Mi Han

Chapter 461
A few days after Ren Xiang left Yangping Pass, the news that tens of thousands of Wei troops were marching towards Yangping Pass was reported to Wu Yi by scouts.

Since it was learned through scouts, it was impossible to hide the news. Of course, Wu Yi didn't want to hide it either.

Soon the news was like a boulder thrown into a calm lake, causing huge ripples in Yangping Pass.

Mi Yang also held a meeting in Nanzheng when the news of hundreds of thousands of Wei troops marching south spread before.

During that discussion, both Mi Yang and his generals believed that Wei Jun would not make great efforts to attack Yangping Pass.

This judgment cannot be wrong, Cao Zhen really planned it in the beginning.

It's just that things on the battlefield are changing rapidly, which led to the current situation.

But compared to Mi Yang, Wu Yi and others who have plans, most of the guards and soldiers in Yangping Pass, when they heard the news, because of Mi Yang's previous judgment, their first reaction was Astonished.

Before, no one would have doubted the judgment made by Mi Yang himself.

No matter how strong soldiers are, they are still human. When things exceed their expectations, especially when such things represent great danger, it is natural for them to feel flustered.

Fortunately, thanks to the strict military discipline, this kind of flustered emotion is more just agitated in the heart, and has not been transformed into dangerous specific actions.

As the chief general of Yangping Pass, Wu Yi quickly noticed the unstable morale of the army in Yangping Pass.

After learning of this situation, Wu Yi privately begged Mi Yang to come forward to appease the morale of the soldiers in the pass.

After all, although there has been no change in the guards at Yangping Pass, Wu Yi knows that instability in the army's morale has always been a taboo for military strategists.

And Wu Yi also knew that with Mi Yang's prestige, as long as he could show his face in front of the soldiers, the current instability of the army's morale would be put down soon.

There is no doubt about that.

Mi Yang was naturally aware of Wu Yi's worries, but Mi Yang did not agree to Wu Yi's request.

He rejected Wu Yi with the words "the time has not come".

Mi Yang's refusal had his own considerations. Seeing that Mi Yang was unwilling to explain, Wu Yi didn't dare to persuade him any more, but just asked Mi Yang what he should do next.

Hearing Wu Yi's question, Mi Yang said naturally: "Although Cao Hong has been lured here by you, he also brought tens of thousands of elite Wei troops with him."

"At present, the total strength of our army in the pass is only [-], and we have to remove some of the irreplaceable garrison forces. The only field army that our army can use is the [-] army brought by Wen Chang.

Five thousand against tens of thousands, if the battle is upright, our army will definitely not be Cao Hong's opponent.

To defeat Cao Hong's tens of thousands of Wei troops, the only way to achieve miraculous results is to use the dangerous terrain of Yangping Pass to ambush them.

And this dangerous terrain, Yangping Pass has never been lacking.

You can send a messenger out of the city to contact Cao Hong, and arrange with him a date for a joint uprising.

On that day, you first lead [-] elite soldiers out of the city to support him, and I will let Wen Chang ambush [-] soldiers in the surrounding mountains.

After Cao Hong lowers his vigilance and follows you into the ambush circle, you can suddenly raise troops to attack his central army, and Wen Chang will lead the ambush troops to join you at the right time.

If there is mental calculation but no intention, the Wei army will definitely panic. In addition, the terrain is favorable to our army. It is not difficult to defeat Cao Hong. "

Speaking of this, while Mi Yang stated the specific tactics in his mind, he also stated his plan for this battle.

Just as Liu Ye expected, Mi Yang's goal was not to wipe out Cao Hong's entire army. Without enough troops, the idea of ​​completely wiping out Cao Hong's army was unrealistic.

The reason why Mi Yang wanted to lure Cao Hong to lead the army was that he wanted to win a big victory over Cao Hong in order to boost the morale of the army in Liangzhou.

Even in Yangping Pass, with the presence of Si Wencao, Mi Yang's information channel is not blocked.

During this period of time, Mi Yang has often received battle reports about the fall of the city.

Although those cities were not considered important, Mi Yang could see that this was Wei Jun's strategy of turning against customers.

It has to be said that Wei Jun's strategy of turning against customers is effective.

Even if none of the fortresses in Hanzhong are lost, as more and more cities are lost, the Wei army's encirclement of Hanzhong is slowly forming.

Most importantly, after this kind of news gradually spread, people's hearts in Liangzhou were also quietly changing.

People are all about profit and avoiding harm.

After knowing all the information that is not good for his own side, how can Mi Yang not feel worried in private?
Just to reassure people, he never showed a worried look on his face.

And a big victory against the Wei army is enough to reverse the current situation that is increasingly unfavorable to the Han army.

