Great Wei Overlord

Chapter 177 Retreat as Advance
Chapter 181
Although Huan Wen is a powerful minister, he is not yet a hero. When he is caring for his family.

And his chief counselor, Xi Chao, was concerned about Jiankang's natural vision. The time when the ten-foot-long giant emperor floated in the air with two sticks of incense disappeared, and the words Da Chuxing, Fu Ziwang appeared in the air!
Huan Xichao looked at Huan Wen with a melancholy and worried look on his face, and he couldn't help saying: "Duke Ming, are you still worried about your family?" Huan Wen nodded and said: "The 74 immediate relatives of the Huan family have all disappeared. There are brothers, nephews and nephews of this general, and a wife and concubine of a certain person, people are not grass and trees, and their skills are ruthless, so how can a certain person not be worried?"

"You don't have to worry, General!" Xi Chao said with a smile: "Madam, Eldest Young Master, you are absolutely safe and sound!"

"Oh!" Huan Wen looked up at Xi Chaoqi and said, "How can you see that?"

Xi Chao got up and took the report that Huan Wen hadn't noticed yet. It was Huan Wen's eyeliner in Jiankang who sent the vision of what happened in Jiankang City on December 29th.

There was also a vision of a white tiger appearing in the Huanwen Mansion, besieging the mansion for a week, swimming without hurting anyone, saying: "Duke Ming, look at this!"

Huan Wen picked up the two pieces of information and looked at them, with a strange look on his face.He raised his hand and waved away the servants in the large tent of the Chinese army, and then said mysteriously: "What does this mean? Could it be that Jing Xing thought I did it?"

Xi Chao said: "Actually, these two incidents and the incident of the disappearance of the wife and son can also be regarded as the same incident. It is absolutely impossible for such a thing as auspiciousness from the sky. It can only deceive those ignorant people and soldiers. People with knowledge will not believe it at all. If at this time, the imperial court would never take action against the wife and the son, on the contrary, they would take the wife, the son and others as hostages, and the general would throw them at him."

If Huan Wen cared about it, he would be chaotic. As a famous hero in history, Huan Wen's head was not given for nothing.He thought for a while, and then he came to his senses and said, "Who wants to be dangerous and unrighteous?"

Xi Chao asked back: "If the general turns against the imperial court at this time, who will benefit most?"

Huan Wen said: "You mean Wei Guo? Ran Min?"

Xi Chao nodded, then shook his head again!

"This incident must have been done by Wei Guo, but it was definitely not a brave man like Ran Min!" Seeing that Huan Wen was confused, Xi Chao explained: "This incident is actually a series of tricks. The general's destiny is like a sign, and then he stole all the general's family members out of Jiankang City. Under the protection of the general's three hundred generals, the world can quietly steal more than [-] people, the elderly and the weak, out of Jiankang Well, there are only two people in the world who have this ability, one is Xie Ai from Liangguo, he has a team of dead soldiers under his command, each of them is the enemy of ten thousand people, and among ten thousand armies, taking the head of an enemy general is like picking something out of a pocket The other one is Ran Min. He has an army called "Heavenly Deaf and Earth Dumb", which can kill people invisible. You can sit in front of the general's bed as soon as Minggong wakes up! Xie Ai, although he is capable of sneaking his wife and son out of Jiankang City, but at this time, if the general turns against the court, Liang Guo If you get nothing, it will give Wei Guo an opportunity to take advantage of, so Xie Ai will definitely not do such things that are harmful to others. There is only one person who can do these things, and that is the near-smart Wei Guo His Royal Highness the King of Chu, Ruo Yao!"

Huan Wen calmed down completely, took a sip of tea, and then said coldly: "Everyone in the world knows that Xunai is a person who repays favors and avenges revenge. In this way, Ran Ming is not right to Madam and How is the son?"

Xi Chao said: "Of course, Ran Ming will not do anything to his wife and son, but will treat his wife and son as honored guests. If Chao's expectations are not bad, Ran Ming's envoy will come to Nanyang soon, and everything will be done by then." Get the truth out!"

Xi Chao is a very talented person, his essays are very good, he is as famous as Wang Tanzhi, his cursive script is second only to the second king, at least in terms of calligraphy and literature, there are too few people in the entire Eastern Jin Dynasty who can compare with him .

At that time, the Huanwen shogunate was full of talents, and those who worked in the Huanfu at about the same time as Xi Chao included Wang Tanzhi, Xie Xuan, Wang Xun, the great writer Yuan Hong, and the great painter Gu Kaizhi. They are Xi Chao, Wang Xun, Xie Xuan and others.

But as the Xie family moved closer to the Sima family, Huan Wen gradually alienated Wang Tanzhi, Xie Xuan and others, and it was Xi Chao who really relied on him.

To be honest, Ran Ming's plan to divorce is not too clever.

Xie An noticed it, and after Xie An's reminder, Wang Tanzhi also reacted.Apart from Wang Tanzhi and Xie An, Cai Mo also vaguely guessed something.

As for Xi Chao, because he got the news too late, by the time he understood, Ran Ming's plan had already been implemented.

Xi Chao had guessed Ran Ming's real intention.Xi Chao is the third type of person between the gentleman and the villain. In him, nobility and despicableness, cruelty and warmth are all vividly reflected.

