Mi Han

Chapter 464
On the third day after Fei Yao led the army to reach Yangping Pass, Cao Zhen, who had traveled all the way day and night, finally led his army outside Yangping Pass.

Cao Zhen did not brag.

The Wei army deserved to be known as an elite soldier, and Cao Zhen himself was worthy of the reputation of a famous general. In just a few days, Cao Zhen was able to lead [-] Wei troops to the Yangping Pass.

After Cao Zhen led the army to join Fei Yao, Cao Zhen immediately asked Fei Yao if there had been any changes in the Han army in the past few days.

When Cao Zhen asked, Fei Yao naturally didn't dare to hide it.

He truthfully reported: "The Yangping Pass guards have only been patrolling daily in the past few days, and there is nothing unusual."

"Has the number of bandits on the city wall increased?"

Cao Zhen continued to ask.

Fei Yao immediately replied truthfully: "No."

After hearing Fei Yao's report, Cao Zhen felt surprised.

He had deduced that Mi Yang wanted to repeat the old trick and defeat Cao Hong's army by feigning surrender.

Since Mi Yang has this kind of purpose in mind, when he knows that he will lead an army to help, he will certainly not be without countermeasures.

At least you have to hold the mentality that you value it, and at least strengthen some defenses on the city wall!

What does business as usual mean?
Do you look down on him Cao Zhen?
Cao Zhen was not happy all of a sudden.

Mi Yang's reaction was unusual. While this unusualness exceeded Cao Zhen's expectations, it also made Cao Zhen feel uneasy.

The current situation, "business as usual" is the last thing Cao Zhen wants to see.

Soldiers are impermanent and ever-changing.

Many people in the world like to make plans before moving, thinking that before the start of the war, everything will be clearly planned, and things will develop step by step as he expected, without any mistakes.

Ordinary people think that those who can do this are considered famous generals.

But in fact, no one in the world can do this.

Because the essence of war is to compete with treacherous and changeable human hearts. On this basis, who in the world would dare to say that they can control everything in their hands before the war?
Just as Wu Yi lured Cao Hong to come here by offering a pass as a bait, if according to the previous plan, now Mi Yang should be the army that ambushed Cao Hong with all his strength.

But even though Mi Yang had considered many things, the sudden arrival of Cao Zhen with an army made this matter greatly variable.

However, although Cao Zhen led the army to come, it became difficult for Mi Yang to ambush Cao Hong's army, but the real famous general lies in knowing how to adapt to the situation and taking advantage of the situation.

So Mi Yang immediately made corresponding tactical adjustments according to the changes in the current situation.

After Mi Yang made the corresponding tactical adjustments, it was now Cao Zhen's turn to see his tricks.

Cao Zhen led the army this time, but did not bring Liu Ye with him.

But before he led the army to set off, Liu Ye once said: Liu Ye believed that when Cao Zhen led the army to Yangping Pass, Mi Yang could choose nothing more than two paths.

One is to ambush Cao Hong's army regardless of everything, and the other is to abandon the plan to ambush Cao Hong's army and instead strengthen the defense behind Yangping Pass.

According to the two paths that Mi Yang chose, Liu Ye also presented corresponding strategies.

It's just that when Cao Zhen led the army to Yangping Pass, Cao Zhen found that Mi Yang didn't act according to Liu Ye's inference at all, so he directly chose the third way - ignoring.

Cao Zhen didn't think that Mi Yang would not receive the news that he was leading the army in advance, so everything in the Han army was as usual, which was Mi Yang's deliberate ignoring attitude-whether you come or not, I will continue to do what I do.

Mi Yang's strategy was completely out of Cao Zhen's plan. When the original plan could no longer be implemented, Cao Zhen could only follow the changes of the current situation and make corresponding moves.

This is a challenge that Mi Yang launched to Cao Zhen invisibly, a challenge exclusive to famous generals.

Looking at the city wall of Yangping Pass, where the troops were not increasing or decreasing, Cao Zhen seemed to have Mi Yang's whispering voice in his mind——Cao Zidan, what should you do next?
Although Cao Zhen had been leading the army in Guanzhong before, he had met Mi Yang before.

That year was the 24th year of Jian'an.

On the Han River in the 24th year of Jian'an, the aging King Wei and the old King Hanzhong each brought two of their own nephews to meet.

