At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

"Right now, the Yellow Turban bandits from Dongping and Rencheng have basically concentrated in Fan County and Ningyang County, cooperating with each other, Fan County is led by Xu He and Guan Hai, Ningyang County is led by Sima Ju and Guan Cheng. "

Seeing that there was no one else in the tent, Guo Jia whispered, "Brother, the Yellow Turban bandits are numerous and powerful right now, but they are in a dangerous situation. If you threaten them with a big victory, you will succeed. exactly."

"If you don't chase the poor, you're just afraid of being bitten back by the poor. Even if you don't dare to chase the poor, can you do great things? Apart from reducing casualties, what else is there to praise? If you don't kill the poor, there will be endless troubles! "

After being glared at by Guo Peng, Guo Jia suddenly didn't know what to say.

"Feng Xiao, don't stick to the art of war, go beyond the art of war, let the art of war work for you, instead of being trapped by the art of war, remember, don't stick to the rules!"

"However, if this is the case, it is inevitable to fight head-on. The Yellow Turban Bandits have more troops than me. If we fight head-on, the losses will be unpredictable."

Guo Jia still doesn't seem to agree with Guo Peng's idea.

"If the poor can be wiped out in one fell swoop, there will be no future troubles. A little loss is not unacceptable. It's better than being left to make a fuss and can't be dealt with. Let them surrender as an organization and retain their power, which is tantamount to independence in our army. How can I Can you allow it?

Feng Xiao, you remember, once you miss an opportunity to win and wipe out the enemy army in one fell swoop, the enemy will be resurrected from the dead, once the resurrected from the dead wants to strike again, it will be difficult, and it will be too late to regret it! "

Guo Jia thought for a moment, then frowned and asked, "What do you plan to do, brother?"

"Do it like this."

Guo Peng held up a roll of bamboo slips and handed it to Guo Jia. Guo Jia opened it up and was stunned.

Strictly speaking, this is a letter.

But it seems to be a very strange greeting letter to Xu He, the leader of the Yellow Turban Army.

It looks like a letter, but there are many alterations and modifications in the words and sentences, which look nondescript.

"Is this a manuscript? Do you have any other authentic documents?"

"No, this is the letter to send to Xu He."

Guo Peng smiled: "Feng Xiao, guess why I wrote this letter like this?"

There are many messy letters that have been altered and edited. The text is just a simple greeting, and there is a meaning of hoping that he will surrender. A meaningless letter has to be altered to look like this. Why is this?

Shao Qing, with a flash of inspiration, Guo Jia's brain turned at high speed, he was taken aback, and then stared at Guo Peng with wide eyes.

"Brother, are you trying to alienate the leader of the Yellow Turban Bandits?"

"Yes, I just want to drive them apart. Trust is a rare thing. Once there is a little bit, even a little doubt, trust will be gone.

They seem to be powerful, but if there is mutual suspicion inside, the solid defense will be self-defeating, especially in such a highly tense situation. "

Guo Peng stood up: "So this letter must be sent, and we must continue to march, forming a trend of oppression, but no attack is allowed."

Guo Jia looked at the letter in his hand, and countless possibilities suddenly appeared in his mind.

On the first day of December, Guo Peng led his army to Fan County, Rencheng State, where he encountered the main force of the Yellow Turban Army.

With Fan County as the center, they set up company battalions around the county seat, relying on the county seat to form a relatively complete city defense system, and adding tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to garrison them, they looked like a fortress of iron and steel.

Guo Peng did not attack.

On the fourth day of December, the sky was freezing and the wind was howling.

It has been three days since Guo Peng led his army into Ren Chengguo and set up camp not far from the Yellow Turban Army camp for confrontation. During the past three days, Guan Hai has always been puzzled.

Three days ago, when Guo Peng led his army to arrive, the two armies faced off for a while.

The coalition forces of Xu He and Guan Hai guarded the barracks and main roads, held on to the fortifications, and stood firm.

Xu He guarded outside the city, while Guan Hai stayed inside the city, acting like horns to resist Guo Peng's strong attack.

Guo Peng led his army to arrive but did not launch an attack. Instead, he invited Xu He out to meet him.

Guo Peng has only one personal guard beside him, and he has not yet stood by his side, and he has also untied his saber, hoping that Xu He can come to meet him at the midpoint of the camps of the two armies.

Xu He felt strange, but felt that there was no need for him to be afraid of Guo Peng. This was a battleground where life and death were fought, so what was there to be afraid of?

And he felt that Guo Peng was talking to him about surrendering, hoping that he would surrender.

So Xu He called Guan Hai out of the city, handed over the camp to Guan Hai's commander, rode out of the camp alone, and asked Guan Hai to lead the army and go to see Guo Peng.

Guan Hai watched the meeting between Xu He and Guo Peng very nervously and cautiously. Looking from a distance, he saw that the two seemed to be chatting. Guo Peng even laughed, as if he was very happy.

After a while, Guo Peng bid farewell to Xu He and left.

Xu He came back with a puzzled expression after a while.

"What did he say?"

Guan Hai immediately stepped forward to inquire.

"He didn't say anything, just said some very common greetings, and nothing else."

Xu He frowned, and he was also full of doubts.

"Ah? Before the battle between the two armies, he called you over just to chat with you?"

