Mi Han

Chapter 241

Feng Xi asked Mi Yang to withdraw his troops because he was worried about the safety of Hanzhong.

When Feng Xi came out to speak, other generals also supported Feng Xi one after another.

As a strategically important place with the same status as Jingzhou, Hanzhong's safety and security almost tie the hearts of everyone in Liu Bei's forces.

It can even be said that if Liu Bei knew that Cao Zhen intended to harm Hanzhong, Liu Bei would definitely order Mi Yang to withdraw his troops for the safety of Hanzhong.

Feng Xi and other generals thought that Mi Yang had a further offensive plan, so they hurriedly came out to speak to Mi Yang.

But Deng Ai, who knew Mi Yang's true purpose, was not worried at all that Mi Yang would not withdraw his troops.

Even if Cao Zhen didn't encircle Wei and rescue Zhao, Mi Yang would withdraw his troops in the near future.

It is now September, and this month is not only the time for harvesting crops in Hanzhong and Hanxing counties, but also the time for planting wheat.

At this critical point in time, the army cannot fight outside for a long time.

Most of the army under Liu Bei's command were not completely off-duty soldiers. During the busy farming period, the Han army also had to go to the fields to do farm work.

What's more, when a place is busy with farming, it is the time when the local defenses are the most lax.

Even if the soldiers of the Han army can't go down to work in the field, they still have to assume the responsibility of guarding the place.

Faced with the generals' request to withdraw the troops, Mi Yang did not hesitate. He said to Feng Xi:

"I also ask Xiu Yuan to write a report for me, saying that I have known about this matter, and the army will return within half a month."

After hearing what Mi Yang said, the faces of the generals showed joy.

What they are most afraid of is that Mi Yang still wants to continue to expand the results of the battle after a series of victories. Now that Mi Yang can withdraw his troops in time, considering the safety of Hanzhong, it is naturally the best thing.

It's just that although Mi Yang has made up his mind to withdraw the army, he must come up with a charter for how to withdraw the army.

It cannot be withdrawn, but it cannot be withdrawn completely.

Mi Yang mainly issued two orders.

Mi Yang's first order was to ask Feng Xi, Deng Ai, and Zhang Ni to step up the repair of Wudang City's defenses.

After receiving Mi Yang's order, Feng Xi and other generals immediately took the order.

They knew that Mi Yang did this to guard against Cao Pi's army coming in the future.

Then Mi Yang looked at Zhang Nan, Zhang Bao, and Guan Xing and said to them: "Lead your troops and horses, and set off to return to Hanzhong quickly on a certain day."

In the current establishment, the army under Zhang Nan's generals has nearly [-] troops.

As long as the [-] troops rush back to Hanzhong County, even if Cao Zhen leads the army from Chang'an at this moment, the defense of Hanzhong County can be greatly enhanced.

After all, Hanzhong's terrain is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

With the support of the city and the firm control of the Han River's water control rights, even if Mi Yang has less than [-] Han troops, Wudang will not be in danger.

After Mi Yang gave the two orders, Feng Xi and Zhang Nanzhu quickly withdrew from the county hall to perform their respective tasks.

Soon after, all the generals in the hall of the county government retreated.

At this time, Mi Yang looked at Ding Feng and asked him to go and call Yanping.

After Yanping returned to the mansion, he immediately lay down and fell asleep because today's events had exhausted him a lot.

But he hadn't slept for a while, and he woke up from his dream under the push of his wife.

After Yanping learned that Mi Yang had summoned him, he got up from the bed, put on a piece of clothing casually, and followed Ding Feng to the hall of the county mansion.

After seeing Yanping coming, Mi Yang said a word to Yanping with a smile on his face.

"I also ask Yanqing to gather the people in the city and carry one hundred thousand shi of corn to the boat for me."

The reason why Mi Yang summoned Yanping was that his purpose was similar to that of Man Chong.

Withdrawal is a withdrawal, but the food and grass in the city must be transported back to a part of the west city.

However, it takes a lot of manpower to quickly transport [-] shi of grain and grass to the ships of Hanshui.

And Cao Pi's reinforcements may appear outside Wudang City at any time. At this time, Mi Yang cannot use the [-] Han troops to carry food and grass.

So Mi Yang wanted to let Yanping encourage the major families in the city, and use their influence to help him gather the people in the city to carry grain and grass for him.

There are tens of thousands of people in Wudang City, as long as some of them can be mobilized, the progress of moving grain and grass will definitely increase greatly.

After hearing Mi Yang's words, Yanping's thoughts suddenly fell into a halt.

A doubt arose in Yanping's mind.

