My father-in-law Guan Yu, I persuaded Liu Bei to launch a surprise attack on Xiangyang at the beginn

Chapter 48: Give Cao Cao a message: If he doesn’t want to be decent, I will help him be decent!

"General Guan, show mercy! I will surrender Liu Yuzhou!"

Yu Jin not only knelt down again, but also kowtowed again, humbly asking Guan Yu for surrender.

A look of contempt flashed across Guan Yu's eyes, but he did not chop down with the Qinglong sword.

I despise Yu Jin for being afraid of death. He fell into my hands twice and knelt down cleanly both times.

He didn't kill him because of his pride and disdain to kill a man who was kneeling and begging for surrender.

Guan Yu ignored Yu Jin, rode his horse and dragged his sword, charging into the defeated Cao army again.

A group of school swordsmen came forward from behind and surrounded Yu Jin.

Having saved his life, Yu Jin breathed a sigh of relief, collapsed to the ground covering his severed hand, and howled in pain.

A bloody mist rose into the sky above Cao’s camp.

Ten thousand Cao's defenders were killed and fled in panic, howling like ghosts and howling like wolves.

Half an hour later, the killing ended.

The sounds of killing in the granary gradually died down, leaving only sporadic cries of Cao's wounded soldiers.

Liu Bei held his sword and stopped his horse at the camp gate, looking around the entire granary.

"Bowen, your plan finally worked..."

Liu Bei let out a long breath and a happy smile appeared on his face.

"My lord, our army has killed 4,000 enemies, and the rest of Cao's army has fled!"

"My lord, the granaries are now under our control. We have counted the food and fodder, and there are approximately 400,000 hu."

The generals returned one by one and reported the results of the battle to Liu Bei.

Guan Yu also rode up, holding the Qinglong Sword in his arms and bowed:

"Brother, I have captured Cao Ying's guard, General Jin, alive. I await your decision!"

When he heard the name Yu Jin, Liu Bei's eyes lit up.

Guan Yu turned around and made a move, and several swordsmen dragged the bloody Yu Jin to the front of Liu Bei's horse.

After looking carefully for a long time, Liu Bei finally confirmed that the familiar face was indeed Yu Jin.

He smiled.

In less than ten days, Yu Jin was taken prisoner twice. He was probably the first one in history to do so.

Liu Bei didn't know how to comment. He didn't know whether to say that Yu Jin was unlucky or that he and he were destined to be together.

"Yu Jin, what else do you have to say?"

Liu Bei put away his emotion and asked in a cold tone.

Yu Jin raised his head tremblingly and looked at Liu Bei with extremely complicated eyes.

Shame, fear, pain, confusion...

Until this moment, he still seemed unsure that the person standing in front of him was Liu Bei himself.

"You must be confused. Cao Cao clearly used Xu Yuanzhi to offer me advice, hoping to trick me into leading my army to attack Chaoyang. Why am I here in Deng County?"

Liu Bei saw through Yu Jin's thoughts and cleared up his confusion with one sentence.

Yu Jin's heart was shaken, and he asked in a trembling voice:

"Liu Yuzhou, you... you really saw through the Prime Minister's plan?"

Liu Bei and Guan Yu looked at each other.

Yu Jin's response finally confirmed Xiao He's calculations, and it was indeed Cao Cao's plan to lure the snake out of its hole.

"Cao Cao ordered Yuan Zhi to go to Chaoyang to fetch his mother. This was simply to allow Xu Shu to discreetly observe the strength of his Chaoyang granary. He also anticipated that upon Yuan Zhi's return, he would advise me to launch a surprise attack on Chaoyang."

"He led the main force of Cao's army and set up an ambush in Chaoyang, taking advantage of the situation to annihilate our main force in one fell swoop."

"I have to admit that Cheng Yu's plan is indeed cunning and unpredictable."

Liu Bei simply exposed all of Cao Cao's plans.

Yu Jin's whole body trembled violently, and his one arm could not support his body, so he fell to the ground.

"He saw through the Prime Minister's plan so perfectly, even knowing it was Cheng Yu's suggestion?"

Yu Jin raised his head tremblingly and looked at Liu Bei in disbelief and horror.

"Speaking of which, you, Yu Jin, also played a role in my ability to capture this camp today."

"If I hadn't used you to tell Cao Cao that I had prepared three days' worth of dry food and hidden soldiers in the food ships, how could Cao Cao have believed that I had secretly mobilized the troops from Jiangxia to form a combined force of 30,000 to launch a surprise attack on Chaoyang?"

"If it weren't for this, why would Cao Cao mobilize all his main forces north, and why would he withdraw troops from here, giving me an opportunity to exploit."

