Mi Han

Chapter 222
At the end of August in the first year of Yankang in the Han Dynasty, Cao Ren, the chariot and cavalry general of Wei, arrived in Wudang County with an army of [-].

This time Cao Ren had already brought all the mobile troops that could be mobilized from Nanyang County in order to take down Xicheng in one fell swoop.

Facing an opponent like Mi Yang, Cao Ren did not dare to take it lightly, even with Meng Dali's cooperation.

When Cao Ren led the army to the county seat, Xia Houshang immediately led a group of subordinates in Wudang County to visit his uncle.

Facing Xia Houshang's visit, Cao Ren didn't have time to greet him. The first thing he asked when he saw Xiahoushang was:

"How is the relationship between Boren and Zidu?"

Seeing Cao Ren asking about his recent contact with Meng Da, a smile appeared on Xia Houshang's face.

He said to Cao Ren: "Please don't worry about the chariots and riders. The general plan has already been discussed with Zidu, so there will be no mistakes."

Before Cao Ren arrived with his army, one of Xia Houshang's responsibilities was to discuss with Meng Da the strategy for a joint uprising in the future.

Both Xia Houshang and Meng Da are people who know how to fight, and Meng Da is also familiar with the terrain of the West City, so within a few days, the general strategy of advancing troops has been discussed.

After Xia Houshang finished speaking, he immediately took out an army strategy that he had just written and handed it to Cao Ren for viewing.

And after Cao Ren read Xia Houshang's military strategy, he had a gratified smile on his face.

Cao Ren has been fighting for many years, and he has a lot of experience in leading troops. After reading it, he can naturally know that the strategy of advancing troops discussed by Xia Houshang and Meng Da is generally very appropriate.

This made Cao Ren not only have confidence in his actions in the next few days, but also delighted in the talent of Xia Houshang, his nephew.

From this military strategy, we can see that Xia Houshang is a piece of jade in the rough. If he polishes it well over time, he will definitely become an Optimus Prime for Cao Wei in the future.

Since Xia Houshang and Meng Da discussed the strategy of marching troops without any problems, Cao Ren began to dispatch troops with confidence.

This time he not only brought [-] elite soldiers, but also brought most of the generals he had personally trained over the years.

And Man Chong in the lobby looked at the generals in the lobby, his face was full of joy that he was bound to win, but for some reason, there was a trace of doubt in his heart.

Man Chong's doubts are not because he sees something wrong with Meng Da, but because his steady personality makes him not trust anyone.

Cao Ren, who was sitting at the top, saw the look of doubt on Man Chong's face. Seeing that Man Chong still had a look of worry on his face at the moment when the army was about to set off, he began to feel displeased.

In the past, Cao Ren relied heavily on Man Chong, but now that the army is about to go to war, Man Chong, a heavy general, has doubts on his face, which will undoubtedly affect the morale of the army to a certain extent.

So when Cao Ren sent troops and generals to distribute tasks, he did not let Man Chong lead the army to go out together.

He ordered Man Chong to lead some county soldiers and stay to guard Wudang County.

When Cao Ren issued this order, although Man Chong was a little surprised, he obediently accepted the order in the end.

And when the other generals learned that Man Chong was assigned the task of defending the city, they couldn't help feeling a little secretly happy.

If there is one less general to go out with them, one less general will share the military exploits with them.

After assigning the tasks of the generals, Cao Ren said to the generals in the hall:
"This battle is the first battle of the kingdom and dynasty, everyone must fight the enemy bravely and make contributions to the emperor!"

"If there is any general who can reach the west city first in this battle, I will guarantee his position as a general.

If someone can capture Mi Yang alive or behead him, besides the position of general, I will also protect his title of Marquis of Ten Thousand Households! "

After Cao Ren finished his encouraging words, all the generals in the hall showed excitement on their faces.

They all got up and bowed to Cao Ren, "Your subordinates will live up to the general's expectations!"

Seeing the high spirits of the generals in the hall, Cao Ren couldn't help stroking his beard and smiling.

The military spirit is available!
A few days later, the day Xia Houshang and Meng Da agreed to raise an incident has arrived.

Early this morning, tens of thousands of troops outside Wudang County lined up neatly on both sides of the official road outside the city.

And on the Han River next to Wudang County, thousands of warships, large or small, are docked.

Xicheng is in the upper reaches of Wudang County. If you want to attack Xicheng, the most convenient way is to go upstream on a warship.

At dawn, under Cao Ren's order, tens of thousands of Wei troops began to board the ship one after another.

The army inside and outside Wudang County originally numbered nearly [-], but now Cao Ren brought another [-] troops.

In addition to leaving some county soldiers to defend the city, Cao Ren's total force reached nearly [-] this time!

As expected of the Great Wei Chariot and Cavalry General, it's really a big deal.

