Three Kingdoms: The ghost plotter taught Liu Bei to seize Jingzhou first

Jiangling, Shuiying in the south of the city.

Liu Bei was standing on the beach, watching the results of Gan Ning's naval training.

Xiangfan's navy was blocked by Xiakou and could not transfer from the Han River to the Yangtze River, so it had to train a new navy on the spot.

In the battle of Jiangling, in addition to more than 10,000 surrendered soldiers, there were also nearly 400 large and small warships.

Liu Bei then transferred more than a thousand cadres of the navy from Xiangyang. Using these soldiers and the captured warships, Gan Ning organized a navy of about 7,000 men.

Under Gan Ning's training and after more than a month of drills, this Jiangling naval force has achieved initial results.

"Military advisor, Gan Xingba is indeed a wizard in water warfare."

"In just over a month, these seven thousand soldiers were able to be reduced to soldiers and trained to obey orders and prohibitions. It is truly remarkable."

Liu Bei stroked his short beard and nodded in approval.

Deng Mu's eyes were looking far downstream.

"At this point in time, Huang Hansheng should have arrived at Chaisang, and the little overlord should have retreated in a hurry."

"Our army can just attack Xiakou under the cover of the navy."

The words just fell.

A sentinel ship flew into the water camp.

"Lord, urgent report from Xiakou!"

"Sun Ce has withdrawn from the siege of Xiakou and led 40,000 Jiangdong troops to return to Chaisang at night and night!"

The surrounding area was filled with excitement.

Liu Bei looked at Deng Mu with joy and sighed with a smile:

"Ziyu, everything is as you expected. You also predicted the time when Sun Ce would withdraw from Xiakou!"

The generals are eager to fight. They all ask for the battle. They wish they could fly to Xiakou.

"Lord, Master, Liang still has some worries, I don't know whether to tell him or not?"

Zhuge Liang wanted to say something but didn't dare to say it directly, so he asked cautiously.

Liu Bei looked sideways at Zhuge Liang and smiled:

"Ziyu, you are a good student, but you are too cautious."

"If you have any concerns, just say it. There is nothing to say."

Deng Mu smiled slightly.

Lao Liu's ability to recognize people was incredible, and he really saw the shortcomings in Zhuge Liang's character. He was too cautious!

This also led to Zhuge Liang's military style, which tended to seek stability and prefer to use justice. Soldiers.

In history, Zhuge Liang, with the weakness of Shu, was able to overwhelm Wei in a head-on confrontation. It even left Sima Yi with a psychological shadow. Whenever Zhuge Liang's troops came out of Qishan, he did not dare to fight head-on and could only retreat and defend..

Zhuge Liang is indeed unparalleled in the use of regular soldiers.

But perhaps due to his personality, or perhaps because the Shu Han family is too weak to withstand risks, Zhuge Liang rarely uses surprise soldiers.

In the art of war, only by combining surprise and right can an attack be invincible. , all battles are invincible.

Although the risks of surprise soldiers 520 are high, the benefits are also great. If a weak country wants to annex a strong country, how can it win with regular soldiers?

Only by winning by surprise can miracles be achieved with great strength!

"Kong Ming, if you have any ideas, feel free to speak freely. Don’t worry too much."

"Don’t you still know what kind of person the lord is?"

Deng Mu also took advantage of the situation and took the opportunity to provoke Zhuge Liang.

As a teacher, he naturally had the intention to reshape his disciple, retaining his strengths and making up for his shortcomings.

"What Master teaches is that students should remember"

"Liang felt that although Sun Ce withdrew from the siege of Xiakou, it gave us the opportunity to attack Xiakou."

"But with Zhou Yu's wisdom, he should have quickly figured out that General Huang's troops were just a bluff and did not pose a substantial threat to Chai Sang."

"In this way, after Sun Ce ensures the safety of Chaisang, he will immediately lead his army to march westward to Xiakou again"

"During this period, I am afraid that the time left for us to capture Xiakou will not exceed ten days."

"Sun Ce's 40,000-strong army besieged Xiakou for twenty days without being able to break through. This shows how strong the city of Xiakou is and that Huang Zu was not an incompetent person."

