Emperor Shuang: The counterattack started from the Gaopingling Incident Chapter 32 The Battle of Jiangbei (8) The mantis stalks the cicada, the oriole is behind, Cao Shuang will use his plan!
Chapter 32 The Battle of Jiangbei (8) The mantis stalks the cicada, the oriole is behind, Cao Shuang will use his plan!
Cai Lin then sat down, his anger turned into joy, and he cupped his hands and said: "Thank you so much, General, Wang Sikong for saving my lord's life. My lord will definitely tie a grass ring to repay Wei Guo's great kindness!"
Cao Shuang thought to himself that the thief Zhuge Ke had probably conspired with Bi Yaner to use Soochow's special skill of pretending to surrender. Alas, Cao Wei has suffered many losses in this way, but he just remembers to eat and not to fight.
Ah!
Cao Shuang stood up, walked to Cai Lin, patted Cai Lin on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "General Cai, General Gongxun won't deceive us this time like Huang Gai faked surrender to Emperor Wu in the thirteenth year of Jian'an, right?" Cai Lin felt nervous and pretended to be calm: "How is this possible? My lord is not that kind of person. General, just keep your heart in your heart. My lord has sincerely surrendered to Wei. If the general
If you don’t believe it, I will die today to prove it!”
As Cai Lin said this, he picked up his sword and pulled it out of its sheath, as if he was going to kill himself on the spot.
Cao Shuang and Wang Ling hurriedly stepped forward to stop him. Wang Ling hurriedly tried to smooth things over and said with a dry smile: "General Cai Lin, you must not do this! My general was just joking. You can't take it seriously."
When Cai Lin heard what Wang Ling said, she felt a little relieved. Before, she was worried that her acting skills were not good enough and that Wang Ling, an old fox, would see through it. But she didn't expect that the most difficult person to deal with was indeed Cao Shuang.
The envoys who returned from an envoy to Cao Wei in Jiangbei said that Cao Shuang was arrogant and domineering, he was very happy with his achievements, he was excited when there was a battle, but he was a general who was always defeated. Now it seems that this is far from the case, but what he heard was false.
Seeing is believing!
Cai Lin calmed down a little and said: "General, Wang Sikong, I swear to God, if someone and the lord of a certain family deceive the general, Wang Sikong, he will be pierced by thousands of arrows and die!"
Cao Shuang said with a smile: "Since General Cai Lin dares to swear to God, I believe in the sincerity of your lord. The letter says that your lord plans to lead the troops of Nanjun to surrender on the fifth day of May next month. I don't know if we are going to have to surrender."
Where can I meet the lord of your family?"
Cai Lin cupped his hands and said: "General, my lord plans to ask the general to lead troops to Jingzhou, Nanjun to meet him. I wonder what difficulties the general can face here?"
Wang Ling said with a troubled face: "General Cai Lin, I believe that the lord of your family is also a man who knows the military. It is impossible not to know that although the terrain of Jingzhou is gentle, which is conducive to the deployment of large armies, it is also a place with dense rivers and lakes and many reed swamps.
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It is convenient for the army to hide in it. If we are not careful, our army may be made into dumplings and served in a pot by the Wu army. I wonder if the lord of your family has considered this?"
Cai Lin thought for a moment and said: "Wang Sikong, my lord has already considered what you said. On the day before the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, my lord will use the pretense of inspecting the defense of rivers and lakes.
I sent trusted people to inspect the rivers and lakes in Jingzhou, and asked Wang Sikong to rest assured that everything would be perfect and nothing would go wrong!"
Wang Ling then felt relieved and said, "That's good. I don't want to repeat the tragedy of Shiting, where we lost 100,000 soldiers."
Cao Shuang said with a smile: "General Cai, you can go down and rest first. You must be tired after a day's journey. You can rush back to Jingzhou early tomorrow morning. Since I promised General Gongxun to surrender to me, the Wei Dynasty will definitely
I won’t break my promise, don’t worry,
On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, our 100,000-strong Wei army will definitely appear in Jingzhou to meet them on time. I hope General Gongxun will not lose someone!"
Cai Lin raised his hands and said seriously: "General, don't worry, my lord will live up to the great Wei Dynasty!" Cai Lin wanted to go back and report the good news to his lord in person right away.
However, Cao Shuang forced him to stay, but he couldn't refuse directly to avoid Cao Shuang becoming suspicious, so he stayed reluctantly. He stayed awake all night in Xiling and rushed back to Jingzhou to resume his duties early the next morning.
Zhuge Ke was also suffering in the Zhongnan County Prefecture in Jingzhou City. He also stayed up all night, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep. The concubine who was sleeping beside him asked doubtfully: "Master, what is on your mind? You are getting older."
I often stay up late and lose sleep, which is not good for my health."
Zhuge Ke turned sideways and sighed: "Oh, I'm just worried about whether Cai Lin can successfully gain the trust of Cao Shuang, the old fox Wang Ling, and successfully fake a surrender!"
The concubine advised softly: "Master, please be at ease. I believe that with master's talent, I can do anything. If I wait patiently, maybe good news will come."
Wang Ling sighed: "Oh, I hope it's as you said, go to sleep."
After Cao Shuang asked Cai Lin to go down and have a rest, he discussed with Wang Ling for a while. He thought for a while, quickly rummaged through his memory, and recalled Biyan'er's several false surrenders in his mind.
