Chapter 2317 deliberately making things difficult
Lu Xun and Zhang Shao asked Jiang Wei to make a decision, but Jiang Wei did not refuse.
He said to the two of them: "Our army carries a lot of landmines, and the prince mostly uses it on the north bank of Baiqu, and only a small part of it can be used. I want to ask for all these landmines. As long as there are mines, the possibility of the Xiongnu King Youguli and Liu Meng in the city supporting each other is much smaller."
"What the prince wants is that King Youguli appears near Yuncheng." Lu Xun said: "At least the Huns in the city need to see his army, and we will only allow us to defeat him at that time. If he defeated him too early, I am afraid that the prince will be unhappy."
"I didn't say that the Huns in Yuncheng would not let the soldiers of King Youguli." Jiang Wei replied: "I wonder if the two have discovered that there are five peaks connected to each other in northeast of Yun?"
Lu Xun and Zhang Shao looked at each other, and Zhang Shao said, "The five peaks are connected to each other and become a barrier between clouds and other places. The five peaks are very handsome and were once called "Five Peaks and Cucui". If we could use these five peaks to block the King of Youguli, we would be able to capture it."
"Use five peaks to block the King of Youguli?" Lu Xun frowned slightly and asked Jiang Wei: "Do you dare to ask what Boyue is going to do?"
"It's not difficult to do it." Jiang Wei replied: "When King Youguli came to Yun, he would definitely pass through the mountains. There were four valleys between the five peaks. We just need to make some moves around them, so that the Huns thought there were ambushes in those places and dared not pass through them anymore. This battle would probably have been done."
"The five peaks mentioned by Boyue are indeed a good place to block the Huns." Lu Xun said: "But there is not very close to Yuncheng. Even if our army successfully blocked King Youguli, the Huns in the city may not be able to see..."
"Of course they can see it." Jiang Wei replied: "Although the place where we blocked King Youguli is not close to Yuncheng, the Huns in the city cannot see King Youguli coming to help. But we can keep getting news of King Youguli coming."
"Boyo means..." After suddenly understanding Jiang Wei's meaning, Lu Xun frowned slightly: "I'm afraid it will be a bit inappropriate to do this..."
"Bo Yan thinks something is wrong, please tell me clearly." Jiang Wei asked him to explain it clearly.
Lu Xun said: "The Huns in Yuncheng knew that King Youguli came to help, and the only way was to go to the scouts who entered and left the city. In order to get the news, we could only allow the scouts from the city to contact King Youguli who came to help. In the city, outside the city, the Xiongs who were guarding the city knew that reinforcements were coming and would fight to the death. It was not that easy for the prince to attack the city. You must know that the prince wanted to defeat the troops of King Youguli, so that the Huns who were guarding the city understood that if they had no foreign aid, they would be dead..."
"Of course I understand what the prince means." Jiang Wei replied: "It is precisely because I understand that I thought of this idea. As long as there are scouts between Yuncheng and King Youguli to convey information, the Xiongnu who guarded the city will be full of morale, and of course the prince will not give an order to attack the city easily..."
When Jiang Wei talked about this, Lu Xun completely understood that it was better to say that Jiang Wei wanted to defeat the Xiongnu Youguli King as soon as possible to reach the military order issued by Cao Heng, rather than saying that he was actually competing for time with Cao Heng.
The Huns who were guarding the city were not depressed all day long, and Cao Heng would not give orders to attack the city easily.
The order was not issued, and the siege could not be launched. Jiang Wei and others also had enough time to deal with King Youguli.
"Actually, the two are very clear." Lu Xun understood what he meant. Seeing that Zhang Shao was still confused, Jiang Wei said to the two: "Our biggest opponent in this battle is not the Huns, but the prince who intends to lead the army to break through Yuncheng. The prince defeated Yuncheng too early, and it is meaningless for us to block the Youguli King. If the prince wants to defeat the Youguli King before the Prince defeated Yuncheng, the only way is to first delay the Prince's attack on the city, and then find a way to calmly deal with the Youguli King who came to help the Huns in the city."
"General Jiang is indeed right, but how can the prince trick him according to our progress and decide whether to fight Yun?" Zhang Shao asked: "If the prince gives a strict order for our army to defeat King Youguli immediately, and also need to let the Huns in the city witness it, General Jiang believes that there is still a possibility of turning things around?"
