Mi Han

Chapter 397 Taking History as a Mirror, Cao Zhen Returns to Luo
When Mi Yang was in later generations, he had carefully understood the reasons for Ji Han's demise.

It is true that there are many reasons for Ji Han's demise, but they are mainly divided into three aspects.

Needless to say, politics and economics, but the military aspect is not limited to the four words "smuggling to Yinping".

First of all, Deng Ai is a military master. Since he dared to smuggle to Yinping, it must be because Yinping may be smuggled, and after successfully smuggling to Yinping, he will tear a huge hole in Ji Han's defense line.

Without these two judgments, it is impossible for Deng Ai to take such a risk.

But Deng Ai knew these two points. Could it be that Fazheng and Zhuge Liang didn't know?
These two masters knew about it, and after Liu Bei took Hanzhong, they took precautions against these two points.

The Hanzhong line of defense laid out by the two great talents is like a tight defense net, guarding the crucial gateway to Yizhou.

In this tight defense network, Yinping and Yang'an Pass are two extremely important hubs.

Yang'an Pass is Yangping Pass, also known as Guanguan.

Any future generations who have some understanding of the history of the Three Kingdoms should have heard the names of these two fortresses, especially Yangping Pass, which is almost the life of Hanzhong.

Because once Yangping Pass is taken by the enemy, it means that the biggest natural danger in Hanzhong has been lost.

When Cao Cao and Liu Bei attacked Hanzhong, they always took Yangping Pass as the main direction of attack at the beginning.

When Fazheng was alive, he once said: "The moment when the fish is restored to life is actually the gate of good fortune in Yizhou."

This point is enough to show that Yangping Pass is an extremely important throat for the entire Yizhou.

The Hanzhong defense network that Fazheng and Zhuge Liang jointly deployed not only deployed heavy troops in Yinping and Yangping Pass.

They also left heavy troops at various passes not far from these two passes. Many passes intertwined and echoed each other, so that Hanzhong was well guarded.

But it is a pity that the defensive network that guarded Ji Han's safety in history was destroyed by one person.

That person was Jiang Wei, who inherited Zhuge Liang's behest and was the general of Ji Han at that time.

The reason why Jiang Wei wanted to personally destroy Zhuge Liang's defense network was not because he had bad intentions, but on the contrary, his original intentions could be said to be good.

Jiang Wei also admitted that Hanzhong's strict defense network can resist the enemy very well, but he believes that the strict defense network cannot allow him to obtain great results.

Therefore, Jiang Wei suggested that Liu Chan might as well use the abandonment of some important fortresses as bait to lure the enemy to take the initiative to attack.

Then our own army retreated to defend the two cities of Han and Le, and the remaining important passes were heavily guarded.

He sent another army as a mobile force, waiting for the opportunity to attack the enemy's weak link.

If this goes on for a long time, the enemy army will be exhausted. When the enemy army retreats, the defenders of the cities and the mobile troops outside will take the opportunity to attack together, and they will be able to wipe out all the enemy troops.

When Jiang Wei's suggestion was sent to Liu Chan's case, Liu Chan readily agreed to Jiang Wei's suggestion.

On the surface, Jiang Wei's strategy of "retracting troops and defending, strengthening the walls and clearing the country" is very beautiful, but he has overlooked a key issue:

That is, the original defense network in Hanzhong paid attention to intertwined teeth and echoing each other, but when the Han army voluntarily gave up some fortresses, the biggest advantage of this defense network was destroyed.

The most terrible thing is that the heavy troops originally stationed at Yinping and Yangping Pass were withdrawn, which gave the Wei army an opportunity.

In history, after Jiang Wei got the news of Zhong Huizhi's troops in Guanzhong, he immediately wrote a letter to Liu Chan, asking Liu Chan to send Zhang Yi and Liao Hua to station at Yangping Pass and Yinping Bridge respectively to prevent problems before they happen.

From this point, we can know that the forces at Yinping and Yangping Pass must have been very weak at that time, otherwise Jiang Wei would not be so anxious.

Perhaps Jiang Wei's negligence at the beginning was just an inducement, after all, he also thought about saving it later.

But when his negligence coincides with Liu Chan's stupidity, it will lead to a great disaster.

One of the reasons for the loss of Yangping Pass in history was Jiang Shu's defection to the enemy, which allowed the Wei army to attack the city.

But Jiang Shu was only a lieutenant general, and only his troops and horses were brought out of the city to surrender.

After he took his own troops out of Yangping Pass, a dangerous pass like Yangping Pass could be directly captured by Wei Jun.

This shows how empty the troops at Yangping Pass are under Jiang Wei's strategy.

Jiang Wei's strategy is very in line with his military style, bold and good at taking risks.

His heart is also for the good of the big man, and he wants to kill more enemies for the big man. Unfortunately, in terms of objective facts, Jiang Wei's strategy does give the enemy an opportunity.

