Zhuge Ruoxue was silent for a moment. Suddenly clenched his fists and said, "General, the rice shop boss told me what he found." I think the man must have been a secret agent. General, I have an idea. Zhang Lang listened. Zhuge Ruoxue said her plan.

……

Li Kai, it's been half a year since I came to Xiangyang. He is now a merchant from Jiangdong, and every once in a while he returns to Jiangdong with the souvenirs he bought from Xiangyang, and then brings the northern souvenirs to Xiangyang to sell, and so on, and so on, just like all other merchants.

However, he was not an ordinary businessman, and he also had a secret mission, that is, to investigate the situation of Lu Bujun in Jingzhou for Cao Ren. Every once in a while, he would send someone to deliver the information he had collected to Cao Ren, and if he encountered an emergency or an important situation, he would immediately send someone to pass on the information.

That morning, Li Kai sealed a letter, called his cronies, and ordered him to cross the river immediately and deliver the letter to General Cao Ren. The cronies took the letter, hid it closely, and left.

……

Cao Ren looked at the letter he had just received, showed surprise, and said in disbelief: "How is this possible? Seeing this, Li Dian hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Cao Ren frowned and said, "Li Kai sent information that not long ago, 250,000 reinforcements came to Xiangyang. ”

Li Dian was taken aback, "It's impossible... Aren't Lu Bu's main forces all in Yanzhou and Huainan? It is possible to transfer tens of thousands of horses over, but it is impossible to have 250,000 people..."

Cao Ren frowned and said, "This matter must be clarified..."

……

Cao Ren paid close attention to the situation of the 250,000 reinforcements, and Li Kai, who was in Xiangyang, used a means to understand the situation of the reinforcement army, and once, by chance, Li Kai got acquainted with a general of the support army, this person was named He Kui, a general in the 250,000 army, and was a general under Cao Ren before he was captured.

It was in the restaurant that day, and Li Kai was thinking about how to get accurate information about the 250,000 army, when two generals in armor came up. Li Kai couldn't help but look at him a few times. The two generals walked to a table not far from him and sat down, and the thinner general asked Xiao Er for a few side dishes and a pot of good wine, and Xiao Er went down.

The two generals spoke, and from their words, it was clear that they were the two generals of the 250,000 army that had recently fallen into Jingzhou. Knowing this, Li Kai rushed to his heart.

After a while, Xiao Er brought up the wine and food that the two generals wanted, said slowly, and left.

The two generals chatted while eating, and unconsciously, the two generals drank a little high, and one of them revealed that he did not hide from Lu Bu and Zhuge Ruoxue. It was also at this time that Li Kai heard a news that he was very concerned about and very surprised, it turned out that the 250,000 army was not Lu Bu's descendant troops, but was adapted from the Cao army captured not long ago, Li Kai couldn't help but think: It's no wonder, it turns out that they have reorganized all the prisoners of our army, and they want to use this army to garrison Jingzhou, it's really a good calculation...

Li Kai drank wine and peeked at the grumbling general, and said secretly: This person should have been a member of my Cao Army, since he is so dissatisfied with Lu Bu, can he take advantage of it? Maybe this person can be developed into an inside line to cooperate with our army's actions...

As soon as he thought of this, Li Kai couldn't help but get excited. However, he immediately suppressed the impulse in his heart, and he felt that it was better to be cautious in this matter and not rush to take action.

Li Kai sat down to drink and eat food, and when the two generals checked out and left, he called Xiao Er, and asked in a curious demeanor and tone: "Little Second Brother, are those two generals under the command of the Great General just now?"

Xiao Er didn't doubt him, and replied, "Of course." The two of them had only recently arrived, and they were usually stationed in the barracks outside the city, and they would go into the city every few days, and each time they would go to the small shop for a drink. ”

Li Kai asked curiously, "I don't know what the names of these two generals are?" ”

Xiao Er said: "The thinner one is called Pan Leopard, and the stronger one is called He Kui." ”

Li Kai remembered it in his heart. As soon as he returned to the rented place, he immediately wrote a letter, called his cronies, and ordered him to send it immediately to the hands of General Cao Ren of Jiangxia.

……

Cao Ren read the letter sent by Li Kai, and first showed a look of shock, and then a look of excitement and joy. Li Dian couldn't help but ask, "General, why are you so happy?" ”

Cao Ren asked Li Diandao: "Do you remember He Kui?" ”

Li Dian nodded, "Of course I remember, he used to be a general under the Great General. After the defeat of our army in Luoyang, he disappeared, and it is estimated that he was either dead or captured by Lu Bu. Then he asked puzzledly, "Why did the general suddenly talk about him?" With a move in his heart, he glanced at the letter in Cao Ren's hand, and hurriedly asked, "Could it be that there is news about He Kui in the letter?" ”

Cao Ren nodded, "That's right...", and then frowned, "It turns out that the 250,000 troops that came to Jingzhou were all reorganized with our army prisoners, led by Zhuge Liang's second sister Zhuge Ruoxue, and He Kui was also among them..."

Li Dian frowned and said, "I see... I said, where did so many troops suddenly pop up? It turned out to be our surrender army... Could it be that Lu Bu has reorganized all our surrendered troops? Where did they get so much money and food? ”

Cao Ren said: "The mistakes in Xuchang, Yanzhou, Huainan and other places, Lu Bu must have gained a lot, and there is no problem in maintaining it in a short period of time..." ”

Cao Ren touched his chin and looked at the letter and said, "Li Kai said that He Kui was very dissatisfied with Lu Bu and seemed to miss the previous days. Li Kai wanted to lobby him, but for the sake of safety, he did not contact He Kui for the time being, and first sent a letter to inquire about He Kui's situation. ”

Li Dian nodded approvingly, "It's right to be cautious." ”

Cao Ren put down the letter in his hand, picked up the pen, spread out a roll of bamboo slips, quickly wrote a letter, rolled it up, sealed it in a burlap bag specially containing bamboo slips, tied it, and said to the officer waiting in the hall who was specially in contact with Li Kai: "Immediately hand over this volume of letters to Li Kai's hands." The officer agreed, stepped forward, took the bamboo slip with both hands, and retreated.

Cao Ren's eyes showed excitement, and he muttered: "If the plan is successful, not only can we capture Jingzhou in one go, but we can also have an extra army out of thin air..."

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