"If the prince gave such an order, there would be no room for reversal." Jiang Wei replied: "But I expected the prince would not do that. At most, he would only send people to intercept the Xiongnu scouts who came to Yuncheng and King Youguli. If we do not intercept, the larger the Xiongnu scouts may successfully travel between the two teams. The more the prince sent the interceptors, the more the Xiongnu people in the city understood that reinforcements were indeed coming to the vicinity, and invisibly helped us complete the military order."
"If the prince knew that Boyue had such a plan, he would be very unhappy." Lu Xun shook his head and said, "It would be better to consider Zhou Xiang if Boyue made such a plan..."
"Apart from this method, do you two have any other solutions?" Jiang Wei did not try to convince the two of them, but just asked them.
Lu Xun and Zhang Shao were stunned when asked. The two looked at each other and said to Jiang Wei together: "Follow General Jiang!"
"The prince has handed us over the task of blocking the Xiongnu Youguli King. Since you trust me and let me make up your mind, I have some things to ask you to do your best to help you." Jiang Wei said: "I will ask for the prince later. I also ask the two generals to urge the soldiers to prepare early. When I see the prince, it is time to set off."
"Don't worry, General Jiang." Lu Xun and Zhang Shao said in unison: "We are going to make the soldiers ready to go to the war."
After taking on the responsibilities of making decisions, Jiang Wei assigned tasks to Lu Xun and Zhang Shao respectively.
The three of them finished the discussion, Jiang Wei went to see Cao Heng, Lu Xun and Zhang Shaoze went to the army to prepare for the war.
Cao Heng stood at the edge of the military camp and looked at the Yuncheng Wall, which was not too far away.
He and Cao Yi were discussing ordering artillery to gather and bombard it there, and a guard came behind him: "Report to the prince, General Jiang is asking for a meeting."
The general of the army, Jiang Wei, was the only one with the surname Jiang. As long as he said that he was a general and asked for a meeting, Cao Heng immediately thought of him.
"Please come and talk to the guards." Cao Heng ordered the guards calmly.
The guard retreated and took Jiang Wei to Cao Heng for a moment later.
He bowed and gave a big gift to Cao Heng, Jiang Wei said: "I am willing to take on the important task of blocking the Xiongnu Youguli King, but there is still something that needs to be helped by the prince. Otherwise, it will be difficult for me to guarantee that I can repel the troops of the Youguli King, and let the defenders in the city get the relevant information accurately."
"If you have anything to say, just say yes." Jiang Wei returned, Cao Heng knew that he must have discussed something extremely important when he came here.
The guards conveyed the news that Cao Heng agreed to meet to Jiang Wei. Cao Yi asked Cao Heng: "Jiang Boyue has left before, why are he back?"
"He must have come to ask me for benefits." Cao Heng smiled slightly and said to Cao Yi: "I gave him a difficult problem. Of course, he could not not ask me some conditions. I have expected that he would make any judgment, but just ask him to come and verify it."
"What is the intention of the emperor's brother thinking that Jiang Bo's appointment to return?" Cao Yi asked afterwards.
"Landmines and cannons are not necessary." Cao Heng said: "He even hopes that I can let go of the enemy scouts who traveled between Yu Yun and the troops of King Youguli."
"Let the scouts of the Huns?" Cao Yi said in surprise: "If this is the case, wouldn't the emperor's siege be controlled by him?"
"The restraint is not enough, it's just that the attack is not very refreshing." Cao Heng showed a smile of inconspicuousness on his lips and said to Cao Yi: "I don't give them much time, and the orders are issued very hasty. Jiang Boyue and others are not facing a small group of Xiongnu, but tens of thousands of Xiongnu elites. He can't just regard the Huns as their real opponents, but rather consider the progress of the attack with me, which is considered to be a matter of thinking."
"I spend all my thoughts on the emperor's brother. If he succeeds in this matter, wouldn't the emperor's brother have no prestige to give orders in the future?" Cao Yi frowned slightly and said to Cao Heng: "Brother, I think that Jiang Boyou must not let this matter be. He can give it to landmines or cannons, but he can't agree to him and allow the Xiongnu scouts to travel under our army's eyes..."
