Chapter 801: Using the past to learn from the present, Wenpin has great opinions
Wenpin, whose courtesy name was Zhongye, was a general under Liu Biao, the herdsman of Jingzhou, in his early years, and was responsible for leading the elite to guard Jingbei.
Liu Biao died of illness in the 13th year of Jian'an. With the help of Jingzhou nobles, Cao Cao took Jingzhou almost without bloodshed.
After taking Jingzhou, Cao Cao, who was well aware of Wenpin's talents, personally invited Wenpin to work for him.
Not long after Wenpin served for Cao Cao, the Battle of Chibi occurred. Cao Cao, who was defeated in Chibi, had no choice but to give up a large amount of Jingzhou territory, but he only wanted to occupy the important territory of Jiangxia.
So Wenpin was appointed by Cao Cao as the prefect of Jiangxia.
You must know that at that time, Jiangxia County was a strategic location that both Liu Bei and Sun Quan wanted to occupy.
That year, there were many famous generals under Liu Bei's command. That year, Zhou Yu, who was known as the "hero of the world", was very proud of his ambition.
At that time, the main force of Cao Cao's army suffered heavy losses, and rebellions broke out across the Central Plains. Cao Cao was unable to send reinforcements to support Wenpin.
But in this situation that was quite unfavorable to him, although Wenpin lost a lot of cities, he still firmly controlled the northern part of Jiangxia.
Those who are good at fighting have no great achievements.
There is not much mention of Wenpin in history books, and there is even less mention of any major wars that took place in Jiangxia County after the Battle of Chibi, but this does not prove that Wenpin is incompetent.
After all, given the importance of Jiangxia, it is impossible for Sun Quan not to covet it.
Although he was quite coveted, he rarely attacked Wenpin, which is enough to show that everyone in the Wu Kingdom was quite afraid of Wenpin.
Mi Yang knows this.
Therefore, even though there were not many main Wu troops in Jiangxia County, Mi Yang still planned to send 30,000 Han troops to the west.
In order to ensure that he could control the entire Jiangxia County, Mi Yang even planned to have Li Yan commit crimes and perform meritorious services.
In Mi Yang's view, among the current generals in Jingzhou, except for Wei Yan, Chen Dao and him, only Li Yan can be considered Wenpin's opponent.
The news that Li Yan led his army north to station in Xiling soon reached Wenpin, who was in charge of Shiyang.
When Wenpin learned of this, he immediately summoned all the generals in the city to discuss the matter.
After the generals arrived, Wenpin announced two pieces of news to them.
One news is that the county magistrates of Qichun and Xiaji killed Han envoys and asked them for help, and the other news is the latest movement of Li Yan's army.
When these two pieces of news were announced to the generals, the emotions of the generals present varied.
An emotional radical said angrily:
"Then Li Yan is just an arrogant criminal. Does he think he is a thief?
Chen Bingguomen, he dares to humiliate us like this, it is really too much!
Our court and Soochow are brothers. If we don't save our brothers in trouble, who will come to help us when the Han army turns against us?"
Another cautious person advised:
"Li Yan's purpose is Qichun and Xiaphean.
Your Majesty's task for the general is to defend the northern part of Jiangxia and cover Yuzhou.
Now that the Han army is in great power, our army does not need to compete with the Han army for a moment."
For a time, two kinds of arguments, either radical or cautious, were noisy in the entire hall.
Looking at the generals below who had different opinions and almost quarreled, the half-white-haired Wenpin did not feel angry.
His character has always been prudent.
Wenpin raised his hand and drank a cup of strong tea to cheer him up, then he looked at someone and asked:
"Yuan Ming, what do you think about this matter?"
Wenpin's voice was low and no waves could be heard.
After Wenpin spoke, the generals in the hall stopped arguing and looked at the young man sitting at the bottom.
Even though this young man is sitting at the bottom, his status is not ordinary.
This man is Qin Lang, the adopted son of Cao Cao, Emperor Wu of Wei.
In addition to this special identity, Qin Lang has a very close relationship with Cao Rui, the current emperor of Cao Wei.
There are rumors that Qin Lang and Cao Rui can sleep on the same bed.
As mentioned earlier, in order to control the power after Cao Rui ascended the throne, he began to vigorously use his cronies.
Qin Lang has a close relationship with Cao Rui, and Cao Rui will naturally not forget him.
