Chapter 242 Ma Su: Oops, I was careless

Wang Ping's current image is quite downcast, with his messy hair randomly tied up in a sword-hilt style, his hairy beard growing freely on his upper and lower jaws, and his coarse linen clothes causing a dull pain on his skin.

From the outside, he looks more like a gangster who lives in a mountain retreat all year round and occasionally comes out to do some business without capital.

Such a dignified appearance is extremely powerful in intimidating merchants traveling around the world.

What do business people fear most?

Naturally, they are those "buyers and sellers without capital".

Therefore, everyone was very careful to keep a distance from Wang Ping at first. Until the news spread that "Don't be afraid, this person is Wang Ping", everyone breathed a sigh of relief. From an angle that Wang Ping could not see,

They all showed disdain.

Wang Ping could naturally hear people whispering around him, and most of what they said were about him, and they were all unpleasant words.

Moreover, the warrior's keen intuition told him that there were many people pointing fingers at him behind his back.

He turned his head and saw two young businessmen sitting side by side at the window near the cabin door. The two of them looked secretly in this direction and muttered in low voices, and what they said was offensive to the ears.

An uncontrollable anger suddenly rose in Wang Ping's heart.

He knew that the status of warriors in this era was not high, and they were often laughed at, teased, and regarded as reckless by the literati.

He also knew that what he had done before was not honorable.

But that is not the reason why the ignorant and lowly businessmen in front of him are laughing at his capital. Even if he currently has no official position, he is still a high-ranking person in the level of "scholar-samurai".

Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, don’t they have any idea of ​​the status of businessmen in this era?

Also, don't they know the principle of "when a man is angry, blood will be splashed five steps"?

If this is the case, then it is necessary for me to remind them and vent the cowardice I suffered in Sichuan.

Wang Pinghan stood up with a face on his face, pointed his sword at the two merchants, and said coldly: "Robbery."

"Steal wealth!"

Seeing that Wang Ping was alone, the two merchants looked at each other, smiled, and waved their hands behind them.

The five followers immediately drew their weapons and rushed over with howls.

Wang Ping casually waved his sword, stabbing all five boys to death one at a time, and then held the sword against two merchants again.

The faces of the two merchants changed wildly, and they knelt down on the board of the boat and obediently took out all their money.

Wang Ping rushed the two men to the deck and watched them jump off the boat and fall into the surging river water. They used their hands and feet to swim desperately towards the shore. Then he sheathed his sword and returned to the cabin to sit down.

This time, the entire cabin became quiet.

No one dares to gossip behind my back anymore.

The two young sons looked at Wang Ping with admiration, their little faces filled with pride.

No more troubles on the way.

The passenger ship rode the wind and waves down the river and arrived in Jiangling in just one day and night.

After the ship docked at the pier, Wang Ping's family of four followed the flow of people to Jiangling City.

Not far away, Wang Ping was surprised to find that his deeds had spread from Sichuan to the people of Jiangling City. However, the version circulated here was that "Wang Ping deliberately withdrew his troops early because he was at odds with Ma Su and had no military law."

He was convicted and later escaped from prison in an attempt to take revenge on Ma Su, but failed and was stabbed and seriously injured, so he was demoted to a commoner by Zhuge Liang and was never hired."

This gave him a little more confidence in his trip.

It has to be said that the strategy that Ma Di came up with was absolutely perfect. There was almost no trace of human manipulation in it, and it was not suspected of "excessive force" like Zhou Yu's attack on Huang Gai during the Battle of Chibi.

However, Wang Ping also knows that there is no good or bad strategy, some are just right.

Although the "bitter meat strategy" is not very clever, it is successful, so it is a good strategy.

And no matter how perfect and seamless Ma Su's strategy is, if it fails to succeed, it is not a good strategy.

Wang Ping is not in a hurry to meet Lu Xun and ask for an official position in Wu, because that would seem too deliberate.

Although his education level is very low, he has been working at the bottom of society for many years and understands the principle of "recommending oneself is not as good as recommending oneself".

He robbed merchants on the ship and forced them to jump off the ship. He took advantage of the opportunity and deliberately did this in order to spread the news of his arrival in Gangneung through other people's mouths at a faster speed.

Wang Ping used the money he robbed to buy a dilapidated courtyard in Jiangling City, settled down, bought a small boat, and learned to fish for a living.

Then, he waited patiently for Lu Xun to come to invite him.

He knew that Lu Xun would definitely come.

…

Chengdu, East Gate Tower.

Ma Su leaned against the city wall, looking toward the east of the river with the winter sun above his head, his thoughts swirling and he was filled with worry.

He always felt like he was missing something.

But I couldn't remember it for a while.

While he was extremely confused, Zhuge Liang walked up to the tower slowly and looked over with a smile: "You Chang are missing your old friend?"

Ma Su turned his head and suddenly smiled: "I can't hide anything from the Prime Minister. I remembered the god-sister I met in the Qiang land in the past. I think she is already eighteen years old this year, and she is in her prime."

"Oh? The Qiang land is in the northwest, why is You Chang looking to the southeast?" Zhuge Liang's wise eyes seemed to be able to see through people's hearts.

"..." Ma Su said deliberately, "The earth is round, and looking to the southeast is actually the same as looking to the northwest." After thinking about it, he decided to be more direct and test whether Zhuge Liang had seen his clever plan.

"Then which old friend does the Prime Minister think I am missing?"

Zhuge Liang smiled slightly: "Wang Ping."

Ma Su shook his head quickly and said harshly: "That's not right!"

