Chapter 228 The True Purpose Chengjun’s Death Day
Man Chong's cronies carried Man Chong's letter and quickly crossed the moat and headed towards the Han army camp.
This confidant had not gotten very far from the Han army's camp, and even when he had just descended from the city wall, he was discovered by the scouts of the Han army's camp.
So as soon as Man Chong's confidant crossed the moat, he was immediately captured by Han army scouts on the other side.
But despite being captured by Han army scouts, this close confidant of Man Chong showed no panic on his face.
He took the initiative to spread his hands and said that he was the envoy of the Wudang general and asked to see Mi Yang.
When the scouts of the Han army saw the man in front of them, arrogantly descending from the city wall in front of the two armies, and then heading towards the Han army's camp, they couldn't help but believe his words.
After all, it wouldn't be like this if it weren't for the messenger.
However, out of caution, several Han army scouts carefully began to search the entire body of the favored envoy.
After searching, Han army scouts found that there was nothing on him except a letter and a seal.
After feeling safe, a Han army scout immediately went to the main tent to report the incident to Mi Yang.
The few remaining Han army scouts stayed in place to guard the Manchu envoy.
Soon after, the Han army scout who went to report came back and brought Mi Yang's order.
Under Mi Yang's order, several Han army scouts pressed Man Chong's envoy towards the tent where Mi Yang was.
After marching for a period of time, the Man Chong envoy, escorted by Han army scouts, had arrived outside Mi Yang's tent.
Then a Han army scout came inside to report Mi Yang.
Mi Yang, who was in the tent, heard that Man Chong's envoy had arrived, and asked the Han army scouts to bring him in.
At the same time, curiosity appeared on the faces of all the generals in the tent.
Originally, everyone was still continuing to discuss matters, but suddenly they heard a report from a scout that an envoy from Man Chong had arrived. This inevitably made all the generals curious and wanted to know why Man Chong suddenly sent an envoy.
After Mi Yang's order was conveyed, the Manchu envoy was taken into the tent by Han army scouts.
After the Man Chong envoy entered the tent, the first thing he saw was Mi Yang sitting on the main seat.
When he saw Mi Yang looking at him, he couldn't help but feel nervous.
Facing such a famous and famous general, Man Chong envoy felt uneasy in his heart.
But before leaving, Man Chong's earnest instructions still echoed in his ears. Thinking of his master's expectations, the Man Chong envoy could only feel anxious in the end, and stepped forward to pay homage to Mi Yang: "Meet the general."
Mi Yang looked at the Man Chong envoy in front of him with interesting eyes. He smiled and asked the envoy:
"Did Man Bo Ning send you to ask for surrender?"
When Mi Yang's words came out, the Han generals in the tent burst into laughter.
The laughter of the crowd floated throughout the military tent, causing a look of fear on the face of the Man Chong envoy.
This burst of laughter reflects the fact that the morale of the Han army is now high.
It's obvious that Mi Yang's sentence was a joke.
But Mi Yang's joke made all the generals in the tent feel very proud.
Although Mi Yang was dissatisfied with the arrogance and arrogance of his generals, this was internal.
Internally, Mi Yang does not want his generals to become arrogant and lead to big mistakes in the future.
Externally, Mi Yang must of course show his own confidence to the enemy, because this can undermine the enemy's military morale.
After all, judging from the current overall situation, Mi Yang's side must have the advantage.
This is exactly the principle of "strategically despising the enemy and tactically paying attention to the enemy".
Under the laughter of the Han generals, the fear in the heart of the Manchu envoy became more and more intense.
But when he thought of Man Chong's instructions, Man Chong's envoy still took out Man Chong's seal, ribbon and letter from his arms with trembling hands and presented them to Mi Yang.
Seeing the Manchu envoy taking out the seal and ribbon and a letter, the Han generals in the tent had a look of surprise on their faces.
According to the report from the scouts just now, the generals already know the items carried by the Manchu envoy.
However, because the scouts did not understand the level of the seals and ribbons, there was no special description of the seals and ribbons carried by the Manchu Envoy.
Now when the envoy of Man Chong took out the sealing ribbon in person, the generals discovered that the sealing ribbon in the hand of the envoy of Man Chong was actually a "silver seal and green ribbon".
Although the Wei Dynasty established itself on behalf of the Han Dynasty, due to the short period of establishment of the dynasty, all the rules and regulations of the Wei Dynasty were mostly based on those of the Han Dynasty.
In the official system of the Han Dynasty, only high-ranking officials with a silver seal and green ribbon could wear them.
Based on the information we learned before, currently there is only one high-ranking official in Wudang County named Man Chong.
Therefore, this seal ribbon is probably full of favors.
Seeing that Man Chong actually presented his seal and ribbon messenger to Mi Yang, all the generals looked at Mi Yang with surprised eyes.
Could it be that the general was right?
Mi Yang was also stunned for a moment when he saw Man Chong's envoy taking out Man Chong's seal ribbon.
