Mi Han

Shu County is the most affluent county among the counties in Yizhou.

From an economic point of view, the wealth of Shu County is not weaker than any other large county in the Central Plains.

The Kingdom of Tianfu essentially praises Shu County.

The outstanding economic status has created the special status of Shu County in the Han Dynasty, and the political significance represented by Shu County has given Shu County a detached position among the counties of Yizhou.

The seat of Shu County is Chengdu, the capital of the Han Dynasty today.

The detachment in economic and political status will inevitably make Shu County the yearning place for countless literati and students of today's Han Dynasty, which also makes Shu County the cultural center of today's Han Dynasty.

As the three major economic, political, and cultural centers of the Han Dynasty, Shu County is undoubtedly the lifeblood of the Han Dynasty.

And whenever the big man encounters dangers that endanger Guozuo, Shu County will often burst out with powerful forces to help the big man overcome the immediate difficulties.

The current prefect of Shu County is Yang Hong.

Yang Hong, styled Jixiu, was born in Wuyang.

Yang Hong is a well-known celebrity in Yizhou. As early as Liu Zhang's period, because of his own fame, Yang Hong successively served as the official of various counties in Yizhou.

This experience allowed Yang Hong to accumulate rich experience in governance.

Later, after Liu Bei captured Yizhou, Li Yan, the prefect of Qianwei, appointed Yang Hong as a meritorious officer. However, because Li Yan and Yang Hong had disagreements, Yang Hong resigned from the position of meritorious officer voluntarily, assuming an attitude of wanting to live in seclusion.

Although Li Yan didn't like Yang Hong's rebellion against his decision, he was afraid of Yang Hong's reputation, so he recommended Yang Hong to the state capital and let Yang Hong serve under Zhuge Liang's seat.

If there were only these experiences, Yang Hong could at best be counted as a celebrity in Yizhou with a bad temper, but then a major event happened, which changed the trajectory of Yang Hong's life.

That year, the Battle of Hanzhong broke out.

In the middle of the Battle of Hanzhong, Fazheng proposed to Liu Bei a strategy of surprise attacking Dingjun Mountain in order to reverse the situation. After discussing with Zhuge Liang in a letter, Liu Bei finally made up his mind to adopt this strategy.

But raiding Dingjun Mountain is easy to say, but extremely difficult to do.

To get from Jiange to Dingjun Mountain, you have to climb more than ten peaks in a row, and those more than ten peaks are all inaccessible places all year round, and there is no formed road for the army to walk.

What's more, Fazheng didn't want a few soldiers to cross mountains and mountains, but tens of thousands of troops!

The difficulty contained in this is even more difficult than crossing ten meridian valleys, and the logistical pressure on Yizhou is simply unimaginable.

Rao Zhuge Liang was also worried about this matter at the time, so he specifically asked Yang Hong about it.

Yang Hong's answer at that time was: "Hanzhong is the throat of Yizhou, the chance of survival, if there is no Hanzhong, there will be no Shu, and the disaster of this family. In today's affairs, men should fight and women should be lucky. Why do you doubt sending troops?"

This sentence reveals Yang Hong's firm attitude, and he is not a talkative party.

In the days that followed, Yang Hong took advantage of his reputation in Yizhou and his extraordinary political skills to help Zhuge Liang accomplish a feat that was almost impossible in the contemporary world.

The words "Man will conquer the sky" were vividly reflected in Zhuge Liang and Yang Hong in those years.

If you want to rank the ministers who made contributions to the Battle of Hanzhong, Yang Hong is definitely in the top five.

Because of this huge contribution, after Liu Bei proclaimed himself emperor, Liu Bei resisted all opinions and placed the sensitive Yang Hong in the extremely important position of the prefect of Shu County.

It is precisely because of this huge contribution that Yang Hong was able to stay safe and not be affected during the stormy purge of Yizhou ministers last year.

Afterwards, Liu Bei wrote a letter to appease Yang Hong. Among the courtiers of the Yizhou family, Yang Hong was the only one who could receive Liu Bei's love and respect.

But Yang Hong is not arrogant.

Yang Hong is well aware of the sensitivity of his own identity, so after becoming the prefect of Shu County, he continued to maintain a high-profile work style and a low-key life style, and worked hard to develop the economy for the big man.

For Yang Hong, this life of not participating in any political struggles and only serving the country wholeheartedly made him very happy.

However, a document received from the northern border recently made Yang Hong's mood not very beautiful.

This document was directly sent to him by Zhuge Liang's shogunate. The most important thing is the content of the document, which made Yang Hong feel like he was back in the past.

"At all costs, integrate national power to support Jiange."

This sentence is the last sentence written by Zhuge Liang himself in the document.

When he saw this sentence, Yang Hong realized Zhuge Liang's intention.

