Chapter 222: Last Year's Ambush Was Used This Year (8/12 for Nightfall)
Of course, Liu Chan would not think that Jia Xu was a blind command.
After all, the master who began to fight during Dong Zhuo's period and the god general in "Three Kingdoms", even if Jia Xu's resourcefulness is overestimated, he will not be able to eliminate this tactic.
As for Wenpin, a few hundred people dare to attack Xiangyang......
This kind of thing should be purely accidental, not Jia Xu's fault.
If Wen Ping had calmed down a little, even if he was a little more restrained than Chang Diao, he would not have been so easy to get into Xiangyang, and his reputation would have been buried in the hands of a brute general like Mei Shiki.
Wen Ping is still quite famous in history, and he is also an important force in the north of Cao Wei in the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms".
According to the point of traditional warfare, Liu Chan should be polite to him like dealing with the generals of Man Chong and Yu Tuo, and find a small courtyard to put him under house arrest.
But Zhuge Qiao hurriedly said that it was inappropriate.
"Shizi, in the opinion of the minister, if Haotian God has no other arrangements, he should not be so polite to Wen Ping."
"Why?"
Zhuge Qiao snorted coldly:
Although Wen hired this person to be forced to surrender to Cao back then, over the years, he has repeatedly led his troops to embarrass our army, which can be called the first evil of Cao's army.
If you still take care of him and take him as a general, I am afraid that I will ...... I'm afraid that you won't accept it. โ
Wen Ping has been the vanguard of Cao Wei on the battlefield of Jingzhou since Chibi,
has followed Le Jin and Cao Ren successively, and has been fighting with Guan Yu.
Although Wen Ping has never won a decisive battle, he is like an unbeatable Xiaoqiang.
Every time he was beaten away, he quickly came back again, and the more he was beaten, Guan Yu had long wanted to chop him up.
Let's talk about something in-depth, that is, the Jingzhou family behind Wenpin.
The Jingzhou clan that supported Liu Bei was headed by Ma Liang, Pang Tong (Pang Tong became Pang Lin after his death) and others.
Now after the integration of Ma Liang, a faction has been formed.
They began to vigorously support Liu Bei when Liu Bei was very difficult, and now they finally see the dawn of victory.
If Wen Ping is a vulgar martial artist with no background, it doesn't matter, but behind him there is a large family and a family that is not weak.
If there is a lot of courtesy to Wen Ping, wouldn't it send a signal to those clans who supported Liu Chan, saying that he has recovered from the Han Dynasty, and those Jingxiang clans who once surrendered to Cao Cao also have a chance to come back and relive their old dreams?
It's not advisable.
Liu Chan didn't expect that there were so many twists and turns.
He nodded and said:
"I see.
Heng and Zhi Wenpin was defeated and captured, unlike Yu Wenze, Pang Lingming, and Man Boning who took the initiative to surrender.
Send him to Gangneung and hand him over to ...... Handed over to Ma Jichang for disposal. โ
Zhuge Qiao said solemnly:
"The son of the world is wise."
After dealing with the matter of civil employment, Liu Chan began to discuss with Guan Ping and others about going north to support Guan Yu's battle.
This time, with a resourceful person like Fa Zheng in charge, Liu Chan finally didn't have to desperately mobilize the atmosphere, just delegate power directly to Fa Zheng.
"General Guan has already fought to Yin County, and although the main force of Cao's army is still alive, the army's heart is unstable.
In the humble opinion of the ministers, our army should immediately move north, fight Changdiao's unstable foothold, and strive to completely annihilate the main force of Cao Wei in the field battle. โ
The Cao army led by Chang Diao is not low in combat effectiveness and has excellent military literacy, but Fancheng in the north of the river is dilapidated and too close to the Han River.
If they are completely annihilated, the Han army will severely damage the main army of the Wei army for two consecutive years.
Even if the Wei army can fight again, the losses after this battle are too great, and it can only turn into a state of full defense.
Huang Zhong, Ju Fu, and Ding Li were also high-spirited, saying that they should take advantage of the Wei reinforcements in the Central Plains to launch a big war and eat all the Wei troops led by Chang Diao.
"Well, that's good...... What does Acho think? โ
"The prince must have a plan in his heart, and Qiao is obedient!"
Liu Chan: ......
Why do so many of Lao Tzu's subordinates have to ask him?
Seeing that everyone was in high spirits, Liu Chan hurriedly disbanded the team and went back to rest, preparing to hurry up and go north.
Guan Ping gave Liu Chan a look, and Liu Chan understood,
After everyone retreated, Liu Chan left Guan Ping alone, seeing Guan Ping's happy face, Liu Chan said curiously:
"I don't know where Brother Tan's happiness comes from."
Guan Ping scratched his head embarrassedly and said:
"As the prince expected, if you want to capture Fancheng, you have to rely on Chang Diao,
Before I waited for the siege to be withdrawn, I thought that the prince's prediction was not effective, but today I learned that the prince had expected today's battle last year, and I admired it inexplicably, so I came to ask the prince for advice on the tactics of war in Japan. โ
Liu Chan: ????
No, what's going on?
What's my problem again?
Liu Chan hated Chang Diao when he was in Jiangling before, and captured him for the second time after the Battle of Fancheng, and probably guessed that Guan Ping used him to make some arrangements, which was his own internal response.
Since it is his own internal response, of course, he can't click with a knife, and at that time, Liu Chan casually asked Zhuge Qiao to leave Chang Diao behind, maybe it would be useful when he hit Fancheng (see Chapter 86 for details).
At that time, Guan Yu happened to be awkward with Liu Chan because of whether he continued the northern expedition or retreated south, of course he couldn't pull down his face and go to Liu Chan for advice, so he asked Guan Ping to find Zhuge Qiao's tricks.
