Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 540 534. Stealing the Sky
Deng Ai's design is both simple and difficult. It is simple because there is no sophisticated design from beginning to end, and the main feature is simplicity and crudeness. It is difficult because it requires careful deployment and a plan for all kinds of possible problems. More importantly, it requires great courage and the courage to take risks.

If Feng Xi had not intervened, Deng Ai in the original timeline would have dared to sneak across Yinping when he had no other options. He was still very courageous when he was young.

Deng Ai's deployment was not complicated. First, Deng Ai's troops successfully landed in Donghai County according to the previous plan, and the situation in Donghai County was just as Feng Xi had imagined. The Battle of Wancheng and the Battle of Huainan attracted most of Wei's attention. Today, Donghai County is a logistics center responsible for the circulation of materials to Huainan.

Part of it will be transported to Shouchun via Xia Pi, and the other part will be transported from Huaiyin and Gaoyou to the Guangling front line.

After Deng Ai learned about the situation, he immediately came up with a plan. Fortunately, he had worked as a grain clerk for several years and was very familiar with the grain and material transportation process of Wei State, so he immediately made some preparations.

The first thing he did was to forge a list of supplies that had recently been sent from Guangling. With a stroke of his pen, Deng Ai added a lot of the supplies he needed and also allocated a lot more vehicles to make it easier to hide his troops.

Deng Ai was meticulous. He specially captured the Wei soldiers who were responsible for transporting grain to Guangling. After asking them all the details, he personally led a team of nearly 3,000 soldiers to Guangling City, ready to take the risk himself, behead Jiang Ji, and meet the Han army on the south bank.

As a minor official in charge of connecting grain and supplies, Deng Ai naturally knew how to anger the side that received the supplies, so he deliberately argued with Guangling's grain officials and quartermasters over accounting issues, and at the same time escalated the conflict, forcing Jiang Ji to come out in person to mediate.

After killing Jiang Ji, Deng Ai took advantage of the time difference to directly control the governor's mansion and found a soldier who was somewhat similar to Jiang Ji in shape and appearance to play the role of Jiang Ji who was seriously ill. After all, when a person is seriously ill, it is completely understandable that his face is a little haggard and his voice is a little hoarse, which is not easily noticed.

Jiang Ji's military seal was taken by Deng Ai, who deployed his troops and created a gap in the Wei army's defense. Although Wang Ji had some doubts, Deng Ai was very careful and had already filled all the loopholes he could think of, so Wang Ji had no choice but to obey his orders.

Deng Ai was so bold because he had served in the State of Wei for several years and was very familiar with the state's procedures, so he was considered an insider.

Secondly, because he was eager to make achievements, Deng Ai was appreciated by Feng Xi until now, but he had not made many great achievements, only some trivial ones. In addition, Ma Su, who had once been at odds with him, was now emerging in the army, so Deng Ai decided to make a great achievement to make a name for himself.

With all these factors stacked up, Deng Ai decided to take a risky move and use an unexpected trick on Jiang Ji. First of all, Jiang Ji would not be wary of people coming from Xuzhou, and even Deng Ai himself knew that he was taking a risk, and everyone knew it.

But human nature is so strange. The more dangerous something is and the greater the punishment for failure, the harder it is to believe that it will actually happen.

Just like this time when Deng Ai mobilized troops in the name of Jiang Ji, there was obviously a big hole in the defense line, but because the responsibility was shared equally, everyone thought "I am acting according to the orders of Lord Jiang, so if there is any mistake, Lord Jiang is responsible", but they never thought that Jiang Ji was already dead.

This thing also falls under the category of "abnormal psychology" in later generations. The most famous one is Milgram's electric shock experiment, which actually proves that human beings' obedience to "authority" is far beyond their imagination. Even the sense of responsibility, morality and even human nature that should exist can be attributed to "authority" by them.

The authority of "Jiang Ji" can successfully make them do some seemingly unreasonable things, because when they are asked in the end, they can shirk most of their responsibilities with a sentence of "orders from superiors". Feng Xi once discussed this kind of human psychology with Deng Ai. After all, Feng Xi himself is an expert in psychological warfare who is good at using all kinds of human minds, so Deng Ai has learned a lot from Feng Xi.

The result was not unexpected by Deng Ai. Under his strong command, the Han army broke through Guangling in an instant. The Guangling defense line that Wei had carefully built for more than ten years was left empty for the Han army to take over, and then the Han army occupied Guangling City.

"General Deng is really a man of great strategy and courage. He is a master at substituting one thing for another."

When generals such as Xu Sheng saw Deng Ai, who had already occupied the city and captured Guangling, they were also full of admiration.

"Generals, please don't do this. It's all thanks to the planning and guidance of the Grand Commander. Also, don't miss the opportunity. The last 20,000 Wei troops in Guangling are now guarding Hailing, and I have used Jiang Ji's military token to transfer most of the food and supplies in Hailing back to Guangling. Now there are only a few days of food left in Hailing. They just sent people to Guangling today to urge them."

Deng Ai's stuttering problem has almost been cured now. It was originally a mental stuttering caused by his lack of energy and inferiority complex when he was young. When he was young, he was looked down upon and discriminated against for his stuttering, which made him even more inferior and his stuttering worse, thus forming a vicious cycle.

However, since Feng Xi discovered his problem, he deliberately encouraged Deng Ai and personally mentioned this matter to Deng Ai. Now, as long as Deng Ai is not emotionally excited, he no longer stutters when speaking. He can be said to have cured his stuttering decades ahead of time.

In Guangling City, Wang Ji and Xu Yi had been transferred here for several days, but they did not see any signs of the Han army landing there. The two did not dare to slack off, but the food, arrows and other supplies in the city had just been withdrawn back to Guangling. Now the food in the city was only enough for their 20,000 troops to eat for two or three days. Therefore, Wang Ji urged Guangling several times, and the result he got was to set off immediately.

But they soon realized that the supplies from Guangling would not arrive. Because the 50,000 Han troops surrounded Hailing tightly. And the Han army seemed to have known that there was no food in the city, so they were not in a hurry to attack, and just kept the Wei army waiting.

"Damn it, General Xu, I knew we were tricked."

In Hailing City, Wang Ji looked grim. He had originally thought that Jiang Ji's strange order was very suspicious, but he had not discovered any flaws, so he still had to obey his superior's order. How could Wang Ji not know that it was the Han army that had seized the military token and deliberately made random dispatches?

"General Wang, what is the plan now?"

Xu Yi was the same as his father in this respect. He asked Wang Ji in a muffled voice, and it was obvious that he had no idea.

(End of this chapter)