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

"Prime Minister, tell me, how do you plan to attack Yufu City?"

"If you want to attack by force, Prime Minister, I, Taishi Ci, am willing to lead a group of elite soldiers as the vanguard. I will destroy Yufu City in one fell swoop and kill Sima Lang!"

Taishi Ci asked directly, with a look of confidence on his face.

Xiao Fang just smiled and did not answer directly. Instead, he turned his gaze to Ma Su and asked:
"You Chang, what do you think?"

Ma Su was a leader among the younger generation of the Han Dynasty. Xiao Fang brought him to Jingzhou in order to continue training him.

Now that I have the opportunity, I will naturally test him carefully.

"Replying to the Prime Minister, Su believes that we should fight quickly and decisively to capture the belly of the fish. It is not appropriate to attack with force, but to use wits to defeat it."

Ma Su responded quite quickly.

"Then according to your opinion, how should we outsmart Yu Fu?"

Xiao Fang continued to ask.

Everyone's eyes were focused on this young strategist.

"According to Su's understanding of Sima Lang, Sima Lang's military ability was mediocre, but because he was born into a family of famous scholars, he was quite self-righteous."

"Su thought that we might be able to devise a plan to lure him out of the city with his army and annihilate his five thousand soldiers and horses."

"If the Qin army in this city is wiped out, wouldn't it be easy for us to take Yufu?"

Ma Su calmly explained his strategy.

Xiao Fang smiled, nodded slightly in approval, and then asked:

"Then go on, what strategy should we use to lure him to mobilize all the soldiers in the city to fight?"

This question puzzled Ma Su.

He is gifted in strategy and always has unique insights.

But this specific tactic is not his forte.

Ma Su fell into deep thought.

After a moment, he looked somewhat ashamed and could only confess, "Prime Minister, please forgive me for my lack of wisdom and strategy. I have not yet come up with a specific strategy to lure the enemy."

Xiao Fang smiled, stroked his hand and praised:

"You can think of a clever way to capture Yu Fu, which is already very valuable. There is no need to underestimate yourself."

After saying that, Xiao Fang's smile faded and a strange look flashed across his face.

"Someone, bring Yuan Xi to me."

As soon as this statement came out, everyone was stunned.

Yuan Xi, the second son of Yuan Shao.

After Yuan Shao was defeated, this thief did not want to surrender to the Han Dynasty, so he surrendered Bingzhou to Cao Cao and was raised in Chang'an by Cao Cao as a mascot.

Later, the Han army captured Chang'an, and Yuan Xi had no time to escape and fell into the hands of the Han army.

The ministers originally suggested that Yuan Xi be executed.

But Xiao Fang said at the time that if he kept his life, he might be useful in the future, so Liu Bei did not kill him.

During this western expedition to Yizhou, Xiao Fang specifically ordered General Yuan Xi to be brought along with the army.

The generals really didn't understand Xiao Fang's intention.

Now at this critical moment, his own prime minister wants to summon Yuan Xi, which makes people even more puzzled.

As everyone was suspicious and guessing, Yuan Xi entered the tent nervously.

He coughed lightly, stepped forward, bowed to Xiao Fang, and asked in a trembling voice:

"I wonder what Prime Minister Xiao Chuanxi wants to tell you?"

It was obvious from Yuan Xi's words and expression that he was extremely afraid of Xiao Fang.

There is no way. His life and death are all in Xiao Fang's hands. It would be strange if he was not afraid.

Xiao Fang, however, was pleasant and only asked calmly:
"Yuan Xi, you said you wanted to surrender to the Han Dynasty. Now, you have a chance to prove your loyalty to the emperor." "I ask you, are you willing to seize this hard-won opportunity?"

Yuan Xi was overjoyed and almost jumped up with excitement.

You know, the first moment he was captured, he knelt down decisively and begged to surrender to the Han Dynasty.

But considering his status as a remnant of the Yuan clan, it was good enough that Liu Bei did not kill him. How could he possibly accept his surrender and give him an official position?
So he has been in confinement for the past few years.

Now, Xiao Fang said that he would give him a chance to prove his loyalty and submit to the Han Dynasty. How could he not be ecstatic?

"I am naturally loyal to Your Majesty and the Han Dynasty. If the Prime Minister has any orders, I, Yuan Xi, will certainly do my duty even if it means going through mountains of swords and seas of fire!"

Yuan Xi agreed without hesitation and expressed his attitude passionately.

Yuan Xi's performance was naturally as expected.

Xiao Fang's mouth curled up secretly, and he nodded with satisfaction, then pointed in the direction of Yufu City:
"You also know that I am here at the order of the emperor to lead the army from Jingzhou to the west to take Yizhou and destroy the false Qin."

"If we want to destroy the pseudo-Qin, the first step is to capture the Yufu City and open up a passage for our army to enter Shu from the west."

"The commander of Yufu City is Sima Lang, Sima Yi's elder brother. Sima Yi once assisted you, so it is natural that you have a close relationship with Sima Lang."

"What I want you to do is to go into Yufu City alone and persuade Sima Lang to give up resistance, open the city and surrender to the Han Dynasty."

"Do you have the courage to take on this mission?"

Yuan Xi was stunned.

He obviously did not expect that Xiao Fang would call him in this way to prove his loyalty.

After being stunned for a moment, he was immediately overjoyed.

This is a godsend.

By persuading Sima Lang to surrender, he could successfully escape from the Han camp and out of Xiao Fang's clutches. Isn't this a godsend opportunity for him to return to Qin?
How could you miss such an opportunity?

After rolling his eyes a few times, Yuan Xi said without hesitation:
"Xi, thank you Prime Minister for giving me this opportunity to prove my loyalty to the emperor and make contributions to the Han Dynasty!"

"Don't worry, Prime Minister. I will do my best to persuade Sima Lang to give up his evil ways and surrender to the Han Dynasty!"

Not only did Yuan Xi agree, he also agreed without hesitation.

A sneer flashed in Xiao Fang's eyes.

All of Yuan Xi's behavior was within his expectations.

Xiao Fangsui nodded again with satisfaction and said solemnly:
"In that case, I'll trouble you to go there."

"I hereby assure you that if you succeed in this mission, I will commend you to His Majesty."

"You are the most meritorious official in our conquest of Yizhou. Your Majesty will surely reward you handsomely!"

Yuan Xi expressed his loyalty again and then said goodbye.

So, Yi Ye left the Han camp on a boat, went up the river to the west, and headed straight for Yufu City.

Xiao Fangze personally came to the water camp and watched Yuan Xi leave.

Under the setting sun.

Yuan Xi stood at the stern of the boat, watching the Han camp gradually go away. He felt relieved and suddenly burst into laughter.

At this moment, he felt like a bird out of a cage, feeling extremely happy.

After laughing for a long while, Yuan Xi finally calmed down. When he looked at Xiao Fang again, a sarcastic sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Xiao Fang, you are so self-righteous!"

"You wiped out my entire Yuan family. Do you think I, Yuan Xi, can really let go of this hatred and grudge? Do you think I can really bow down and live my whole life at the mercy of Liu Bei?"

"If you let me go this time, you'll be letting a tiger back into the mountains!"

"Hahaha--"

The more Yuan Xi thought about it, the more satisfied he felt, and he couldn't help but burst into laughter again.

A small boat went upstream and gradually disappeared at the end of the river. (End of this chapter)