Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1080 Poison Scheme
After hearing what Jia Xu said, Qiu Tai was surprised and happy. He had thought that he would be thankful if he could be rescued, but he didn't expect that from the tone of voice, it seemed that he could get unexpected benefits?
He couldn't help but ask: "What do you mean by further progress?"

Jia Xu smiled: "Of course it will be solved once and for all, and my worries will be gone forever."

Qiu Tai asked doubtfully, "Sir, are you asking me to surrender to the fierce tiger?"

"Excuse me, this is impossible. As the king of Baekje, how can I bow down to a small vassal king of the Central Plains?"

Jia Xu cursed inwardly at the shameless thing, but still smiled and said, "Of course not."

"The trouble I'm talking about is naturally the vicious tiger."

Seeing Jia Xu's mysterious look, Qiu Tai immediately stood up, walked in front of Jia Xu, bowed solemnly and said, "Please give me some advice, sir!"

Jia Xu stroked his beard and glanced around. Qiu Tai understood what he meant and asked all the guards present to wait outside the door. Then he said to Jia Xu, "Please give me some advice, sir. I will listen attentively and act according to your advice!"

Jia Xu looked around and lowered his voice and said, "Your Majesty's ambition is higher than the nine heavens and blue clouds. I understand it in my heart. It's just that Your Majesty feels powerless to fight against the fierce tiger at the moment, so he is hesitant."

"Xu does have a way, but it's a little risky, but the benefits are also the greatest. It all depends on whether the king dares to use it."

Qiu Tai hurriedly said, "I'd like to hear the details!"

Jia Xu showed a hint of ruthlessness on his face, "Your Majesty can pretend to open the city to surrender, present a surrender letter, and lure the fierce tiger into the city."

"Then, under the pretext of a banquet, hundreds of swordsmen were ambushed all around. After three rounds of drinking, when the fierce tiger relaxed its guard, the king smashed the cup as a signal, and the swordsmen rushed out and chopped the fierce tiger into meat sauce!"

Qiu Tai was startled and stood up abruptly, staring at Jia Xu with a look of surprise and doubt on his face.

He thought that Jia Xu's idea was either to pretend to flatter the evil tiger and trick him into leaving, or to divert the trouble to others and let him attack the Three Han States. He didn't expect that Jia Xu had this idea!

This really is a one-time solution, eliminating all future troubles, but the risks are too great!

If it succeeds, it will be just as Jia Xu said, Baekje will no longer be threatened by the ferocious tiger, but if it fails, he will lose his head!

He gritted his teeth and said, "Although this method is good, it is too risky!"

"There are many fierce tiger soldiers and many experts. It is difficult for our Baekje soldiers to fight against them. But I am not sure how to trick them into entering the city!"

"Xionghu is suspicious. Can he trust me and come into the city for the banquet?"

Jia Xu smiled and said, "Your Majesty is smart. The most crucial step is how to gain the trust of the fierce tiger."

"So the king needs to pay a small price to gain the fierce tiger's trust."

Qiu Tai subconsciously asked, "What's the price?"

Jia Xu said leisurely: "The evil tiger is plotting against Baekje, so it is natural that it is one place."

"The other place is Cao Ang, me, and the Youzhou rebels."

"As long as the king gives all the Youzhou rebels as a gift to Xionghu, he will definitely trust the king."

Qiu Tai was shocked. He betrayed the Youzhou rebels?

Did you know that it was these rebels who rescued you?

He stared at Jia Xu, trying to see what he was really thinking. Jia Xu remained calm and said, "I, Jia Xu, have always only sought to protect myself. As for other people's lives, they are just the bargaining chips for my survival."

"I just want to survive."

Qiu Tai realized that since Jia Xu offered this strategy of betraying the Youzhou rebels, Xionghu would certainly not pursue Jia Xu's guilt, so when entering the city, Jia Xu could at least save his life.

But Xionghu would never have thought that this was a trick within a trick. He wanted to sell out the Youzhou rebels in exchange for Yuan Xi's trust. The real killer move was waiting for him at the subsequent banquet!

Qiu Tai became alert. This Jia Xu was too vicious. Would he harm himself one day?

He secretly became alert, then thought of something and frowned, saying, "Although this plan is good, there is still one problem."

"Those Youzhou rebels have combat power several times greater than my soldiers. With my current strength, how can I possibly capture them and hand them over to Xionghu?"

"The enemy still has nearly a thousand people. If they resist, I may have to use almost half of the soldiers in the city to kill them. How can I fight against the fierce tiger?"

Jia Xu smiled and said, "This is not difficult."

"I have a plan that can make him die."

Qiu Tai was startled and quickly said, "Sir, please speak."

Jia Xu said calmly, "Your Majesty, you can write a letter of surrender, saying that you are willing to surrender, but on the premise that Xionghu can save the lives of everyone in the city."

"And the surrender letter must specifically mention that these Youzhou rebels must be included in this list. Xionghu must not hold them accountable for their previous crimes."

"After the king finishes writing the surrender letter, show it to the Youzhou rebels and ask them to deliver the surrender letter on your behalf. They will surely be grateful and leave the city to deliver the letter for the king."

"But secretly, the king can send a trusted official to deliver another secret letter of surrender, cross out this condition, and inform Xionghu that he can do whatever he wants with the Youzhou surrendered soldiers who leave the city!"

"In this way, Xionghu will definitely know what's going on. He will arrest and control the Youzhou rebels in the name of surrender, and will most likely kill them on the spot!" "In this way, the king can gain Xionghu's trust, and he will let down his guard and enter the city!"

