Chapter 424: Pulling Relations
In the multi-day conflict, the Wei army could not take advantage of anything, the first division had a variety of firearms, and now there was plenty of ammunition, as soon as the two armies came into contact with the Wei army, they would be quickly routed, so fast that Jiang Wei could not be believed, and the casualties were so large that he was terrified.
As soon as the Wei army retreated and retreated, it would be driven out of Yongzhou and driven back to Xiliang. What made Jiang Wei feel most unacceptable was that although there were small-scale battles in the past few days, the casualty rate of the Wei army was amazingly large.
The enemy's firearms were too frightening and too lethal, and almost all the soldiers who went out into battle never returned, while the enemy was almost unscathed, and the exchange ratio between the two sides was close to infinity. Such a result hit him hard, who had always been conceited.
However, there was nothing he could do about it. He has tried his best to use all his skills, and he can be described as full of wisdom, but it has no effect. He felt that all the art of war he had learned in the past had been learned in vain, and any of his calculations seemed to have been seen through, and all his arrangements had been easily cracked.
He really didn't know what kind of person his opponent was, how could he think so carefully, could it be that the legendary First Army Division Zhuge Kongming was here? Otherwise, how can you restrain yourself from dying?
Of course, Jiang Wei didn't know that his opponent was not one person, but many individuals. The three stinkers have beaten Zhuge Liang, so his opponent is more terrifying than Zhuge Liang. A person may have a blind spot in his thinking, and it is easy to be biased in his or her thinking, but it is not easy for a team to make mistakes when they fill in each other's gaps.
And as long as you don't make mistakes, or only make small mistakes and don't make big mistakes, with the difference in strength between the two armies, which is as big as a chasm, there is no suspense about the victory of the Shu army.
Yes, Wei Jun has been chased and beaten in the past few days, but Jiang Wei has been beaten without temper. Just when he was depressed, he suddenly heard a report from his subordinates: "The envoy of the Shu army asks to see him." ”
Jiang Wei's heart moved, and he said, "Let him in." ”
Not long after, a member of the Shu army entered the big tent, and after the two sides finished saluting, the soldier explained his intention straight to the point, and as Jiang Wei expected, this person came to persuade him to surrender. It turned out that after Zhang Bao received Liu Hou's letter, he didn't dare to slack off, and immediately sent a member of the army to persuade him to surrender. Of course, he didn't expect this soldier to succeed, he just wanted him to get in touch with Jiang Wei first, probe the tone, and then arrange further actions.
Of course, Jiang Wei refused to surrender so easily, and he immediately used a lot of words like "loyal ministers don't care about the two masters" to deal with the past. The soldier couldn't get along, and finally said: "Prime Minister Zhuge of our country wants to ask the general to say hello to his former classmate Meng Tingshi." Then he took his leave.
Chinese are the best at pulling relationships, and they always like to trust relationships. For example, when a table is drinking, many people like to find some famous places to persuade them to drink, for example, the person surnamed Li has a drink, for example, the people of Jiangxi have a drink, the people of northern Guangdong have a drink, and for example, the man has a drink or the woman has a drink, etc.
As long as they are interested in searching, these people always seem to be able to find some kind of relationship with each other: hometown relationship, alumni relationship, same major, same surname, same age group, it is really not good, and gender can also be an excuse.
This relationship seems to be a little closer to each other immediately, some things are easier to say, and some things are much easier to do. The wine table is just a microcosm, and this phenomenon actually abounds in real life.
That's why this soldier said this sentence, the purpose of which is to pull the relationship around and pave the way for further negotiations in the future. Don't underestimate this twisting and turning relationship, sometimes, it doesn't matter if you want to say a word to someone, it's okay, everything is easy to talk about.
In novels like "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", there are often such plots: the two armies are fighting, and a character such as a strategist on a certain side jumps out and says to his lord: "Lord, so-and-so and so-and-so on the other side have an old relationship, and so-and-so is willing to say that he has come to surrender." ”
Note that the first thing this strategist said was that he had an old relationship with the other party, that is, he had a relationship, so that he could persuade the other party to surrender. Therefore, the relationship is really important, it is the basis for accomplishing some important things, and without this relationship, nothing can be accomplished.
However, the relationship between Zhang Bao and Jiang Vera is really tortuous enough, Zhang Bao has no direct relationship with Zhuge Liang, strictly speaking, it is just a colleague relationship.
And the relationship between Jiang Wei and Meng Jian is even more estranged, Meng Jian is his boss's boss, if it weren't for Meng Jian's exceptional promotion of Jiang Wei this time and let him lead the troops to the battle, maybe Jiang Wei might not even be able to see Meng Jian.
Of course, the situation is better now, since Meng Jian promoted Jiang Wei exceptionally, Meng Jian can be regarded as having the grace of knowing Jiang Wei, and the relationship between the two has become more than close.
But no matter what, relying on the relationship that can't be fought by these eight poles, the two sides are much easier to talk to. Since then, the two sides have continued to send envoys to negotiate, and the two armies, which had been in constant friction before, have also died down.
Of course, there is still vigilance that both sides should have, after all, I don't know if the other party is cheating. In the history of warfare, there have been cases of paralyzing the enemy through pretended negotiations and taking the opportunity to launch a sneak attack, and both sides are smart people who are well versed in the art of war, so naturally they will not make such low-level mistakes, so although they did not engage in any more battles during the negotiations, the two sides did not relax their vigilance for half a minute.
Zhang Bao sent an envoy to Wei Ying to persuade him to surrender, and on the other hand, he urgently sent a letter to Zhuge Liang for 800 miles, asking him to write a letter to Meng Jian to help persuade Meng Jian to surrender. Meng Jian is the boss of Jiang Wei's boss, if Meng Jian surrenders, Ma Zun will also surrender, then Jiang Wei can only follow and surrender, otherwise he will disobey the order.
Of course, even if Meng Jian refuses to surrender, it would be good to let Zhuge Liang help pull the relationship. Jiang Wei also behaved strangely, on the one hand, he refused to let go and agreed to surrender, on the other hand, he did not do anything excessive, neither attacked the Han army, nor ordered the troops to withdraw and flee.
Maybe he felt that he couldn't defeat the Han army, so he didn't dare to make a move, but from his calm behavior, the staff of the First Division analyzed that Jiang Wei had actually moved his heart to surrender to the Han Dynasty, but he might have not let go because he was reserved or wanted to raise his body or other reasons.
Therefore, the First Division has not been attacking the Wei army, but has set up camp against it, and only sent envoys to Jiang Wei every day to carry out ideological work. Jiang Wei was indeed moved, and he actually agreed with the theory of Liu Han's orthodox status that the Han army had told him when he joined the army.
Besides, even if you don't agree? He is a smart man, and smart people should know that under the current general trend of the world, surrendering Shu Han is the wisest choice. Good birds choose trees to perch, loyal ministers choose the lord and do things, this is the norm in the Three Kingdoms era, and now the little emperor of Shu Han is obviously a rare master for a thousand years, who else can he choose if he doesn't choose?