Three Kingdoms: You Were Supposed to Be a Spy, but You Became a Warlord

Xu Zhen transmigrates to the final years of the Eastern Han dynasty.

He becomes a general under Yuan Shao, but one day he is secretly set up and sent to Cao Cao's camp as a spy.

This is a suicide mission, and Xu Zhen is furious. So he decides to idle away his days in Cao Cao's camp while secretly offering advice to make Yuan Shao suffer.

But he never expected... to accidentally achieve great things.

Cao Cao subdues the Qingzhou and Xuzhou bandits, gaining 300,000 people and 100,000 surrendered soldiers. Xu Zhen is appointed General of the Household.

Yuan Shao: "I told you to sabotage them, not build a career for yourself!"

The emperor flees, and Cao Cao is the first to welcome him to Xudu, using the emperor's authority to command those who refuse to obey. Xu Zhen is appointed General of the Vanguard.

Yuan Shao: "Xu Zhen! I told you to hold Cao Cao back, not get promoted and rich!"

The Battle of Guandu.

Yuan Shao: "Xu Zhen, disrupt Cao Cao's headquarters from the rear!"

Xu Zhen: "Sorry, I control Yan Province now."

Yuan Shao: "???"

I sent you to be a spy, and you became a warlord?

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.