Wei Ni

Chapter 67 In Me
As a general in Yamen, and far away on the Huainan front, Xia Houhui would not be able to learn the news of the temple according to common sense.

But the emperor Cao Rui sent him a private letter after ordering Manchong to return to Luoyang, the capital, and told Li Changshi to always tell him the news of the temple for his reference.

Because the emperor said something like this in his letter: "When the temple has a final conclusion on the Longyou war, Zhiquan can find an opportunity to say nothing about the matter of inviting me to the Xuchang Palace."

Yes, the emperor asked him to perform his duties in the matter.

What he was talking about was a change that allowed scholars to redeem their lives and obtain farmland with military exploits.

He also claimed in the letter that he would privately instruct the servant Liu Ye and the general of the guard Jiang Ji to unify their caliber, and when Xia Houhui was sent to the eunuch, they would speak up and share the accusations of the ministers and officials for Xia Houhui.

Xia Houhui was not surprised by this.

He was designated as a lonely minister very early on, so he naturally had the consciousness to be a pawn of the king.

Moreover, Emperor Cao Rui was really kind to him, and he would not feel wronged if he was asked to do something like this to benefit the community.

However, what Cao Rui didn't know was that he now had extended ideas about the reform of the scholar family.

Because he already knew now that Cao Rui sent him back from Xuchang in a hurry to avoid suspicion, so that others would think it was his advice and accumulate resentment against him when dealing with the accumulated evils of the village.And when he followed the cavalry song out of the city to perform martial arts, he also found that there were few people living on both sides of the Huai River, and many fertile fields were just deserted.

What a pity!

If enough farmers were recruited to work, the production would not only be more than enough to supply the Huainan theater, but even the Luoyang Central Army would not need to transfer food and fodder from other places in the future to support the war.

Of course, with the current collapse of the farming policy, bureaucrats and tyrants colluding to oppress and detain the farmers, it is natural that no Li Shu is willing to be a farmer.

Regardless of whether it is Xu, Yang, and Yanzhou of the Wei Dynasty, it is due to the frequent wars in the early years and the fact that a certain person especially likes to use killing to establish his prestige. There are very few nei li shu.

Fewer people also means that there is a surplus of land.

Who would want to be a farmer when he has an acre of land to cultivate?
After thinking about it, Xia Houhui turned his idea to the Li Shu in Mintun—since the reform of the scholar family is about to be promoted, can the Li Shu in Mintun also change with the trend?

Just in time, isn't the emperor Cao Rui vigorously rectifying the accumulated evils in the villages~
And Xia Houhui knew that the so-called governing a big country is like cooking a small fish.

When the temple implements changes to the national policy, it is often very cautious to carry out the pilot implementation first, and then make a conclusion after observing the actual effect.

Therefore, Xia Houhui thought that when he was dredging, he used the land on both sides of the Huaihe River as an excuse, and when he promoted the reform of the scholars, he used this land as a reward. It will not encroach on the interests of local aristocratic families and Haoyou, and make the change less helpful.

As for the problem of the reduction of soldiers due to the redemption of scholars by military exploits, they used Li Shu from Mintun to make up for it.

It is to implement the policy of recruiting soldiers in the villages.

For the applicants, the imperial court directly painted the fields on both sides of the Huai River as a reward, and let them break away from the status of farmer and become self-cultivated farmers, so as to encourage Li Shu to respond enthusiastically.

In this way, these Li Shu recruited as pawns can make up for the difficulty of the Huainan front after the Battle of Shiting.

And after their family members come to Huai River to cultivate the land rewarded by the court, the land rent and other taxes collected according to the law every year can raise newly recruited soldiers. Are there soldiers on the border?

With such thoughts in mind, the more Xia Houhui thought about it, the more he felt that he went beyond the emperor Cao Rui's instructions, and it was feasible to add the method of recruiting Lishu as soldiers during the reform of Shangshushi's family.

Besides, he was just giving advice.

Whether it is feasible or not is up to the emperor and the princes to decide~
Anyway, I don't know what to do, and there is nothing to hesitate.

