The Three Kingdoms: General Yu She, reincarnated a hundred times.

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Thinking of this, Yu She asked Yang Hong for advice, "Sir, if... there is one person!"

To uphold justice for the people, he feigned surrender to Dong Zhuo in order to eliminate the traitor.

On that day, after he surrendered Dong Zhuo at Hulao Pass, he was summoned to his tent and ordered to devise a plan to arrange a marriage alliance with Sun Jian…

Yu She carefully considered his words about the circumstances he had faced in that previous life and humbly sought his advice.

"If Mr. Yang were this person, what should be done?"

Upon hearing this, Yang Hong gave Yu She a meaningful look, then suddenly smiled.

"Zichuan, how much longer can you hold out? You can't hide it anymore, can you?"

Yu She: "???"

"Huh? Are you strategists really that unpredictable? Even my secrets from my past life can't be kept?"

Unexpectedly, Yang Hongyan said, "I have heard my lord tell me several times that Zichuan is a genius of unparalleled talent, even surpassing Lü Wang and Zhang Liang."

Seeing that I did not believe him, the lord then told Hong how Zichuan had planned the Sishui River and the Xingyang River, and how the plan was intricately linked, with one scheme leading to another, and how he anticipated the enemy's moves in every matter, leaving Hong in awe.

Recently, I noticed that you have been seeking advice from Hong instead, which aroused my suspicion. So I tested you with a theory of basic deduction, but you indeed disregarded it and did not listen to it at all.

I never expected Zichuan to be so patient, only now revealing his true colors. I wondered why you came; it turns out you wanted to test me with this past allied campaign against Dong Zhuo, to debate and deduce who was superior.

Yu She: "..."

"Yes! That's right! I'm here to test you!"

Mr. Yang's views are indeed similar to hers; his understanding is absolutely correct!

Please preach to me!!!

He feigned a perfectly measured embarrassment, saying, "I apologize for making Mr. Yang laugh at me. I am rather dull-witted and have been pondering this situation for a long time without finding a solution. I have come here sincerely to seek Mr. Yang's guidance."

Seeing him like this, Yang Hongyue was even less inclined to believe it.

"In literature there is no first place, but in martial arts there is no second. You and I are both serving the same lord. Instead of openly and secretly fighting to see who is better, we should practice and learn from each other. This is a good thing."

Zichuan came to my door seeking advice, and for several days he treated me as a teacher. He endured until today before finally telling me about this matter, which shows his sincerity.

Compared to Zichuan's honesty and integrity, Hongduo was overthinking and negligent.

Yang Hong then stood up and bowed, and Yu She quickly returned the bow, saying, "You flatter me, sir."

After exchanging a few polite words, the two sat down again. Yang Hong then brought up the predicament that Yu She had previously deduced and set up. After a moment's thought, he couldn't help but smile.

"The situation set up by Zichuan is both difficult and easy."

The dilemma is that if he goes on a mission, his life or death is uncertain, and he may be beheaded by Wen Tai. If he does not go on a mission, he will lose the trust of Dong Zhuo, and how will he ever be able to eliminate the traitor in the future?

What seems like a dead end is actually a predicament for Hongruo; why would he need to get involved in your scheme?

Yu She: "Hmm~?"

According to Zichuan, the reason why Dong Zhuo sent this man on his mission was that he was no match for the military might of the other lords and wanted to divide them.

If Hong were to devise another plan to help Dong Zhuo achieve a great victory over the other warlords, wouldn't that break free from this predicament and be even better than a marriage alliance?

Yu She: "!!!"

"Hiss~ Is this how you strategists exchange blows?"

It's unbelievable that someone can come up with a scheme and then simply pretend not to hear it, and then come up with a new one themselves.

This is completely different from our kind of debaters, who have to listen to other people's schemes, then say the opposite, take things out of context, and turn other people's schemes into their own.

Mr. Yang taught me the Way!

After learning this trick, if any "opportunistic villains" try to harm me again, I won't need to argue with them anymore, because their schemes will no longer be able to hit me.

Yu She felt as if he had been enlightened, but on the surface he still had to pretend to agree with him and nod and ask.