At that time, Mi Yang was just a fledgling, but he had already passed the first battle of the public security, and his power shocked the world.

I still remember that day, Cao Zhen and Mi Yang were only a few steps away. When Emperor Wu was talking with Liu Bei, Cao Zhen had been secretly observing Mi Yang.

Cao Zhen knew why Emperor Wu brought him by his side that day, so that he could take a good look at Mi Yang, the great enemy of Cao Wei in the future.

A few years passed in a daze, and Cao Zhen has become the general of Cao Wei, and the No.1 of Cao Wei besides Cao Pi, but he never forgot the meeting on the Han River that day.

Thinking of this, Cao Zhen smiled inadvertently.

His flustered heart instantly calmed down.

He is the one left by Emperor Wu who is qualified to be an opponent with Mi Yang, so how can he be flustered because of a sudden unexpected?

After his heart settled down, Cao Zhen's thoughts became extremely clear.

It is impossible for Mi Yang to be indifferent to his arrival. The reason why Mi Yang behaved as usual was to disturb his judgment.

After the mind is clear, many things will naturally be figured out.

After understanding Mi Yang's intentions, Cao Zhen was not in a hurry.

Maybe he doesn't know what's going on on the other side of Yangping Pass, but he can judge by the actions of the Han army on his side.

No matter how Mi Yang set up the ecstasy formation, the lack of troops was far from his biggest weakness. It was impossible for Mi Yang to send heavy troops to guard the back of the pass and also send heavy troops to ambush Cao Hong's troops.

As long as this fact does not change, then he has nothing to worry about.

After calming down his emotions, Cao Zhen gave Fei Yao an order:
"Send someone to the pass to ask to see Mi Yang, and say that I want to see him alone."

"Just like the story back then, he and I met each other with one person."

Hearing Cao Zhen's order, Fei Yao reminded: "Now that our army is outside, the thieves may not see each other."

Fei Yao's hesitation made Cao Zhen laugh out loud.

"He's Mi Yang! Will he be afraid?"

Cao Zhen's words unabashedly revealed a strong appreciation for Mi Yang.

"Just send someone there, he will definitely see you."

Because I want to test him, and he wants to test me very much.

Who made the two of them equal opponents?

After finishing speaking, Cao Zhen returned to the big tent with a confident face.

Perhaps not at Cao Zhen's level, Fei Yao couldn't understand Cao Zhen's self-confidence, but he still followed Cao Zhen's instructions and sent a messenger to Yangping Pass.

When Mi Yang in the pass learned that Cao Zhen sent a messenger to see him, he was not surprised.

With Cao Zhen's ability, it may be difficult to guess that he is in Yangping Pass at the beginning due to the limitation of intelligence, but with the collection of many intelligences, Cao Zhen will guess this sooner or later.

And Mi Yang never thought about hiding this from Cao Zhen.

Mi Yang received Cao Zhen's envoy, and then heard Cao Zhen's request from the envoy's mouth.

After hearing Cao Zhen's request, Mi Yang felt that things became interesting.

Cao Zhen suddenly wanted to meet, not just for reminiscing about the old days.

Cao really wanted to see himself and find out more information.

And this is enough to prove that Cao Zhen was not affected by his suspicious tactics, at least at the moment his mind is very calm.

This made Mi Yang feel admiration for Cao Zhen.

But Mi Yang also felt that it was only natural for Cao Zhen to behave like this.

Many people in later generations think that Sima Yi is Zhuge Liang's biggest opponent. In fact, this is wrong. Before Cao Zhen passed away, it was Cao Zhen who defeated Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition several times.

And when Cao Zhen went south in history, Zhuge Liang also worked up his energy to deal with it.

This is enough to prove that in terms of military strategy alone, Cao Zhen must be quite outstanding, and he is also worthy of Cao Cao's expectations for him during his lifetime.

Cao Zhen is definitely qualified to be Mi Yang's opponent.

Mi Yang ignored Fa Miao and others' eyes, and smiled and agreed to Cao Zhen's envoy's request.

Cao really wanted to test him, so why didn't he?

After Cao Zhen's envoy left satisfied, Fa Miao immediately persuaded Mi Yang: "Uncle Mu's body and shoulders is a big man's hope, how can you let it go lightly?"

