After knowing Mi Yang's true purpose, Zhang He's mind is now like a mess.
Zhang He couldn't help but think of the last time he met Mi Yang.
After thinking about the past, Zhang He raised his head and looked at Mi Yang with confused eyes, and asked:
"Da Sima originally sent Shi Bao to Yong'an for today?"
Facing Zhang He's question, Mi Yang felt that there was no need to hide it from Zhang He now, so he nodded.
But Mi Yang's nod made Zhang He even more confused.
Zhang He is a person who loves analyzing strategies.
Now his hobby has completely messed up his thoughts.
"Let Shi Bao go to Yong'an and let everyone in the world know your determination to support Yong'an.
In this way, Lu Xun would not dare to be careless, and in order to ensure peace and security to the greatest extent, he would contact Cao Xiu to send troops.
Once Cao Xiu sends troops, Da Sima will have a reason to lead his army north. In Lu Xun's view, your move will only be regarded as a helpless move on your part, rather than as part of your plan.
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After you led your army to Yiyang County, you saw that Cao Xiu had no desire to fight, so you thought of turning passivity into initiative, and taking Bowang as the key to breaking the situation.
Because you know that once Bowang is lost, Cao Rui will definitely be frightened.
Cao Rui at this time is like Lu Xun some time ago.
In order to ensure that Xuchang is safe, Cao Rui will also follow Lu Xun's example and use the Wu army as foreign aid.
As long as things develop to this point, it is very likely that Lu Xun will lead his army to attack the hinterland of Jingzhou, and you will find an opportunity to defeat him!"
Zhang He explained Mi Yang's full plan sentence by sentence.
After he explained clearly, Zhang He stared at Mi Yang closely, and subconsciously said in disbelief:
"The lips are dead and the teeth are cold. This is a truth passed down from the Spring and Autumn Period, and it has already been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
And you just want to use this truth to achieve the purpose of luring the Wu army to go deep.
Da Sima, your grasp of people's hearts is truly amazing."
As Mi Yang's full plan was revealed, Zhang He's thoughts gradually returned to normal.
After Zhang He's thoughts returned to normal, he was really impressed by Mi Yang's strategy.
Taking the city of Yong'an as an opportunity and based on the people's hearts, Mi Yang planned a chess game that was enough to bring Wu Jun to death.
How could Zhang He not be impressed by such wisdom and courage?
But Zhang He was still a little confused.
"People's hearts are always fickle. What if Lu Xun and Cao Rui don't act according to your ideas, Da Sima?"
Although it is wise to say that lips are dead and teeth are cold, and Cao Rui and Lu Xun are not stupid people, but as Zhang He said, people's hearts are fickle.
No one can guarantee that Mi Yang's presumptions will come true.
What if something goes wrong in a certain link?
After hearing Zhang He's question, Mi Yang smiled and said:
"For the Han Dynasty, even if Cao Rui and Lu Xun do not act according to Gu's ideas, what will be lost?
If Lu Xun did not ask Cao Xiu for help, then he could focus on heading eastward.
Although the Soochow navy is difficult to fight, Gu Yi is not afraid to fight.
The worst result is that Gu missed the opportunity to capture Yong'an.
And if Cao Xiu wants to fight, or if your surprise attack on Bowang fails, or if Cao Rui doesn't ask for help from Soochow, then it's not a big deal.
If Cao Xiu dares to ask for a battle or your surprise attack on Bowang fails, Gu will personally set up the defense line and then lead his army to help Yong'an.
And if after you win Bowang, Cao Rui doesn't ask for help from Soochow, or if Lu Xun sees through Gu's plan, Gu will concentrate on planning to capture Wancheng.
Being able to capture Wancheng was a big victory for the Han Dynasty.
No matter what the situation is, Gu will take advantage of the situation and will not let the Han's interests suffer losses.
Once this is ensured, I have nothing to worry about.”
After saying what he was thinking, Mi Yang was silent for a while, but then he said:
"Zhongrong is in Yong'an, and it is impossible for him to ignore death.
But refusing to save someone in the face of death is not the same thing as trying hard but failing to save someone."
These two sentences Mi Yang said were a bit heavy.
Zhang He also understood the meaning of Mi Yang's words.
In Mi Yang's view, no matter what countermeasures Cao Rui and Lu Xun took, he would have a way to ensure that the interests of the Han Dynasty were not damaged.
But among those methods, there is no doubt that rescuing Shi Bao was put last.
If everything develops according to the worst-case scenario, Mi Yang may still lead his army to support Shi Bao without hesitation in the end, but the result will be in vain.
But this can be regarded as fulfilling Mi Yang’s faith.
As for Shi Bao's life and death...
This is also the reason for Mi Yang's heavy tone.
But Mi Yang didn't feel that she had done anything wrong.
