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

"Release your arrows, release them, shoot that bastard to death—"

After Cao Zhang was shocked, he became angry and humiliated and started shouting loudly.

The Qin army on both sides was surprised again.

The fighting outside the city gate is still going on, and there are still many of my brothers involved.

Although he was crushed by the Han army, he died at the hands of the enemy.

If you shoot like this, won't it be a shameless killing, shooting all the Han soldiers and your own comrades together?

"King Rencheng, there is no need to do this."

"We just shot arrows at our own people. We had no choice but to close the city gates."

"Why now?"

Guo Jia couldn't bear it any longer and had to persuade him.

Cao Zhang was so angry that he refused to listen to his advice. He held the sword in his hand and roared:
"They are going to die anyway, so why not let our own people send them off? We can also shoot the Han army and avenge them—"

Guo Jia widened his eyes and looked at Cao Zhang in astonishment.

That look was as if he was looking at a madman.

Rather than being killed by the enemy, is it better to die by the arrows of your own people?
What kind of fallacy is this?
Cao Zhang ignored his surprise and shouted:

"Crossbowmen, release your arrows. Anyone who dares not to release his arrows will be punished according to military law!"

Under such a threat, how could the Qin army dare not take action?

The archers had no choice but to grit their teeth, close their eyes, and shoot arrows indiscriminately towards the city.

Under the city.

Guan Ping's expression changed slightly. He obviously didn't expect Cao Zhang to be so cruel.

The gates of Juyan City have been closed and Yang Fu has been killed. It is not worthwhile to sacrifice one's own elite cavalry in vain just to kill a few Qin soldiers abandoned by Cao Zhang.

Guan Ping acted promptly and ordered the entire army to retreat.

The Han army then gave up the killing, immediately rode away from the battlefield, and rode away.

Only about a thousand Qin soldiers were left, and they were shot and killed in large numbers by their own archers.

There was wailing in front of the city.

"King Rencheng, the Han army has withdrawn, that's enough!"

Guo Jia urged again in a stern voice.

Cao Zhang then calmed down and ordered the soldiers to stop shooting arrows.

The sounds of killing and arrows gradually died down, and the world finally returned to peace.

Cao Zhang calmed down and looked down again, only to see the corpses of his soldiers scattered all over the ground outside the city.

Most of them were not killed by the Han army, but died from their own indiscriminate arrow attacks.

"boom!"

Cao Zhang punched the battlement with his fist and said angrily:
"Yang Fu, oh Yang Fu, you overestimated your own capabilities. You proposed a plan to divert the river and flood the Han army, but it caused me to lose half of my elite troops in vain."

"I shouldn't have listened to your so-called clever plan. Otherwise, how could I have suffered such miserable defeats time and time again and ended up in this situation today?"

Cao Zhang was full of regret and complaints, putting all the blame for the failure on the murdered Yang Fu.

Seeing that Cao Zhang was so irresponsible, Guo Jia shook his head and sighed, with a hint of disappointment in his eyes.

"Prince Rencheng, Yang Fu has already died. There is no point in blaming him for his miscalculated strategy."

"Besides, although Yang Fu's plan is just an imitation of others, we have to admit that it is indeed a brilliant one."

"But what we didn't expect was that Xiao Fang would easily see through this plan, and he didn't take into account the Han army's 10,000 cavalry, which is why we suffered such a disastrous defeat."

"As for responsibility, I don't think it can be entirely blamed on Yang Fu."

Guo Jia couldn't stand it anymore, so he had to stand up and say a few fair words for Yang Fu.

Cao Zhang was speechless. Guo Jia didn't even give him face. He almost accused him of irresponsibility in front of him and put the blame on Yang Fu.

But at this time Cao Zhang calmed down and did not dare to get angry with Guo Jia.

There was no other way. His troops had been reduced to only a few thousand men and were at the end of their rope. He was already in a state of panic.

What to do next still depends on Guo Jia's advice.