While talking, Fa Miao wanted to cite the scriptures to dissuade Mi Yang, but Mi Yang insisted on going his own way.

Mi Yang looked at Wei Yan in a blink of an eye and said, "Tomorrow, you will go out with me to meet Cao Zhen."

Facing Mi Yang's roll call, Wei Yan responded with a deep voice.

After calling Wei Yan, Mi Yang waved his hands to disperse the others.

After everyone else left, Mi Yang looked at a heavy crossbow placed on the table, his eyes sparkled.

Cao Zhen had tens of thousands of Wei troops as his confidence, and since he dared to lure Cao Zhen's army to come, why didn't he have the confidence?
The night passed in an instant.

When the sun shines on the mottled black walls of Yangping Pass in the early morning of the second day, the gate of Yangping Pass opens quietly.

Under the guard of Wei Yan, Mi Yang walked step by step towards Cao Zhen who had been waiting outside the pass.

Cao Zhen did not break his promise, he only brought Wang Shuang by his side.

Cao Zhen is not a villain either, he took the initiative to make Wei Jun outside the pass retreat a hundred steps, so that Mi Yang would not have to worry that he would be attacked and killed by cold arrows.

Of course, Cao Zhen also placed the meeting place in an open space a hundred steps away from Yangping Pass.

The two are looking forward to this meeting, but at the same time they are always on guard against each other.

At a distance of a hundred steps, Mi Yang drove a steed, and arrived in front of Cao Zhen in a short while.

Today, both of them are not wearing armor, and both are wearing plain clothes.

When Cao Zhen saw Mi Yang coming, he stretched out his hands to help him and motioned Mi Yang to sit down.

Mi Yang didn't doubt him, so he sat directly opposite Cao Zhen.

And Wei Yan and Wang Shuang, two fierce generals, as the guards of their respective commanders, stared at each other intently with their sword handles in their hands.

When Mi Yang sat down, he found that Cao Zhen did not meet friends with wine today, but with chess.

Go is a recreational activity loved by scholars in the world, and it is also a recreational activity that many famous generals are good at.

Cao Zhen has this arrangement, which can be said to correspond to his and Mi Yang's identities.

Mi Yang has been taught by Fazheng since he was a child. He is certainly not a novice when it comes to Go.

Mi Yang was not restrained in front of Cao Zhen, as if he and Cao Zhen were friends who hadn't seen each other for many years. Mi Yang stretched out his hand and brought the chess tube with the white chess on the chessboard in front of him.

Cao Zhen couldn't help laughing at Mi Yang's inconspicuousness.

It's impolite for others to act like this in front of him, but Mi Yang's behavior in front of him makes him feel that Mi Yang is careless.

And Mi Yang deliberately chose the white chess and left the black chess to himself, which also made Cao Zhen see Mi Yang's deep meaning.

It's just that Cao Zhen didn't care about this deep meaning at all.

Black is black, but he is also happy.

Because according to the rules of the chessboard, the one who holds the black goes first, which seems to indicate that the Southern Expedition, which attracted the attention of the world, was initiated by Cao Zhen.

With a "click", without any reminiscence words, Cao Zhen instantly dropped a black flag on the chessboard symbolizing the world.

Cao Zhen landed the first black flag in the middle of the chessboard. This is not a very good move, but it is a domineering one.

With the great power of the Great Wei today, in the world, it is natural that the Great Wei is respected.

Faced with Cao Zhen's provocative first move, Mi Yang didn't seem to care at all, and was not in a hurry to make a move next to the black flag. Instead, he chose to sprinkle the first white piece at the corner of the chessboard.

Mi Yang's chess move made Cao Zhen see the deep meaning that Mi Yang wanted to express.

It is good for Cao Wei to occupy the world today, but the great Han can also reestablish the country in the borderlands, and then grow step by step, and finally surround the great Wei who is in the middle of the world.

This is Mi Yang's counterattack to Cao Zhen's provocation, and it is also Mi Yang's challenge to Cao Zhen's self-confidence.

Meeting opponents in chess is not only about comparing the level of chess skills, but also the fierce collision of personal ideals.

Just as black and white have been distinct since ancient times, the difference in positions between Mi Yang and Cao Zhen determines that they can only be endless enemies in this life.