The seal and ribbon are the status symbol of an official. Man Chong gave him his seal and ribbon as an envoy. The meaning of this is indeed worth pondering.
Then Mi Yang ordered Ding Feng, who was standing aside, to step forward and take the letter and seal ribbon from the Man Chong envoy's hand.
After a while, Ding Feng placed the letter and seal on the desk in front of Mi Yang under the gaze of everyone.
Mi Yang picked up the official seal and looked at it, and found that the official seal indeed belonged to Man Chong.
After confirming this, Mi Yangfang opened the letter Man Chong gave him and read it.
There was not much content in the letter, and Mi Yang had finished reading it quickly.
When Mi Yang read the contents of Chong Chong's letter, a thoughtful look appeared on his face.
Just after thinking about it, a smile of understanding appeared on his face.
This old thief!
He first asked Man Chong's envoy to exit the tent, and then ordered Ding Feng to pass Man Chong's letter to the generals present for viewing.
Soon after, all the generals in the tent had read the contents of the letter.
After the generals read the contents of the letter, various expressions appeared on their faces.
Some people have a look of belief on their faces, some people have a look of doubt on their faces, and some people have a look of thoughtfulness on their faces.
The generals in the tent reacted this way because the content of Man Chong's letter was indeed credible.
Let's not mention that Man Chong presented the seal and ribbon as a letter. Let's just say that Man Chong's statement that Nanyang's elite troops were completely lost and there would be no reinforcements within a month is somewhat credible.
It cannot be said that there are no elite Wei troops in Nanyang County.
As a large southern county where Cao Wei defends against Liu Bei, there will definitely be a certain number of soldiers and horses in various places.
After all, among the nearly 50,000 troops previously commanded by Cao Ren, only more than 20,000 soldiers truly belonged to Nanyang.
But those more than 20,000 soldiers should be the majority of Nanyang County's mobile troops.
It is now approaching the autumn harvest season. Under such circumstances, if Cao Wei dispatches reinforcements from other states and counties, the delay may be more than a month.
Among the generals in the tent, those with a look of trust on their faces were Feng Xi, Zhang Bao and the others.
Among them, Feng Xi came from a Nanyang family, while Zhang Bao and others valued faith under the influence of their elders.
Man Chong took out the seal and ribbon as a proof to win people's trust, which indeed had a certain effect.
Compared with Feng Xi, Zhang Bao and others, Ding Feng and Zhang Yi had certain doubts about the content of Man Chong's letter.
It's just that they couldn't tell for a while whether what Man Chong said was true.
If what Man Chong said is true, then it would be great to wait a month to capture Wudang without a single blow.
But just when the expressions on the generals' faces were different, a stumbling sound suddenly appeared in the tent.
"Don't, don't forget the oath made by the white horse in the battle of Xiangfan."
This stumbling sound was instantly recognizable as being made by Deng Ai.
But Deng Ai's stumbling sound struck the hearts of the generals like morning bells and evening drums.
Deng Ai's reminder reminded people of the incident in the Battle of Xiangfan when Man Chong killed the White Horse Alliance and vowed to defend the city.
When Guan Yu flooded his seven armies, causing the walls of Fancheng to collapse in many places due to flooding, all the troops were panicked, and it seemed that Fancheng fell in an instant.
At that time, someone suggested that Cao Ren abandon the city and flee.
When Cao Ren had an idea, Man Chong spoke out to dissuade Cao Ren and drowned his white horse to form an alliance with all the soldiers in the city to defend the city together.
Under Man Chong's encouragement, the morale of the Wei army in Fancheng was restored.
This incident was originally only circulated within Cao Wei, but when the generals of the Wei army talked about Man Chong's resume just now, they emphasized this point as a glorious deed, so all the generals in the tent knew about it.
After Deng Ai's reminder, the generals in the tent realized that when Fancheng was in such a critical situation, Man Chong wanted to firmly defend the city.
No matter how critical the current situation in Wudang County is, it cannot be compared with that of Fancheng back then. How could Man Chong think about surrendering voluntarily?
So this is probably Man Chong's delaying strategy.
This is the benefit of knowing yourself and your enemy. If you don't know yourself and your enemy, Man Chong's behavior will confuse people.
After realizing that this was Man Chong's plan to delay the attack, Feng Xi and Zhang Bao all had angry looks on their faces.
I almost got deceived by this old thief just now.
Seeing that all the generals in the tent had realized that this was Man Chong's delaying strategy, Mi Yang looked at Deng Ai with admiration.
Deng Ai's dazzling talents of knowing military tactics and understanding people's hearts gradually began to be revealed in front of everyone.
Since all the generals are now aware of Man Chong's delaying strategy, Mi Yang does not need to specifically instruct the generals.
He ordered the generals to go down to prepare for battle, leaving only Deng Ai in the tent.
After all the generals retreated, only Deng Ai and Mi Yang were left in the tent.
