Wang Ping's current image is quite downcast, with his messy hair randomly tied up in a sword-hilt style, his hairy beard growing freely on his upper and lower jaws, and his coarse linen clothes causing a dull pain on his skin.
From the outside, he looks more like a gangster who lives in a mountain retreat all year round and occasionally comes out to do some business without capital.
Such a dignified appearance is extremely powerful in intimidating merchants traveling around the world.
What do business people fear most?
Naturally, they are those "buyers and sellers without capital".
Therefore, everyone was very careful to keep a distance from Wang Ping at first. Until the news spread that "Don't be afraid, this person is Wang Ping", everyone breathed a sigh of relief. From an angle that Wang Ping could not see,
They all showed disdain.
Wang Ping could naturally hear people whispering around him, and most of what they said were about him, and they were all unpleasant words.
Moreover, the warrior's keen intuition told him that there were many people pointing fingers at him behind his back.
He turned his head and saw two young businessmen sitting side by side at the window near the cabin door. The two of them looked secretly in this direction and muttered in low voices, and what they said was offensive to the ears.
An uncontrollable anger suddenly rose in Wang Ping's heart.
He knew that the status of warriors in this era was not high, and they were often laughed at, teased, and regarded as reckless by the literati.
He also knew that what he had done before was not honorable.
But that is not the reason why the ignorant and lowly businessmen in front of him are laughing at his capital. Even if he currently has no official position, he is still a high-ranking person in the level of "scholar-samurai".
Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, don’t they have any idea of the status of businessmen in this era?
Also, don't they know the principle of "when a man is angry, blood will be splashed five steps"?
If this is the case, then it is necessary for me to remind them and vent the cowardice I suffered in Sichuan.
Wang Pinghan stood up with a face on his face, pointed his sword at the two merchants, and said coldly: "Robbery."
"Steal wealth!"
Seeing that Wang Ping was alone, the two merchants looked at each other, smiled, and waved their hands behind them.
The five followers immediately drew their weapons and rushed over with howls.
Wang Ping casually waved his sword, stabbing all five boys to death one at a time, and then held the sword against two merchants again.
The faces of the two merchants changed wildly, and they knelt down on the board of the boat and obediently took out all their money.
Wang Ping rushed the two men to the deck and watched them jump off the boat and fall into the surging river water. They used their hands and feet to swim desperately towards the shore. Then he sheathed his sword and returned to the cabin to sit down.
This time, the entire cabin became quiet.
No one dares to gossip behind my back anymore.
The two young sons looked at Wang Ping with admiration, their little faces filled with pride.
No more troubles on the way.
The passenger ship rode the wind and waves down the river and arrived in Jiangling in just one day and night.
After the ship docked at the pier, Wang Ping's family of four followed the flow of people to Jiangling City.
Not far away, Wang Ping was surprised to find that his deeds had spread from Sichuan to the people of Jiangling City. However, the version circulated here was that "Wang Ping deliberately withdrew his troops early because he was at odds with Ma Su and had no military law."
He was convicted and later escaped from prison in an attempt to take revenge on Ma Su, but failed and was stabbed and seriously injured, so he was demoted to a commoner by Zhuge Liang and was never hired."
This gave him a little more confidence in his trip.
It has to be said that the strategy that Ma Di came up with was absolutely perfect. There was almost no trace of human manipulation in it, and it was not suspected of "excessive force" like Zhou Yu's attack on Huang Gai during the Battle of Chibi.
However, Wang Ping also knows that there is no good or bad strategy, some are just right.
Although the "bitter meat strategy" is not very clever, it is successful, so it is a good strategy.
And no matter how perfect and seamless Ma Su's strategy is, if it fails to succeed, it is not a good strategy.
Wang Ping is not in a hurry to meet Lu Xun and ask for an official position in Wu, because that would seem too deliberate.
Although his education level is very low, he has been working at the bottom of society for many years and understands the principle of "recommending oneself is not as good as recommending oneself".
He robbed merchants on the ship and forced them to jump off the ship. He took advantage of the opportunity and deliberately did this in order to spread the news of his arrival in Gangneung through other people's mouths at a faster speed.
Wang Ping used the money he robbed to buy a dilapidated courtyard in Jiangling City, settled down, bought a small boat, and learned to fish for a living.
Then, he waited patiently for Lu Xun to come to invite him.