However, the emperor asked him to wait for the temple to come to a conclusion on the battle of Longyou before going to the school, so he could only suppress his thoughts for the time being, and turn his mind to how to get chestnuts from the fire to obtain military exploits.

Yes, if he wanted to gain military exploits in this bandit Wu Sunbu's feint-surrender, he would be taking a chestnut out of the fire.

Because of the 300-man scout battalion, one hundred cavalry pawns are the quota for daily patrols, so he only has two hundred cavalry pawn scouts to use.And even Wang Ling couldn't get soldiers from Li Changshi, so naturally he wouldn't get soldiers either.

Not to mention, he had to do it quietly.

Otherwise, once Li Changshi found out, he would be ordered to stay in the camp.

It is impossible for Li Changshi, who had been instructed by the emperor in private, to sit back and watch him go to take risks.

Furthermore, he also acted without authorization this time.

In his plan, after following the soldiers and horses sent by Wang Ling to meet Sun Bu, when Sun Bu who pretended to surrender attacked the soldiers and horses, he would look for an opportunity to fight out and take Sun Bu's head.

Well, I just wanted to kill the general, and escaped with one blow, and I didn't have the spring and autumn dream of turning the tide of the battle in one fell swoop.

The so-called eat a cut grows a wisdom.

He had the experience of being chased and killed by Ding Feng last time, and he didn't want to repeat the same mistakes because of greed. What if the thief Wu Sunquan didn't send troops to support Sun Bu's actions later?
Moreover, being greedy will also increase the casualties of his cavalry scouts.

If you kill one thousand enemies, you will lose eight hundred.

If the cavalry and scouts were much damaged, when Man Chong returned from the capital Luoyang, he would definitely use his head to demonstrate the power of military law!

Even the emperor Cao Rui, who is far away in Luoyang and out of reach, can't save him!
But if the cavalry scout suffered little damage, he would have a reason to get rid of the crime~
As long as he claimed that he was on guard with scouts, he happened to find that the soldiers sent by Wang Ling were attacked by the thief Wu, so he took advantage of the situation and tried to rescue him. Unexpectedly, he accidentally brought back Sun Bu's head
Anyway, everything was a coincidence when he was performing his duties of daily inspections and spying on military intelligence.

Instead of him acting on his own initiative.

Of course, he didn't expect this kind of flawed statement to deceive Man Chong and others.

But he didn't have to lie~
As long as he can justify himself, even if Man Chong can guess the tricks, so what?

The military law is strict and strict.

In the absence of conclusive evidence, Man Chong can't use "unnecessary" to take his marching law~
After making up his mind, Xia Houhui first summoned two hundred cavalrymen, first told Man Chong that Sun Bu was a false surrender but Wang Ling still wanted to meet Sun Bu, and then claimed that he wanted to gain military exploits from it, so that The pawns chose for themselves whether to go with him or not.

This self-selection is a process.

After what happened last time, all the cavalry and scouts were willing to do their best for him, and there would still be those who would not follow him.

Therefore, after getting everyone's gracious promise, he asked Jiang Ban to lead more than a hundred cavalry to flee into Fuling to inquire about the movement of the thief Wu, and to monitor when Sun Bu would arrive, while he led Chen Ding and others. The cavalry pawns of fifty cavalry who had rehearsed charging into the formation stood in Shouchun, waiting for Wang Ling to send troops out of the city.

Yes, Sun Bu will come to Shouchun from the gap in the mountains beyond Fuling.

This was also one of the reasons why Wang Ling was willing to believe in Sun Bu's return.

Far from the rivers and fighting on land, Wei Guo is confident enough to defeat Wu soldiers.

Moreover, out of caution, Wang Ling postponed the time to welcome Sun Bu until the winter and October when the water level of the river dropped and the Jiangdong Navy could hardly cope.In this way, even if the thief Wu Sun Quan used Sun Bu to feign surrender, but limited by the time and distance of the soldiers and horses attacking, he would not have the possibility of seizing the concubine Shouchun.

It's just that, no matter how cautious he is, Wang Ling will eventually face a stain in his official career if he does the calculations mentally or carelessly.