This is what Zhuge Liang did during the Battle of Hanzhong.

After realizing this, Yang Hong inevitably felt a heavy heart.

Back then, he was able to accomplish that feat because Zhuge Liang had an overview of the overall situation, while he was responsible for the specific implementation.

Now Zhuge Liang is going to Jiange, so many things will be done by him alone.

But no matter how heavy his heart was, Yang Hong had no intention of shrinking back.

No matter how difficult the road ahead is, it is nothing more than going through it again.

Yang Hong summoned all the staff members of the county government as quickly as possible.

When Yang Hong, in his capacity as the governor, spoke of the theme of the meeting, the officials who came to the meeting soon began to stir up trouble.

The Battle of Liangzhou took place last year. After a year of development, Yizhou's national strength has recovered somewhat.

But no matter how it recovers, Yizhou's national strength cannot be restored to its peak within a year.

Among other things, it will be a new round of planting season in the blink of an eye. If a large amount of manpower in Shu County is transferred to Jiange according to Yang Hong's order, what will happen to the development of Yizhou in the next year?
The two choices of development and war have always been the most contradictory.

For these staff members who are mostly civil servants, they undoubtedly prefer to give priority to development.

Soon there were close relatives who expressed their opinions to Yang Hong tactfully.

After one staff member spoke, other staff members also expressed their views one after another.

Although many people have expressed their opinions one after another, they all have one thing in common: that is, there is no need to use almost all of Shu County's national power to support the front line in this battle of Liangzhou.

The officials of Shu County are not stupid, of course they know why Yang Hong wants to use all the power of Shu County now.

But the current situation has changed from the past.

Before the big man was attacked by the enemy, not only Liangzhou was in danger, but even the Jiange, the north gate of Yizhou, was in danger.

But recently, first Liu Feng defeated the Wei army, and then Prime Minister Zhuge Liang successfully quelled the chaos in Nanzhong and led the army back in time.

At this time, Jiange already had Zhuge Liang leading the army, and it can be said that the safety of Yizhou has been guaranteed to a certain extent.

So at this time, do we still need to do our best to support Liangzhou?

Or to put it more practically, once Shu County does this, the national power that Shu County has finally recovered will be hit hard again.

Correspondingly, will Mi Yang definitely win the battle of Liangzhou?
No one can make an assertion about this answer, but everyone knows how to weigh the pros and cons. One is 100%, and the other is that there is little hope of success. All normal people know how to make a choice.

Some people even have more cruel thoughts in their hearts.

Regardless of which side won the Battle of Liangzhou, as long as the national strength of Shu County is slowly recovering, will it matter who will be the master of Yizhou in the future?

Most of the bureaucrats present were from Yizhou scholars. Last year’s big purge only wiped out the upper class families in Yizhou.

However, due to geographical factors, most of the middle- and lower-level officials in Shu County, and even in Yizhou as a whole, were local scholars in Yizhou.

If Yang Hong's order is really followed, if a large amount of manpower and material resources are to be mobilized, then undoubtedly the family interests behind these scholars will be seriously violated.

Not long after Yang Hong issued the order, hesitation and uneasiness similar to those during the Hanzhong War once again lingered in the hearts of all the staff.

Listening to the discussions of all the staff members, Yang Hong's face became more and more ugly.

But he was not in a hurry to get angry.

We cannot hope that everyone has a sufficient perspective on the overall situation. Many people will only make choices in line with their identities based on their corresponding positions.

But the more this time, the more important the role of leadership.

Yang Hong first coughed a few times heavily, and under Yang Hong's coughing, the scene instantly became quiet.

Yang Hongneng was appointed by Liu Bei as the prefect of Shu County, not only because of his previous great achievements, but also because of his huge reputation among Yizhou scholars.

Otherwise, why did Zhuge Liang ask Yang Hong specifically?
After the scene quieted down, Yang Hong said in a reminiscent tone:

"In the siege of Jinyang, cooking was hung in the cauldron; in the battle of Changping, blood was shed.

Is it okay for our army now? "

"This is a sentence that the prime minister asked me back then. Today I will borrow this sentence to ask all the gentlemen present."

After hearing Yang Hong's words, all the staff present showed unnatural expressions on their faces.

The Siege of Jinyang and the Battle of Changping are about the two most soul-stirring battles during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods.

The victors of those two battles are known to everyone present.

And the people present knew better that the reason why the winners of those two battles belonged to Zhao Wuxie and King Qin Zhaoxiang in the end was not only due to Zhang Meng talking about Bai Qi.

Take the Battle of Changping as an example. In order to win this battle, King Qin Zhaoxiang almost transferred all the manpower and material resources that Qin could deploy to the front line, in order to support Bai Qi to win this decisive battle.