Because Liu Chan strictly ordered Zhuge Qiao not to make up his brain, Zhuge Qiao relayed Liu Chan's instructions to Guan Ping.
At that time, Guan Ping, who felt that Chang Diao had no use value, was immediately overjoyed, and arranged for Chang Diao to continue to persist in the struggle.
Later, after a series of disturbances, Guan Ping thought that Liu Chan's plan had failed, and it would be useless to attack Fancheng for a while.
Unexpectedly, going around and around, Chang Diao's comic ratio actually turned back to Fancheng,
And he has now become Cao Wei's Fenwei general, Ding Feng, the general of his own side and the nemesis of Eastern Wu.
This time, he went north, first sent Wen Ping, disintegrated Cao Wei's sailors, and now squatted in Fancheng - it is estimated that he will surrender as soon as he is greeted.
The use of Changdiao has far exceeded Guan Ping's previous assumptions.
Shizi is really ruthless.
The honest Guan Ping only knows how to scare Chang Diao and let him provide some benefits, how can there be such a genius pen as the son of the world.
Liu Chan really convinced Guan Ping's god-level imagination.
He really said it casually at the time, who knew that Chang Diao's officials were getting bigger and bigger, and he didn't know how to explain it for a while.
Of course, Guan Ping didn't completely brag about Liu Chan's use of soldiers,
He lowered his voice and said cautiously:
"Since the prince had already laid the arrangements last year, I think I already know Cao Wei's movements well.
Can the prince of the world point one or two and tell Cao Jun what he is going to do? โ
Guan Ping is now also stunned by Jia Xu's plan.
Obviously, Wen Ping and Chang Diao came to steal Xiangyang's trick to ignore the front and back,
It is very similar to the method that the strategists of Soochow came up with, unlike Jia Xu, who is stable in everything.
And with the habits of the Wei army, if they really want to launch a large-scale battle, the generals of the Cao clan and the Xiahou clan should lead the army.
Xiahou is barely one, but he and Xu Huang have only more than 10,000 people together, and there are not as many people as Chang Diao and Wenpin.
If the other Wei generals didn't come to support them, could they all be in Chang'an to guard against the Northern Expedition of the King of Hanzhong?
That doesn't make sense.
Guan Ping and Fa Zheng couldn't figure out what Jia Xu was doing, so they could only privately ask Liu Chan, who had Haotian God's help.
Jia Xu can hide it from everyone, but he can't hide it from Haotian God, right?
Liu Chan was really stupid to be asked by Guan Ping.
He blurted out the phrase "I don't know",
I saw Guan Ping looking depressed, and he actually looked at Liu Chan with an aggrieved face-
Obviously, Liu Chan refused to tell him the truth, that is, he did not fully trust him.
When Guan Ping asked Zhuge Qiao before, Zhuge Qiao's face was unfathomable, and he said that everything was in the hands of the prince.
The prince actually treated me as an outsider, so wronged.
In desperation, Liu Chan, who was forced into a corner, had no choice but to roll his eyes and say with a little crying:
"This ...... This...... Big, about to hit ...... Soochow, right? โ
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Ma Tan was ordered to send an envoy to Eastern Wu, and he went down the river and happened to meet Deng Tong, who was ordered to support Liu Chan.
Deng Tong hadn't fought for a long time, and during the time he was stationed in Baqiu, he had learned to use a Confucian robe to balance the banditry on his body.
This is General Deng, the invincible general under the prince,
obviously looks elegant and easy-going, I really can't see that he has any undue bravery, and even an unruly and reckless man like Ding Li is respectful to him.
"Oops, I didn't want to stay in Baqiu for a long time,
Lukou and Baqiu just let Ji Zhong guard alone, I want to kill the enemy with the son! โ
Not going to the battlefield is too much to delay General Deng's progress,
At first, he was happy,
Later, seeing that Ding Feng actually mixed up with General Fenwei, Deng Tong, who pursued progress, couldn't help it.
Hehe, the prince is going to go on a northern expedition now, and he finally needs me.
Ma Jian chatted with Deng Tong very happily, and praised casually:
"General Deng was happy when he heard the war, but it was quite ancient.
I only hate that I am going to be an envoy to Soochow, and I can't talk to the general for a long time. โ
Hearing that he was going to Soochow, Deng Tong smiled crookedly.
"What are you going to do there?
Those Wu people were all vulgar, and above the battle array, I scolded them casually and then they were all furious.
Only that Luo Tong's personality is not bad, and the others, hehe......"
Previously, Zhao Zhi had promised to give Deng Tong, Ding Liyangqun and others some pearls,
After the battle, these words were naturally left behind.
The last time Luo Tong came, he passed through Baqiu, Deng Tong couldn't help but say a few words, but he didn't expect that within a few days, Luo Tong sent someone to Deng Tong to send a full of pearls!
One (more than 59 kg in modern times)!
Well, it seems that only Luo Tongyi in Dongwu still understands a little etiquette and is a good person.
Ma Tanxin said that the previous prince also told himself to contact Luo Tong if he had any problems.
At this time, I heard Deng Tong say that those Wu people were so arrogant and unreasonable, it was better to contact Luo Tong as soon as possible to see if there was a chance to complete the task.
Speaking of which, Ma Jian didn't feel that he had any achievements worthy of the world's reward for Cao Wei's last mission.
This time, the prince has entrusted himself with a lot of responsibility, that is, he must must, he must complete the task.
After all, the prince said that the key to this war lies in my Ma Yan!
It's just that when I arrived in Soochow, I couldn't lead the troops to fight, which is a bit of a pity.
Well, let's take it one step at a time.