Three Kingdoms: I switched to Liu Bei, why are you crying, Cao Cao?

Chapter 83 Chen Deng takes action, Qin Zhen takes control
Guangling, Sheyang, just as the situation in Huainan became increasingly turbulent, Chen Yu's side was also moving forward according to plan.

Because he had listened to Chen Deng's suggestion, Chen Yu moved his home from Haixi to Sheyang.

After the uncle and nephew joined forces, in addition to the three thousand soldiers led by Chen Mu, there were still more than four thousand people.

So as soon as Chen Yu arrived in Haixi, Chen Deng suggested to Chen Yu that instead of separating the two armies, it would be better to unite them together and command them together to facilitate defense.

If someone else had made such a proposal, Chen Yu would have certainly suspected that the other party was trying to take advantage of his family fortune.

But when Chen Deng proposed it, Chen Yu did not refuse!
Firstly, Chen Deng was his nephew and would not harm him.

Secondly, he was frightened by Chen Deng's words and was afraid that Sun Ce would lead his troops to come.

Now Chen Dengke is his only support, he has no choice but to listen to him.

So after hearing this suggestion, Chen Yu waved his hand and directly stated to Chen Deng, "Take the military power and command however you want."

Chen Deng was naturally overjoyed when he saw this, as he thought that his only shortcoming in Sheyang was that he had no soldiers.

Now that we have Chen Yu’s troops, we absolutely cannot hand them back easily this time.

This would enhance his strength and also prevent Chen Yu from causing any more trouble.

With this idea in mind, Chen Deng handed over the government affairs to Chen Jiao and Xu Xuan, while he personally trained his troops and prepared for battle.

In addition to this, he would do two things every day. One was to keep in touch with Wan Yan in the south, and the other was to find out the movements of Sun Ce's army.

This went on for a long time, with no action being taken, just slowly waiting for the opportunity.

It happened that Chen Gui had received the news that Chen Deng had previously sent out and learned about Chen Yu's affairs. He then sent someone to write a letter in reply, angrily accusing Chen Yu of being unwise.

Ever since his father Chen Qiu passed away, Chen Yu was not afraid of anyone else but his cousin.

After being scolded by Chen Gui, he no longer had the desire to fight for supremacy.

But things are always like this. When Chen Yu lost his ambition, fear took over.

When he thought of all the previous plans, plus the consequences of Chen Deng's words, he was terrified, fearing that any of his plans would be discovered by Sun Ce and that he would be retaliated against by Sun Ce.

So Chen Yu came every day to ask about Chen Deng's whereabouts.

On this day, Chen Deng was seen training his troops again, and Chen Yu immediately said worriedly:
"Yuanlong, come here, I want to ask you something!"

When Chen Deng saw Chen Yu coming, he was surprised:
"I wonder what you want to ask, uncle?"

Seeing him like this, Chen Yu was filled with worry and said:
"What else could it be? I'm just thinking about it and asking, Yuanlong, when are you going to take action?"

"I heard that Sun Ce has already entered Jiujiang. It is time for our army to move. Why do I see that you have no intention of taking action?"

"Are we going to wait until Sun Ce wins and marches south before taking action?"

It has to be said that Chen Yu has grown old. Because of his worries during this period, he has a lot more white hair and looks old.

Seeing Chen Yu like this, Chen Deng naturally felt distressed and said:

"Don't worry, uncle. It's not that I won't move. It's just that the time has not come yet!"

"When the time comes, our army can take action!"

But his reply naturally couldn't fool Chen Yu, so he simply asked:
"When is the right time for us to take action?"

When Chen Deng heard this, he laughed and said:
"If we are to say when our army will take action, we must wait until Sun Ce leads his army north to Shouchun!"

"Because of what I think, Sun Ce is a brave man. Although he is marching into Huainan, he will not relax his defense in the rear. Once our army moves, he will definitely find out who is doing it!"

"If we probe in this way, we can detect the movements of our army."

"You must know that Jiujiang is not far from here. If Sun Ce finds out that it is our army's movement, he will probably not turn back, but will go to Guangling to attack our army first!"

"So if our army wants to move, we must choose a time when Sun Ce can hardly detect our plan!"

"As for the current situation, Sun Ce, Liu Shijun and Lu Bu are all trying to take Jiujiang. I think Lu Bu has no intention of taking the city. Only Sun Ce and Liu Shijun want to take this place."

"If the two families want to take a piece of land, there will be a conflict. Once the conflict occurs, there will be changes in Sun Ce's rear. Then Sun Ce will not know what is our army's plan!"

"At that time, as long as I plan well, I can make it difficult for Sun Ce to escape!"

After hearing Chen Deng's explanation, Chen Yu suddenly understood, but then he was surprised:
"Although Yuanlong's plan is acceptable, it seems to be intended to harm Liu Xuande!"