He was first the Great Sima of the Han Dynasty, and first the auxiliary minister who was entrusted to Liu Bei when he was dying. He and Shi Bao were the kings and ministers after these two.
To seek benefits for the country as much as possible at the cost of one person's life and death, Mi Yang was willing to do such a thing, and he had even done it himself back then.
From the conversation with Shi Bao that night, it can be seen that Shi Bao was also willing.
"Shi Zhongrong has unparalleled tools" is never an absurd compliment.
And Mi Yang's choice made Zhang He feel a sense of déjà vu in Mi Yang.
Only at this moment did Zhang He vaguely understand why Liu Bei had so many advisers and good generals under his command back then, but it was only after he met Fa Zheng that he truly became so successful.
The reason is that Dharma is like Mi Yang. He himself believes in love and justice, but he never becomes pedantic about love and justice.
What you should do is what you should do, why bother with anything else?
This style of work is very similar to that of Emperor Wu back then.
Thinking of this, Zhang He looked at Mi Yang with other colors.
But Zhang He hid some of his thoughts very well. He now focused on one thing:
"When did Grand Sima think Lu Xun would make a move?
What is our army’s next move?”
Zhang He's question left Mi Yang without an accurate answer.
"Based on time, even if Cao Rui sent an envoy immediately after learning about Bowang's loss, the envoy might not have reached Jianye yet.
We don’t have to worry, when the news is sent to Sun Quan, he should be the one who is anxious.”
Although Mi Yang couldn't tell when Lu Xun would make a move, based on his understanding of Sun Quan, he knew that Sun Quan would be hard-pressed to give up this opportunity.
Historically, Sun Quan really had a pathological possessiveness towards Jingzhou...
"As for how our army should act next.
Wasn't Cao Xiu always in Wancheng?
It seems that I have never seen him before, so let’s go and see him this time.”
Mi Yang's words sounded as relaxed as going to meet an old friend.
But when his words fell into Zhang He's ears, Zhang He's hair stood on end.
Da Sima, don’t you know that you are known as the “deer at the trough” in the world?
It sounds terrible.
...
Wancheng is not far from Bowang.
As Xia Houshang inferred, perhaps because the Han army blocked the road at the beginning, Cao Xiu was not able to notice the abnormality from the rear at the first time.
But as time goes by, even a pig can react.
Obviously, Cao Xiu is not a pig.
When the grain and grass that were supposed to be delivered in the past few days did not arrive on time, Cao Xiu became suspicious.
As he became suspicious, Cao Xiu naturally sent someone to investigate.
It would have been better if he didn't investigate, but when he did, Cao Xiu was almost furious.
Cao Xiu clearly remembered that he left three thousand elite soldiers in Bowang.
With these three thousand elite troops, even though the Han army was able to rush into Bowang City at first, Cao Shuang was not completely powerless to fight back.
But when Cao Shuang saw that the situation was unfavorable, he abandoned the city and fled?
After Cao Xiu learned the news of Bowang's fall, he really wanted to give himself a slap in the face - how could he have fallen in love with this stupid pig like Cao Shuang in the first place.
But things that made Cao Xiu even more worried happened one after another as news of Bowang's fall spread in Wancheng.
Not surprisingly, the soldiers and civilians in Wancheng fell into panic immediately after learning the news of Bowang's fall.
The army is on an expedition, but its retreat is cut off by the enemy. Who wouldn't be frightened?
Fortunately, Cao Xiu had a capable general named Wang Ji.
When Wang Ji learned that the morale of the soldiers in the city was wavering, he had no time to report it to Cao Xiu. He immediately rushed to the military camp as a law enforcement officer and suppressed the commotion in the military camp with thunderous means.
Wang Ji's decisive action prevented the tens of thousands of troops in Wancheng from civil strife.
Later, after Cao Xiu heard the news, he immediately rushed to the military camp.
Cao Xiu is still very prestigious in the Wei army.
His appearance greatly stabilized the morale of the Wei army.
Seeing that his appearance was effective, Cao Xiu went to the military camp every day recently to share food and drinks with the soldiers.
Every time he went to the military camp, Cao Xiu tried his best to appear calm and calm.
But when Cao Xiu returned to the mansion, his face lost such color.
Worry and solemnity were the expressions that often appeared on Cao Xiu's face when he was in the mansion.
And as time went by, Cao Xiu's emotions became invisibly worse every day.
Because in the past few days, even though Cao Xiu sent people to investigate in every possible way, he could not get any new progress from the Han army.
Bowang has been captured, and there are tens of thousands of Han troops in Yiyang County. Under such circumstances, will Mi Yang choose not to further expand the victory?
Even if I beat Cao Xiu to death, I wouldn’t believe it.
Maybe some generals in the city thought that Mi Yang's next target was Xuchang, but Cao Xiu rejected such an idea.
