Chapter 777: Wandering thoughts, predicting the enemys intentions
Yuzhang County, outside Liling County.
When He Qi led his army to the outside of Liling City, the commander of Liling, who was originally willing to submit to the Han army, quickly changed his flag again and became an official of Soochow.
Faced with the betrayal of Chief Li Ling, He Qi did not behead Chief Li Ling in public as a warning to others as suggested by his deputy Yang Zan.
"In the past, the Han army was so powerful that if I was trapped in a county and couldn't protect myself, what would happen to others?"
He Qi used this sentence as an explanation.
After hearing He Qi's explanation, Chief Li Ling showed a grateful look.
Chief Li Ling swore that he would never rebel against Wu again in his lifetime.
What Li Lingchang didn't know was that He Qi said these words just to appease him.
In other words, He Qi was trying to appease officials who had betrayed Sun Quan during the previous turmoil.
He Qi has been in charge of Jiangdong for many years, and he knows that sometimes, Sun Quan's influence in Jiangdong may not be greater than that of the local aristocratic families.
Most of the county magistrates are representatives of the interests of the wealthy families in the county.
This has been a cancer of Soochow's political situation for many years.
But with the invasion of foreign enemies, this cancer forced He Qi to take action.
He Qi believed that in order to completely defeat Ding Feng's Han army, military victory alone was not safe enough.
Only with the support of wealthy families from all over Yuzhang, the Han army became a sourceless water in Yuzhang County.
In this way, even if he suffered military setbacks later, the Han army would not be able to continue to expand its achievements in Yuzhang due to the joint resistance of aristocratic families from all over the country.
Similarly, if we want to stabilize the situation in Yuzhang and appease the wealthy families from all over the country, it is a crucial factor.
In order to win the support of aristocratic families from all over Yuzhang, He Qi could only show an attitude of forgetting the past.
He Qi's "magnanimity" is effective.
When He Qi's attitude of letting things go was gradually radiated towards surrounding counties, the county chiefs from various places who had originally submitted to the Han army had the idea of re-entering the embrace of Soochow.
For a time, many letters were sent to He Qi privately.
Of course, He Qi's attitude cannot directly reverse the situation of the battle.
County magistrates from various places in Yuzhang would send letters to He Qi, all reporting the idea of leaving a way out for themselves.
But as long as the Han army does not suffer a military defeat, the county magistrates will not take any major actions.
He Qi knew this very well.
And this point made He Qi discover some changes in his thoughts.
Since he wanted to use a victory to catalyze new changes in Yuzhang County, why didn't he pursue this victory?
He Qi looked outside Chaisang City.
At least in He Qi's view at this time, the Wu army had a chance to win against the Han army.
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Mi Yang, who secretly followed Jiang Ji back to his tent, lowered his head and began to think after listening to Jiang Ji's report on the latest situation in Yuzhang County.
Before Mi Yang could speak, Dong Yun said worriedly:
"One piece of He Qi is like a fish bone, stuck in the throat of our army.
As Jiang Gong said just now, the arrival of He Qi caused the situation in the counties of Yuzhang to change.
If our army cannot defeat He Qi's troops before the arrival of the other two groups of Wu armies, the situation may become even more unfavorable to our army."
After Dong Yun resigned from the post of minister, he was appointed as the military council captain by Mi Yang.
From Dong Yun's worries, we can see that his vision does have merit in the military.
After Dong Yun finished speaking, Jiang Ji and Ding Feng both nodded heavily.
When Jiang Ji heard that He Qi had led his army to Liling, he originally thought that He Qi would continue to lead his army to support Chaisang.
For this reason, while Jiang Ji made the bold statement "Behead when necessary, behead", he also prepared the entire army to fight.
But what Jiang Ji didn't expect was that after He Qi led his army to Liling, he actually chose to stay put.
Although Jiang Ji was resourceful, he was originally a counselor and lacked the decisiveness of a general.
