A Journey to the Game World

Chapter 50
"Have you made up your mind yet?" Hearing this, Du Huo lay down again and asked casually.

"No...no... guilty general... guilty general just...just asking casually!" The change in the surrounding atmosphere was immediately sensed by Zhang Ji, and he quickly shook his head in denial, fearing that he would be misunderstood by Du Huo.

"Oh, just asking casually...then you are indeed quite casual!" Du Huo raised the corner of his mouth with a half-smile, and the response he made was also somewhat inexplicable.

Zhang Ji anxiously waited for Du Huo's next answer. However, Zhang Ji waited for a long time, but he did not wait for Du Huo to say another word.

It seemed that at this moment, Du Huo's answer had come to an end. Although it was a bit inexplicable, it was indeed an answer.

Now Zhang Ji couldn't help but feel a little regretful, saying that sentence.

"Hey, do you want to die with all your heart?"

Just when Zhang Ji was worried about his future fate, Xu Shu's low voice suddenly sounded in his ears.

Hearing this, Zhang Ji suddenly turned his head to look at Du Huo, his eyes filled with the message of asking for help, as if seeing a straw.

"Don't look at me with such eyes, I can't save you! Right now, you need to save yourself!" Xu Shu suddenly raised his voice so that everyone in the mansion hall could hear clearly.

But the moment Xu Shu said these words, Zhang Ji, who was at the end of his life, seemed to suddenly see the hope of surviving.

He suddenly turned his head to look at Du Huo, then suddenly fell to his knees, and then exhausted all his strength to make a solemn promise to Du Huo: "Uncle Liu Huang, the sin will be willing to surrender. In the battle of Lingling, the sin I will do my best to help the emperor!"

"Oh?"

"is it?"

Du Huo sat up straight again, and asked with a smile on his face.

"I implore the emperor's uncle to trust me, the guilty general is willing to swear with his life!"

When Zhang Ji faced Du Huode's doubts, he had no choice but to swear a poisonous oath to prove his sincerity.

However, what he said made Du Huo feel a little ridiculous.

A general who chose to surrender to the enemy because he was afraid of death.But he has to pay the price of death to prove his sincerity.

I don't know if he is really afraid of death, or if he is too confident in his sincerity.

Perhaps, even he himself does not know the answer to this question.As Du Huo learned, in this world, oaths and promises are probably the least trustworthy things!

"Ahem... General Zhang, if you are serious, then I will naturally respect your choice, but I have a piece of advice to tell you, that is, don't try to deceive me, otherwise you will definitely do it for this." Pay the price!"

Things have developed to this point, and it seems that something has come to fruition. Zhang Ji's surrender heralds the imminent start of the next battle.

The work of interrogating Zhang Ji came to an end when Du Huo fulfilled his promise and rewarded Xu Shu with money.

However, in the eyes of everyone, all of this is simply a joke, an absurd plot specially created by Du Huo in order to spread money.

When the Palace Council came to an end, there was only one form left, and everyone had no topic to talk about. Apart from deploying the next battle plan, there were only some meaningless small talk left.

Du Huo left in the middle of the meeting. Du Huo has never been interested in things like battle plans.

After all, Zhuge Liang can help him solve these problems, so he can take a break from his busy schedule and find a quiet time in this troubled world.

……

The next day, Zhang Ji went to Lingling alone under Zhuge Liang's military order.

Before leaving, Zhuge Liang specially wrote a letter and asked him to bring it to Li Jue, Guo Si and others.

According to Zhuge Liang, it should be a letter of persuasion, but Du Huo has never read the content of the letter, so he never knew what was written in the letter.

On the morning of the third day Zhang Ji left Guiyang City, Du Huo suddenly received a secret letter without a signature.

There are only two words in the text of the letter: The fruit is ripe!

Du Huo didn't understand what it meant, so he took the letter to Zhuge Liang and asked him what happened.

And when he handed this letter to Zhuge Liang.Zhuge Liang immediately laughed and said that everything will happen!
At this time, Du Huo finally realized that the person who wrote the letter was Zhang Ji, and the two words in the letter were the secret words negotiated by Zhang Ji and Zhuge Liang.

Now, Zhang Ji has completely gained the trust of Li Jue and Guo Si. As for the recovery of Lingling, it is just around the corner.

On that day, Zhuge Liang and Du Huo discussed for more than half an hour. Whether it was the battle plan or the deployment of soldiers, horses, food and grass, the two of them had a relatively clear attitude.

On the next day, Zhuge Liang, adhering to Du Huo's so-called idea that soldiers are precious and fast, led his troops to set off that night.

After marching for dozens of miles overnight, the army gradually appeared near Lingling City in the early morning.

The camp outside Lingling City was built again at this time, and Lu Bu's old friend Li Su was responsible for garrisoning it, acting as a "natural" barrier for Lingling City.

If you want to capture Lingling City now, you must first remove this barrier, otherwise the army will not be able to penetrate further.

However, Li Jue, Guo Si and others seemed to be aware of the importance of this camp.Therefore, they specially sent heavy troops to stay here, and they were directly led by the two of them.

In the early morning, Du Huo planned to send generals to challenge the pass. Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and other generals were all in high spirits when they ordered the generals. As generals, they seemed to want to prove their strength by fighting on the battlefield.

When it was difficult to make a decision, Du Huo resolutely rejected Zhuge Liang's proposal to recommend Zhang Fei, and publicly appointed Lu Bu as the vanguard of the conquest, and ordered him to lead his troops to attack the camp.

Most people don't quite understand Du Huo's decision. It stands to reason that this should be the best opportunity to highlight the general's strength by charging into the battle and making meritorious deeds.

As the elder brother of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, Du Huo would rather give this opportunity to an outsider than to his brother.

For this reason, this is really confusing!
"Brother, do you think that my second brother and I are no match for Na Lu Bu?"

After the deployment of the generals was completed, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei both had long faces and wanted to ask Du Huo for an explanation.

Zhang Fei is a quick-tempered person, and he said something without hesitation.

Du Huo looked at the bearded and simple guy in front of him, but he couldn't help but feel a little joy in his heart.

"Yide, we are brothers! How could I favor outsiders and not trust my own brother!" Du Huo said.

"Since big brother trusts us, why didn't he send us to fight?" Zhang Fei grinned, as if full of grievances.

"Hey~ As the so-called good steel is used on the blade, just let Lu Bu do the trivial matter of regaining lost ground. If you and your second brother are asked to go, wouldn't it be a bit of an overkill!"

(End of this chapter)