Although Jiang Wan's first use of troops was somewhat inexperienced and a bit arm's length, Jiang Wan's attempt to persuade the Lantian County garrison to surrender was really not whimsical.
On the one hand, Jiang Wan brought 3,000 troops and horses this time, while the Lantian County defenders only had 500 people. In terms of strength, Jiang Wan was six times that of the enemy, giving him an absolute advantage.
And Jiang Wan's army, coming from the east side of Lantian County, will also give Lantian County the illusion that the fortress group on the east side has been lost, and the Han Dynasty has begun a full-scale counterattack. Now that the troops are approaching the city, Lantian County cannot hold it at all.
This is to use force to suppress others.
On the other hand, who made the magistrate of Lantian County the same one as before?
Jiang Wan felt that he had a chance.
Jiang Wan, the governor of Yongzhou, did a much more competent job than the governor of Yongzhou who acted like a hand-off shopkeeper.
Zhang Xi has been the governor of Yongzhou for almost six years, and he still cannot recognize all the county magistrates in all the 46 counties in Guanzhong, but Jiang Wan can.
Jiang Wan can not only identify all the county magistrates in the forty-six counties in Guanzhong, he can even tell each county magistrate's origin, character and temper, the gains and losses of governance over the years, whether there are any possibilities that can be cultivated and explored in the future, etc.
When the county magistrates of the forty-six counties in Guanzhong go to Chang'an every year to report on their duties, Jiang Wan is responsible for receiving and inspecting them. Their future and destiny are almost always in Jiang Wan's hands.
To a certain extent, Jiang Wan was the immediate boss of all the county magistrates in the forty-six counties in Guanzhong, and he was born with a certain amount of pressure.
The magistrate of Lantian County is called Wangge, and he is a descendant of the Bajun branch of the Shuzhong Wang family from Langzhong in Bajun.
If you want to say that he is a child of an aristocratic family, it doesn't matter. After all, the Wang family in Shuzhong is the largest family after the Li family.
But if you want to call him a descendant of a poor family, that seems to be correct. After all, he is a descendant of a branch of the Wang family in Ba County in Shuzhong. He is almost three thousand miles away.
The Wang family in Langzhong has long since declined. The total population is less than thirty, and the relationship with the Wang family in Bajun is not that close.
It is said that there is still a little contradiction.
Otherwise, would Wangge go to Chang'an to take some imperial examinations and seek opportunities to become an official? !
When Jiang Wan saw this person, he immediately recognized him, and quickly recalled this person's information in his mind. He immediately found that the possibility of persuading him to surrender had increased by several percentage points.
"Wang Yunlou, do you still recognize me?!"
Under the city, Jiang Wan was fully armored and riding a war horse, shouting to the royal pavilion on the top of the city.
Yunlou is the word for Wangge. From this word, we can tell that Wangge is a poor family and has not escaped.
The word selection has no style at all.
As for Wang Ge, don't tell me. Wang Ge really didn't recognize Jiang Wan at first.
After all, when he met Jiang Wan before, whether he was in the official server or private server, he was polite, personable, and a gentle and good boss.
Wang Ge has never seen Jiang Wan, who is now wearing armor and leading troops in battle, with a sinister look on his face.
But Wangge was able to read at least, and he saw the general's flag behind Jiang Wan, and Jiang Wan's appearance was vaguely visible.
After Wang Ge realized that the person under the city was Jiang Wan, he immediately raised his hands in salute and said, "It's actually Jiang Changshi, the commander-in-chief. I am a low-ranking official. Well, I wonder what Jiang Changshi has to say when he comes here."
Well, Wang Ge surrendered not long ago, less than half a month, and he subconsciously regarded Jiang Wan as his immediate superior. He almost said what he said to his boss before.
Fortunately, Wang Ge's reaction was quite quick and he immediately changed his position, so he didn't make a joke.
But this change, in Jiang Wan's view, gave him a little more confidence in persuading him to surrender.
"I was ordered by the Emperor to attack the Wei traitors. I passed by here and came here to ask: Magistrate Wang, are you a minister of the Han Dynasty or a traitor to the Wei Kingdom?!" Jiang Wan asked sternly.
This question is really difficult for Wang Ge to answer.
Are you saying that you are a minister of the Han Dynasty? !
Funny, you surrendered.
He said that he was a minister of the Wei State and Wang Ge had only surrendered a few days ago. Now that the Han army was approaching the city, how could he, Wang Ge, have the consciousness to sacrifice his life for the Wei State?
Therefore, Wangge kept silent about this.
Fortunately, Jiang Wan had no intention of asking Wang Ge to answer. His question was just to shock Wang Ge and lay the foundation for his subsequent remarks.
"The Wei thieves were powerful, and Governor Liu was unable to deal with them, which led to the fall of Youfufeng. As a minister of the Han Dynasty, it is understandable that you surrendered to protect the people. However, now that the army of the King of Han Dynasty has arrived, do you still have to raise troops to fight against the heavenly army? ! Why not descend quickly!!!”
