RNP Chapter 763: Li Yanyan lets King Sha put his hands on his hips
Chapter 763: Li Yanyan lets King Sha put his hands on his hips
Chapter 763: Li Yanyan lets King Sha put his hands on his hips
Jiang Ji originally thought that he had only misjudged Ding Feng in the past.
Unexpectedly, he also misjudged Li Yan and Zhou Tai.
When Jiang Ji thought about the fact that both of them came from aristocratic families, he felt a little regretful.
In order to win merit, have the dignity of the aristocracy been abandoned?
But then Jiang Ji thought of something else.
If I were not bad at leading troops, I would be unable to kneel.
When Jiang Ji was thinking about whether to ask Mi Yang for a military position, Mi Yang's laughter rang out.
"You, you!
He behaved in the same manner as Cheng Yuan."
Mi Yang pointed at Zhou Tai and said with a smile.
Mi Yang's laughter made Zhou Tai think that his words had worked, but unexpectedly, after Mi Yang finished speaking to Zhou Tai, he turned his gaze to Li Yan.
"It's good that you know you are a criminal."
Compared with his gentle tone towards Zhou Tai, Mi Yang's tone towards Li Yan became harsh.
After hearing Mi Yang's accusatory words, Li Yan did not choose to defend himself.
Just like the day he was punished by Mi Yang, he buried his head deeply in the ground in front of Mi Yang.
After seeing Li Yan's submissive behavior, Mi Yang's tone softened a lot.
"Although you have committed sins before, I have punished you.
Let’s not talk about the past for now. You and the governor should both stand up.”
Mi Yang's words made Li Yan secretly happy.
The next moment, he and Zhou Tai stood up from the ground together.
After Li Yan and Zhou Tai stood up, Mi Yang told them his specific plans.
"I have ordered Cheng Yuan to lead the army to bypass Changsha and directly attack Chaisang.
Once this news spreads, Lu Dai will definitely lead his troops to rescue Chaisang.
But Yong'an is an important city of Eastern Wu after all.
Lu Dai might leave some elite soldiers to resist stubbornly at Yong'an Port.
Our army is not good at naval battles. If we cannot capture Yong'an Port in a short period of time, then retaking Jiangxia will undoubtedly be a castle in the air.
However, as long as our army can quickly capture the port and take over Yong'an.
The Jiangxia County is short of military forces. When the local officials see that Yong'an has been lost, they will be terrified and may even surrender.
Did you two remember what I said?"
In Mi Yang's view, the key to recovering the entire Jiangxia County lies in the ownership of Yong'an City.
Mi Yang's words made Zhou Tai look cautious.
It's true that he wants to win credit, but he won't become careless and underestimate the enemy just because of this.
"I will remember it."
In response to Mi Yang's inquiry, Zhou Tai responded quickly.
But Li Yan did not respond immediately.
When Zhou Tai looked at Li Yan with doubt, Li Yan carefully expressed his guess.
"The Grand Marshal wants to recapture Yong'an, but his real goal may not be limited to Jiangxia.
When I was in Yiyang in my early years, I heard that the city of Yong'an contained food and military equipment that the State of Wu had accumulated over the years.
Our army had just entered Jingzhou and there was a lot of work to be done. We were worried about the shortage of food and fodder.
If our army can obtain the savings of Yong'an Wu Gou over the years, then our army will have the capital to fight Wu Gou for a long time.
I wonder if my guess is correct?"
After expressing his guess, Li Yan looked at Mi Yang with anticipation.
Li Yan's gaze soon met Mi Yang's scrutinizing gaze.
After their eyes met, Mi Yang smiled and pointed at Li Yan and said:
"When the late emperor was alive, he told me many times that you have talents in certain areas.
I have seen your talent today."
Mi Yang's words undoubtedly confirmed Li Yan's guess.
Perhaps in the eyes of ordinary people, if Mi Yang wants to conquer Jianye, the ownership of Chaisang is crucial.
But it's not.
No matter how important Chaisang is, it is still a city after all.
As long as it is a city, it will not run away, and Mi Yang has plenty of time to find a way to conquer it.