"Liang is only worried that with the current strength of our army, will we be able to defeat Xiakou within ten days?"

Zhuge Liang's tone was calm and careful, expressing his concerns.

Liu Bei was thoughtful and nodded slightly, obviously agreeing with what Zhuge Liang said.

"Ziyu, this great disciple of yours is indeed very resourceful and thoughtful."

"Although Huang Zu was depleted by Sun Ce, it will not be easy for us to attack Xiakou within ten days."

Liu Bei also became worried.

"Since a strong attack may not be able to defeat Xiakou in ten days, let's change our thinking. Why not lure Huang Zu out?…"

"Lead it out?"

Liu Bei looked at Deng Mu blankly, and his confident eyes immediately lifted his spirits.

"Military advisor, do you have a clever plan?"

Deng Mu then stepped forward and whispered:

"My lord, didn’t we capture Zhang Yun, Liu Biao’s nephew, alive during the battle of Han River?"

"We have raised him for so long in vain, and it’s time for him to pay something back..."

Liu Bei listened to Deng Mu’s plan, and the confusion on his face gradually faded away, and was replaced by a look of surprise.

"What a trick to lure the snake out of its hole. This is a clever plan by the military strategist!"

"According to the strategy of the military strategist, we will put on a play and use Zhang Yun to defeat Xiakou!"

Zhuge Liang and the other generals all had surprised eyes, and they all guessed in their hearts that this (aica) was another ingenious plan that Deng Mu had presented to Liu Bei. However,

Liu Bei did not point it out, and immediately ordered the army to set off immediately and rush towards Xiakou.

…

Two days later.

Liu Bei personally commanded 7,000 elite troops, escorted by the Gan-Ning Navy, and arrived at Xiakou City.

The following nearly 25,000 cavalrymen marched eastward in batches and met at Xiakou one after another.

Due to the flood and drought forces that arrived earlier, the number did not exceed 10,000, and they were unable to encircle Xiakou City on all sides.

Therefore, Liu Bei ordered the land and water armies to set up camp south of Xiakou City and on the north bank of the Yangtze River.

At night, Liu Jun camped.

Inside the Chinese military tent.

Liu Bei sat on the throne with a stern look.

The curtain is lifted.

A disgraced young general was escorted into the tent

"Zhang Yun, the guilty general, pays homage to the envoy!"

As soon as he entered the tent, Zhang Yun bowed respectfully to Liu Bei.

His uncle was dead, and Jingzhou changed hands.

This noble prince, who had been imprisoned for several months, had long lost the arrogance he had when he was captured. He didn't dare to be self-reliant in the slightest in front of Liu Bei.

Zhang Yun's respectful and humble attitude surprised Liu Bei, and he couldn't help but look at Deng Mu. Deng Mu nodded slightly, with hints in his eyes.

Liu Bei felt confident, and murderous intent appeared on his face, and he said sternly:

"Zhang Yun, your brother Liu Cong is so shameless that he went to Sun Ce and led him to compete with me for Jingzhou!"

"As his brother, what else can you say?"

Zhang Yun shivered, and a chill ran across his back.

Listening to Liu Bei's meaning, is this because he is angry at Liu Cong for taking refuge with Sun Ce, and he wants to provoke him?

"Liu Shijun calmed down his anger"

"Although Yun is Liu Cong's cousin, I never expected that he would be so shameless that he would seek refuge with that little overlord."

"This matter has nothing to do with the general, and he can’t stop him even if he wants to."

"If Liu Shijun can trust the general, the latter will be willing to persuade Liu Cong, show him some reason, and persuade him to come and surrender to Liu Shijun."

Zhang Yun argued hard. In order to survive, he even tried to persuade Liu Cong to surrender.

After all, his uncle Liu Biao was dead and the foundation of Jingzhou had been owned by Liu Bei. What was the point of continuing to struggle?

As long as he could save his life, everything would matter. All can be thrown away

"My lord, since Zhang Yun is so aware of current affairs, my lord might as well give him a chance."

Deng Mu saw the opportunity and spoke up, and cooperated with Old Liu in acting.

Liu Bei's expression softened, and he asked Zhang Yun to help him up, and gave him a seat with wine to calm his shock.

