Three Kingdoms: Madam, I am a decent person

Chapter 462: Heading for Yijing!

There were a few lines of small words written on the cloth strip: "You advised me kindly, and I will return the favor. In the battle of Yijing, there are death warriors in the vanguard army, please be careful."

Guo Jia exclaimed, "Could it be your second cousin?"

Zhang Sui looked at the strip of cloth with some emotion in his expression.

Looking at Guo Jia, Zhang Sui whispered, "It's Liu Bei."

Guo Jia said, "Huh?" and said, "Liu Xuande? Why did he remind you?"

Zhang Sui sighed and said, "Before, I was sending the second young lady back to the Zhen family shop at night, and I met him on the way back with Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Jian Yong."

"You know, I know a little about fortune-telling."

"I took a look at Liu Bei's career path and found that he had no future in Hebei. Moreover, his military advisor was a man named Jian Yong, whose talent was not enough to support his ambitions."

"I told Liu Bei that you shouldn't be in Hebei and Jian Yong is not suitable to be your military advisor."

“I was just talking at the time.”

"Whether Liu Bei listens or not, I have no hope."

"I didn't expect that he would reply to me today."

Guo Jia was also quite shocked and said: "Liu Xuande is really a gentleman."

"How dare you say such things."

"But think about it, it's normal."

"I heard that after he and Cao Cao followed General Huangfu Song to pacify the Yellow Turban Rebellion in Changsha, Yingchuan, he was appointed as a mere lieutenant of Anxi County by the imperial court. He was unwilling to accept such a great achievement."

"But the court is in chaos, and even with such a small position, we have to lay him off."

"He was so angry that he whipped the inspector."

"Cao Cao massacred people in Xuzhou, and no one dared to save them."

"He followed Qingzhou Governor Tian Kai to help Xuzhou, and was even besieged by Cao Cao and Yuan Shao's army in Tancheng, the seat of Xuzhou at the time."

"Now it seems that he is a true gentleman."

"Unfortunately, his vision is not very good."

"There are only generals, but no counselors."

"I heard that he once received support from Chen Ji and Chen Qun, father and son of the famous Chen family in Yingchuan."

"Both father and son advised him not to take over Xuzhou, but to bide his time in Xiaopei. However, he did not listen. Instead, he chose to follow Chen Deng's strategy and defend Xuzhou to the death."

When Guo Jia said this, he sighed: "To be honest, although Chen Deng is young, he is a cunning fox."

"Liu Xuande, I can't control him."

"He also lost great talents like Chen Ji and Chen Qun, father and son."

Zhang Sui nodded and said with a smile: "Looking at it this way, I am still quite lucky."

"If nothing else, Fengxiao, you can help me, even if my ancestors' graves are filled with smoke."

"If you, Fengxiao, had followed him, he might have risen to prominence."

Guo Jia shook his head and said, "Impossible."

"Liu Xuande is a true gentleman. He would never tolerate someone like me who has bad personal ethics."

"In this chaotic world, you are the only one who can accommodate me."

Zhang Sui groaned.

This is really not the case!

At least there is one person who can tolerate it.

That's Cao Cao.

In history, Cao Cao's favor for Guo Jia was beyond measure.

Guo Jia's reckless behavior was fiercely criticized by Chen Qun and others more than once, but Cao Cao ignored it.

Even Cao Cao banned alcohol in his army, but Guo Jia was an exception.

However, Zhang Sui was too lazy to mention this.

Guo Jia looked at the darkness for a long time before he said, "Since the governor of Jizhou is going to attack Yijing this time, he wants to take advantage of the chaos to have his assassins kill you, Bocheng."

"Then we'll do whatever it takes."

"When attacking the city, the 300 ordinary soldiers in the Xianchen camp were on the inner side, allowing Jizhou Mu and his men to see the incompetence of these people and their lack of precautions."

"The siege is almost over. Let the 300 ordinary soldiers withdraw and replace them with soldiers from the trapped Chen camp." "The governor of Jizhou said at the meeting earlier that whoever gets Gongsun Zan's head will be granted the title of Marquis of Ten Thousand Households. If you and the second son Yuan Xi get it, then whoever gets it will become the crown prince."

