Mi Han

Chapter 11 Guan Yu's Appreciation and Accidents
At this time, the police city was empty of troops, and Fu Shiren was timid and fearful. If the Jiangdong army approached the city, the police might fall.

And once the police fall, the two counties of Wuling and Lingling will also be in jeopardy.

And that Mi Fang guarding Jiangling,
Hey, don't mention it.

Guan Yu is a man who knows soldiers and is smart, he should have reacted to this matter earlier, but he was a fan of the authorities before, and he only wanted to take down the second city of Xiangfan, so he didn't think too much about this matter.

But thinking about it now, Guan Yu only felt that many things had become suspicious.

For example, in order to guard against himself, Sun Quan deliberately left Lu Meng to guard Lukou with heavy troops.

Unexpectedly, at the beginning of this month, Lu Meng suddenly claimed to be ill, and Sun Quan also called Lu Meng back to Jianye for treatment.

In the past, Guan Yu only felt that there was nothing suspicious about this matter.

But thinking about it now, Sun Quan has always been very guarded against himself, and he also knows that he has always been afraid of Lu Meng.
Even if Lu Meng was really sick, why would a patient have to go back to Jianye for treatment because of the exhaustion of boats and cars?
He is not afraid of leaking the military information and spreading the matter widely, as if he is afraid that he does not know.

After that, it was Lu Xun, a scholar, who succeeded Lu Meng to guard the intersection.

After this person took over, he specially wrote a letter to praise himself, his words were extremely humble, and he expressed his willingness to work for him, so that he gradually lowered his guard against Dongfang.

Thinking about it now, Guan Yu only felt that the more it looked, the more it looked like a trick of arrogant soldiers.

While Mi Yang refuted what Pan Jun said on the surface, he was actually madly implying that Guan Yu's rear was empty. All this was a trick of Sun Quan and Lu Meng.

In fact, before entering Guan Yu's tent, Mi Yang could directly bring Xu Xiang in to prove the truth of the news he brought.

But Mi Yang thought about one thing, that is, even if Guan Yu believed that Sun Quan was about to launch a surprise attack on Jingzhou, would he really make up his mind to retreat?

The answer is no.

In history, the envoy Cao Cao sent to Jiangdong to contact Sun Quan returned to Luoyang, and brought Sun Quan's secret letter, saying that he would send troops to the west to attack Guan Yu, but please keep it secret, in case Guan Yu knows that he is ready.

Later, Cao Cao adopted Dong Zhao's opinion and deliberately leaked the contents of the letter.

Cao Cao ordered Xu Huang to shoot the contents of Sun Quan's secret letter into Fancheng and Guan Yu's camp with arrows.

After the besieged Wei army got the trust, their morale doubled and the defense became stronger; after Guan Yu got the trust, he was in a dilemma.

So in fact, before Jiangling fell, Cao Cao had already taken the initiative to inform Guan Yu that Sun Quan was about to backstab him.

But why didn't Guan Yu retreat immediately and return to defend Jiangling in time?
One reason was that he was not sure whether the news was true or not, and felt that it was Cao Cao's plan, so he was reluctant to give up Fancheng, which he was about to acquire.

Another even bigger reason is that Lu Meng's arrogant strategy specially set up for him before is at work.

Among the Jiangdong generals, the only one Guan Yu feared was Lu Meng.

Historically, Guan Yu didn't know that Lu Meng was pretending to be sick, so he felt that even if Sun Quan really sent troops to surprise Jingzhou,

Without the famous general Lu Meng leading the army, it would not be easy for "Sun Shiwan" to defeat the two cities of Jiangling and Gong'an.

So it's better to wait until the exact battle report comes, and then make a decision by yourself.

Because as long as the two cities of Jiangling and Gong'an can be guarded for a period of time, he will have enough time to retreat calmly.
With such an arrangement, the initiative on the battlefield can always be in his hands.

Historically, Guan Yu's idea was correct, but what he didn't expect was that Lu Meng was pretending to be sick, and Mi Fang and Fu Shiren, when faced with Lu Meng personally leading the army to attack the city, directly surrendered.

The battle report he waited for was the news that the two cities of Jiangling and Gong'an had surrendered without a fight.
The result of the wait was that the tens of thousands of troops under him were cut off almost overnight.

It is precisely because of knowing Guan Yu's actions in history and his thoughts on making such actions,
So Mi Yang didn't bring Xu Xiang's ironclad evidence inside at the beginning,

But at the beginning, he deliberately threw out news that shocked everyone, so that some people came to refute him,

In this way, he can gradually remind Guan Yu of some key things that he had neglected in the following explanations and defenses.

