Three Kingdoms, I'm really not a general!

Chapter 312 Is there still hope?

Xing Daorong was on the top of the city wall and keenly noticed that something was wrong with Zhang Liao's situation.

Although he didn't know what was going on with this guy, he had no choice but to ignore him for now and took the opportunity to say, "General Zhang Liao, it only takes two days. I will definitely send all the people in the city away in these two days!"

Xing Daorong is the main player who will seize the opportunity!

Seeing that Zhang Liao was a little hesitant, although he didn't figure out his exact situation, it would not be a bad idea to give it a try.

As expected, Zhang Liao looked up at Xing Daorong and said, "General Xing, if two days won't work, I can only give you one more night!"

"Tomorrow morning, I will attack the city!"

Zhang Liao said this without giving Xing Daorong a chance to speak again.

He immediately led his troops back, which made Bao Long and the soldiers on the city breathe a sigh of relief.

Bao Long quickly ran to Xing Daorong and said, "General, what the hell is that guy doing? Is he really going to give us the time to send the people away?"

"Doesn't he want to leave any civilians in this city? He just wants an empty city?"

indeed!

Zhang Liao's actions seemed like he really wanted an empty city.

just
Xing Daorong always felt that this was just a superficial situation, there must be some deeper reason behind it.
"Why exactly?"

Unable to think for a moment, Xing Daorong pulled Bao Long and said, "Since Zhang Liao said it would only be one night, he must be keeping his word. At least we are safe for this night."

"Tell the brothers to have a good rest. I will go and think about what Zhang Liao is planning to sell."

Bao Long nodded in response, but quickly told the soldiers who stayed behind to eat and drink well, rest early, and wait for the battle tomorrow morning.

Xing Daorong went straight down the city wall and arrived in front of the monument.

In front of the stone tablet, there were still many offerings that had not been taken away in time and were now scattered everywhere.

Xing Daorong randomly found an open space, sat cross-legged, and began to think alone.

"According to common sense, if the people don't want to leave, then they don't have to leave. As long as they don't climb the city walls, once the city is taken, it will be theirs, which is naturally a good thing."

"Could it be that Zhang Liao doesn't want this city anyway, so he doesn't care where the people go?"

Xing Daorong quickly thought of the first level.

This is actually not difficult to understand.

Jiangling is not the place Cao Cao needs right now.

On the contrary, if the Cao family took the city, it would be troublesome.

By then, Liu Bei would want Jiangling, and Sun Quan would also want Jiangling, and Cao Cao would find himself in an awkward situation of being sandwiched between two sides.

Having suffered a loss, Cao Cao would certainly not make the same mistake again.

The current attack on Jiangling is ultimately just to break the offensive in Xiangfan.

There is just one problem.
"Even if Jiangling City is to be given to Jiangdong, the people in the city will either belong to Liu or Sun. What does it have to do with Zhang Liao?"

"They are even willing to give us another night to turn Jiangling into an empty city!"

“What is this for?”

Xing Daorong always felt that if he could find the key here, there might be a solution to this desperate situation today.

Just can't figure it out for the moment.
"General, everything is ready."

Just when Xing Daorong was sitting in front of the monument thinking, Bao Long had arranged everything on the city. Seeing Xing Daorong thinking hard, he couldn't help but say something. Xing Daorong interrupted his thoughts, but he was not angry. Instead, he asked Bao Long to sit next to him.

Bao Long quickly sat down and said, "General, have you figured out what Zhang Liao is planning?"

In fact, Bao Long's question was completely in vain. Just looking at Xing Daorong's expression as he thought hard, he knew that there was no solution yet.

Xing Daorong immediately shook his head and said, "I really don't understand why Zhang Liao wants an empty city."

Bao Long looked a little confused, but he said, "I did learn something when I was on the city wall. General, do you want to hear it?"

Xing Daorong smiled and said, "Just say it. It has come to this point. What else can't be said?"

Bao Long smiled innocently, then turned serious and said, "Actually, it was the general who reminded me. The general once told the people that Cao Cao often massacred people in the city. I think the reason why Zhang Liao wanted an empty city was because he didn't want to massacre the people."

hiss!
As soon as these words came out, Xing Daorong took a breath of cold air.

He stood up suddenly, looked at Bao Long in surprise and said, "What you said is really possible!"

"It shouldn't be said to be very likely!"

As he spoke, he began to pace and said, "When Zhang Liao attacked for the first time, he attacked with all his might. It was obvious that he was determined to take Jiangling. He couldn't wait any longer!"

"As a result, when they heard that I was going to send the people away, they kept hesitating. They were just going to turn Jiangling into an empty city!"

"It is very likely that Zhang Liao is going to massacre the entire city after taking it!"

"It seems that this is not his original intention, which gives us a chance to release him."

Bao Long listened to Xing Daorong's analysis on the side. Since he blindly worshipped his own general, he naturally thought it made a lot of sense!
Then he echoed from the side: "That's right! Since it was not his original intention, it was an order from Cao Cao, and he had to obey it!"

"As a result, we relocated the people, which gave him an opportunity to fish in troubled waters."

"Although he did receive an order to massacre the city, there is nothing he can do about it since it is an empty city!"

Xing Daorong turned to look at Bao Long and exclaimed, "That's right! Then the question is, why did Cao Cao massacre the city?"

When Bao Long heard that he really helped, he was instantly excited. He thought, "Why ask, Cao Cao is cruel by nature and tyrannical, so he wanted to massacre the city."

It's a pity that Bao Long's brain didn't work very well.

Xing Daorong shook his head and said, "Cao Cao massacred Xuzhou because his father died in Xuzhou and he wanted to vent his anger; he massacred Pengcheng and Yecheng in order to consolidate his foundation and would rather kill one by mistake than let one go."

"This Jiangling area is not adjacent to any of them, why do you want to massacre the city?"

Bao Long scratched his head and said, "I don't know. Are you planning to massacre the city for the Sun family?"

Xing Daorong figured it out, and said with a gloomy face: "Cao Cao is really cruel!"

"He is not trying to give the empty city to Sun Quan, but wants us to hold the Sun family responsible for this hatred!"

"If Jiangling is massacred, Cao Cao will be the first to be blamed, and Sun Quan will be the second. No one can escape the blame!"

As he spoke, Xing Daorong's face also revealed a look of extreme disgust, and he said coldly: "Cao Cao really used all means to destroy the alliance between Sun and Liu. It's disgusting!"

Bao Long then cursed: "Everyone says Cao Cao is a tyrant leader, bah! In my opinion, killing ordinary people is nothing compared to being a tyrant leader!"

After he finished scolding, he saw that Xing Daorong's face was calm again. He knew that his general had started to think about countermeasures again, but he couldn't help asking: "General, just thinking about these, is it useful to us?"

Xing Daorong said with a gleam in his eyes: "If so, our chance of survival has come, and so has Xiangfan's!"

Then he said to Bao Long: "Go and reorganize the troops quickly. We don't want Jiangling City anymore! We will leave the city tonight!"

"But before I leave the city, I have to leave a letter for Zhang Wenyuan."

(End of this chapter)