Because of the Changshan incident, the progress of the Beifu soldiers was also disrupted, and corresponding adjustments needed to be made.
The words Wang Mi and Professor Chang Shan said were all deliberately done by him to blur Di Qin's vision and prevent them from making correct judgments.
What is the situation inside Yuanjiang garrison now?
It should be said that all preparations are being carried out in an orderly manner. Who bought time for the Jin army?
It’s Changshan!
Wang Mi was not sophisticated enough to predict that Fu Rui would send two spies to the small Yuanjiang garrison to investigate the situation.
However, after carefully considering the current situation in Yuanjiang garrison and the clues Di Qin might have, he still provided Chang Shan with a complete set of arguments.
For Di Qin, after a few days, Fu Rui and others must have known that the siege of Xiangyang City had been lifted, and the Jingzhou soldiers led by Huan Chong retreated all the way south.
Liang Cheng's escape would also bring to the ears of the Qin army in Xiangyang that Beifu soldiers had arrived at Jingling City for reinforcements.
So for Fu Rui, the reason why he sent spies to Yuanjiang garrison for investigation was just to find out how many Jin troops were temporarily staying here.
According to the information obtained so far, there are two things that Di Qin has not yet figured out.
Where did the retreating Huan Chong troops retreat to?
In the past month, the movements of the Qin army have been obvious. There have been activities in Qiuchi and Bashu, and the Jin army has also fought hard to recapture several cities.
In other words, the morale of the Jin army was also very high this time, and they intended to start a decisive battle with Di Qin. Under this situation, Fu Rui always believed that even if Huan Chong was afraid of Murong Chui, he would not run too far.
Obviously, if the Jin army wants to consolidate its forces and launch a decisive battle with the Qin army, the Jingzhou troops led by Huan Chong must be among them.
If he ran all the way back to Shangming (Jingzhou administrative office) and waited until the Qin army raised troops, it would be too late to rush over!
The movements of the Beifu soldiers also deserve the attention of the Qin army. Liang Cheng personally fought with the Beifu soldiers outside Jingling City. According to him, this time the Jin army had strict military discipline and a very sharp front, not as lax as before.
Fighting spirit.
Would such a force with a tough style come to attack Xiangyang on the way to pursue Liang Cheng?
These are the concerns of the Qin army, and the false news concocted by Wang Mi is also based on the concerns of the Qin army.
The main content revolves around the timid Huan Chong.
Huan Chong was afraid of Murong Chui, which the Qin army also knew. Where was this general who had fled, and where was the army he commanded now?
Di Qin must be very curious, so taking the initiative to say that Huan Chong was garrisoning at Yuanjiang would be providing information to Di Qin.
In order to achieve the purpose of confusing Di Qin and cooperate with Chang Shan to release false news, Xie Xuan personally took off his general flag and replaced it with Huan Shiqian's.
Husi pretended to be a horse breeder and had been lurking in the Yuanjiang garrison. He did not know that Changshan had been captured by Tan Pingzhi outside the city and promised to cooperate with the Jin army.
So, when he saw a large number of soldiers carrying Huan's battle flag marching into Yuanjiang garrison, he naturally concluded that these were Huan Shiqian's troops.
It definitely does not belong to Beifu.
From the perspective of Wang Mi's strategic intention, he did not want to rush to Xiangyang City to fight Murong Chui to the death.
There is only one purpose in releasing these false news, which is to delay Murong Chui as much as possible and prevent them from going south.
All in all, the culprit behind all of this was Huan Chong. This brave veteran had already been stationed in the Yuanjiang garrison for a long time. Why didn't he intercept the Liang Cheng brothers on their way to attack Jingling City?
Huan Chong obviously had such strength, but he sat back and watched Liang Cheng go south, hiding in the Yuanjiang garrison and pretending not to exist.
Every time he thought of Huan Chong's series of performances, Wang Mi felt more and more that he had exceeded the lower limit of his cognition. With such performance, Huan Chong is still clamoring to put Huan Shiqian's troops under his own name.
He is also embarrassed!
Fortunately, Huan Shiqian was not easy to talk to either. No matter how hard Huan Chong tried, Huan Shiqian refused to agree.
Of course, neither Xie Xuan nor Wang Mi were afraid of fighting. They deliberately concealed the news that the Beifu soldiers were garrisoning at Yuanjiang, just to give a head-on blow to the Di Qin army who dared to go south.
Therefore, for Wang Mi, no one would suffer if he concocted the news that Huan Shiqian's tribe returned from Jingling to Yuanjiang garrison.
Judging from the current situation, there is no movement in Xiangyang, which gives the Beifu soldiers a chance to breathe.
On the battlefield, time is money and time is everything. As long as they have time, they can make more war preparations.
Xiangyang is not a garrison by the river. There is only a narrow river at the gate of the garrison. The section of the Han River in Xiangyang has very abundant water. Now is the flood season in summer, which can fully satisfy the navigation of large warships.
The Jingzhou soldiers who travel between Xiangyang and Jingling currently have a limited number of warships in hand. They seize the time and work hard to build more warships.
In the Yuanjiang garrison, various strategic reserves are quite sufficient, including wood for making warships and various iron weapons.
Since he started making strategic preparations, Wang Mi has plunged into the blacksmith workshop. He has no interest in the quarrels outside the workshop and does not want to participate at all.
Who loses, who wins, who leads the troops, what does it have to do with him?
Anyway, no one would give him the power to lead troops.
In this case, he might as well be more sensible and do what he can.
Of course, the most important thing we can do is supervise the manufacture of weapons!
Although the original plan was to only equip the soldiers under the new general Xuanwei Liu Yu with brand new spears and equipped with double stirrups.
But such a plan would not work when it came to Yuanjiang garrison.
Although he is still the leader of the team now, Tan Pingzhi, who will definitely become a general in the future, threatens and induces all the soldiers under his command to replace them with new equipment no matter what.
At first, Wang Mi didn't agree. Now that time is running out, every minute and every second is crucial. Instead of making spears and stirrups, it is more appropriate to make more arrow clusters at this stage.
On the battlefield, the weapon with the greatest wear and tear is the arrow cluster.
Once an arrow is shot, it cannot be taken back until the battle is over. It cannot be reused, so more preparations must be made.
However, Tan Pingzhi persisted, and Wang Mi had no choice but to agree.
Fortunately, Tan Pingzhi's current position is not high, and he only has a hundred or so people under his command. If he becomes a general, Wang Mi really won't be able to get so many spears for him.
In order to avoid the quarrel between the Huan family troops, Wang Mi went into the blacksmith's workshop, where there were clanging sounds everywhere.
The sweating masters, shirtless, are working hard.
Wang Mi, who was fresh and fresh, neatly dressed and with a neat hair style, was clearly out of place in the lively atmosphere here.
Wang Mi quickly walked through the busy masters and found his old friend.
It was none other than Master He who secretly helped him forge the spear.