"Oh, in this situation, I wonder what plan Mr. Yang might have?"

"What's so difficult about that?"

At this moment, am I not someone who feigns surrender to Dong Zhuo in order to uphold righteousness?

"In that case, it's the perfect opportunity to present a plan to assassinate Dong Zhuo!"

Yu She: "..."

"Mr. Yang, could your teaching methods accommodate students like me who are lagging behind? Isn't your strategy progressing a bit too fast? How come I can't keep up with the learning pace?"

"Please give me your guidance, Mr. Yang."

Yu She rose and bowed again respectfully.

"It's not so much about giving guidance, but rather about deduction, discussion, and mutual learning."

Seeing that he was very respectful and asked the question sincerely, Yang Hong was unwilling to accept it. He avoided the formality and hurriedly invited Yu She to sit down before explaining the situation to him in detail.

"The key to breaking this deadlock lies in this feigned surrender."

According to you, this man had a strong sense of righteousness and was willing to bear the infamy of the entire nation. Therefore, in front of the eighteen warlords, he changed his mind and pledged allegiance to the traitor Dong Zhuo in order to eliminate him.

However, given his hasty surrender, even if this person is eloquent, how could Dong Zhuo believe him? And even if Dong Zhuo did believe him, wouldn't there be someone capable among his men who could see through this feigned surrender?

Spare this person's life for now, simply because he came to surrender in public. If we kill him out of momentary suspicion, it will surely chill people's hearts. The apparent reward is nothing more than buying a horse's bones with a thousand pieces of gold. In reality, the suspicion and distrust behind the scenes can be imagined.

Don't you remember that when Lü Bu surrendered to the enemy, he still brought Ding Yuan's head with him?

Therefore, this mission to Sun Jian was undertaken. If successful, he would facilitate a marriage alliance to sever ties with the other warlords, thus demonstrating his allegiance. If unsuccessful, he would die at the hands of the warlords, thus not harming the hearts of those who had surrendered to Dong Zhuo.

Yu She nodded repeatedly as he listened. He immediately thought of his past life, in which he had managed to escape the calamity of his mission by using his silver tongue, but was later plotted against and killed by Cao Cao's army. He had died at the hands of a feudal lord!

Thus, as Yang Hong said, Li Wenyou, this opportunistic villain, although he wanted to get rid of him as soon as possible, was also hesitant to act against him, this "horse bone" who had surrendered in front of all the feudal lords.

The only way to harm someone is through the hands of the feudal lords, not openly. Otherwise, I wouldn't have survived to the point of moving the capital to Chang'an in that lifetime.

Seeing that Yu She seemed to be deep in thought, clearly having taken it to heart, Yang Hong's eyes gleamed with admiration, and he spoke with great confidence and eloquence.

"The key to my plan lies here."

Aren't they suspicious? Stop being suspicious and just be direct!

As the saying goes, it's easy to dodge a spear in the open, but hard to guard against an arrow in the dark. What Dong Zhuo needs is a pledge of loyalty, but this pledge must not be determined by them.

When offering a plan to assassinate Dong Zhuo, it was ostensibly a feigned surrender, but in reality a ploy to deceive the other lords.

Yu She: "???"

"Wait, the teaching pace here is too fast, I can't get around it."

"But Mr. Yang, this man... he was only feigning surrender, wasn't he?"

Yang Hong smiled.

"That's right, Ke Zichuan, you know him."

The more you conceal your cunning schemes, the more suspicious others will become. But if you openly tell Dong Zhuo that this person has come to feign surrender, he will not believe you.

If Hong were this kind of person, he would surely advise Dong Zhuo: "We can feign surrender to assassinate Dong Zhuo, and then deceive the other lords."

Yu She: "..."

"Hiss~ I think I'm starting to understand this."

I'm not here to feign surrender; I'm here to pretend to feign surrender.

But actually, I really did come here to feign surrender!

These two identities represent how he sees himself—the way Dong Zhuo sees him, and how the other warlords see him.

Seeing that Yu She suddenly understood, Yang Hong then explained in detail.

"We can use feigned surrender as a plan, cooperate with the traitor Dong, and pretend to assassinate Dong."

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