Three Kingdoms: Madam, I am a decent person

Chapter 518 Chen Gong's "Fake to Real" Strategy

While Chen Gong was analyzing the situation with Zhang Sui, he was also constantly observing Zhang Sui's reaction.

Although he had surrendered to Zhang Sui a long time ago, the actual contact time between him and Zhang Sui was not long.

Besides, Zhang Sui is too young!
So smooth!
The halo is so bright!

Much more dazzling than Lu Bu!
His identity and background are much stronger!

He was really worried that Zhang Sui would be the same as Lu Bu.

After listening to Chen Gong's words, Zhang Sui fell silent.

Xun You, Cheng Yu and Jia Xu are all great men.

Especially Xun You. According to the history books he had read before traveling through time, he believed that in the late Han Dynasty, in terms of war strategy, Xun You could even be ranked in the top ten.

Xun You's position in Cao's bandit camp even surpassed that of Jia Xu, Cheng Yu and Guo Jia.

Could Xun You really fall for this?
However, after just a moment's thought, he nodded to Chen Gong.

Now I have no other way to break the deadlock.

Then we can only trust Chen Gong.

Even if you fail, it's better than doing nothing.

Moreover, what Chen Gong said makes a lot of sense: It is too difficult to make Cao Cao withdraw his troops just by taking advantage of his "suspicion".

Cao Cao was one of the top two commanders in the late Han Dynasty.

Although he suffered many defeats in the later period.

However, this period is Cao Cao's peak period.

He will definitely consider many aspects.

Thinking of this, Zhang Sui raised his head and looked at Chen Gong and said, "Go on, Gongtai, just speak boldly, don't look at my face."

"There is no other way now."

"You just come up with the plan, and it's my business whether to execute it or not."

"It has been carried out. If it fails, I, as the commander, will bear the main responsibility."

Chen Gong was relieved when he heard what Zhang Sui said. He said, "My plan is to take advantage of Cao's suspicion and the resourcefulness of others to plan a fake attack and defense."

"My Lord, please send someone to bring all the soldiers and civilians defending Liyang Port here."

"A truce tomorrow."

"After nightfall tomorrow, have these people continue to pretend to launch attacks."

"Don't change the clothes of these people, and only carry ordinary weapons."

"Attack every half hour."

"The thief Cao and his army will surely come out to defend."

"Given Cao's suspicious nature, he will definitely retreat after a few attempts, just in case."

"I know Cao Cao too well. In his early years, he suffered several major defeats and his army was annihilated several times. He is very cautious."

"However, people like Xun You, Cheng Yu, and Jia Xu will definitely be able to tell whether these people are truly capable."

"No, Cao the thief himself can see it, he just doesn't dare to attack, fearing that we are luring him."

"My Lord, please ask Xi Zhicai to suggest that we simply withdraw our troops to prevent any unexpected events."

"By then, Xun You, Cheng Yu and others will definitely step forward to stop it, or even launch an attack."

"I heard that Cao Cao attaches great importance to Xun You and Cheng Yu."

"Jia Xu just won a victory in Puyang City."

"It is very likely that Cao will listen to the advice and do something big."

"But he will also have a backup plan."

"We will use the garrison and civilians of Liyang Port to attract Cao's army. My lord, you can bring your cavalry to join them."

"Don't fight too long. Use the cavalry's quick movement to ensure the safety of the defenders and civilians in Liyang Port." Chen Gong pointed at Zhang Liao, Zang Ba, Sun Guan, Xu Dan and others and said, "We will lead 3,000 elite Danyang soldiers and 3,000 Yang family soldiers to raid the rear of Cao's army."

"Even if we can't defeat Cao's army, we can at least scare them."

"Besides, Cao is very suspicious, so it is very likely that he will not put himself in danger. In other words, he is very likely to be in the garrison."

"If we are lucky enough to eliminate Cao the thief, then that goes without saying."

"Not only has the crisis in Hebei been resolved, but the Central Plains is also in complete chaos. We are marching straight down."

"However, this possibility is extremely small."

"This thief Cao still has many loyal ministers around him."

"Every time we were defeated, someone sacrificed themselves to save us."

"Our conservative goal is to hurt Cao Cao and sow discord between him and his soldiers in preparation for the future."

Yang Xun and Cai Yuan looked at each other.

They don't understand!
But Yang Xun felt it was too risky.

But he was not in a position to speak.

As someone who escorted food and troops from the Yang family, he had to avoid suspicion at this time.

Before setting out, my father repeatedly stressed that we should not interfere, in order to avoid misunderstandings by those with ulterior motives, who might think that the Yang family wanted to interfere in Hebei affairs by taking advantage of the merits of sending out food and troops.

This can easily end up costing more than it gains.

Now that the food and troops have been given out, give them out boldly.

If Hebei really loses these three thousand troops, it also means that Hebei is not worth following.

Given the Yang family's status in Mount Tai, they can just treat it as a blow from someone and start accumulating strength again.

Zhang Sui listened to what Chen Gong said and nodded, "Okay, I'll go and make the arrangements now?"

Chen Gong then stood up and said to Zhang Sui, "My lord, please go quickly."

"Also, the movement at Liyang Port tonight is still continuing."

"Cao's scouts are trying to find out if there are any ambushes nearby."

"The movement in Liyang Port will make Cao thief unable to rest completely at ease."

Zhang Sui hummed and said to Yang Xun and Cai Yuan, "Brother-in-law, sister, I have something else to do, so I won't accompany you for now."

"Now that we are done here, I will take you to Yecheng to meet Zhaoji."

"Shao Ji will definitely be happy to see you."

Yang Xun said hurriedly: "Brother-in-law, you are busy, don't worry about us."

Zhang Sui then rode away.

All the way back to the camp, Zhang Sui told Zhen Hao about Chen Gong's plan, and then asked Zhen Hao to take his letter to Liyang Port and bring the garrison and civilians of Liyang Port over.

At the same time, Zhang Sui wrote a small piece of paper with the three words "advise to attack" on it, tied it to the arrow, and gave it to Huang Han, asking Huang Han to sneak attack Xi Zhicai and shoot him in the shoulder when he met Xi Zhicai tomorrow.

Huang Han's shooting skills have always been superb.

When Zhang Sui followed Tian Feng and Yuan Tan with the Zhen family troops to fight against Qu Yi, Huang Han, as one of the refugees, demonstrated extraordinary archery skills.

In recent years, during the cavalry training of his unit, his archery skills have become increasingly sharp.

As for the others, including Xu Rong, they were sharpening their knives, preparing for a big battle tomorrow night.

While Zhang Sui and others were preparing for a big battle, in Cao Cao's camp, Cao Cao was sitting alone in his tent, watching the sand table nearby and reviewing everything that had happened that day.

When I was watching attentively, a figure walked in from outside.

It was Xi Zhicai.

Xi Zhicai saw that Cao Cao was still awake, so he walked in and said, "My lord, the scouts ahead have intelligence."

Cao Cao then raised his head and motioned Xi Zhicai to come in, saying, "Zhicai, you are still awake? Tell me, what's going on?"

(End of this chapter)