Chapter 185: The Discrimination Plan

In Chengdu, Liu Bei, who was immersed in the joy of occupying Yizhou, followed Zhuge Liang's advice, governed counties and counties with authority and punishment, and vigorously purged the relatively free official management system of Liu Zhang's period. This made the originally scattered local power highly concentrated. This kind of concentration made the local officials step by step weakening the attacks of local officials. Many powerful forces were dissatisfied with this, and rebelled under the banner of Liu Zhang from time to time.

Just as Liu Bei was busy suppressing the rebellion, Jiangzhou sent an urgent military report: Gao Chong trained the navy in Jiangling, and it was very likely that he would have brought troops into Shu in the near future.

When Liu Bei saw the word Gao Chong, he felt a sudden sting in his heart. Guan Yu was broken into this person's heart. He has not yet revenged his great revenge. He unexpectedly came to him.

"Come to the Military Advisor Zhuge to discuss matters, no, prepare the carriage, I will immediately arrive at the Military Advisor's Mansion!" Liu Bei ordered urgently.

After Zhuge Liang read the emergency information, his face also showed an unconcealed solemnity: "Lord, what is coming is finally here. Jiangzhou is the gateway to Shuzhong, and there is no way to make any mistakes. Now we must quickly gather all our strength and go to Jiangzhou to fight to the decisive battle. We must not let Gao Chong break through the key pass of Jiangzhou."

"But, military advisor, can Yan Yan, the governor of Jiangzhou?" When Liu Bei thought that Gao Chong led 20,000 elite troops to come, he was a little unconfidence. The Jiangzhou garrison had only more than 3,000 troops. Even if there were strong cities to defend, the gap between the increase and the increase was too big.

"Chief Wen was suppressing the rebellion in Jiangyang County, so he could quickly advance east along the river and reinforce Jiangzhou. Then, the lord personally led the main force to follow up, hoping that everything was still too late." Zhuge Liang said.

After Wei Yan's subordinates expanded, they had reached more than 6,000. He and Zhang Fei's two main forces that Liu Bei relied most. Wei Yan reinforced Jiangzhou, and Liu Bei felt a little relieved.

In the summer of June 2018, it was raining heavily in Shuzhong, and the tributaries that flowed into the Yangtze River surged at the same time. The surging river water poured down and rushed into the narrow Three Gorges waterway. The water level of the riverway from wide to narrow suddenly rose sharply. The surging torrents warned of danger and also meant an opportunity. The time to attack Shuzhong was ripe.

On the tenth day, the 20,000 elite navy, who had sharpened their knives, drove upstream on more than 500 warships. Gan Ning and Ding Feng, who were familiar with the waterway, led the Jinfan army to take the lead. Behind them were the main force of the central army led by Gao Chong and Wenpin.

"Governor, Jiangzhou has a dangerous terrain, easy to defend but difficult to attack. We should take advantage of the opportunity when the water level rises and quickly take down the city. If we miss this opportunity, it will be difficult to capture the city!" The general Su Fei said. Su Fei, who surrendered in Jiangxia, has become a general under Gan Ning's tent at this time. He and Ding Feng, who are familiar with the water conditions, are the right and left players of Gan Ning.

As Su Fei said, the skyrocketing water level in recent days has caused Jiangzhou City, built by mountains and rivers, to lose its unobstructed advantage. Moreover, as the water level rises step by step, the warships and defenders in the river are already on the same level.

"Yes, this is the best opportunity. Chengyuan, come and fight this front!" Gan Ning ordered loudly.

With the rumbling drums of Jinfan Army's war, more than 20 guns from General Ding Feng lined up in a row, aiming at the Jiangzhou city wall in front. Once the city wall was blasted out of the gap, the river water would flow back into the city, and the entire Jiangzhou city would suffer a catastrophe. With weapons to break the city from a distance, Ding Feng would no longer have to spend one soldier and one soldier to make the defending enemy disappear from the front.

"Arson prepare-!" Although he felt a little unsatisfied, Ding Feng raised his hand and fired several guns together as soon as he landed.

In the back formation, Gan Ning sat upright on the tall main ship. In his eyes, the city ahead was so familiar and so strange. What was familiar was that this was the old city he had lived in for more than 20 years. What was strange was that he had never come back since he escaped when he was young.

"Governor Gan, after the cannons are bombarded, the city walls of Jiangzhou will inevitably collapse. At that time, the people in the city will have nowhere to escape. Doing this will not only hurt the peace of the world, but also be unfavorable to the reputation of the favorite general. In the future, our army will encounter stubborn resistance after breaking through the pass and seizing the city. Why not let me sneak into the city first and persuade Yan Yan to surrender." Chen Mi, who had escaped from Jiangzhou, advised him.