Wasn't it difficult for the Qin State back then?

Didn't King Qin Zhaoxiang ever think about giving up and shrinking?

But it was King Qin Zhaoxiang's last persistence that sent 40 Zhao troops to death.

Everyone understands why Yang Hong mentioned these two battles—to learn from the past.

When everyone was moved, Yang Hong continued: "You may think that the battle of Liangzhou is similar to the battle of Changping that year, and our army can abandon Liangzhou and defend Yizhou.

But Liangzhou is the throat of Yizhou. If Liangzhou is lost, not to mention how turbulent people will be at that time, and the throat is controlled by the enemy, can Yizhou still survive?
Gentlemen!Gentlemen!
What the big man is facing now is the siege of Jinyang with no way out, and the siege of Jinyang where the country is ruined and the family is destroyed if a little carelessness is made. Can we still hesitate at this time?

If we don't do our best today to help the general win this battle, we will all be the subjugated ministers of the people who will laugh at us in the future for thousands of years!
It's time to cook while hanging the cauldron! "

When he said the last sentence, Yang Hong almost roared out, which is enough to prove his excitement at this time.

And Yang Hong's roar, like a bell in the morning and a drum in the evening, dispelled the hesitation and uneasiness in the hearts of everyone present.

Even if the people present have different ideas, as long as the leader has enough persistence, they will not lack the confidence to fight against this big man who is known for his blood.

As soon as Yang Hong finished speaking, all the people present got up from their seats almost instantly, and they shouted in unison:

"Everything is subject to the government's order!"

Seeing that all the people present were fighting against each other, Yang Hong finally showed a smile on his face.

There is definitely no shortage of sneaky people, but in today's big Han political environment, they are a minority after all.

And as long as the majority of people are willing to be of one mind and one mind with him, even if there are a few people with evil intentions, under the influence of the general situation, how can they be swayed?

Of course, Yang Hong could use the power of the prefect to enforce his orders from the very beginning.

But Yang Hong knows this kind of thing, if he can give full play to the initiative of his active subordinates, the effect he can get will be completely different.

Well, Zhuge Liang used a similar method back then to fully stimulate his initiative.

After seeing that everyone no longer hesitated, Yang Hong began to issue specific orders one after another:
"In the counties of Shu County, after half a year's full rations are reserved per person, the rest of the stored food will be transported to Chengdu.

Those who are over fifteen years old in each county will go to Chengdu to join the army.

Another decree was issued that all counties, regardless of age, aged [-] or above and below [-], should be registered as civil husbands!
"

A series of orders without the slightest emotion came from Yang Hong's mouth, and all the staff members present looked at each other in shock.

A familiar scene seemed to appear in their eyes in an instant.

Men should fight, women should be lucky!
With such a big sacrifice, if Mi Yang didn't win this battle, then Yizhou would be ruined!

But to cook while hanging the cauldron, isn’t it just not asking about the result?
Thinking of this, everyone's hearts became extremely firm.

The ministers are about to fight to the death, and I hope the general will hold on!
In May of the fourth year of Zhangwu in the Han Dynasty, a scene that was so touching and recorded in history appeared on the official roads in various places in Shu County.

The long queues that can't be seen at a glance are constantly marching in the direction of Chengdu.

Among the endless queues, there are people who are immature or old but have firm eyes, and there are grain carts that are small in size and various in size but carry a lot of grain.

If an uninformed person sees this scene, the first reaction may be that the long lines are fleeing.

But in fact they went to war.

The direction they marched was Liangzhou where hundreds of thousands of enemy troops gathered.

Are they afraid?

Of course it will.

But there are some things that you would not do if you were not afraid.

And when Shu County moved, because of its special status, it immediately drove the surrounding counties to start acting like it.

From point to area, from near to far, a massive national war is quietly kicking off.

Perhaps when this scene is recorded in the history books, many future generations will question the authenticity of this incident.

But those future generations will not know, if it is not based on such a strong mobilization force and strong people's hearts, how did Liu Bei accomplish the feat of surprise attack on Dingjun Mountain in the Battle of Hanzhong?
After Cao Cao led the main Wei army into Hanzhong, how did Liu Bei transport a steady stream of food, grass and troops to the foot of Dingjun Mountain when he was unable to transport food and grass from Yangping Pass, so that he could fight Cao Cao in that confrontation?
If the country is weak, the Han people should be more self-improving!

As long as the big man can support Mi Yang, he is already trying his best to do his best.

Next, let's see how Mi Yang repays the big man

The Battle of Hanzhong is definitely an underrated battle.

The most underestimated thing is that Yangping Pass was in the hands of Wei Jun until Cao Cao completely retreated.

When I think of this, my heart surges.

The Liu Bei Group in that year was really awesome.