The fake Wen Ping—Wang Yue—smiled and said, "Of course I'm human. But, General Wen, what do you plan to do now? Everyone in Suixian saw you trick us into opening the city gates. Even if you had ten thousand mouths, you couldn't explain your way out of this."
Wen Ping wasn't a fool. He immediately understood his predicament. He had no choice but to surrender.
So Wen Ping bowed despondently to Wang Yue and Guan Yinping and said, "Wen Ping is willing to surrender!"
Guan Yinping was delighted. She smiled and said, "It's certainly good that you're willing to surrender, General Wen. But I'll need you to help bring the remaining cities in Jiangxia over to our side."
Wen Ping was very shrewd and understood that this was his proof of loyalty. He immediately bowed respectfully and said, "Yes!"
With Wen Ping's help, the important towns south of Suixian fell with ease. Even the mountain passes between the Tongbai and Dabie Mountains offered no resistance.
That was understandable. The troops stationed there were all from Jingzhou, and Wen Ping was now Jingzhou's representative. Once he surrendered, Jiangxia was as good as settled!
At the same time, Eastern Wu had once again assembled an army of eighty thousand, including thirty thousand elite troops and eighty thousand support troops. Only after learning that Jiangxia had made its move did they set off for Hefei again.
Unfortunately, the generals defending Hefei together—Zhang Liao, Li Dian, Yue Jin, and the others—were no ordinary men. This time, there was no feat of eight hundred defeating a hundred thousand, but the war had once again ground to a stalemate.
When Wang Yue heard the news, he knew that apart from fighting Shu Han, the people of Jiangdong were being beaten by Cao Wei at every