"Of course I understand this, so I will never let any Huns scouts go." Cao Heng replied: "As for whether the Huns in the city can get the news of being sent out of the city, it depends on the ability of the Huns scouts, not whether we will deliberately let them into the city."
From what Cao Heng said, Cao Yi did not hear his dissatisfaction with Jiang Wei, and he couldn't help but feel a little confused: "The emperor's brother has seen Jiang Boyue's plan and is still indulging him so much. Could it be that he wants to fulfill him?"
"Since our army came to Yun, the situation of the battle has actually become clear." Cao Heng replied: "Our army attacked Yuncheng, and the King of Guli from the Xiongnu came to help. As long as the reinforcements were defeated, the Huns were defeated in this battle. I gave this order to Jiang Boyue and others. Rather than asking them to decide the direction of the war alone, it would be better to give them a training to let them understand that from now on, there would be more ideas to be by my side. Jiang Boyue returned and seemed to be planning to put forward conditions to me, but in fact they understood my intention. Dare to get along with me just the idea that he understood my intention and would not rely on me to make decisions in the future as before."
Cao Yi frowned slightly.
He seemed to understand what Cao Heng said, but he didn't quite understand the profound meaning.
If he attacked Yuncheng and defeated the Huns as Cao Heng said, it would be just a game of victory in his opinion.
As for sending Jiang Wei and others to intercept King Youguli, it was just the goal that this game wanted to achieve...
Full of doubt, Cao Yi said nothing, and the guard led Jiang Wei to him and Cao Heng.
When he arrived beside the two, Jiang Wei bowed and bowed: "I have seen the prince, and the second prince."
Cao Heng looked at Yuncheng without responding, Cao Yi asked Jiang Wei: "Is there anything important to forget about General Bo's return?"
"The second prince is right. I forgot something important." Jiang Wei replied without hesitation: "I came to see the prince. In fact, I wanted to ask the prince to allow me to place the remaining mines and allocate them to me. In addition, I will give me ten mountain cannons. With these, we will be 100% sure to defeat the King Youguli of the Xiongnu."
"Without these, you should be 100% sure to defeat King Youguli." Cao Heng turned to Jiang Wei, and a smile appeared on his lips: "Boyue came to see me, asking for landmines and mountain cannons is second. What I want me to agree most is to allow the Xiongnu scouts to smoothly communicate between Yuncheng and King Youguli's troops."
Cao Heng exposes his thoughts, Jiang Wei lowers his head and says, "If the prince can allow it, of course it will be better..."
"I really can't do it if the scouts of the Huns traveled between the two." Cao Heng said: "I will ask people to do my best to intercept their scouts. As for whether there will be fish that fall, I really can't guarantee Bojo. Although the military order was suddenly issued, just because I believe Bojo and Boyan, Zhang Shao will definitely be able to think of a way to defeat King Youguli and make the Huns in the city enlightened. They can't have reinforcements."
"The military order is indeed hasty." Jiang Wei replied: "But what the prince asked us to do, we will do our best to achieve it. But the prince will help him again, and this time he will be more comfortable to defeat King Youguli."
"But what I want is that you can't be able to handle it." Cao Heng smiled and said to Jiang Wei: "You are all wise generals, and have always been good at strategizing. Since they are wise generals, there will certainly be ways to defeat the Huns. If I help, wouldn't I believe in your ability?"
From what Cao Heng said and the smile on his face, Jiang Wei saw that he would never allow the Xiongnu scouts to facilitate the exchanges, so he said, "Since the prince trusts us, please allocate landmines and mountain cannons, and we will definitely achieve the prince's wishes."
"Come here." Cao Heng didn't say much and shouted to the side.
In front of the famous guard, he bent and waited for his order.
Looking at the guard, Cao Heng said, "You go and pass on our military orders, allocate all the remaining landmines to General Jiang, and send him ten mountain cannons."
The guard left and sent the order.
Looking at Jiang Wei again, Cao Heng asked with a smile on his face: "I agree to all the things Boyue asked me for. I don't know how long it will take to defeat the King Youguli of the Xiongnu?"
Chapter completed!