He knew that Lu Xun would definitely come.
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Chengdu, East Gate Tower.
Ma Su leaned against the city wall, looking toward the east of the river with the winter sun above his head, his thoughts swirling and he was filled with worry.
He always felt like he was missing something.
But I couldn't remember it for a while.
While he was extremely confused, Zhuge Liang walked up to the tower slowly and looked over with a smile: "You Chang are missing your old friend?"
Ma Su turned his head and suddenly smiled: "I can't hide anything from the Prime Minister. I remembered the god-sister I met in the Qiang land in the past. I think she is already eighteen years old this year, and she is in her prime."
"Oh? The Qiang land is in the northwest, why is You Chang looking to the southeast?" Zhuge Liang's wise eyes seemed to be able to see through people's hearts.
"..." Ma Su said deliberately, "The earth is round, and looking to the southeast is actually the same as looking to the northwest." After thinking about it, he decided to be more direct and test whether Zhuge Liang had seen his clever plan.
"Then which old friend does the Prime Minister think I am missing?"
Zhuge Liang smiled slightly: "Wang Ping."
Ma Su shook his head quickly and said harshly: "That's not right!"
Zhuge Liang did not argue with him, but said to himself: "Although this plan is clever, it may not be successful."
"..."
Seeing that Zhuge Liang had spoken so straightforwardly, Ma Di knew that his plan had been seen through, so he could only nod his head and said, "Judging from the Prime Minister's opinion, can this plan be hidden from Lu Xun?"
Zhuge Liang pondered for a moment and shook his head: "Even if you can hide it from Lu Xun, it will be difficult to achieve extraordinary feats."
"Is it possible that You Chang didn't know the consequences of Wei and Wu's conspiracy?"
Ma Di nodded: "I have heard a little bit that the counter-intentional schemes of the Wei State were completely defeated, and the counter-intentional schemes of the Wu State were completely defeated."
Of course Ma Di knew about the frequent "counterintuitive schemes" between Wei and Wu. He even knew more and more detailed information than Zhuge Liang.
Before the founding of the country, Wei and Wu had opened up a new front outside the frontal battlefield - the spy war. Unlike the frontal battlefield, where each had a winner and a loser, Cao Wei was completely defeated in this battle, while Soochow was completely victorious.
In the original time and space, the spy war between Cao Wei and Sun Wu had been fought four times.
The first time was during the Battle of Red Cliff.
In July of the 13th year of Jian'an (208 years), Cao Cao led hundreds of thousands of troops southward and captured Jingzhou without bloodshed, pointing to the south of the Yangtze River and east of the Yangtze River. Sun Quan, the leader of Wu, thought over and over again and decided to join forces with Liu Bei to fight against Cao in order to protect the east of the Yangtze River.
The Soochow Navy and Cao Cao's army immediately met on the Chibi River and fought several battles, but they could not win. During this period, Cao Cao's army was defeated by the Soochow Navy. As a last resort, Cao Cao had to move the navy to the north of the river, merge it with the army, and all the warships.
On the Wulin side of the north bank, the fighting came to a stalemate.
In December, seeing Cao's army connecting the warships end to end, Zhou Yu thought of a fire attack plan, so he and his veteran general Huang Gai staged a "bitter meat plan" in an attempt to fake surrender and set fire to the enemy.
Therefore, after Huang Gai received a "violent beating", he secretly sent someone to present a letter to Cao Cao. The letter denounced Zhou Yu's "reverse behavior" and solemnly offered to lead his army to Beitou.
After careful review, Cao Cao, who was extremely clever and always good at plotting against others, actually believed it. When the appointed date arrived, Huang Gai prepared more than a dozen light ships, loaded with dried wood fish paste and other flammable materials, and covered them with cloth curtains.
Then, after packing everything up, he led the ship and set off.
At that time, the wind from the southeast was strong, Huang Gai asked people to raise the sails of the ship, and the ship took advantage of the wind. In less than an hour, Cao Jun's camp was in sight. When Cao Jun saw Huang Gai coming as promised, they were all unprepared and stretched their necks to wait and see. When the ship was far away,
When Cao Cao was in the boat, Huang Gai ordered his soldiers to "get angry at the same time". "The fire was fierce and the wind was fierce. It shot towards the ship like arrows, flying across the railings, burning up the northern ship and extending to the camp firewood on the shore." Cao's army "burned and drowned many people".
