Chapter 332: Nine-Tailed Fox vs. Nerve Knife (Part II)
If Yang Changshi knew that Shi Yunfeng was actually a fine work sent by Zhuge Liang, then Yang Changshi would definitely not have to worry about the letter being sent to Mr. Guo Tu, but even so, Yang Changshi's carefully imitated letter from Deputy Director Tao still caused a series of domino effects, and also triggered a series of unexpected consequences............ "Is there such a coincidence in the world?" I arranged for a careful bitter meat plan to enter the Xuzhou thief camp to spy on the military plane, but I happened to be selected by the Xuzhou thief army, and I rebelled and sent it back to send a letter to Guo Tu. Is this really just a coincidence, or is the pottery thief using a counter-plot? Or is it a deeper discord meter? ”
The first to be stunned by Yang Changshi's clever plan was of course Shi Yunfeng's behind-the-scenes mastermind Zhuge Liang, even if he was resourceful and the top in the world, his intelligence and scheming were among the best in the world, and his scheming could be ranked in the top ten in the world, his wisdom and calmness were comparable to a thousand years of ice, and his eyes were sharp enough to pierce the golden travertine, but Zhuge Liang was also stunned by the dominoes pushed down by Yang Changshi this time, and he was completely confused, and he couldn't guess the truth behind the whole thing even after racking his brains, let alone the true purpose of 'Deputy Director Tao and Liu Ye'! You can't guess even if you break your head!
The second one who was stunned was Uncle Liu Huang, who received the news of Shi Yunfeng's return, Uncle Liu Huang rushed over to listen to the good news, but saw an incredible letter from Deputy Director Tao, even if it is known as a torch, the degree of heroism can definitely rank among the top three in the world, and the means of fishing in troubled waters are definitely the first in the world, Uncle Liu Huang was also completely stunned, sitting in front of the letter for a long time without saying a word, in addition to being dazed in his mind, I really don't understand what tricks the sworn enemy Deputy Director Tao plans to play this time, and I don't understand the draft when I break my head.
"Counter-plotting! This must be a counter-plot! After a long time, Uncle Liu Huang was the first to jump up and shouted: "This must be the pottery thief's counter-strategy, wanting to kill people with a knife, and killing Guo Gongze by the hand of the Marquis of Ji, this is the usual method of the pottery thief!" Don't miss it! This letter must be destroyed so as not to affect the intimate relationship between our army and the Ji Hou army! ”
Roaring, Uncle Liu Huang really grabbed the handwritten letter of Deputy Director Tao, and wanted to burn it in front of the lamp, Zhuge Liang hurriedly shouted: "The lord is slow, the letter can't be destroyed yet, and the matter is still inconclusive." ”
"Kong Ming, what do you mean by that?" Uncle Liu Huang was shocked and asked, "Do you think that this letter is not a counter-plot?!" ”
Zhuge Liang, who has always been thoughtful, hesitated for the first time, and hesitated for a considerable amount of time, before Zhuge Liang said categorically: "It's definitely not a counter-plan!" Tao Yuanjun sent this letter into our military camp, the purpose is only two possibilities, one is to separate the intimate relationship between our army and the Marquis of Ji, and second, everything is a coincidence, Tao Yuanjun is not a trick, but really wants to rebel against Mr. Guo Tu! ”
"How so?" Uncle Liu Huang hurriedly asked again.
