cao Cao stationed his heavy troops at the four gates, so the defense of the granary was weak.

Pang De wanted to take advantage of the situation to attack the granary camp and burn the hundreds of thousands of hu of grain and fodder stored there.

Once the grain and grass are burned, the 90,000 Qin troops will be out of food that day, and the morale of the army will collapse in an instant, and the 90,000 troops will be defeated without a fight.

This is Jia Xu's plan to recover Chang'an by cooperating with the outside forces! (End of this chapter)