Chapter 482: Two people are suspicious of each other, Snow Soldiers
Mi Yang's purpose in sending the letter to Jiang Wei was naturally not simple.
Moreover, in order not to make Jiang Wei suspicious, his letter was not delivered to Jiang Wei secretly.
Under such circumstances, as the commander-in-chief of an army, it was not difficult for Guo Huai to learn about this matter.
The commander-in-chief of the enemy's army suddenly wrote a letter to a young general in his own army. No matter how you look at it, this matter is fishy.
But after Guo Huai learned about this incident, he did not make any announcement.
Although Cao Wei and Ji Han are currently hostile parties, ministers from both sides exchanged many letters.
For example, today's important ministers of Cao Wei, Hua Xin, Wang Lang and others, often wrote letters to Zhuge Liang to express their admiration, and Zhuge Liang also wrote back to Hua Xin, Wang Lang and others one by one.
Not to mention among the ministers, even Cao Pi, who was suffering from literary youth, would write letters to Jiangdong from time to time, asking for calligraphy from Zhang Zhao, a famous scholar in Jiangdong.
In this social atmosphere, Guo Huai, who also came from a noble family, certainly had no reason to convict Jiang Wei for this.
But Guo Huai still had doubts about Mi Yang's behavior.
It was not that he didn't know about the past events between Liu Bei and Liu Feng. He had also heard about Ji Hanzhong's sometimes sentimental behavior, but Guo Huai even knew about something that happened to Jiang Wei before.
Jiang Wei was able to escape from Ma Chao before because of Ma Chao's mercy.
Guo Huai, who learned about this incident at that time, didn't think much about it. He felt that Ma Chao might be in love with Cai Cai, and it would be too arbitrary to suspect Jiang Wei of having other intentions based on this incident alone.
But what about what he heard today?
Or what about Yang Fu’s previous abnormal behavior?
Yang Fu has always been known for his courage to speak out, but unusually for such a character, he did not dissuade Cao Hong from going to Yangping Pass.
Moreover, he accidentally wrote a letter to Cao Zhen to inform Cao Zhen, so that Cao Zhen was plotted by Mi Yang and the Wei army suffered heavy losses.
Any one of these three things alone would not arouse Guo Huai's suspicion.
But when these three things happened one after another recently, a guess that he didn't want to believe, but that came naturally, gradually emerged in Guo Huai's mind.
Can such a coincidence happen in the world?
Isn't it even greater stupidity to believe that such coincidences can happen in the world?
Guo Huai's mind has turned over and over again, but because he has no definite evidence in his hand, he is still in a stage of doubt.
Guo Huai had been in the army for many years and had a quite straightforward personality. He did not want to meditate alone in the big tent. After thinking about it, Guo Huai came to Jiang Wei's big tent.
When Guo Huai arrived, Jiang Wei had just finished writing his reply to Mi Yang.
Seeing Guo Huai's sudden arrival, Jiang Wei, who had always been smart, seemed to have discovered something unusual, and he quickly got up to pay homage to Guo Huai.
After Guo Huai entered the tent, he kept focusing on the letter on Jiang Wei's desk.
After Jiang Wei saw Guo Huai's eyes, he immediately understood the reason for Guo Huai's sudden arrival.
Jiang Wei, who is open-minded, is naturally not afraid to accept the scrutiny of Guo Huai's eyes.
Even in order to prove himself, Jiang Wei took the initiative to pick up the letters on the desk and handed them to Guo Huai for him to review.
Seeing how sensible Jiang Wei was, Guo Huai nodded with satisfaction, and then he immediately opened the letter and read it.
Jiang Wei handed Guo Huai two letters, one was a letter from Mi Yang, and the other was his reply to Mi Yang.
When Guo Huai carefully read the contents of the two letters, he found that there was nothing unusual in the contents.
Neither of the two letters mentioned the military at all. They were normal letters of communication and greetings between celebrities.
This reduced Guo Huai's doubts a lot.
Guo Huai pretended to be nonchalant and returned the letter to Jiang Wei. He did not ask Jiang Wei not to reply to Mi Yang. He just said something pointedly:
"Unexpectedly, Mi Yang actually knows that there is a young Lin in our army?"
Jiang Wei had similar emotions in his heart just now.
But Jiang Wei's emotion was mostly a surprise.
As for Guo Huai's emotion, I'm not sure what it means.
After Jiang Wei heard Guo Huai's emotion, he couldn't help but narrow his eyes. He wanted to explain something, but even with his intelligence, he didn't know how to explain it for a while.
Not to mention that Jiang Wei didn't know how to explain it, even if the most famous wise man in the world stood in front of Guo Huai, he probably wouldn't be able to guess what Mi Yang's true purpose was.