Of course, he didn't have much loyalty to the Jin Dynasty, but he was loyal to Huan Wen!
In fact, Xi Chao also has his own plans. If Huan Wen only continues to be his general who conquers the West, he can at most join the army and already reach the top of the sky.But if Huan Wen goes one step further and becomes king, if Huan Wen becomes the emperor, he can at least be a county prince like Jia Chong, a regular servant on horseback!

As Huan Wen's aide, Xi Chao could naturally feel Huan Wen's ambition, and he knew about it too late.Even if he discovers it prematurely, he will not stop it for his own benefit, but will help secretly, so that this flawed plan can be perfectly realized!
Huan Wen said: "From Jing Xing's point of view, what should I do?"

"Duke Ming has already made up his mind, so why did he pass the exam!"

Huan Wen seemed to have made up his mind, and said firmly: "If so, then Jing Xing will draft the draft and submit a letter to His Majesty. Wen's Northern Expedition encountered setbacks. Wen is afraid that the lone army will go deep and be taken advantage of by the enemy, and lose troops and lose generals, so he specifically asks His Majesty to go south and return to the division!"

Xi Chao stretched out his thumb, "Duke Ming is brilliant, it's a good move to advance by retreating!"

The two looked at each other and smiled.At this moment, he suddenly received a report, "General, guerrilla general Mao Anzhi is asking to see you!"

"Mao Anzhi!" Huan Wen said to himself, "What is he doing here? Has Lu Yang changed!"

"Probably not, maybe someone from the north!"

Huan Wen said: "Tell me, Mao Anzhi came to see you!"

"Mao Anzhi, a humble guerrilla general, sees Da Sima and General Zhengxi!" Mao Anzhi clasped his fists and said, "Please make amends, the general, the last general is wearing armor, so he can't perform the full salute!"

"Anzhi, don't be polite. With the friendship between you and me, why should you be so alien!" Huan Wen said: "I don't know what is the important thing about Anzhi so far? Luyang is the northern gate of Nanyang, and its strategic position is particularly important. Can you leave Luyang easily?"

Mao Anzhi said: "Subordinates have to report to the general if there is an urgent military situation!"

"What's the matter?"

"The final general discovered that the soldiers of the Wei Army in Luhun County were organizing the people to evacuate. At this time, I am afraid that Luhun has become an empty city!"

"What?" Huan Wen asked curiously, "There is such a thing?"

Mao Anzhi asked tentatively: "General, the last general asks for orders, and asks the troops of the headquarters to go forward, occupy Luhun City, and fight for the army!"

Huan Wen shook his head with a solemn expression on his face. The defeat of Liang County made Huan Wen value Ran Ming again. He said suspiciously: "This matter must never be allowed, and the army must never go forward. Soldiers like to use surprises to win. The weather is cold at this time. Depending on the weather, I am afraid that a snowstorm will come unexpectedly, and the transportation of food and grass will be particularly inconvenient. Ran Ming must be pretending to retreat, deliberately luring the enemy to go deep, and laying an ambush on the way. It will definitely be like this. If Anzhi, Going out of Luyang, I am afraid that I will be ambushed by Ran Ming's heavy troops!"

Xi Chao on one side also nodded his head. He also read Ran Ming's "36 Strategies" and "Thousand Characters". From these two books, we can see that Ran Ming not only has extraordinary attainments in literature, but also in Extraordinary insights in the military.If Ran Ming didn't set up an ambush on the way, I'm afraid he wouldn't be Ran Ming.

"Pretend to be the truth! You obviously want to go north, but you deliberately retreat to advance! You have to use my mouth to say it!" Mao Anzhi got the so-called secret letter of the conspiracy between Ran Ming and Huan Wen, and he no longer trusted Huan Wen at all.

Huan Wen was also shot while lying down. He didn't intend to go north. His original plan was to wait until next spring, when the weather warmed up, and then fight Ran Ming. Southern soldiers are not used to the severe cold, so fighting the Wei army in winter is definitely the way to go. The short hits the enemy's long!

Mao Anzhi said: "The humble position has already been inquired clearly. Not only did most of the people in Luhun County migrate northward, but also the Wei army in Luoyang City also showed signs of retreating. The pontoon bridge is continuously moving people and various supplies to Hebei!"

"Is this really true?" Huan Wen wondered, "How is this possible!"

Xi Chao thought for a while and said, he already had a secret case in his heart. Through Ran Ming's creation of the celestial phenomena in Jiankang where Huan Wen's destiny belongs, and the arrest of Huan Wen's family members, the Jin Dynasty's suspicion of Huan Wen was further aroused. Huan Wen's duel, his real intention is probably to gain a foothold in Hebei.Taking advantage of the Wei State's naval force and guarding the natural dangers of the Yellow River, it is possible to reject the Qin State in the west.South and Huanwen Jin Dynasty formed a military buffer zone.

"Actually, it's easy to understand. Wei State was originally short of food. Even if it won the military war against Yan State, the seizures would be very limited. In addition, since Wei State entered autumn, it has continuously fought against Qin State, Yan State, and Dai State. A large-scale war will start, and the grain and grass reserves may be exhausted. Therefore, at this time, Wei Guo may not intend to compete with our Great Jin for the Central Plains. We must know that our Great Jin will occupy the moral high ground, and the Central Plains has been in war for decades, and the land is barren , the people do not have one out of ten, and the Central Plains is not a place to cherish the sun. The Central Plains are like chicken ribs, and the food is tasteless!"

(End of this chapter)