Eight hundred and sixtieth chapters a good informant
Wang Mi gave up his seat to He Wuji and said with a wry smile: "Brother Wuji is right, this is exactly what I am worried about."
"Previously, we were able to pass through Xuzhou without any danger. That was because we had the cover of the Di Qin Army and were able to pass in the name of rescue. But this time, things are not that simple."
Not only is it not that simple, it is even dangerous.
Since setting off from Yecheng, Wang Mi and others have captured several Di and Qin soldiers among the prisoners who were trying to deliver messages to the towns ahead.
These people still thought that they could break through the Jin army's many barriers and send messages to their comrades at the front, so that they could continue to resist!
Their thoughts are not wishful thinking. After all, they know very well that the current combat effectiveness of the Jin army will never be the same as when the Battle of Yecheng began.
It has already dropped significantly. Not to mention the powerful Di Qin army, even cowardly soldiers like Jingzhou soldiers can knock down the current Beifu soldiers.
Fortunately, Wang Mi was prepared and captured these spies one after another, thus controlling the danger before it happened.
However, these are only preventive measures after all, and the roads are still the same, and some nodes cannot be avoided.
Before that, Wang Mi and the others had already passed two cities, and they were very lucky. When they heard that important towns like Yecheng had been lost in these coastal cities, they immediately put up white flags on the cities and surrendered directly.
This saved the Jin army trouble, but Wang Mi didn't dare to hope that such luck would continue every time it happened.
There can be a next time, because if you attribute everything to luck and rely on luck, luck will eventually run out one day.
The defenders of those towns were able to give up because those cities were originally relatively small and lacked strategic depth. Once a fight broke out, it would be difficult to maintain.
Furthermore, those towns were relatively close to Yecheng. Although they had never gone to Yecheng to help in the battle, they still had a relatively good understanding of the situation in the Yecheng war.
They all had a deep understanding of the Jin army's bravery and were very afraid. Therefore, before the Jin army started fighting, they themselves were afraid.
Simply gave up resistance.
But Xuzhou is different. Just from Fu Fei's performance when they passed Xuzhou, it can be seen that Fu Fei is not a person who gives up easily.
And Xuzhou is such an important battleground for military strategists, and no one with brains will give up easily.
Even if you are not fighting for Di Qin, even if you are fighting for yourself, as long as you can hold Xuzhou in your hands and look around, you can become a hero for a while.
Fu Fei, he should have such thoughts.
"Yes, you are right. Next, we will face the real difficulties."
"Zhiyuan, what can you do?"
"When Fu Fei let us go to Yecheng, he was full of reluctance. When the army set off, he secretly sent people to follow it secretly, just because he was afraid that we would cause trouble. Such people are cunning and capable. The current state of our army is...
You can’t necessarily compete with that.”
He Wuji's worries were Wang Mi's own.
Wang Mi was very dissatisfied with Fu Fei's previous performance. He was a general who had his own opinions and was very conceited.
It is absolutely impossible for such a person to surrender easily.
So, this is where everyone is worried. The method they have relied on before will no longer work!
What to do?
Hit hard?
Of course it won't work, because it's impossible to defeat it now.
What else can be done?
Wang Mi sighed, feeling in a dilemma.
If they could bypass Xuzhou and go through other places, it might be possible, but it was obvious that they had not been able to find a better way for half the journey.
Now we have reached the outskirts of Xuzhou City.
There is no way back!
"That's why I sighed, it would be great if we could attack Fu Fei alone. The problem is, we are not familiar with the situation in Xuzhou City at all, how can we succeed?"
"How about asking some Di Qin soldiers to inquire? Maybe we can just ask Fu Zuan directly!"
"He is also a general, so he should be more familiar with it, at least better than us."
"Fu Zuan?"
Wang Mi smiled bitterly and said: "He can't do it. He was originally stationed in Jinyang. If you want to know the situation in Jinyang, it's not much better to go to him. He's not familiar with Xuzhou either."
"Besides, as far as I know, people like Fu Zuan, Fu Pi and others have recently come to guard the corresponding cities in the past year. They have little contact with each other and are not familiar with the cities they guard.
, let alone other people’s territory.”
"Fu Zuan can't help."
He Wuji was in pain again, who else could he turn to?
According to what Wang Mi said, those Di Qin soldiers should not be easily believed. After all, although they surrendered, many people still believed that the defeat in the Battle of Yecheng was not because the Di Qin brothers were not brave in fighting.