Jiang Wan continued to sternly rebuke, but the meaning of what he said to Wang Ge's ears was completely different.
Wang Ge actually didn't want to fight. He didn't really have a good impression of Wei. On the contrary, he still had feelings for the big man who promoted and reused him.
But no matter how much emotion he had, it was not as important as his own life. When Guo Huai's army approached, Wang Ge could only choose to surrender.
Wang Ge's biggest psychological obstacle when facing Jiang Wan is actually this. You just surrendered not long ago, and you surrendered again. For such a capricious person, who will reuse you in the future? !
But now, Jiang Wan gave the king's pavilion the steps.
The biggest responsibility for the unfavorable outcome of the war in You Fufeng was Liu Yin, who failed to defend You Fufeng.
The purpose of Wangge's surrender was to protect the people in the city and not to surrender.
Now that the Han Dynasty has counterattacked, Jiang Wan came to the city in person. Wangge opened the city not to surrender, but to bring order to the chaos and return to the court.
The most important thing is that his immediate boss personally surrendered to the steps, which clearly expressed his attitude of not taking any responsibility for his surrender, and he will use it how he wants to use it in the future.
On the contrary, if you do not surrender, you will be a traitor to the Wei Dynasty, and the Han Dynasty will have no place for you.
Faced with such a choice, does Wangge still need to think about it? !
Now the situation is obvious. The Han army is approaching the city. With so few people in Lantian County, it is impossible to hold it.
And Jiang Wan has set up a ladder for himself, and even his biggest psychological obstacle has been eliminated. If he doesn't surrender, he will die! ! !
Moreover, there was another most important factor that prompted Wangge to choose to return to the Han Dynasty - the county magistrates of the forty-six counties in Guanzhong were all appointed after passing the unusual Chang'an imperial examination.
This imperial examination was very sensational at the time, but the final public opinion environment was very unfriendly to this imperial examination.
Only in the Han Dynasty, officials who were promoted through this imperial examination were officially recognized by the Han Dynasty court. Until now, the aristocratic families and the court in the Central Plains region all spoke negatively of the imperial examination in Guanzhong. demeaning attitude.
It's okay if you don't belittle him. If the Wei Dynasty did the same thing, it would be equivalent to depriving the aristocratic family of the right to recommend talents, while at the same time strengthening the imperial power.
Therefore, although Cao Pi and Cao Rui were itching to do this, they also knew that such an idea was unrealistic in the Central Plains and Hebei regions where aristocratic families were extremely powerful.
Not only is it unrealistic, Cao Pi and Cao Rui are even under strong pressure from aristocratic families. They must also be critical of this method of recruiting scholars in order to win the support of aristocratic families.
Since they have a critical attitude towards the method of selecting scholars, the Wei court naturally also has a negative attitude towards the officials selected through this method.
The people selected for this examination must be those who are ignorant and have no skills, or who are talented but without virtue. How can they compare with the literary, elegant and suave people of my Central Plains family.
Especially for a child from a poor family like Wang Ge, no one in the Cao Wei court was willing to support him.
Now is the wartime. In order to maintain stability, Guo Huai still let Wang Ge remain as the magistrate of Lantian County. But after the war, if Cao Wei really occupied Guanzhong, it is not sure who the Lantian County Magistrate is, but he can be sure that it is not Wang Ge. .
In fact, not only Jiang Wan knew this, but Wang Ge also knew very well that after passing so many scholars through the imperial examination, could there be any real fools? !
This is also the real reason why Wangge has always been unwilling to completely switch to Cao Wei. If you go to Cao Wei, there is really no chance of getting ahead.
Therefore, when Jiang Wan built the steps and solved the last obstacle in Wangge's heart, Wangge, who was unwilling to serve Cao Wei in the first place, went straight down the slope and opened the city gate to welcome the king's division.
Lantian County was captured by Jiang Wan without any blood.
After capturing Lantian County, Jiang Wan's own plan was to defend Lantian County, strengthen the city defense, and prepare to intercept Guo Huai's defeated army.
But at this time, Wang Ge sent a heavy gift to Jiang Wan.
This heavy gift was actually a military report. It was a battle report for Guo Huai to urge the transportation of military rations to the rear. It was delivered to Lantian County. Because Jiang Wan led troops to besiege the city, Wangge did not have time to send it to the east.
Now, he is being used by Wang Ge to atone for his own merits.
Even Wang Ge could see the significance of this battle report, let alone Jiang Wan.
Guo Huai chose to seek supplies of grain and grass from the rear, which means that Guo Huai was still fighting fiercely outside Huaili City. He neither conquered Huaili City nor was defeated by the Northern Han Army. Otherwise, why would he want military rations and give them to the Han Army? !
After receiving this battle report, Jiang Wan thought about it seriously and directly ordered that the entire army rest for a day in Lantian County to replenish food, grass and military supplies.
Early the next morning, Jiang Wan led his army directly out of the city, left Lantian County, went straight to Huaili, and raided the rear flank of Guo Huai's army.
(End of chapter)