At the beginning, neither of them spoke, not even a greeting, only the sound of chess falling between them.

This scene made both Wei Yan and Wang Shuang very puzzled, why would they meet without talking?

With the increasing number of black and white pieces on the chessboard, it seems that two naturally hostile black dragons and white dragons appeared on the chessboard, catching and fighting each other.

People who don't know chess can't understand the dangerous situation on the chessboard. Only the chess players Mi Yang and Cao Zhen have a deep understanding of the situation on the chessboard.

The black dragon is fierce and aggressive, attacking all the way, while the white dragon is flexible and defensive everywhere.

After an unknown amount of time, the battlefield between the black dragon and the white dragon shifted to the northwest position on the chessboard.

Just now, both of them subconsciously chose not to play the chess, because the northwest position is exactly where Cao Hong's army is currently.

In this place, the attack and defense are instantly transformed!

Bailong no longer pays attention to defending everywhere, and even gives up defense completely, as if it wants to completely occupy this position.

However, the black dragon changed its attitude of fierce attack, and started to defend in this corner, intending to protect this place that represents a different meaning.

Facing the tenacious defense of the black dragon, the white dragon's offensive became more and more fierce. It can be seen from Mi Yang's moves that he has an attitude of not achieving his goal and vowing not to give up.

As a result, the situation on the chessboard became anxious for a while.

When it was Cao Zhen's turn to make a pawn again, he still hadn't made the pawn that represented hope.

Because if he insisted on guarding that corner, the hidden pieces he had arranged on other chessboards would be instantly destroyed.

Cao Zhen had to hesitate for such a serious consequence.

While hesitating, Mi Yang took the initiative to say his first words after meeting Cao Zhen:

"He's here."

This sentence made Cao Zhen shake his hand holding the black chess.

Cao Zhen knew that the man Mi Yang was referring to was Cao Hong.

And when he got three words, it indicated that Cao Hong's army had been successfully lured by Mi Yang.

What will Mi Yang do next?

On the chessboard, didn't Mi Yang show his intention clearly?

After saying these three words, Mi Yang looked up at the sky.

The time of playing chess always passed quickly, and the sky gradually darkened before I knew it.

Time to go back to dinner.

Mi Yang stood up first.

Sensing Mi Yang's movements, Cao Zhen looked up at Mi Yang.

He already knew Mi Yang's attitude very clearly.

When Mi Yang turned around, Cao Zhen suddenly said to Mi Yang:
"Back then on the Han River, Emperor Wu once felt that if Mi Gong could obey his call, maybe you would become his favorite nephew."

Although Mi Yang's surname is not Cao, Cao Zhen wasn't either.

As long as Cao Cao really likes someone, he likes to recognize his son the most, so Cao Cao would say these words back then.

After saying this, Cao Zhen paused, and continued: "And you and I may also become best friends. With the assistance of you and me, Dawei will surpass all generations and be invincible."

Cao Zhen expressed his deepest thoughts to Mi Yang.

Cao Zhen hated and feared Mi Yang, but also admired him.

Heroes cherish each other. After realizing Mi Yang's excellence, Cao Zhenzhen is just like Cao Cao back then, always regretting Mi Zhu's refusal to call.

After Mi Yang heard Cao Zhen's words with his back turned, Mi Yang was silent for a while after listening, then he turned around and bowed to Cao Zhen.

Although he is an opponent, Cao Zhen's appreciation for him is not mixed with any evil thoughts.

That being the case, Mi Yang doesn't mind showing a little kindness to Cao Zhen because of Cao Zhen's appreciation for him.

But after a bow, Mi Yang resolutely continued to turn around and walk towards Yangping Pass.

He heard the wooing in Cao Zhen's words, but it's a pity that the way is different, and it is absolutely difficult to go together.

Looking at Mi Yang's decisive back, the smile on Cao Zhen's face gradually disappeared, and his eyes became cold again.

Private appreciation must never override the righteousness of the country. This is what Cao Zhen and Mi Yang insist on in common.

After Mi Yang entered the customs, Cao Zhen asked Wang Shuang to put away the unfinished chessboard, and told them not to misplace their chess pieces.

Then Cao Zhen also turned around and walked towards the Wei Army camp behind him.