"The Art of War" by Sun Tzu said: "Warriors are deceitful. Therefore, they show their inability when they are able, they show their inability when they use them, they show how far they are when they are close, and they show how close they are when they are far.
Biyan'er's false surrender is a good use of the essence of the art of war, and he can taste the sweetness and get huge benefits almost every time.
Just like the burning of Chibi, Huang Gai's false surrender, and the Battle of Shiting, Biyan'er made Soochow a lot of money, and even Shu Han also benefited a lot. In addition to these two famous battles, Biyan'er
There are three more false surrenders.
For the first time, in the 22nd year of Jian'an, Sun Quan sent Xu Xiang to request Cao Cao to surrender, mainly so that he could get a chance to breathe and focus on defending the western front, while also looking for opportunities to attack and recapture Jingzhou. p>
The second time was in the 25th and 24th years of Jian'an. Guan Yu, the defender of Jingzhou, took advantage of the emptiness of Xiangfan to launch the Battle of Xiangfan and the Northern Expedition.
First, they besieged Xiangyang and Fancheng, and then flooded seven armies and captured Yu Jin and others. They severely damaged Cao Wei and shocked China.
During this period, Guan Yu insulted the envoys sent by Sun Quan several times, and later sent people to "take Xiangguan rice without authorization", which caused the already unstable Sun-Liu alliance to fall apart.
Emperor Wu sent someone to persuade Bi Yan'er to add another fire to Sun and Liu's separation.
In this name, Sun Quan sent the Zuohujun and Huwei General Lu Meng to sneak attack Jingzhou. Guan Yu was defeated in Maicheng. Finally, Guan Yu and his son were captured and killed by Soochow in Zhangxiang.
In the first month of the twenty-fifth year of Jian'an (220 years), Cao Cao died of illness, and his son Cao Pi succeeded to the throne. In October, Cao Pi proclaimed himself emperor on behalf of the Han Dynasty, and the founding name was "Wei".
After Cao Pi became emperor, Sun Quan sent an envoy to request to become a vassal of Wei, and sent the surrendered Yu Jin and others back to the north.
In November, Cao Pi gave Sun Quan Jiuxi and conferred him the title of King of Wu, a general, leading the herdsman of Jingzhou, the governor of Jing and Yang, and the commander of the troops of the three states.
Therefore, in order to avoid fighting on two fronts, Sun Quan chose to surrender to Cao Pi, and became the King of Wu in name only named by Cao Wei.
When Sun Quan pretended to surrender to Cao Pi, Liu Bei sent a large army to attack him and launched the Battle of Yiling.
It was Biyan'er's wise surrender that prevented Cao Pi from attacking Soochow together with the Shu Han during the Battle of Yiling. Of course, the most important thing was that the Han and traitors were not at odds with each other. This allowed Biyan'er to deal with Liu Bei with all his strength and win the victory.
Victory in the Battle of Yiling.
The third time was in the fifth year of Emperor Taihe of Wei Ming Dynasty (AD 231), Sun Quan sent Zhonglang General Sun Bu to implement a false surrender plan to lure Wang Ling, the governor of Yangzhou in Wei State.
Sun Quan laid an ambush in Fuling and waited for the Wei army to arrive.
Sun Bu sent people to Yangzhou to ask for a meeting and surrender.
Sun Bu's envoy brought a letter, which said: "The road is too far, so I can't come by myself. Please come to the army to meet me."
Wang Ling, the governor of Yangzhou at the time, copied Sun Bu's letter and sent it to Man Chong, requesting that troops and horses be sent to meet Sun Bu.
Man Chong, the general who conquered the East, thought there must be a fraud and refused to send troops. Instead, he wrote a reply to Wang Ling, saying: "You realize the difference between good and evil and want to avoid harm. Come to Anshun and leave the tyranny.
We appreciate it very much when you return to a moral monarch.
Now I want to send troops to greet you, but if there are not enough troops to go, it will not be enough to protect you, and if there are more troops to go, the matter will be publicized and heard from far away.
It would be better to discuss it secretly first to achieve your original wishes and then deal with it according to the situation."
Wang Ling had always been at odds with Man Chong, and he wanted to send troops when he got mad. Although Man Chong was ordered back to the court like Lian Po, Wang Ling still couldn't get the troops because of Man Chong's order.
So he sent only one governor to lead 700 infantry and cavalry to meet Sun Bu. Sun Bu ambushed and attacked at night, but the governor rushed out and fled, killing more than half of his troops.
Soochow's plan to surrender this time was not completely successful. Compared with the previous two times, it was not a big mistake, but it was because he was too favored and could not be fooled. If it were Wang Ling, I am afraid that the Wei army would also suffer great losses.
His thoughts returned to the present, Cao Shuang smiled and said: "Wang Sikong, do you still remember Sun Bu's false surrender in the fifth year of Taihe?"
Wang Ling's face turned red and he said: "The Sun thief is disgusting. This battle is the shame of my life. It will never be like this again. Rest in peace, Uncle Zhao!"
Cao Shuang said with a smile: "I predict that Biyan'er will repeat his old tricks this time and feign surrender. Wang Sikong doesn't need to say more. I will use the trick to make Biyan'er's army never come back!"