Chapter 81: First defeat the deer's cry, then defeat the feather's head (please follow up)
The reason why Lu Meng was so surprised was not because he thought Sun Huan would not be defeated.
After all, victory and defeat are common matters for military strategists.
But he didn't expect that Sun Huan would be defeated so miserably.
Six thousand field elites were completely wiped out by Mi Yang overnight?
Even Sima Yi on the side had a look of surprise on his face after hearing the news.
He has heard of Mi Yang's name.
As time went by, a lot of news began to spread.
In the important news that has been spread recently, the name Mi Yang will appear.
Because of this, Sima Yi and Lu Meng had looks of surprise on their faces, but there was no look of disbelief on their faces.
After these recent news came out, the name Mi Yang has been enough to attract the attention of the world.
But after all, Lu Meng had experienced a lot of ups and downs. He quickly suppressed the surprise in his heart and regained his composure.
He immediately asked Han Dangdao, "Did you know that Mi Yang sent troops to this battle?"
When Lu Meng asked about this, Han Dang replied hesitantly, "According to reports from the defeated soldiers, Mi Yang's troops who left the city only had three thousand."
Later, Han Dang learned from the defeated soldiers and told Lu Meng the entire battle.
Most of the defeated soldiers who fled back to Xunyang City were Sun Huan's direct troops at that time.
After they were dispersed that day, they knew that their situation was over.
Therefore, they immediately rushed back to the port of Gong'an City and fled back to Xunyang City with the hundreds of soldiers left behind by Sun Huan.
In the narratives of these defeated soldiers, the blame for the defeat was undoubtedly placed on those Shanyue soldiers.
After hearing the entire battle, Lu Meng had a heavy look on his face.
Mi Yang was the chief general guarding the public security this time, and Lu Meng had sent people to investigate his details.
From the information he had received before, Lu Meng had already realized that Mi Yang was a resourceful person.
But he didn't expect that Mi Yang would prepare such a surprise for him today.
Lu Meng couldn't help but sighed, "I've been lucky enough to hear deer roaring in Jiangdong for several days."
Throughout the entire battle between Mi Yang and Sun Huan, Lu Meng discovered the key point.
That was Mi Yang's position in the hearts of the police guards.
This made Lu Meng most worried.
While Lu Meng was sighing with emotion, soldiers came to report outside the door, saying that Mi Yang, the public security guard, had sent an envoy to deliver the two things.
When he heard that the person he was worried about had brought something to him, Lu Meng quickly ordered the person outside the door to bring in the items that Mi Yang had sent.
Now Guan Yu is at war with Sun Quan. Although the two armies are fighting, he does not kill the envoy.
But because they were worried that the envoy sent by Mi Yang was an assassin, Lü Meng's subordinates temporarily took the envoy into custody after receiving the two items that Mi Yang gave to Lü Meng from Mi Yang's envoy.
After Lü Meng's soldiers entered the room, they respectfully placed the two items on the desk in front of Lü Meng, then stepped aside to wait for orders.
When Lu Meng glanced at the two items on his desk, his eyes couldn't help but freeze.
One of the objects was a richly decorated sword.
Looking at this valuable sword, Lu Meng then reached out and picked it up.
After taking the sword out of its scabbard, Lu Meng saw the character "Huan" on the sword.
He had made some guesses just now, but now he was convinced.
Lu Meng hummed and said, "Uncle Wu, Mingda's whereabouts are already known."
When he first saw the sword on the desk, Lu Meng felt it looked familiar and thought it looked like Sun Huan's sword.
Sun Huan's sword was given to him by Sun Quan. Unless something unexpected happened to him, Sun Huan would never have let himself be separated from the sword based on how much he cared for it.
After confirming this, Lu Meng looked at another object, which was a letter.
Lu Meng stretched out his hand to take it apart, and then looked at it carefully.
"I am astride Ma Shuochen, and the soldiers are beating drums to show their strength in battle."
"The soldiers are excited, extremely enthusiastic, dedicated and determined, and compete to the death."
"Overcoming the enemy's body, he is as fast as flying. The bows and crossbows are fired in unison, and the arrows rain down."
"At the hour of sunrise and noon, the enemy is defeated. Wherever the sharp edge points, the great righteousness leads."
"There are no bandits before, so we must capture Sun Huan alive."
"Thousands of those were surrendered, and countless others ran away like ants."