He had served as the prefect of Jiangzhou and had more or less a little affection for his hometown. He did not want to see the people in his hometown lose their lives due to man-made disasters. This kind of complex feelings also existed.

"Come here, let Ding Feng wait. If I don't get good news after noon tomorrow, I will still set up a cannon to attack the city." Gan Ning pondered for a long time, and finally nodded in agreement with Chen Mi's request.

In addition to Chen Mi's statement that the strong attack would cause huge casualties to the people in the city, Gan Ning also had some hope for the surrender of Yan Yan, because if he could take down the capital of Ba County without bloodshed, it would not only add a powerful general to Gao Chong's army, but also avoid the bad reputation of killing innocent people.

"What? Stop the siege, what did Gan Tu think? If the enemy reinforcements arrive, the opportunity will be lost in vain." Military orders are like mountains, Ding Feng stamped his feet to vent his dissatisfaction.

There is silence in the city.

Under the rare heavy rainstorm in a century and the threat of Gao Chong's army's attack, Jiangzhou was as usual, and there was no panic in the people. The young and strong man was summoned to go up to the city to help defend the city, while women and children took care of the elderly and the weak at home. Everything was so orderly. This situation was a world of difference compared to last year.

Chen Mi sighed, in the same situation and the same dilemma, Yan Yan showed much better abilities than him. If he had been half as calm as Yan Yan, he would not have ended up running alone.

"You go and report to General Yan Yan, and say that Chen Mi, the former prefect of Jiangzhou, asked for a meeting!" A light boat sent Chen Mi back to Jiangzhou.

In fact, before Chen Mi could speak, the sharp-eyed people in the room had already recognized his identity. The commander guarding the city wall did not dare to neglect, and hurried down to the city to report the situation to Yan Yan.

After a moment, Chen Mi was taken to Yan Yan's meeting hall under the escort of a group of soldiers. Everything here was not much different from a year ago, except that the person sitting in the middle seat was different.

"Chen Mi, what are you here for a traitor who betrays your hometown?" Yan Yan glared at the tiger's eyes, his snow-white beard trembled one by one, and he was powerful without anger.

Chen Mi had known Yan Yan's temper before he knew that Yan Yan was so harsh, he smiled and said, "General Yan, don't be anxious. I have a good news to tell you this time. Now that the general Gao Chong's troops are sent to the Sichuan army to fight against Liu Bei. If the general can judge the situation and lead the crowd to surrender, it will not only save the people of Jiangzhou from the suffering of war, but will also gain the appreciation of the general for their contributions. It is no problem to be named marquis and generals at that time."

Yan Yan smiled coldly and said, "If I don't surrender, what will I do?"

Chen Mi said confidently: "General, don't do this. General Gan Ning's vanguard is gathering in the river. Several cannons have decided to open the city walls. I tried my best to advise him to temporarily avoid Jiangzhou City's disaster. If the general does not surrender, the consequences will be the tragic end of the city's death. If that happens, you will be the sinner of the people of Jiangzhou!"

Although Chen Mi's big hat was a bit unreasonable, it seemed to be a little correct. Yan Yan changed his color and said, "You are not righteous, and you are still trying to make a spoil for your verbal advantage. I am the general of Jiangzhou. It is the responsibility of defending the territory. What's wrong with it? Now the military and civilians in Jiangzhou are vowing to live and die with the city. What's the fear of death? People come and drag Chen Mi out with me and beat him fifty sticks!"

Seeing that Yan Yan was not taking this trick at all, Chen Mi threatened with her neck: "Yan Yan, you old man, I come to persuade you with kindness. You are repaid with grudges and revenge. Please wait, someone will deal with you at that time."

"Hmph, if you didn't think about the life and death of the people of Jiangzhou, I would have taken your dog-headed sacrifice flag long ago, touched my butt and told Gao Chong that there was only a decapitated general in Shu, and no surrendered general!"

Under Yan Yan's fearless stare, Chen Mi screamed and finally finished his fifty-foot sticks. Then, under the support of the accompanying pawn, he really stroked his butt and left Jiangzhou.

The next morning, Gao Chong's army rushed to Jiangzhou to meet with Gan Ning. Chen Mi, who was not concerned about the pain, hurriedly stumbled on Gao Chong's boat and reported the surrender. He was angry and did not hide anything for Yan Yan this time. In addition to the original narrative, he also added a lot of content.

"Oh, Yan Yan really said that?" Gao Chong asked with interest.

"Every sentence of my subordinate is true, I dare not hide it at all!" Chen Mi hurriedly continued.