Even with the lesson of Cao Shuang's great defeat, if Jiang Wei did not take the initiative to destroy Hanzhong's defense network, it is not certain whether Sima Zhao would rashly order the attack on Shu.

After all, Sima Zhao's father, Sima Yi, was able to get the support of many veteran officials. A large part of the reason was that Cao Shuang's defeat in Xingshi was too miserable, which directly severely damaged his prestige.

Moreover, Sima Yi is most afraid of Hanzhong's tight defense network, which is also the biggest reason why he opposes Cao Shuang's southern expedition.

On the one hand, the Hanzhong defense network that his father was afraid of, and on the other hand, the dismal fate of a powerful official like himself, Sima Zhao would weigh it carefully no matter what.

For Jiang Wei, a tragic hero, Mi Yang from later generations also loves it very much.

Because of his love, whenever he read this record in history books, Mi Yang would often feel very sigh.

Maybe if Zhuge Liang had a spirit in the sky, after seeing Jiang Wei, who he had placed high hopes on, adopt this strategy, he would also be in a dizzy mood.

That's why Zhuge Liang wrote to Mi Yang to take the initiative to remind him of this.

After all, Mi Yang's military style in the past was also good at luring the enemy deep.

In other places, it is a good strategy to lure the enemy deep at other times, but in Hanzhong, under the current situation, Zhuge Liang does not want Mi Yang to do this.

Because Hanzhong is the gateway to Yizhou, the current situation is when the Han Dynasty is in turmoil.

If Mi Yang is negligent and the enemy can take advantage of it, the chain reaction will be fatal to the big man.

Looking at Zhuge Liang's earnest instruction in the letter, Mi Yang felt heartwarming, but also deeply remembered Zhuge Liang's exhortation in his heart.

Mi Yang is not Ma Di, he likes to disobey Zhuge Liang's reminders to show his ability.

Besides, even without Zhuge Liang's reminder, Mi Yang, who knows the lessons of history, would not think of taking risks in guarding against Hanzhong.

After reading Zhuge Liang's letter, Mi Yang put Zhuge Liang's letter in his arms.

In the letter, in addition to reminding Mi Yang, Zhuge Liang also agreed with Mi Yang's move to divide his troops to the south.

As long as there are not too many soldiers and horses, the impact on Hanzhong's defense will not be great, and Yizhou does need reinforcements now.

Thinking of this, Mi Yang quickly came up with a number in his mind - five thousand.

Five thousand might not sound like much, but the five thousand Liang troops that Mi Yang was going to send south were all well-trained soldiers.

It is an exaggeration to say that such a large army is one against a hundred, but facing the Nanzhong barbarians with poor weapons and insufficient armor, it is no problem to fight a few one by one in a head-to-head confrontation.

Moreover, even if there is turmoil in Nanzhong, given Nanzhong's economic foundation, the rebels will not exceed [-] at most.

Under such circumstances, five thousand Liangzhou reinforcements were not too small.

After deciding the number of troops to send south, Mi Yang immediately asked Fa Miao to write a military order.

In this military order, Mi Yang appointed Deng Ai as the chief general of the five thousand troops going south to Liang.

In addition, he also sent Fu Qian, Shi Bao, etc., who had recently joined his army, new generals who had not yet made any military exploits, to this army.

Unless Meng Huo and others can summon meteorites for Zhuge Liang's campaign in Nanzhong, Mi Yang knows that this battle is for Zhuge Liang to practice.

That being the case, don't you hurry up and send those people to Zhuge Liang's side to make military exploits?
If Zhuge Liang took a fancy to some of his generals and mentioned a few words, it would be even more profitable.

Then Mi Yang issued another military order.

"Let Zhang Yi lead three thousand troops to guard Yinping."

Mi Yang originally sent Wu Yi to guard Yangping Pass, but under Zhuge Liang's reminder, Mi Yang was going to continue to strengthen Yinping's defenses.

Yinping is a pass that is as dangerous as Yangping Pass, and Zhang Ni is quite prudent, so it is very appropriate to send him to guard Yinping.

Although Fa Miao didn't know why Mi Yang strengthened Yin Ping's defenses, he still quickly wrote these two military orders.

After Fa Miao wrote the two military orders and showed them to Mi Yang, Mi Yang immediately ordered people to send the two military orders to Nanzheng.

Seeing the messenger quickly run out of the big tent holding the military order, Mi Yang continued to deal with the government affairs in hand.

At the same time, an idea popped into his mind.

Although the current Hanzhong is not suitable for a big war, if an enemy dares to attack the door, then he is not easy to provoke.

Don't forget, he is a general who made his fortune by playing defense and counterattack.

I don't know how Sun Shiwan is doing recently.