Zhang Yun felt relieved, and hurriedly thanked him again before he dared to get up and sit down.

After drinking several glasses of wine to calm down the panic, I finally calmed down my panic.

"Thanks to my lord's grace of not killing me, I will go through fire and water for my lord without hesitation!"

"As long as the lord gives the order, Yun will immediately go to the lord to persuade Liu Cong to surrender."(To read Baoshuang novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

Zhang Yun immediately changed his mind and regarded Liu Bei as his lord.

Liu Bei and Deng Mu secretly looked at each other with a knowing sneer in their eyes.

As expected, this Zhang Yun also He has no integrity, he is just a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death.

"Liu Cong is just a puppet of Kuai Yue. Even if you try to persuade him, it will be in vain."

"Zhang Yun, if you really want to repay my lord for not killing me, then go to my lord to persuade another person to surrender."

Deng Mu began to lay the groundwork.

Zhang Yun hurriedly raised his hands and said,"I wonder who the military advisor wants the general to persuade to surrender?"

"Huang Zu!"

Deng Mu said the name slowly.

Zhang Yun was stunned.

"Huang Zu shot Sun Jian because he had a sworn hatred with the little overlord Sun Ce. If he fell into Sun Ce's hands, he would certainly die."

"Our Lord admires his generals and does not want to have tens of thousands of Xiakou soldiers buried with him in vain, so he is determined to give him a chance to surrender."

"Go and tell Huang Zu that as long as he is willing to open the city and surrender, my lord can let him continue to guard Jiangxia!"

"If not, my lord will give the order and Xiakou will be leveled to the ground!"

"Until then, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

Deng Mu said in a solemn tone.

Zhang Yun was slightly startled, and suddenly realized.

It turned out that Liu Bei suddenly summoned him today, and actually wanted to use his status as Liu Biao's nephew to persuade Huang Zu, Liu Biao's old subordinate, to surrender.

Liu Bei's eyes were fixed on him. Xiang Zhang Yun asked calmly:

"Zhang Zhongnuo, what Commander Ziyu said is what I want to say to you."[]

"I ask you, are you willing to go to Xiakou and persuade Huang Zu to surrender?"

Although Liu Bei's tone was calm, it seemed to contain an invisible force of deterrence, which made Zhang Yun shudder.

His thoughts were racing, and he weighed the pros and cons.

If he did not persuade Huang Zu to surrender, there was no guarantee that Liu Bei would not fall out in anger. He was immediately poisoned.

But as Liu Biao's nephew, he helped his uncle's mortal enemy to persuade his uncle's generals to surrender. It was really shameful for the world to spread the word.…

"Then I will pretend to surrender to him, escape from his grasp in the name of persuading him to surrender, and go to Xiakou to join Huang Zu. Isn't this the best of both worlds? Zhang

Yun rolled his eyes and had an idea in his mind.

So he hurriedly offered his hand to Liu Bei and said with emotion:

"Since the last general has surrendered to the lord, he will naturally regard the lord as one who will not hesitate to die!"

"Don't worry, my lord, the general will use his sharp tongue to persuade Huang Zu to surrender in Kaicheng."

Liu Bei smiled.

He laughed, as if he was extremely satisfied with Zhang Yun's answer.

"Okay, okay, Zhang Zhongnuo, if I can capture Xiakou without fighting, you will be the first to contribute!"

"Come on, bring the wine quickly. I want to serve Zhang Zhongnuo as a farewell party!"

Liu Bei was in a great mood and immediately held a banquet.

After the banquet was over, Liu Bei resumed his courtesy and corporal style, and comforted and praised Zhang Yunhao.

In such a good mood, Liu Bei unknowingly became half drunk.

Zhang Yunhao It seemed that he was too drunk, and he was lying on the desk.

At this time, it was Wenpin who entered the account.

"Report to the lord, at the end of the day, on the order of the lord, 300,000 dendrobiums of grain and grass have been escorted from Xiangyang to Xiakou."

"Our grain ship is currently docking in the west of Xiakou City and on the east bank of the Han River. We are setting up grain camps and preparing to——"

Deng Mu didn't wait for him to finish, but waved his hand and said:

"Zhongye, this is not the place to talk!"

