Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 497 491. Tactical Deception

"On my father and son?"

Not to mention that everyone else looked at Zhu Huan, even Zhu Huan himself was confused. He didn't know what was so special about him and his son that they could become part of the plan to harm Cao Xiu.

"General, although my father and I have fought against Cao Xiu on the battlefield several times, we do not know him and have no personal relationship with him. How can we gain his trust?"

Zhu Huan thought about it. He and Cao Xiu had never had any private interactions. At most, they had heard of each other's names, but they had never met each other before. He couldn't figure out what Feng Xi meant by saying that it all depended on him and his son.

"General Xiumu was highly valued by Sun Quan before, and he was indebted to the general. Now that Sun Quan has died at the hands of our army, it is natural for the general to have some thoughts in his mind, right? And General Ji Wen is at the front line right now. If you and your son meet, it would not be surprising if you have some private thoughts, right?"

Feng Xi chuckled at the top, but what he said made Zhu Huan break out in a cold sweat, and he immediately fell to his knees in fear.

"Grand Commander, please understand. I would never dare to have such thoughts even if I die! Although Your Majesty... Sun Quan treated my father and me well, my father and I fought for him until we were at our wits' end and were captured. It was only after his death and the fall of the Eastern Wu that we surrendered to the Han Dynasty. We have done our best for him. How could I have any thoughts of rebellion?
Besides, Ji Wen is now highly valued under the command of Li, the governor of Yangzhou. My father and I have a bright future. Why would we do such a disloyal thing?"

Zhu Huan thought he knew the purpose of Feng Xi calling him here. It seemed that the commander-in-chief had heard some rumors from somewhere and came to question him.

However, Zhu Huan also knew in his heart that Feng Xi was probably worried about his Eastern Wu surrendered generals from the beginning, and now some rumors made him doubt him.

Zhu Huan felt bitter. If Feng Xi really didn't trust him and wanted to hold him accountable, he would have no choice but to sacrifice himself to save Zhu Yi. Now that he had come to Jiangling, Zhu Huan knew that it was impossible to escape from Jiangling on his own.

His martial arts were only second-rate. He had heard of the bravery of the brothers Bao Feng and Bao Yi in the meeting hall, and he thought he was no match for them. Feng Xi, who was sitting at the top, was even more terrifying. As far as Zhu Huan knew, many Wu generals died at the hands of Feng Xi during the Battle of Yiling, and most of them were knocked off their horses in less than ten rounds.

In such a dangerous situation, what else can Zhu Huan do except obey?
"General Zhu, please rest assured. I know that you and your son are loyal to our Han Dynasty. If I really suspected you, I would have punished you long ago. Why would I need to talk to you calmly here?"

Feng Xi waved his hand and comforted Zhu Huan, but Zhu Huan did not stand up. He didn't know what Feng Xi meant.

"Cao Xiu will naturally think of what I just said. Then I will arrange for General Zhu Huan to lead the reinforcements to support the three generals in Huainan. General Zhu only needs to do this and that, and the probability of Cao Xiu believing it is not low."

Feng Xi finished telling Zhu Huan about his plan. Zhu Huan thought about it carefully and it seemed to be very logical. If he were to encounter such a situation himself, he would probably doubt whether it was true.

"Does the Grand Commander really trust my father and me so much?"

Zhu Huan was still a little worried and asked an additional question.

"Employ people with confidence, and don't employ people you don't trust. If Xiumu really wants to abandon the light and join the dark, I won't stop him."

Feng Xi smiled, but Zhu Huan thought of Feng Xi's methods and shook his head, dispelling all those inappropriate thoughts from his mind.

The situation in the world is now clear. Although there is a confrontation between the north and the south, the south has well-trained soldiers and sufficient food, and the people are healthy and well-off, with many good generals. On the other hand, the north is not very stable because of Feng Xi's frequent incitement. The sudden death of Cao Pi has made people's hearts unstable, and many people have doubts about the legitimacy of Cao Wei.

They were merely suppressed by Cao Wei's violent machine and did not dare to do anything out of line. However, if the Han army really attacked, it would be hard to say what the situation would be.

Zhu Huan was not a fool without any political sense. He could see that if he joined the Wei army now, it would probably bring some trouble to the Han army. But when the Han army came to its senses, he and his family would definitely not be able to escape. "I am willing to go."

Finally, after much deliberation, Zhu Huan agreed to Feng Xi's plan.

"General Zhu, please get up quickly. The ground is so cold."

Feng Xi personally came down and helped Zhu Huan up, smiling brightly.

After a few days, Cao Xiu finally received some good news. First of all, after all the commotion in Luoyang, the transfer of power has finally come to a head. Cao Li is ultimately in the upper hand, so he has received a lot of support, but Cao Rui has been pestering, delaying time and questioning Cao Li, using both overt and covert tactics, so it has been delayed until now.

However, everything will soon be settled. It is scheduled that Cao Li will ascend the throne and become emperor on an auspicious day in a few days. After Cao Li becomes emperor, he will be able to spare the time to take care of Cao Xiu.

But there was also bad news, that is, the Han army had increased its troops. A full 30,000 Han soldiers surrounded Hefei City, as if they wanted to replicate the behavior of the former Eastern Wu.

Cao Xiu did not delay and personally led an army of 10,000 to support Hefei, intending to see what the Han army was going to do.

"Grand Marshal, the situation is a bit strange. The three Han armies originally built a large camp together, but a few days ago they suddenly split up and stationed troops in their own camps instead of gathering the large camp together. I don't know what happened."

Cao Xiu watched for a long time but didn't understand what was going on. He thought it was a trick of the Han army and ignored it. It was not until the afternoon when the Han army attacked the city that Cao Xiu discovered the problem.

First, the Han army under the "Hu" banner came out of the camp and began to attack the city. However, the siege force of several thousand people could be completely ignored in the case of sufficient soldiers and food in the city. After the Han army suffered a setback, the army under the "Ding" banner slowly came out of the camp and symbolically assisted the previous Han army in attacking for a few times, then stopped and returned to the camp.

As for the other big village, there was no reaction at all, like a group of dead people, they watched the friendly army's attack being thwarted without any support, just stood by and watched coldly.

"Chang Diao, you have fought against the Han army on the other side. Who were the generals on the other side?"

Cao Xiu stroked his beard with interest and asked Chang Diao.

Chang Diao was now obedient in front of Cao Xiu, not as arrogant as before. Zhang Hu and Le Chen on the side curled their lips.

"Grand Marshal, the one with the surname Hu is an unknown general of the Han army, named Hu Ji. Ding is Ding Feng, and the one in the dead silent camp must be Zhu Yi."

Chang Diao had already learned the intelligence of the Han army from the captives and spies. Of course, the Han army had no intention of concealing it, so Chang Diao answered fluently.

"I think I know what happened."

Cao Xiu looked at the three large camps below with an amused expression.

(End of this chapter)