"It's very simple, Tao makes Jun Ce's success against Guo Gongzhi very large." Zhuge Liang said solemnly: "There are two reasons, one is because of various reasons, Guo Gong has indeed fallen out of favor in front of Ji Hou, Ji Hou has long had the intention of removing his position as a military advisor and letting Cui Jiqi replace him, Guo Gong is dissatisfied in his heart It is human nature, and it is naturally easiest for Tao to make Jun Ce against him." ”
"Second, Tao Zhijun has Guo Gongze's fatal handle in his hands, and Liang can conclude that the betrayal of Qingzhou by Guo Gongze mentioned by Tao Yuanjun in the letter must be true, and Guo Gongze has indeed betrayed Jihou and his son! Tao Yuanjun used this handle to blackmail Guo Gongzhi, and there is also a great hope of plotting against Guo Gongzhi! ”
Speaking of this, Zhuge Liang paused for a moment, and said more seriously: "Please calm down and think about it carefully, although Guo Gong is losing power now, he has deep roots in the Jihou army, and he is inextricably linked with almost all the generals of Jizhou, and he still holds part of the military power in his hands, and it is easy to use him to break through the Guandu camp from the inside." In the face of such a premise, how could Tao Yuanjun, who was not willing to attack Guandu at all and pay huge casualties, use a counter-plot to get rid of Mr. Guo Tu? How could he be willing to get rid of Mr. Guo Tu like this? Therefore, Liang dared to conclude that this letter was by no means Tao Yuanjun's counter-plot! Tao Yuanjun is not so stupid, he ruined his hope of easily winning Guandu! ”
This time, Uncle Liu Huang stopped talking, and after slowly retracting the letter that had been handed to the candlelight, Uncle Liu Huang slowly sat back in place, and pondered for a long time before asking in a deep voice: "In this way, the letter of the pottery thief is most likely to divide the relationship between our army and the Jihou army?" Do you want us to deliver this letter to the Marquis of Ji, causing the Marquis of Ji and Mr. Gongze to be furious and turn against our army? ”
"It's possible, but it's very unlikely." Zhuge Liang hesitated again, and then said: "Because Liang has carefully asked Shi Yunfeng and learned about the process before and after he entered the Tao camp, he found that it is absolutely impossible for him to show his flaws, and it is absolutely impossible for Tao Yuanjun to know that he is a meticulous work, so the possibility of counting is very small." ”
"Ten thousand steps back." Zhuge Liang added: "Even if Tao Yuanjun finds out that Shi Yunfeng is a meticulous work to spy on the military situation, it is impossible to know that Shi Yunfeng is actually a meticulous work sent by our army for the Marquis of Ji. ”
"Maybe it's our side that leaked the news." Uncle Liu Huang thought of another possibility, and said: "The pottery thief has placed a fine work around us, or a fine work is placed next to Ji Hou, and the news has been leaked to the pottery thief in advance, so the pottery thief will come to a plan to separate the intimate relationship between us and the Ji Hou." ”
"It's possible, but it's even smaller." Zhuge Liang frowned and replied: "If Tao Envoy Jun knows the true identity of our fine work, and knows that our fine work is to spy on his military situation, then you can arrange other illusions to make greater profits, why take Mr. Guo Tu's fuzi?" Is it important to plot against Mr. Guo Tu to break through the Guandu camp, or is it important to drive a wedge between our army and the Jihou army? Besides, such a plan is not destined to make our army and the Hou of Ji turn against each other, at most it can only create some estrangement between our army and the Hou Ji army, the sacrifice is big and the reward is small, Tao Envoy Jun is impossible to do such a stupid thing! ”
Uncle Liu Huang thought about it carefully and found that in order to create some estrangement between himself and Yuan Tan, he sacrificed the fatal handle to blackmail Guo Tu, and also sacrificed the best chance to easily win the Guandu camp. So after thinking about it, Uncle Liu Huang could only hesitate and said: "In this way, behind this matter, it can only be a coincidence that cannot be coincidental, the pottery thief wants to plot against Mr. Guo Tu, but there is no way to get in touch with Guo Tu secretly, so he has to first plot against our captives and then use the captives to send letters, and the result happens to be the meticulous work we sent to spy on the military intelligence?" ”
Zhuge Liang hesitated again, don't look at Zhuge Liang is already in his early twenties, but the hesitation time of the previous twenty years or so is probably not as long as tonight's hesitation. After hesitating for a long time, Zhuge Liang finally nodded and said: "Only this may be the most reasonable, lord, we are likely to be lucky this time, not only successfully spying on the enemy's military situation, but also knowing the enemy's next plan by mistake!" ”
Uncle Liu Huang pondered for a long time, and some joy gradually appeared on his fair and smooth little face, and muttered: "No Ji Tailai, no Ji Tailai, pottery thief, I can't imagine that you also make mistakes, or when you make such big mistakes." ”
Zhuge Liang didn't echo Uncle Liu's ecstasy, but just said in his heart: "Is it really lucky?" But how do I think that Liu Ye's process of buying Shi Yunfeng is a bit strange. Still weird like child's play? After promising an official position, let Shi Yunfeng bring such an important letter back to the camp? Although this is basically the case with the rebellion against the captives, this is too simple and child's play, right? Is it a lack of suspicion or carelessness? I really can't understand the style of the pottery thief, I can't understand it at all! ”
Zhuge Liang, who has always thought that he is the smartest person in the world, was still feeling sorry for himself for the first time because of his lack of IQ, Uncle Liu Huang couldn't wait to stand up with the letter, pulled Zhuge Liang up and walked out, and said: "Kong Ming, don't be scared, let's go to see Ji Hou, if this matter is used well, maybe it can be like Cao thief, and create a miracle of Guandu where the weak defeat the strong!" Although Zhuge Liang was still a little worried, he still did not object, just limped out of the account with Uncle Liu Huang, and hurried to the Chinese army camp to meet Yuan Tan Gongzi, and at the same time, Zhuge Liang also called Shi Yunfeng very carefully, so that Yuan Tan Gongzi could inquire about the incident.
