Three Kingdoms: Madam, I am a decent person

Chapter 389: The Strategy to Defeat Lü Bu

Zhang Sui listened to what Guo Jia said, smiled and nodded, saying: "Great minds think alike, I think so too."

Historically, Guo Jia once said that Sun Ce would be assassinated.

However, Guo Jia also has flaws.

Historically, after Cao Cao captured Xuzhou, Chen Deng suggested that he immediately go south and take over Jiangdong while Sun Ce was still weak.

However, Guo Jia thought that they could wait and take action after Sun Ce was killed.

Cao Cao listened to Guo Jia's words.

As a result, Sun Quan emerged out of nowhere and after Sun Ce was killed, he worked with Zhou Yu and others to stabilize the Jiangdong aristocratic families.

In the end, Cao Cao missed the opportunity to take Jiangdong.

Thinking of this, Zhang Sui said to Guo Jia: "But time waits for no one now."

"The Chen family won't give us the chance to wait."

"If we want to occupy Xuzhou, we must cooperate with the Chen family for the time being."

"Therefore, we must first take Xuzhou, then find a way to deal a heavy blow to Sun Ce, then take Huainan, and then Jiangdong."

Guo Jia hesitated for a moment and said, "That's right."

"The Xia Pi Chen family holds a pivotal position in Xuzhou."

"Moreover, Chen Gui and Chen Deng, father and son, are both very strategic."

"To occupy Xuzhou, we must gain their support."

"Then, the most urgent task is to capture Lu Bu."

Zhang Sui hummed, looking at the picture of the beautiful woman hidden under the table, Zhang Sui said: "You think of a solution first, I will arrange the personal guards, and we will discuss it together."

Guo Jia responded.

It was not until dusk that Zhang Sui drew thirty pictures of beauties, drilled holes in them with a dagger, and strung them together with hemp ropes to form a picture album. Only then did Zhen Hao hurried over with eighteen disguised guards.

Zhang Sui taught Guo Jia how to use this picture album.

Guo Jia was so surprised that he seemed to have discovered a new world. His eyes were wide open and kept turning back and forth.

Zhang Sui Ze arranged for eighteen of his personal guards to disguise themselves as members of the Chen family and head south to Guangling County to look for Guangling County Magistrate Chen Yu.

After arranging eighteen personal guards, Zhang Sui took Guo Jia to find Chen Gui and Chen Deng.

Chen Gui and his son Chen Deng were discussing a strategy to capture Lu Bu in the room.

Seeing Zhang Sui and Guo Jia coming to their door, the father and son invited them in.

Chen Deng recounted the plan that he and his father Chen Gui had come up with, saying, "My father and I discussed it and decided that if we want to take down Lu Bu, we should remove his wings."

"Now Lu Bu's wings mainly consist of two parts."

"One is an elite soldier under Chen Gong's command."

"The other one is Wei Xu."

"Wei Xu commands 700 soldiers in the Chen camp and 10,000 elite infantrymen."

"These are the elite soldiers captured by Lu Bu when he defeated Yuan Shu's army and Yuan Shang's army."

"It's very difficult."

"And Chen Gong has about 3,000 elite troops under his command."

"Although Wei Xu is Lü Bu's brother-in-law, he is not a chaste person."

"General, your army is now approaching Pengcheng."

"Lü Bu will soon arrive in Pi County to deal with it."

"As soon as Lu Bu leaves, I will have people spread the word in the city that Lu Bu is dead, and Wei Xu will gather his troops to prepare for a response."

"General, go straight to where Wei Xu's wives and concubines are and force Wei Xu to come."

"Show your identity again."

"Then lure him with high interest, and Wei Xu will surrender."

"As for Chen Gong, his army is currently in Xiaopei."

"This person has always been loyal to Yuan Shu."

"Therefore, the general must find a way to send people to block his escape route to the south."

"Also, we need to prevent him from coming from Xiaopei to Xiapi."

"After eliminating Wei Xu and Chen Gong, there are only 4,000 elite troops led by Lu Bu left, and there are 3,000 city defense troops in the city."

"The commander of the city defense army is Cheng Lian, who is loyal and capable. We have no chance of taking Xia Pi from within."

"For this, we can only rely on siege." "When we take action, we must also secretly evacuate Xia Pi City."

"After Cao Cao's massacre of the city, Xuzhou's population has been small and its food supply has not been abundant."