"I heard that you and Liu Xuande have a close relationship. Is it okay for us to do this?"

In his opinion, although Chen Deng's method was good, it harmed Liu Bei.

After all, once Sun Ce and Liu Bei started fighting, if anything happened in his hometown, he would naturally blame Liu Bei for it.

Although this benefited them, it harmed Liu Bei.

Logically speaking, with Chen Deng's personality, this shouldn't be the case!
But as soon as he said this, Chen Deng stroked his beard and smiled:

"Uncle, you don't know, I'm afraid that this is exactly what Envoy Liu wants!"

"Uncle, you may not know me, but under the command of Envoy Liu, there is a military advisor whose plans are extremely impressive!"

"I think the plan of General Liu's advance this time was probably planned by this person."

"He wanted to assist Liu Shijun in conquering Huainan, so how could he not know the dangers posed by Sun Ce?"

"This person has the ability to plan, and will surely be able to prevent Sun Ce from launching an attack."

"My son's actions will benefit Envoy Liu the most, because he and Sun Ce are fighting for Jiujiang, and the two families may fight overtly and covertly, but due to the imperial edict, the two families cannot attack each other."

"The only way to drive back Sun Ce's troops is to stir up chaos in Sun Ce's rear."

"What I am doing now can make Sun Ce withdraw his troops. If Envoy Liu knew about this, he would definitely not blame me!"

As he said this, Chen Deng looked as if he had mastered the whole thing.

It was because he was a very intelligent person and had already seen through the plot.

The reason why I didn't react before was that after seeing Liu Bei's letter, I was worried about Chen Yu's safety and didn't think much about it.

But after thinking about it later, he began to wonder why Wang He mentioned Chen Yu to Liu Bei?

Judging from his previous planning level in Xia Pi, it is obviously not as simple as worrying about state affairs.

After thinking about it carefully, he figured out the other party's overall plan.

Sending him a letter to inform him was not out of kindness to ask him to save his uncle.

It was because he predicted that his uncle would turn against Sun Ce and use him to plot against Sun Ce!
In other words, starting from this letter, Chen Deng became the knife that Liu Bei's army used to stab Sun Ce!

After thinking about this clearly, Chen Deng was amazed, but also a little angry.

He thought that Liu Bei's military advisor had been scheming all along, but it turned out to be his fault!

Unfortunately, this plan hit his sore spot and he couldn't crack it, which really made him feel annoyed.

But later he thought, the one who plotted against him was Liu Bei's military advisor Wang He, not Liu Bei himself.

Wang He's plot against him was not out of personal grudge but a public matter, which was of the same nature as his plot against Lu Bu.

After thinking this through, Chen Deng naturally stopped worrying about it. He was a generous person and would not resent the other party for this. But he was still schemed against, and he was quite unhappy, so he thought of this way to fight back.

Aren’t you going to use me to plot against Sun Ce?
Then I can also use Sun Ce to plot against you!

If they can get through this, Liu Bei will take Huainan, and then they can live in peace in the future.

If he fails this time, he can only blame himself for not being as skilled as others, not him!

Of course, based on his understanding of the other party, he was afraid that Sun Ce would be plotted against if he went north.

That's why he looks so confident.

Ultimately, it all comes from trust in Wang He's abilities!
But Chen Deng was confident because he had control over the situation. Chen Yu did not have such ability. Hearing this, he could only sigh:

"Well, since you have already made a comprehensive plan, I will not say much. Just do your job. But there is one thing. If the time comes, you must tell me as soon as possible!"

"Only then can I feel at ease!"

After hearing this, Chen Deng knew that Chen Yu would definitely be uneasy if he didn't see any results, so he simply didn't say anything and just nodded.

Unexpectedly, just as the two of them finished their conversation, they received a report from a spy saying that Sun Ce had led his army north.

When Chen Deng heard the news, he smiled and said to Chen Yu:

"I dare to let my uncle know that the time has come. All you have to do is sit back and watch what the child does!"

At that moment, Chen Deng personally wrote a letter and had it delivered to Jiangdong Wan Yan and others.

Different from Chen Yu's original actions, this time, Chen Deng no longer contacted small groups of bandits, but only passed the instructions to Yan Baihu and others, asking the three parties to cooperate.

At the same time, through the influence of the Chen family, he began to contact the Jiangdong gentry, preparing to cooperate internally and externally to plunge Jiangdong into chaos in one fell swoop!

Meanwhile, Chen Deng received the news and started to stir up trouble in Jiangdong. Liu Bei, who was far away in Jiujiang, naturally also received the report from the spies.

However, at this time, Liu Bei's army had already moved from Xia Cai to Yinling City.

The story of this has to start from the time when Qin Zhen made his plan. It is said that on that day Ji Ling sent people to ask Liu Bei to settle in Xiquyang, Yinling and other places.