Zhuge Liang did not argue with him, but said to himself: "Although this plan is clever, it may not be successful."

"..."

Seeing that Zhuge Liang had spoken so straightforwardly, Ma Di knew that his plan had been seen through, so he could only nod his head and said, "Judging from the Prime Minister's opinion, can this plan be hidden from Lu Xun?"

Zhuge Liang pondered for a moment and shook his head: "Even if you can hide it from Lu Xun, it will be difficult to achieve extraordinary feats."

"Is it possible that You Chang didn't know the consequences of Wei and Wu's conspiracy?"

Ma Di nodded: "I have heard a little bit that the counter-intentional schemes of the Wei State were completely defeated, and the counter-intentional schemes of the Wu State were completely defeated."

Of course Ma Di knew about the frequent "counterintuitive schemes" between Wei and Wu. He even knew more and more detailed information than Zhuge Liang.

Before the founding of the country, Wei and Wu had opened up a new front outside the frontal battlefield - the spy war. Unlike the frontal battlefield, where each had a winner and a loser, Cao Wei was completely defeated in this battle, while Soochow was completely victorious.

In the original time and space, the spy war between Cao Wei and Sun Wu had been fought four times.

The first time was during the Battle of Red Cliff.

In July of the 13th year of Jian'an (208 years), Cao Cao led hundreds of thousands of troops southward and captured Jingzhou without bloodshed, pointing to the south of the Yangtze River and east of the Yangtze River. Sun Quan, the leader of Wu, thought over and over again and decided to join forces with Liu Bei to fight against Cao in order to protect the east of the Yangtze River.

The Soochow Navy and Cao Cao's army immediately met on the Chibi River and fought several battles, but they could not win. During this period, Cao Cao's army was defeated by the Soochow Navy. As a last resort, Cao Cao had to move the navy to the north of the river, merge it with the army, and all the warships.

On the Wulin side of the north bank, the fighting came to a stalemate.

In December, seeing Cao's army connecting the warships end to end, Zhou Yu thought of a fire attack plan, so he and his veteran general Huang Gai staged a "bitter meat plan" in an attempt to fake surrender and set fire to the enemy.

Therefore, after Huang Gai received a "violent beating", he secretly sent someone to present a letter to Cao Cao. The letter denounced Zhou Yu's "reverse behavior" and solemnly offered to lead his army to Beitou.

After careful review, Cao Cao, who was extremely clever and always good at plotting against others, actually believed it. When the appointed date arrived, Huang Gai prepared more than a dozen light ships, loaded with dried wood fish paste and other flammable materials, and covered them with cloth curtains.

Then, after packing everything up, he led the ship and set off.

At that time, the wind from the southeast was strong, Huang Gai asked people to raise the sails of the ship, and the ship took advantage of the wind. In less than an hour, Cao Jun's camp was in sight. When Cao Jun saw Huang Gai coming as promised, they were all unprepared and stretched their necks to wait and see. When the ship was far away,

When Cao Cao was in the boat, Huang Gai ordered his soldiers to "get angry at the same time". "The fire was fierce and the wind was fierce. It shot towards the ship like arrows, flying across the railings, burning up the northern ship and extending to the camp firewood on the shore." Cao's army "burned and drowned many people".

, Zhou Yu then personally led his army to land and rush to kill Cao's army. Cao's army was defeated and retreated to Bao Nanjun.

The Second Battle of Shiting.

In the fifth year of the founding of the Shu Han Dynasty (227 years), Cao Xiu was the highest military commander in the southeast war zone of Cao Wei at that time. He was both civil and military, capable of conquering and fighting, and had great military exploits. During his tenure, Cao Xiu repeatedly raised troops to invade the borders of Soochow, and achieved many gains, which made Sun Quan

It was a big headache. In order to deal with Cao Xiu, Lu Xun came up with a false surrender plan, hoping to lure Cao Xiu to send troops and ambush him halfway.

After some investigation, Sun Quan selected Zhou Li, who was the governor of Poyang at the time. Poyang is adjacent to Yangzhou and is the border between Wei and Wu. Zhou Li was a fierce general under Sun Quan, who was both wise and brave. After receiving the order, Zhou Li

He wrote seven letters to Cao Xiu in succession. In the letter, Zhou Yi made something out of nothing, lying that he had been criticized by Sun Quan many times and was worried about being persecuted, so he planned to surrender Poyang County to the north and be loyal to Cao Wei. At the same time, he also listed the time and place of the "uprising" one by one.

He informed Cao Xiu and asked Cao Xiu to send troops to respond.

In order to complete the show and further deceive Cao Xiu, Sun Quan sent "special commissioners" to Zhou Yi seven times before and after Zhou Yi wrote to Cao Xiu. On one of these occasions, Zhou Yi was "forced" to come to the "special commissioner"

In the place where the "member" stayed, he cut off his hair in a high-profile manner to plead guilty to show loyalty.

This made Cao Xiu, who was originally hesitant about Zhou Li's surrender, become convinced of his surrender after learning about it. On the agreed date, Cao Xiu personally led an army of 100,000 to meet him. The army marched to Shiting and was attacked by Zhou Li's army and

Lu Xun's army ambushed the Wei army in front and back, but the Wei army was unprepared and was defeated in an instant.

In the first two times, those who took the initiative to use spy were Soochow, and all the strategies were successful, which made Cao Wei deeply aware of the power of "spies".

Therefore, the third "Spy War" was initiated by Cao Wei.
To be continued...