Chapter 14 Successor
Guan Yu has a straightforward personality. When a person is capable, no matter whether he is friend or foe, old or young, he will not hide his appreciation for him.
Mi Yang has never experienced military strategy. Whether his strategy will work or not will ultimately be decided by Guan Yu, a famous general in the world.
Now seeing Guan Yu's expression of admiration is enough to prove the feasibility of Mi Yang's plan.
The issue of how to defeat Xu Huang that troubled him and everyone was solved by Mi Yang in such an understatement in a few words. Guan Yu's inner evaluation of Mi Yang has now reached a higher level.
But after getting a good idea from Mi Yang, Guan Yu now looked unsatisfied. He pointed at Mi Yang and said,
"Xu Huang's army is on one side, and our army cannot retreat quickly. Zi Sheng has a plan to solve this problem for our army."
"Now Sun Quan's army is ready to attack Jingzhou.
This makes me worry that I will lose my way out when fighting Xu Gongming, and Zi Sheng should also have a plan to solve my problem."
Guan Yu now has full confidence in Mi Yang. After saying these words, he looked at Mi Yang with expectant eyes.
There was trust in Mi Yang hidden in his eyes.
Guan Yu's eyes were blazing and he looked expectantly. The way he looked at Mi Yang was like a hunter who is delighted when he sees a snow-white elk.
Mi Yang did not disappoint Guan Yu's expectations. Since he dared to recommend himself to come to Fancheng to meet Guan Yu, he naturally considered everything before coming.
He came to Fancheng not only to save Guan Yu, but also to make a splash.
What he wants is that he can seek the greatest benefit for himself from the opportunity of the Xiangfan War.
Mi Yang met Guan Yu's eager gaze and bowed to him, "Sun Quan is a traitor. His martial arts is weak and he has been unable to attack Hefei for a long time."
"And because it covets our fertile land in Jingzhou, it has long been eyeing our Nanjun."
"However, if he dares to send troops to attack me today, he is only relying on Lu Meng's clever plan, and our Jingzhou is currently depleted of troops due to the Northern Expedition."
"But Sun Quan came to power at a young age and had poor military exploits, so he was unable to consolidate his authority with military exploits and overwhelm the officials in Jiangdong with his military exploits like his elder brother."
"This resulted in his suspicious and jealous character."
"In this case, the general can devise a plan based on his character to disrupt his judgment, so as to slow down his dispatch of troops."
After saying this, Xu Xiang, who was still kneeling on the ground with Mi Yang's fingers, continued,
"This man is not only an important minister of Jiangdong, but also an old friend of Sun Quan's hometown. He has a deep relationship with Sun Quan."
"The general can borrow his hand to write a letter, the content of the letter is,"
"My father, the governor of Nanjun, has decided to surrender. I also ask you to send troops immediately to avoid delays and sudden changes."
When Mi Yang said this, everyone in the tent was a little stunned.
General Guan asked him to devise a plan to delay Sun Quan's dispatch of troops. Why did Mi Yang suggest that Sun Quan's friend and confidant write a letter urging Sun Quan to dispatch troops as soon as possible?
At this moment, among everyone in the tent, only Guan Yu seemed to understand some of Mi Yang's intentions.
Seeing that most of the people in the tent looked surprised, Mi Yang continued confidently,
"Sun Quan is a suspicious person. When he receives Xu Xiang's letter, he will think that since Xu Xiang has successfully persuaded my father to surrender, why doesn't he return to Jiangdong to report the matter in person?"
"Anyway, are you going to declare this confidential matter on paper and entrust it to others to deliver it to him?"
"If Xu Xiang really succeeds in persuading my father to surrender to him, this will be a great achievement.
According to ordinary people's behavior, Xu Xiang should immediately return to Jiangdong to receive the reward.
Even if Xu Xiang can hold back his desire to receive the reward, the war is imminent. In order to avoid being involved in the military and putting his life in danger, Xu Xiang should return to Jiangdong immediately."
"But now there is no one, and only a letter has arrived. Given Sun Quan's suspicious character, wouldn't he make more guesses?"
When Mi Yang talked about this, the smarter people in the tent, such as Wang Fu, Zhao Lei, and Pan Jun, all had expressions of understanding on their faces.
Among them, Wang Fu said even more excitedly,
"If Xiaolian said so, then Sun Quan would definitely think that the letter was fraudulent after receiving Xu Xiang's letter."
"Sun Quanhui believes that although this letter was written by Xu Xiang himself, his whereabouts may have been exposed and captured by our army, and then he wrote this letter under the coercion of our army."
"Under such a belief, he would guess that our army was doing this to lure him to send troops early with Xu Xiang's letter, and the reason why our army did this was because we had set up an ambush waiting for him to take the initiative to attack."
Hearing that Wang Fu understood what he meant, Mi Yang smiled and nodded at Wang Fu, saying,
"Of course."
"Sun Tzu said in The Art of War: Soldiers use deceitful methods.
Therefore, when it is possible, it is shown that it cannot be used; when it is used, it is shown that it is not used; when it is close, it is shown that it is far; when it is far, it is shown that it is close;"
"So Sun Quan claimed to be a descendant of Sun Tzu, and he was naturally familiar with Sun Tzu's Art of War.
Coupled with his suspicious character, one would naturally think that this was a trick deliberately set by our army to lure the enemy."
"But they don't know that what our army wants to do is to make them think that this is a trick set by our army to lure the enemy, so that they will not dare to rush to attack Jingzhou."
"Only in this way can we delay Sun Quan's dispatch of troops and gain valuable time for our army to defeat Xu Huang."
Sun Quan was a leader in the world in the way of checking and balancing power, but it was almost universally recognized that he was not proficient in military strategy.
Well, it is also recognized by later generations.
Xu Xiang randomly wrote down confidential matters on paper and dragged others back to Jiangdong. Anyone with a brain knows this.
Xu Xiang may have been captured, and Sun Quan was not stupid, so he could naturally guess this.
So Sun Quan would think that the letter was written to him by Xu Xiang, but in fact it was written to him by Guan Yu under the guise of Xu Xiang. Why did Guan Yu do this?
Guan Yu's reputation as a powerful person in China was at the forefront, so Sun Quan naturally would not think that Guan Yu was a fool.
He would only think that this was a trick set by Guan Yu to lure the enemy into the encirclement he had set up in Jingzhou.
But Sun Quan would not have thought that what he thought was what Mi Yang wanted him to think.
Mi Yang wanted to do the opposite. It was called a strategy to lure the enemy, but in reality it was a strategy to deceive the enemy and delay his dispatch date.
After Mi Yang finished speaking, everyone in the tent looked at Mi Yang as if they were looking at monsters.
Could this kind of treacherous and cunning strategy that grasps people's hearts be thought of by a young man who has just grown up?
At this time, Guan Yu looked at Mi Yang as if he were looking at a treasure.
He is nearly sixty this year and has always wanted to find a successor for himself to inherit his ideals and ambitions.
The prerequisite for such a successor is to be loyal to Liu Bei, and secondly, he must be resourceful and capable.
But now it seems that Mi Yang meets both conditions.
Although everyone in the tent was shocked by Mi Yang's two strategies.
They even think that with Mi Yang's two strategies, they seem to have found a bright way out of the dilemma they are facing now.
But there is another person who is a little worried about Mi Yang's dubious strategy.
This person is Zhao Lei, who has always been trusted by Guan Yu for his stability.
(End of chapter)
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