……………… Of course, Yuan Tan Gongzi's temper is much more irritable and impulsive than Uncle Liu Huang and Zhuge Liang, and he was dragged out of the warm bed by Uncle Liu Huang and Zhuge Liang, Yuan Tan Gongzi was already a little unhappy, and then after reading Deputy Director Tao's 'handwritten letter' with sleepy eyes, Yuan Tan Gongzi suddenly jumped like thunder, jumped up and shouted: "Guo Tupifu, you are so bold!" After doing it for a long time, you persuaded me to support my father to cede most of the land in Qingzhou for your own sake! Come on, arrest Guo Tu for me immediately! ”
The guard in the tent agreed, and Cui Yan next to him hurriedly drank it, and then bowed his hand to Yuan Tan Gongzi and said: "My lord, please calm my anger, please let my subordinates read this letter first, and then make a decision." ”
Yuan Tan threw the letter to Cui Yan, Cui Yan picked it up and read it roughly, and carefully asked Shi Yunfeng about the details of entering the Xuzhou military camp to spy on the military situation, Cui Yan also suddenly fell into confusion, and said: "Could it be that our detailed work was seen through by Tao Ying's team, and we took the opportunity to use counter-plots to trap Mr. Gongze?" But it doesn't seem to be a counter-plot, since Tao Ying has such a big handle, how can he be willing to use it to kill a Guo Gongze? Mr. Kong Ming, what is your opinion? ”
Zhuge Liang had no choice but to waste saliva and say again the tirade he published not long ago, Cui Yan nodded again and again, and admired Zhuge Liang's meticulousness and unique opinions, and resolutely agreed with Zhuge Liang's judgment - Zijun was indeed lucky this time, and was hit on the instep by gold falling from the sky. Yuan Tan Gongzi became more angry the more he listened, and he patted the case in front of him and shouted: "In that case? What are you doing? Arrest Guo Tu for me immediately, and get rid of the troubles forever! ”
"My lord, please calm your anger." Cui Yan hurriedly persuaded again, and said: "My lord, whether Mr. Gongze really betrayed the old lord in the Qingzhou negotiations, there is no conclusive evidence at present, and Mr. Gongze will be punished for the crime of betrayal by virtue of Tao Ying's letter. ”
"What then?" Yuan Tan Gongzi asked rhetorically, and suddenly his heart moved, and said: "If you don't do this, let someone send this letter to Guo Tu overnight, just say that it is a secret letter from the pottery thief to him, see how he reacts, and then there will be evidence to punish him." ”
Zhuge Liang and Cui Yan glanced at each other, and both found that Yuan Tan Gongzi finally came up with a good idea this time, sent someone to send this letter to Guo Tu, and then waited for Mr. Guo Tu to make a move before taking him down, which can indeed not only get the evidence of Mr. Guo Tu's crime, but also take the opportunity to test whether Mr. Guo Tu may defect to the enemy. At that moment, Cui Yan applauded and suggested: "Lord, you might as well let Kong Ming, a personal soldier named Shi Yunfeng, send the letter now, pretending that it was a letter sent by Tao Ying to Mr. Guo Tu, and then arrange for people to secretly monitor Mr. Guo Tu's movements, you can know the truth of the content of the letter, and you can also know whether Mr. Guo Tu is really loyal to the lord." ”
Yuan Tan Gongzi was overjoyed, and quickly ordered Shi Yunfeng to pretend to be the messenger of Deputy Director Tao, and really went to Guo Tu's tent to deliver the letter, and ordered the guard Tao Sheng to lead a team of capable guards to follow behind, eavesdropping on Guo Tu's movements outside Guo Tu's tent, and capturing the evidence of Guo Tu's betrayal of Jizhou, Shi Yunfeng and Tao Sheng and others received the order, and hurriedly went down to act according to the order, Yuan Tan Gongzi stayed in the big tent with a blue face and waited for the news, Zhuge Liang, Cui Yan and Uncle Liu Huang got together and talked in a low voice, discussing how to take advantage of this opportunity, Create a Yuan Jun version of the Guandu miracle.