"I also find it strange, what exactly does Guo Peng want to do?"

Seeing Guan Hai's strange expression, Xu He spread his hands, expressing that he was also confused.

Chapter 258 .250 Seven This is Guo Peng's trick! (build)

Guan Hai didn't continue to ask, but he still had some doubts in his heart.

After that, Guo Peng didn't attack the camp. The Yellow Turbans were on guard every day, but Guo Peng didn't come to fight.

It was freezing cold, and Guo Peng didn't come to fight, but the Yellow Turbans dared not relax.

They were really afraid of Guo Peng, for fear that he would attack suddenly and they were unprepared, so they waited for it.

Waiting in full force will cause many soldiers to feel very cold.

After all, the cold wind was blowing, and they didn't have enough protection from the cold. They were so cold that they couldn't even hold a spear, their hands were red from the cold, and their skin was chapped. They were quite resentful.

And Guan Hai has been staying in his warm room in the county seat, not going out, and has been thinking about what Guo Peng said to Xu He and what he wanted to do.

But nothing.

Thinking about it hurts his head, Guan Hai shook his head, got up and poured himself a glass of water, took a sip of hot water, and cursed the cold weather by the way.

"General, Guo Peng just delivered a letter."

A personal guard reported to Guan Hai outside the house.

"Guo Peng sent a letter? For me?"

Guan Hai was taken aback for a moment, and hurriedly asked.

"No, it was sent to General Xu."

The guard replied.

Guan Hai suddenly became suspicious.

I talked to Xu He alone before, and now I send letters alone, why?

Guan Hai suddenly felt that it was necessary for him to take a look, so he put on his overcoat and went out, left the city and came to the barracks, endured the severe cold and came to Xu He's tent, opened the curtain of the tent and went in. look at that letter.

"Guo Peng sent a letter?"

Guan Hai stepped forward to read the contents of the letter.

"Ah, I sent a letter, but I find it very strange. This letter is not right. Take a look."

Xu He handed the letter to Guan Hai, who took a look at it and frowned immediately.

This letter has a lot of traces of alterations and revisions, and many parts of the sentences are not smooth, which is the reason for the alterations. Guan Hai felt very strange, so he asked: "Is this what you altered?"

"No, it's just like this, I just think it's weird."

Xu He stood up and walked to Guan Hai: "How could Guo Peng send such a letter?"

"Yes, how could Guo Peng send such a letter?"

With a glance from the corner of Guan Hai's eyes, he saw the pen and ink on Xu He's desk for writing, as well as the carving knife specially used for bamboo slips.

"Wrong delivery?"

Xu He looked puzzled.

"You really didn't change this?"

Guan Hai couldn't help being puzzled, and asked again.

"What am I changing his letters for?"

Xu He shook his head, frowned, and said, "He sent it like this. It's very strange. He didn't enter the army, nor persuaded him to surrender. What is he going to do?"

Guan Hai looked at Xu He suspiciously, looked away, and put the letter down.

"Maybe he sent it by mistake?"

"That's weird."

Xu He is still analyzing the reason.

Guan Hai had already walked out of his tent silently.

In Guan Hai's mind, a coherent picture has gradually emerged.

Xu He received the letter, read it quickly, learned the content, and then suddenly thought that he would come, so he quickly altered it, and destroyed the important part with a carving knife, so as not to let himself know the original appearance of the letter.

What is this guy doing?

Guan Hai became anxious.

Suddenly, a terrible idea appeared.

Is it.

Xu He wants to betray?

Betray everyone's vows and goals?

betray me?

Once this terrible thought arises, it can never disappear again, and it immediately sprouts and grows, giving rise to many more terrifying conjectures, even thinking that Xu He and Guo Peng are colluding with each other to sell the entire Yellow Turban Army in exchange for The possibility of his own high-ranking official and generous salary.

No way?

Impossible, right?

He has known Xu He for a while. Xu He was a member of Taiping Daoist a long time ago, and his qualifications are older than his. How could...

It's hard to say.

If there is a traitor, anyone can do it!

Guan Hai was very distressed and worried, so he arranged for his own soldiers to monitor Xu He's every move and tell him immediately if there was any trouble.

After making such an arrangement, Guan Hai also began to think about what to do next. If Xu He really colluded with Guo Peng, then...

Get started first!

On the other hand, Xu He was still wondering whether Guo Peng had sent the wrong letter, so he sent someone to inquire, but Guo Peng sent another letter.

This time there was no trace of alteration in the letter, it was very clear, but what was written on it made Xu He even more puzzled.

It said that the letter sent before was a draft. I am really sorry. Guo Peng has already punished the sender. He reassured Xu He that this time it was correct. He personally arranged it. Do it, and what Xu He promised him must also be done.

???

What did I promise you?

Xu He was very surprised, before he could figure it out, he heard a noise, and Guan Hai ran into his tent panting heavily, and saw the letter in his hand at a glance.

"let me see!"

Guan Hai panted heavily and stretched out his hand towards him.

"This...it's ok, but I didn't figure it out..."

Xu He's eyes widened suddenly, looking at Guan Hai, who was panting heavily, and this letter, thinking of Guo Peng's redacted letter before, he was shocked.

"This is a trick! We've been tricked! We've been tricked!"

"What trick? Show me what Guo Peng wrote!"