"Pampered by the general, Yan Yan's move is just to lure us into committing the "evil deeds" of the massacre. In that case, all the pass cities in the future will fight to the death. He is trying to abandon the honor and disgrace of one person to stop our army's advance. We must guard against the profound intentions!" Xu Shu said.

Gao Chong nodded and said, "I have this concern, I wonder what good advice does the military advisor have for this?"

Xu Shu gently rolled up his sleeves, picked up his pen and clicked the newly grinded ink, and wrote three words upright on the blank bamboo slip: The plan of disagreement.

"How can the military advisors get rid of the law?" Gao Chong saw Xu Shu's writing vigorously, and knew that he had an idea in his mind.

After writing, Xu Shu threw a pen and said with a smile: "Accumulating feathers and sinking boats, slitting the shafts, and shattering gold, and destroying bones. Shang Yang's reforms made Qin prosperous and powerful, but he was broken by a car because of a rumor. This is because the Qin King was hit by a plan of disagreement. Since the relationship between the King of Qin and Shang Yang's monarchy and his ministers cannot be eradicated, and other people are naturally the same. Yan Yan was the former subordinate of Liu Zhang. When Liu Bei entered Shu, Yan Yan had the metaphor of "leading the tiger to defend himself". Therefore, his relationship with many generals in Liu Bei's army would not be very close. Now we might as well make a fuss about Shen Mi."

There was a flood in Shu and the roads were all washed away. When Wei Yan received Liu Bei's order, Gao Chong's army had already brought the troops into Shu. Wei Yan, who knew that the military situation was urgent, hurriedly gathered the scattered soldiers while requisitioning ships and preparing to sail down the river. Wei Yan's move was really helpless. Compared with Gao Chong's well-trained naval troops, Liu Bei, who had just captured Yizhou, had not yet formed a naval troops.

"Report to the general, there are still twenty miles ahead of Jiangzhou. If an enemy ship is found patrolling in the river, what should we do?" the scout replied.

Wei Yan showed a hint of fatigue on his burnt face, and he said, "The whole army is docked, leaving some soldiers to defend the ships, and the others are following me into the city by land."

"General, I don't know if I should say anything about it-!"

"Let's say it quickly, don't hesitate." Wei Yan said impatiently. He was very unhappy with the errand of the emergency, especially when he was strongly hostile to Gao Chong. If there is a slight omission, he will be in danger of being wiped out. At this time, Wei Yan was most concerned about what the situation in Jiangzhou City was.

"I heard that the former prefect of Jiangzhou, Chen Mi, had arrived in the city to lobby. After talking to General Yan Yan overnight, Chen Mi turned to Gao Chong's army. His subordinates have confirmed that there is no problem with this information."

After hearing this news, Wei Yan's burnt eyes suddenly became sharp. Whether Yan Yan's meeting with Shen Mi showed that Yan Yan had the intention to surrender to Gao Chong is still unknown, but no matter what, it is very necessary to raise his vigilance to Yan Yan.

"Is there any exact information coming out of the city?" Wei Yan asked.

Jiangzhou was besieged by Gao Chong's army, and the only land passage was blocked by Wenpin's army. Wei Yan had to break into the city and defeat the enemy on the periphery. Before the situation of Yan Yan's army was unknown, Wei Yan was not prepared to enter the city rashly.

"No." The scout replied honestly.

"Continue to send personnel to escape the enemy's post from the small path and sneak into the city. Before that, the entire army will be stationed on the spot and must not make any rash moves." Wei Yan ordered.

As for Wei Yan, it is completely understandable to issue such a cautious order. There are two results after breaking into Jiangzhou City. One is that Yan Yan remains loyal and the two units are united to defend the city, waiting for Liu Bei's reinforcements to arrive. This is a good result, and the other is a bad result. If Yan Yan intends to rebel, then Jiangzhou may be a trap, with the purpose of inducing himself to enter this trap.

A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall! In the past few years of fighting wits and courage with Gao Chongjun, Wei Yan summarized the unique secret to be two steps away and never force himself to death.

As for Yan Yan's life and death, Wei Yan had no time to consider. Liu Bei's entry into Shu was supported by the support of Jingzhou forces and Dongzhou soldiers. Yan Yan was not a Fazheng who actively welcomed Liu Bei's entry into Shu. Zhang Song and other types had almost zero chances of reuse. Therefore, even if the accounts were settled in the future, Wei Yan would not have to worry about what would happen to Liu Bei, who trusted him, if he had a lot of trust in him?

Yan Yan of Jiangzhou had no idea about this. He was still constantly encouraging the morale of the defenders and waiting for the arrival of Wei Yan's reinforcements.
Chapter completed!