What Mi Yang really lacks is time.
In military terms, time is synonymous with food and fodder.
Why did Lu Xun decisively adopt the strategy of holding on and waiting for changes under Mi Yang's trap?
The variables in Lu Xun's mind not only referred to the outcome of the battle in northern Jing, but also to the food and grass of the Han army.
Lu Xun knew that Jingzhou’s grain and fodder storage was not abundant, which was an important factor that made Lu Xun dare to use military force against Jingzhou.
In Lu Xun's view, even if the Han army gained the advantage in the battle of Jingbei, as long as he kept dragging it out, the problem of insufficient food and grass for the Han army would be exposed.
By then, Wu Jun might not be thinking about breaking out.
How could Mi Yang, as the person involved, not know what Lu Xun was thinking?
When he first arrived in Jingzhou, Mi Yang realized the weakness of Jingzhou's insufficient food and fodder.
Because of this weakness, Mi Yang originally wanted to adopt the "boiling frog" strategy used by the Jin Dynasty in history to destroy the Eastern Wu.
Because of this weakness, when Mi Yang knew that Han Zong was willing to surrender, he insisted on asking him to give Yong'an City as a gift.
What Mi Yang wanted was the large amount of baggage in Yong'an City.
But things in the world are ever-changing and never go as we wish.
The development of the war situation in Jingzhou to this point was not what Mi Yang had originally envisioned.
But since the war situation has developed to this point, Mi Yang has no choice but to face the challenge.
Whether it was to stabilize the war situation in Jingzhou or to advance further to Jianye, Mi Yang had to obtain the large amount of supplies in Yong'an City.
Seeing that Li Yan could see through his thoughts, Mi Yang was full of admiration for Li Yan.
Mi Yang stood up and walked in front of Li Yan and said to him:
"I have always wanted you to redeem yourself from your crimes, and today I will give you the opportunity.
I hope you won’t let me down.”
"If I can fulfill my wish, not only can you be reinstated, but I can also petition His Majesty to grant you the most fertile land in Jiangxia."
Mi Yang knew that Li Yan was a man of great talent.
With Li Yan's great talent, it would not be difficult for him to lead the Han army to land in Yong'an after Lu Dai's main forces were lured away.
But Li Yan is a person who easily delays important things because of his selfishness.
In order to prevent this from happening, Mi Yang had to use both kindness and force on Li Yan.
Yicai wanted Zhou Tai to send troops together with Li Yan to provide supervision.
Sure enough, after hearing Mi Yang's promise, Li Yan was overjoyed.
"Don't worry, Grand Marshal, I will do my best to make your wish come true!"
After hearing Li Yan's assurance, Mi Yang patted his shoulder vigorously and then ordered:
"You two go down and get ready.
When the ground in Jiangdong breaks apart, that will be the time for you two to go out and fight."
Late October of the sixth year of Zhangwu.
When the cold weather had already swept across Jingzhou, Ding Feng, who was shouldering an important mission, had led his troops to Changsha County.
Ding Feng led his army to the outskirts of Xiajuan City. Soon after, he saw a strong man nearly nine feet tall, wearing tiger skin and holding two powerful crossbows on his waist walking towards him.
Who else could this strong man be if not Shamoke?
Shamoke started laughing before he even got close to Ding Feng.
"General Ding, long time no see!"
Shamoke is really happy.
After the Battle of Gong'an ended that year, Shamoke was appointed as the Loyal General of the Central Army by Liu Bei to assist Guan Ping in guarding the Gong'an area.
Later, when Liu Bei became emperor, he did not forget Shamoke who led his troops to defend the Han Dynasty in times of crisis.
That year, Shamoke was promoted to General Protector of Han by Liu Bei.
Although General Hu Han was only a general of miscellaneous rank, the two words "Hu Han" represented that Shamoke's status was not ordinary.
It’s a pity that Shamoke is a foreigner after all.
During those years, Shamoke saw that Jingzhou had been peaceful and was not used to dealing with the Han people, so he wrote a letter to Zhang Fei, the then governor of Jingzhou, requesting that he be allowed to lead his army back to Wuling.