Originally, it was estimated that it would take a lot of time to hear back, but to the surprise of Zhuge Liang, Cui Yan and others, it didn't take long for news to come, and this news also made Yuan Tan, Cui Yan and others' glasses shatter to the ground - Guo Tu actually ordered his own soldiers to take Shi Yunfeng, and is currently escorting Shi Yunfeng to the Chinese army's big tent with his younger brother Guo Suo. Hearing this report, Yuan Tan Gongzi, who believed that Guo Tu was going to betray him, opened his mouth, but Zhuge Liang smiled in his chest, and said to Yuan Tan Gongzi: "Congratulations to Ji Hou, congratulations to Ji Hou, it seems that Tao Yuanjun has seriously underestimated the cohesion of Ji Hou's army, and also seriously underestimated Mr. Gong Ze's loyalty to Ji Hou." ”
Sure enough, after a while, when Guo Tu and Guo Suo's brothers put Shi Yunfeng into the big tent, the first thing Mr. Guo Tu did was to come to Yuan Tan Gongzi and kneel down on his knees, crying on the ground, Yuan Tan Gongzi pretended to ask about his reason, Guo Tu cried and said: "Lord, Wei Chen was confused for a while, greedy for life and afraid of death made a big mistake, and was pinched by the pottery thief, the pottery thief is now using this handle to coerce Wei Chen to rebel, although Wei Chen is not talented, but he also regrets what he did back then, I don't want to betray the lord again and leave a reputation for eternity, so Wechen came to ask the lord for guilt, and asked the lord to cure the crime that Weichen deserves! ”
Crying, Guo Tu cried about his betrayal of the Third Duke of Yuan, confessed his crime of greed for life and fear of death, and then took out the previous letter, pointed at Shi Yunfeng and gritted his teeth and said: "Lord, this is this puppet, after he was captured by the pottery thief team, since he dared to be bribed by the pottery thief and smuggled back to our army's camp, he sent this letter against the criminal minister into the criminal minister's account, and the criminal minister has tied him alive, but please deal with it together!" ”
"Lord, Weichen's brother was just confused back then, but he was loyal to you." Guo Suo also knelt down and kowtowed to Yuan Tan Gongzi, and said with tears: "When this puppet sent the letter of the pottery thief into the account, Weichen happened to be in the brother's tent, and after reading the letter, the brother did not hesitate at all, and immediately asked Weichen to take this puppet down and use it to ask the lord for guilt!" Please also ask the lord to spare his life for the sake of his brother's loyalty, and give him a chance to make meritorious contributions. ”
Crying, the Guo Tu brothers kowtowed desperately, and their repentance was very sincere - but this is not surprising, Mr. Guo Tu betrayed the man to seek peace back then, because he himself had been pinched in the hands of Deputy Director Tao, life and death were just Deputy Director Tao's words, and he was afraid of death for a while to do something wrong, and now Deputy Director Tao just threatened Mr. Guo Tu with a handle, and could not directly put Guo Tu to death, and Mr. Guo Tu, who was loyal and willing to be martyred for Yuan Tan Gongzi, naturally did not want to be at the mercy of his old opponent, Deputy Director Tao.
