Fei Zhan was so knowledgeable about current affairs, Guan Yu thought it was good.
But this matter is not a trivial matter, and he needs to be more cautious.
"Do you think he is reliable? Can he do it?"
“It may not have been possible before, but it must be possible now.”
Guo Jia nodded and said: "Even if we don't take action, the Yellow Turban Army is fast. Surrounded by everyone, they lack food and clothing, have low morale, and have no outside help. Such an army has never failed to collapse since ancient times. This battle, We won."
Guan Yu put down the bamboo slips in his hand, stood up, walked a few steps, thought for a moment, and then turned to look at Guo Jia.
"If this happens, then wouldn't the greatest achievement this time be taken away from Fei Zhan?"
"This is necessary."
Guo Jia whispered: "The problem of the Shanyue Group cannot be solved overnight. Facts have proved that the general's model of solving the Bingzhou bandits is correct. If we need to solve this problem in the same way, we must master the internal situation of the Shanyue Group." The relationship is necessary.
We must allow some of them to make mistakes and establish a relationship of mutual trust with the court. Only in this way can the Shanyue Group be disintegrated from within. If such a figure does not exist, how should the court deal with Shanyue in Yangzhou? "
Guan Yu stroked his long beard, pondered for a moment, and nodded slowly.
"What you said makes sense. If you can use this to gain Fei Zhan's trust in the court, it won't be considered a loss..."
"General Guan, the art of war says that those who are good at fighting have no great achievements. For us, the most important thing is definitely not the one-sided victory on the battlefield, but more importantly, the long-term victory."
Guo Jia said slowly: "In this way, even if you don't get military merit for a while, the general will definitely know your long-term contribution."
Guan Yu stopped stroking his beard and nodded without saying anything else.
He agreed with Guo Jia's strategy, but suggested that Fei Zhan's combat effectiveness was not necessarily reliable and that the Han army could assist him.
For example, launch a feint attack from the front to attract the attention of the Yellow Turban Army, so that Fei Zhan can easily succeed in the surprise attack. Give him a share of credit, do the favor, and let Fei Zhan understand the source of the credit more clearly. Don't forget Han military help.
Guo Jia thinks this is okay.
So the plan was decided. Guo Jia sneaked into Fei Zhan's headquarters again and discussed the matter with Fei Zhan. Fei Zhan was overjoyed and made an agreement with the Han army, promising that he would never break it.
They made a plan to launch the operation on the fifth day after the New Year's Day. The reason is that the longer the time goes by, the more supplies the Yellow Turban Army will have and the lower its combat effectiveness will be.
However, the so-called plan could not keep up with the changes. On the third day after the New Year's Day, Xu He personally took people to the top of Feizhan Mountain, and brought a large amount of gold and silver property. He put on a humble posture and said that he came to apologize. .
"General Sima's tone and attitude were not very good before, which made you feel unhappy. I deeply apologize for this. I am worried that you have not calmed down and are unwilling to see me, so I am here to visit you now and apologize to you. With your broad mind, I believe you will accept our apology."
I have to say that Xu He is a good person, and he took his attitude to the extreme. He looked groveling and looked like an angry little daughter-in-law.
If it were normal, Fei Zhan wouldn't take those things too seriously, and maybe he would forgive him, and all this would be over, but...
The problem is not that simple.
Come and tell me this now, it's too late.
Fei Zhan actually admired Xu He and felt that it was not easy for this guy who started from Qingzhou, then went to Xuzhou, and then to Yangzhou, and was chased and beaten by the Han army all the way.
He obviously has some abilities.
However, he has the ability, but he is not very lucky.
There is a strong man in the Luoyang court who is far stronger than him and is unifying the world. Only by taking refuge in this strong man can you have a future. If you disobey this strong man, there will be no future. The reason is that the strong man can move his army from a distance. Traveling thousands of miles from Luoyang to Yangzhou.
That is a military force of 50,000 people. For Jingzhou, Yangzhou and Jiaozhi further south, it is an absolutely crushing level of military force.
If the Shanyue Group breaks out in an all-round way and cooperates in all aspects, the military force it can draw may be larger in number and pose some threat to the Han army, but can't the Han army draw more troops to support it?
Moreover, Fei Zhan had also heard of Guan Yu's reputation, and he didn't have much confidence to face this world-famous general.
Therefore, Fei Zhan could only feel sorry for Xu He.
He pretended to reconcile with Xu He, and promised to sell Xu He grain, and also promised to continue sending troops to support Xu He, and fought against the Han army to stabilize Xu He.
Then he did two things.
First, he ordered people to quickly pass the news to the Han army, so that the Han army could launch a frontal attack and attract the main force of the Yellow Turban Army to him.
Second, he ordered people to put a considerable amount of excretion aid drugs in the meals provided to Xu He and his men.
Afterwards, Fei Zhan hosted a banquet for Xu He and his men as a witness to everyone's reconciliation.
Xu He thought that everything would be settled at this point. Unexpectedly, after the banquet with Fei Zhan, Xu He and his subordinates fell into disarray. Half of it fell off.
As the saying goes, a good man cannot stand up to three attacks. After one attack after another, it was no longer Xu He's turn to feel that something was wrong. Even when Fei Zhan's steel knife was placed on Xu He's neck, Xu He was unable to resist.
My legs were weak, my body was limp, I only had the strength to breathe, and I had no strength left to sit up straight.
"Why?"
Xu He, who was turning blue, looked weakly at Fei Zhan, who had a look of pity and ridicule on his face.
"It's very simple, because you can't see the current situation clearly, and you can't see General Liu swallowing the aspirations of the world, so you came here. I originally thought you were of some use, but now it seems that you are clearly a disaster, and the imperial army has arrived. Once you come, you won't leave.
The situation has changed. The imperial court will strictly manage Yangzhou. If I don't want to be wiped out and still want to live well, I must cooperate with the imperial court. Now the imperial court gives me face and thinks highly of me. If I fail to seize this opportunity, I will miss it. Once you get this opportunity, it's too late to regret. "
Xu He felt very painful.
Both physical and psychological pain.
He never expected that in just a few days, Fei Zhan would hook up with the Han army. Now he was a knifeman and he was a fish. What else could he do? How could he turn the tables?
Can Sima Ju and the others make a comeback?
However, Fei Zhan was a kind man. He couldn't bear Xu He to worry about Lao Lu and the Yellow Turban Army despite his physical and psychological pain, so he killed him and ended his pain.
Then, he cut off Xu He's head and sent someone to the Han army camp as a "voucher of surrender" to the Han army.
(End of chapter)