As he said the hint in his eyes, Wenpin understood, so he quickly shut up and retreated outside the tent.

Deng Mu winked at Liu Bei, hinting him to move outside the tent to speak, so as not to let Zhang Yun hear the military information.

"Zhongnuo, Zhongnuo! Liu

Bei pushed Zhang Yun and saw that he had passed out drunk. He left the table and went out of the tent with Deng Mu.

Only Zhang Yun was left in the tent. As soon as Liu Bei left, Zhang Yun got up and tiptoed. He came to the tent door.

He secretly lifted a corner and eavesdropped outside the tent.

"Lord, these 300,000 bushels of grain and grass are all the grain and grass of our army. It is no small matter."

"The more than a thousand soldiers and horses under the general's command alone are not enough to guard this food and grass."

"Please, my lord, send some soldiers and horses to the grain camp in the west of the city to help the general guard the grain. Wenpin lowered his voice and asked Liu Bei seriously for instructions.

But Liu Bei looked troubled and sighed:

"The troops I am leading this time are only 7,000 advance troops, and the main force is still at the Lukou line and has not yet arrived."

"In this situation, there are not many soldiers and horses available to help you defend the food camp."

Wen Pin frowned, a layer of worry covering his face.

But Deng Mu smiled disapprovingly and said with relief:

"Huang Zu had been beaten to a pulp by Sun Ce, and even he didn't have the guts to leave the city for a sneak attack."

"Zhongye, you don't have to worry too much, just unload the food and go ashore. When our main follow-up force arrives, it won't be too late for the lord to send you more troops."

The clouds on Wenpin's face disappeared and he sneered:

"The military advisor's words were reasonable. Huang Zu definitely didn't have the guts to attack our grain camp. It was because the general was overly worried."

After Liu Bei gave a few more instructions, he turned around and went back to the big tent.

Zhang Yun, who was eavesdropping, saw this and hurriedly slipped back to his seat, lay down on the table, and pretended to be drunk again.

The tent curtain Set off.

Liu Bei and Deng Mu returned to the tent one after the other.

"Zhongnuo, Zhongnuo!"

Liu Bei patted Zhang Yun again, confirming again that he was drunk.

Zhang Yun remained motionless, and even deliberately said a few drunken words in order to perform the trick well.

"Don't worry, my lord, he was so drunk that he couldn't hear any secrets."

Deng Mu comforted him disapprovingly.

Liu Bei nodded slightly and said:

"Military advisor, if Huang Zu refuses to surrender and fights to the death, what should we do?"

Deng Mu snorted disdainfully and said coldly:

"Now that our supplies have arrived, tens of thousands of troops are still on the way."

"If Huang Zu didn't understand the current situation and insisted on resisting stubbornly, tens of thousands of our troops would besiege him from all sides and break Xiakou by force! Liu

Bei was deeply convinced and said:

"Okay, let’s follow the military advisor’s plan and let Zhang Yun persuade Huang Zu to surrender first."

"It would be best if he is willing to surrender. If he does not surrender, I will kill him!"

At that moment, Liu Bei asked Zhang Yun to carry him down to rest first.

"Zifeng, come out."

Zhang Yun was carried away with his front legs, and Deng Mu smiled and clapped his hands with his back legs. Zhou Cang, who had been hidden in the inner tent, came out from behind the screen.

"Zifeng, can you see clearly how Zhang Yun reacted when my lord and I were away?"

"According to the military advisor, this guy is not drunk at all. He has been listening by the tent door just now!"

After hearing what Zhou Cang said, Liu Bei and Deng Mu looked at each other, and the two ministers laughed.

"Ziyu, as you expected, Zhang Yun is probably pretending to surrender!"

"It's a pity that he would never have expected it in his dreams. His thoughts have been predicted by you, the military advisor!"

Liu Bei looked impressed and sighed.

Deng Mu's eyes were full of irony and he sneered:

"Then we will use our strategy and let Zhang Yun, the drama queen, return to Xiakou!"

"The Lord just needs to set up the pot and wait for Zhang Yun to bring Huang Zu, the old tortoise, into our pot and make him a good pot of tortoise soup!".