Cao Wei controls the most affluent area in the world. For Cao Wei, what they lack is not people.

Not long after, Cao Pi personally conquered Sun Quan several times, using a total of about [-] troops.

When the Hanshui confronted each other, the reason why Cao Cao's [-] troops seemed a little stretched was because the Wei army had been fighting for years, and the food, grass and people's resources were wasted too much.

But after more than half a year of training, especially when the autumn harvest in the northern land is approaching, Cao Ren has a lot more troops to use.

This is also the reason why Cao Cao repeatedly asked Cao Ren and Cao Pi to focus on the development of internal affairs before his death.

Because if Cao Wei has time to recover, it won't take too long, just a few years.

Then Cao Wei's national power will be qualitatively improved, so as to achieve the effect of crushing the enemy.

Standing on top of the building boat, Cao Rengao looked at the tens of thousands of energetic Wei troops boarding the boat below, his heart was full of pride.

If it was a head-to-head battle, Cao Ren would not be afraid of any general under Liu Bei's command with the nearly [-] army alone, not to mention that he still has his internal support Meng Da?
Cao Ren was full of confidence in this expedition.

After a period of time, the well-trained Wei Jun boarded the ship one after another under the command of their respective generals.

After tens of thousands of Wei troops boarded the warships, Cao Ren issued an order for the entire army to go out.

After watching the thousands of warships on the Han River slowly go away, Man Chong standing on the top of the city bowed in the direction of Wei Jun's departure.

I hope that General Cheqi can successfully capture and kill Mi Yang this time.

Meng Da, the leader of the army stationed in the Hanshui Army Stronghold, was pacing nervously back and forth in the big tent.

More than a month of careful planning and more than a month of patience and humiliation are for today.

If what happened today, all of Meng Da's efforts in the past will not be in vain, and he will even get a great return.

If today's matter fails, Meng Da dare not even think about the consequences.

Until the last step, no one dares to assert that the game set by Mi Yang will definitely end perfectly.

Because of this concern, Meng Da, who was waiting, seemed very anxious.

The anxious waiting time always passed very slowly, and Meng Da didn't know how long he had been waiting in the military tent.

Then the curtain of his military tent was pushed open by a pair of big hands, and then a majestic general walked in.

This military commander's name is Feng Xi, and his style name is Xiuyuan. He is from Nanjun.

When Liu Bei entered Shu in the 16th year of Jian'an, Feng Xi led the army to follow Liu Bei into Shu.

During the battle of Yiling in history, Feng Xi was appointed by Liu Bei as a forward general. At that time, Wu generals Lu Xun, Li Yi, Liu A and others stationed troops in Wuxian and Zigui.

Feng Xi and Wu Ban led troops out from Wu County, defeated Li Yi and other generals of Eastern Wu along the way, and finally advanced to Zigui.

Later, Liu Bei personally led the generals to march from Zigui to Xiaoting, and then took Feng Xi as the leader to lead the army, and confronted the Wu army led by Lu Xun.

Although there are not many records of Feng Xi in history, it can be seen from these two cases that Feng Xi was a courageous and strategic general.

Some time ago, under the leadership of Fa Miao, Feng Xi entered Hanzhong County.

They have only one purpose, and that is to lead the Hanzhong army to the east and accept Mi Yang's unified dispatch.

Mi Yang wrote to Liu Bei before, hoping that Liu Bei could temporarily give him the power to dispatch the Hanzhong army.

Perhaps most of the counties and counties under Liu Bei's rule are now recuperating.

But as a military base as important as Jingzhou, Hanzhong, Liu Bei left more than [-] troops there.

The more than [-] troops were the elite soldiers left after the Hanzhong War, so it goes without saying that they had combat effectiveness.

Moreover, Hanzhong County is adjacent to Hanxing County, with the connection of Hanshui River, so it is very convenient and fast for the army to go east.

And as long as it is properly arranged, the privacy is also guaranteed to a certain extent.

After receiving Mi Yang's request, Liu Bei did not hesitate. He immediately wrote down a king's decree, and sent Fa Miao as an envoy to Hanzhong County to proclaim his king's decree.

Originally, if Mi Yang wanted to mobilize the army of Hanzhong County, he could directly ask Wei Yan, the prefect of Hanzhong, to cooperate in the battle.

But the previous meeting outside the west city made Mi Yang worried. Maybe Wei Yan would agree to his request to cooperate with him, but he would definitely not accept his leadership.

And once the war broke out, the army did not have a unified mobilization command, that is the way to kill.

That's why Mi Yang directly crossed Wei Yan and asked Liu Bei for military power.

Liu Bei is the master of wisdom. Although Mi Yang didn't say it clearly in the letter, he also knew what Mi Yang's concerns were.

