Wei Ni

Chapter 85
When Man Chong was in Shangshu earlier, he had a final conclusion on the timing of the surprise attack on Wancheng.

It was when the bandit Wu invaded with a large army and returned without success, even if the news leaked out during Yitu's sneak attack, Sun Quan could not quickly gather troops to rescue.

But under the urging of Emperor Cao Rui, even though the thief Wu did not come to invade the country this year, he had to put the sneak attack plan on the agenda.

Because he knew that the emperor urgently needed a victory to stabilize the temple.

Just in the autumn and July of this year, Wei Wei Dong Zhao, who was acting as the agent of Situ's mansion, officially became Situ.

And the first thing he did when he transferred was to criticize the sons of the rich and powerful of the Luoyang capital for gathering people to make friends and compete to flaunt their fame and fame, claiming that if things go on like this, the society will be uneasy.

In this regard, the emperor Cao Rui deeply thought it, and was also very emotional.

As early as in the fourth year of Taihe, he issued an imperial edict to warn these sons and daughters of public officials not to be pompous and disregard moral principles, and even made an act of killing chickens to scare monkeys.

However, these people do not want to repent!
Instead, they intensified, treating the edict representing the authority of the emperor as empty talk.

The so-called is tolerable and unbearable.

Immediately issue an imperial edict to deal with the "Fashion Case", remove He Yan, Xia Houxuan, Sima Shi, Zhuge Dan, Deng Yang, Ding Mi and others from their official positions and imprison them from then on!
Originally, there was no problem doing so.

These powerful children despise the monarchy, and naturally they have to pay the price.

However, Cao Rui, the former emperor, had already used the monarchy to forcefully suppress the officials once in the reform of the governance of farming and scholars. Now that these powerful children are imprisoned, it is afraid that the hearts of the people will be disturbed!

After all, nothing can be done again.

The contradiction between monarchy and subject power is too intensified, which is not a good thing for the community.

But the emperor could not compromise.

Therefore, he urgently needs the new army to usher in a victory, so as to prove that his policy of promoting the reform of the scholar family and recruiting troops from the fields is correct, and it is beneficial to the society, so that those officials and officials choose to shut up in the face of the facts , And then reluctantly compromise.

Although the Cao Wei regime is very stable now, there is no sign of division or civil strife.

As an emperor who monopolizes power, there is nothing to worry about pushing a decree forcefully.

However, under the circumstance of being surrounded by foreign enemies, he still needs these public officials and officials to work together and work together to achieve the great cause of swallowing Wu and destroying Shu.

Man Chong has never participated in temple battles.

But it doesn't mean that he doesn't have a keen political sense, and he can also understand the potential intention of the emperor Cao Rui to urge the war.

As a veteran of Cao Wei III, he would naturally not refute at such a time, and he would also have the thought of "sharing the worries for the king" and carry out the sneak attack plan in advance.

In particular, the thief Wu Sunquan also "cooperated" with Wei's combat intentions.

However, Tian Yu successfully ambushed the mission fleet returning from Liaodong to Jiangdong in Qingzhou, but Jiangdong was not completely wiped out; as the deputy envoy, Pei Qian fled back to Soochow with the remaining ships.

However, Gongsun Yuan, who is far away in Liaodong, used Wei Guo and Tian Yu, who had great prestige in northern Xinjiang, to lead Qingzhou, build ships wantonly, and sent envoys from the temple to claim that the fact that they were engaged in commerce and trade was an act of sending spies. He thought that the emperor Cao Rui would plot Myself, my heart was already panicked.When he learned that Tian Yu had ambushed the Jiangdong mission and obtained the exact evidence of his peace with Jiangdong, he became more and more anxious.

Out of the urgency to seek foreign aid, after discussing with his confidantes, he sent envoys again in early winter and October, and dispatched the school Wei Su Shu and Sun Zong to bring mink, good horses and other Liaodong specialties as tribute to the Jiang Dong wanted Sun Quan to become a minister.

And on the grounds that Wei Buri will attack Liaodong, he asks Jiangdong for protection.

The speed was so fast that it almost reached Jiangdong with Jiangdong envoy Pei Qian.

In this regard, Sun Quan was delighted.

And at the request of Liaodong envoys Su Shu and Sun Zong for several days, and in order to strengthen Gongsun Yuan's determination to fight against Wei, Sun Quan sent Taichang Zhang Mi again in late winter and December, Jin Wu Xu Yan, and Zhonglang General Wan Wan. Tai, General He Da and others led tens of thousands of soldiers, carrying a large number of treasures to Liaodong, canonized Gongsun Yuan as King of Yan, and added nine gifts.

This matter was admonished by Jiangdong's ministers, from the prime minister Gu Yong down.

They asserted that Gongsun Yuan was untrustworthy and Liaodong was remote, so it was not worthwhile to spend so much money to win him over.

Even if the Sun family honors the title of emperor with their humble family status, Gongsun Yuan is the only separatist force that automatically proclaims you as emperor, you shouldn't be so excited!Send some soldiers to escort Gongsun Yuan's envoy back to show the alliance between the two families, so why mobilize the troops?

