Mi Han

Chapter 778: Thoughts on the Enemy's Intentions

Chapter 778: Thoughts on the Enemy's Intentions

Yuzhang County, outside Liling County.

When He Qi led his army to the outside of Liling City, the chief of Liling, who had originally been willing to surrender to the Han army, hurriedly changed his flag again and became an official of Eastern Wu.

Faced with Li Lingchang's betrayal, He Qi did not do as his deputy general Yang Zan suggested and behead Li Lingchang as a warning to others.

"The Han army was so powerful before. If I were trapped in a county, I couldn't even protect myself, let alone others?"

He Qi used this sentence as an explanation.

After hearing He Qi's explanation, Li Lingchang showed an appearance of gratitude.

Li Lingchang swore that he would never betray Wu again as long as he lived.

What Li Lingchang didn't know was that He Qi said this just to appease him.

Or it could be said that He Qi wanted to appease those officials who had betrayed Sun Quan during the previous unrest.

He Qi had been in charge of Jiangdong for many years. He knew very well that sometimes, in Jiangdong, Sun Quan's influence might not be greater than that of the local aristocratic families.

Most county governors are representatives of the interests of the aristocratic families in the county.

This has been a cancer in the political situation of Eastern Wu for many years.

However, with the invasion of foreign enemies, He Qi had no choice but to be cautious in dealing with this malignant tumor.

He Qi believed that if he wanted to completely defeat Ding Feng's Han army, it would not be enough to achieve a military victory alone.

Only by gaining the support of the noble families in Yuzhang County could the Han army be rendered powerless in Yuzhang County.

In this way, even if he suffered some military setbacks later, the Han army would not be able to continue to expand its victory in Yuzhang due to the joint resistance of local aristocratic families.

Similarly, in order to stabilize the situation in Yuzhang, appeasing the local aristocratic families is a crucial factor.

In order to win the support of the noble families in Yuzhang, He Qi could only show an attitude of letting bygones be bygones.

He Qi's "magnanimity" was effective.

When He Qi's attitude of letting bygones be bygones gradually spread to the surrounding counties, the county governors who had originally surrendered to the Han army began to think of returning to the arms of Eastern Wu.

For a time, many letters were delivered to He Qi privately.

Of course, He Qi’s attitude could not directly reverse the situation of the war.

County governors from all over Yuzhang would write to He Qi, simply to report their idea of ​​leaving a way out for themselves.

But as long as the Han army does not suffer a military defeat, the county governors will not take any major actions.

He Qi knew this very well.

This made He Qi realize some changes in his thinking.

Since he wanted to use a victory to catalyze new changes in Yuzhang County, why didn't he seek this victory?

He Qi looked outside Chaisang City.

At least in He Qi's opinion at this time, the Wu army had a chance to defeat the Han army.

Mi Yang secretly followed Jiang Ji back to the tent. After listening to Jiang Ji's report on the latest situation in Yuzhang County, he lowered his head and began to think.

Before Mi Yang opened his mouth, Dong Yunxian said worriedly:

"He Qi's troops are like a fish bone stuck in the throat of our army.

As Mr. Jiang just said, He Qi's arrival caused the situation in various counties of Yuzhang to fluctuate.

If our army cannot defeat He Qi's troops before the other two Wu armies arrive, the situation will become increasingly unfavorable to our army."

After Dong Yun resigned from his post as Minister of State, he was appointed Military Advisor by Mi Yang.

From Dong Yun's concerns, we can see that his vision in military affairs is indeed commendable.

After Dong Yun finished speaking, Jiang Ji and Ding Feng both nodded heavily.

When Jiang Ji heard that He Qi led his army to Liling, he thought that He Qi would continue to lead his troops to support Chaisang.

To this end, Jiang Ji made a bold statement to "behead those who deserve to be killed" and also prepared the entire army to fight.

But what Jiang Ji did not expect was that after He Qi led his army to Liling, he chose to remain in place.

Although Jiang Ji was intelligent and resourceful, he was, after all, a strategist by training, and lacked the decisiveness of a general.