"Then, after you break into the city and see Gongsun Zan, you lead the Xianzhen Camp to charge directly at Gongsun Zan."

"If anyone approaches you, regardless of friend or foe, kill them with one strike."

"Since the governor of Jizhou wants to take this opportunity to kill you, then you should fulfill his dream and fight for the opportunity for you and the third lady's second son to become the crown prince!"

"As for killing our own soldiers, the excuse is simple, that is, they were so bloodthirsty that they didn't distinguish between friend and foe."

"However, if we do this, not all the soldiers in the Xianchen Camp can wear armor."

"The idea is to paralyze Jizhou Mu and others."

"Only the one hundred people around you, Bocheng, can do it."

"Others can only wear ordinary soldiers' clothes."

"Actually, this is a good idea. With only 100 pieces of armor, the risk of being exposed is greatly reduced."

"However, if we do this, more casualties will inevitably occur among the soldiers in the Chen camp."

"Those soldiers who trapped Chen Camp were carefully selected and trained by General Gao Shun."

"But then again, isn't this the meaning of soldiers' lives?"

Zhang Sui nodded.

The two discussed the assassination plan in Yecheng's layout map and went to bed at midnight.

For the next three days, Zhang Sui did not go anywhere, and he called Gao Shun over as well.

Zhang Sui, Guo Jia, Sima Yi and Gao Shun repeatedly confirmed the assassination in the layout of Yecheng.

During this period, Gao Shun led fifty of the bravest soldiers in the trapped Chen camp, and with the cooperation of Sima's family, they sneaked into the city and lay in ambush at designated locations.

Sima Yi came this time with his elder brother Sima Lang. Under the pretext of transporting food, they brought all the equipment for the Chen camp.

However, in the end only fifty sets of armor and weapons were delivered into the city.

Sima Lang arranged the other one hundred sets and placed them among the food and fodder in the name of giving them to Yuan Shao, the governor of Jizhou, to support the elimination of Gongsun Zan.

The Sima family even donated three hundred troops to accompany the transportation of this batch of grain and fodder.

Zhang Sui left Sima Yi in Yecheng.

Firstly, Sima Yi was to meet up with the officers and men from Zhongshan County who were rushing to Yecheng.

Secondly, let Sima Yi observe the enemy situation in the city and make corresponding adjustments to the assassination plan in Yecheng.

Finally, the day to set out for Yijing finally arrived.

Early in the morning of that day, Zhang Sui, along with Zhao Tong and other personal guards, Gao Shun and a thousand men from the "Xian Chen Camp", rushed to the martial arts field to meet up with Yuan Shao.

After Yuan Shao selected his troops and generals, it was almost noon when the army officially set out for Yijing!
When they arrived outside the city of Yijing, the second son Yuan Xi came to greet them with the generals of the 30,000-strong army that had been stationed outside the city of Yijing.

Yuan Shao had already sent an envoy to inform Yuan Xi of this "crown prince dispute".

Yuan Xi prepared a sumptuous banquet.

Everyone was toasting each other at the banquet.

Seeing that Yuan Xi was quite excited, Yuan Shao stood up, walked to Zhang Sui, grabbed Zhang Sui's wrist, pulled Zhang Sui to Yuan Xi, and said to everyone with a smile: "After conquering Yijing this time, Hebei will be officially unified."

“This is a great joyous event.”

“However, this is also a time full of opportunities.”

Yuan Shao glanced at Yuan Xi with a look of fondness on his face.

Looking at Zhang Sui again, Yuan Shao still had a smile on his face, but there was a flash of disgust in his eyes. He said, "I told you before we set out."

"Xi'er and Bocheng, whoever can lead the army to obtain Gongsun Zan's head this time will have his position as the crown prince determined."

“I don’t play favorites.”

"I am always fair."

"In my eyes, Xi'er and Bocheng's future second son are both blood relatives of the Yuan family."

"No matter who becomes the crown prince, I will devote myself to training him and hand Hebei, no, the entire world, over to him!"

"Today, you all bear witness once again!"

"I, Yuan Shao, always keep my word!"

"Let us wait and see who will be the chosen one to inherit my mantle!"

(End of this chapter)