Jiang Ji originally thought that he had only misjudged Ding Feng.

Unexpectedly, he misjudged Li Yan and Zhou Tai.

When he thought that these two people were both from noble families, Jiang Ji felt a little sad.

In order to strive for merit, do you abandon the decency of the nobles?

But then Jiang Ji thought again.

If it weren't for the fact that I wasn't good at leading troops, I wouldn't be able to kneel...

When Jiang Ji was thinking about whether to ask Mi Yang for a military position, Mi Yang's laughter rang out.

"You, you!

He behaves just like Cheng Yuan."

Mi Yang pointed at Zhou Tai and said with a smile.

Mi Yang's laughter made Zhou Tai think that his words had an effect. Unexpectedly, after Mi Yang finished speaking to Zhou Tai, he looked at Li Yan again.

"As long as you know that you are the guilty one."

Compared to his gentle tone towards Zhou Tai, Mi Yang's tone towards Li Yan became harsh.

After hearing Mi Yang's seemingly accusatory words, Li Yan did not choose to defend himself.

Just like when he was punished by Mi Yang that day, he buried his head deeply on the ground in front of Mi Yang.

After seeing Li Yan's obedient behavior, Mi Yang's tone softened a lot.

"Although you have committed crimes before, you have also been punished by Gu.

Let’s not talk about the past for now, you and the state minister should get up.”

Mi Yang's words made Li Yan secretly happy.

The next moment, he and Zhou Tai stood up from the ground.

After Li Yan and Zhou Tai stood up, Mi Yang told them his specific plan.

"I have ordered Chengyuan to lead the army to take a detour to Changsha and go straight to Chaisang.

After the news spreads, Lu Dai will definitely lead his troops to help Chaisang.

But after all, Yongan is an important town in Soochow.

Lu Dai may leave some of his elite soldiers behind to resist at Yong'an Port.

Our army is not good at water warfare. If our army cannot capture Yong'an Port in a short time, the recapture of Jiangxia will undoubtedly be a castle in the air.

However, as long as our army can quickly seize the port and take over Yong'an.

The military strength of Jiangxia County is empty. When the officials from various places see the loss of Yong'an, they will be frightened. Maybe Jiangxia County can surrender.

Do you two remember what Gu said?"

In Mi Yang's view, the key to regaining the entire Jiangxia County lies in the ownership of Yong'an City.

Mi Yang's words made Zhou Tai look cautious on his face.

It is good that he wants to strive for merit, but he will not become careless because of his pursuit of merit.

"I will remember it."

Faced with Mi Yang's inquiry, Zhou Tai responded quickly.

But Li Yan did not respond immediately.

When Zhou Tai looked at Li Yan with doubtful eyes, Li Yan carefully expressed his guess.

"Da Sima wants to regain Yong'an, but his real purpose may not be just Jiangxia.

When I was in Yiyang in my early years, I heard that in Yong'an City there were grain, grass and military weapons accumulated by the Wu Kingdom over the past few years.

When our army first entered Jingzhou, everything was in ruins waiting to be revitalized. Now is the time when we are worried about the lack of food and grass.

If our army can gain Yong'an Wu Gou's years of savings, then our army will have the capital to fight Wu Gou for a long time.

I wonder if my guess is correct?"

After finishing his guess, Li Yan looked at Mi Yang expectantly.

Li Yan's gaze soon collided with Mi Yang's scrutinizing gaze.

After the two eyes collided, Mi Yang smiled and pointed at Li Yan and said:

"When the late emperor was still alive, he told me many times that you were talented in many fields.

I've only seen your talents in many aspects today."

Mi Yang's words undoubtedly confirmed Li Yan's guess.

Perhaps in the eyes of ordinary people, if Mi Yang wants to conquer Jianye, Chai Sang's ownership is crucial.

But it's not.

No matter how important Chaisang is, it is still a city.

As long as it is a city, it will not escape. Mi Yang has plenty of time to think of ways to conquer it.

What Mi Yang really lacks is time.

In the military, time is synonymous with food and grass.

Why did Lu Xun decisively adopt the strategy of holding on and waiting for changes under Mi Yang's setup?

The variables in Lu Xun's mind not only refer to the outcome of the battle in Jingbei, but also the food and fodder of the Han army.

Lu Xun knew that Jingzhou's grain and grass storage was not abundant, which was also an important factor why Lu Xun dared to use troops against Jingzhou.

In Lu Xun's view, even if the Han army gained a victory in the Jingbei War, as long as he continued to delay the battle, the Han army's problem of insufficient food and grass would be exposed.

By then, Wu Jun might not be thinking about breaking out of the encirclement.

How could Mi Yang, who was the person involved, not know what Lu Xun was thinking?

When he first arrived in Jingzhou, Mi Yang realized the weakness of Jingzhou's lack of food and grass.

Because of this weakness, Mi Yang originally wanted to adopt the "boiled frog" strategy used by the Jin Dynasty in history to destroy Soochow.

Because of this weakness, when Mi Yang knew that Han Zong intended to surrender, he insisted on letting him offer Yong'an City as a gift.

What Mi Yang wanted was originally a large amount of baggage in Yong'an City.

But things in the world are ever-changing and things never go as people wish.

The development of the war situation in Jingzhou to this point was not in Mi Yang's original vision.

But now that the war situation has developed to this point, Mi Yang has no choice but to face the difficulties.

Whether it was to stabilize the war situation in Jingzhou or to advance the army to build Ye, Mi Yang had to get the large amount of baggage in Yong'an City.

Seeing that Li Yan could see through his own thoughts, Mi Yang was full of admiration for Li Yan.

Mi Yang stood up and came to Li Yan and said to him:

"Gu has always wanted you to take the blame and make meritorious deeds. Today I will put the opportunity into your hands.

I hope you won’t disappoint me.”

"If you can get what you want, you will not only be reinstated to your post, but you will also be able to petition His Majesty to grant you a fiefdom in the most sacred place in Jiangxia."

Mi Yang knew that Li Yan was very talented.

With Li Yan's great talent, it would not be difficult to lead the Han army to land in Yong'an after Lu Dai's main force was lured away.

But Li Yan is prone to delay important events due to selfishness.

In order to prevent this from happening, Mi Yang had to use both force and force on Li Yanen.

Only then did Zhou Tai and Li Yan send troops together to show supervision.

As expected, Li Yan was overjoyed after hearing Mi Yang's promise.

"Don't worry, Da Sima, Yan Bi will wipe out everything and make Da Sima get his wish!"

After hearing Li Yan's assurance, Mi Yang patted him hard on the shoulder, and then ordered:

"You two go down and get ready.

When the ground in Jiangdong breaks apart, it will be the time for you two to send troops."

...

Late October of the sixth year of Zhangwu.

When cold weather swept across the land of Jingzhou, Ding Feng, who was shouldering an important mission, had already led his troops to Changsha County.

Ding Feng led his army to outside Xiajun City. Soon he saw a strong man nearly nine feet tall, wearing tiger skin and wearing two powerful crossbows in his belt walking towards him.

Who is this strong man if not Samoko?

Before Shamoko even approached Ding Feng, he started laughing.
To be continued...