Back to the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Chapter 142
"I shouldn't kill and give way! If I had endured for a while and didn't kill and give way, how would Yanzhou gain or lose?? Killing and giving way almost made me lose all my previous efforts!!"

"I shouldn't have slaughtered Xuzhou either. What I did was to live for the people of the world! But why did I kill the living to get their money and food? If there was no massacre of Xuzhou, how could Chen Gongtai abandon me? Bian How can Wen Li call me unkind? In fact, if I want to solve the feeding problem of soldiers in Qingzhou, I can learn from Dong Zhuo to dig the imperial tomb. A person who dies is considered to have made a contribution to his living offspring, isn’t that also considered a sinful virtue?”

"So I was really wrong!!" Cao Cao's eyes suddenly shone with a strange brilliance.

"As long as you have money, you can spend money to buy food, women, and houses. As long as you have money, you can solve all the problems of Qingzhou soldiers. In this way, I will live up to my promise to Qingzhou soldiers! Qingzhou soldiers will repay each other with death, so why worry about the world!!!”

When Cao Cao thought about this, he couldn't help laughing, and after laughing for a while, his eyes lit up again, "Since I understand that I shouldn't kill Bian Rang, why am I so persistent in killing Tian? If you kill Tian Shi, all the generals will turn against you again?!!!"

Cao Cao couldn't help but shuddered, and suddenly realized! !
"It's my fault! Although the Tian family is hateful, it didn't kill me, it just lost some soldiers and horses. If the Tian family can really make up for it and help me regain Puyang and drive away Lu Bu, why should I care about it?" Such petty hatred! Between killing and not killing, the result is so different!"

Cao Cao finally wanted to understand all this, and everything became clearer as if seeing the sun in front of him.

"Come on!!" Cao Cao shouted loudly.

"My lord!" Hearing the sound, the soldiers came and knelt in front of Cao Cao.

"Go! Tell me to come back immediately! Just say that I understand, and let him come to see me quickly!!" Cao Cao couldn't restrain the excitement on his face, and he couldn't wait to shout to the soldiers.

After a while, I saw Xi Zhong happily coming to Cao Cao's big tent. Before he could say goodbye, Cao Cao rushed to the door of the tent, greeted Xi Zhong and said, "Zhicai! You don't need to be polite, come on, I want You know how to let the spy sneak into the city!!"

Xi Zhong was overjoyed. When he first received the order, he still didn't believe it. Now he heard Cao Cao's words with his own ears, and he knew that Cao Cao had figured it out. I'm afraid Mrs. Tian won't believe it!"

As long as Cao Cao can get Puyang, he doesn't care about this!If the Tian family is forgiven in this way, I am afraid that if it is spread in the future, it will win a good reputation. Why not do the strategy of killing birds with one stone.

"Hehe! Zhicai! What do you think this is?" Cao Cao took a belt and handed it to Xi Zhong. On this belt was the letter Cao Cao wrote to Tian just now! !

After Xi Zhong read it from beginning to end, Cao Cao not only forgave Tian's betrayal, but also promised to exempt Tian from all taxes within one year! !Xi Zhong was so surprised that his eyes were wide open, he looked at the belt twice, and was overjoyed, "My lord, from today onwards everyone will know that your lord has a big heart!!"

Cao Cao was overjoyed and said, "Zhicai, tell me quickly, Lu Bu has locked the gate of this city tightly, how can we let Xizuo sneak into the city?"

"It's not difficult, only a few days later, the lord will launch another siege battle. Lu Bu was in a hurry, so he could only go out of the city to repel the attacking troops one by one. At this time, our army can charge and fight with them. During the process, order Xizuo to pretend to be Lu Bu's soldier, and just follow him into the city!" Xi Zhong said.

"Wouldn't it be easy to see through?" Cao Cao wondered.

"It's okay, as long as the lord is not afraid of death or injury, order the soldiers to fight with Lu Bu's army for a while. When the soldiers are tired and eager to retreat to the city, there will be no time to investigate carefully! If you are worried, you can also arrange multiple people at the same time. As long as one can get in, then The plan has succeeded by three points!" Xi Zhong said again.