Who would have thought that Mi Yang was a time traveler? Who would have thought that in order to take Jiang Wei under his wing, Mi Yang would not hesitate to condescend and use his own reputation to drive a wedge?
This is the truth, but no one in the world will believe it. The reason is very simple. In the eyes of the world, Jiang Wei does not have this qualification.
And without knowing the truth, the corresponding reasonable explanation was clearly stated in Mi Yang's letter, so why would Jiang Wei bother to elaborate.
I don't know how much Jiang Weixin and Guo Huai will believe Mi Yang's explanation.
After saying that emotion, Guo Huai didn't ask Jiang Wei any more questions. He just mentioned a few things to Jiang Wei about what he was going to do next, then turned around and left the tent.
Looking at Guo Huai's leaving figure, Jiang Wei felt a vague feeling of uneasiness in his heart.
He seemed to have noticed some subtle changes in Guo Huai's attitude towards him!
After Guo Huai walked out of Jiang Wei's tent, his face suddenly turned cold.
Chang Diao beside him saw this and couldn't help asking: "General, what did you notice from the letter from the thief?"
Seeing that it was Chang Diao asking, Guo Huai nodded gloomily.
Although Chang Diao was once captured by the Han army, he remained loyal and unyielding and did not surrender to the Han army during the period of capture. This can be regarded as very loyal.
Therefore, after Chang Diao returned, Cao Pi not only did not embarrass him, but also praised his loyalty in public and made him Guo Huai's deputy general.
The reason why Guo Huai was able to defeat Ma Chao before was that Chang Diao had made great contributions. After Chang Diao returned from his mission, Guo Huai also appreciated him more and more.
There is no master who dislikes loyal and capable subordinates. In front of Chang Diao, Guo Huai did not hide his true thoughts.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Although Mi Yang's letter just now did not mention military affairs at all, Guo Huai still found some clues.
Mi Yang and Jiang Wei have never met, and the identity gap between them is so big. Why is Mi Yang's tone in the letter so enthusiastic?
Isn't this the strangest place?
If Mi Yang hadn't asked for help from Jiang Wei, why would he have lowered his status like this!
Thinking of this, the more Guo Huai thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong - Mi Yang had never treated him like this before, is Jiang Wei worthy?
Seeing Guo Huai's uncertain expression, Chang Diao suggested to Guo Huai: "If the general suspects Jiang Wei, it would be better to just send troops to capture Jiang Wei and punish him."
In Chang Diao's view, Guo Huai had nothing to worry about.
The commander-in-chief of an army can control the life and death of the entire army in war. Not to mention whether Jiang Wei has any problems, even if he has no problems, Guo Huai can kill him with just one sentence.
Chang Diao thought his proposal was reasonable, but after listening to his proposal, Guo Huai shook his head cautiously after thinking about it.
He loves Jiang Wei's talents.
Besides, it was not difficult for him to kill Jiang Wei, but behind Jiang Wei stood Yang Fu, a feudal official who was of equal status to him.
If he rashly kills Jiang Wei without conclusive evidence, it will undoubtedly lead Yang Fu to completely oppose him.
For Guo Huai, this was not a cost-effective thing.
In addition to the above two reasons, there is another most important reason.
Guo Huai vaguely felt that there was something fishy about Yang Fu. If he killed Jiang Wei directly, he would undoubtedly alert the enemy.
There is no need to compare which one has greater merit, finding out Jiang Wei's crime or finding out Yang Fu's crime.
For these three reasons, Guo Huai plans not to deal with Jiang Wei for the time being. Not only will he not deal with it, he will also try his best to let Jiang Wei do his job within the scope of his control.
Isn't it clear at a glance whether he is loyal or traitorous after taking office?
Guo Huai turned to Chang Diao and warned: "Don't reveal anything about today to anyone."
After hearing Guo Huai's warning, Chang Diao nodded cautiously.
After finishing speaking, Guo Huai left Jiang Wei's tent.
What Guo Huai didn't know was that he and Jiang Wei had unknowingly fallen into Mi Yang's scheme.
Suspicion is a terrible thing.
When something like this emerged in Cao Wei's treacherous political environment, the power that exploded after brewing was often unexpected.
But for suspicion to change qualitatively, it will take time to continue to water it.
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In January of the fourth year of Emperor Zhangwu of the Han Dynasty, due to the recent cold weather, there was a heavy snowfall in Hanzhong that lasted for several days.
The heavy snow affected a wide area. Not only was the area around Nanzheng covered in white snow, but even Jiange, hundreds of miles away, was also wrapped in heavy snow.
The weather cannot be affected by manpower. When a heavy snow falls, even if Cao Hong curses the snow frequently, nothing can be changed.