But Sun Quan refused to listen and insisted on doing it.

After Man Chong found out about this, he felt that Sun Quan was very knowledgeable.

Even when he was about to attack Wancheng, he just sent some elite sailors to Liaodong~
Therefore, Man Chong sent Xia Houhui, General Zhang Ying and others to lead the soldiers of the headquarters to Anfeng County at the beginning of December in late winter, and gathered soldiers from Anfeng and Yiyang counties and scholars there earlier. Sun Li gathered together to discuss the dispatch of the sneak attack.

In fact, there is nothing to discuss.

General Zhang Ying was also from Zhuojun, Youzhou, and Sun Li was from their hometown, and they had known each other for a long time.

And he is a very pure soldier.

He is reticent, only burying his head in the thorough execution of orders, and never talks about how to dispatch.

And his deputy Le Fang is even more boring.

It was almost to the point where he could not speak without making a sound. In the ten days that Xia Houhui had been with him, he hadn't seen him take the initiative to speak.

Perhaps, Man Chong chose the two of them as the backbone of the war because of this reason - this kind of sneak attack war that has already been determined requires a general who resolutely obeys orders and goes forward, not the kind of intelligence or A person with a strategy in his stomach.

After all, intelligent people also have a lot of thoughts, and they are most likely to be constantly interrupted by the influence of the environment.

And Xia Houhui is not qualified to comment on the war.

He has never participated in a battle where thousands of people are in charge, let alone such a battle where various troops and horses cooperate with each other.

Without experience and resume, how could he dare to speak out at will~
Not to mention that they both knew that he and Cao Zuan were sent by Emperor Cao Rui to make military achievements.

Under such circumstances, of course, we must be more humble.

However, Sun Li was very kind to him.

It's not based on Xia Houhui's identity as the son of Qiao Pei Yuanxun, or the reason why he was different from the emperor.

But before he was transferred to Lujiang prefect, he also went to Luoyang to pay homage to the emperor.

Emperor Cao Rui said it in private.

Said: "Sun Qing has achieved political achievements in many places. He is a good official of the country. I wanted to call you back to the imperial court to serve in the Shangshutai. However, there are many troubles in Huainan and there is a lack of governors in Lujiang. It is Sun Qing who can make me feel at ease. You should encourage me, I will be able to do something in Lujiang soon!"

At that time, Sun Li didn't know what the emperor said "will be promising in Lujiang".

He didn't dare to ask General Zhengdong Man Chong in private.

Until now, when Emperor Cao Rui personally accused him of attacking the former governor of Wancheng, he realized that the emperor was training him for future use~
After all, the people guarding Huainan these days are already seventy years old and Wang Ling is also in his sixties.

Therefore, it is not surprising that he has a kindness towards Xia Houhui who facilitated the plan to attack Wancheng this time.

Especially Xia Houhui is also very witty~
Whenever Sun Li gathered people to discuss the details and asked Xia Houhui if he had any other ideas, Xia Houhui would always answer in this way: "The last general has never supervised the troops to go to battle, so he dare not speak falsely. If the eunuch thinks that the last general may be worthy of use." , please give your orders as much as you can, the general will definitely act according to the order, step up to the front and do your best!"

A humble person is always likable.

The pre-military plan has almost become the one-sided Sun Li. When deploying the responsibilities of various ministries, he also gave Xia Houhui a chance to "participate" when breaking the city.

Originally, in Man Chong's initial policy, Xia Houhui and Cao Zhuan's new army were not considered to be elites, so they were asked to lead the east side of the headquarters' Wancheng when they attacked Wancheng, and cut off Wancheng from the residence. The connection between the nests can prevent Wu soldiers who fled from Wancheng from rushing to the nests to warn.

Yes, Man Chong didn't mean to let him participate in breaking the city at all.

Anyway, as long as the new army participates in this battle, it will achieve the goal of Emperor Cao Rui.

And the thief Wu also has a lot of farms outside Wancheng~
Xia Houhui and Cao Zuan led the new army to pull out these garrison fields, and the data of beheading, captives and captures will not be bad.For soldiers and horses who have been in the army for less than a year and are on the battlefield for the first time, they have already shined brilliantly!
Why let them participate in breaking the city?

What if Xia Houhui, who always liked to do things without authorization, did something bold again to make this sneak attack come to naught?

Military affairs, don't be careless!

How can we not eliminate the unstable factors first.

But now Sun Li is still letting General Zhang Ying's headquarters attack Wancheng, but letting Xia Houhui and Cao Zuan lead half of the new army to accompany them; the other half of the new army soldiers are still going to Saidao to intercept.

It sounds good to be a support, but in fact everyone knows that this is to let Xia Houhui and Cao Zuan get more credit.

The important thing is to participate, isn't it?
If all goes well, based on the practice of Cao Wei's clan and the children of Qiao Pei Yuanxun who often leapfrog promotions, they should be recorded in the imperial decree for meritorious service and rewards in the temple: , The Greater Bie Mountains attacked Wancheng, pulling it out was a meritorious service.