As for why Xu Xiang wasn't brought in directly, and together they told about Sun Quan and Lu Meng's plan,

Because anyone who has read history books knows that Guan Yu's character is quite arrogant,

If Xu Xiang was brought in directly and told in front of everyone that he had been tricked by Lu Meng all the time, Guan Yu would probably be in a bad mood.

Although Guan Yu might not pay too much attention to this point, Mi Yang took the initiative to consider this point for Guan Yu in order to hide his honor.

If Guan Yu still can't come to his senses after being reminded by himself, and he has fallen into Lu Meng's trick, then Mi Yang can only act in a hurry and let Xu Xiang tell everything.

With this in mind, after Mi Yang reminded Guan Yu that the troops in the rear were empty, he secretly observed Guan Yu's face.

He saw that Guan Yu first frowned as if thinking of something, and then a look of thought appeared on his face, and after the look of thought appeared, a look of enlightenment finally appeared on his face.

Seeing this scene, Mi Yang breathed a sigh of relief.

Wu Sheng is cheaper and better than his father, easy to take care of, everything is easy to understand.

When Mi Yang was secretly observing Guan Yu, Guan Yu's keen senses trained in the battlefield for a long time made him aware of Mi Yang's eyes.

And after Mi Yang found Guan Yu and his gaze watching him, he smiled and bowed to Guan Yu frankly.

Looking at Mi Yang's behavior, he remembered the five words that were specially emphasized in Mi Yang's words just now,
Guan Yu instantly understood Mi Yang's good intentions.

This kid, if he is as intelligent as the king said,

Compared with his father, it is simply a world of difference.

After understanding Mi Yang's good intentions, Guan Yu's impression of Mi Yang soared.

Who wouldn't like a smart and sensible junior with good roots.

Mi Yang's hint and Guan Yu's enlightenment, only these two people know about it, Pan Jun naturally doesn't know.

Seeing that he raised two questions in a row and was refuted by Mi Yang, he felt a little uneasy for a while,
He, Pan Chengming, was a great talent who was well-known as Jing Xiang, how could he not be as knowledgeable as a child today.

At the end, Pan Jun raised a question that he thought Mi Yang could never refute.
"Before the former general sent troops to the north, he had already set up beacon towers along the river, and sent scouts to patrol back and forth. If Jiangdong made a move, how could the scouts along the river not report anything?"

As soon as Pan Jun's words came out, many people in the tent immediately thought deeply.
Even Guan Yu, who had already believed what Mi Yang said, was very puzzled by this matter.

He set up beacon towers and scouts before, which was the last and most important line of defense he set up against Jiangdong.

If Sun Quan was really planning to raise troops, according to common sense, it is impossible for those scouts along the river to have no news at all.

Faced with this, Mi Yang was speechless for a while.

Pan Jun thought that Mi Yang was stumped by himself, and a look of complacency appeared on his face,

But after a while, Mi Yang looked at Pan Jun intently, his eyes flashed with wisdom,
The corner of his mouth moved slightly, and he said as if he had predicted the enemy's opportunity,

"If Lu Meng hid elite soldiers in the boat, and made white clothes to row the oars, and used them as merchants' uniforms, as a pioneer, he traveled day and night."

"Can you restrain those scouts?"

As soon as Mi Yang's words came out, Pan Jun was shocked, and everyone in the audience looked sideways!
Is what Mi Yang said possible?

This is what Lu Meng did in history.

Although Guan Yu set up beacon towers along the river and scattered scouts, these are military measures, and these measures will not prevent business travel or other civil actions.

Although the warship is not big, it can hide dozens of elite soldiers. Guan Yu's scouts along the river are not many, and dozens of elite soldiers are enough to deal with it.

Everyone thought that as long as Lu Meng arranged it properly, and then implemented this strategy, it would be completely possible to catch people by surprise.

Mi Yang didn't care about Pan Jun's frightened look, he passed Pan Jun, came to Guan Yu, bowed deeply to him and said,
"A wise man prevents disasters before they are born, and a wise man plans to worry about the future. Knowing what to gain and what to lose, you can be with others. Knowing what is alive and knowing what is dead, it is not good or bad."

"Wu Jun's trip, if the above plan is used, the scouts will not be implemented in time, and the beacon fire will not be carried out in time. This is not the destiny, and there must be an internal response."

"The reason why my father learned that Sun Quan was going to attack Jingzhou unexpectedly was because Sun Quan sent spies to the city to lure my father to surrender.

My father is a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty, how could he surrender to the Wu bandits.

