The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 65 Forced Choice
"My lord, according to the general's opinion, it's better to support General Huang in attacking Xiaopei. As far as I know, Xiaopei's troops are small and the city wall is short. Combine our two armies and horses and we will definitely be able to take Xiaopei down." Chen Dao He was the first to say that he had learned a lot from following Li Yuan on expeditions during these days, and he had gradually matured.

"Li Tong, what do you think about this?" Li Yuan asked Li Tong again.

Li Tong didn't expect that Li Yuan would ask his own opinion, so he hurriedly came out to answer: "My lord, I think what General Chen said is very true. Xiaopei is very close to Xiapi, and we can arrive there in two days. As long as we and Huang The generals will besiege Xiaopei together, and I believe Xiaopei will be captured within a few days."

After Li Tong finished speaking, he looked at Zhao Yun, as if he was asking Zhao Yun if what he said was right.Zhao Yun just smiled and didn't answer. He knew that his third senior brother liked to discuss important issues together.

"The words of Shuzhi and Wenda are more secure, Zhicai, do you have another way?" Li Yuan asked.

"My lord, what General Chen and General Li said is very reasonable, but I have three options here." Xi Zhicai gave everyone a pass.

"Three strategies, which three strategies are they?" Li Yuan knew that Xi Zhicai liked to show off, and wished he could pry his mouth open and let him speak out immediately.

"First, we don't need to pay attention to Xiaopei, and we will do our best to attack Langya. As long as Langya is defeated and Tao Qian is captured, then Xiaopei will be defeated by himself. If Kong Rong asks for help, our army will have to face the two great princes at the same time, so this is the best strategy, but there are certain risks." Xi Zhicai said the first strategy.

"What about the second one?" Li Yuan nodded, feeling that this best strategy is really risky.

"The second is the middle strategy. As General Chen and General Li Tong said, we send troops to assist General Huang in attacking Xiaopei. After Xiaopei is captured, we gather the whole army to attack Langya. This plan is relatively safe, but It might take a little longer."

Xi Zhicai continued: "As for the third worst strategy, it can be said that the chances are not great, but once it succeeds, it should be more effective than the best strategy."

"Please tell me quickly, the military adviser." Everyone looked at Xi Zhicai curiously.

"This bottom line requires Chen Yuanlong's help." Xi Zhicai looked at Chen Deng, who had been silent all this time, "Xiao Pei is being attacked by General Huang. Presumably, he didn't know that Xiapi had been captured. We sent Chen Deng to lead a team The soldiers and horses pretended to be defeated soldiers coming from Xiapi. General Xiaopei will definitely open the city gate to welcome him when he sees it. When the time comes, once you enter the city, wait for the opportunity to control the city gate. Our soldiers and horses will enter quickly. Take Xiaopei."

Everyone couldn't help but praise this plan, and Li Yuan was delighted to hear it. As long as Chen Deng is willing to cooperate, he will be able to swindle the gate of Xiaopei City. He looked at Chen Deng.

After listening to Xi Zhicai's strategy, Chen Deng's body trembled uncontrollably, and his face showed embarrassment. He looked at Xi Zhicai with both fear and admiration. He thought that if Li Yuan had such a powerful military adviser, Tao Qian would be defeated. It's just a matter of time, he has always claimed to be smart, but compared to Xi Zhicai, he is still a lot worse, he can come up with three strategies in a snap of his fingers, this resourcefulness is really powerful.

"Yuanlong, I will do what I promised you yesterday. If you don't want to, I won't force it." Li Yuan knew that Xi Zhicai's three strategies were actually the most effective, and the reason why they were the worst was because Chen It is very likely that Deng will not be willing to go and execute it.

Chen Deng pondered for a long time, looking at everyone's expectant eyes, he struggled violently in his heart, finally, he sighed slightly, clasped his fists and said, "This subordinate is willing to share for the Lord!"

"Hahahaha, with Yuanlong here, why should I worry about not being able to win Xuzhou?" Li Yuan laughed. In fact, he didn't expect Chen Deng to accept this strategy. Everything was beyond his expectation.

Li Yuan ordered Chen Deng to lead a thousand soldiers to Xiaopei pretending to be defeated soldiers, and at the same time sent someone to inform Huang Zhong for his cooperation.