, Zhou Yu then personally led his army to land and rush to kill Cao's army. Cao's army was defeated and retreated to Bao Nanjun.
The Second Battle of Shiting.
In the fifth year of the founding of the Shu Han Dynasty (227 years), Cao Xiu was the highest military commander in the southeast war zone of Cao Wei at that time. He was both civil and military, capable of conquering and fighting, and had great military exploits. During his tenure, Cao Xiu repeatedly raised troops to invade the borders of Soochow, and achieved many gains, which made Sun Quan
It was a big headache. In order to deal with Cao Xiu, Lu Xun came up with a false surrender plan, hoping to lure Cao Xiu to send troops and ambush him halfway.
After some investigation, Sun Quan selected Zhou Li, who was the governor of Poyang at the time. Poyang is adjacent to Yangzhou and is the border between Wei and Wu. Zhou Li was a fierce general under Sun Quan, who was both wise and brave. After receiving the order, Zhou Li
He wrote seven letters to Cao Xiu in succession. In the letter, Zhou Yi made something out of nothing, lying that he had been criticized by Sun Quan many times and was worried about being persecuted, so he planned to surrender Poyang County to the north and be loyal to Cao Wei. At the same time, he also listed the time and place of the "uprising" one by one.
He informed Cao Xiu and asked Cao Xiu to send troops to respond.
In order to complete the show and further deceive Cao Xiu, Sun Quan sent "special commissioners" to Zhou Yi seven times before and after Zhou Yi wrote to Cao Xiu. On one of these occasions, Zhou Yi was "forced" to come to the "special commissioner"
In the place where the "member" stayed, he cut off his hair in a high-profile manner to plead guilty to show loyalty.
This made Cao Xiu, who was originally hesitant about Zhou Li's surrender, become convinced of his surrender after learning about it. On the agreed date, Cao Xiu personally led an army of 100,000 to meet him. The army marched to Shiting and was attacked by Zhou Li's army and
Lu Xun's army ambushed the Wei army in front and back, but the Wei army was unprepared and was defeated in an instant.
In the first two times, those who took the initiative to use spy were Soochow, and all the strategies were successful, which made Cao Wei deeply aware of the power of "spies".
Therefore, the third "Spy War" was initiated by Cao Wei.
Three years after the Battle of Shiting (230), Wei Ming Emperor Cao Rui personally planned to win the battle. After some secret selection, Cao Rui set his sights on a young man - Yinfan. Yinfan was brave and capable.
He is a strategist, eloquent, well versed in laws, and loyal enough to "Cao Wei".
Cao Rui secretly summoned Yinfan and ordered him to falsely surrender to Wu and seek the position of Tingwei. He waited for opportunities to frame him, alienated Wu ministers, and provoked internal strife.
In February of that year, Yinfan crossed the river at night to "defect" and defected to Soochow.
When they first entered the land of Wu, Yinfan did not attract Sun Quan's attention and did not arrange any official positions. Seeing this, Yinfan recommended himself and wrote to Sun Quan. In addition to expressing his dissatisfaction, he also put forward many interesting suggestions on justice, law enforcement and other aspects.
Constructive improvement strategies.
Soon after the letter arrived, Sun Quan invited Yinfan into the palace. Yinfan got straight to the point, analyzed the situation, pointed out the shortcomings, and proposed countermeasures one by one. Sun Quan fell in love with him at first sight. The next day, he appointed Yinfan as the imperial eunuch.
A group of ministers from the Eastern Wu Dynasty saw that Yinfan was favored by Sun Quan, held an important official position, and was young and promising. They all came to make friends. For a time, the front of Yinfan's house was busy with traffic and guests almost every day. It was very lively. But Yang Fan and Yang Di , Pan Jun and other officials have always been wary of Yinfan and insisted on not communicating with them.
In the ninth year of Jianxing (231), Sun Quan, who had repeatedly benefited from spy wars, repeated his old tricks. He ordered Zhonglang's general Sun Bu to pretend to surrender and deceive Wei general Wang Ling. Wang Ling was fooled and led the army to meet Sun Bu. Sun Quan deployed heavy troops to Ambush Wang Ling. Seeing that the situation was urgent, Yin Fan immediately rebelled and wanted to lead his troops to escape to stop Wang Ling. Due to the haste, Yin Fan was arrested and was beheaded by Sun Quan soon after in public display. Cao Rui failed and the carefully laid chess pieces were removed. .
