The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 526 Chapter 525 Liu Bei's fate (13)

When the first ray of sunlight in the morning penetrated the window and hit the room where Liu Bei lived, Liu Bei suddenly woke up from his dream, looked around, and saw everything around him, just like when he slept last night, he went to sleep. There is some loss.

"It turned out that it was just a dream..." After realizing that he had a dream, Liu Bei suddenly remembered something, jumped off the bed in a hurry, opened the door, and said to the guard standing in front of the door : "Is Chen Dao back yet?"

The guard shook his head.

Liu Bei strode out of the threshold of the room, went to the courtyard outside and took a look at the rising sun in Dongsheng, and couldn't help frowning. It's already time, and Chen Dao should have returned. Could it be that something happened to him on the way? Delayed?
Liu Bei comforted himself and said, "It must be like this. Chen Dao must have been delayed by something, otherwise he definitely wouldn't have come back until now..."

While comforting himself, Liu Bei began to pretend to be calm, and then began his long wait, and he did not dare to act rashly for all the prepared plans until Chen Dao came back.

At the same time, Hu Che'er, who escaped from Liu Bei overnight, returned to Xinye County as quickly as possible, and reported to Zhang Xiu what he had overheard Liu Bei's words.

After hearing this, Zhang Xiu was shocked and asked, "Is what you said true?"

Hu Che'er said: "My subordinates heard it with their own ears, and also saw it with their own eyes. Liu Bei did indeed tie up the supervisor sent by Liu Qi to Wuhuada, and it was also Liu Bei who personally told the supervisor."

Zhang Xiu clenched his fists involuntarily, and said slowly: "I never expected that Liu Bei would be such an ungrateful person. He usually looks like a modest gentleman on the surface, but he is actually such a sinister villain. It was in vain that I still made friends with him back then, and when he was someone, I was really blind."

Yang Xiu was by Zhang Xiu's side, and then he said, "Maybe, this is what people often say about knowing people, knowing their faces, but not their hearts!"

Zhang Xiudao: "Liu Bei is so unkind and unrighteous, no wonder His Royal Highness King Yan wants to get rid of it quickly. If it were me, such a person should also be killed. Military advisor, Liu Bei's thoughts are all in Jingzhou, so I don't think he will treat what I have done. I am interested in the bitter trick I set up, and I hope the military division can give me an idea on how we should go next."

Yang Xiu thought for a moment, and then said: "Since the matter has come to this point, why don't we make public the fact that Liu Bei ordered someone to assassinate Liu Qi? Let the world know what Liu Bei is like, and let them see clearly the most important thing." The real Liu Bei, tearing off the mask on his face, ruined Liu Bei's reputation. In addition, regardless of whether Liu Bei's assassination of Liu Qi will be successful, once the Jingzhou side learns that Liu Bei ordered the assassin to assassinate Liu Qi, then you guess the Jingzhou side What will happen?"

Zhang Xiudao: "It must be a large army and send troops to attack. If Liu Beizhi is not put to death, he will definitely not let it go."

Yang Xiudao: "That's right, what we have to do is to wait and see what happens. Let Jingzhou fall into a battle with Liu Bei first. We sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and then ask King Yan for instructions to see if we send troops. After all, King Yan gave us The order is to eliminate Liu Bei, not to attack Jingzhou, there is a big difference between the two, if you act rashly, there will be great consequences."

Zhang Xiu frowned, and thought to himself: "If the enemy fights in a nest, wouldn't I have no credit at all? This is the best time to eliminate Liu Bei. If I miss it, then my credit will be lost. .Although Yang Xiu's strategy is a perfect strategy, and he can eliminate Liu Bei without losing a single soldier, it is a great loss for me..."

Thinking of this, Zhang Xiu said to Yang Xiu: "Military Master, your strategy is too conservative. Liu Bei has only 1 people in Chaoyang County. Now, if the assassin is caught and someone else instigates him to lead the disaster to the east, then we don't have any evidence to show that Liu Bei did it, and Jingzhou may not send troops to attack Liu Bei."

Yang Xiu pondered for a moment, then said: "What you said is also reasonable, so what is the general's plan?"

"Directly attacked Chaoyang County, and sent people to spread rumors that Liu Bei wanted to rebel and sent people to assassinate Liu Qi. Whether it was true or not, the soldiers and civilians in the city would definitely look at Liu Bei differently. And Hu Che'er also said that Liu Bei's two As sworn brothers, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are not in Chaoyang County. For our army, this is undoubtedly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. First use tricks to disturb the morale of the army, and then take advantage of the momentum to attack the city. When the city is broken, Liu Bei can be easily defeated. I got caught." Zhang Xiu said.

Yang Xiu nodded slightly, and said, "It's not bad that General Zhang has arranged this way. Well then, let's follow General Zhang's wishes and send troops directly to attack Liu Bei."

There was a smile on Zhang Xiu's face, and he immediately said to Hu Che'er: "Send the order, immediately gather troops and horses, and set off with the whole army!"