Because just when he and Sun Bu were exchanging letters frequently and discussing the details of entering Wei, Sun Quan had already personally led the army to Hengjiangpu!In addition, Ding Feng, who was originally stationed in Hengjiangpu, was sent back, and the headquarters was also sent to Fuling to guard!
Seeking truth from facts, Sun Quan's practice of sending people to feign surrender is remarkable.

One is that the timing is good.

In the case of defeat in the Yongliang battle of Wei State, it was difficult for the Luoyang Chinese Army to support the Huainan battlefield in a hurry.

And he used the trick of feigning surrender to lure the Wei army out of the city to meet them, and then ambushed and killed them, driving the rout to the city of Shouchun. The aid campaign went smoothly.

The other is a deep understanding of reverse psychology.

Regardless of whether it is Wei or Jiangdong, the inherent impression is that Jiangdong, which is dominated by water, is not good at land warfare, and it is difficult to compete with the Wei army on land.Therefore, this time, he made Sun Bu claim to rush to Wei from Fuling, which naturally greatly dispelled Wang Ling's suspicion, and made the plan of false surrender succeed.

Moreover, he personally led the army to wait at Hengjiangpu this time, and he was also a master at dividing the various points guarded by the Wei army.

They planned to use the elite soldiers from Shanyue and Danyang as the main infantry to follow Sun Bu. After Sun Bu successfully ambushed, he drove to the camp in Shouchun City to cut off the connection between Shouchun and Hefei City in Wei State; and then let the elite navy go. Ruxushui entered Chaohu Lake, went ashore and surrounded Hefei City, and broke it before the Luoyang Chinese Army of Wei State came to rescue.

Yes, from the perspective of Sun Quan and Jiangdong's generals, if all goes well, they have a great chance of breaking Hefei City.

Because of the surprise and the reversal of the morale of the enemy and ourselves.

As the outpost of Wei Guoyu Wu, the resident soldiers in Hefei City have always been three thousand.

But every time before Jiangdong Xingbing invaded, Wei Guo, who learned the news through careful investigation, would repatriate two or three thousand soldiers into Hefei City to defend, so that there would be no shortage of troops when the city was trapped.

Now, as soon as Sun Quan changed his usual way of marching by land, he cut off the connection between Shouchun and Hefei without anyone noticing, and naturally the reinforcements could not enter Hefei city.

The morale reversal of the enemy and ours was due to Sun Quan's plan. After Sun Bu ambushed the soldiers and horses sent by Wang Ling to meet them, he searched the battlefield and sent the banners and prisoners of the Wei army to the city of Hefei, claiming that Wei Guoshouchun came to rescue the soldiers and horses in Hefei. Already defeated by him, Hefei will no longer send reinforcements.Under such a heart attack, the generals of the Wei army in Hefei City were naturally low in morale and unable to resist.

It can be said that Jiangdong is well versed in the essence of the art of war when raising troops this time.

However, it's a pity.

However, the people guarding Huainan in the state of Wei are full of favors.

Man Chong, who has stayed on the front line of Yuwu since the Battle of Chibi, has too much experience and knows Jiangdong too well, so he saw through Jiangdong's deceitful defeat at a glance.

It also made Sun Quan's imaginary meddling in Huainan's grand plan come to naught.

When Sun Bu sent someone to report, claiming that Wang Ling had only sent about 700 county soldiers to meet him, Sun Quan, who had just moved his troops from Hengjiangpu to Fuling, felt that heaven had not fulfilled his wishes.

700 people, and return the county soldiers!

Even if Sun Bu killed them all, it would have no effect on Wei, and it would not be of any benefit to the war!

Because in the case of Wei Guo's standing elite stationed in Shouchun, he did not dare to leave the elite navy and go north to Shouchun hundreds of miles away from the water!
Shouchun City has cavalry.

Once Wei Guo used his infantry to restrain him from the front and his cavalry to go around and cut off his way back, then he would not be able to wait for the navy to come to rescue him, who committed the taboo of going deep into the army alone.