For such an arrangement, Xia Houhui and Cao Zuan were overjoyed.

Neither General Zhang Ying nor Le Fang had any objections.

The reason is that they know their identities and dare not compete with the clan's children for merit.
The other is that they are also very familiar with Xia Houhui and others.

Previously, when Xia Houhui was going to seek Li Changshi to help find one or two generals who were well versed in fighting in the army to help supervise the new army's martial arts performance, he ran into Zhang Qidu on the way, and Zhang Qidu recommended Zhang Ying and Le Fang.

The reason is that Zhang Ying and Le Fang's headquarters have always been one of the soldiers on duty at the outpost of Hefei City. The soldiers are very familiar with the military formation, and they also know Wu Bing's tactics very well.

Therefore, when Xia Houhui was looking for Li Changshi, he asked by name if Zhang Ying and the generals from Le Fang's headquarters could be asked to help.

Li Changshi would not refuse.

During the two months when Zhang Ying and Le Fang returned from their rotations in Shouchun City, they were directly stationed with the new army.

This is the biggest reason why they are not disgusted.

If Xia Houhui and Cao Zuan have meritorious service, they will also have glory in their faces.

After all, the new army can be regarded as trained by them.

In particular, they were not worried that Xia Houhui and Cao Zuan would bring any changes to the broken city if they followed them.

Because according to the detailed work, they successively inquired about the returned military situation, letting them know that Wancheng is vulnerable to a single blow!As long as they can successfully cross the Dabie Mountains, breaking the city is easy!

It's not that they are arrogant, or they despise Wu Bing unbearably.

But there are three reasons.

One is that the walls of Wancheng are not high and not strong.

Ever since Sun Ce attacked Zhang Xun and seized Lujiang County, Wancheng, no matter whether it belonged to Wei State or Wu State, could hardly change its fate of being attacked once in less than ten years.The frequent wars saw the sawsaw, so that the people of Li and common people in this place dropped sharply, and the food and supplies were scarce. Naturally, there would not be enough people's strength and supplies to build the city firmly.

The second is that the Wu army guarding the city has few troops.

Since the Battle of Shiting, the Huainan front of Wei State has turned to defense, and Wu soldiers will not defend the Wancheng Valley with heavy troops.

Moreover, Shu County, which borders the State of Wei, is the center of defense. The State of Wu stationed most of its troops there, and the garrison of Wancheng in the rear was naturally sparse.

Furthermore, Wu Jun ruled the roost with naval divisions.

If Wei Guoxing invaded Shu County, the elite navy could come to rescue from Shushui and Wankou.

So there is no need to reprimand too many troops in Wancheng in the rear.

The third is the reason for the guard.

Now Wu Guo is stationed in the valley of Wancheng and the prefect of Lujiang is General Yan Gui.

Yan Gui's reputation in Jiangdong is not obvious, but he has made achievements.

During the Eastern Expedition of Wei Wen and Cao Pi (223 A.D.), Cao Ren led his army to attack Ruxuwu, and Sun Quan sent Luo Commanding troops to help Ruxu supervise Zhu Huan.

At that time, just when Zhu Huan sent half of his troops to Baoxian River but did not return, there was a huge disparity in the strength of Wei and Wu.

Luo Tong and Zhu Huan made a private plan to lure the enemy to go deep by pretending to have a weak defense with the flags and drums silenced, instead of sending two ambush troops to form horns outside Ruxu Zhongzhou to wait for the opportunity.

These two ambushes were led by Luo Tong and Yan Gui.

Zhongzhou is the home of Wu Guoan's soldiers guarding Ruxuwu.

However, Cao Ren, who drove the troops here, really fell for it on the grounds that the attack on Wu's soldiers could destroy the fighting spirit of Wu's soldiers, and relying on the superiority of his troops, he sent General Chang Diao to supervise Zhugeqian, Wang Shuang and others to lead five thousand troops to leave on the oil tanker. Attack Ruxu Zhongzhou.

It was also defeated by Luo Tong and Yan Gui who had been waiting for a long time.

Chang Diao and Zhugeqian were attacked to death, Wang Shuang was captured alive, and almost all the five thousand soldiers and horses were wiped out.

Relying on the merits of this battle, Yan Gui was added to the army by Sun Quan according to the Jiangdong military system, and he was no longer subordinate to others as a general.

Later, he also participated in the Battle of Shiting. Although he did not go to the front line to kill the enemy as a soldier in the rear, he was entrusted by Sun Quan because of his merits in guarding the prisoners of the Wei soldiers, controlling the local people, and guarding the city from being destroyed by the rebels. The post of prefect of Lujiang, stationed in the valley of Wancheng.

In fact, all the ministries in Jiangdong knew that this was not considered a promotion.

But he was not outstanding in talent and he was too old to be embarrassing in the conquest, so he was placed in Wancheng by Sun Quan for the elderly.

Well, with luck, retirement.

If the fortune is not good, it is the shroud of horse leather.

Because no matter it is Wei State or Wu State, the guards stationed in Wancheng will die almost every few years.
(End of this chapter)