Mi Han

Chapter 228
Man Chong's cronies carried Man Chong's letterhead and quickly crossed the moat towards the Han army camp.

This confidant hadn't gotten too close to the Han army camp, and even when he had just fallen off the city wall, he had already been spotted by the scouts of the Han army camp.

So as soon as this beloved confidant crossed the moat, he was immediately captured by the scouts of the Han army on the other side.

But even though he was captured by the scouts of the Han army, there was no panic on the face of this favored confidant.

He took the initiative to spread his hands and said that he was the envoy of the chief general of Wudang, and asked to see Mi Yang.

When the scouts of the Han army saw the man in front of them, swaggering down from the city wall in front of the two armies, and then heading towards the Han army camp, they couldn't help believing his words.

After all, if it weren't for the messenger, it wouldn't be like this.

But out of caution, several scouts of the Han army carefully began to search the whole body of the favored envoy.

After searching, the scouts of the Han army found that there was nothing on him except a letter and a seal.

After feeling safe, a Han army scout immediately went to the big tent to report the matter to Mi Yang.

The remaining scouts of the Han army stayed in place to guard the favored envoy.

Not long after, the Han army scout who went to report turned around and brought Mi Yang's order.

Under Mi Yang's order, several Han army scouts pressed the Man Chong envoy and walked towards the big tent where Mi Yang was.

After traveling for a while, the envoy of Man Chong had arrived outside Mi Yang's big tent under the escort of the scouts of the Han army.

Then a scout from the Han army went in and reported to Mi Yang.

Mi Yang in the big tent heard that the envoy of Man Chong had arrived, and he asked the scouts of the Han army to bring him in.

At the same time, the faces of all the generals in the big tent showed curiosity.

Originally, everyone was still discussing matters, but they suddenly heard the scout report that there was an envoy from Man Chong coming. This inevitably made the generals curious and wanted to know why Man Chong suddenly sent an envoy here.

After Mi Yang's order was conveyed, the envoy who was full of favor was brought into the big tent by the scouts of the Han army.

After the envoy of Man Chong entered the big tent, he saw Mi Yang sitting on the main seat at first sight.

Seeing Mi Yang looking at him, he couldn't help feeling nervous.

Facing such a prestigious general, the envoy of full favor felt uneasy in his heart.

But before he left, Man Chong's Yin Yin instructions still echoed in his ears. Thinking of the lord's expectation, the Man Chong messenger could only go forward to bow to Mi Yang with a feeling of apprehension: "Greetings, General."

Mi Yang looked at the envoy in front of him with interesting eyes, and he smiled and asked the envoy:
"Did Man Boning send you here to ask for surrender?"

When Mi Yang's words came out, all the generals of the Han army in the tent burst into laughter.

Everyone's laughter floated in the entire military tent, making the face of the favored messenger show a look of fear.

This burst of laughter reflects the fact that the morale of the Han army is now high.

Obviously Mi Yang's sentence was a joke.

But it was Mi Yang's joke that made the generals in the tent very proud.

Although Mi Yang was dissatisfied with the arrogance and arrogance of the generals under his command, it was internal.

Internally, Mi Yang doesn't want his generals to be arrogant and lead to big mistakes in the future.

To the outside world, Mi Yang must of course show his own self-confidence to the enemy, because this can damage the enemy's morale.

After all, judging from the current overall situation, Mi Yang's side must have the upper hand.

"Despise the enemy strategically, and attach importance to the enemy tactically" is exactly this principle.

Under the laughter of the Han generals, the fear in the hearts of the envoys of Man Chong grew stronger and stronger.

But when he thought of Man Chong's instructions, the Man Chong messenger still trembled, and took out Man Chong's seal and letter from his arms and presented them to Mi Yang with both hands.

Seeing the envoy Manchong take out the seal ribbon and a letter, the generals of the Han army in the tent showed surprise on their faces.

In the scout's report just now, the generals already knew the items carried by the full-favored messenger.

But because the scouts didn't know the level of the seal, there was no special description of the seal carried by the envoy.

Now when the envoy of Man Chong took out the seal and ribbon in person, the generals discovered that the seal and ribbon in the hands of the envoy of Man Chong was "Silver Seal and Green Ribbon".

Although Niwei established itself on behalf of the Han Dynasty, but because of the short period of establishment of the dynasty, all the rules and regulations of Niwei were mostly based on those of the Han Dynasty.

In the official system of the Han Dynasty and the silver seal and green ribbon, only high-ranking officials with more than two thousand stones could wear it.

Combined with the previously learned information, the current two thousand stone high-ranking officials in Wudang County are only Man Chong.

Therefore, this seal is likely to be full of favors.

Seeing that Man Chong actually presented his envoy to Mi Yang, all the generals looked at Mi Yang with surprised eyes.

Could it be that the general was right?

When Mi Yang saw Man Chong's envoy take out Man Chong's seal ribbon, he was also taken aback for a moment.