Mi Yang had just captured Wudang City, and he was about to remove all the grain and grass in the city. Although he didn't want to remove all of it, Yanping was very sensitive at this time.

Mi Yang's move made Yanping think that he was going to lead the army to leave Wudang City.

But if Mi Yang left, what would he do?

Originally Yanping's face was full of flattering smiles, but now his face is full of surprise.

In order to help Mi Yang win Wudang, Yanping did something like attack Man Chong.

Once Mi Yang's army withdrew from Wudang, Wudang was recaptured by the Wei army.

So he can survive in Yanping?

Emperor Wei would definitely swallow him alive, and he would destroy his three clans as a punishment.

Yanping, who misunderstood Mi Yang's meaning, immediately fell to the ground crying and kneeling in front of Mi Yang.

Yan Ping, who was crying bitterly, said to Mi Yang: "The people of Wudang have admired the heavenly soldiers of the Han Dynasty for a long time, how can the general abandon me and wait for them."

Yanping knelt down and cried bitterly, which surprised Mi Yang.

But then he realized that Yeon-ping had misunderstood him.

He couldn't help but feel a little helpless.

He asked Ding Feng to help Yanping up, and then said:
"The prosperity of Han Dynasty is full of wastes, and there is an urgent need for food to stabilize people's hearts, so it is necessary to transport the corn in Wudang City to Xicheng.

And I will continue to lead the army to sit in Wudang, why should you be afraid of it. "

Seeing that Mi Yang didn't want to abandon him, a big stone in Yanping's heart fell instantly.

The look of surprise on his face slowly disappeared.

When Mi Yang saw one of his requests, Yanping was misunderstood. He just realized that the powerful families in Wudang City may be as frightened as Yanping.

After having this guess in his mind, Mi Yang said to Yanping again: "The autumn moon has arrived, and the busy farming season is approaching. I will send [-] troops back to the west city. Therefore, our army is short of manpower. I hope you can help me a lot."

Hearing what Mi Yang said, a calm look appeared on Yanping's face.

Yanping couldn't guarantee other things, but it couldn't be easier for him to use his influence to encourage the people in the city to carry corn for Mi Yang.

Yanping, who had already had no way out, was more than happy to help Mi Yang with his request.

As long as Mi Yang can stay in Wudang City, Yanping will feel at ease even if Emperor Wei leads an army in person in the future.

The reason why Mi Yang wanted to tell Yanping that part of the Han army would withdraw in the future was because once Zhang Nan's [-] troops started to move out, Yanping, who was a local snake, would definitely know the news as soon as possible.

If he didn't tell Yanping the "truth" in advance, then if Yanping made random guesses under his sensitive psychology, which caused some rumors in Wudang City and caused people's instability, it would be detrimental to his subsequent rule of Wudang.

Although Mi Yang planned to withdraw his troops, he won Wudang with great difficulty, and he would not give up Wudang.

Wudang City is the bridgehead for Nanyang County to resist the Han army, and it can naturally be used as a stronghold for Mi Yang to march into Nanyang County in the future.

Mi Yang has no reason to give up such an important place for military strategists.

For this reason, it is very important to appease the local rich.

After pacifying Yanping, Mi Yang asked Yanping, "How long will it take you to transport the [-] shi of corn from the granary to the ship?"

Facing Mi Yang's question, Yan Ping showed a confident smile on his face and said: "General, please sit down in the county mansion. Within three days, Ping will definitely transport all the [-] shi of corn to the general's warship."

After saying this, Yan Ping bowed respectfully to Mi Yang, and then hurriedly left the lobby to summon other patriarchs of the wealthy clan.

What Mi Yang ordered, he must do it beautifully.

Seeing Yanping's leaving figure, Mi Yang had a smile on his face.

Local wealthy families are a double-edged sword. Sometimes as long as they are used well, they will play a very important role.

In September of the first year of Han Yankang, in the palace of the King of Hanzhong in Chengdu.

Liu Bei is processing a memorial.

This letter was played by Liao Li, the prefect of Cang County, a memorial to report auspiciousness.

After knowing the news that Cao Pi usurped the Han Dynasty and the emperor Liu Xie might be killed, ministers in Chengdu have been persuading Liu Bei to join him.

As the political center of Liu Bei's forces, Chengdu was the political center of Liu Bei's forces. When the news of the ministers' persuasion spread from Chengdu, there were gradually many of them in Yizhou.

And in this letter from Liao Li, he mentioned that a white deer appeared to drink by the water in Zangcang County recently, which attracted the attention of the county residents.

There are many kinds of auspiciousness in ancient times, which can be roughly divided into five types, that is, five levels.

In ancient times, it was called "Linfeng Wuling, Jiarui of the king." It is the highest level of auspicious signs.

