The news of King Ling's defeat in Huainan reached Youzhou. Wuqiu Jian was like a basin of cold water, pouring him from head to toe and his heart was filled with coldness.

Originally, Wu Qiu Jian had been carefully preparing to raise an army, but it could be said that everything was ready, but the east wind was not there. Unfortunately, he had been waiting for more than a year, but he had not waited for this east wind, but instead heard bad news.

Wang Ling's defeat was almost a fatal blow to Wu Qiu Jian. He also served as the governor of Jingzhou and had some understanding of the situation on the southern front. The important town in Huainan can be said to have concentrated the most advantageous troops of Wei. Moreover, Wang Ling is also a general with many battles, and his level and ability are no less than Sima Yi. Moreover, Wang Ling also has favorable conditions for the right time, place, and people. Wu Qiu Jian believes that Wang Ling will definitely not surrender, and he must have the means to resist Sima Yi.

Unfortunately, Wang Ling was unable to escape from the big net woven by Sima Yi for him. He was defeated and committed suicide, which completely disappointed Wu Qiujian.

While watching and waiting, Wu Qiu Jian had lost the best opportunity. He was originally planning to wait for Wang Ling to gain a foothold in Huainan, and then he raised an army in Youzhou, echoing north and south, but now he is alone and he has no idea of ​​raising an army.

Wang Ling in Huainan has many soldiers and a large number of generals and strong strength, and he can still fight Sima Yi. However, Youzhou has a large area and a sparse population and weak troops. What capital does it have to fight Sima Yi?

As for Cao Liang in Bingzhou, he was instinctively ignored by Wuqiu Jian. Like Youzhou, Bingzhou is a border state where Han and Hu live together. His economic conditions are very poor and he has no strength to compete with the Central Plains.

As for Cao Liang himself, sorry, forgive me for being ignorant and ignorant. I really don’t think such a young man who has just emerged has the qualifications to fight Sima Yi. Even Wang Ling is not Sima Yi’s opponent. Can Cao Liang do it?

Perhaps Wu Qiu Jian is still glad that he is not reckless. If he had raised an army earlier, he would have no turning back if he had fired his bow. I am afraid that Sima Yi's heavy army is now facing Youzhou and he is too poor to deal with it.

But does not raise an army mean that there is nothing wrong?

That may not be true. Wu Qiu Jian was a member of Sima Yi. He knew very well that Sima Yi was a sinister person and would revenge his grudges. He was never Sima Yi's direct line, and there were deep conflicts and grievances between them. Even if he came to be the governor of Youzhou honestly, it might not be able to reassure Sima Yi.

The reason why Sima Yi was promoted to his post and did not move his troops to Youzhou was not that Sima Yi was a magnanimous man and continued to blame him, but that he still couldn't make any effort and had no time to deal with Wu Qiu Jian. If Wang Ling and Cao Liang and others who were on the verge of fighting against him were eliminated, Wu Qiu Jian's good life would be over.

I thought that if I endured this tone, I could get temporary peace in Youzhou, but Wu Qiu Jian didn't expect that Sima Yi would issue him an imperial edict in the name of the court, asking him to raise all the troops from Youzhou to attack Cao Liang in Bingzhou.

How could Wuqiu Jian not see this simple trick of killing two birds with one stone? But he couldn't refuse it. Sima Yi issued an imperial edict, which was a high-sounding reason. If Wuqiu Jian refused to send troops, he would have resisted the imperial edict and committed a serious crime of deceiving the emperor. At that time, Wuqiu Jian would have to force him to rebel if he didn't want to rebel.

However, when sending troops to Bingzhou, it was clearly a fool of Sima Yi. If the two tigers had a fight, there would be one injury. The only one who benefited was Sima Yi. Sima Yi watched the fire across the river and watched Bingzhou and Youzhou fight. This was probably what he was most proud of.

Wu Qiu Jian was very troubled by this matter. He thought for a long time and could not think of any good solution. It was the adviser Yang Fan who suggested: "The governor should not be worried. If he does not send troops, he may not be able to decide, but the governor decides on the specific battle."

Wu Qiu Jian slapped his thigh and said happily: "Yes, this method is wonderful. It's the marching and fighting on the battlefield, but someone has the final say. Sima Yi wants to plot against someone, but he cannot let him succeed."

That's right, if Wu Qiu Jian refused to send troops, it would mean that he would not obey the order, and the consequences of disobeying the order would naturally be quite serious. However, as long as Wu Qiu Jian sent troops to Bingzhou, Sima Yi would not be able to hold him accountable.

After sending troops, Wuqiu Jian had the final say in how to fight the battle. He could find various reasons to avoid fighting, or to attack falsely. Anyway, he just didn't work hard. Sima Yi was far away in Luoyang, so why can you stand up to me?

However, it seems that the imperial edict mentioned that the court would send a military supervisor here, but this military supervisor had long been selectively ignored by Wu Qiu Jian. The Youzhou soldiers were the direct troops who had been commanded by Wu Qiu Jian for many years. On the territory of Youzhou, Wu Qiu Jian still had considerable weight. Can a mere military supervisor who is not familiar with the place play a role in restraining him?

Of course, Wu Qiu Jian sneered at this, so after receiving the imperial edict, he was too lazy to prepare for war, throwing the imperial edict, and continuing to do whatever he should do.

Wuqiu Jian received the imperial edict in March, but in mid-April, he still showed no sign of dispatching troops. At this time, Wei Guan, who was appointed as the military supervisor by Sima Yi, rushed to Ji County and urged Wuqiu Jian to march.

Wei Guan was born into a family of officials, and the Wei family itself was a prominent family in Hedong. His father Wei Ji once served as the Minister of Shangshu. Wei Guan was also a famous family. He served as the Minister of Shangshu at the age of 20. During ten years, he served as the Minister of Shangshu, the Minister of the Central Secretariat, and the General Secretariat of the Sanqi. After the Gaopingling Incident, Wei Guan served as the Tingwei and was highly appreciated by Sima Yi.

This time, he was ordered to serve as the supervisor of Youzhou and commanded a unit of troops. After receiving the imperial edict, Wei Guan went on a long journey and led a thousand troops to Youzhou.

However, Luoyang is far away from Youzhou. Although Wei Guan stayed overnight in the morning and accelerated his journey, it took more than half a month to arrive at Jixian, the capital of Youzhou.

But after arriving in Ji County, Wei Guan discovered that the entire Youzhou was not even prepared to go to war. He couldn't help but feel a little annoyed. It had been almost a month since the imperial edict was issued, and Wu Qiu Jian had no movement. This was not taking the imperial edict from the imperial edict from the court seriously.

Wei Guan immediately went to the Governor's Office to pay homage to Wu Qiu Jian. When we first met, Wei Guan was quite restrained and had a normal attitude. After a while, Wei Guan tactfully mentioned the matter of mobilizing troops to fight.

Wu Qiu Jian immediately spitted: "You don't know what the guards and soldiers are. This Youzhou spans thousands of miles and the troops are scattered in various counties. As soon as the imperial edict of the court arrived, this governor had issued a transfer order to the counties. It was just a long way and had not arrived yet."
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