Three Kingdoms: Madam, I am a decent person

Chapter 517 Chen Gong: We must create a rift between Cao Cao and his military advisor!

Zhang Sui followed Zhang Liao and met Chen Gong in the depths.

At this time, Chen Gong was wearing iron armor and chatting with several figures.

Zhang Sui recognized three of these figures.

One of them is Zang Ba.

One is Sun Guan.

Another one is Xu Dan.

When Zhang Sui attacked Xia Pi, Xu Dan took the initiative to surrender and garrisoned Xiao Pei.

The other two were middle-aged scribes in their forties.

A young woman in her twenties.

The shadow of Cai Yan can be vaguely seen in the young woman's model.

However, compared to Cai Yan, she lacks some spirit and has more of the temperament of a mature woman.

As soon as Zhang Sui arrived, Zang Ba noticed him and hurriedly stood up and saluted, saying, "My lord!"

Sun Guan and Xu Dan also hurriedly stood up and followed suit.

Chen Gong was originally chatting and laughing with the middle-aged scholar and the young woman.

Seeing Zang Ba, Sun Guan and Xu Dan like this, they all turned around.

Zhang Sui and Zhang Liao stopped in front of the crowd.

A look of surprise flashed across the middle-aged scholar's face.

The young woman's eyes were full of scrutiny as she looked Zhang Sui up and down.

Chen Gong bowed and then pointed at the middle-aged scholar and the young woman and began to introduce them to Zhang Sui.

But the young woman quickly stepped forward, bowed and said, "Cai Yuan, meet your brother-in-law!"

The middle-aged scholar followed suit and bowed, saying, "I am Yang Xun, a native of Mount Tai. Nice to meet your brother-in-law!"

Zhang Sui looked at Yang Xun in front of him with a strange expression.

This Yang Xun is more than ten years older than himself.

He actually called me brother-in-law!
But if we go by seniority, it is indeed true.

After all, he married Cai Yan, who was Cai Yuan's sister.

Thinking of this, Zhang Sui smiled and helped Cai Yan and Yang Xin up, saying, "We are all family, why should we be so polite?"

Cai Yuan looked at Zhang Sui again, then leaned close to Yang Xun's ear and said something with a smile, her eyes still wandering over Zhang Sui.

Yang Xun kept nodding.

Zhang Sui looked a little embarrassed.

Why do I feel like meeting my mother-in-law?
Cai Yuan and Yang Xun whispered for a while before asking, "Brother-in-law, where is my sister now? How many years have you been together?"

Zhang Sui said honestly: "Zhao Ji is now in Wuji County, Zhongshan Prefecture. When I come, I will have someone take them to Yecheng."

"If you go with them this time, you should be able to see them and their son."

Cai Yuan's eyes lit up slightly and asked, "Sister gave birth to a son? What's his name?"

Zhang Sui said: "Cai Qi, the Qi that seeks to emulate a virtuous person."

Cai Yuan looked at Zhang Sui in shock.

Yang Xun was also very surprised and asked, "Why is his last name Cai?"

Zhang Sui smiled and said, "Zhao Ji always said that the biggest regret of my father-in-law was that he had no offspring."

"When I met Zhao Ji, my father-in-law had passed away for many years."

"I married Zhaoji and received the kindness of my father-in-law in raising me, but I have no way to repay him."

"And Zhao Ji and I are still young, so we will have plenty of opportunities to have another son in the future."

"Since my father-in-law has regrets, Zhao Ji and I have discussed that the eldest son born to me and her will be named Cai and adopted by my father-in-law, thus fulfilling his regret and allowing him to rest in peace."

When Cai Yuan heard Zhang Sui say this, tears suddenly rolled down her cheeks and she was about to kneel down.

Zhang Sui hurriedly stopped her and asked, "What are you doing?"

Cai Yuan raised her head and said with tears streaming down her face, "My brother-in-law is so considerate. He is a great favor to our Cai family."

"I'm just thanking my brother-in-law on behalf of my father."

