On the tenth day of the fourth month, the Shu army arrived in Wu County.

On the day the army arrived, Sun Quan sent soldiers to the Shu army camp to meet Wang Can.

In the camp tent, Wu Bing respectfully handed over the paperwork, looking worried.

The soldier didn't know what was in the document, but there was lingering worry in his eyes, afraid that Wang Can would be angry after reading the document, and directly pushed him out to kill. For a while, there was no movement, and the soldier raised his head and peeked at Wang Can, and the uneasiness in his heart was a little less, because Wang Can's expression was as usual, and he was still smiling.

"Tell Sun Quan that this king will not let him down."

Wang Can waved his hand and asked the soldiers to leave.

The Wu soldiers breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and ran out.

Xu Shu hurriedly asked, "Lord, what happened?" ”

Wang Can handed the document to Xu Shu and said in a deep voice: "Sun Quan detained hundreds of thousands of people in Wu County outside the city, treating them as a human wall to resist our army. If you want to attack Wu County, you will inevitably be blocked by the people. The lives of hundreds of thousands of people must not be taken lightly! ”

When Jia Xu heard this, his eyes suddenly brightened.

Compared with Sun Jian and Sun Ce, Sun Quan is more old-fashioned, because Sun Jian and Sun Ce disdain to do this kind of immoral thing.

Jia Xu said slowly: "Lord, Sun Quan's plan is poisonous. If the lord disregards the safety of the people and brazenly slaughters the unarmed people, he will inevitably lose the hearts of the people. When the time comes, what is the use of getting Wu County? ”

Xu Shu looked serious and said righteously: "The people are the foundation of the society, and they can't be ignored. Sun Quan detained hundreds of thousands of people in the camp, and countless grains would be consumed every day, and there were at least 70,000 or 80,000 Wu troops in Wu County, which would also consume countless grains, which would be difficult to last. The minister suggested that if Sun Quan led the way to leave, he would take advantage of the situation to defeat Sun Quan; If Sun Quan takes the initiative to stay in the city and defend it, he will be a turtle in an urn and trapped in the city. ”

Zhang Ren said: "Xu Junshi is right, surrounding Wu County is enough to solve the problem of Wu County. ”

Guo Jia shook his head and said, "Lord, this plan won't work. ”

Wang Can asked, "What is Fengxiao's opinion, let's hear it." ”

Xu Shu frowned, but did not interject.

Guo Jia looked calm, and said unhurriedly: "First of all, Cao Cao has defeated the Yuan clan and pacified Youzhou. Even if the senior cadres of Bingzhou are still there, Cao Cao has been able to free up his hands to wave his troops south, and now it is all up to Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong to drag Cao Cao, so that the lord has the opportunity to attack Wu County. If it is a long siege without attacking, it will take too long, and once Cao Cao goes south, it will be unfavorable to our army. ”

"Secondly, if we don't send troops, won't Sun Quan be able to? What if Sun Quan had his soldiers drive hundreds of thousands of civilians to our camp? Do we retreat one after another and do not resist? ”

"In the end, Yuan Zhi mentioned that the people would consume countless grains, and I didn't agree with that. Sun Quan dared to detain the people of Wu County, such a mad person, do you think he would treat the people well? Obviously impossible! I think the hundreds of thousands of people who were detained by Sun Quan were hungry. ”

Guo Jia said solemnly: "We don't attack, it's in Sun Quan's hands, it's not good." ”

Xu Shu showed an unbearable look and said: "Fengxiao, that's hundreds of thousands of people, hundreds of thousands of living lives!" The Shu army and the Wu army are fighting, how can the people be innocent? ”

Xu Shu himself is from an ordinary person, and he cares more about the life and death of the people.

Guo Jia smiled and said, "Yuan Zhi, you misunderstood what I meant. We want to break the city, we want to defeat Sun Quan, but we don't have to kill the people who stand in our way. As Wen He said, killing the people will only lose the hearts of the people, and it is not advisable. ”

Wang Can asked, "Fengxiao, what can you do?" ”

Before Guo Jia could speak, Shi A hurriedly ran in and said loudly: "Lord, it's not good, the Wu army is here." What should they do if they forced tens of thousands of people to rush to the front? ”

Wang Can's brows furrowed, and he was angry in his heart.

Whatever you're afraid of, come here!

Wei Yan's face was grim, and he said in a deep voice: "Lord, the people are indeed innocent, but the two armies are fighting, the battlefield is ruthless, and the people are involved, so you can't care about so much." Give it the order. The last general led his troops to kill them, cut through the people, and attacked the Wu army. ”

Wang Can took a deep breath, shook his head and said, "Order to retreat and avoid contact with the people." ”

Although Wang Can has lived in this era for more than ten years and integrated into this era, the things in his heart have not changed. Let Wang Can attack the defenseless people, it is difficult to make a move. When the two armies are at war, Wang Can can ruthlessly kill the enemy, but the people are not the enemy.