After listening to Qin Zhen's analysis, Liu Bei ordered Zhang Fei and Xu Sheng to find out the situation in the two cities.

This investigation revealed that Lei Bu had indeed withdrawn from Yinling. Faced with this situation, Zhang Fei went forward first to seize Yinling.

As soon as Zhang Fei arrived, he found that there were not many soldiers stationed in the city, so he directly captured the city.

Although this move gave him the upper hand, it also angered Lu Bu.

Just as Yuan Huan inferred, Lu Bu had no intention of taking the city, but he was still happy to seize an empty city like this.

I was originally worrying about how to retreat from Lei Bu, but then I heard that Lei Bu had already retreated.

Upon hearing this, Lu Bu was overjoyed and hurriedly led his troops towards Yinling.

As a result, when they arrived at the city of Yinling, they found that Yinling had been taken by Liu Bei.

Faced with this situation, Lu Bu was naturally furious, but because the two families were not in a hostile state now, he had to lead his troops back.

He also listened to Xu Si's words, saying that since the enemy troops had retreated, Xiquyang must be empty, so it would be better to go around the city and capture Xiquyang.

Lu Bu followed his advice and led his troops towards Xiquyang, but when he arrived he found that Xiquyang had also been taken by Liu Bei.

Seeing that Liu Bei had already taken control of the situation in the north, Lu Bu simply returned to Yinling City and stationed there, preparing to secretly attack Liu Bei.

In order to prevent Lu Bu from launching an attack, Liu Bei personally led the main force and stationed in Yinling City.

And Lu Bu was outside the city, watching with eager eyes, and no one knew what conspiracy he was plotting.

But before Lu Bu made any move, Liu Bei received news from the south.

Seeing that Sun Ce had already headed north, Liu Bei called Qin Zhen over and said worriedly:
"As the military advisor predicted, Sun Ce has captured many counties in the south during this period, except Hefei!"

"The reason why Ji Ling withdrew his troops was probably due to this!"

"The enemy is now increasing its forces in Hefei, making it difficult for Sun Ce to capture the city. He is now leading his troops towards our northern cities!"

"From what I see from Sun Ce's actions, I'm afraid he's going to go north to seize Shouchun!"

"Ji Ling still has more than 20,000 soldiers in Shouchun, and Lu Bu is holding them back, and Sun Ce is marching on. What should we do?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Zhen smiled and said:
"Don't worry, my lord. From what I see, the current situation is not what you want. Sun Ce's move north is probably not what he wants, but a plot by the enemy!"

When Liu Bei heard this, he was shocked and said:

"Military Advisor, are you saying that it wasn't Sun Ce who wanted to go north, but that he fell into a trap set by the enemy?"

"That's right, the enemy is very calculating!"

Qin Zhen said this and explained to Liu Bei:

"I was wondering why Ji Ling gave the two cities to our army."

"Knowing that Lu Bu was nearby, I was worried that the enemy wanted us to make enemies with Lu Bu."

"But now it seems that the enemy's plot against Lu Bu was fake, and their plot against Sun Ce was real!"

"The enemy must have known that they could not defeat us, so they wanted to force Sun Ce to go north and cause trouble for us."

"They gave up the city, firstly to make our army hostile to Lu Bu, and secondly to create the impression that Shouchun will be taken by our army!"

"Judging from Sun Ce's previous movements, he must have taken the southern counties first, and then headed north to Shouchun."

"The enemy saw this and first sent more troops to Hefei, making it difficult for Sun Ce to capture the city. Then they took the initiative to abandon the city, making Sun Ce think that our army was going to capture Shouchun."

"Sun Ce wants to attack Huainan. Seeing our army like this, he must be afraid that our army will take Shouchun first and move south, so he can only move north to cause trouble for our army!"

"The enemy is using two cities to attack three families, hoping to cause chaos among us!"

Liu Bei frowned as he listened to Qin Zhen's words:

"I didn't expect this to be a plot by the enemy! What should our army do?"

When Liu Bei heard that Sun Ce's march north was the enemy's plan, his heart sank.

Because the current situation is becoming increasingly chaotic, they are naturally plagued by internal conflicts, and there are still 20,000 troops outside in Ji Ling City!
Under this situation, it would be extremely difficult to capture Shouchun!

But as soon as he finished speaking, Qin Zhen shook his head and smiled:

"Don't worry, my lord. The enemy wants to kill three men with two peaches, just like Yan Ying, the prime minister of Qi."

"But our army is not those three warriors. I am worried that Sun Ce's coming may not be a bad thing for our army!"

"Our army can take advantage of this opportunity to capture Shouchun!"

Although the enemy's plan was unexpected, he was not panicked.

Because they are both in the game and in control of it, they cannot be stopped by just one or two strategies.

(End of this chapter)