Oh, by the way, by the way, the reason why Guo Tu was unwilling to betray Yuan Tan and defect to Deputy Director Tao is also the credit of Yang Changshi, when Yang Changshi tortured Guo Tu and almost staked him directly to the court, it is enough to prove how broad-minded Yang Changshi is, even if he goes to the Xuzhou army, he will definitely not be able to suppress Yang Changshi's Mr. Guo Tu, of course, he is not willing to give the old enemy a hand again, and give the old enemy the opportunity to kill himself alive - back then in Jizhou, Yang Changshi was in front of Mr. Guo Tu to kill Tian Feng alive, The ruthlessness of the methods made Mr. Guo Tu, who was also good at framing Zhongliang, feel uneasy.
No matter what Guo Tu thought in his heart, seeing that Brother Guo Tu took the initiative to escort Shi Yunfeng to ask for guilt and knelt in front of him to cry bitterly for his crimes, Yuan Tan Gongzi was still quite satisfied in his heart, and quickly nodded and said: "Even if your brothers are smart and can know how to repent, get up, we will talk about your affairs later, and now discuss the military situation first." ”
Guo Suo kowtowed and thanked him, but he stood up first, but Guo Tu still couldn't stand on the ground, choked up and said: "Lord, the criminal has already thought of a plan, he can break the Xuzhou pottery thief for the lord, and ask the lord to be gracious and give the criminal a chance to make meritorious contributions." ”
"Oh, what's your plan?" Yuan Tan asked.
"The criminal had the courage to write a letter to the pottery thief, falsely claiming that he was willing to surrender to the pottery thief, and cooperated with the pottery thief to take the Guandu camp." Guo Tu said tremblingly: "At that time, the lord only needs to prepare in advance and arrange elite ambush soldiers, and he will definitely be able to break the team of pottery thieves and resolve the current crisis of our army!" ”
Yuan Tan Gongzi laughed, Zhuge Liang, Uncle Liu Huang and Cui Yan also laughed, and then Zhuge Liang whispered a few words in Cui Yan's ear, and Cui Yan came forward and asked: "Mr. Gongze, although your strategy is wonderful, but the pottery thief is deceitful, and your reply is only afraid that it will be difficult to win the trust of the pottery thief, right?" ”
"It's ......."
Mr. Guo Tu, who was really close to the scheme, was a little embarrassed, but Guo Suo knelt down on Yuan Tangongzi's knees and said loudly: "Lord, the minister Guo is willing to send a book, falsely claiming that the pottery thief team will lead the way to attack our army's camp, and lure the pottery thief to come to our military camp to die!" The minister is Guo Tu's own brother, and the minister is equivalent to a hostage to send a letter, and the pottery thief must believe it no matter how deceitful he is! ”
Yuan Tan Gongzi showed joy and asked hypocritically: "But after you tricked the pottery thief into our army's ambush circle, what did you do?" When the pottery thief finds out about the scheme, he will definitely kill you to vent his anger. ”
"Try to escape." Guo replied loudly: "Even if Weichen can't escape and is killed by the pottery thief, it can be regarded as Wechen's atonement for his brother, and then I only ask the lord to forgive the sins of Weichen's brother, although the minister is broken, he has no regrets!" ”
"Little brother, you can't go." Guo Tu was anxious, and hurriedly said: "I'll go, I'll personally send a letter to the pottery thief, and trick the pottery thief into coming to my military camp to die!" Or, or let my son go, my son go and deliver the letter, the pottery thief believes more! ”
"Brother, let me go." Guo Suo cried out and cried: "My little brother's parents passed away when he was young, and it was your brother who raised your little brother, married a wife for your younger brother, and sought an official position, and treated your little brother like a father. ”
"Little Brother ————!"
Mr. Guo Tu couldn't help himself, he couldn't help but hug his brother and cry, and so did Guo Suo, hugging Guo Tu and crying into a tearful person. Seeing this sincere brotherly love, vicious as Yuan Tan and Uncle Liu Huang were inevitably moved, Cui Yan's eyes were even more tearful, and his nose was sour and he couldn't help but want to cry, but Zhuge Liang was ecstatic in his heart, and said secretly: "Okay!" There are such dead soldiers who go to the thief camp to deceive the enemy, and the pottery thief is no matter how cunning he is, and he has to fall for the trick! Thieves are hopeful! Pottery thieves are expected to be killed! ”
So, it was soon the turn of another group of thieves who were famous all over the world to be smashed by dominoes and confused.
(To be continued)