Chapter 428: A shocking scam that changes the day
After Qin Hao thought for a while, he immediately said: "I want a magic weapon card and a mount card."
"Okay, it has been sent. The host currently has one magic weapon card and one mount card."
Qin Hao knew that Huang Zhong probably didn't have any good equipment, so he chose these two equipment cards for him. After all, a top general like Huang Zhong couldn't be too shabby.
When Huang Zhong appeared in the novel, he was already an old man in his sixties. However, Huang Zhong, who was already old, fought to a draw with Guan Yu in his prime several times. One can see just how strong Huang Zhong is in his prime.
The 101 points of basic force fully shows that Huang Zhong in his prime was not inferior to Lu Bu, but he just had no plan to use it.
Huang Zhong was born in 145, and now it is the second year of Zhongping (185). The forty-year-old Huang Zhong is at his peak as a warrior. After joining Qin Hao's command, he will naturally not have no opportunities to display as in the original history.
Zhang Liang looked at this scene with a complicated face. He knew how much effort the Yellow Turban had put into trying to capture this Han general alive.
Long Qie, Xiang Yu's number one general, fought Huang Zhong for a hundred rounds but failed to win. The battle between the two finally alarmed Xiang Yu, and Xiang Yu personally took action to capture Huang Zhong alive.
Xiang Yu valued Huang Zhong very much, and Huang Zhong originally had a good impression of the Yellow Turban. After all, he was also a member of a poor family who had been unsuccessful for a long time.
But Xiang Yu caused too many killings in Nanyang, and Nanyang was Huang Zhong's hometown, so he was unwilling to surrender to Xiang Yu, a butcher, no matter what.
Xiang Yu had no choice but to imprison him first and slowly persuade him to surrender, but he didn't know what Xiang Yu was thinking. He imprisoned Huang Zhong next door to Qin Hao. How could Qin Hao be so polite?
During the more than half a month in prison, Qin Hao spent more than half of the time getting close to Huang Zhong, and even made a bet with Huang Zhong as a joke.
Huang Zhong, who was already in prison, didn't know that Qin Hao was plotting against him. He accidentally fell into Qin Hao's trap and lost himself to Qin Hao.
Of course, this is also the reason why Huang Zhong already agrees with Qin Hao, otherwise he would not be able to recognize Qin Hao as his master even if he loses the bet.
Xiang Yu probably never thought that his momentary soft-heartedness would actually give Qin Hao a huge advantage. If he had known about it, even if he had killed Huang Zhong, Qin Hao would not have been advantaged, but it was too late to say anything now.
"Brother Huang, let me take care of Young Master Ling's illness. I will find famous Chinese doctors all over the world and I will definitely cure Young Master Ling's illness." Qin Hao said to Huang Zhong solemnly.
Huang Zhong's only son was named Huang Xu, who had been suffering from a stubborn disease but could not be cured. Qin Hao used this to win people's hearts, so he naturally received Huang Zhong's 10,000 points of favor.
Huang Zhong felt warm in his heart when he heard this, and immediately clasped his fists and said, "Thank you, Lord."
Qin Hao nodded, then walked up to the restrained Zhang Liang with a playful expression, and said with a smile: "Mr. Zifang, does this count as a change of fortune now?"
Zhang Liang stared at Qin Hao and said bitterly: "You really were captured on purpose."
"That's right, how could I have deceived you otherwise."
Qin Hao said with a proud look on his face that being able to deceive a wise man like Zhang Liang was a great sense of accomplishment in his opinion.
After being confirmed by Qin Hao, Zhang Liang didn't feel any luck anymore, and his expression suddenly became pale, and he murmured: "So the same goes for Shan Xiongxin..."
Ever since Shan Xiongxin captured Qin Hao alive, no one in the Yellow Turbans, including Zhang Liang, had ever doubted him. If he pretended to surrender, all previous conclusions would be overturned.
Shan Xiongxin once borrowed Ji Bu's hand and gave Xiang Yu a map of the Han army's troop distribution. If he pretended to surrender, then the map must be fake. How many Han troops were there in Xuanyuan Pass? How many soldiers and horses are there in Xiangyang?
Xiang Yu put this pass aside precisely because he believed that there were only 20,000 defenders in Xuanyuan Pass, and Xuanyuan Pass had been surrounded by the Yellow Turban forces.
If there are a large number of troops hidden in Xuanyuan Pass, once the defenders in the pass successfully counterattack Guangcheng Pass and Yique Pass, wouldn't that cut off the Yellow Turban South Route Army's retreat?
And if you want to achieve this, the number of soldiers and horses in Xuanyuan Pass will definitely not be less than 60,000. So where did the soldiers and horses in Xiangyang come from?
By the way, Wuguan's defense is already extremely complete, but did Zhu really lead his troops to withdraw from Wuguan?
The more Zhang Liang thought about it, the more suspicious he became, and he quickly asked: "Zhu did not lead his troops to retreat to Wuguan at all. He just used this to mislead me and Xiang Yu. In fact, his troops and horses retreated to Xiangyang together with Lu Zhi, and the missing Han troops were Hidden by you in Xuanyuan Pass, right?"
Qin Hao was amazed in his heart. Seeking saints is seeking saints. It's easy to get through.
Originally, Qin Hao had 130,000 soldiers and horses, plus the three garrison guards, while Zhu had 50,000.
Since it was expected that the Yellow Turbans would not attack Xuanyuan Pass, Qin Hao secretly hid 80,000 elite troops in Xuanyuan Pass before the fall of Yique Pass. Therefore, the main force of the Han army's 80,000 troops was actually at Xuanyuan Pass.
After Qin Hao was captured, Lu Zhi actually led 20,000 regular troops and 30,000 city defenders to fight Xiang Yu, so he gave Xiang Yu the illusion of being vulnerable.
After Lu Zhi abandoned Guan Chengguan and joined Zhu, the total number of troops and horses from both sides reached one hundred thousand. Later, Zhu really retreated to Wuguan, but he brought less than 10,000 troops and horses.
Zhu used 10,000 troops to pretend to be 50,000, just to fill the vacancy hidden in Xuanyuan Pass. After all, without 80,000 troops, the Yellow Turbans could not be deceived.
If he wanted to successfully deceive him, Lu Zhi must not have less than 100,000 soldiers and horses, otherwise not to mention Zhang Liang, even Xiang Yu would be able to see that there was something wrong.
What Lu Zhi has been using for defense is actually the garrison of the three passes. Once the losses are too large, some strong men will be forcibly recruited to maintain the total number of the entire army at 100,000.
It was precisely by relying on this method of "stealing the sky and exchanging the sun" that Xiang Yu attacked Xiangyang City without noticing that he had left a time bomb in his rear area.
The main force of 80,000 Han troops in Xuanyuan Pass will not only be bombs, but also a sharp sword that will destroy the Yellow Turbans in one fell swoop.
"It's amazing, Mr. Zifang. You can deduce so much based on just this little detail. I admire you so much."
Qin Hao smiled and praised, but Zhang Liang didn't show any joy at all. Instead, he looked shocked, and then shouted:
"That roundabout guy laid out such a big plan that even you, the general, would not hesitate to use your body as a bait to cooperate. It must not only be aimed at Xiang Yu, right? What is your purpose?"
"Having said this, Mr. Zhang must be very clear in his mind." Qin Hao asked with a smile. rw
