Ji Han Da Sima

Chapter 79 Disintegration
Upstairs, Liu Bei looked at Guan and Zhang who had returned victoriously, and asked: "Zhongmiao, what happened today will definitely make Sun Bi and Ziyi suspicious. The morale of their army is already in chaos. Is it possible to attack them?" "

Huo Jun shook his head and said with a smile: "If the general presses hard, he may make the two of them unite. It is better to lead them without sending a message and send someone to send a letter to Sun Ben and Taishi Ci, promising to fight. However, he deliberately sent Taishi Ci's letter Send it to Sun Ben, and send Sun Ben’s letter to Taishi Ci..."

Liu Bei nodded slightly and said: "Zhong Miao's words are reasonable. Ziyi is no better than others. His kindness is immortal. Even if he is misunderstood by Sun Ben, he will definitely try to resolve the gap between the two. If Sun Ben receives this letter, he will be able to do it again. Believe in Taishi Ziyi."

"Exactly!"

Huo Jun looked at Taishi Ci's camp with a sneer on his face.No matter how cunning you are, Taishi Ci, you can't escape this serial plan of alienation today.If talking about erasing the book made Sun Ben truly suspicious of Tai Shi Ci, what happened today would make Tai Shi Ci lose Sun Ben's trust.

But if you say that Taishi Ci was aware of the alienation scheme, would he remain indifferent and wait for defeat?

Huo Jun didn't believe it. Taishi Ci was not Han Sui. His temperament would most likely not seek refuge with Liu Bei, but would try to save the relationship between him and Sun Ben.

This move tonight will completely destroy the pitiful trust between the two of them!

……

After returning to his camp, Taishi Ci sat on the couch with a headache and said worriedly: "My grandson Yuzhang has misunderstood my relationship with Liu Bei. What should I do now?"

The chief secretary pondered for a while and said: "General, Sun Ben relies on his family status and often bullies us. I don't know whether we can defeat Liu Bei, but even if we win, I am afraid that Sun Quan, Sun Ben, and Sun Fu and others can't tolerate us, so why don't we surrender to Jingzhou, and the general can serve as the governor, isn't it wonderful!"

Hearing this, Taishi Ci became furious and stood up, saying: "Although I have some old grudges with Sun Ben, I have put aside the past grudges and worked together to fight for Sun's rebellion. How can I abandon my old words and surrender to others? This is not what a man would do, so you should stop saying anything about surrendering."

Taishi Ci paced in the camp, thinking about how to make Sun Ben trust him again.

At this moment, the attendant broke into the tent and gasped: "There seems to be some movement in Sun Yuzhang's camp."

Taishi Ci secretly thought something was wrong, gritted his teeth and said, "Don't move, gentlemen. I'm going to ride alone into Sun Yuzhang's camp to show my sincerity of kindness."

"General!" Chen Yan said: "General, if you enter Sun Yuzhang's camp, your life may be in danger!"

Taishi Ci took off his armor, put on his outer robe, and said in a deep voice: "Ci has never done anything treacherous, so why should we be afraid of him now?"

Taishi Ci was not a man without resourcefulness. In his early years, he designed to deceive state officials into destroying letters, which shows his wisdom.Now that Sun Ben has doubts about himself, the best way is to ride into the camp alone, show that he has no evil intentions, and persuade Sun Ben sincerely. Only then may it be possible to regain Sun Ben's trust.

In the camp, Sun Bi, who had escaped from the front line and returned to the camp, was so frightened that he cursed: "Taishici colluded with Liu Bei to plot against me. Fortunately, my horse is fast, otherwise I will fall into Taishi Ci's scheme."

In Sun Ben's eyes, Zhang Fei was able to kill him because it was most likely Taishi Ci who leaked the secret. Otherwise, how would Zhang Fei know that he was among the cavalry?

The confidant said worriedly: "If Taishi Cizhen colludes with Liu Bei, our army will be in danger of defeat. What should we do?"

Sun Ben, who had lost his temper in the camp for a long time, calmed down and analyzed: "Today Taishi Ci has a tendency to collude with Liu Bei, so we should not join forces with him or start a war with him. We should withdraw our troops now and quickly join up with the two generals to fight together. Jingzhou soldiers and horses.”

Despite his anger, Sun Ben still had his wits about him. He knew that Taishi Ci's identity was questionable. The best choice was not to continue to cooperate with Taishi Ci, nor to start a war with Taishi Ci, but to find a trustworthy person to join forces.After all, it is too dangerous to cooperate with Taishi Ci. If Taishi Ci really colludes with Liu Bei and is treasonous, his troops will die without a place to hide.

"promise!"

Not long after Sun Ben ordered him to leave, an attendant entered the camp and reported: "To inform the general, Taishi Ci came to see the general on a single horse and in light clothes. He said that what happened today was Liu Bei's treacherous plan. It was purely a misunderstanding and was not leaked by him."

"Tai Shi Ci!"

Sun Ben pondered for a while and then said with a sneer: "Bring him in, let's see what he has to say. And order the sword and axemen to ambush the side of the tent. If he makes any move, he will be killed immediately."

"promise!"

After a while, Taishi Ci, wearing only casual clothes and without his sword, walked into the camp with a calm face facing the questioning eyes of Sun Ben's men.

Sun Ben looked at Tai Shici in front of him and asked with a sneer: "Isn't Ziyi trying to kill Liu Bei to prove his innocence? Why is he colluding with him to murder me?"