After learning that He Qi was keeping his troops in place, Jiang Ji did not want to take the initiative to lead his troops to attack in order to protect the existing achievements.

When the atmosphere in the tent became somewhat dull due to Dong Yun's words, Mi Yang's voice rang out:

"Zitong, you just said that the county governors of Yuzhang who originally submitted to our army have been in private contact with He Qi in the past few days?"

Seeing Mi Yang asking this, Jiang Ji nodded.

"Not only that, in the past few days, the county governors of Yuzhang counties have been supplying our army with rations, but they have often lost them on the grounds that there are bandits on the road."

After most of the county governors in Yuzhang were willing to surrender to the Han army, in order to convince the Han army of their sincerity, many of them took the initiative to promise to supply food and fodder to the Han army.

Although many county governors promised a small amount of supplies, it was a symbol of their good relationship with the Han army.

Every day that military rations were delivered proved that they were generally submissive to the Han army.

After hearing Jiang Ji's additional words, Mi Yang couldn't help but sneer.

Aren’t the bandits in Yuzhang County who had the guts to rob military rations now completely subdued by Jiang Jizhi?

The excuses that the county governors in various places in Yuzhang came up with were too poor.

"I guess those people are starting to waver again."

Mi Yang's judgment increased the concerns of Dong Yun and others.

Now the county governors of Yuzhang will find all kinds of reasons not to send military rations.

When the situation becomes further favorable to the Wu army, their actions will certainly go a step further.

Looking at the worried expressions of Dong Yun and the others, Mi Yang seemed to have discovered something crucial. He analyzed in a low voice:

"I guess He Qi must be very happy about this change right now."

"And the chance of winning a war often comes when the enemy is triumphant."

Mi Yang's words instantly attracted the attention of Dong Yun and others.

Ding Feng, who had followed Mi Yang longer, couldn't help but look up at Mi Yang and said:

"Does the Grand Marshal have a way to win?"

Even though Ding Feng had seen too many of Mi Yang's miraculous battle achievements, he was still somewhat excited at this moment.

Mi Yang has only been in Chaisang for a few hours, and he already has a way to defeat He Qi?

Ding Feng's words made Dong Yun and Jiang Ji look at Mi Yang expectantly.

Under the expectant gazes of the three, Mi Yang smiled and said:

“You may have overlooked one thing.

Why did He Qi not take action? You may think that He Qi is afraid of our army's strength, but I don't think so. "

"He Qi has a long-standing reputation in Jiangdong. Judging from his past military style, he is definitely not a timid person."

"For others, they might be afraid of the presence of tens of thousands of Shanyue soldiers, but He Qi would not.

In He Qi's eyes, his real enemy might be the thousands of elite soldiers led by Cheng Yuan.

But a few thousand elite soldiers were not enough to scare He Qi into staying put."

Mi Yang's analysis made Dong Yun and the other two feel as if they had seen the moon after the clouds had cleared.

But if He Qi was not afraid, why did he keep his troops in place?

Under the puzzled gazes of the three people, Mi Yang took out a memorial that Jiang Ji had written to him before.

“The truth is often hidden in the details.”

"When Zi Tong was pacifying the Shanyue chieftains outside Chaisang City, He Qi had already led his army to the outside of Liling City.

And according to what Zi Tong said before, during that appeasement, some Shanyue commanders still left.

Think about it, could He Qi have been able to hide the news of the departure of those Shanyue commanders?

And what will He Qi think after learning about those news?

Most of the Eastern Wu generals despised the Shanyue commander. They would never have thought that Zi Tong would be so open-hearted to the Shanyue commander.

Even if they thought of it, they would think that Marshal Shanyue would not appreciate it.

Prejudice is deep-rooted.

I think He Qi is not afraid to move because he thinks our army is too strong. On the contrary, He Qi thinks our army will have internal strife, so he is just standing by and watching! "

"To defeat the enemy without fighting, He Qi has been waiting for such an opportunity.

Since he is waiting, why don’t we give it to him?”