South Qinling Road, Dushui River Valley in Xixian County.
On the low wall of the Han military camp nestled between mountains and rivers, Zheng Pu stared boredly at the Jiangdong scouts in the distance, and occasionally put his hands to his mouth to take a breath of hot air.
The valley becomes extremely cold in late winter in December.
But for the war that was about to begin, the cold weather would make it easier for the Han army to hold on.
Whether it is the wind and snow that will hinder the Wu army's advance, or the convenience of watering and freezing to strengthen the camp.
Therefore, Zheng Pu did not have much worry about Zhu Ran and Zhang Liang's troops who led more than 20,000 soldiers to attack the fortress: he thought of himself as Zhu Ran and did not think of a way to break the camp.
Yes, he felt that Wu Jun came here to do useless work and let the soldiers die in vain.
Although this idea is a bit arrogant, it seems not wrong.
Because he did not have the intention of defeating the Wu army like Guan Xing and others, he just wanted to hold on to the camp.
As the saying goes, being without desire means being strong.
Even though Zhu Ran has a reputation of being good at fighting, how can he find a flaw in someone who doesn't want to win?
"It's very cold at night, so don't forget to buy more braziers for the soldiers on duty."
Zheng Pu told Liu Lin who was following him, who was on duty today, "Also, the lookout soldiers on the archery tower rotate every hour, day and night. The Wu army scouts have arrived, and in three days at most, the thief Wu will come.
It’s a crime.”
"promise."
The sound of the urn was answered angrily, and Liu Lin, who already had a very thick beard, said with a smile, "Don't worry, Protector, I will not neglect you. Well, there is no military situation here and it is getting late, why don't you return to the military tent first for twilight food?"
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"What, you think I'm in the way?"
Hearing this, Zheng Pu raised his eyebrows slightly and asked in reply, pretending to be displeased.
But Liu Lin had been following him for many years, so how could he still be frightened by his joking words?
On the contrary, he nodded heavily and grinned, "That's exactly what I meant! My stomach is empty now, but the protector won't go back to use the evening food, so I can't let others bring the evening food to them."
Come to Ai Yuan."
For a moment, Zheng Pu was stunned.
Immediately, he laughed heartily and said, "You reckless man! Hahaha~~"
As he wished, he climbed down the steps and returned to the military tent. When he turned around, he did not forget to tell him, "Don't forget to ask the army cook to give extra meals to the soldiers on night duty."
"promise!"
Liu Lin saluted Zheng Pu's back and responded loudly.
Even after he bowed and raised his head, he still looked at Zheng Pu's leaving figure silently for a while, with some doubts in his eyes, but soon he seemed to have thought of something again, so he smiled to himself, shook his head, and turned around.
Went to greet the soldiers on duty for a meal.
No coincidence.
Guan Yi and Zhang Zun, who were following Zheng Pu, also had similar doubts in their eyes.
The two of them started following Zheng Pu last year.
At that time, Zheng Pu, Guan Xing and others were sent back to Shu by the Prime Minister to supervise the army to practice martial arts in the fields. After receiving the general order, Guan Xing gave Guan Yi a crown ceremony in advance and took him into the army.
This is the battle to defeat Wu!
How could Guan Yi, who was adopted to Guan Ping, be absent?
But what he was very unkind was that he directly asked Guan Yi to follow Zheng Pu.
And the euphemistic name is to give Zheng Pu a military officer to use.
Needless to say the real purpose.
With the thought of being close to Zhu Zhichi, I hope that under the influence of Zheng Pu, the Guan Yi generals will make some progress; and if they encounter any unclear points when reading military books, they can directly ask Zheng Pu to clarify their doubts.
Zheng Pu could not refuse.
Guan Xing didn't ask him to be Guan Yi's teacher!
I just asked him to follow me around. With the friendship between the two of them for many years, how could he refuse?
But somehow, Empress Zhang found out about this, and she also sent Zhang Zun, who was already full of filial piety.
Okay~
Zheng Pu had no reason to refuse his nephew and future son-in-law.
It's just that there are too many lice and it doesn't itch.
At this time, the common doubt among Liu Lin, Guan Yi, Zhang Zun and others was that they did not understand Zheng Pu's plan.
Zheng Pu, who was praised for his ability to plan according to law, filial piety and directness, actually planned to prevent the soldiers from getting out during this battle, so that the invading soldiers from Wu would be covered up with water and soil!
In other words, there is nothing wrong with this arrangement.
As for the offensive and defensive battles, the Han army had a geographical advantage and could wait for work, so there was no need to create extraneous matters.
However, who is Zheng Pu?
In the more than ten years since the war, he has made countless ingenious schemes and strategies, which are often beyond the reach of others! When Jiangdong invades, shouldn't he use his ingenious schemes to defeat the thief Wu and return home, or even kill the general and seize the flag?
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How could he behave so "mediocre" and use the most mediocre tactics to defend against the enemy?
But that seems to be the case.
They had been following Zheng Pu and were qualified to sit in on the military meeting. Therefore, they knew that Zheng Pu only prepared the soldiers to defend and had no other arrangements.
So they couldn't understand it and couldn't believe it.
Coincidentally, Zhu Ran, who was supervising soldiers when they arrived at the Shui River Valley, was also unable to understand.
He had already asked his scouts to carefully search the mountain valleys, forests and valleys within more than 20 miles around the Shui Shui Valley, but no trace of an ambush by the Han army was found.
Originally this was a good thing.
At least he could focus on urging his soldiers to attack the enemy.
However, when he thought of the Han army general Naishu Pu who was guarding this place, he felt a little uneasy.
Even Zhang Liang, the governor of Miao Zhong who was his deputy general this time, had a reputation for bravery. After the scouts swore that the Han army had no ambush, he advised the soldiers to be cautious and asked him to double the number of scouts and conduct another search.
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There must be no virtuous person in his name!
Paying a huge price in the Wei State confirmed what Cao Zhen said in the past, "The scarred Pu is the biggest problem for Wei", which made everyone in the world have a solid impression of Zheng Pu.
He is good at strategizing and often does unexpected things.
No one can understand the plot when it is set up, but when it is revealed, it has already affected the situation of the battle.
Therefore, it is not surprising that Zhu Ran and Zhang Liang were wary when Zheng Pu's performance was mediocre.
Before the loss of Xiaoguan in Wei, the change of ownership of the Fortress of Manyin, and the capture of Gaoping City, Zheng Pu's tactics against the enemy were also "unremarkable"!
But when Zheng Pulu showed up, Wei Guo didn't even have a chance to make amends!
Zhu Ran didn't want to follow in his footsteps and let future generations add to Scar Pu's achievements.
Moreover, he had different ideas from Sun Quan, Lu Xun, Quan Cong and others.
When Sun Quan came to Jiangling quietly and summoned the three of them to discuss in private, he concluded that Wu could survive the crisis at the cost of another 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers, so he counted the 5,000 soldiers from the Tang Counseling Department among them.
The "price" is within it.
After all, Tang Counseling Department is already in a dead end.
But Zhu Ran felt that Tang Counseling Department should not be included in the "price".
He really wanted to rescue Tang Zi.
The reason is not only because the Tang Counseling Department is one of the few elites in Jiangdong, but also because it is a consideration for the future of Wu State.
Lu Dai doesn’t want to save him!
Even the Tang Counseling Department couldn't save him!
I would like to ask, when Jiangdong's ministries face battle in the future, how can they be loyal to the death? What capital does Jiangdong have to survive among the three pillars of the world!