Cao Xiu believed that he had deduced that Mi Yang's next target must be Wancheng.
As long as tens of thousands of Wei troops were still in Wancheng, Mi Yang would not leave him as a hidden danger and attack Xuchang instead.
But since Mi Yang's next target is Wancheng, why does he keep holding back?
Cao Xiu felt that Wancheng's current situation was like the calm before an approaching storm.
Uneasy.
Just when Cao Xiu was thinking hard about what kind of conspiracy Mi Yang was hatching, an urgent piece of military information was sent to him.
"Tens of thousands of Han troops are rolling towards Wancheng!"
Upon hearing the news, Cao Xiu immediately stood up from his seat.
"Are there any generals in the Han army who carry the banner of Tiance?"
Cao Xiu asked what he was most concerned about.
Then the scout's affirmative answer made Cao Xiu's face become even darker.
Sure enough, he guessed it right.
Wang Ji and Wang Jun, who were standing by, noticed Cao Xiu's expression and wanted to give Cao Xiu a few words of comfort. Unexpectedly, Cao Xiu burst out laughing.
"Well done! Well done!"
Cao Xiu's unusual laughter made the two kings almost think that their chief minister had lost his mind and gone crazy.
How long has it been, yet I can still laugh.
But Cao Xiu's sudden laughter was not without reason.
After laughing, Cao Xiu Gu said to the two kings:
"I previously thought that the reason why the Mi thieves had not launched an attack on Wancheng was due to other conspiracies.
But what he didn't expect was that the Mi Thief actually had a desperate plan. Facing the fortified Wancheng, he could only choose to attack by force.
However, due to the strong strength of Wancheng and the tens of thousands of elite soldiers in the city, the food and grass can last for a year, so I don't have to worry anymore."
Cao Xiu knew that he couldn't compare to Mi Yang in terms of cleverness, and there was nothing wrong with admitting this.
What Cao Xiu was afraid of before was always Mi Yang's conspiracy.
However, the heavy troops of the Han army were pressing down on the border, which meant that Mi Yang and Guizhou had no skills. In terms of actual siege warfare, Cao Xiu was really not afraid of Mi Yang.
Cao Xiu's explanation made Wang Ji and Wang Jun smile.
It seems that Da Sima's courage is still there, so this battle can still be fought.
Then Cao Xiu ordered Wang Ji and Wang Jun:
"You two quickly follow Gu's previous arrangements and order the soldiers in the city to prepare for defense."
After receiving Cao Xiu's order, Wang Ji and Wang Jun immediately took the order and left.
...
Tens of thousands of Han troops swaggered to the plains several miles away from Wancheng to station themselves.
When tens of thousands of Han troops set up camp, Ding Feng, who was responsible for guarding the safety of the entire army, sighed deeply.
"I followed Da Sima and fought against several "meat troughs".
But this was the first time I saw someone as timid as Cao Xiu.
When the enemy army first arrives and sets up camp, but their foothold is not yet stable, it is time to lead the troops to attack them. Hasn't Cao Xiu read the military book?"
After asking Mi Yang for the task of protecting the entire army's camp, Ding Feng was happy for a long time.
Ding Feng had heard of Cao Xiu’s reputation:
"There is no weak crown in the year, but the ambition is to be a hero. I am a famous teacher, and I have a well-organized speech... I yell at the three armies, and I stand up with my heroic halberd. I have a white blade on my feet, and a flying dysprosium in my hand."
This is the praise given to Cao Xiu by celebrities in Cao Wei.
Ding Feng originally thought that Cao Xiu would be a very courageous opponent to receive such praise.
But what happens in the end?
At any rate, I'll lead the army to charge, so I'm sorry!
Finally, Ding Feng cursed and led the ambush troops out of the dense forest, turned around and returned to the camp to resume his life.
When Ding Feng returned to the camp, the look of disdain on his face had not disappeared.
After seeing Ding Feng's expression, Mi Yang knew what Ding Feng was thinking.
After knowing this, Mi Yang couldn't help but smile.
But then Mi Yang asked Ding Feng something:
"Hurry up and order people to cut down the surrounding trees and make siege equipment.
Remember, the louder the noise, the better.”
After giving instructions to Ding Feng, Mi Yang turned to Jiang Ji and said:
"Let Deng, the governor, continue to transport large quantities of grain and grass to the front line."
Finally Mi Yang said to Ding Feng and Jiang Ji at the same time:
"I want everyone in Jingzhou to know how determined I am to take Wancheng!"
After receiving Mi Yang's order, Ding Feng and Jiang Ji realized the importance of the matter, so they both bowed to Mi Yang and promised:
"I obey!"
Listening to the two voices, Mi Yang thought in his heart:
"Sun Shiwan, I've made it this far, hurry up and take action."
This chapter has been completed!