Zhang Fei also liked this barbarian general who had indirectly saved Guan Yu, so he readily agreed to Shamoke's request.
Shamoke was very happy when he returned to Wuling County.
After all, the Wuxi barbarians had been looked down upon by the Han people for hundreds of years, and were sometimes even besieged by the Han army.
But things are different now. Shamoke, who returned to Wuling with the title of General Protector of Han, was unanimously respected by both Han and barbarians in Wuling County.
Xi Zhen, the prefect of Wuling County, had also promised Shamoke that he would write his name into the local county annals and praise him as a wise king.
As a barbarian, Shamoke had no concept of bringing honor to his family or returning home in glory. However, the lack of these two concepts did not mean that Shamoke did not enjoy such feelings.
All in all, Shamoke has lived a happy life in recent years.
But this year, when Shamoke learned that Mi Yang was going to be in charge of Jingzhou, he felt happier.
In Shamoke's heart, if there was no Mi Yang, he would not be as glorious as he is today.
So after learning the news, Shamoke came up with something unique and wrote a cheesy letter to Mi Yang in Chinese characters.
In the letter, the straightforward Shamokebei expressed his longing for Mi Yang, and even directly stated that he was willing to fight for Mi Yang again.
Shamoke doesn't like the Han people's red tape, but it depends on who you are talking to.
After receiving Shamoke's letter, Mi Yang looked at the Chinese characters on it that looked like ghosts crawling and like dry bones, and he really couldn't understand it for a moment.
However, after taking great pains to finally understand the contents of Shamoke's letter, Mi Yang fell into silence again.
Shamoke was a barbarian. Even if he wanted to learn Han culture, it was impossible for him to quote scriptures and classics to explain his longing for Mi Yang like the Han scholars did.
Shamoke's way of expressing his longing is simple and straightforward:
"Da Sima, I miss you so much."
"Da Sima, I also want to sleep with you like General Guan."
"Da Sima, I have a jar of fine wine stored in a skull that I want to give to you."
Every word and sentence deeply reveals Shamoke's admiration and longing for Mi Yang.
But every word and sentence gave Mi Yang goosebumps.
Is this a love letter?
Perhaps in order to avoid suspicion, as there was a bandit rebellion in Changsha at that time, Mi Yang ordered Shamoke to lead his troops to Changsha County to quell the rebellion.
After suppressing the rebellion, Shamoke, who did not receive any new orders from Mi Yang, remained in Changsha County.
Originally, Shamoke thought that Mi Yang had forgotten about him until Ding Feng arrived today.
Before and after coming to Ding Feng's side, Shamoke excitedly gave Ding Feng a bear hug.
Although Ding Feng was also a brave general, Shamokein, who was extremely strong, was so excited that he couldn't control the strength in his hands. This hug made Ding Feng roll his eyes.
Fortunately, Shamoke released Ding Feng quickly.
After releasing Ding Feng, Shamoko laughed and said:
"Da Sima still loves me!"
In Shamoke's opinion, although Mi Yang did not come in person, the fact that he sent his confidant Ding Feng to come shows that Mi Yang still has a place in his heart.
Ding Feng didn't dare to respond to Shamoke's words.
Ding Feng, who was thinking about military affairs, looked up at Shamoke in front of him and asked:
"How many soldiers and horses does the general have?"
But Ding Feng remembered Mi Yang's instructions to him - to create a big commotion in Jiangdong.
To achieve this goal, having too few troops is not enough.
Ding Feng originally thought that it would be good enough for Shamoke to have several thousand barbarian soldiers.
But Shamoke's next answer shocked Ding Feng.
"At least tens of thousands, at most tens of thousands!"
Ding Feng: ???
Does Shamoke have any misunderstanding about the unit of quantity "ten thousand"?
According to Han law, falsely reporting the number of soldiers was a serious crime.
Seeing the questioning look on Ding Feng's face, Shamoke became unconvinced.
He put his hands on his hips and raised his head proudly and said: "Don't underestimate me.
I am the Barbarian King Shamoke!"
(End of this chapter)