After the arrangements were made, everyone took orders to leave, but Xi Zhicai was still in the hall. Li Yuan knew that Xi Zhicai had something to say, so he asked, "Does Zhicai have anything else to say?"

Xi Zhicai smiled and nodded, "My lord, why did I mention this strategy just now?"

"One is to help me attack Xiaopei, and the other is to let me conquer Chen Deng's heart as soon as possible." Li Yuan naturally understood Xi Zhicai's meaning.

"That's right, although Chen Deng has already surrendered, he doesn't think so in his heart. It may take some time for him to accept the complete surrender, but the Chen family is very influential in Xuzhou, especially in Xiapi. , can be said to be the largest family," Xi Zhicai expressed his inner worries, "There are still nine thousand soldiers in Xiapi, and they have not surrendered in their hearts. If Chen Deng suddenly rebels, the nine thousand soldiers will definitely follow. There will be endless troubles, so I deliberately said this strategy in front of everyone just now, just to force him to make a decision."

"Does Zhicai mean that if Chen Deng refused just now, even if he sincerely surrenders in the future, other generals may have objections to him, or may not believe him, so he was deliberately forced to make a choice just now?" Li Yuan immediately understood Xizhi. only means.

"That's right. Chen Deng is not a fool. He must know my intention of doing this, but he has to make a choice. Now that he personally leads the troops to defraud Xiaopei, this matter will naturally reach Tao Qian. When the time comes He can't do it if he wants to surrender sincerely, and Chen Deng's father, Chen Gui, is still by Tao Qian's side, Tao Qian will also have doubts about Chen Gui, and that will be very beneficial for us to attack Langya."

Xi Zhicai's eyes were full of wisdom, and his strategy paved the way for the attack on Langya, making Chen Gui and Tao Qian suspicious of each other, which can be described as extremely powerful.

"Zhicai's plan is very clever, but I'm afraid that after entering Xiaopei, Chen Deng will change from a fake defeated soldier to a real defeated soldier, and immediately betray me, and then the gain will outweigh the loss." Li Yuan was still not at ease with Chen Deng.

Xi Zhicai said to himself: "Your Majesty, don't worry. The defeated soldiers we arranged for Chen Deng include both Xiapi's original soldiers and horses, as well as our own. The general personally leads, and with General Xu on his side, he, Chen Deng, no matter how courageous he is, would not dare to play tricks."

"Arrange according to what you said!" Li Yuan nodded and said, with Xu Zhu in Li Yuan, he was naturally relieved, as long as Chen Deng dared to play tricks, Xu Zhu could take his life in an instant.

After discussing with Li Yuan for a while, Xi Zhicai went to arrange the dispatch of troops, because Xiaopei did not have many troops, only about 5000, and Huang Zhong brought [-] troops to the expedition. Huang Zhong's troops were strong enough to take Xiaopei, so Li Yuan did not intend to send troops from Xiapi to assist Huang Zhong.

At this time, Huang Zhong was worrying about attacking Xiaopei. With his ability, if he fought ruthlessly, he would definitely be able to capture Xiaopei. However, Li Yuan once told him that although Xiaopei was easy to capture, his forces are not strong enough now. , There are not many soldiers and horses, so try not to attack if you can, so Huang Zhong has not carried out a strong attack until this time.

"Why is General Huang so sad?" Cheng Yu walked into the tent and found Huang Zhong with a bitter face and couldn't help laughing. He was supposed to attack Xiapi with Li Yuan, but Li Yuan already had a talented person by his side, so he was sent there To help Huang Zhong with advice, although Huang Zhong is a veteran on the battlefield, but in terms of strategy, there is still a certain gap between him and a top-notch strategist.

"Oh, don't talk about it, since Xiaopei won for a while, Xiaopei no longer sends people out to fight, which really makes me very depressed." Huang Zhong said annoyed. Just two days ago, he went to challenge Xiaopei as soon as he arrived. The guard Cao Bao is Xuzhou's fierce general, he led his troops out to fight without hesitation, but was beheaded by Huang Zhong in one round. useless.

"General Huang, don't be discouraged. I have a good report from Xiapi. My lord has captured Xiapi and sent people to attack Xiaopei. I believe they will arrive tomorrow night." The newsletter was brought out.

(End of this chapter)