Taishi Ci was neither humble nor arrogant, and said: "There must be a capable person in Liu Bei's army. He first allowed Liu Bei to meet a certain person lightly to make the general suspicious; then he sent troops to besiege the general's camp so that he could not be rescued, which caused a gap between the general and Ci; yesterday The matter of erasing the book is even more of a treacherous strategy, which makes Ci speechless."

"Now Ci wants to shoot Liu Bei in order to prove his innocence, but he should see through it, so Zhang Fei pursues and kills the general. Now the general leads the army to retreat, which is exactly what Liu Bei wants. I hope the general can learn from it and don't hit the enemy. Treachery." Tai Shici said sincerely.

Sun Ben sat down silently. To be honest, he didn't know what to do. He felt like he was in a conspiracy.Taishi Ci's words are quite reasonable, but whether what he did today is really what he said, the enemy saw through it and took the opportunity to do it, thus aggravating his suspicion.

If there really is such a person in the enemy army, he is such a terrifying existence. He plans step by step, like a chain plan, to make himself fall into a trap.

Are there such people?Is what Taishi Ci told the truth again?

Sun Ben is unknown!

When Taishi Ci saw that Sun Ben was silent, he took a deep breath and said, "If the general doesn't believe it, Ci is willing to lead his troops to attack the enemy camp personally, and the general will supervise the army from behind; or during the decisive battle, the general can supervise the army from behind. But please trust Ci, don't do it." Falling into the enemy's treacherous plan."

After saying that, Taishi Ci bowed his waist and saluted, and said: "Ci personally received the kindness of Sun's rebelliousness, so he dare not betray his words. I hope that the general will put the overall situation first. If the general still suspects that Ci has treasonous intentions, there is no need for swords and axes. Ci dares to I am willing to give my head and prove my innocence.”

Seeing such sincere Taishi Ci, Sun Ben could not help but feel a little shaken in his heart. After hesitating for a long time, he sighed and said, "Ben will trust the general again for now."

"Thank you so much, General. Your kindness will live up to the general's expectations." Tai Shi Ci said excitedly.

After chatting for a while, Taishi Ci left the camp in a good mood.After he left, a rider arrived at Sun Ben's camp. It seemed that he accidentally took the wrong letter and handed Taishi Ci's letter to Sun Ben's soldiers, and then went to Taishi Ci's camp.

In the camp, Sun Ben opened the letter and saw that it clearly agreed on the decisive battle. Taishi Ci pretended to be defeated, and when the army retreated, he led his troops to rebel and attack Sun Ben's army.After the matter is completed, he will represent himself as the governor of Luling, attack the traitorous general, and grant him the title of Marquis within the pass.

The more he read the letter, the uglier Sun Ben's face became, and a feeling of being deceived by Tai Shici emerged from his heart.

"Catch that cavalryman, I want to question him." Sun Ben said angrily.

"promise!"

The cavalryman seemed to have discovered that he had taken the wrong letter, and turned back to ask for the letter from Sergeant Sun Ben. However, he was caught by Sun Ben's cronies and brought to Sun Ben to answer.

Looking at the trembling messenger, Sun Ben asked: "You sent the wrong letter today, what should I do?"

The messenger spat and said: "Today, I mistakenly sent General Taishi's letter to the general. I have no choice but to flee and dare not return to the camp. If General Zuo knows about it, I will die."

Sun Bi suppressed his anger and said, "What did Liu Bei warn you before you left the camp?"

The messenger was about to cry, and his words were filled with regret, and he said: "General Zuo has told me many times not to send the wrong letter. He said that this letter is related to the victory of the army, so there must be no mistakes."

After waving his hand, Sun Ben exhaled and signaled the messenger to leave the tent.

"Snapped!"

After the messenger left the tent, Sun Ben angrily vented his emotions and overturned the case and fell to the ground.

"Taishici!" Sun Ben shouted in a low voice.

Hearing the noise, the confidant came in from outside the tent and asked worriedly: "General!"

"Tai Shi Ci can't be trusted!"

Sun Ben hammered the table with his fist and shouted: "Send an order to the entire army to retreat tonight."

"promise!"

It can be said that it is easy to destroy trust between people, but it is difficult to restore trust between people.Taishi Ci rode alone to see Sun Bi, and his painstaking efforts to persuade him were easily overcome by Huo Jun's skillful means.

Under normal circumstances, this trick of sending the wrong letter would not be enough to break the trust between the two.However, this was not long after trust was re-established, and the fragile relationship was simply not strong enough to withstand such tactics.

Does Sun Ben dare to bet?
Even though he still recognized in his heart that Tai Shici had a chance of being loyal, he didn't dare to bet.Because if he loses the bet, his life may be lost.In this kind of zero-sum game, unless it is a matter of life and death, how can one dare to gamble easily when there is a way out?

He withdrew his troops, but he still had his brother Sun Fu who could join forces.When Sun Quan's army arrives, won't Yuzhang be saved?

Wouldn't it be foolish to bet here on whether Taishi Ci would betray him in the decisive battle?

If Taishi Ci was really loyal to the Sun family, he would just sell it, and he could reasonably swallow up the six counties occupied by him and become a real governor of Yuzhang.

ps: It will be on the shelves next Friday, there are still a few days left.

(End of this chapter)