Mi Han

Chapter 278
A wry smile appeared on the corner of Mi Yang's mouth, not just because Zhang Liao refused to fight, but because Zhang Liao's refusal to fight would lead to a difficult situation that was very unfavorable to the Han army.

Such a predicament has often been encountered by Zhuge Liang during his Northern Expedition in history.

That is, the current Han army cannot fight a protracted war.

At present, the two prefectures of Jing and Yi owned by the Dahan seem to have a large area from the map, and there are not a few counties under their jurisdiction.

However, the Jingnan four counties in Jingzhou and the Nanzhong four counties in Yizhou are mostly backward areas with poor development.

Not to mention how much national strength these eight counties can contribute to the Battle of Fancheng, they are already thankful for not holding back and needing the imperial court to feed them back.

The combined domain of these eight counties already occupies half of the territory of Jingyi and Yizhou.

At present, Shu County, the most prosperous of Jingyi and Yizhou, is just an ordinary big county when it is only compared with the counties in the Central Plains and Hebei.

Under such a large gap in national power, Zhang Liao, who can get the steady flow of Cao Wei's national power, as long as he doesn't let go of some fatal mistakes, he can take [-] Cao Wei Zhongjun and fight the Han army outside Yancheng easily. last year.

For the Han army outside Fancheng, it doesn't even take a year, at most half a year for the Han army outside Fancheng to retreat.

Because the Han army outside Fancheng has reached [-] people, the food and grass consumed by the [-] army is at least [-] shi a month.

If it weren't for the good harvest in Jingzhou this year, and the fact that Mi Yang seized a large amount of corn by taking down Wudang, it is very likely that the Han army would have no choice but to retreat in three months.

The combat effectiveness of the Wei army's central army is already strong, and with the city behind him as a backing, with tens of thousands of Wei troops forming camps for self-defense, it doesn't mean that the Han army must have nothing to do with them.

No matter how strong the fortress is, no matter how skilled the enemy is, there are ways to slowly consume it.

It's just a matter of how long.

But the big man with weak national strength, what he lacks now is time.

So on the first day Zhang Liao led the army to Yancheng, Guan Yu signaled Zhang Fei to go outside the camp to swear and fight to attract the enemy.

It's not that Guan Yu is eager to make meritorious service, but as the commander-in-chief, he knows very well where the biggest weakness of the Han army is at present.

Faced with this dilemma, either the Han army can obtain a large amount of food and grass in a short time, or the Cao Wei Zhongjun led by Zhang Liao must be stimulated to fight them as soon as possible.

But obviously, from Zhang Fei's return without success today, it can be seen that Zhang Liao is determined not to fight with the Han army.

Zhang Liao just wanted to rely on Cao Wei's strong national power to exhaust the [-] Han troops outside Fancheng.

Just like Sima Yi in history.

However, Zhuge Liang, who has mastered strategic and tactical thinking in history, has not yet come up with a good solution to the tortoise-like old thief Sima. What tricks can he come up with all of a sudden?

Seeing a wry smile on the corner of Mi Yang's mouth, all the people in the big tent had a pensive look on their faces, and the anticipation in their eyes decreased.

It's just that everyone is relieved when they think about it.

Although Mi Yang was famous for his ingenious tactics in the past, no matter how good in ingenuity Mi Yang is, it is inevitable that he will not come up with a good strategy in a hurry.

Seeing that Mi Yang was deep in thought, Guan Yu didn't want to push him too much.

So he turned his head and started discussing other military matters with the other ministers present.

Although Guan Yu really wanted Mi Yang to come up with a plan for him to force Zhang Liao to come out and fight him, but a good plan takes time to ponder.

While giving Mi Yang time to think about strategies, Guan Yu thought about discussing other matters with other ministers first.

At present, in this military account, apart from Guan, Zhang, and Mi, three heavy-duty generals, there are also several ministers with high status.

Most of these ministers were brought by Liu Bei from Yizhou to counsel the military plane.

When Liu Bei went to Xiangyang a few days ago, he specially kept these ministers in the big tent and asked them to plan for Guan Yu.

When Guan Yu was discussing military affairs with these ministers, one of the ministers reminded Guan Yu to be careful of Du Xi, the guard of the Wei army.

This minister was none other than Huang Quan, whom Liu Bei had just worshiped as General Zhengxi.

Huang Quan was worshiped by Liu Bei as General Zhengxi, except that Liu Bei wanted to stabilize Yizhou's people by rewarding him because of Huang Quan's reputation in Yizhou, and because Liu Bei was thanking Huang Quan for his advice back then.

"To destroy Du Wei and Pu Hu, to kill Xia Houyuan, and to occupy Hanzhong, all of them have their own schemes."

During the first battle in Hanzhong, the world knew Fazheng's strategy through that battle.