After listening to Mi Yang's tactics, Wu Yi nodded. Mi Yang's tactics were very appropriate.

But also quite satisfactory.

This made Wu Yi feel a little disappointed.

Mi Yang's fame is based on a conspiracy. Wu Yi thought that Mi Yang would arrange some kind of conspiracy to shock the world in this war, but it didn't.

Perhaps Wu Yi felt this way because his expectations for Mi Yang were too high.

Wu Yi secretly dispelled this inhumane little thought in his heart, then got up and went to arrange everything outside the tent.

Not long after Wu Yi left, Mi Yang's confidant Wang Hong walked in anxiously.

Seeing Wang Hong entering with an anxious expression, Mi Yang had a bad feeling in his heart.

Wang Hong was regarded as his earliest private minister. After the establishment of Siwencao, Mi Yang made Wang Hong the long history of Siwencao.

Wang Hong's ability is average, but his loyalty is nothing to say.

He didn't care about the people Mi Yang put in Si Wencao.

Under Wang Hong's sensibility and the assistance of those good assistants, Wang Hong also managed Si Wencao in an orderly manner.

Since Wang Hong is currently Liangzhou's intelligence leader, Mi Yang usually takes Wang Hong with him wherever he goes, which is why Mi Yang can grasp first-hand information at any time.

In the past, those battle reports of lost cities and lands were collected by Wang Hong and sent to Mi Yang himself.

Therefore, when Wang Hong went in with another letter of information in his hand and anxious face, Mi Yang's first reaction was——Which city was lost again?

Mi Yang hurriedly beckoned to Wang Hong to present the information in his hand.

When Mi Yang started to look at the information in his hand, the worry in his heart could no longer be suppressed, and it directly surfaced on his face.

Even in that worried expression, there was still a bit of astonishment.

There are masters in the Wei army!

But Mi Yang quickly regained his composure, and he instructed Wang Hong in a low tone, "Quickly summon Wu Yi, Fa Miao, Lu Yi, and Wei Yan."

Although Mi Yang didn't show any urgency, Wang Hong didn't dare to delay at all. After bowing to Mi Yang, he hurried out of the big tent.

Under Wang Hong's summoning, Wu Yi was the first to return to the big tent. He hadn't gone far at all just now.

Wu Yi didn't understand why Mi Yang suddenly called him back, but after he entered the big tent, Mi Yang just asked him to sit down first, without any other words.

So Wu Yi could only temporarily suppress the doubts in his heart.

After a while, the three of Fa Miao also came to the big tent one after another.

When the four of Wu Yi arrived, they couldn't help but looked at each other.

In order to prevent the news that he was in Yangpingguan from leaking out, Mi Yang rarely took the initiative to summon the four of them at the same time.

Mi Yang's abnormal behavior today made them instantly realize that Mi Yang must have something important to discuss with them.

Sure enough, when the four of them were seated, Mi Yang informed Wu Yi and the others of the news he had just received.

What Mi Yang received was the news that Fei Yao and Cao Zhen quickly led their troops to Yangping Pass.

When Wu Yi and the others heard the news, they were not as calm as Mi Yang, and their faces were filled with surprise.

All four of them knew the reason why Cao Hong led his troops to Yangping Pass suddenly.

But what about Cao Zhen, and Fei Yao?

Didn't they take Yangping Pass as the main attack target from the beginning? Why did they suddenly stop attacking other cities and lead their troops to Yangping Pass instead?

This unexpected news made Wu Yi and the others deeply puzzled, but it also made them very worried.

On the surface, Cao Hong and Cao Zhen seemed to have planned ahead and marched towards Yangping Pass together.

This idea made Wu Yi and the others have a guess in their minds—could it be that Cao Hong had seen through their plot, so he deliberately followed the plan and invited Cao Zhen to send troops to attack Yangping Pass together?

Wei Yan has an impatient personality, and he quickly told Mi Yang what he had guessed in his heart.

After listening to Wei Yan's guess, Mi Yang thought for a while, but shook his head.

To be honest, he had guessed so at first.

But there is a fact that makes Mi Yang rule out this guess.

The fact is that the current traffic is extremely backward.

Cao Hong's Central Route Army and Cao Zhen's East Route Army were separated by Yangping Pass. If they wanted to communicate, they had to send messengers across the continuous mountain range.

In the continuous mountains, Cao Wei has no need for the best horses, so he can only walk on foot.

In addition, the rainy season has just passed, and many roads in the Hanzhong Mountain Road are muddy and difficult to walk. If the army can gather collective strength to eliminate this difficulty, how many people can there be at most?
Under such unfavorable objective conditions, there was at least a ten-day delay in the communication between Cao Hong and Cao Zhen.

