Three Kingdoms: The ghost plotter taught Liu Bei to seize Jingzhou first

Chapter 16



Xudu, Sikong Mansion.

A tyrant with slender eyes, long beard, and slightly fat figure is sitting on a high position, studying the information in the silk book in his hand.

"The slaves of three surnames of Lu Bu took advantage of the confrontation between Liu Bei and Yuan Shu at the Huai River to sneak attack Xiapi and steal Xuzhou."

"Liu Bei was defeated again and again. His 20,000-strong army was wiped out and forced to flee to Haixi."

"Wen Ruo, your plan to drive away wolves and swallow tigers seems to have been successful." Cao Cao looked approvingly at the scribe who looked like a Confucian scholar. He was his sworn enemy Yuan Shu. So Xun Yu came up with a plan, asking Cao Cao to issue an edict in the name of the emperor, and ordered Liu Bei to lead his army south to attack Yuan Shu. Liu Bei was a clan member of the Han Dynasty, and under the banner of supporting the Han Dynasty, he naturally responded to the emperor's edict. He could not turn a deaf ear and could only lead his army south to confront Yuan Shu at the Huai River. Xun Yu expected that Lu Bu, who was entrenched in Xiaopei, was unwilling to be under Liu Bei's fence and would take advantage of the opportunity to raise troops and steal Xuzhou. Facts have proved that everything is just like Xun Yu Yu expected

"Liu Xuande has a reputation of benevolence and righteousness. If he secures Xuzhou and makes the people of Xuzhou fall in love with him, he will be in great trouble in the future."

"Although Lu Bu is brave, he has a bad reputation. The big families in Xuzhou, such as the Chen family, will be arrogant and submissive to him."

"Sooner or later, these people will secretly defect to Sikong and act as internal agents."

"At that time, Sikong marched eastward to attack Lu Bu and surrendered Xuzhou, which was as easy as turning his back. Xun

Yu stroked his beard, analyzed and judged eloquently, and then planned a blueprint for Cao Cao.

Cao Cao nodded slightly and sneered:

"If Wen Ruo's words are reasonable, it will be much easier to deal with Lu Bu than Liu Bei."

Xun Yu also nodded in agreement.

"Although Liu Bei fled to Haixi and was impoverished, he was still alive after all."

"Looking at this person's life, Jiajia's character is extremely tenacious and unyielding. It may not be impossible for him to regroup and regain his momentum."

"If this person doesn't die for a day, we can't take it lightly."

Another young counselor in black gave Cao Cao a slight heads up.

Cao Cao was thoughtful.

"Fengxiao's evaluation of Liu Bei is quite fair."

"This Liu Xuande does have indomitable courage, but it is a pity that his background is too low, and the real Wang Zuo disdains to defect to him."

"Therefore, Jian, Yong, Sun, Qian and others under his command are just mediocre and inactive people."

"Although Liu Bei is concerned about tiger and wolf generals like Zhang, he has no scheming people to advise him. It is expected that he will not be able to achieve great success after all."

"Yi Yu speculated that if he wanted to survive this time, he could only ask Lu Bu for surrender."

Xun Yu's face showed the confidence of strategizing, and he made some speculations and comments about Liu Bei.

Cao Cao nodded slightly and was about to speak.

The bodyguard rushed a silk report and hurriedly sent it to the palace.

Cao Cao waved his hand and read out the order in public.

"Liu Bei abandoned Haixi City and led his remaining troops westward into Runan."

"Before he evacuated Xuzhou, Lu Bu led his army to pursue him, but fell into Liu Bei's ambush plan and was defeated."

"His general Cao Bao was beheaded, and Zhang Liao surrendered to Liu!"

The guards read the latest information about Xuzhou in front of everyone.

In the palace,

Cao Cao, Xun Yu, and even Guo Jia all changed their faces.

"Is there such a thing?"

Cao Cao jumped up, took a few steps down the steps, grabbed the silk book, and reviewed it himself.

Xun Yu and Guo Jia also stood up and gathered around to watch. The battle in Dazexiang was clearly written in black and white on the paper.

The three principal ministers The people raised their heads and looked at each other with quite a look of surprise in their eyes.

"Defeat the general with the remaining troops and defeat Lu Bu?"

"Or to lure the enemy in and ambush them halfway?"

"How could Liu Bei use such a clever trick?"

Cao Cao clicked his tongue in surprise, with uncontrollable surprise in his eyes.

Xun Yu took the information and read it several times to confirm that it was correct.

Then he looked puzzled and questioned:

"Liu Bei's series of strategies are indeed a master of the art of war, and can be called a model of luring the enemy into an ambush."

"But such a clever plan is not something that Sun Qian, Jian Yong and others could come up with."

Cao Cao was reminded and was busy reading the information again, and immediately discovered the doubts in it.

"Could it be that Liu Bei has recently acquired some resourceful counselors to assist him?"

Guo Jia's eyes flashed as he guessed.

Cao Cao said half convinced:

"What Fengxiao said may not be impossible."

"It's just that among Xu Huai, who can be so resourceful that even Chen Gong can't see through it?"

"Why would such a person choose to defect to Liu Bei when he was in despair?"

Cao Cao's question, Xun Yu and Guo Jia looked at each other with blank eyes, unable to answer.

"Also, since Liu Bei neither surrendered to Lu Bu nor took a detour to join me, why did he go to Runan?"

"Is it possible that he wanted to capture Runan?"

Cao Cao's doubts were not resolved, but new ones arose.

These questions about Liu Bei made the three of his officials fall into suspicion and confusion.

After a while,

Xun Yu was the first to regain his composure, and the strategist's expression returned to his face. Mastermindedness

"There are indeed a lot of doubts about Liu Bei, and we need to send more people to investigate carefully."

"The Yellow Turban thieves in Runan have caused a lot of trouble, and there are still more than ten Yellow Turban bands, large and small, in Runan. What’s more, the county is the hometown of the Yuan family, and Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu both have a lot of influence left in Runan."

"In such a complicated situation, Liu Bei wanted to conquer Runan with thousands of soldiers and horses. He relied on his county to regain his power. He must have overestimated his capabilities."

"According to Yu, Liu Bei has nothing to worry about for the time being."

"Now Sikong's vision should turn from Xuzhou to Nanyang, and first deal with Zhang Ji."

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_ After Guanzhong, he settled in the Wancheng area, occupying nearly half of Nanyang County.

It had nothing to do with him before, but now that he welcomes the emperor to move the capital to Xudu, the situation has changed.

Wancheng is too close to Xudu.

Don’t take it Xiawan City will be in trouble if we don’t get rid of Zhang Ji, who is a nuisance.

"What Wen Ruo said is absolutely true. Only by recapturing Wancheng can we ensure the safety of the south of Xudu."

"Jia heard that Zhang Ji was hit by a stray arrow during the battle with Liu Biao and was seriously injured."

"Now his army must be in panic. It is the time for us to take Wancheng."

"Jia thought that Sikong should organize his troops and horses as soon as possible to raise food and fodder, and take the opportunity to go south to seize Wancheng!"

Cao Cao thought deeply, so he nodded and said:

"What you are saying makes sense. The most important thing now is to capture Wancheng and destroy Zhang Ji."

"As for Liu Bei, although his victory over Lu Bu made our eyes shine, it is expected that his escape to Runan will not cause any trouble."

"Just ignore him for now and start heading south to Powan."


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