In addition, it is divided into four grades: Darui, Shangrui, Zhongrui and Xiarui.

And Bailu is at the level of Shangrui.

In addition, animals like deer sometimes represent the supreme power in the world, so whenever a courtier persuades him to enter, he always likes to use the appearance of a white deer as a means of persuading him.

As for whether the auspiciousness mentioned in these reports is true, Liu Bei knows it well.

It's just that the world is like this, even if Liu Bei knows the truth, he will not be disgusted with it.

But he didn't like this kind of thing either.

After reading Liao Li's memorial, Liu Bei closed the slip in his hand with a silent face, and put it aside.

But not long after, Liu Bei opened Liao Li's memorial.

Liu Bei's behavior was not because he wanted to reply to Liao Li, but because the Bailu Xiangrui mentioned in this memorandum reminded him of someone.

Liu Bei stretched out his hand to touch his waist, where besides a blood edict, there was also a memorandum of the young talent he valued the most.

When he touched the memorial letter, Liu Bei's eyes showed a thoughtful look.

Nearly half a month has passed, why is there no news from Hanxing County?

According to the distance between Hanxing County and Chengdu, there should be news of the outcome of Zisheng's battle in just a few days.

Although Liu Bei knew of Mi Yang's plan, and in order to support Mi Yang's actions, he temporarily gave Mi Yang great power.

But in order to ensure the success of Mi Yang's plan, Liu Bei only told Zhuge Liang about it before.

He didn't mention any of the other ministers, including Mi Zhu and Mi Fang.

If the ruler does not keep secrets, he will lose his country, and if his ministers do not keep secrets, he will lose his body.

Nowadays, there are many Yizhou ministers in Chengdu who are heart-oriented to the north. Once Mi Yang's plan is leaked, all previous efforts of Mi Yang will be wasted.

In order to prevent Mi Yang's plan from being leaked, Liu Bei never sent any envoys to Hanxing County except for a royal edict secretly issued.

Therefore, Liu Bei does not know the situation in Hanxing County now.

Liu Bei looked at the word Bailu on Liao Lizou's watch, and he stood up worried.

Liu Bei's worry is not because he doesn't trust Mi Yang, on the contrary, his previous actions all reflect his great trust in Mi Yang.

One of the reasons why Liu Bei was worried was because there had been no news from the front line, and he didn't know the situation.

Another reason is that Mi Yang is not only his courtier, but also his nephew.

Worry comes from the concern of the elders for the younger generation.

Under normal circumstances, Liu Bei is not showing any emotions.

So even though he was worried at this moment, his face showed a normal look.

This made Liu Bei's courtiers in the hall a little confused.

They didn't know why Liu Bei suddenly stood up, pacing with his hands behind his back.

Just after Liu Bei thought that today was another day when he would not receive any news, Liu Bei's servant Dong Yun hurried towards the hall with a wooden box in his hand.

Dong Yun's eagerness was not because he received any bad news, but because he couldn't hide the excitement in his heart.

There was excitement on his face that he couldn't hide.

Dong Yun's impression in Chengdu has always been that he is serious, steady and decent.

So in the past, it was difficult for him to show such emotions on his face.

On the way Dong Yun walked towards Liu Bei's main hall, the ministers on the road all looked at him with surprised eyes.

What kind of good news did this Dong Shilang receive today that he would be so happy?
Could it be that outside the city of Chengdu, a rare auspicious sign like the unicorn appeared?
Dong Yun ignored the strange eyes of others, he just wanted to quickly send the wooden box and a battle report to Liu Bei.

In an anxious mood, Dong Yun quickly came to the gate of the main hall.

As Liu Bei's close minister, he can enter the hall without being summoned.

When Dong Yun's figure appeared in the hall, he quickly came to the steps in front of Liu Bei, and then he bowed to Liu Bei and said loudly:
"Your Highness, Mi Hanxing defeated Cao Ren!"

After Liu Bei, who was still pacing, heard Dong Yun's excited shout, he immediately turned his head to look at Dong Yun.

At this time, the worry hidden in Liu Bei's eyes had completely disappeared under Dong Yun's words.

A look called joy began to appear on Liu Bei's face.

Finally waiting for the news that has been on his mind, Liu Bei, who is full of emotions, can hardly control the emotions in his heart.

But now he is the king after all, Liu Bei suppressed the excitement in his heart, and then sat on the throne.

But his eyes were fixed on the wooden box in Dong Yun's hand, because there was a battle report on the wooden box.

Looking at the battle report, Liu Bei's eyes were full of anticipation.

Mi Yang's battle report has never disappointed him.

And this battle report was the auspiciousness he had been looking forward to!
　good night everybody.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)