"Although they have not been completely wiped out, Huan is still domineering and acts as the henchman of the powerful. If we capture him now, we will be strong."
"The vanguard of Sun's army has wiped out everything, and those who remain have turned into ghosts and corpses."
After reading the contents of the letter, Lu Meng chuckled.
This is not a letter, it is clearly a battle report written by Mi Yang to Guan Yu.
But now Mi Yang specially sent Sun Huan's sword and this battle report to show off his military power to himself, and his intention is self-evident.
After Lu Meng read it, he showed the battle report to Han Dang.
Han Dang, whose beard and hair were all white, couldn't help but become angry after reading the contents of the battle report.
Han Dang said angrily, "Grand Governor, I would like to be the vanguard of the army again to attack the public security forces and capture Mi Yang to avenge our army's humiliation."
But Han Dang's anger did not let Lu Meng get carried away.
He said to Han Dang, "Mi Yang reported this battle to our army. It was not a plan to provoke the general. Why would the old general be so angry?"
"We lift each other up because we want to compete with the police in fighting against the police."
After finishing speaking, Lu Meng picked up a black chess piece with his fingers and kept kneading it in his hand, as if the black chess piece was Mi Yang.
"Mi Yang is worthy of being a filial and upright disciple. He is afraid that I will divide my troops, so he specially sent these two things to me. His intention is to tell me not to despise him."
"With these two things here, our previous plan to divide our troops can be nullified."
When Han Dang heard what Lu Meng said, a look of confusion appeared on his face.
He asked Lu Meng, "Since the governor knew that the bandits were afraid of dividing our army, why did the governor follow the bandits' wishes?"
"Because Gong'an is the hub of Jingnan, and Mi Yang is also a good warrior. If we divide our troops hastily, our army may have an unstable future."
"It's like Hefei in Huainan."
Lu Meng said calmly.
After hearing Lu Meng's explanation, Han Dang suddenly realized.
Compare Hefei to the police and he will understand.
Sun Quan besieged Hefei several times, not to capture the city of Hefei. What Sun Quan actually wanted was the entire Huainan.
But because Hefei is the hub of Huainan's waterway, and the generals guarding Hefei are all good at fighting.
Therefore, Sun Quan was worried that his army would lose its way back, so he never thought of dividing his troops until he captured Hefei.
Winning Hefei does not mean that we can win the entire Huainan.
But if we don’t win Hefei, we will definitely not be able to win Huainan.
To be honest, Sun Quan's idea was right, but when he actually put it into practice, his actions were too awkward.
After seeing clearly what Mi Yang meant, Lu Meng immediately made arrangements. He said to Han Dangyan,
"Mr. Han, please order the three armies to go out to attack the police tomorrow!"
After receiving this order, Han Dang couldn't hide the joy on his face.
In his opinion, although Sun Huan was defeated, as long as Lü Meng led his army there, Mi Yang would not be Lü Meng's opponent.
Just as Sun Quan was afraid of Liu Bei and Guan Yu, Guan Yu had always been afraid of Sun Quan having Lu Meng.
Han Dang immediately took the order and left, arranging many matters.
After Han Dang left, Lu Meng looked at Sima Yi thoughtfully and said, "Zhongda, what do you think of Mi Yang?"
Seeing Lu Meng suddenly ask him this question, Sima Yi thought about it seriously, and after a long time he answered,
"Using less to defeat more, he has a very good military strategy. If this person is not eliminated, he will definitely be a powerful enemy in Jiangdong in the future."
Hearing Sima Yi's answer, a cold smile appeared on Lu Meng's face, and he replied lightly, "Yes."
After finishing speaking, Lu Meng raised the chess piece in his hand and hit it somewhere on the chessboard hard.
And when he dropped the chess piece there, Sima Yi knew that he had lost the game.
"If that's the case, then I will raise an army to defeat Lu Ming first, and then Yu Yushou."
Lu Meng, who knew that his life was about to end, did not want to leave Guan Yu as a great enemy to Sun Quan.
Similarly, he also wants to kill Mi Yang, Jiangdong's future enemy, in advance.
Mi Zisheng, the next game of chess is between you and me.
I am determined to win Jingzhou.
I received a notice tonight that I failed to advance to Sanjiang, but the editor gave me another chance, and I must seize this opportunity.
Starting tomorrow, there will be four updates every day, divided into two chapters at 12:00 noon and two chapters at 19:00 pm.
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(End of chapter)
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