He immediately ordered someone to capture the spy, and asked me to take him to the general camp, and told me to tell the general Sun Quan about his wolf ambitions. "

Now that Guan Yu already knew that Lu Meng was pretending to be sick under his hint, Mi Yang had no interest in arguing with Pan Jun, so he immediately told Guan Yu all the "truth."

When Guan Yu heard that Mi Fang had captured Jiang Donglai's spy and had been brought to the camp by Mi Yang, he immediately ordered Mi Yang to go out and bring the man in.

Mi Yang led the order and quickly put Xu Xiang in the tent.

After Xu Xiang was taken into the account by Mi Yang, he was kicked by Mi Yang directly and fell to his knees.

After Xu Xiang knelt down, Mi Yang ordered him to "tell everything he knew."

Xu Xiang is a person who is afraid of death, his life is in Mi Yang's hands now, and everything has to be at the mercy of Mi Yang.

Most of the things he said were true, but only some places were changed from the original facts under Mi Yang's instigation.

For example, the matter of "seeing Mi Fang three times" was changed under Mi Yang's instruction to say that he was captured the first time he saw Mi Fang.

Under Xu Xiang's narration, Guan Yu's complexion became more and more livid after knowing the whole truth, and the expressions of the rest of the Jingzhou officials in the tent also became more and more dignified.

This includes Pan Jun.

After knowing that Sun Quan was really planning to raise troops to attack Jingzhou, the unbelievable Pan Jun had already set off a turbulent storm in his heart.

Now the main force of Jingzhou is under Fancheng,

If the Jiangdong army arrives,

Then Jingzhou will be lost sooner or later!

As for Xu Xiang's identity, no one doubted it, because he said something that made Guan Yu firmly believe that he must be an important person in Jiangdong.

In Xu Xiang's narration, he mentioned that a few days ago, Guan Yu ordered Hao Pu, the prefect of Lingling, to lead an army to attack Xiangguan army rations.

Because of the lack of food in the army, Guan Yu made this bad move.

But according to Xu Xiang's narration, this was a strategy of Lu Meng.

He deliberately revealed that there was food and grass in Xiangguan, and showed that his defenses were weak, in order to let Guan Yu, who was short of food, attack and take it.

This is to let Guan Yu leave something to talk about, so that he will be famous for his next dispatch of troops.

In order to stabilize the morale of the army, only a few people in Guan Yu's army knew about the raid on Xiangguan's grain and grass. It was a secret, and even Guan Ping didn't know it.

Those who also know about this must be Jiangdong's important ministers.

After Xu Xiang finished speaking, Guan Yu slapped the table in front of him angrily,
Cracks instantly appeared on the desk case,

It can be seen that Guan Yu is exerting great force at this time, and his heart is deeply angry.

Guan Yu said bitterly, "Yao'er is really calculating."

After listening to what Xu Xiang had said, there was a civil servant in the tent who came out to pay homage.

"General, now it seems that Sun Quan's attack on our Jingzhou must be true, and the day when he really raised his troops is likely to be in these few days."

"General, please go back to defend Jiangling immediately!"

The person who came out to persuade Guan Yu was Wang Fu, styled Guoshan, and a native of Qi, Guanghan.

When Liu Zhang in Yizhou was in power, he was the Shuzuo of Yizhou, and later surrendered to Liu Bei. Now he is serving as the counselor of Jingzhou, and he is Guan Yu's confidant.

Unexpectedly, after Wang Fu uttered his remonstrance to immediately retreat and return to defend Jiangling,

Suddenly there were two voices in the tent,

Both voices said in unison,
"Don't retreat immediately."

The two voices immediately scrutinized everyone present, and all anxious eyes gathered over,

Of these two voices, one came from Guan Yu and the other from Mi Yang.

Seeing that Mi Yang agreed with his opinion, Guan Yu narrowed his tiger eyes slightly,

Today, Mi Yang refuted Pan Jun three times in the tent, implying that he had fallen for Lu Meng's tricks, which made him appreciate Mi Yang a lot.
Now that Mi Yang agrees with what he sees again, Guan Yu was quite surprised for a moment, he thought of trying to teach Mi Yang,
He whispered with his fingers,

"Zicheng, why do you say you can't retreat immediately!"

Mi Yang was momentarily stunned by Guan Yu's sudden question, he just said that out of desperation.

And Wu Sheng, don't you think the same as me, why do you still ask me?
Originally, everyone's eyes were on Mi Yang and Guan Yu, but now Guan Yu pointed at Mi Yang to ask him to explain, and everyone focused all their eyes on Mi Yang.
Without Guan Yu to share the firepower,

Mi Yang only felt that his back was hot now,
It was illuminated by many scrutinizing eyes!
(End of this chapter)