Therefore, he not only sent Fa Miao as an envoy, but also Feng Xi, Zhang Nan and other senior generals to Hanzhong to assist Mi Yang in controlling the [-] troops in Hanzhong.

Perhaps Wei Yan's character is very rebellious, but in the face of Liu Bei's Wang Ling, he can only honestly hand over his military power.

The army in Hanzhong was not Wei Yan's private soldiers, so in front of Liu Bei's Wang Ling, Feng Xi and others quickly controlled the [-] army in Hanzhong.

A few days ago, they led an army of [-] and rushed south to the west city to obey Mi Yang's orders.

And it wasn't until yesterday that Feng Xi and the other generals who led the troops all the way to the outside of the west city knew what Mi Yang's specific plan was.

After knowing Mi Yang's specific plan, everyone felt that Mi Yang had such a big plan, no wonder the king supported him so much.

When Feng Xi came to the military tent, he said to Meng Da with an anxious expression on his face:
"The flag of General Zhengxi of the enemy army has appeared."

After hearing the news, the anxious look on Meng Da's face instantly reached its peak, but it quickly dissipated in the end.

After a while, nothing but determination remained on his face.

The enemy army has arrived, it's time to close the net.

Meng Da bowed to Feng Xi and said, "Leave the rest to Xiu Yuan."

Feng Xi also saluted Meng Da in return. He had admiration for Meng Da who was willing to cut off his hair for Liu Bei's great cause.

Feng Xi said to Meng Da: "Zidu, let's go."

After receiving Feng Xi's promise, Meng Da lifted the saber on the sword stand, and strode out of the military tent.

When he came outside the military tent, he immediately boarded a warship.

And behind him, a thousand soldiers were already on the warship.

Meng Da glanced at the thousand soldiers behind him, and then he ordered to open the gate of the water village.

He led a thousand soldiers behind him, and drove the warship under his feet quickly towards the downstream.

Not far from the lower reaches of the water village, Cao Ren led an army of tens of thousands and had just arrived here.

Seeing that the Hanshui army stronghold was not far ahead, Cao Ren ordered the tens of thousands of Wei troops to slow down.

He was waiting for Meng Da's response.

According to the previous strategy with Xia Houshang and Meng Da, after his army arrived at the Hanshui Army Village, he would set up the banner of the General Who Conquers the West.

General Zhengxi was an official position awarded to Meng Da by Cao Pi, and setting up the banner of General Zhengxi was the secret code agreed between Xia Houshang and Meng Da.

Cao Ren didn't have to wait too long, and a team of hundreds of warships soon appeared in Cao Ren's sight.

Looking at the flag of General Zhengxi fluttering high in the fleet of hundreds of men, a smile appeared on the corner of Cao Ren's mouth.

Soon after, a fleet of thousands of men led by Meng Da came in front of thousands of warships of the Wei army.

After hundreds of warships led by Meng Da arrived, Meng Da ordered the warships behind him to turn around.

In this way, Meng Da, who was originally in front of hundreds of warships, was wrapped in the middle by the warships of the two armies.

Cao Ren didn't know Meng Da before, but he had seen Meng Da's portrait before, and Meng Da's short hair was too conspicuous.

Cao Ren, who was standing tall on the tall ship, saw Meng Da's behavior, and the smile on his face grew stronger.

Meng Da and his followers voluntarily handed over their backs to themselves, which was a kind of gesture of favor.

Afterwards, under Meng Da's order, the hundreds of warships of the Mi Army who turned around all headed towards the water village in front of them.

Meng Da's task today is to act as a leading party and assist Cao Ren in taking down the water villages on the Han River.

When the hundred Mi army warships at the front headed towards the water village, Cao Ren also ordered his army to keep up with the hundred warships ahead.

So on the broad Han River, such a scene appeared.

Thousands of warships lined up in a row, following behind a hundred warships, like a black wave pressing towards the military stronghold ahead.

When Cao Ren's thousands of warships arrived under the water village, Cao Ren found that the gate of the water village that had troubled him for a long time had already been opened.

Seeing this scene, Xia Houshang beside Cao Ren excitedly said to Cao Ren:
"If there is no water fortress to stop, what will Mi Yang do against our army's tens of thousands of heavenly soldiers!"

Hearing Xia Houshang's words, Cao Ren also had a smile on his face, and nodded to Xiahoushang.

Not long after, the hundred Mi Army warships, which were ahead of thousands of Wei Army warships, sailed into the undefended water village first.

Seeing this, Cao Ren quickly ordered the thousands of warships behind him to speed up.

Cao Ren was worried that the gate of the water village, which had blocked him in the past and prevented his army from entering, would suddenly close.

Under Cao Ren's urging, thousands of Wei army warships sailed into the empty water village.

But what Cao Ren didn't know was that at this moment, the quiet water village was like a big net slowly opening.

This net can eat people.

(End of this chapter)