While Mi Yang continued to further strengthen Hanzhong's defense, Cao Zhen, who traveled day and night, finally arrived in Luoyang.

Cao Zhen's return to Luoyang this time was on his own initiative, and he did not inform anyone in advance, so his return was sudden.

When Cao Zhen returned to the mansion, Cao Shuang was enjoying the beauty of Wushi San with his good friends Deng Yang, Li Sheng, He Yan and others.

After being drunk by people, the five stone powder can make people feel ecstatic.

In addition, under the leadership of He Yan, Wushi San soon became popular among the nobles in Luoyang City.

Ordinary people will have hot and restless reactions after taking Wushi Powder, so Wushi Powder is also considered an aphrodisiac by some people.

Of course, no matter how bad Cao Shuang and the others are, they wouldn't do something like public prostitution in the daytime.

They just unbuttoned the single clothes on their bodies after the effect of the medicine came up, so as to release the heat in their bodies.

But although this kind of behavior is not as good as publicizing obscenity in the daytime, it is also unacceptable by the world's etiquette.

So when Cao Zhen came home and saw his son acting like this, the anger in his upright heart suddenly rose.

Cao Zhen walked quickly to Cao Shuang, and lifted Cao Shuang, who was still enjoying himself, from the couch.

Cao Shuang, who was still in a state of ecstasy, was not very clear about his sanity at this time. In a trance, he couldn't see clearly that the person in front of him who dared to disrespect him was his father.

So subconsciously, Cao Shuang let out a sharp shout: "Presumptuous!"

Hearing that Cao Shuang dared to shout at him, Cao Zhenxin became even more angry, and he slapped Cao Shuang to the ground.

Cao Zhen was famous for his bravery in Cao Wei. When he was young, he was capable of shooting tigers. The slap he slapped in anger was not something ordinary people could bear.

When that heavy slap hit Cao Shuang's face, it not only made him fall to the ground, but also made him cry out in pain.

At this moment, Cao Shuang felt that his face was about to explode in pain.

But it was this intense pain that made Cao Shuang wake up from his delirium.

When he saw that it was Cao Zhen who beat him, the anger in Cao Shuang's heart disappeared all of a sudden.

For this strict father, he was afraid from the bottom of his heart.

Regardless of the pain on his face, Cao Shuang was so frightened that he got up from the ground and knelt in front of Cao Zhen, his body shaking constantly.

It was scary.

When Cao Zhen saw Cao Shuang's disappointment, he had the urge to draw his sword.

Cao Shuang is his eldest son, so Cao Zhen has always placed high hopes on Cao Shuang.

The depth of love is the depth of responsibility.

Thinking about how he himself was a highly praised hero when he was young, how could he have such an unworthy son.

And this kind of change in the field also scared Cao Shuang's friends to wake up.

How could the general's majesty be something that disciples from ordinary aristocratic families could resist.

Even He Yan, who was of the same generation as Cao Zhen, slowly sat upright because he was afraid of Cao Zhen's power after seeing Cao Zhen's return.

It's just that although he was angry in his heart, Cao Zhen didn't come back this time to educate his son. He had more important things to do.

So after Cao Zhen warned Cao Shuang not to take Wushi powder in the future, he went back to his bedroom to take a bath and change clothes.

Cao Zhen, who was fighting on the battlefield, naturally had a feeling of disgust for Wushisan, a drug that would invade people's reason.

After bathing and changing clothes, and washing away the fatigue from the journey, Cao Zhen put on his court clothes, got into the chariot, and walked quickly towards the palace.

When Cao Zhen arrived at the palace gate, after showing his identity, he walked unimpededly towards Cao Pi's bedroom.

As the most popular minister in Cao Wei today, Cao Zhen has many privileges in Luoyang.

Soon after, Cao Zhen came outside Cao Pi's bedroom.

After standing outside the sleeping hall, no matter how powerful Cao Zhen was, he still honestly let the yellow gate outside the hall enter to report for him.

Cao Wei is not Ji Han, no matter how powerful Cao Zhen is, no matter how friendly his personal relationship with Cao Pi is, there must be a clear boundary between the monarch and his subjects.

Huang Men saw that it was the general who asked to see him, so he immediately ran into the hall to report.

It's just that it was not Cao Pi who accepted Huangmen's report, but Guo Guibi, who had recently favored the harem.

Different from the later generations, the noble concubine was already the title in the harem after the empress.

At present, Cao Pi has not established a queen. It can be said that Queen Guo is the actual queen of Wei today.

When Guo Guipin heard that it was Cao Zhen asking to see her, a look of astonishment immediately appeared on her face.

Cao Zhen, as the governor of Cao Wei Guanzhong, suddenly returned without an edict, so he must have something important to report.

just.

Guo Guipin glanced at the inner hall, thinking that Cao Pi was taking Wushi powder now, a look of hesitation appeared on her face.

(End of this chapter)