Xu Shu said: "Lord, Shu will immediately go to convey the order. ”

After finishing speaking, Xu Shu left the big tent vigorously and conveyed Wang Can's order. In a short period of time, the Shu army began to retreat, but the persecuted people still helplessly followed.

The army retreated thirty miles before the Wu army stopped advancing.

Immediately afterwards, the people also retreated. The families of the people were all in the camp outside the city of Wu County, and they were bound and did not dare to escape, so they could only obey the mercy of the Wu army. At the same time, the people felt very fortunate to see that the Shu army took the initiative to retreat. If the Shu army launched an attack regardless of their lives, they could only wait to be killed, and they could not stop the Shu army.

Wu County, on the city tower.

Sun Quan does not return to the palace now, and has remained on the city tower.

After the news of the retreat of the Shu army came back, Zhuge Liang felt a sense of happiness in his heart. However, he still arched his hand and said: "The Shu army retreats without attacking, congratulations to King Wu." ”

Sun Quan said in a deep voice: "Lone is thinking, if Jiujiang, Nanchang, and Lujiang also use this method, can Wang Canyan take a step forward?" ”

Zhuge Liang shook his head in his heart, Sun Quan is really vicious.

Sun Quan's eyes fell on the camp outside the city, ignored Zhuge Liang, and said to himself: "Wang Can retreated for the sake of ordinary people, the kindness of women." Well, that's good! He Wang Can is willing to covet fame, which just gives us a chance to survive. ”

Somehow, Zhuge Liang felt a piercing chill in his heart.

……

In the camp of the Shu army, the big tent of the Chinese army.

Lieutenant generals such as Lü Meng, Zhang Xiu, Tai Shici and Pang De all sat inside, and Xu Shu, Jia Xu and Guo Jia were also lined up on either side. At this time, everyone remained silent and silent. Sun Quan treated the people as dogs, and let the people form a thick human wall to block the soldiers of the Shu army. The Shu army could not attack the people, it was difficult to defeat the Wu army, and it was difficult to attack.

Wang Can looked around at everyone and suddenly laughed.

Jia Xu asked, "Lord, why are you laughing?" ”

Guo Jia followed up and asked, "Has the lord thought of a way to break the enemy?" ”

Xu Shu's eyes suddenly brightened, and a bright smile appeared on his face, looking at Wang Can expectantly. All the generals in the big tent were like this, all smiling, ready to shoot.

Wang Can shook his head, and everyone was immediately disappointed.

I only heard Wang Can say slowly: "I heard that 'the king regards the minister as a sibling, and the minister regards the king as his heart; The monarch regards the minister as a dog and a horse, and the minister regards the monarch as a countryman; The king regards the minister as a mustard, and the minister regards the king as an enemy'. The people of Wu were all subjects of Sun Quan, but Sun Quan regarded the people under his rule as grass mustard, and I believe that the people were not willing to be loyal to Sun Quan. ”

Xu Shu coughed lightly twice, and said helplessly: "Lord, the people are unwilling to follow Sun Quan, but they are in a cage, and they have family members in custody, how dare they resist?" ”

Wang Can smiled and said: "Water can carry boats, but also can overturn boats, the people are the water in the river, and Sun Quan is the wooden boat on the river." Without the people, Sun Quan would definitely die. Now that Sun Quan has no virtue, of course the people can overthrow Sun Quan. This time, I decided to take the soldiers of the Wolf Tooth Battalion to blend in with the people, and use the people to defeat Sun Quan and destroy the Sun clan. ”

"My lord!"

When the words fell, Jia Xu, Guo Jia and Xu Shu admonished one after another.

Pang De, Lü Meng, Gan Ning and other generals also stood up and persuaded Wang Can not to let Wang Can risk his life. Wang Can's adventurous habit made the civil and military generals in the camp feel embarrassed.

This is not a good habit and can easily cause unrest.

Lu Meng hugged his fists and said: "My lord, you are the king of a country, and you are related to the security of the country, so you can't easily take risks." As a general in the army and the commander of the Wolf Tooth Battalion, the last general should naturally go. This time, the last general took the soldiers of the wolf's tooth battalion to blend in with the people, instigating the people and destroying Sun Quan's greatest reliance. ”

When everyone heard this, they hurriedly agreed.

As long as Wang Can doesn't risk himself, anything can be discussed.

Wang Can shook his head and said, "This kind of thing, how can it be without me?" I've made up my mind to go and I'm not going to change it. Moreover, I am among the people, and no one will find me, and no one will know me, and nothing will happen to me. Even if there is danger, I will let the accompanying people send a signal, and you will send troops to rescue, and you can also get me out, and there will be no danger. ”

Everyone tried hard to persuade them, but Wang Can was unmoved.

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