The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 571
"Let's implement the first strategy first, to drive a wedge between Zhuge Liang and Zhong Yao, where is the ban?" Lu Xun began to order.

"The end is here!" Yu Jin clasped his fists and stepped out.

"I will give you [-] soldiers to pretend to go to Chang'an. You must let the enemy know your movements. At that time, Zhong Yao will only have two choices. One is to return to Chang'an. At that time, we can set up an ambush halfway to let Zhong Yao go. No return."

"Another possibility?" Yu Jin asked.

"Actually, our point is a conspiracy. Zhong Yao is not a fool. He and Zhuge Liang should be able to see clearly that I deliberately lured them out of the city. If Zhong Yao doesn't return to Teacher Chang'an, then Zhuge Liang will definitely persuade him, and Zhong Yao will be suspicious at that time." Zhuge Liang wanted to monopolize Hanzhong, that's why he was allowed to go back, so that he would be even more persistent, no matter what he chooses, it will be beneficial to us." Lu Xun said confidently.

Jiang Qin volunteered and said: "Leave the task of ambush to me." Since he joined Li Yuan, he has not made much credit, so he wants to show something.

"In this case, I will leave it to you. On the way to Chang'an, you can find a suitable place to ambush. Barren hills or woods are fine. If the place is not suitable, don't make an ambush. I will give you [-] soldiers and horses, and you can start tonight. , if you don't get Zhong Yao's soldiers after ten days, you can lead the army back." Lu Xun handed over the task to Jiang Qin.

"It's the general!" Jiang Qin clasped his fists and said.

That night, Yu Jin led [-] soldiers and horses to set off to find a suitable place to ambush. The next morning, Yu Jin led the army to Chang'an. When he left, he deliberately walked around in front of Hanzhong City, so that the soldiers on the city would find out that Zhong Yao's soldiers Immediately after finding out, go to tell Zhong Yao.

At this time, Zhong Yao and Zhuge Liang persuaded Cheng Pu in the prefect's mansion. Although Zhuge Liang captured Cheng Pu, he treated Cheng Pu very well.

"Old General Cheng, it's been so many days, why are you still so persistent? Is Li Yuan really so good that you can serve him wholeheartedly?" Zhuge Liang said while shaking a goose feather fan in his hand.

"Mr. Kong Ming, don't say too much, I, Cheng Pu, am not a person who faces Qin Muchu, and I will not surrender to the enemy." Cheng Pu closed his eyes, no matter what Zhuge Liang said, he never wavered.

"It's just an old man, why should the military adviser waste his tongue to make him surrender." Guan Yu is an arrogant person, Cheng Pu is nothing in his eyes, and it's not worth their efforts to persuade him, if Zhuge Liang didn't stop him , he had already killed Cheng Pu.

The reason why Zhuge Liang persuaded Cheng Pu was for Liu Bei's sake. Liu Bei was employing people. Although Cheng Pu was old, he was a very rare veteran on the battlefield. He made a lot of contributions when he followed Sun Jian and Sun Ce in his early years. If Cheng Pu Being able to surrender will be of great help to Liu Bei, and it is even possible to bring some Jiangdong generals over, and Li Yuan is the enemy of the Sun family. Zhuge Liang believes that even if the Jiangdong generals surrender Li Yuan may not be sincere, so they It is very possible to persuade Cheng Pu.

Originally, Zhuge Liang still had a little confidence in being able to persuade Cheng Pu to succeed, but what Guan Yu said just now completely offended Cheng Pu, making the possibility of Cheng Pu's surrender almost zero. He is Liu Bei's righteous brother, so he has nothing to do with Guan Yu.

Zhuge Liang wanted to say something to ease the awkward atmosphere, but he didn't say a word after holding back for a long time.Cheng Pu looked up at Guan Yu, and asked, "Who is your Excellency, what a big tone."

"I am Guan Yunchang." Guan Yu reported his name.

"I thought who it was, it turned out to be Guan Yu, but he was defeated by my lord, what's so arrogant about it." Cheng Pu said disdainfully.

Guan Yu glared angrily when he heard the words, and he couldn't help exuding a murderous aura that made people shudder. He walked up to Cheng Pu and said, "Who do you say is Li Yuan's defeated general?"

"Isn't it? In the battle in Xiangyang, did you still defeat my lord?" Cheng Pu asked back. Li Yuan and Sun Ce joined forces to attack Liu Biao in the battle of Xiangyang. Attacking Xiangyang from behind, Liu Biao was caught off guard. No matter how brave Guan Yu was, he couldn't resist Li Yuan's front and rear attacks, and was beaten and fled.

"If Li Yuan hadn't teamed up with Sun Ce, how could he have broken the city so easily." Guan Yu had no choice but to find an excuse. He followed Liu Bei for decades and fought many battles, big and small, only losing to Li Yuan. , and also lost a lot, but it is impossible for him to admit that he is not as good as Li Yuan.

Zhang Fei on the side said, "Even so, so what, but my second brother is loyal and courageous, unlike some people who don't care about face and join the enemy."

Cheng Pu knew that Zhang Fei said that he first served the Sun family and then surrendered to Li Yuan. This was true, but there were many reasons for it, but he was too lazy to explain to the two in front of him.

Zhong Yao watched silently and did not speak. He was worried about one thing in his heart. He was worried that Zhuge Liang would monopolize Hanzhong. He originally wanted Cao Cao to increase his troops in Hanzhong to support him in controlling Hanzhong, but Cao Cao had dispatched his entire army to deal with Li Yuan. Therefore, he had no choice but to leave the 1 soldiers brought from Chang'an in Hanzhong. If he withdrew, Hanzhong would become Zhuge Liang's pocket.

However, not long ago Zhuge Liang asked Liu Bei to increase his troops in Hanzhong. At this time, there were more than 4 Liu Bei's soldiers in Hanzhong.

When he was worried, Zhuge Liang asked Cheng Pu to be taken away. If Cheng Pu was not taken away, Guan and Zhang would probably kill Cheng Pu here. He complained in his heart that Guan Yu had ruined his good deeds.

Originally Zhuge Liang wanted Liu Bei to increase his troops in Hanzhong, but he did not expect Liu Bei to send Guan Yu along with him. He didn't know whether Liu Bei sent Guan Yu or whether Guan Yu took the initiative to ask for Ying. If it was Liu Bei's intention, it might be because he didn't trust him, so Guan Yu was sent to monitor him.

Of course Zhuge Liang would not tell everyone these worries, he said: "Guan Zhang Jun, General Zhang, we don't need to be angry about some trivial things. Now that the enemy is approaching the city, it is said that the enemy commander is the little-known Lu Xun. Who of you knows about this person?" learn?"

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei glanced at each other, shook their heads and said, "I've never heard of this name." Zhuge Liang looked at Zhong Yao again, and Zhong Yao shook his head, saying that he had never heard of it.

"Li Yuan is a very clever man. He has a lot of powerful generals under his command, and there are countless generals available. Why doesn't he use the world-famous Five Tiger Generals as the commander-in-chief of the three armies? , I really can’t figure it out.” Zhuge Liang thought that things were definitely not that simple, what kind of person Li Yuan was, how could he easily hand over the military power to an incompetent person.

(End of this chapter)