"Take these two brocade pouches back with you. Put the red one into Tan Shihuai's food and drink, and the blue one into his medicine. Do not give him too much each time!"

"Shangguan, Tan Shihuai trusts you implicitly and follows your every word. This is precisely the time for you to act. Why...?"

Upon hearing Li Ru's instructions, the man looked at the two brocade pouches and asked hesitantly.

"Hmph, it's all an illusion. How could someone like Tan Shihuai possibly trust a Han Chinese like me completely?"

Actually, he was wary of me from the beginning, and now he's sending me out to feign an attack on the Han Dynasty with Helian. His purpose is simply to prevent me from learning any secrets he doesn't want to reveal while the Xianbei army is on its campaign.

Li Ru snorted coldly, having clearly guessed Tan Shihuai's purpose based on his recent actions.

"Does the superior mean to use this opportunity to get rid of Tan Shihuai and support He Lian?"

Li Ru narrowed his eyes: "That's right. Compared to Tan Shihuai, He Lian is obviously easier to control and more advantageous to our plans!"

"Understood!"

The man nodded, then took the two brocade pouches from Li Ru's hands, bowed, and left.

After bidding farewell to Li Ru, the man sneaked out of the city, found two companions, and asked them to head towards Yunzhong under cover of night.

The next day, before dawn, the ten Han Chinese and three hundred Xianbei cavalrymen arranged by Han Sui were the first to leave the capital.

Not long after they left, Li Ru also bid farewell to Tan Shihuai and, together with He Lian, led 10,000 cavalrymen disguised as 50,000 and headed towards Yunzhong County.