But Mi Yang did not speak to Deng Ai immediately at first, he was just writing a letter.
Deng Ai's reminder just now was issued to people other than Mi Yang.
Because under his observation just now, although Mi Yang had a thoughtful look on his face at first, a smile soon appeared on his face, which showed that Mi Yang had not fallen into the trap.
Deng Ai saw that Mi Yang left him alone, but did not speak to him immediately. There was no anxious look on his face, but he looked respectful and waited for Mi Yang.
Soon the letter in Mi Yang's hand was written.
After writing the letter, he ordered someone to bring in the Man Chong messenger who had been waiting outside the tent.
After Man Chong's envoy came in, Mi Yang handed the letter in his hand and asked him to return to Wudang County with the letter.
Although Mi Yang knew that Man Chong's letter was a trick on his part, Mi Yang was a polite person and should still reply.
The Man Chong messenger saw Mi Yang's gentle face and handed the reply letter into his hands, and he felt much more at ease.
The men who had just left the tent would look at him angrily, and he thought that Man Chong's plan had been exposed.
Looking at Mi Yang's attitude now, it seems that everything is going smoothly.
After the Man Chong envoy received Mi Yang's letter, he immediately left the Han army's tent, which he regarded as a wolf's den, in a panic.
After the messenger Man Chong left, Mi Yang looked at Deng Ai and asked Deng Ai:
"Does Shi Zai know why I want to attack Wudang?"
After Deng Ai heard Mi Yang's inquiry, he immediately began to think quickly.
Whenever a large army goes out for an expedition, it will have a purpose, and this purpose must be related to the word profit.
On the surface, Mi Yang traveled down to attack Wudang County to take advantage of the lack of troops in Wudang County.
But if it's just this, it's not in line with Mi Yang's style.
And Deng Ai also knew that Mi Yang was not planning a large-scale Northern Expedition as ordinary people understood.
Because Hanzhong's 30,000-strong army was not Mi Yang's headquarters.
The 30,000 troops were essentially temporarily dispatched by Liu Bei to Mi Yang to guard the West City.
Since it is temporary, the ownership of these 30,000 troops will not belong to Mi Yang for long.
Perhaps within a month at most, the military power of the 30,000-strong army will be taken back by Liu Bei.
In addition, if we want to truly launch the Northern Expedition, it is not enough to rely solely on the 40,000 troops in Mi Yang's hands.
Now the entire rule of Liu Bei is in a state of recuperation.
Moreover, the autumn harvest is approaching, and strategically speaking, this is not the time for Liu Bei to launch a large-scale Northern Expedition.
Even if Guan Yu in Jingzhou could send troops to contain some of Wei's reinforcements, he would not be able to send out a large number of troops to coordinate with Mi Yang.
Therefore, what Mi Yang wants to do must be to seek the greatest benefit for himself while the 30,000-strong army is still in his hands.
So what is this benefit?
Deng Ai's mind was working rapidly, and he was summarizing all the information he knew so far.
After summarizing, Deng Ai thought of a very key piece of information.
Deng Ai looked at Mi Yangyan excitedly and said, "General, is it because of the large amount of military rations in Wudang County?"
Seeing that Deng Ai guessed his true purpose, Mi Yang smiled and nodded to Deng Ai.
It’s indeed a cotton-padded jacket!
After knowing Mi Yang's true purpose, Deng Ai suddenly realized it.
No wonder Man Chong's letter could not confuse Mi Yang.
Even if what Man Chong said was true, considering Mi Yang's purpose alone, it was impossible for Mi Yang to wait for Man Chong for a month.
Because the autumn harvest is approaching.
Man Chong's envoy soon returned to the city wall and handed the letter written by Mi Yang into Man Chong's hands.
When Man Chong saw that Mi Yang had replied, his face lit up with joy.
He couldn't wait to open Mi Yang's reply and read it.
"Manjun's reputation is like a white jade, and Yang has always heard of it. The elders often say that a gentleman should have the beauty of a man.
Although Lord Manchu wants to surrender now, his heart will be burned inside and out, and his reputation will be damaged in the coming days.
Scholars attach great importance to integrity, which is the rule of ancient and modern times.
Don't worry about me, I can't bear to deprive you of your reputation.
Yang is willing to use the power of his own army to become the emperor's death festival."
After Man Chong read Mi Yang's letter, the original joy on his face disappeared in an instant, and was replaced by a gloomy look.
What Mi Yang said was high-sounding, but in fact every word he said was full of innuendo.
Because of the anger in his heart, Man Chong threw Mi Yang's reply letter heavily on the ground, and then looked down in the direction of the Han army's camp with angry eyes.
Is this a disciple from the Fa Zheng Sect?
Man Chong also wanted to deceive Mi Yang by writing a letter, but he forgot that there was a bungee jumping tragedy in the police last year, and the cause of that tragedy was also because of a letter.
Is it okay to use one's own shortcomings to compete with others' strengths?
(End of chapter)
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