The reason why the defeat was so tragic and so sudden was all because of the traitor Li Dalian. If he hadn't surrendered Nancheng to the Jin army, how would there have been today's defeat?
At least they won’t lose so quickly!
Therefore, among these prisoners, there were still many Di people who had illusions about restoring Yecheng, or in other words, about causing trouble for the Jin army.
If we ask them for help and they spread the word about the difficulties of the Jin army, they may cause trouble again.
Wang Mi didn't dare to take risks.
But, Li Dalian?
This name suddenly appeared in front of Wang Mi's eyes.
This person doesn't seem to need to worry. Is there any good solution?
"Wuji, go and call Li Dalian. I have something important to ask him."
He Wuji was also touched when he heard this name. Li Dalian, isn't this the big traitor?
correct!
He was also considered the most prominent figure in Ye City. It was he who initiated the surrender at that time so that the Jin army could have a chance to capture Ye City.
It can be said that if it were not for Li Dalian, it is still unclear who is in the hands of Yecheng now!
right!
This is the person you should find!
Why didn't you think of it earlier?
He Wuji couldn't help but be secretly angry. In this round, Wang Mi won again. Although he seemed to be doing nothing, in fact, his mind did not stop working for a moment.
He said he had no idea and wanted to hear the opinions of his brothers.
In fact, after using my brain a little bit, I quickly came up with a solution.
Within a moment, Li Dalian arrived at the military tent, still looking respectful and smooth.
Seeing that he was still the same, Wang Mi was relieved.
This kind of person may not be reliable when fighting, but when providing information, he is often very useful.
Who would say no to someone like Li Dalian?
He is kind to everyone, polite, popular, and well-rounded. The more friendly he seems, the more informed he is.
Maybe, from his mouth, we can really get some news from Xuzhou.
"Show tea to Captain Li."
"Thank you, Mr. Wang, for the tea."
Tea is a drink that many people drank in the south in the late Jin Dynasty, but few people drank it in the north.
It is a rare drink, although northerners often don't like the taste of tea, because the tea at this time is still completely boiled, and the tea leaves have not been cooked in any way, so it is very primitive.
The method of preparing tea is also relatively simple. It is just boiling water and there are no other unnecessary steps.
The brewed tea is indeed somewhat similar to medicinal soup. The most primitive tea soup is also said to be derived from medicinal soup.
At that time, many people drank tea just to pursue some refreshing medicinal effects.
However, northerners are also pursuing tea drinking.
This is the advantage of some Jiangzuo scholars in public opinion.
Everyone knows that when the Jin Dynasty was in chaos, many elegant people from Chang'an and Luoyang migrated south to Jiankang City.
And wherever they are, this small group of people represents where the most elegant and high-end ornamental objects are.
Just like this tea.
Due to the limited production techniques at the beginning, its taste is, to be honest, much worse than dairy products such as buttermilk that are popular in the north.
However, because these Jiangzuo scholars all like to drink tea and regard it as a high quality, it is natural that there is a whirlwind on both sides of the river that drinking tea is good, drinking tea is elegant, and drinking tea is a person with taste.
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Therefore, even though it is very difficult to obtain fresh tea in the north, buttermilk obviously has a richer taste and higher nutritional value.
But people are still crazy about drinking tea.
However, tea is so rare that even Li Dalian, who has a relatively high status in Yecheng, can hardly drink a bowl of authentic tea all year round.
At this time, the cup of tea given by Wang Mi was enough to make Li Dalian excited for a long time.
He held the tea cup and smelled the faint fragrance, and he was immediately intoxicated.
“The real tea soup has this aroma, it’s so fragrant!
"So beautiful!"
He sipped carefully, fearing that if he drank too quickly, he would drink up all the treasure.
Darling, you can’t waste it like this!
Li Dalian was amazed by the beautiful fragrant tea. Of course, he did not forget Wang Mi who specially called him over.
This Wang Shilang is a very thoughtful person. He is a typical example of someone who can't afford to wake up early when there is no profit. It was getting late, so he specially called him over and gave him tea. Needless to say, there must be something important to do.
Trouble him.
The thing is like this. Judging from Wang Mi's friendly attitude, we can know that the Jin army must be asking for something from him, Li Dalian.
But one good thing about Li Dalian is that he is very self-aware. You are already a prisoner and surrendered, and you still expect to gain some status.