The seal is the status symbol of an official. Man Chong gave him his envoy as a gift. The meaning of this is indeed worth pondering.

Then Mi Yang ordered Ding Feng who was beside him to go forward and take the letterhead and seal ribbon from the envoy of Man Chong.

After a while, under the gaze of everyone, Ding Feng placed the letterhead and printing ribbon on the desk in front of Mi Yang.

Mi Yang picked up the official seal and looked at it, and found that the official seal indeed belonged to Man Chong.

After confirming this, Mi Yangfang opened the letterhead Man Chong gave him and read it.

There wasn't much content in the letterhead, and Mi Yang had finished reading it soon.

When Mi Yang finished reading the contents of the pet letter, a thoughtful look appeared on his face.

Just after thinking about it, a clear smile appeared on his face.

This old thief!

He first asked Man Chong's envoy to withdraw from the big tent, and then he ordered Ding Feng to pass Man Chong's letter to the generals present for viewing.

Soon after, all the generals in the account had read the contents of the letterhead.

After the generals read the contents of the letter, various expressions appeared on the faces of the generals.

Some people have a look of belief, some have a look of doubt, and some have a look of deep thought.

The generals in the account had this reaction because the content of Man Chong's letterhead was indeed credible.

Leaving aside the fact that Man Chong sent the seal and ribbon as a letter, Man Chong said that Nanyang's elite soldiers were all lost and that there would be no reinforcements within a month, which is somewhat credible.

It cannot be said that there is no elite Wei army in Nanyang County.

As a large southern county where Cao Wei defended against Liu Bei, there must be certain soldiers and horses in various places.

After all, among the nearly 2 troops under the command of Cao Ren, only more than [-] soldiers belonged to Nanyang.

But those more than 2 soldiers should be the majority of the mobile forces in Nanyang County.

Now that it is approaching the autumn harvest season, under such circumstances, if Cao Wei dispatches reinforcements from other states and counties, the delay may be more than a month.

Among the generals in the tent, Feng Xi and Zhang Bao had expressions of confidence on their faces.

Among them, Feng Xi was born in a Nanyang family, while Zhang Bao and others valued faith and righteousness under the influence of their elders.

Man Chong took out the seal ribbon as a proof to win the trust of everyone, and it did have a certain effect.

Compared with Feng Xi, Zhang Bao and others, Ding Feng and Zhang Ni had certain doubts about the content of Man Chong's letterhead.

It's just that they couldn't tell for a while whether what Man Chong said was true.

If what Man Chong said is true, then it would be great to be able to win Wudang without bloodshed after a month.

But when the expressions on the faces of the generals were different, there was a stumbling sound in the tent.

"Mo, don't forget the oath of the white horse in the battle of Xiangfan."

This stumbling sound made people know that it was Deng Ai.

But it was Deng Ai's stumbling sound, like a bell in the morning and a drum in the evening, beating on the hearts of the generals.

Deng Ai's reminder is reminiscent of Man Chong killing the White Horse League and vowing to defend the city in the Battle of Xiangfan.

At the beginning, Guan Yu flooded the Seventh Army, which caused the wall of Fancheng to collapse in many places due to the flooding, and the army panicked. It seemed that Fancheng fell in an instant.

At that time, someone suggested that Cao Ren abandon the city and flee.

When Cao Ren was moved, it was Man Chong who spoke out to dissuade Cao Ren, and drowned his own white horse and swore to defend the city with all the soldiers in the city.

With Man Chong's encouragement, the Wei army's morale in Fancheng was revived.

This incident was originally only circulated among Cao Wei's internal affairs, but just now when General Wei Jun talked about Man Chong's resume, he focused on this as a glorious deed, so all the generals in the account knew about it.

It was only after Deng Ai's reminder that the generals in the tent realized that when Fancheng was in such a critical situation, Man Chong wanted to defend the city firmly.

No matter how critical the situation in Wudang County is now, it can't be compared with the original Fancheng. How could Man Chong think of surrendering voluntarily?
So this is likely to be Man Chong's plan to delay the attack.

This is the benefit of knowing yourself and the enemy. If you don't know yourself and the enemy, the behavior of being full of favors will confuse people.

After realizing that this was Man Chong's tactic to delay the attack, the faces of Feng Xi and Zhang Bao all showed anger.

Just now, he was almost deceived by this old thief.

Seeing that all the generals in the tent had already realized that this was Man Chong's plan to delay the attack, Mi Yang looked at Deng Ai with admiration.

Knowing military strategy and understanding people's hearts, Deng Ai's dazzling talent began to be gradually revealed in front of everyone.

Now that all the generals already know Man Chong's strategy of slowing down the army, there is no need for Mi Yang to give special instructions to the generals.

He ordered all the generals to go down to prepare for the battle, leaving Deng Ai alone in the big tent.