"As long as the siege lasts for a month, the city's food and grass will be exhausted."

"The 3,000 city defense troops in Xia Pi City and Lu Bu will be taken to Pei County to deal with the general's army heading south, about 4,000 people."

"General, the army heading south must capture Pei County and force Lu Bu to retreat to Xia Pi City with his 4,000 troops."

"That is to say, by then, there will be 7,000 people in Xia Pi City."

"These 7,000 people are not easy to attack the city, but their consumption of food and grass is also extremely terrifying."

Guo Jia said, "If we can capture Wei Xu and Chen Gong, we can put some troops back into Xia Pi City to speed up the consumption of food and grass."

Chen Gui and Chen Deng both looked at Guo Jia.

Guo Jia continued: "Also, Yuan Shu may come to help."

"After all, the lips and teeth are interdependent."

"Although Yuan Shu is greedy and stupid, he has many good ministers under his command."

"Therefore, we can send someone to contact Cao Cao and ask him to attack Yuan Shao's 3,000 cavalry outside Yuan Shu's city, forcing Yuan Shu not to come to the rescue."

"By the way, in the next few days, Mr. Chen, you can persuade Lu Bu to send a team with a large amount of food and grass to Shouchun to discuss remarriage with Yuan Shu."

"This will consume a large amount of food in the city and shorten the siege time of Xia Pi in the future."

Chen Gui looked at Guo Jia with a solemn look in his old eyes.

This son of Guo Jia from Yingchuan is very cruel!

Chen Deng looked at Zhang Sui.

He didn't quite understand what this meant!
The three thousand cavalrymen outside Yuan Shu's Shouchun City were also Yuan Shao's troops.

But Guo Jia has to find a way to make Cao Cao attack these three thousand cavalrymen?

Zhang Sui was silent for a long time, then looked at Chen Deng and said, "Guo Yuan and Yuan Shu outside Shouchun City each do our own thing."

"Choose a man from your clan who is good at speaking and contact Cao Cao."

"Cao Cao contacted you before, but I haven't received a reply yet."

"You should ask your clansmen to tell Cao Cao that Guangling has been attacked, and have Cao Cao urgently capture the 3,000 cavalrymen outside Yuan Shu's city, and then attack Lu Bu together. After taking Xuzhou, recapture Guangling and avenge your uncle."

Chen Deng: “.”

Chen Gui glanced at Zhang Sui and said in a hoarse voice, "Yuanlong, just do as I say."

After a pause, Chen Gui asked again: "I wonder how the general will settle my Chen family after the matter is accomplished?"

Chen Deng and Guo Jia both looked at Zhang Sui.

Zhang Sui smiled and looked at Chen Deng and said, "I have always believed that Yuanlong is a talented commander and is well-educated."

"After the matter is accomplished, I will let Yuanlong serve as the Lieutenant General of the Army and one of my military advisors, and he will plan for me together with Tian Gong and Guo Fengxiao."

Chen Deng looked at Zhang Sui with some surprise.

Talented as a commander?

He has never led troops!
He could think of the only reason why Zhang Sui did this, which was that Yuan Shao's young son-in-law was afraid of him and wanted to keep him under his nose.

Chen Deng was about to refuse.

Zhang Sui continued, "Mr. Chen, I also want you to stay in Guangling and become the governor of Guangling County."

Chen Deng wanted to speak more.

Chen Gui smiled and said, "I am old and I am afraid I can't do anything. However, besides my son Yuanlong, my other children are also good."

Zhang Sui smiled and said, "As long as Mr. Chen is in charge, everything will be easy."

Chen Gui nodded and said, "I will try my best."

When Chen Deng heard Chen Gui say this, he could only swallow his words.

Chen Gui said to Chen Deng: "Although the general is young, he is enough for you, Yuanlong, to learn from for a lifetime."

Chen Deng then said, "Listen to father."

Chen Gui then said to Chen Deng, "I remember there is a boy named Chen Jiao in the Chen family of Guangling. You have always liked him and praised him for his eloquence. He will definitely surpass you in the future. You should ask him to come over and persuade Cao Cao to attack the cavalry outside Shouchun City."

"Now that Jizhou Mu's two cavalry units are heading south separately, we can't let Jizhou Mu become too powerful."

"Otherwise, Cao Cao would have no place to stay."

"It's going to be a falling out sooner or later, so it's better to do it sooner rather than later."

(End of this chapter)