The fourth spy war was also initiated by Cao Wei.
In the first year of Jiaping (249), Cao Shuang was executed by Sima Yi after the Gaoping Ling Incident. He was usually very close to Cao Shuang, and Wen Qin, who was the champion general at the time, was frightened. In order to show his loyalty to Sima, Wen Qin was heartbroken. One plan. In the second year of Jiaping (250), Wen used the excuse of being persecuted by the Sima family, so he sent someone to cross the river with a letter and surrendered to the camp of Wu general Zhu Yi, falsely claiming to surrender.
Wen Qin's wishful thinking was to lure Zhu Yi to lead his army to greet him through a fake surrender, and then attack him in the middle. Anyone with a discerning eye would know at a glance that this was completely "plagiarizing Soochow and plagiarizing Zhou Li".
Zhu Yi saw through Wen Qin's plan at a glance. So, Zhu Yi "expressed Wen Qin's letter to Sun Quan because it was a forgery", while at the same time he was preparing to use his horse and troops to implement the plan. Wen Qin saw the Wu army sharpening their swords and was already prepared, so he had to give up. The plan went bankrupt.
The same is true of Yongjian. Why was Cao Wei completely defeated and Soochow Wu completely victorious?
Ma Su summed up three reasons.
First, the sophistication of the strategies is different. Both Soochow times were carefully planned and coordinated by many parties, striving to be realistic and reasonable.
On the other hand, Wei Guo was not too careless. He was not calm enough the first time and simply copied the situation the second time.
In this way, it is strange to be successful.
The second is empiricism. When Cao Cao sent his troops south, Liu Cong, who was the herdsman of Jingzhou at the time, heard the news and surrendered. Cao Cao captured Jingzhou effortlessly. From this, Cao Cao believed that Sun Quan of Soochow would follow in the footsteps of Liu Cong, the herdsman of Jingzhou. He surrendered, but Sun Quan refused to surrender. Therefore, Cao Cao pinned his hopes on Sun Quan's subordinates, thinking that under heavy pressure, some of Sun Quan's generals would definitely have second thoughts towards Sun Quan. Therefore, when Huang Gaifa came to surrender When he wrote the letter, Cao Cao didn't think much about it and believed it to be true. In the end, he was deceived. The same was true for Cao Xiu when he was deceived by Zhou Fang. Before Zhou Fang's false surrender, two generals from Soochow had successfully surrendered to Cao Xiu, so Cao Xiu took it for granted. I thought it was logical for Zhou Fang to come to invest this time, but he fell into the trap and was defeated.
Third, the psychology is different.
According to common sense, the weak side surrenders to the strong side. Among the Three Kingdoms, the comprehensive national strength of Cao Wei's side is significantly higher than Soochow, so the strong Cao Wei's surrender from the weak Soochow is psychologically easier to understand and accept, and projected to In terms of actions, it is shown to be careless, neither using brains nor taking heart, adhering to the principle that everyone who comes is a guest, in order to show the magnanimity and magnanimity of a great country, and then achieve the purpose of winning over and winning people's hearts.
On the contrary, the weak side often finds it difficult to understand and accept the surrender from the strong side, and will always have countless question marks in their hearts. When projected into actions, it manifests as being cautious and always looking at it with suspicion.
These surrenderers even placed spies around the surrenderers, which made it difficult for those who pretended to surrender to escape even if they could escape temporarily.
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Seeing that Ma Su was silent for a long time, Zhuge Liang asked: "You often know why?"
Ma Su actually had the answer in his mind, but he pretended not to understand and asked, "Please give me some advice, Prime Minister."
Zhuge Liang turned his head and looked at the white clouds in the sky, and said eloquently: "Those who are good at calculating people are quick to perceive; those who are good at attacking are quick to act. With the nature of the monarchs and ministers of Dongwu, they will do anything for their own benefit.
Breaking the alliance and surrendering to Wei are as common as drinking water. How can you believe those who surrender from either side? No matter how perfect your story is, he will not believe it from the bottom of his heart."
"So, how can an undercover agent succeed?"
Hearing this, Ma Su's expression changed drastically, and he finally realized what he was worried about.
