(Ask for collection, swallow thank you)

On the east bank of Xiangshui, Guan Yu camp.

"General, four hundred grain carts were burned clean by me, and not a grain of grain was left for the rebel."

Liao Hua, who returned triumphantly, could not hide the excitement and pride of returning from a big victory, and it seemed that this time the victory of robbing grain also made him breathe a bad breath in his heart for the death of Major General Guan Ping.

"Good work, you fought this battle well."

Guan Yu stroked his beard and smiled slightly, and even praised Liao Hua.

You must know that Guan Yu has always despised the world, even if there are only a handful of famous generals in the world who can enter his eyes, although Liao Hua and others have followed him for more than ten years, but there have been several times in his life that he has praised him and can't remember, Guan Yu's praise immediately made Liao Hua feel flattered.

"General Liao did a good job in this battle, but it's a pity that these grains and grass are burned, it would be better if they could be robbed back and used by the general." Ma Tan on the side spoke in a casual tone, as if they were already their own family members like Guan Yu.

Guan Yu sneered: "I have countless grains in Jiangxia, how can I scarce his hundreds of carts of grain and grass." I just want to burn him clean, otherwise how can I deter the rebels and the rebels? ”

"Hehe, the general has a point." Ma Tan followed Guan Yu and agreed.

Guan Yu breathed a sigh of relief, he was in a very good mood, after this battle, he was already convinced of Ma Tan's surrender, so he said: "Ma Yan, I really didn't misunderstand you, very good, I will report your merits to General Zuo, and General Zuo will definitely not treat you badly." ”

Originally, he was trusted by Guan Yu, but Ma Tan couldn't ask for it, but at this time, Ma Tan's expression suddenly became solemn, he got up and walked to Guan Yu, knelt on one knee, and said ashamedly: "The general has such trust in Kan, which really makes Tan grateful." It's just that he still has something to hide from the general, so please forgive the general. ”

Ma Yan's sudden unexpected action surprised everyone present, and even Guan Yu's eyes flashed a trace of confusion.

Guan Yu paused for a moment and raised his hand slightly: "You get up first, what else is there to hide, just say it." ”

Although Ma Jian stood up, he lowered his head with his hands down, did not dare to look at Guan Yu, and said silently: "I really don't hide it from the general, in fact, this plan to rob the grain was also planned by Liu Feng in advance." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone changed color.

"What did you say?" Guan Yu's brows condensed slightly, and his face became more and more heavy.

"Previously, I surrendered to the general in order to get out of Liu Feng's control, so I pretended to offer him a trick and surrendered, and wanted to fake it to get out of trouble. But Liu Feng was afraid that the general would see through it, so he designed to pretend to stab me in front of the city gate to deceive the general's trust. ”

Ma Yan's words made everyone not only surprised, but confused. If he really surrendered, and now he has achieved his goal, why bother. But if it is a lie, saying these words is tantamount to self-defeating, and it will be difficult for a normal person to understand.

Guan Yu was not angry because of this, he was interested at the moment, wanting to hear what he could say.

Liu Feng thought he was smart, but he didn't want his plan to shoot himself in the foot, and General Guan saw through it at a glance. It's just that Liu Ba is very smart, he guessed that the general is not so easy to deceive, so he sacrificed hundreds of carts of grain as a backup plan, if General Guan didn't believe it, he asked me to offer a plan to rob the grain, then Liu Ba said that with this double chain of schemes, General Guan would definitely believe in me. ”

The truth was revealed, and the green tendons on Guan Yu's face twitched slightly, the reason was nothing more than that Liu Feng and Liu Ba were so insidious and cunning, and under the trickery, they really fell for them.

The annoyed Guan Yu looked at Ma Jian coldly, and said in a deep voice: "Since all this is the conspiracy of that rebel, what do you mean by saying these words?" ”

Ma Tan sneered: "Although the second Liu's strategy is cunning, it's a pity, they never expected that I, who first proposed the plan to surrender, actually really wanted to surrender to the general." In fact, I could have hidden these words in my stomach and never said them for the rest of my life, but the general trusted me so much, if I did not tell the truth, my conscience would be really uneasy. ”

"Why didn't you tell these things truthfully at the right time, but you had to hide them until this time?" Guan Yu still had anger in his mouth.

Ma Yan sighed: "I originally planned to tell the truth as soon as I saw the general, but at that time, the general insisted on cutting off my head, I was rude to ask the general, if I said these words at that time, would the general believe it?" ”

Guan Yu is arrogant, but this does not mean that he is unreasonable, Ma Tan's worries are indeed reasonable, even if he said it truthfully at that time, he was afraid that he would still take it as a lie and still cut off his head, Ma Jian did have his last resort.

At this moment, Guan Yu's anger quietly dissipated, and his trust in Ma Jian was a little more even, Guan Yu knew very well that if Ma Tan surrendered by fraud, his goal had been achieved, how could he take the risk of saying these extraneous words, so there was no doubt about his intention to surrender.

It's just that Guan Yu is not stupid enough to believe such nonsense as "uneasy conscience".

"Ma Yan, you can tell the truth, this is very gratifying, and I also believe that you really want to surrender. However, I am afraid that your purpose in doing this is not just for the word 'conscience'. ”

Ma Tan was stunned at first, then laughed, and arched his hand: "Sure enough, I still can't hide the general's eyes, in fact, the reason why I and the general are truthful is that I want to offer another strategy for the general. ”

'Hmph, what a difficult conscience, as I expected, is just a capricious person who wants to make meritorious contributions and seek fame, but it is just for me. ’

"Three said to break Linxiang? I'd like to hear what the trick is. Guan Yu's eyes showed curiosity.

Ma Tan then explained his strategy.

Guan Yu, who was listening silently, nodded secretly, he was well versed in the way of soldiers, and he could obviously see the subtlety of Ma Yan's plan, if he could really induce Liu Fengzhong's plan, it would be very likely to break through Linxiang City within three days.

After pondering for a long time, Guan Yu patted the case and said: "Okay, just follow your plan, break Linxiang within three days, and take Liu Feng's head!" ”

Late at night, in the brightly lit Taishou Mansion, Liu Feng held a letter in his hand, and a mysterious expression between his eyebrows appeared from time to time.

Suddenly, Huang Zhong and Liu Ba arrived one after another.

"Lord, summoning us late at night, could it be that there is news from Ma Yan's side?" Liu Ba asked impatiently.

"You guessed right." Liu Feng showed the letter in his hand to the two of them, and sneered: "This is the secret letter that Ma Yan just sent, everything is going according to our plan, and the last link is in the Ming Dynasty, everyone, it's time to give a big gift to our General Guan." ”