After learning that He Qi was holding back his troops, Jiang Ji did not want to take the initiative to lead his troops to attack in order to maintain the existing results.
When the atmosphere in the tent became a little dull due to Dong Yun's words, Mi Yang's voice sounded:
"Zitong, did you just say that the county magistrates of the counties in Yuzhang who originally submitted to our army have been in private contact with He Qi these days?"
When Mi Yang asked about this, Jiang Ji nodded.
"Not only that, in the past few days, the rations supplied to our army by the county magistrates of Yuzhang counties have often been lost due to "bandits in the road."
After most of the county magistrates in Yuzhang were willing to surrender to the Han army, in order to convince the Han army of their sincerity, many county magistrates took the initiative to make promises to supply grain and grass to the Han army.
Although the supplies promised by many county magistrates were not large, this was a symbol of their good relationship with the Han army.
The day military rations are delivered, it means that they are still generally surrendering to the Han army.
After listening to Jiang Ji's additional words, Mi Yang couldn't help but laugh.
Aren't all the bandits in Yuzhang County who had the guts to rob the military supplies now be obeyed by Jiang Jizhi?
The reasons that the county magistrates from various places in Yuzhang came up with are too clumsy.
"Thinking about it, those people's hearts began to waver again."
Mi Yang's judgment aggravated the worries of Dong Yun and others.
Now the county magistrates of Yuzhang will find various reasons not to send military rations.
When the situation becomes more favorable to Wu Jun, their behavior will definitely go further.
Looking at the worried looks of Dong Yun and others, Mi Yang seemed to have discovered some key points. He analyzed in a low voice:
"I guess He Qi must be very happy with this change."
"The opportunity for victory in war often appears when the enemy is proud."
Mi Yang's words instantly attracted the attention of Dong Yun and others.
Ding Feng, who had been following Mi Yang for a longer time, couldn't help but look up at Mi Yang and said:
"Does Great Sima already have a way to win?"
Even though he had seen Mi Yang's many miraculous achievements, Ding Feng was still a little excited at this moment.
Mi Yang has just arrived at Chaisang a few hours ago. Is there a way to defeat He Qi?
Ding Feng's words made Dong Yun and Jiang Ji cast expectant glances at Mi Yang.
Under the expectant gazes of the three people, Mi Yang smiled and said:
"You may have overlooked one thing.
Why did He Qi stand still? You may think that He Qi is afraid of our army's strength, but I don't think so."
"He Qi has a long-standing reputation in Jiangdong. Judging from his past military style, he is definitely not a timid person."
"For others, they might be wary of the presence of tens of thousands of Shanyue soldiers, but He Qi is not.
In He Qi's eyes, his real enemy may be the thousands of elite soldiers commanded by Cheng Yuan.
But thousands of elite soldiers are not enough to scare He Qi into standing still."
Mi Yang's eloquent analysis made Dong Yun and the others feel like they were clearing the clouds and seeing the moonlight.
But if He Qi wasn't afraid, then why didn't he stand still?
Under the puzzled looks of the three people, Mi Yang took out a memorial written by Jiang Ji before.
"The truth is often hidden in the details."
"While Zitong was pacifying the commanders of the Yue Zongzong outside Chaisang City, He Qi had already led his army to arrive outside Liling City.
According to what Zi Tong said before, during that appeasement, some Shanyue Sect Commanders still left.
Just think about it, could He Qi be able to hide the news of the departure of the Shanyue Sect Commander?
And what would He Qi think after learning about those news?
Most of the Soochow generals despised Shanyue Zongshuai. They would not have thought that Zitong would be so considerate of Shanyue Zongshuai.
Even if they thought about it, they would think that Lord Yamagotsu would not appreciate it.
Prejudice is deep-rooted.
My guess is that He Qi did not think that our army was too strong and did not dare to move. On the contrary, He Qi thought that our army was going to have civil strife, so he decided to sit back and watch!"
"Conquering the enemy without fighting is the opportunity He Qi has been waiting for.
Since he is waiting, why don’t we give it to him?”