When Cao Zhen stepped into the camp of the Wei army, a military order soon reached the ears of every Wei army:

"Step up your drills and prepare for battle at all times."

On the third day after Cao Zhen met with Mi Yang, Cao Zhen, who was reviewing military affairs in the camp, suddenly received a shocking news.

The Han army on the wall of Yangping Pass has withdrawn!

After hearing the news, Cao Zhen stood up in shock.

Is Mi Yang finally going to make a move?
Cao Zhen hurriedly followed behind Fei Yao and came outside the camp to investigate.

When he came outside the camp, he saw that on the wall of Yangping Pass where Han troops were on duty, many Han troops had disappeared.

The Yangpingguan city wall, which was originally considered to be heavily guarded, was full of loopholes in Cao Zhen's eyes at this moment, like an empty city.

After seeing this scene, Liu Ye's judgment instantly appeared in Cao Zhen's mind: If the Han army wants to attack the Hussar General, it is necessary to mobilize a large number of Han troops to ambush.

Isn't the scene happening in his eyes now corroborating Liu Ye's judgment?

But at this moment Cao Zhen hesitated.

In the chessboard match a few days ago, he had already told Mi Yang with his actions that he would definitely save Cao Hong.

Under such circumstances, would Mi Yang insist on sending troops to ambush Cao Hong?

Wouldn't it?
Thinking of the confrontation on the chessboard that day, Mi Yang's desperate and indomitable attitude on the chessboard, Cao Zhenxin became nervous.

Throughout the many battles that Mi Yang has fought, in terms of adventurous spirit, he has never lost to any famous general in the world.

Perhaps this may be Mi Yang's trick to lure the enemy, but with Mi Yang's usual style, this is more like Mi Yang's trick of suspicious soldiers!
He deliberately withdrew the Han army on the city wall, making himself think that this was his trick to lure the enemy, but in fact Mi Yang really led the elite Han army to ambush Cao Hong's army.

Mi Yang did this to make himself suspicious and dare not attack Yangping Pass rashly.

There is no need to delay for too long, as long as it can be delayed for a while, then Mi Yang's goal will be achieved!

When Mi Yang took the initiative to withdraw the guards at Yangping Pass, two extremely contradictory thoughts kept colliding in Cao Zhen's mind for a while.

Is this empty city a trick to lure the enemy, or a trick to suspect soldiers?
For a while, various possibilities emerged in Cao Zhen's mind.

At this time, Cao Zhen remembered a past event in the Battle of Hanzhong.

During the Hanzhong War, Zhao Yun's camp was besieged by a large number of Wei troops. At that time, Zhao Yun made an unexpected move.

Zhao Yun ordered the gates of the camp to be opened wide, and then the Han army was ordered to silence the flags and drums.

At that time, Cao Jun's commander-in-chief, seeing this situation, suspected that Zhao Yun had set up an ambush, so he retreated. Zhao Yun took the opportunity to lead his army to pursue and defeat Cao Jun.

In the absence of historians writing stories for the people of the world, not much is known about this past event.

But Cao Zhen knew it, because he was the person involved.

And Mi Yang must also know that everyone in the world knows that Zhao Yun has a lot of relationship with him.

So, on the premise of one success, will Mi Yang follow Zhao Yun's old tricks and repeat his tricks?
The empty city plan that is difficult to distinguish between the false and the real made Cao Zhen even more headache.

But because he knew Zhao Yun's case, in Cao Zhen's heart, his judgment gradually tended to be Mi Yang's suspicious strategy.

When this kind of thought gained the upper hand in his mind, Cao Zhen realized one more thing, does he have any other choice?

Cao Hong's army may be in danger. If he misses the good opportunity to rescue Cao Hong because of hesitation, then once the Central Route Army is defeated by Mi Yang's army, let's not talk about how the morale of the Wei Army will be hit.

If there is no middle road army to block Yizhou's reinforcements, and Mi Yang who gets the reinforcements, it will be even more powerful and difficult to deal with.

As time went by, Cao Zhen had a decision in his heart.

Before Cao Zhen came to the unfinished chessboard that day, he held up the black stone that he had been carrying with him since that day, and then he did not hesitate to hit the black stone on the chessboard surrounded by white dragons. there.

Since it must be saved, then save it!

　6000 words to complete.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)