Why did Cao Hong curse so much about the heavy snowfall?
The reason is very simple. The sudden arrival of heavy snow greatly slowed down the progress of the Wei army's fort building.
In today's world of low productivity, a heavy snowfall is not a beautiful sight, but a disaster.
It was not easy for the thinly-clad Wei troops to build forts in the cold winter. When the wind and snow covered the inside and outside of the sword pavilion, the even more biting cold directly defeated the bodies of many Wei troops.
Regardless of the physical fitness of the Wei army, the traffic conditions outside Jiange were greatly affected by the heavy snowfall for days.
If you want to build a strong fortress, giant trees are indispensable. Giant trees cannot be transported by manpower alone, and usually require vehicles to transport them.
There is snow on the road, so how can ordinary vehicles pass through?
Under the above unfavorable objective conditions, even though Cao Hong was anxious to build the fortress quickly, in the end he had no choice but to order a suspension of the construction of the fortress.
When Cao Hong's order spread throughout the three armies, unlike Cao Hong's anger, the Wei soldiers were all very happy.
Asking them to perform high-intensity work on a snowy day would literally cost them their lives.
However, as the construction of the fortress stopped, the Wei army had to face a rather embarrassing situation.
Because he was wary of the long and narrow mountain road outside Jiange, Cao Hongbao's initial plan was to join forces.
Cao Hong's decision was not wrong, it was a very appropriate action based on the geographical advantage.
But since it is a joint operation, in order to ensure that there are no defense loopholes in the military camps that stretch for miles, the construction of many camps must have an overall plan.
This means that when one tent is not repaired, several other tents are also in a semi-finished state.
This is nothing in normal times, but when the snow is falling, it has undoubtedly become a nightmare for many Wei soldiers.
The weather is cold and a shelter from the cold has not been built yet. What is this?
The complaints among the Wei army soon spread to Cao Hong's ears.
Cao Hong seemed quite worried about this matter.
He will need tens of thousands of troops to attack the city for him in the future. What will they do if they freeze?
So under Yang Fu's suggestion, Cao Hong could only issue another military order.
He asked the soldiers of each battalion to gather as much as possible in the tents that had been built, and in order to allow the vast Wei army to keep out the cold, Cao Hong also deliberately relaxed the ban on alcohol in the army.
In order to prevent drunkenness from causing trouble, military orders in today's world usually prohibit alcohol.
This military order usually does not only apply to lower-level soldiers.
Because he was usually suppressed too harshly, when Cao Hong's order was promulgated, it immediately aroused cheers among the Wei army.
Even though many Wei soldiers know that the wine given to them will not be too much, and even a lot of it will be mixed with water, it is still great to be able to taste a little wine.
This can at least provide some warmth on a cold night.
Cao Hong also gained a lot of military morale because of this military order.
But some Wei generals also saw the shortcomings of Cao Hong's order.
For example, Sun Li said to Cao Hong: "Drinking can cause trouble, as has always been the case in ancient and modern times. Now the general orders the army to drink to keep out the cold. If the enemy suddenly attacks, how should our army deal with it?"
Sun Li had a pure and strict character, and he couldn't stand the bad habit of drinking in the army.
Facing Sun Li's kind reminder, Cao Hong didn't appreciate it.
"The sky is covered by wind and snow, but our troops are well-fed and unable to withstand the cold. How can the rebel army dare to use troops in snowy weather if their logistics is poor?"
Cao Hong's first sentence refuted Sun Li's "unfounded worries".
Cao Hong's words are also reasonable. The cold weather caused by heavy snow attacks people indiscriminately. If the Wei army cannot resist the cold, can the Han army do it?
Moreover, he had never heard of using troops in snowy weather.
"Besides, how can I prepare enough wine for everyone to drink and get drunk?
Furthermore, when Emperor Wu was still alive, before every big battle, he would kill pigs and sheep in the army and prepare fine wine for the three armies to enjoy themselves. With this good strategy, Emperor Wu could win the battle invincibly.
If Jin Gu imitates Emperor Wu’s story, why is it wrong?”
What Cao Hong said is that Cao Cao did do it when he was alive. Not only Cao Cao did it, but many famous generals also did similar things.
It is not uncommon for those famous generals to do this and be attacked by the enemy and suffer a major defeat.
How many men did the Han army have?
Seeing Cao Hong move out of Cao Cao, Sun Li finally had no choice but to shut his mouth.
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Just when the Wei army was cheering for Cao Hong's order, Liu Feng, who was in the sword pavilion, looked up at the wind and snow in the sky and couldn't help laughing.
Since there is a stormy night, it’s time to fight with your sword!