After all the generals retreated, only Deng Ai and Mi Yang remained in the big tent.

But Mi Yang didn't talk to Deng Ai immediately at the beginning, he was just writing a letter.

Deng Ai's reminder just now was for people other than Mi Yang.

Because under his observation just now, although Mi Yang had a thoughtful look on his face at first, a smile soon appeared on his face, which showed that Mi Yang had not fallen for the trick.

Seeing that Mi Yang left him alone, Deng Ai didn't speak to him immediately, and there was no anxiety on his face, he just waited for Mi Yang respectfully.

Soon the letter in Mi Yang's hand was written.

After the letter was written, he ordered someone to bring in the envoy who had been waiting outside the tent.

After the envoy of Man Chong came in, Mi Yang handed over the letter in his hand and asked him to return to Wudang County with the letter.

Although Mi Yang knew that Man Chong's letter was his trick, but Mi Yang is a polite person, so he should reply.

The envoy of Man Chong looked at Mi Yang with a gentle face and handed the reply letter to him, and his heart felt a lot more at ease.

All the men who paid the bill just now glared at him, and he thought that Man Chong's scheme had been exposed.

Looking at Mi Yang's attitude now, it seems that everything is going very smoothly.

After receiving Mi Yang's letterhead, the envoy of Man Chong hurriedly left his tent of the Han army, which was regarded as a wolf's den.

After the Man Chong envoy left, Mi Yang looked at Deng Ai, and he asked Deng Ai:

"Shizai, do you know why I want to attack Wudang?"

After hearing Mi Yang's question, Deng Ai immediately began to think quickly.

Every large army will have a purpose, and this purpose must be related to the word profit.

On the surface, it seems that Mi Yang traveled down to attack Wudang County because Wudang County was empty of troops.

But if it's just this point, it's not in line with Mi Yang's style.

And Deng Ai also knew that Mi Yang was not going to make a large-scale northern expedition as ordinary people understood.

Because the [-] troops in Hanzhong were not Mi Yang's headquarters.

The [-] army was actually temporarily dispatched by Liu Bei to Mi Yang to guard the west city.

Since it is temporary, the ownership of the [-] troops will not belong to Mi Yang for a long time.

Perhaps at most one month, the military power of the [-] troops will be taken back by Liu Bei.

In addition, the [-] army in Mi Yang's hands alone is not enough for the real Northern Expedition.

Now under Liu Bei's rule, he is in a state of recuperation.

Moreover, the autumn harvest is approaching. From a strategic point of view, this time is not the time for Liu Bei to make a large-scale northern expedition.

Even Guan Yu in Jingzhou may send troops to contain some reinforcements from the Wei army, but there is no way to send a large number of troops to fight with Mi Yang.

So what Mi Yang wants to do must be to seek the greatest benefit for himself with the help of the current [-] army still in his hands.

So what is this benefit?

Deng Ai's mind was working fast, and he was summarizing all the information he knew so far.

After summarizing, Deng Ai thought of a very crucial piece of information.

Deng Ai looked at Mi Yang excitedly and said: "The general is for the large amount of military rations in Wudang County?"

Seeing that Deng Ai guessed his true purpose, Mi Yang smiled and nodded to Deng Ai.

It is indeed a padded jacket!

After knowing Mi Yang's true purpose, Deng Ai just suddenly realized.

No wonder the letter paper full of favors can't confuse Mi Yang.

Even if what Man Chong said is true, just from Mi Yang's purpose, it is impossible for Mi Yang to wait for Man Chong for a month.

Because the autumn harvest is approaching.

Man Chong's envoy quickly returned to the city wall and handed the letter written by Mi Yang to Man Chong.

When Man Chong saw Mi Yang's reply, a look of joy appeared on his face.

He couldn't wait to open Mi Yang's reply letter and read it.

"Manjun's reputation is like a white jade, and I have heard it all the time. The elders often say that a gentleman should have the beauty of an adult.

Although Lord Man has the intention of surrendering today, he will burn all the inside of his heart, and his reputation will be damaged in the future.

Scholars pay attention to integrity, which is the theorem of ancient and modern times.

Don't worry if you are full of kings, you can't bear to abolish your name.

Yang is willing to use his own military power to become the king's death festival. "

After Man Chong read Mi Yang's letter, the original joy on his face disappeared instantly, replaced by a gloomy expression.

What Mi Yang said was grandiose, but actually every word was full of innuendo.

Because of the anger in his heart, Man Chong threw Mi Yang's reply letter heavily on the ground, and then looked down in the direction of the Han army camp with resentful eyes.

Is this the disciple from the Fa-orthodox teaching?

Man Chong also wanted to deceive Mi Yang by writing letters, but he forgot that there was a bungee jumping tragedy in the police last year, and the reason for that tragedy was also because of a letter.

How can it be possible to compete with others' strengths with one's own shortcomings?

(End of this chapter)