The elite did not migrate south

Chapter 628 Appointment
"General Wen Qin, the Eastern Guardian, defeated Shi Ji and recovered Jiao territory, a truly great achievement."

Wen Qin, who had just returned to Yuzhou, led everyone to kneel before the angel and listen to the angel read the imperial edict from the temple.

Because of their contributions to the State of Wu, Wen Qin and Wang Ji were both promoted.

Wen Qin was promoted from Zhendong to General Zhengdong, and Wang Ji was also promoted from Zhennan to Zhengnan.

The change of one word gave them greater power. From then on, they would be in charge of military affairs independently. If they encountered a good opportunity, they could directly order the officials in the defense zone to mobilize the army to go to war without having to wait for orders from the temple.

This is a great trust and a great honor.

Because Sima Zhao was killed, a vacancy appeared among the three generals, and the position of General Wei was vacant.

In fact, if Deng Ai had not done those stupid things after destroying the country, no one could have snatched the position from him. It seemed as if this position was prepared for him.

Unfortunately, Deng Ai ruined himself, so he had no chance of becoming General Wei, and even lost the position of General Zhenxi.

Now, the strongest competitors are Wang Ji and Wen Qin.

Of course, if one wants to become one of the three great generals, he needs greater achievements. At the very least, he has to defeat Lu Kang once.

In addition, the position of general above the three generals is also vacant.

Currently, among the three great generals, there are only General Guanqiu Jian and General Hu Zun. It depends on which of them can be promoted to this position.

After the angel finished reading the decree, Wen Qin hurriedly bowed in thanks again.

The angel is the new Huangmen Ling Xiahou Zhuang.

During these years, the number of officials with the surnames Cao and Xiahou began to increase dramatically, both in the imperial court and at the local level.

This Xiahou Zhuang also had a rather extraordinary background.

His father was Xiahou Wei, who had served as the governor of Yanzhou in the past. Yang Hu was valued by him, so he married his brother's daughter to him.

His great-grandfather was even more famous, he was Xiahou Yuan.

As the grandson of Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Zhuang did not like military affairs. He preferred to study classics and was a scholar-type official.

It is worth mentioning that he had a son named Xiahou Zhan, who was two years younger than Cao Mao and had not yet come of age, but he had already been valued by many ministers and had a great reputation, even greater than his own father.

Among the ministers who valued him was Zhong Hui, who had a very high opinion of him!
Xiahou Zhuang quickly helped Wen Qin up and said softly, "General, I have a private letter from His Majesty."

He quietly handed the letter to Wenqin, who accepted it very carefully.

"The angel has come from afar, please allow me to arrange a banquet to entertain him!"

Xiahou Zhuang couldn't refuse, so Wen Qin immediately arranged a grand banquet to welcome the angel.

As Cao Mao's prestige increased, the status of these eunuchs also continued to improve. In the past, generals at the level of the Four Towns and Four Expeditions would never take a mere eunuch seriously. They would not dare to show up and directly send people to get the imperial edict. This was extremely arrogant.

But now the situation is different. No matter where Cao Mao's envoys go, they are received with the highest standards and no one dares to neglect them.

Even a man with the character of Lao Hu would not dare to be arrogant. After all, he still wanted to complete his ambition before his death.
Wen Qin arranged for his men to accompany the angel. He also drank a few sips with Xiahou Zhuang, and then left with a smile.

Returning to the study, Wen Qin hurriedly opened the emperor's letter.

To be honest, Wen Qin was not very loyal to the emperor at first. The reason he was willing to fight for the emperor was simply because he admired Guanqiu Jian.

Guanqiu Jian was loyal to the emperor, so he was also loyal to the emperor.

However, after following the emperor for many years, Wen Qin also became one of the emperor's loyal followers.

Just as Wang Su said, it was very comfortable to work under Cao Mao.

Cao Mao was a very good boss. He was clear about rewards and punishments and was never stingy with rewards for those who had made contributions. He was also very fair and treated everyone equally. He was not wary or afraid of his generals and let them fight without restraint.

As generals commanding a large army, what made them most uncomfortable was the emperor's speculation and fear.

I have to be very careful about many things, for fear that I might lose my life if I don’t do something well.

But in the case of Cao Mao, even crimes like Deng Ai's were pardoned because of his merits, which surprised the generals and made them respect and love the emperor even more.

No wonder General Guanqiu insisted on leading us to fight against Sima Shi. Such an emperor is indeed worth it!

Wen Qin opened the emperor's letter, read it for a moment, and his expression suddenly became solemn.

After exchanging pleasantries with him for a while, Cao Mao talked about a very important matter.

He hoped that Wen Qin could take over Qichun County.

Cao Wei and Eastern Wu were not divided by the river. Eastern Wu had Qichun County and Lujiang County, both of which bordered Cao Wei.

Therefore, Yuzhou, Yangzhou, Qingxu and other parts were able to fight against the State of Wu.