But many people have overlooked that under Liu Bei's account, it was Huang Quan who first proposed to Liu Bei the idea of ​​occupying Hanzhong.

It is true that Fazheng and Zhuge Liang were the biggest contributors to Liu Bei's victory in the Battle of Hanzhong, but Huang Quan's contribution in that battle cannot be ignored.

When Huang Quan talked about Du Xi, he told everyone present in detail the importance of Du Xi's position as an army guard.

Under Huang Quan's narration, everyone knew that Du Xi's position as an army guard turned out to be such an important position.

In fact, it is not surprising that Guan Yu and others did not know much about the post of guard of Cao Wei, because although the post of guard was established by Cao Cao to supervise generals with different surnames, the post of guard seldom appeared in the frontier.

The reason is simple. When Cao Cao was alive, the frontier areas were guarded by clan relatives as the main generals, so there was no need for any guards.

The "army guards" of the Cao clan are usually called military divisions, and they are purely used to counsel military aircraft.

However, the transmission of information in the current world is quite closed, so even though Guan Yu has guarded Jingzhou for several years, although he knows the position of the guard, he is not very clear that Du Xi's guard can sometimes be so powerful.

The reason why Huang Quan knew this was that after Xia Houyuan died in the Battle of Hanzhong and Zhang Yun was promoted as the temporary chief general of the Wei army, Du Xi took the post of Zhang Yun's guard.

For the enemy's "second in command" who is close at hand, Huang Quan will of course send a spy to conduct a detailed investigation.

After Huang Quan reminded this point, although Guan Yu and the others had serious expressions on their faces, they didn't pay too much attention to it.

But when Mi Yang at the side heard this, a gleam of joy appeared on his face.

Although Mi Yang has been thinking about good strategies just now, his thoughts are not all on that.

According to Huang Quan's introduction, Cao Wei's position of guarding the army is similar to the position of supervising the army in later generations.

Now Du Xi is essentially Cao Pi'an's eyeliner next to Zhang Liao, and this eyeliner can "set things right" when necessary.

After learning this, some of Mi Yang's thoughts instantly became clear.

Mi Yang immediately stood up and asked Huang Quan, "Gongheng, how about Du Xi?"

Guan Yu and the others, who were still discussing military affairs, couldn't help but feel a little curious when they saw that Mi Yang suddenly regained his expression from contemplation, and then got up to ask Huang Quan such a question.

Could it be that Mi Yang had a plan in mind?
When Huang Quan saw Mi Yang asked him how Du Xi was, although Huang Quan didn't understand Mi Yang's intention for a while, he still replied:
"Du Xi is a very wise man. Cao Cao was very important to him when he was alive. He was asked to supervise the military in Guanzhong and Hanzhong."

After hearing what Huang Quan said, a look of disappointment flashed in Mi Yang's eyes—it seemed that there was no way to make a fuss about Du Xi.

But his disappointment is fleeting, because he can't plan Du Xi, isn't there still Cao Pi?

After getting Huang Quan's answer, Mi Yang immediately turned around and bowed to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei who were sitting on the main seat:

"With Du Xi at Zhang Liao's side, the leader of the [-] Wei army is actually Cao Pi."

Although Mi Yang's words were addressed to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, everyone in the tent heard them.

And after hearing what Mi Yang said, the faces of everyone in the tent showed contemplative expressions.

Then among the people in the big tent, Guan Yu and Huang Quan were the first to show joy on their faces.

Guan Yu looked at Mi Yang Fuxu with a smile on his face and asked, "What does Zicheng mean, I can use Cao Pi to lure the bandit army into battle?"

Seeing that Guan Yu understood his thoughts, Mi Yang smiled and bowed and replied, "Of course."

"The position of defending the army against Wei may keep Cao Pi's military power from being sidelined, but everything has pros and cons, which also puts Zhang Liao in a bind."

"Maybe Zhang Liao is a general with both wisdom and courage, and he didn't fall for our army's trick to lure the enemy, but what about Cao Pi?"

Guan Yu's inquiry and Mi Yang's explanation made everyone in the big tent understand Mi Yang's thoughts at once.

Zhang Fei's aggressive strategy was not bad, the reason why he could not succeed was because the opponent's leader was a wise and brave general like Zhang Liao.

But what if Zhang Fei's idea of ​​humiliating the aggressive general was used on Cao Pi?
Let's not talk about Cao Pi's resourcefulness, just say that Cao Pi's identity is different from Zhang Liao.

Zhang Liao is at most a general, and he is also a demoted general, so he may be able to face humiliation, but Cao Pi is the emperor of Cao Wei.

As the emperor of a country, if he is humiliated wantonly by the enemy's generals, if he does not respond, he will lose his prestige as the emperor.

It will even have a very bad impact on the morale of the army and the people of the newly established Cao Wei country.