Zhang Sui helped her up and said with a smile, "Not really."

"They're all one family."

"Moreover, no matter whether his surname is Cai or Zhang, he is the son of Zhao Ji and me." Cai Yuan and Yang Xun looked at each other.

They couldn't understand what Zhang Sui said.

After adoption, the surnames changed.

However, what is certain is that it is a great favor for Zhang Sui, the young brother-in-law, to be able to do this.

Yang Xin said to Zhang Sui: "I have heard about my brother-in-law's heroic deeds before."

"I often told Yuanyuan that it was her blessing to find a husband like my brother-in-law, and it turned out to be true."

Cai Yuan nodded in agreement while crying.

Chen Gong stood aside and said with a smile: "Although the lord is young, he is the wisest lord in the world."

"The reason why I was willing to surrender to the lord was also because of these reasons."

"The Yang family can use the whole family's strength to help the lord this time, so there will be no loss."

Yang Xun nodded and agreed: "I never doubt this."

"Before I set off, my father told me that the Yang family would always support my brother-in-law."

"This time when we go back, we will also persuade the governor of Taishan County to surrender to my brother-in-law."

Chen Gong smiled and said, "Your father really has a good vision. It's admirable."

Looking at Zhang Sui, Chen Gong said, "My lord, let's discuss how to deal with Cao thief!"

Zhang Sui nodded.

Chen Gong ordered all the generals to be summoned.

A group of people gathered on the ground.

On the ground, Chen Gong had already made a sand table of the terrain near Bai Ma using mud and leaves.

Chen Gong pointed at the sand table and gave a detailed introduction to the forces and distribution of both sides:

Cao Cao's 50,000 troops were divided into two groups: one group of 20,000 was located in Bai Ma; the other group of 30,000 was located in Lihu County.

Zhang Sui had a total of less than 7,000 troops, divided into two places: one in Baima; the other in Cangting Port, which is in this forest.

Chen Gong pointed at Liyang Port and said, "Liyang Port on the other side of the Yellow River has a garrison and a large number of civilians. They don't have much combat power, but they can be used as a decoy."

Zhang Sui said, "I have already notified everyone. Every half an hour, have the Liyang Port garrison and civilians drag the tree around and stamp their feet, creating the appearance that a large army is lurking in Liyang Port."

Chen Gong looked at Zhang Sui with admiration and said, "This arrangement is fine."

"But it's not enough."

"I have deployed scouts nearby in the past two days."

"The thief Cao arrived with a large army today, but he did not use all his forces to fight."

"A part of the 30,000 soldiers from Lihu County have also been sent out to search everywhere."

"Cao the thief has always been suspicious, which is related to his weak strength."

"He must have fallen into Tian Biejia's trap. He is worried that you, my lord, are being so aggressive this time to lure the enemy."

"If there is no one else to help him, Cao will most likely want to retreat."

"However, in recent years, he has been surrounded by talented people such as Xun You, Jia Xu, and Cheng Yu."

"Especially Jia Xu, this man is cunning and will do anything to get what he wants."

"With them here, Cao will definitely not retreat easily."

"It is unlikely that we can simply use Cao Cao's suspicious nature to make him withdraw his troops."

"We must beat Cao the thief and hurt him, then he will be afraid."

After a pause, Chen Gong looked at Zhang Sui and said, "It's more than that."

"We must defeat Cao Cao once and for all."

"Xun You, Jia Xu, and Cheng Yu are all talented people."

"We must use this great victory to cast a shadow on Cao Cao."

"That is, at this critical moment, we cannot trust these people."

“You are the only one you can trust.”

"Then, my lord, when you fight Cao thief in the future, you can catch him by surprise and give him a fatal defeat."

"Xun You, Jia Xu, and Cheng Yu, they don't know that I am leading the troops here, nor do they know that the Yang family has put all their efforts here."

"This is our perfect opportunity to create a rift between them and Cao's bandits."

(End of this chapter)