Chapter 173: Double Deceit(2/2)
"Yu Lang!"
Xiahou Dun came to He Yan's side and carefully wiped off the blood on He Yan's armor with his hands: "Are you injured?"
"Uncle Yuanrang, don't worry, I'm not seriously injured!"
Facts have proved that Xu Hu and Xu Bao are indeed the tiger warriors who followed Xu Chu. With the protection of this pair of bodyguards, He Yan remained as stable as a rock in the midst of the chaos.
"Uncle Yuan Rang, quickly collect Wenpinjun's armor and flags! We are going to complete the second step of the plan!"
The first step of the plan was naturally for He Yan to pretend to be the escaped Liu Bei soldier Dr. Ren, bring Wenpin to the encirclement of Cao Jun, and trap Wenpin on the plain.
The second step is to use the banner of Wenpin's army to deceive Liu Bei after defeating Wenpin's army, in an effort to deceive Xinye.
In short, it is - "Pretend to be Liu Bei to fool Wenpin, and then pretend to be Wenpin to fool Liu Bei!"
There was no time to repair, so after taking off the armor of Wenpin's soldiers who died in the battle and wearing it on his body, He Yan put on Wenpin's flag again and set off towards Xinye.
On the way, He Yan also told Lu Meng who was standing beside him: "Liu Bei had a chance encounter with me in Runan. That time was different from when I met Wenpin. When we were in Runan, Liu Bei had seen me up close.
, you must be very familiar with my appearance, so this time you will be the commander-in-chief to make Liu Bei believe that we are coming to support his Jingzhou army!"
There is a difference between deceiving Liu Bei and deceiving Wenpin.
Liu Bei's army had been defeated before, and being a deserter could easily make Wenpin trust him.
But the army coming from Jingzhou must be well prepared. If there are no documents and tiger talismans, it may be difficult to gain Liu Bei's trust.
Therefore, to deceive Liu Bei, it is better to be subtle!
Cao's army was divided into three groups again.
All the cavalry were handed over to Xiahou Dun, who was responsible for staying in the southern part of Xinye to observe the situation in Xiangyang and prevent Wenpin from killing a carbine.
Yu Jin acted in his true colors and directly led his troops to surround Xinye.
He Yan and Lu Meng, of course, acted as civil servants and stopped garrisoning a certain distance from Xinye to prevent Liu Bei from clearly observing the actual strength of the army.
Liu Bei, who fled back to Xinye, was always frightened. He breathed a sigh of relief after hearing that the Jingzhou army was coming from the south.
But when Liu Bei climbed onto the city wall of Xinye County, his heart trembled again.
"Why were Wenpin's troops unwilling to come immediately to relieve the siege of Xinye, but instead stationed themselves far away?"
Liu Bei sent scouts to inquire, but the reply he received made Liu Bei very dissatisfied.
"Wenpin actually said that Cao's army was too strong and he didn't dare to approach?"
The Jingzhou troops who came for reinforcements were very cowardly, hanging so far away from the outside, unwilling to get close to the new field, which made Liu Bei's violent temper rise again.
"The soldiers in Jingzhou are all cowards!"
Liu Bei was far away, but he could still tell that the size of the Jingzhou army was about ten thousand.
With the same army of ten thousand people, the Jingzhou army did not dare to fight against Cao's army. Isn't this cowardice?
However, although Liu Bei scolded him, the army was not under his control. He could only let Xinye, Cao's army, and Jingzhou army fight.
After waiting for three days, and seeing that Cao's army was getting ready to launch a general offensive, Liu Bei finally received military orders from outside.
"Cao's army is powerful, Wenpin specially invites Liu Yuzhou to attack Cao's camp tonight!"
Liu Bei was surrounded for several days, and his mood became more and more restless day by day. When he saw "Wenpin" inviting him to attack Cao's camp together, he agreed without saying a word.
That night, Liu Bei, Zhang Fei, Chen Dao and the remaining 800 soldiers in the city gathered in front of the east gate. They were just waiting for the "Wen Pinjun" outside the city to give him a signal, and he was about to open the city gate and follow Wen.
Attack Cao Ying!
The idea is beautiful.
The reality is cruel.
As shouts of killing came from outside, Liu Bei immediately ordered the gates of Xinye City to be opened.
But unfortunately, after opening the city gate, Wenpin's army, who had been "fighting" with Cao's army just now, immediately turned their guns and rushed towards Xinye City.
Liu Bei had previously imagined that he and Wenpin's army could work together to annihilate Cao's army outside Xinye City, but now he was trembling all over.
The war drums were beating, and Yu Jin and Lu Meng from outside the city led their troops into the city.
Yu Jin saw Liu Bei, the most conspicuous person in the crowd, at a glance. He patted his horse and rushed towards Liu Bei with murderous intent in his eyes.
Lu Meng, who entered Xinye City with Yu Jin, was rarely too excited.
After Lu Meng and a few cavalry broke through the defense line formed by Liu Bei's soldiers, they immediately threw away a group of enemy soldiers and rushed towards the Xinye County Government Office.
"Captain He has an order! Capture an old white-faced man and Liu Bei's wife and daughter alive! Everyone, keep an eye on me!"
"Here!"
When some cavalry heard this, they noticed something was wrong: "Lü Sima, I can understand why you want to capture Liu Bei's wife and daughter, but why do you want to capture that old white-faced man alive?"
Lu Meng glared at the other party: "Is it something you should ask about Captain He?"
The cavalryman quickly fell silent and did not dare to ask any more questions.
It wasn't until they successfully broke into the Xinye County Government Office that they were all dumbfounded: "Hiss!!!"
"Liu Bei...how come there are so many old white faces?"
Chapter completed!