Summoning the best emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 549 Sneak Attack on Xinye
"Third brother, what is all this going on?"

On the way Guan Yu and Zhang Fei led the troops back to Nanyang, after Zhang Fei's wounds were treated briefly, Guan Yu finally couldn't hold back the doubts in his heart, and asked hastily.

"Second brother, to be honest, I don't know what kind of medicine is sold in Mr.'s gourd. He asked me to go to Bowang to provoke Song Jiang. Before leaving, he told me to rush to Xiaocang Mountain to set up an ambush outside Xiaocang Mountain to meet you. The words I just said were all taught to me by him.”

Zhang Fei's injury was not serious, and he seemed to be in good spirits, but he was also confused and didn't know Fazheng's strategy.

After hearing this, Guan Yu was even more puzzled. What exactly was Fazheng doing? After such a toss, they and the Jingzhou soldiers lost thousands of soldiers and horses, but they failed to make any real progress.

"Mr. What, I don't think Fazheng has good intentions. When you go back this time, you have to stand by my side, so I can persuade you to ask what Fazheng intends to do!"

Guan Yu didn't have a good impression of Fazheng, but now that he thought about it carefully, he felt that Fazheng was deliberately letting them fight with the Jingzhou army to hurt both sides.

Zhang Fei naturally had no objection and patted his chest to ensure it.

When they returned to Nanyang, it was already dark.

The city wall was brightly lit, Liu Bei stood on it and saw them, he couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise: "Xiao Zhi, as you expected, the second and third younger brothers are back."

"Well, I'm afraid General Yun Chang has misunderstood me. I'm afraid I need Mr. Liu to explain something to me later."

Seeing Guan Yu and Zhang Fei rushing towards the tower with angry faces as soon as they entered the city, Fazheng moved his eyes and sighed softly, but there was no trace of worry on his face.

"Don't worry, Xiaozhi."

Liu Bei smiled and agreed.

"Brother, this guy has ulterior motives, what kind of ideas are he coming up with? First, he caused us to lose our troops, and later, our third brother was also injured."

Guan Yu saluted Liu Bei, then his eyes were fixed, and he looked at Fazheng with an unkind expression and said angrily.

"What, third brother is injured, is it serious?"

When Liu Bei heard that Zhang Fei was injured, his complexion changed immediately, and he hurriedly pulled Zhang Fei and asked with concern.

"Brother, don't worry, Huang Zhong shot an arrow inadvertently. Thanks to my strong body, there is no major problem."

Zhang Fei didn't take the injury on his body at all, suddenly remembered Guan Yu's order, smiled bitterly after speaking, and turned his attention to Fazheng.

Seeing this, Liu Bei also understood the purpose of the two of them, and was about to explain, when suddenly another army appeared under the tower.

"My lord, Pan Feng lived up to his entrustment and successfully attacked Xinye, taking away the food and grass of the Jingzhou army and returning safely."

In front of the army, a general with two axes raised his head and announced the good news loudly. Who else could it be if it wasn't Pan Feng?

"Brother, what's going on?"

Guan Yu looked down and saw that Pan Feng was smiling, and the soldiers behind him were escorting a long convoy, all of which were piled high with armor, food and grass.

"Haha, this is all Takahiro's clever plan. Not long after you left, Takahiro sent Wushuang to sneak attack Xinye. Now it seems that it is indeed effortless and it's done."

"Impossible. The Jingzhou army fighting us is only 3000, and Wei Yan is nowhere to be found. Therefore, there are at least [-] soldiers in Xinye. How can Wushuang succeed in attacking Xinye with [-] men alone?"

Guan Yu asked suspiciously with a look of disbelief.

However, Pan Feng has indeed returned with a bumper harvest, there is no doubt about it.

"General Yun Chang is right. Wei Yan did lead [-] troops to garrison Xinye. With him, General Wushuang will hardly succeed, but what if he is not here?"

Fazheng, who had been silent all this time, finally took a step forward and smiled mysteriously.

"Not here?"

Guan Yu frowned, how could Wei Yan leave the important place of Xinye?

"unless?"

"Yes, Wei Yan is brave and resourceful, but after all, he is young and lacks experience. As long as he uses a little trick to let him know that Wenpin's army is ambushed, he will definitely lead his troops to rescue him."

Fazheng smiled calmly and explained slowly.

In fact, Wei Yan felt something was wrong after Wenpin and the others left. After thinking about it, he suspected that Liu Bei might neither attack Bowang nor come to Xinye, but set up an ambush halfway to target the Jingzhou army.

Wei Yan didn't dare to gamble, and immediately ordered the lieutenant to patrol and defend normally, but he himself led the troops to respond.

But this couldn't be hidden from Fazheng, and the result was that Pan Feng led the army to attack Xinye and seize food, grass and weapons.

The rest that couldn't be taken away were all burned.

"Hmph, even if you succeeded in attacking Xinye, we lost more than 2000 soldiers, but Jingzhou's food and grass will last for ten years. Is this all you have to do to defeat the enemy?"

Guan Yu raised his eyes and had no intention of letting Fazheng go.

Zhang Fei next to him also stared. He is not stupid, and he also knows that this operation is not profitable for them, and Fazheng's ability is questionable.

Liu Bei is in a bit of a dilemma. On the one hand, he is the brother who is sworn in Taoyuan and lives and dies together, and on the other hand, is the great talent he relies on for hope and sincerity.

Now that conflicts broke out between the two sides, he wisely chose to remain silent.

Fazheng was not flustered, he still looked as usual, and said calmly: "The sneak attack on Xinye was just a matter of convenience. As for retreating the enemy, General Yun Chang imagined that the Jingzhou army was first ambushed by our army and fled in a panic, and finally got Wei Yan to escape. Returning to Xinye only to find that the city has been lost and there is no food or grass, how angry should they be now?"

"what do you mean?"

Guan Yu didn't understand.

"This time the Jingzhou Army suffered serious losses. Naturally, they hate us the most. But at the same time, they will definitely be very angry at Song Jiang's wrong intelligence. In this way, although the relationship between the two parties will not completely break down, it will become in name only. , it takes just one word to initiate timely rescue.”

Fazheng paused and said again: "This is the reason why I told Wushuang not to occupy Xinye. Wenpin and Song Jiang are still camping separately. As long as we provoke Song Jiang a few more times, let him ask Wenpin for help again. , Wenpin will trust him a few times considering the overall situation. But if he returns in vain every time, Wenpin will naturally no longer believe Song Jiang's request for help. At that time, we will use all our troops to completely destroy Song Jiang .”

Once Song Jiang was destroyed, the Jingzhou army was no longer a threat. Liu Bei broke the siege. With his prestige and the ability of Fazheng, Guan, Zhang and others, he could quickly take back the three counties in northern Jingzhou and launch a counterattack against Jingzhou.

Fazheng's strategy this time, from the very beginning, he never thought of setting up an ambush to eliminate Wenpin.

The strength of the Jingzhou army is not weak, and the leading generals are all courageous and resourceful, and it would be too much loss to fight them head-on.

And after a long time, Song Jiang must be able to realize that it is wrong to call in troops to help in time. At that time, they will be attacked by the enemy, and the whole army may be wiped out.

But if a false shot arouses the conflict between them, it will be like "crying wolf", causing both parties to completely lose trust, and then it will be easy to defeat the enemy and win.

(End of this chapter)