Alas, that's all.

If you can't make it now, let's go back and wait for the opportunity.

Sun Quan, who thought he was bringing the army to the north bank of the river and was startled by Wang Ling, and that's why he sent soldiers from seven hundred counties to meet him. The soldiers and horses returned to Jianye.Even Ding Feng was sent back to Hengjiangpu to continue to garrison on the grounds that he did not need Laoton soldiers.

Yes, there is no need for Ding Feng to stay in Fuling anymore.

Sun Bu, who was in charge of the feint-surrender, led [-] elite soldiers, and with deliberate calculations or inadvertently, he wanted to defeat the [-]-country soldiers of Wei State, which was easy as pie.

Moreover, it was just an ambush of a county soldier.

It was not a feat worthy of publicity. Sun Bu sent away two thousand elite soldiers, and he had to let Ding Feng, the brave leader of the three armies, follow up. If it got out, Wei Guo might laugh at it!

With all the winning tickets in hand, there's no need to go to all lengths to increase the laughingstock after dinner, isn't it?
Sun Quan's thoughts and actions made Xia Houhui very grateful, and he kept rejoicing in his heart, thinking that it was very wise for him to choose to come to the Huainan battlefield!

He had already tiptoed quietly, following the soldiers and horses sent by Wang Ling out of the city.

I also learned that Jiang Ban, who was spying on the situation in Fuling, came back with news that the thief Wu Dajun was dormant in Fuling.

At that time, he thought that this time he would be unable to escape from the fire.

After all, if you keep the green hills, you are not afraid of running out of firewood.

It is impossible for him to stubbornly go to die knowing that the thief Wu Dajun is by his side.

But who would have expected that just when he was about to give up and lead his troops back, Sun Quan actually led his troops back!
When Jiang Ban's repatriated scouts came back to report the latest military situation, Xia Houhui's eyes were full of disbelief at first, and then he was overjoyed, clapping his hands and expressing his gratitude to God for helping me.

He also hurriedly led Chen Ding and other cavalry to detour, and rushed to the meeting place between Sun Bu and the soldiers of Wei State. Based on the familiarity of the scout cavalry with the terrain in this area, it is not difficult to deduce from the marching speed of Sun Bu and the soldiers of Wei State that the two sides met. location.

However, after he joined Jiang Ban, a new problem appeared again.

Jiang Ban, who watched Sun Bu all the way, estimated that there were about [-] Wu soldiers, and deduced from the strict marching array that these soldiers were all Jiangdong's elite!
But they only had two hundred cavalry pawns, and it was not so difficult to take the chestnut out of the fire and take Sun Bu's head.

As generals, they all have personal guards.

Not to mention that Jiangdong's military system is partly private ownership. The master's father dies and his son succeeds, and the soldiers under his supervision are like private soldiers.Therefore, if these soldiers saw Sun Bu being attacked, they would definitely fight bravely and defend him to the death.

"General, if I don't wait for the thief general Sun Bu to arrive, I will go and tell the county soldier that he led the Wu soldiers to surrender, and let him go back instead?"

After reporting the situation of Wu Bing, Jiang Ban still remonstrated like this.

He also felt that it was difficult to kill Sun Bu, so he suggested that Xia Houhui give up and turn to rescue the friendly army.

"That county's soldiers were dispatched by the king's envoy, and they are responsible for their duties. They will not listen to our words."

Shaking his head, Xia Houhui rejected Jiang Ban's proposal.

Leading the cavalry to hide among the reeds in the wetland, the lid of his left eye was bitten by a mosquito at some point, and it swelled up into a big lump, and the left eyelid was pulled down like a triangular eye. Very funny.

But what he said next was not funny at all.

Instead, he is full of pride and swallows mountains and rivers with arrogance.

Said: "We are waiting for the oriole to be behind and take the first opportunity. Even if the thief Wu is all elite, why should we be afraid of him! Besides, our country of Wei is dominated by cavalry, and we are all elite! Two hundred cavalry against the bandit Wu's two thousand pawns, it can be said that the advantage lies with me!"

(End of this chapter)