Didn't Cao Wei always pride himself on Huaxia Zhengshuo and look down on the barbarian country in the south?

As a result, the kingdom of barbarians is now attacking and wantonly humiliating Cao Pi, who is the emperor of Zhengshuo in China.

If the so-called Emperor Zhengshuo of China does not react, then the newly established Cao Wei will undoubtedly become the laughing stock of the world.

From this aspect alone, Cao Pi will never remain indifferent.

Moreover, with Cao Pi's narrow-minded and face-saving character, if the Han army did something to humiliate him, he would most likely not be able to resist sending troops.

Refer to Cao Pi who was played by Sun Quan wantonly in history. After he learned the truth, he beat Sun Quan whenever he had nothing to do during his reign, and completely treated the advice of Jia Xu and Liu Ye as fart.

And the most important thing is that the Han army wants to humiliate Cao Pi, and under the current situation, there is a way to achieve it.

Because Cao Pi is in Wancheng now!

No matter who told him it was okay, he would follow Cao Cao's example.

Zhang Fei, who is a master of aggressive generals, happily got up from his seat after hearing Mi Yang's suggestion.

Before Zhang Fei came to Mi Yang, he slapped Mi Yang's shoulders heavily with his generous palm a few times. Zhang Fei's shoulder slaps almost made Mi Yang cry out in pain.

Fortunately, Zhang Fei saw the discomfort on Mi Yang's face in time, and then he stopped patting his shoulders and said to Mi Yang with a smile: "You boy, you are quite like me."

Zhang Fei is now looking at Mi Yang completely with the eyes of a fellow.

Feidao is not alone!

At this moment, the faces of other people in the big tent also showed joy.

Mi Yang's idea may not be successful, but at least he has come up with a new way out for the Han army that is currently in trouble.

Just happy to be happy, Huang Quan who was present still asked Mi Yang: "What method will General Zuo plan to use to anger Cao Pi?"

Huang Quan's words asked the common question in everyone's mind at this moment.

Cao Pi is currently in Wancheng, not outside Yancheng, so Zhang Fei's method of "actor humiliation" cannot be used.

So what method should the Han army use to humiliate and anger Cao Pi?

Faced with Huang Quan's question, Mi Yang had already made plans in mind.

Now that Cao Pi has experienced the case of being deceived by Meng Da, his psychological endurance should have improved to a certain extent, so the general method may not be able to irritate him successfully.

But there is a way that is definitely possible.

"You can send a team of Qingqi to patrol Nanyang. Every time Qingqi patrols a place, they will shout out the two sentences "Thieves are as afraid of Han as tigers" and "It's really a woman's behavior."

"And then ordered people to spread the news everywhere, saying that our army has sent a women's clothing to Wancheng."

"There is no need for Cao Pi to receive this gift, as long as all the officials in Nanyang County know about it."

After Mi Yang finished talking about this method, all the people in the big tent were stunned for a moment, and a burst of hearty laughter broke out in the big tent after a while.

Even Huang Quan, who has always been unsmiling, couldn't help but started to laugh.

It's not that they laughed lowly, it's that they felt extremely happy when they thought of Cao Pi's expression after knowing the news.

After laughing, everyone in the big tent looked at Mi Yang with admiration.

This son is really the nemesis of the Cao family.

Just outside Fancheng in the camp of the Han army, when the generals were discussing to force the Wei army to fight, there was a small fleet sailing fast on the Han River not far away.

On a large ship in this small fleet, Guan Yan, who was several months pregnant, came to the deck of the large ship to breathe with her belly in her hands.

Seeing Guan Yan like this, the maid next to her hurriedly followed around and waited carefully.

Seeing the maid's performance, Guan Yan had a smile on her face.

As Guan Yu's daughter, she has learned some martial arts since she was a child, and she is not weak, so there is no need to be so careful.

It's just that Guan Yan also knew that the maid cared about her, so she didn't say anything.

She just stood by the female wall, looking in the direction of Fancheng.

Looking in that direction, Guan Yan's eyes showed warmth.

There, there were the two most important men in her life waiting for her.

And after staring in that direction for a long time, Guan Yan unconsciously looked at a building boat in front of her.

Because the distance was not far, Guan Yan could clearly see the sergeant in charge of the guard on the large ship.

The appearance of those sergeants was different from that of ordinary Han people. Judging by their attire, they looked a bit like the legendary aliens.

Guan Yan raised her head and looked at the flag flying high on the building boat, her eyes were full of thoughts.

These words were written on the high-hanging flag.

"Han Hussar Cavalry General Horse".

The four heavy-ranked generals of the big man are about to gather outside Fancheng. Is the sky in Nanyang going to change?

　If I can recover completely tomorrow, I will wake up in the middle of the night.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)