"Sacrificing so much, you only succeeded by three points?" Cao Cao was surprised.

"After entering the city, you still have to convince the Tian family. If you can successfully persuade, you will be successful!" Xi Zhong said.

"Only one point? Alright!" Cao Cao knew that this plan seemed simple, but in fact it had to be implemented, but it was linked one after another. If one of the links fails, all previous efforts will be wasted!It's no longer strange, just listen to Xi Zhong's narration with peace of mind.

Maybe it was because of excitement, or maybe because Xi Zhong had eaten a little ephedra given by the military doctor. He held back his cough for a while, and it took him a long time to hear Xi Zhong cough a few times. Compared with before, it was completely negligible.

"The Tian family has a lot of soldiers and followers in the city. As long as they rebel, three or two thousand soldiers will be gathered in a few days. It is impossible to attack four gates, but if they only attack one gate, they can be captured. Lu Bu is in the city. The total number of elite soldiers and miscellaneous soldiers is only [-], and they are divided into four gates and five places in the county mansion. In addition to the guards on the city wall, the number of soldiers in each gate is no more than [-]!! As long as our army rises up and attacks, Once Lu Bu leads the elite troops out of the city, the plan will be successful and another five points will be successful, reaching nine points!!"

"At this time, there are scattered scattered soldiers defending the city, and they can no longer take into account the gains and losses of one branch. At this time, the Tian family can attack them twice, and they will definitely be able to capture the city gate. When Lu Bu's soldiers are tired, they want to return to the city. At that time, if you can't enter through the gate, you must enter through other gates. Once Lu Bu leaves, our army can enter the city in a large scale. As long as our army enters the city, this last point will be successful! Ten points!"

"It's fine if Lu Bu doesn't enter the city. As long as he dares to enter the city again, our army will block the gates outside the city and fight inside the city. I'm afraid that no matter how brave Lu Bu is, it will be exhausted. If we can kill Lu Bu, then It's a [-]-point success!!" Xi Zhong's eyes lit up, and his words fell to the ground, full of confidence.

Cao Cao was horrified, and secretly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, thinking: "Fortunately, Xi Zhong is my subordinate, if it is the enemy's subordinate, use this trick to deal with yourself, I am afraid there will be no need to fight in this world!"

"Good! Good! Good!!" Cao Cao heaved a sigh of relief, said three good words, and looked at Xi Zhong with joy in his eyes, "I have aspirations and talents, so why worry about the uncertainty of the world!"

"After the secret agent sneaked into the city, how can we get in touch with our army, and how will our army know whether the Tian family in the city is willing to rebel?" Cao Cao finally asked.

Xi Zhong said: "There is no need to contact, our army only needs to attack the city once every three days, so that Lu Bu will not be suspicious! After Tian is ready and knows the time of our army's attack, he can attack on time. It is estimated that this matter will take ten days sooner or half a month later, we will see the outcome!"

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Inside Puyang City
Lü Bu didn't know that Cao Cao had another strategy, so he discussed with Chen Gong every day, and Chen Gong said: "Your Majesty, Cao Cao has always been scheming. We can't fight easily. It's better to stick to the city. When Cao's army runs out of food and grass, the winter will soon be over." It's coming, Cao Bing is too cold and hungry, so he must retreat!"

Lu Bu said: "Gongtai, it's not that I don't know, but Cao's army has attacked the city several times, and our army's arrows are no longer enough. If we defend to the death, there will be few troops in the city. I can't take care of the four gates and every city wall, and the city will inevitably be destroyed." If it is breached, there is nothing we can do unless we send troops to repel his headquarters and make Cao's soldiers retreat!"

Chen Gong also had nothing to do, so he could only sigh, and said: "My plan almost succeeded. If Zang Hong hadn't come to attack Dongwuyang, I'm afraid Cao Cao would have been driven out of Yanzhou by now! Why did it come to this?"

(End of this chapter)