You should have seen your situation clearly a long time ago and seized the opportunity to climb up.
It is precisely because of this thought that Li Dalian particularly despises the surrender soldiers who tried to send news to the Qin soldiers in the past few days.
In fact, he can understand their psychology.
However, if you do this under the nose of the Jin Dynasty army, not only the probability of success is very low, but also the stupidity of doing this is extraordinary.
Sure enough, several of these people went there, and none of them fell into the hands of the Jin army.
"Do you have anything to tell me, Mr. Wang?"
"Just say it, I will definitely serve you to the death."
It sounds nice, but Wang Mi doesn't believe a word of it. He is capricious and cowardly. He can betray even Di Qin, who he was born in. How can Wang Mi still expect him to be loyal to the Jin Dynasty?
?
It's just a temporary measure to keep him here since he is still useful for a while.
"Since Captain Li said this, I won't be polite."
"As you know, the border of Xuzhou is just ahead. I want to inquire about the situation in Xuzhou so that I can make preparations."
Although it was easy to start the article, Wang Mi was still very cautious and did not dare to reveal all his thoughts.
Li Dalian hasn't figured out all his ideas yet, and he can't let him take control of it.
"Shilang Wang wants to find out about Fu Fei."
Wang Mi was stunned. This guy actually understood his true thoughts immediately. It was really terrifying. He was indeed a man who could turn around and surrender at the critical moment without hesitation.
At this time, Wang Mi was stunned and allowed Li Dalian to capture what he wanted.
Sure enough.
So what, when they arrive in Xuzhou, the Jin army will also be in trouble!
In fact, Li Dalian had already had this idea in the early days. It would not be difficult for the Jin army to capture an isolated city in Yecheng, but it would be very difficult for the Jin army to return to Jiankang smoothly.
There are cities one after another along the way. Which one is easy to capture?
At that time, it was already shocking that they could cross one checkpoint after another and reach Yecheng.
But at that time, they were able to succeed because they were escorted by Di Qin generals like Yang Baihua, who stormed through in a mighty manner under the guise of aiding the Qin soldiers.
But now, the Jin army obviously no longer has this barrier in front of them. Seeing these prisoners of Di Qin, which general of the Qin army can't see what happened in Yecheng?
As long as they can stand up and resist, retaking Yecheng is not out of reach.
In fact, Li Dalian is very contradictory.
As the first Di Qin general to surrender, it was obvious that he, Li Dalian, took advantage. Of course, he did not expect the Jin army to overturn here.
If this is the case, as a traitor, Li Dalian will definitely not end well.
However, Li Dalian was not optimistic about the Jin army's return journey. The decline in the Jin army's combat effectiveness was obvious to everyone.
If we could rest in Yecheng for a while and then go back, there might be some room for improvement.
However, I heard that the Jin court in Jiankang City had issued a decree requiring Wang Mi to return to the capital immediately.
Isn't this a joke?
Didn't those in the Jin Dynasty think about what kind of situation they would face if they called these exhausted soldiers back in a short time?
It seems that the Jin Dynasty is also full of crises and conflicts.
There are many people waiting to make him miserable.
You see, this is the difference between people, the level is different.
What Wang Mi's good brothers haven't thought about clearly yet, Li Dalian has already thought of.
This has to be said to be a talent.
Li Dalian's idea was completely based on facts. Repeatedly, the Jin army was indeed unable to compete with the Qin army in Xuzhou.
Therefore, it is normal for Wang Mi to be concerned about Xuzhou and the situation of guard Fu Fei at this time.
"Captain Li is indeed very clear-sighted. It's true. I just want to find out who Fu Fei is."
"We rushed all the way from Jiankang City to Yecheng. Although we had brief contact with him, it was only a fleeting glimpse and not very clear. Our understanding of this person must not be as good as Captain Li's."
"Captain Li also knows that along the way, we encountered several cities controlled by Di Qin. We originally thought there would be a few hard battles, but they all chose to surrender."
"To be honest, this far exceeded our imagination. We didn't expect things to progress so quickly at the beginning."
"However, after such a smooth journey, we hesitated when we arrived near Xuzhou City. As far as I know, Xuzhou Guardsman Fu Fei is a very stubborn person and loyal to Di Qin. This man is brave and good at fighting, and he will never
Will surrender to our army."
"So I wanted to ask Captain Li if Fu Fei has any solution to the problem?"