"Well, this defeat cannot be blamed entirely on Yang Fu. Since he has died for the Qin Dynasty, I will not blame him."

After Cao Zhang coughed a few times, he looked at Guo Jia blankly:

"Fengxiao, now that you've said this, what should I do next?"

Guo Jia pointed to the north without hesitation:
"Abandon the city immediately, head north out of the grassland, and surrender to Kebinen!"

Cao Zhang's heart was shaken, and the remaining hope in his eyes disappeared.

Just a moment ago, he was still holding on to the last bit of hope, hoping that Guo Jia could come up with some brilliant plan to break the impasse and help him turn the tide.

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But Guo Jia disappointed him.

In the end, they had to follow the old path mentioned by Guo Jia earlier and go to the grassland to submit to the Hu chieftain Kebineng.

"To the north, you have to cross the desert before you can reach the grassland. The journey is more than a thousand miles away."

"Besides, I still don't know what attitude Ke Bineng has towards me. If I go to Xianbei, my future is uncertain."

Cao Zhang was worried.

Living under the roof of the Xianbei people, seeing Kebineng's face is secondary.

He still has the patience to endure humiliation and bear heavy burdens.

The key is Ke Bineng's attitude towards him.

Can that Xianbei Hu chieftain tolerate me?

What if he went to seek refuge with Kebi Neng, and Kebi Neng was afraid of the power of the Han Dynasty and killed him to please Liu Bei?
Then wouldn't it be tantamount to committing suicide if I went to the grassland myself?
"Don't worry, Prince Rencheng. I have already figured out Ke Bineng's attitude."

"To be honest, Your Highness, long before we went north to Juyan, I had already taken the initiative to secretly send my subject Guo Yi to the grassland to meet Kebi Neng first."

"A few days ago, Guo Yi sent back news that Kebi had surrendered to Your Highness. He was extremely happy and had personally led the Xianbei army westward to welcome Your Highness."

"Under Ke Bineng's command, there are many former ministers of the Yuan family, as well as former ministers of Bingzhou of our Great Qin, and there are also noble families who are dissatisfied with Liu Bei's imperial examination system and have gone to seek refuge with him."

"These people also tried their best to persuade Ke Bineng to treat His Highness well, so that he could form an alliance with the emperor and support each other from afar."

"From what these people have said, I am convinced that Ke Bineng's attitude towards Your Highness is one of welcome and respect."

"So please don't worry too much, Your Highness. Just abandon Juyan and head north to join Kebineng."

Guo Jia calmly explained the whole process.

Cao Zhang suddenly realized, and his eyes were filled with joy.

Only then did he realize that Guo Jia had foresight and seemed to have anticipated that he would be defeated by Liu Bei and would not be able to defend Juyan, so he secretly sent his son to the grassland in advance.

"I didn't expect that Guo Lingjun had already planned a way out for Zhang."

"In terms of planning and foresight, you are the only one in the world who can be compared with Xiao Fang."

Cao Zhang immediately bowed to Guo Jia, expressing his sincere admiration.

Guo Jia sighed and said with a wry smile:
"Your Highness, you are making fun of me. When it comes to foresight, Xiao Fang is unrivalled in history. I am not even a fraction of him."

"It is precisely because I know that I am no match for Xiao Fang that I made arrangements in advance to find a way out for Your Highness."

Cao Zhang was speechless.

Guo Jia put away his sigh and said hurriedly:
"Once the Ruoshui River recedes, Zhang Fei and Xiao Fang will surely cross the river in large numbers and come to surround our Juyan City. If we delay for even a moment, we will be unable to leave."

"Your Highness, there is no time to lose. Let's abandon the city and head north to the grassland!"

Cao Zhang shuddered, not daring to hesitate any longer, and immediately shouted:
"Pass the order down, pack up the food and supplies immediately, and abandon the city and retreat north before the Han army crosses the river!" (End of this chapter)