Just a few months ago, Cao Rui worshiped Qin Lang as General Qiaoqi and led thousands of troops to Yuzhou to assist Jia Kui.
Jia Kui knew Cao Rui's thoughts, so after Qin Lang arrived, Jia Kui sent Qin Lang to Wenpin's side.
With the confirmation of Zhang He's surrender to the enemy, Cao Rui no longer trusted the generals with different surnames who had surrendered in the past.
Even though Wenpin had been loyal to his duties for more than ten years, protecting the safety of Yuzhou, the heart of the Wei Dynasty.
Jia Kui suddenly sent Qin Lang to his side. How could Wenpin not know what his intention was?
His name is Fubi, and he is actually the supervisor of the army.
Because he knew the purpose of Qin Lang's visit, Wenpin had to consult Qin Lang's opinion even if he had some concerns in his mind.
After Qin Lang heard Wenpin's inquiry, facing the gazes of the generals, he slowly expressed his opinion.
"When the Seven Kingdoms were fighting for hegemony, King Qin Zhaoxiang sent troops to attack Shangdang in South Korea.
The governor of Shangdang was defeated by the Qin army, and because his way back home was blocked by the Qin army, he was furious and dedicated Shangdang County to King Zhao Xiaocheng.
King Zhao Xiaocheng was greedy for the party's wealth, and despite the dissuasion of his officials, he insisted on seizing food from the tiger's mouth.
King Zhao Xiaocheng's actions made King Qin Zhaoxiang furious. In anger, King Qin Zhaoxiang sent Bai Qi.
Later, the Battle of Changping broke out between Qin and Zhao.
You may have heard about the outcome of that battle."
Qin Lang did not directly answer Wenpin's inquiry.
With a cautious personality, he borrowed what happened in history to answer Wenpin's inquiry from the side.
Not to mention, after Qin Lang said this, the generals here suddenly realized that the situation they were facing now was very similar to that of King Zhao Xiaocheng back then.
In order to encourage Wenpin to rescue them, envoys from Qichun and Xiaphei counties brought the registration records of the two counties.
This attitude is very obvious.
If Wenpin can successfully defeat the Han army, then these two counties will be included in the territory of Wei in the future.
Qichun and Xiazhi counties are the main routes from Jiangxia to Lujiang, and have extraordinary strategic significance.
If Wenpin can take over these two counties for the Wei Dynasty, it will be a good thing for the Wei Dynasty.
It is for this reason that some Wei generals were angry and supported Wenpin in sending troops.
Being brothers or not is one thing, interests are the most important thing.
But those who originally supported Wenpin in sending troops suddenly changed their minds after hearing Qin Lang's words.
They firmly believe that Wenpin's talent is no worse than that of Zhao Kuo, and they do not believe that Li Yan's talent is comparable to that of Bai Qi, the first general of the Warring States Period.
But Li Yan can't compare, what about Mi Yang?
"With Han, Bai Zhilue" has always been one of the many praises given to Mi Yang by the world.
For the sake of Qichun and Xia Zhi County, they came to recruit Mi Yang to Jiangxia. No one wanted to bear the consequences.
Qin Lang's words caused Wenpin to think.
Just a moment later, Wenpin's deep voice sounded again:
"Our army is located in Shiyang, high up and adjacent to Xiling. Xiling is the hub of Yong'an, Qichun and Xiazhi counties.
Mi Yang can send Li Yan as a general, which shows that Li Yan is a man who knows military strategy.
How can anyone who knows military strategy lead an army on an expedition when there is danger in front and back?
If our army leads a surprise attack on Xiling when the Han army is advancing eastward and cuts off the Han army's retreat, the Han army will fall into an irreversible situation.
Li Yan knew this danger, so he took Xiling first after taking Yong'an.
I don't want to fight this battle.
But will Li Yan believe that I really won’t send troops?
Absolutely impossible!
Because of this, if Li Yan wants to take over Jiangxia, he must first eliminate our army.
Yuan Ming, you gave a good example, but you overlooked one point.
At that time, the Qin army attacked Shangdang in order to annex South Korea.
Drawing lessons from the past, Qichun and Xiazhi counties are not the Shangdang they used to be.
Shangdang back then was exactly where our army was located in Shiyang!"
As soon as Wenpin said these words, the expressions of all the generals suddenly changed.