Chapter Fifty-Eighth: The Toxic Conspiracy of the Poison Man
"Cao Cao... Mr. Cao really means this." Li Jue looked uncertain, as if he was struggling in his heart.
Jia Xu secretly sighed, this Li Jue really couldn't hold up the wall. Since he decided to surrender, he still couldn't bear to call the other party lord, but called him Cao Gong. This man is so narrow-minded, but he has no great talent.
He deserves to be used as an outcast.
In fact, when Li Jue asked Jia Xu about the result of his surrender, Jia Xu only said one sentence to Li Jue: "Cao Gong wants to send troops to attack Zhang Ji's tribe tomorrow. He does not expect the lord to lead the army to help, but only hopes that the lord will be on the wall by then."
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This sentence was said very skillfully. It sounded like an order given by a superior to his subordinates after Cao Cao agreed to surrender. Therefore, Li Jue subconsciously thought that Cao Cao had agreed to his request for surrender. But in fact,
, Cao Cao did not make any promise to surrender at all.
Therefore, Li Jue's tragedy was inevitable.
Li Jue was hesitating. He and Zhang Ji were both generals under Dong Zhuo in the past. Although the friendship between them was not very deep, it was not shallow either. Zhang Ji did not have many troops, only a few thousand men.
, if Cao Cao wanted to destroy Cao Cao's nearly 50,000-strong army, it would be easy, if not easy, at least. Should he really just watch from the sidelines and not offer any help?
"Wen He thinks that I should follow Duke Cao's instructions." Li Jue looked at Jia Xu, wanting to hear his opinion again.
"Yes." Jia Xu said bluntly without raising his head.
Li Jue didn't expect Jia Xu's answer to be so simple, and judging from his tone, he could even say that his attitude towards him was a bit casual now. Li Jue felt quite dissatisfied with this, wouldn't he think that Cao Cao would be the master in the future?
, you became unpopular so quickly?
Of course, Li Jue also knew that since he had chosen to submit to Cao Cao, he should not have other ideas. However, perhaps out of instinct, Li Jue always felt that this matter was not as simple as what he had seen so far.
The uneasy feeling lingered in his heart and lingered.
"Perhaps, we should send someone to inform Zhang Ji, which can be regarded as a moral act. What do you think of this, Wen He?" It is definitely not possible to send troops to help Zhang Ji resist Cao Cao, so should we remind the other party in advance and let him retreat first?
Escape, this probably wouldn't be a problem. If it weren't for the fact that Zhang Ji and Cao Cao had a grudge against his nephew, Li Jue would even consider sending people to Zhang Ji's camp to persuade him to surrender with him. After all, he didn't have many acquaintances in Cao Cao's camp.
, it would be nice to have one more person to take care of each other.
"Former general, Marquis of Chi Yang." Faced with Li Jue's question, Jia Xu just spit out these six words.
Hearing these two terms, Li Jue was immediately discouraged. Jia Xu was obviously advising himself that if he wanted to keep the official title he sought, he should stop meddling in other people's affairs.
"But if my lord is interested, I would like to go to General Zhang Ji's camp, state my interests and persuade him to surrender." Just when Li Jue felt a little discouraged, Jia Xu spoke again and said, "If I can convince him to surrender,
, then Duke Cao will surely be overjoyed."
"Can Wen He really convince Zhang Ji to surrender to Duke Cao?" Li Jue, who had been a little disappointed before, immediately became energetic again when he heard Jia Xu's words.
"I'm willing to give it a try." Jia Xu said with an extremely confident tone, which made Li Jue feel relieved.
————————————————————————————————————“Li Jue, are you really so hateful!?” Zhang Ji was a
He gritted his teeth, obviously feeling extremely hateful in his heart.
However, there was still a hint of doubt in his angry face, and it was obvious that he did not fully believe Jia Xu's words.
"Everything Xu said is true." Jia Xu said calmly.
"You, what proof do you have?" Zhang Ji thought about it, but still felt that what Jia Xu said to him didn't seem very reliable.
"It's okay if you don't believe me now, general. When Cao Cao's army comes, just wait for your own death." Jia Xu's tone was extremely calm, without any waves at all.
Facing such a calm Jia Xu, Zhang Ji panicked and his mind was a little confused.
Jia Xu suddenly ran over and said to himself that Cao Cao would send his army to attack him tomorrow. In this situation, his ally Li Jue abandoned him again. In order to preserve his power, position and life, he chose
Surrender to Cao Cao. When Cao Cao attacks, it would be better for Li Jue to sit back and do nothing. Maybe he will step in and help Cao Cao deal with himself.
How could Zhang Ji not feel panicked when he heard such bad news? The combined strength of Cao Cao and Li Jue was as many as 100,000 troops. If they came together to deal with him, they would lose tens of thousands of people under his own command.
If so, I'm afraid there won't even be a ripple on the battlefield. In that case, how can I survive tomorrow?
"If General Zhang doesn't believe it, why don't you go and ask our Lord for confirmation in person?"
"Seeking proof? Do you think I'm stupid?" Zhang Ji said hesitantly at this time, "If Li Zhiran has the intention of surrendering to Cao Cao, and I go to see him now, wouldn't it be in vain to give him my head to be chopped off?
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"General, why do you have to worry so much when you hear that you are planning something for the general?" Jia Xu saw Zhang Ji's fearful expression and said with a smile, "General, if you want to see my lord, you must keep a relaxed and calm demeanor.
If my lord wants to kill the general, the general can just lie to my lord and say that he has surrendered to Cao Cao."
After listening to Jia Xu's words, Zhang Ji's uneasiness subsided slightly. But later, as if he suddenly remembered something, he stared at Jia Xu and asked: "You are Li Jue's subordinate, why did you plot against him?"
Tell me?"
In fact, Zhang Ji's recent attitude towards Jia Xu is not friendly, and the reason lies in his nephew Zhang Xiu. At first, there was some friendship between Zhang Ji and Jia Xu, but when Dong Zhuo fled west to Chang'an, Zhang Ji obeyed Jia Xu.
Xu's suggestion was to let his nephew Zhang Xiu follow Xu Rong to ambush the pursuers in order to achieve meritorious service. Unfortunately, Zhang Xiu not only failed to make any achievements in that battle, but was eventually killed by Cao Cao's fierce generals and died miserably on the battlefield. Because of this,
This result was very different from Jia Xu's previous analysis of himself, so Zhang Ji believed that Jia Xu was also responsible for his nephew's sudden death. Therefore, Zhang Ji has always had a grudge against Jia Xu in his heart.
It was after this battle that Jia Xu had to start to take Cao Cao seriously.
Staring at Jia Xu, Zhang Ji thought of his nephew who died on the battlefield because he followed Jia Xu's advice, and couldn't help feeling sad.
Looking at Zhang Ji's reddish eyes, Jia Xu didn't feel nervous at all and said calmly: "I came here to report this purely because I can't stand what my lord has done. If General Zhang believes me, please tell me as soon as possible."
Make preparations so as not to become someone else's prey. If General Zhang doesn't believe it, he can tie me up and send me back to my master. If General Zhang thinks this is too troublesome, there is no point in killing me with a sword.
No."
Zhang Ji stared at Jia Xu for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "I'm going to meet Li Zhiran and see what tricks he can do!"