"And this move can also test Xiong Hu. If he keeps the Youzhou rebels alive, he must be wary of the king. Even if this plan fails, we can see Xiong Hu's intentions clearly!"

Qiu Tai was stunned. He realized that this was a plan of false surrender, using the names of the Youzhou rebels as a price to pay!
Is it possible for a human to come up with such a vicious plan?
Is this what is called a poisonous scholar?

Moreover, the Youzhou rebels are an extremely useful force. Can we just give up like this?

He stared at Jia Xu and began to hesitate. Jia Xu's plan was too sinister. It would hurt both sides. He would use the Youzhou soldiers to gain Xionghu's trust, but there was no guarantee that it would succeed later. The price was too high!

Jia Xu was calm and composed, gently waving his feather fan. His slightly opened mouth revealed a few toothless holes, which looked quite funny. However, to Qiu Tai, it was like the mouth of a ferocious beast that devoured people's hearts.

Jia Xu was certain that Qiu Tai would agree to this proposal after careful consideration. Although the Youzhou rebels were extremely powerful, they were also a threat to Qiu Tai, as could be seen from his previous defensive attitude towards Cao Ang.

As expected, Qiu Tai thought for a long time before he sighed, "For the sake of the greater good, it seems that this is the only way to go."

"These soldiers died in vain. Although it was a necessary sacrifice, I still feel uneasy. At worst, I can kill the fierce tiger and use its head to sacrifice to them."

After hearing this, Jia Xu sneered inwardly, thinking that the Dog King was really shameless. His words sounded high and righteous, but in fact he was just pretending to be a whore. He was really a piece of shit.

He chuckled and said, "The king is a man who gets things done. He knows that everything he does has a price."

"The higher the price you pay, the greater the reward. Xu will definitely help the king to succeed."

He thought to himself that from another perspective, the higher the reward you want, the greater the price you pay, and it will kill you.

Qiu Tai nodded, and then asked: "In this way, the chances of Xionghu coming to the city for the banquet will be greatly increased."

"But we still have 10,000 soldiers in my city, so I still can't guarantee it, right?"

After hearing this, Jia Xu said calmly: "So in order to show our stance, these ten thousand soldiers need to be stationed outside the city so that the fierce tiger can completely let down his guard and enter the city."

After hearing this, Qiu Tai suddenly became alert, "There are no soldiers in the city. What if the fierce tiger suddenly attacks me?"

Jia Xu sneered, "This is the risk your Majesty is taking."

"If you can't do this, then the fierce tiger won't be so easily caught."

"But I remind you, Your Majesty, that to kill the fierce tiger that has completely let down its guard, you only need a few hundred trusted men. Even if there are ten thousand soldiers in the city, what can they do?"

"And speaking of which, Xionghu is not a man who massacres the city. He obviously values ​​his reputation very much. As long as the king does not reveal any flaws, he will definitely not take action first."

"Otherwise, he would have already started attacking the city."

Qiu Tai groaned in silence. This was a big gamble. If he won, he would create a new foundation. If he lost, he would lose everything and even his life.

Jia Xu said calmly: "The success or failure of this matter depends on exchanging the life of the fierce tiger."

"In order for this plan to succeed, some people must be sacrificed."

"If necessary, Your Majesty can also send me and Master Cao out first in exchange for Xionghu's trust."

"I think I can hold out for a few more days. Once the ferocious tiger enters the city, Your Majesty will kill it, and I will naturally be able to escape from this predicament."

Qiu Tai was shocked.

In order to make a plan succeed, he is willing to use himself as bait. This is a true strategist!

What is a poison scholar?

This is a poisoner!
He held Jia Xu's hand tightly and said with emotion: "Sir, you are so willing to pay such a high price. If I don't use this trick, I will be so sorry to you!"

"Don't worry, sir. I will never let you leave the city unless it is absolutely necessary. Please go back and have a rest. I will arrange everything!"

"After the matter is accomplished, Mr. and I will divide the Three Kingdoms equally!"

After Jia Xu heard this, he stood up and said goodbye. Qiu Tai sent him to the door before he went back. Before leaving, he said to Jia Xu, "Please don't tell Master Cao Ang about this matter first, so as not to leak the clues and be discovered by the evil tiger."

Jia Xu agreed immediately, but when he came out, he sneered in his heart. Although Qiu Tai said so on the surface, he definitely did not completely trust him.

The subsequent arrangements, including how many soldiers to leave behind, where to ambush, the mobilization of confidants and the ambush location, etc., were all done without his involvement. It was obvious that he wanted to keep some backup plans that he didn't want him to know about as a safety measure.

Although Baekje was small, Qiu Tai was the ruler of a country after all, so basic vigilance was still maintained.

However, the key point of this strategy is that the more ambitious a person is, the easier it is to be deceived. Therefore, when a person has ambitions that are disproportionate to his ability, he is already on the way to death.

However, Jia Xu was secretly sweating, because he was the first to come up with this strategy, and in fact he escaped from the gates of hell immediately.

The other party was still not ruthless enough. If he were the King of Baekje, he would send Jia Xu's head out of the city at the same time, and he could interact with the fierce tiger to win his trust, and at the same time avoid the leakage of the matter, which could be said to kill two birds with one stone.

The reason why Qiu Tai didn't do this was that he was afraid that he would need his advice in the future, so he didn't do it so extreme. If he had been a little more cruel, his life would have been in danger.

Thinking of this, Jia Xu secretly wiped his sweat, thinking that he should do less of this kind of immoral things in the future, otherwise he might get into trouble one day!
(End of this chapter)