Chapter 802: Breaking the situation, Sun Quan trembles
The generals in the hall originally thought that Li Yan's target was not them, and they were qualified to watch from the sidelines.
But under Wenpin's guidance, they realized that Li Yan would not let them go.
The change in status from a bystander to an insider made it difficult for all the generals present to remain calm.
"Will Mi Yang come?"
After a long silence, a Wei general with a panicked tone tentatively asked this question.
As soon as these words came out, everyone else immediately focused their attention on him.
He asked what everyone was thinking.
After a while, everyone focused their attention on Wenpin again.
Wenpin is the only one who can answer this question right now.
Facing the uneasy gazes of the generals, Wenpin did not hesitate for a moment and answered affirmatively:
"Absolutely impossible!"
Wenpin's tone remained calm.
His calm tone calmed the hearts of many Wei generals.
Wenpin had guarded Jiangxia for more than ten years and had great prestige. In the hearts of the Wei generals, Wenpin's words were more effective than Cao Rui's edicts.
Wenpin's judgment was well-founded.
From the information obtained so far, it can be seen that Mi Yang's main goal should be to destroy the Wu Kingdom in one fell swoop.
Li Yan divided his troops and came to Jiangxia. The strategic purpose was to eliminate Jianye's wings.
Unless something big changes, Mi Yang will not change her strategic goals.
What's more, what if Mi Yang comes in person?
When it comes to understanding Jiangxia's topography and grasping people's hearts, Mi Yang can't compare to him!
After appeasing the generals, Wenpin looked at Qin Lang again.
Wenpin was not afraid of attacks from foreign enemies, but he was a little worried about internal constraints.
After noticing Wenpin's gaze, Qin Lang smiled knowingly.
"General, don't worry, Lang will definitely lead thousands of Chinese troops to obey the orders."
Qin Lang made a promise to Wenpin in front of the generals.
Although Qin Lang shoulders the responsibility of supervising the army, he still knows some military strategy.
Qin Lang believed Wenpin's words were conclusive. In this case, Qin Lang would naturally follow Wenpin's orders.
After getting Qin Lang's promise in public, Wenpin secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Seeing that he had no constraints, Wenpin ordered the generals:
"After the order is passed, all counties will close their city gates tightly. No matter how provocative the Han army is, they are not allowed to take the initiative to fight.
Even if one county is in emergency, other counties are not allowed to provide support."
The generals thought that Wenpin would give the order to take the initiative, but they did not expect that Wenpin's order would be so passive. They were all surprised for a while.
"Are we going to let the Han army be so provocative?"
Faced with this question, Wenpin didn't take it seriously.
"As long as our army is safe, Li Yan will not be able to take full control of Jiangxia.
It is him who should be anxious now, not our army.
If you can endure temporary humiliation and gain long-term peace, why not?"
After making this explanation, Wenpin waved his hand for the generals to go down and get ready.
...
Time passes quickly.
Some time has passed since Li Yan led his army to Xiling.
Li Yan originally thought that his approach of Chen Bingguomen would attract Wenpin to personally lead his troops to stop him.
What he didn't expect was that he hadn't even seen a single Wei soldier in this period of time.
This disrupted Li Yan's deployment.
Li Yan frowned and said to Jiang Ji beside him:
"What is the difference between Wenpin and Zhang Liao?"
Seeing Li Yan comparing Wenpin with Zhang Liao, Jiang Ji nodded in agreement.
"The country is also in danger, and Wen Yuan is good at using strategies to overcome dangers and attack surprises, defeating the enemy's edge and calming the morale of the army;
Wenpin, on the other hand, adopted a strategy of holding on, hoping to conceal the enemy and weaken our army's fighting spirit."
Jiang Ji revealed Wenpin's thoughts with one word.
How could Li Yan not understand Wenpin's thoughts?
But considering the current situation, Wenpin's strategy left Li Yan a little helpless.
Just as Wenpin expected, Li Yan was determined to win over Shi Yang.
After thinking for a long time, Li Yan discussed with Jiang Ji:
"Yan plans to lead his army to continue to advance towards Shiyang. Xiling is our army's retreat, so I bother Duke Jiang to guard it."
As soon as Li Yan said this, Jiang Ji disagreed.
"It is not a good idea to rush into the enemy's territory without knowing the situation of the enemy."
Facing Jiang Ji's dissuasion, Li Yan had his own opinions.
"Today's situation is just like the battle between the Qin and Han Dynasties.
Wen Ping wanted to stop the situation quietly, but Na Yan had no choice but to strike first.
The situation is at a stalemate, and the only way to fight it out is to fight it out in one place, but it won't come out later."
Maybe the talented people have the same idea.
Coincidentally, both Li Yan and Wenpin compared Shiyang now to Shangdang County back then.
Back then, the terrain of Shangdang County was dangerous, so when faced with the Qin army's attack, why not think about holding on and retreating from the enemy?
But why did Shangdang County fall into the hands of the Qin army in the end?
There was no other reason than that the Qin army was a tiger and wolf force and took Shangdang County by force.
Whether it is better to stop quietly or strike first, we will have to fight to find out.
After expressing his views, Li Yan added another sentence:
"Since Jiang Gong is stationed in Xiling and is constantly delivering grain and grass to Yan, how can Yan be considered alone and go deep into the army?"
Li Yan's words dispelled some of Jiang Ji's concerns.
Seeing that what Li Yan said was reasonable, Jiang Ji stopped trying to dissuade him.
However, Jiang Ji still suggested to Li Yan:
"The general can inform the Chief Sima about Wenpin's response. The Chief Sima may have a clever plan."
Regarding Jiang Ji's proposal, Li Yan also nodded in agreement.
...
Early February of the first year of Jianxing of the Han Dynasty.
Given the weather in the south of the Yangtze River, this month is the season when the grass grows and the orioles fly, and everything revives.
But this month, Jiangdong is still immersed in a solemn atmosphere.
Sun Quan, who lives in Jianye, has been waiting for battle reports from the front.
Not long ago, Sun Quan had just received military information, saying that Lu Fan had successfully led his army to rendezvous with Lu Dai. This made Sun Quan's heart, which was uneasy due to the death of He Qi, become a lot more stable.
Lu Fan and Lu Dai combined their forces to number tens of thousands.
Those are tens of thousands of elite soldiers!
With tens of thousands of elite soldiers present, Mi Yang did not dare to peek at Chai Sang again.
But before Sun Quan could stabilize for a long time, a military message sent back from the front line seemed to pull him into an abyss.
This military message was sent back by Zhou Li and Lu Fan's son Lu Zhi.
In the main hall of Jianye Palace, Sun Quan looked at the two loyal ministers kneeling below with trembling eyes.
With an incredulous tone, he asked again:
"Is everything you just said true?"
Sun Quan asked this question to Lu Ju, who had been crying.
After Lu Ju fled back to Jianye, he immediately asked to see Sun Quan.
The first thing Lu Ju said when he saw Sun Quan was:
"The tens of thousands of Wu troops were almost completely wiped out. Dozens of generals were killed and captured."
Even Lu Fan, who had high hopes from Sun Quan, was captured by Mi Yang and his fate was unknown.
Such heavy news directly shook Sun Quan's limbs.
After Sun Quan asked again, Zhou Li answered first:
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!
It's all the blame on that thief Lu Dai!
If he hadn't led the rebellion, our army would have been defeated!"
As Zhou Li spoke, he hammered the ground with his hand, looking distressed.