Qinglong Three Kingdoms

Chapter 397 How to Scam Open the City Gate
At this moment, Liu Biao looked at Zhu Wei's soldiers in Fancheng, and couldn't help but wonder what method Zhu Wei could use to break the city's water gate.

He had already sent people to check the iron gates and fences on the Shuimen side, and was thinking about how to strengthen the defenses on the Shuimen side if these iron gates and fences were opened, so that Zhu Wei's army could not directly enter Xiangyang City.

It's a pity that some so-called celebrities who were originally under Liu Biao, such as Liu Ba, Liu Xian, Song Zhong, Xiang Lang, Fu Xun, etc., can't help much at this moment.

Most of them were Confucian scholars, and they were naturally able to talk about classics and articles with Liu Biao. However, if they were asked to contribute to something, they were either old or powerless.

In fact, the methods Liu Biao had prepared for Zhu Wei's siege were also collected from the common people. As for the great Confucian officials under him, they almost had no idea, and they didn't know what to ask.

It can be said that the greatest role of these people at this moment is to help Liu Biao stabilize people's hearts in Xiangyang City.

At this moment, Liu Biao realized that there were not many people around him who could help him protect Xiangyang.

From this, we can also know why Liu Biao has the land of Jingzhou for nothing, but he still achieves nothing. The people around him are either local scholars and aristocratic families who guard their one-acre three-point land, or the so-called famous scholars who only talk empty words, but these people It is useless for siege and land expansion.

As for Liu Biao's capable general Huang Zhong, he can only serve as his nephew's assistant general. Other generals such as Gan Ning and Wei Yan have no chance to make their mark on Liu Biao's side. Such a man who values ​​culture over martial arts , How can it develop in troubled times?

Up to now, the only people under Liu Biao who can really use him are Kuai Liang and Yi Ji, and these two are both scholars of literature and Confucianism, not the real warriors who can lead the charge.

Now Yiji is helping Liu Biao to control the personal guards and other matters around him, so Liu Biao can only let Kuai Liang stay in charge of the defense of the water gate when no one else is available.

Then, Liu Biao once again inspected the defenses in the north of Jingzhou City, and then simply went back to his government office to rest.

The loss of Fancheng was irretrievable, and Liu Biao's desire to fight to the death was suppressed a little bit. At this moment, his heart was gloomy again, and he just wanted to go back home and feel sorry for himself.

And Kuai Liang, who was left here, was also a little confused. In fact, he was also thinking in his heart, what would happen to the Kuai family if Zhu Wei captured Xiangyang City? If Kuai Yue had already fallen into Zhu Wei's hands, even if it was for Kuai Yue, he is also ready to accept Zhu Wei.

In fact, Kuai Liang also knew that no matter whether Kuai Yue fell into Zhu Wei's hands or not, if Zhu Wei really took over Jingzhou, for the sake of the foundation of the Kuai family, he must take the initiative to accept Zhu Wei to ensure the Kuai family's status in Jingzhou.

In this way, Kuai Liang stayed at the water gate in the north of Xiangyang City and looked at Zhu Wei's soldiers in Fan City on the other side, and his mind was already thinking about other aspects.

Now it seems that Liu Biao has no future. For the Kuai family, maybe he needs to do something. Therefore, when Kuai Liang arranged the city defense layout of Shuimen, he deliberately arranged for many people from the Kuai family to participate in protecting Fanmen. The young and strong new soldiers on the side also arranged many private soldiers who originally belonged to the Kuai family.

It means that the Kuai family has controlled the guardianship of the water gate of Xiangyang City. The success or failure of Xiangyang City is already in the hands of Kuai Liang. Everything depends on how Kuai Liang's mind changes.

Leaving aside the changes in people's hearts in Xiangyang City, let's go back and talk about how Zhu Wei attacked Fancheng before.

As we already know, Zhu Wei pretended to be Zhang Xiu of Wancheng, falsely opened the north gate of Fancheng, and took the opportunity to invade Fancheng. All of this was naturally Wang Yuyan's plan.

Previously, the main force of Zhu Wei's army landed from the north bank of the Han River and entered Nanyang County. Zhu Wei sent military orders to Mu Lan and Teng Yuyan in Xinye, telling them to be careful about Wen Pin and Zhang Xiu's plan to escape the shell.

At the same time, Zhu Wei also used the sight of the scouts they sent and the Three Kingdoms game map to check the military actions of Zhang Xiu and Wenpin. From now on, it seems that Zhu Wei and Wang Yuyan are overly worried. Zhang Xiu and Wenpin's military actions over there The soldiers just stayed on Xinye's side and did not do anything.

Zhu Wei didn't know what Wenpin and Han Song were thinking. Anyway, it seemed that Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu didn't intend to do anything for Liu Biao, so they didn't do anything after they arrived in Xinye, probably just watching the situation change.

Jia Xu should have seen through Mu Lan and Teng Yuyan's pretentious methods, but Jia Xu made Zhang Xiu deliberately stay in Xinye instead of rushing to Xiangyang to fight for Liu Biao.

Of course, Zhu Wei was willing to accept such a situation.

So Zhu Wei told Wang Yuyan about the situation he saw, and Wang Yuyan agreed with Zhu Wei's judgment. Zhang Xiu would not sincerely help Liu Biao. He would sit back and watch the battle between Liu Biao and Zhu Wei reach a certain level before taking any new actions. .

But since this is the case, Wang Yuyan felt that she could play a role in it and completely create a gap between Zhang Xiu and Liu Biao.

So Zhu Wei took the opportunity to see information such as the uniforms, flags and other information of Zhang Xiu's soldiers in Wancheng through the Three Kingdoms game map, and Wang Yuyan also had people copy the uniforms and flags of Zhang Xiu's army.

Speaking of which, in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the military uniforms of the soldiers of the heroes of various places are still similar, especially the military uniforms worn inside and the leather armor worn outside. They are basically the color of red Han military uniforms. Xudu is still the Han army.

In order to distinguish them from soldiers of other forces, warlords in different places added some other colors to the Han towels worn outside the military uniforms and leather armor at most, so as to serve as distinguishing features.

For example, the Han scarf draped on the shoulders of the soldiers on Huangzu's side in Jiangxia originally had a bit of earthy yellow, while Zhangxiu in Wancheng inherited the dark red color of Dong Zhuo's Northwest Army. The Han towel was originally dark blue.

So now Zhu Wei only needs to find some dark red cloth, cut it into Han towels, and distribute it to some of his soldiers, and he will be dressed up almost like Zhang Xiu's soldiers. With the addition of some flags of Zhang Xiu's generals in Wancheng, outsiders will be even more dressed up. It is difficult to distinguish whose soldiers and horses this army belongs to.

So when Tai Shici captured Fenglin Pass and led troops to the south gate of Xiangyang City, attracting Liu Biao's attention, Zhu Wei launched a sneak attack on Fancheng.

Under Wang Yuyan's arrangement, at noon that day, Zhu Wei deliberately played a fake chase.

So at the front, Xing Daorong and Ling Cao pretended to be Zhang Xiu's Northwest Army's vanguard battalion, and went directly to Fancheng, while at the back, they deliberately created a scene where two armies were fighting, as if it was Zhang Xiu's Wancheng army and Zhu Wei's army. The army is fighting not far from Fancheng...

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