Liu Bei revealed the final truth. Yu Jin, who had just straightened up, felt as if struck by thunder when he heard this, and his body froze instantly.

Fragments of memories emerged, and the scenes of leaving Xiangyang Water Camp that day flashed through my mind like lightning.

"So that was all his plan?"

"I thought I had brought back intelligence for the Prime Minister and had made a great contribution, but he actually used me and tricked the Prime Minister into falling for his trick of luring the tiger away from the mountain?"

"How could I, Yu Jin, be manipulated by him like a clown?"

Yu Jin's head was buzzing, his body felt exhausted, and he knelt on the ground.

He raised his head tremblingly again, and looked at Liu Bei with eyes filled with fear and confusion.

That defeated general who was repeatedly defeated by Cao Cao and forced to flee east and west by Cao Cao, is now so bold as to compete with Cao Cao in wisdom and strategy?

The key point is that he played tricks on Cao Cao like this!
Is this person still Liu Bei?
"Brother, time is running out. Cao Ren's reinforcements should be on the way. Let's burn the food quickly."

Guan Yu beside him reminded him.

Liu Bei nodded slightly and whipped his horse whip:
"Pass the order down! Set fire immediately! Burn all of Cao Cao's food supplies. Don't leave a single grain behind!"

After the order was given, the soldiers quickly set fire.

One granary after another caught fire, lighting up the sky as bright as day.

"Brother, what do you plan to do with Yu Jin? Are you going to bring him back to Xiangyang?"

Guan Yu pointed his sword at Yu Jin and asked.

Liu Bei glanced at Yu Jin.

The first time he was captured, Yu Jin's prestige was completely destroyed, and if he was captured again, the impact on Cao's army's morale would be limited.

Moreover, Yu Jin had an arm broken and was already a disabled person. He was also guilty of losing the granary. Even if he returned to Cao's camp alive, he would no longer be able to be used by Cao Cao.

It is meaningless to capture a person who is of no value and poses no threat at all and then waste food to keep him alive.

"I've already said that you, Yu Jin, have made contributions in today's battle. For this contribution, I will spare your life."

Liu Bei pointed his whip at Cao Ying and said sternly:
"Go tell Cao Cao this: I, Liu Bei, am not Yuan Benchu, and Jingzhou is not Hebei. As long as I, Liu Bei, am here, he won't dare even think of setting foot across the Han River!"

"Today's battle was just a lesson for him. If he knew what was good for him, he would immediately lead his army back to the north and still have a decent outcome."

"If he doesn't want to be decent, I can only help him be decent!"

"Next time, it won't be as simple as burning his food supplies. I will destroy his 150,000-strong army!"

Yu Jin's body trembled again, and he raised his head and looked at Liu Bei in surprise.

He was surprised that Liu Bei spared his life.

I was even more shocked that Liu Bei dared to issue an ultimatum to Cao Cao!

How dare you be so arrogant and conceited, and say that you will destroy Cao Cao's 150,000 troops?

"Yu Jin, my brother has spared your life, yet you still refuse to leave? Do you wish to test the sharpness of my sword again?"

Guan Yu opened his phoenix eyes and raised the Qinglong sword slightly.

Yu Jin woke up in an instant, kowtowed and thanked Liu Bei for not killing him, then covered his severed hand and stumbled away.

Liu Bei turned his horse around and ordered the entire army to evacuate and retreat to the south bank immediately.

As soon as I walked out of the camp gate, I saw more than a thousand people kneeling outside the camp gate, begging for something.

"My lord, these men are forced laborers conscripted by Cao Cao. Most of them are from Deng County and have been detained by Cao's army to transport food and fodder."

"After our army breached the camp, Yun originally wanted to let them leave on their own. But when they heard that it was the Lord himself who came, they knelt outside the camp gate and refused to leave, begging to see the Lord."

Zhao Yun stepped forward and explained.

Liu Bei understood and immediately dismounted from his horse and came before the people.

"We are preparing for a battle today only to burn Cao Cao's food supplies. We are only killing Cao's troops. It has nothing to do with you."

"Now that the battle is over, Cao's army has all been routed and fled. You can all go home on your own. There is no need to kneel here any longer."

Liu Bei helped the people up while comforting and persuading them.

At this time.

A teenager stood out from the crowd, pushed through everyone and came to Liu Bei.

The young man straightened his slightly ragged clothes and bowed with dignity.
"Cao Cao is…cruel and cruel. If he knew that Liu…Liu Yuzhou had burned his granary, I'm afraid he would…would vent his anger on us."

"We'll die if we stay... so we'd like to ask Liu Yuzhou to show some mercy and take us to Xiang... Xiangyang!"

After the stuttering boy stammered out the people's thoughts, he fell to the ground and bowed deeply.

(End of this chapter)