Chapter 327

Liu Du had even closed the city gate, and seeing this, the soldiers hurriedly circled the city to run toward other gates!

He still wanted to speak,

Liu Bei shouted,

"Men, tie up this peerless upper general for me!"

Xing Daorong??

In the main military tent,

Xing Daorong, tied up like a dumpling, looked terrified; he hadn't expected to be captured just like that!

Zhang Fei slapped his helmet and roared,

"Didn't you kid want to kill me, this Zhuo County butcher? Today I will skin you alive."

Xing Daorong said shakily,

"General Zhang, spare my life! I was also a butcher in Lingling before, and I ran to Liu Du's camp to fill a position as a general."

The meaning was, we are all in the same trade, there's no need for you, Zhang Fei, to kill me off completely.

Zhang Fei kicked him to the ground.

"Bah, you really are a disgrace to butchers! Don't beg for mercy, today you must die standing!"

Xing Daorong hurriedly knelt; he had to kneel to live.

"Lord Liu Xuande, I was just trying to earn a living."

Liu Bei waved his hand.

"No need for nonsense, drag him out and behead him!"

Xing Daorong's face changed drastically; was he so useless that even Liu Bei didn't want to recruit him?

He hurriedly shouted,

"Lord Liu Xuande, General of the Flying Cavalry, I have an eighty-year-old mother above and an ugly wife and young children below, spare me!"

"I only became a general to earn a salary, don't kill me!"

The live stream netizens also burst into laughter.

"The big-eared thief is going too far; the guy was just collecting a paycheck, and he's going to kill him off."

"Eighty-year-old mother? Did his mother give birth to him at fifty? He just says whatever comes to mind!"

"This Xing Daorong doesn't seem very smart; if Liu Bei really wanted to behead him, why bring him into the tent?"

Zhang Fei roared,

"Disgraceful, too disgraceful! It's just a scar the size of a bowl, I'll behead you myself!"

Upon hearing this, Xing Daorong was even more afraid, tears streaming down his face.

"Lord Liu Xuande, I am still useful!"

"Fine, tell me, what use are you?"

Xing Daorong hurriedly said,

"Lord Liu Xuande, I know the deployment of Lingling City, and I am the number one fierce general of Lingling; I have great influence over the troops!"

Zhang Fei laughed loudly.

"Your subordinates saw you defeated and ran faster than rabbits; influence over the troops?"

Xing Daorong's face turned a bit dark; why did this Zhang Fei always slap his face?

"I am willing to act as an inside agent, lead the main army into the city, capture the father and son of the Liu family alive, and offer them to Lord Liu Xuande!"

The speed of his betrayal was so fast that everyone almost threw out their backs.

Liu Bei snorted.

"You betrayed me just like that; how can I believe you are truly surrendering to me?"

Xing Daorong hurriedly said,

"Lord Liu Xuande's prestige shakes the nine provinces; you defeated the eight-hundred-thousand-strong army of Ding Yuan, Cao, and Sun. I was like a mantis trying to stop a chariot, and now I have repented."

As Xing Daorong spoke, he suddenly realized: yes, the father and son of Liu Du are nothing; Liu Bei is the true hero. With his own flattery skills—bah, his bravery—getting a general position would be more than enough.

"Lord Liu Xuande, I am truly surrendering."

After saying this, he told them everything about the troop deployment in Lingling City.

Liu Bei? He still wanted to use Xing Daorong's fake surrender to trick the city... how to handle this? It was disrupting his rhythm.

He glared at Xing Daorong.

"No, you cannot truly surrender!"

Xing Daorong??

Liu Bei explained his thoughts.

"You go back to Liu Du, pretend that your surrender to me was fake, then at midnight, light a fire as a signal and open the South City Gate..."

Xing Daorong was a bit confused.

Pang Tong explained it to him.

Xing Daorong understood: someone would disguise themselves as Liu Bei to lead troops into the city, then be met with a volley of arrows from Liu Du, pretend to be injured and run away, luring Liu Han Xian out of the city to pursue, and then capture him.

Xing Daorong returned to the city.

Zhang Fei cupped his hands.

"Big Brother, this Xing Daorong might not be reliable."

Liu Bei smiled.

"Naturally. E Huan!"

"Subordinate is here."

"Lead your troops to hide outside the North Gate. When you hear the sounds of battle at the South Gate, take your elite climbers, launch a surprise attack on the North Gate, and take it for me!"

"Yan Yan, you lead your troops to charge into the city and take the Governor's Mansion!"

"Understood!"

Xing Daorong returned to the city and went straight to the Governor's Mansion.

"My Lord, I intentionally let Liu Bei capture me."

Liu Du and Liu Han Xian were stunned; there was such a thing?

Xing Daorong stood up and said with a serious face,

"Just now, after I went out to fight, I discovered that Liu Bei's troops were quite elite; they could only be taken by strategy, not by force, so I came up with a plan... Just now, when Liu Bei struck, I intentionally flew out."

Liu Han Xian?

"But I heard from the soldiers that you seemed to have spat blood?"

Xing Daorong coughed.

"Doesn't the Young Master know what a bitter-meat trick is? In the process of flying out, I slapped myself until I bled."

"Liu Bei took me to the main camp and tried to win me over, wanting to grant me gold and titles, and even act as a matchmaker for me to marry a woman from the Cai family, making me his brother-in-law."

Liu Du and Liu Han Xian were stunned; this Xing Daorong could really brag.

Liu Han Xian snorted.

"Xing Daorong, you have quite the romantic luck!"

Seeing that no one believed him, Xing Daorong became even more serious.

"My Lord, I also know this is Liu Bei trying to trick me. He is a lecherous man; if he had a beauty, would he give her to me? He just wants to use me to plot for Lingling... We will play along with his plan, lure them into the city, and fire a volley of arrows..."

After listening, Liu Han Xian instantly drew his sword and held it to Xing Daorong's neck.

"Good for you, Xing Daorong, I'm afraid you just want to use a trick to earn my father and me for Liu Bei!"

Xing Daorong's eyes suddenly turned red, and tears streamed down his face.

"My Lord, Young Master, I have worked myself to the bone for many years. This time I endured humiliation just to build merit for you. Since you don't believe me, just kill me!"

"My Lord has shown me great kindness; how could I do such a thing as betraying my master!"

After saying this, Xing Daorong swore an oath, his voice choked with tears!

Liu Du waved his hand.

"Alright, Daorong is a straightforward man."

"Tonight, we will act according to the plan. Daorong, you go down and rest first; there will surely be a fierce battle tonight."