After the fall of Jiangling, the Jiangbei defense line was torn apart. The Wu State could no longer establish a unified defense line, so it divided it. Lu Kang was in charge of the Jingzhou area around Wuchang County, while Ding Feng was in charge of the Jiangbei area directly faced by Yu Yangqing.

After discussing with the military officials, Cao Mao concluded that if they wanted to defeat Wu, they had to cut off the connection between the two war zones.

If Qichun County could be captured, Wuchang County would be directly exposed to the offensive of Cao Wei. At the same time, Cao Wei could directly threaten core areas such as Jianye from Songzi.

Ding Feng had no choice but to abandon the first line of defense and retreat completely to Jiangdong, relying on the river for defense.

It only takes one county to make the enemy voluntarily give up all the northern regions.

Wen Qin fell into deep thought at this moment.

Cao Wei could see the importance of Qichun County, and of course Ding Feng could see it as well.

Ding Feng is now stationed here with more than 30,000 people. Although there are not many soldiers, they are defending. It is not an easy task to break through the defense line of more than 30,000 people, not to mention that Lu Kang will come to support at any time.

Of course, Cao Mao did not want Wen Qin to attack Ding Feng right away.

Wen Qin's official rank has changed. According to the game, in the past he could only passively defend and counterattack, or be ordered to fight, but now he can be fully entrusted with tasks, set a military goal, and let him complete it himself.

The military goal assigned to him by Cao Mao was to capture Qichun County.

This was a long-term task, and it was entirely up to Wen Qin himself to decide when to send troops and how to capture the city.

Wenqin picked up the pen and began to write a reply.

He was not afraid of trouble. The emperor had given him such an important order, which showed his trust in him. If he could successfully complete this goal, the position of General Wei would be his.

Thinking of the boy who kept shouting that he wanted to surpass him, Wen Qin couldn't help laughing.

Does this guy think he can surpass me just by having martial arts skills?
Want to become General Wen’s father?

Just be at ease and be General Wen’s son!

Wen Qin took on the task and handed the letter to Xiahou Zhuang, asking him to deliver it to Cao Mao.

The day after Xiahou Zhuang left, Wen Qin secretly summoned his trusted generals to hold a military meeting.

Wen Qin hung the map of the front line on the wall and asked the generals to look at it.

"Everyone, His Majesty has ordered us to capture Qichun. Qichun County is a magnificent city, Ding Feng is a skilled warrior, and we have many soldiers and ample food. How should we capture this place?"

Those sitting next to Wen Qin at this moment are all his trusted and beloved generals.

As they looked at the map, General Le Chen of Andong stood up, bowed to Wen Qin, and said, "General, given the current situation, if we rely solely on ourselves to defeat Ding Feng, it will be extremely costly. Even if we ultimately prevail, I'm afraid His Majesty will not be satisfied."

Wen Qin nodded and looked at the others again, "What about you? What do you think?"

At this moment, Zhou Tai stood up and said, "General, I have an idea."

"Tell me."

"If we can contact the General of Chariots and Cavalry and the General of Horsemen, and have them send troops to distract the enemy, we can have the General of Chariots and Cavalry attack Lujiang, and the General of Horsemen attack Guangling and Hailing."

"Then Ding Feng will certainly split up their forces and go. Their defense is a long one, and if they focus on one thing and lose another, a simultaneous attack from three sides will make it difficult for Ding Feng to hold their ground, even with Lu Kang's reinforcements. They will surely be defeated by us."

Wenqin pursed his lips.

What you said sounds nice.

But those two have higher positions than me, how can I ask them to help me?

By then, I'm afraid that I will become the distraction and they will become the main attacker.

Seeing Wen Qin hesitate, Jiao Yi stood up and said seriously, "General, the General of Chariots and Cavalry has always been friendly with you. Why bother writing to him and asking him for help?"

"If he were to come forward and do this, even if he were a general of the cavalry, I think he wouldn't refuse his respect."

Wen Qin thought about it and decided that this was the only way. It would not be easy for him to take over Qichun County by himself. If he could get the help of these two old men, Ding Feng would really be unable to handle it.

Wen Qin immediately decided to join forces with the two old men to attack Ding Feng.

Soon, Wen Qin's letter arrived at Guanqiu Jian.

Guanqiu Jian was very calm after reading Wen Qin's letter.

Guanqiu Jian was somewhat different from the other generals. In fact, he was the number one Confucian general in the Wei Dynasty. He had a very high level of education and was an excellent scholar of classics and a poet. Only then was he a capable general.

He actually did not have much pursuit for official titles, and did not even care much about fame.

He often wrote articles and poems to express his ambitions. He always liked to describe himself as a phoenix and his lofty ambitions.

This made him calmer and more rational than other generals. He would not be paralyzed by the sight of merit, and his attitude towards military merit was not very positive. After reading Wen Qin's letter, he immediately understood the other party's concerns.

He smiled and picked up the paper and pen, polished Wen Qin's article, and then asked someone to send it to Qingxu and give it to Hu Zun.

(End of this chapter)