This is also one of the important reasons why Wei Yanneng led his army to break through.

As for Cao Hong and Cao Zhen agreeing on the date of entering the army in advance, this is even more impossible.

Before Cao Hong made up his mind to march towards Yangping Pass, Wu Yi had to argue with him for a long time.

Even if Cao Hong and Cao Zhen wanted to set a date in advance for a joint military attack, they must at least get Wu Yi's accurate message.

However, it has only been a few days since Ren Xiang brought back Wu Yi's accurate message.

But since Mi Yang could receive the news that Cao Zhen sent troops, it proved that Cao Zhen started to march rapidly a few days ago, and the time of the two parties was simply not matched.

Based on this judgment, Mi Yang did not think that Cao Hong and Cao Zhen's joint march towards Yangping Pass was planned in advance, let alone Cao Hong saw through his attempt.

Mi Yang is more inclined to judge that Cao Weizhong has an expert.

After all, in today's world, in terms of talent reserves, Cao Wei still deserves to be number one.

Perhaps some great talent, out of a keen sense of smell, realized that the purpose of his sudden transfer of Wei Yan's five thousand elite soldiers into Yangping Pass was not necessarily the same.

But based on Mi Yang's understanding of Cao Zhen, he is not an indecisive commander.

Looking at "Three Kingdoms", there are not a few talents with similar abilities in the Three Kingdoms period.

Otherwise, how can the Three Kingdoms be called an era that exhausted China's century-old heroism?
Of course, there could be many reasons, and Mi Yang couldn't tell for a while, what caused Cao Zhen to rush to Yangping Pass suddenly and anxiously.

But Mi Yang only needs to know that Cao Zhen and Cao Hong did not conspire in advance.

Mi Yang told the judgment in his heart to Wu Yi and four people present. After listening to Mi Yang's deduction, Wu Yi and the other four thought it over carefully, and they also felt that Mi Yang's judgment was very reasonable.

It's just that even if you judge this point, what's the use in the current situation?
The mature and prudent Wu Yi said to Mi Yang:
"Uncle Mu, no matter why Cao Zhen suddenly marched into Yangping Pass, according to the information, Cao Zhen brought a lot of soldiers and horses, and they will arrive at Yangping Pass in a few days.

"If Cao Zhen suddenly led the army to attack from behind the pass when our army was fighting Cao Hong's army in front of the pass, Yangping Pass would be in danger.

In Yi Yi's opinion, the opportunity to defeat Cao Hong's army has been lost, and our army might as well just stick to Yangping Pass next. "

Wu Yi's suggestion was approved by Fa Miao and others. Even Wei Yan, who always advocated attack, did not object at this time.

Ordinary people may think that before Cao Zhen's army arrives, they can lure Cao Hong into the ambush circle and concentrate their forces to defend Yangping Pass after defeating Cao Hong's army, but this is not feasible.

Because Cao Hong is not a fool.

Although Cao Hong's army is not far from Yangping Pass, Cao Hong still has to set up camp after arriving outside Yangping Pass.

The most important thing is that in order to delay the time, Wu Yi told Cao Hong in the letter that the matter of offering the customs would need to be planned in detail after the arrival of the Hussar General and his army.

Under this tone, if Wu Yi suddenly changed his attitude and became anxious, Cao Hong would definitely wake up.

In addition, it may take several days for Cao Zhen's army to arrive, but Fei Yao's army, who was originally leading the army outside Seoul, will show up behind Yangping Pass tomorrow at the latest.

Yangping Pass is so important to Dahan!

No one here wants to take the risk of losing Yangping Pass.

Seeing that Mi Yang didn't agree immediately after listening to his suggestion, Wu Yi thought that Mi Yang didn't want to give up this great opportunity, so he thought about speaking again.

Before Wu Yi could say anything, Mi Yang nodded in response, "What Wu Gong said is reasonable."

Seeing Mi Yang's expression of this attitude, several people present couldn't help secretly heaving a sigh of relief.

But Mi Yang's next sentence stunned Wu Yi and the others.

"Our army may have lost a good opportunity to attack Cao Hong's army, but what about Cao Zhen's army that came from thousands of miles away?"

Speaking of this, a smile appeared on Mi Yang's face.

In the eyes of Wu Yi and others, it is not of much use to the current battle situation to judge that Cao Hong and Cao Zhen are not in collusion.

Because Yangping Pass will fall into a situation of being attacked by the two armies at any time.

But for Mi Yang, this is not the case.

Because this means that Cao Hong and Cao Zhen don't know each other's purpose!

Isn't this the opportunity for the Han army?

　There will be 2 chapters tomorrow, which can be regarded as making up for the previous illness.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)