Hu Che'er was also elated. He said "here", turned around and went out. He didn't feel the slightest tiredness after a night without rest. Instead, he became more excited when he heard that troops were about to be dispatched.

After the order was issued, Zhang Xiu's army assembled outside the city as quickly as possible. Eighteen thousand soldiers, fully armed and in order, were ready for battle.

As the saying goes, soldiers are expensive and fast, this time, Zhang Xiu didn't let the soldiers carry too much luggage, no one brought three days of dry food and water, and rushed directly to Chaoyang County.

From Zhang Xiu's point of view, Liu Bei was already like a turtle in a urn, and this time he acted quickly, and he was not going to give Liu Bei any chance to breathe, and planned to surround Liu Bei with a large army.

However, before that, the scout team sent by Zhang Xiu had already set off on the road first. Their task was very simple, that is, to spread rumors in Chaoyang County to let people know that Liu Bei was the mastermind of Liu Qi's assassination. its city.

If we set off now, we can arrive after dark. If it is just a cavalry team, it will be even faster, and we can arrive in half a day.

In addition, Zhang Xiu even dispatched elite cavalry around him to clean up the enemy scouts on the road to Chaoyang County and block the news so that Liu Bei could not get any military information. When the city was in chaos, his army suddenly arrived. Launch an attack, maybe you can catch Liu Bei by surprise.

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In Xiangyang City, Sima Yi, Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Wen Pin, Li Tong and others searched the area where Sima Yi was located, but still did not find any suspicious person.

Sima Yi felt that he must have missed the best time. If he had searched here last night, he might have caught the assassin.

However, no one knows what the assassin looks like, because everyone who has seen the assassin is already dead.No one knows who sent the assassin, but based on the turmoil in Jingzhou these days, it is likely to be the remnant of Cai's party.

In this way, under all kinds of suspicions, Liu Qi, who was still guarding the spirit, issued a horrific order. He wanted to kill all the people surnamed Cai in Jingzhou, leaving no one behind.

Of course, Sima Yi didn't know about this order, because there were only two brothers, Kuai Yue and Kuai Liang, beside Liu Qi, but these two brothers could not dissuade Liu Qi from issuing the order.

Therefore, the order was quickly dispatched. Starting from Xiangyang City, the Xiangyang Order followed Liu Qi's instructions and led the yamen servants to arrest all the people named Cai in the city, regardless of whether they were related to Cai Mao or not. Get up and choose a day to ask to be killed.

Sima Yi and the others were in vain, Xiangyang City is so big, there are many places to hide, and the population is also large, and Sima Yi and others are in the open, while the assassin is in the dark, no matter how much manpower and material resources are invested, it is like finding a needle in a haystack .

But Sima Yi firmly believed that as long as the roads in and out of Xiangyang were blocked, the assassins could be trapped in the city forever.Assassins are also human beings, and they also need to eat, drink, sleep, shit, and pee. In this way, if an assassin falls into high tension, his body will definitely be worn down.

However, the long-term blockade of Xiangyang is not very beneficial in itself. Xiangyang is the largest and most prosperous city in Jingzhou, and it is also a place with a high concentration of culture.Commercial activities are the main source of taxes in Xiangyang. If Xiangyang is blocked for a long time, it will definitely damage taxation and commercial activities.

For this reason, Sima Yi had to come up with a strategy, a way to catch the assassin.

After Sima Yi returned to the government office, he heard that Liu Qi had issued a ridiculous order, so he immediately went to find Liu Qi and tried to persuade Liu Qi to take back his order.Liu Qi refused to listen and almost quarreled with Sima Yi.

However, Sima Yi asked someone to revoke this order, and then asked the Xiangyang Order to find a death row prisoner to act as an assassin, behead him, and put Liu Biao's crimes on Liu Biao's wife, Cai Shi. The death of the Cai family can be exchanged for the lives of other Cai people in Xiangyang City.

Moreover, Sima Yi thought hard for a while, and finally came up with a plan to lure the snake out of the hole.He used this incident as an introduction to announce to the people in the city, and posted a notice saying that the assassin had been caught, and then lifted the blockade, but for the sake of safety, he only lifted one city gate, and everyone can enter and exit through that city gate, subject to strict inspection , if there is no ghost in your heart, you don't have to be afraid.

The purpose is to attract the real assassin, because the real assassin must leave the city, otherwise he will be trapped to death in this city.

Anyone who enters or leaves the city must be registered one by one, and the household registration certificate issued by Xiangyang City is also required. In this way, anyone who does not have a household registration certificate cannot enter and exit Xiangyang City.

Sima Yi asked Xiangyang Ling to help make a batch of household registration certificates, and asked him to distribute them to the people according to their household registration. They were all arranged in the post house, and the post house verified their identities one by one, and then issued the certificates.

In this way, people without documents will become suspects. They must be arrested first, then interrogated, and released after confirming that they are not suspicious.

Then, the assassin can't escape!

(End of this chapter)