Mi Han

Chapter 498 The golden partner cheated Cao Zhen again
In the early morning of the next day, on the steep wall of the Jiange Pass, two men in official robes stood watching the departure of the group below.

These two men, one with a gold seal and a purple ribbon, and the other with a bronze seal and a black ribbon, represent their respective official ranks.

The man with the bronze seal and black ribbon is none other than Yang Yi, the chief minister of the prime minister, and besides Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, who else is there in front of him?

Yang Yi stared at Yu Fan and his party who were gradually moving away, and he asked with some hesitation: "Does the Prime Minister think that Sun Quan will follow Yu Fan and Sun Huan's advice and send troops to Huainan?"

Even though Zhuge Liang followed Mi Yang's wishes yesterday and used two big killing moves against Yu Fan and Sun Huan, making them bow their heads and submit to their orders, Jiangdong's military and political power is still firmly in Sun Quan's hands.

The fear of Yu Fan and Sun Huan does not mean that Sun Quan will be afraid.

If Sun Quan insisted on sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight, no one in the world would be able to force Sun Quan to send troops.

In Zhuge Liang's view, Yang Yi's worries were really superfluous.

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Because he is the master of Jiangdong who is good at checks and balances and self-protection. "

Zhuge Liang's tone was quite firm.

The certainty in his heart stems from his understanding of Sun Quan.

For Sun Quan, the fundamental reason why he has to rest and recuperate is to use Jiangdong's power to protect his own interests.

Mi Yang's two ultimate moves, although there are various claims in name, actually revealed the following information:

Maybe the big man will lose Liangzhou, but after the big man loses Liangzhou, he will definitely smash Jiangdong. At that time, who will perish first among the top three in the world?
This deep meaning may be a bit rascal, but when dealing with a double-faced villain like Sun Quan, sometimes the rascal's approach will have miraculous effects.

After Yu Fan and Sun Huan returned to Jiangdong, it was impossible for Sun Quan, who knew everything, to remain indifferent.

Even considering that this is Mi Yang's trick to kill with a knife, Sun Quan would be happy to be the knife in Mi Yang's hand.

"Sun Quan will not only send troops, but as I expected, he will do his best to send troops to the Northern Expedition."

Hearing Zhuge Liang's judgment, Yang Yi was even more surprised.

"Why?"

Yang Yi believes that whether Sun Quan will send troops to the Northern Expedition is still unknown, and even if Sun Quan does, with his style, he may send old and weak soldiers for show.

Seeing that Yang Yi still couldn't understand the reason behind it, Zhuge Liang couldn't help but look a little disappointed.

Being able to be appointed by Zhuge Liang as his master book shows that he attaches great importance to Yang Yi's talent.

But maybe Yang Yi is only good at planning and governing, and still has a lot of deficiencies in national strategy and people's hearts.

This is really incomparable with Mi Yang.

Thinking of Mi Yang, Zhuge Liang couldn't help but smile a little.

Whether it was the common thought of the surprise attack on Dingjun Mountain before, or the co-intimidation of Sun Quan by singing double reeds, it can fully prove that Mi Yang and him have a natural fit in many things.

This is a very happy thing for Zhuge Liang.

Although the young phoenix is ​​gone, there is still a white deer, and a confidant is always hard to find.

It's just that Zhuge Liang didn't reveal his inner thoughts in front of Yang Yi, he just explained lightly:
"Because Sun Quan is greedy."

After saying this sentence, Zhuge Liang walked down the city wall.

Yang Yi, who stayed on the city wall, pondered Zhuge Liang's words carefully, and after a long time, a knowing smile appeared on Yang Yi's face.

Yes, Sun Quan is an extremely greedy person.

For a greedy person, since he can only choose the Northern Expedition, he will definitely do his best to grab the maximum benefit for himself on the road of the Northern Expedition.

When she understood Zhuge Liang's deep meaning, Yang Yi couldn't help but look towards the east.

The war in the northwest has not stopped, and the southeast is about to start fighting again, fighting on both sides. Can Cao Wei stop it?

At the end of May in the fourth year of Zhangwu in the Han Dynasty.

When the rainy season was approaching, Zhuge Liang finally roughly finished all the preparations for the surprise attack on Dingjun Mountain in Jiange.

This also indicates that a great tactic that the Han army has done is about to reappear among the rolling mountains.

But before ordering the army to set off, Zhuge Liang ordered tens of thousands of Han troops to leave the Jiange and set up camp a few miles away from Cao Hong's camp.

When Cao Hong heard the news from the scouts, he couldn't believe the information he got for a moment.

After Cao Hong summoned the generals, he angrily slapped the military report in his hand on the desk in front of him, and then roared and said:

"In just one year, where did Yizhou have tens of thousands of troops?"

There is a reason why Cao Hong lost his temper so much.

The military information he received before was that Zhuge Liang brought no more than ten thousand soldiers during his southern expedition. Even if Zhuge Liang succeeded in pacifying Nanzhong now, wouldn't Zhuge Liang need to divide his troops to stay in Nanzhong?

Well, even if Zhuge Liang didn't take this into consideration, in less than a year, where did Zhuge Liang draw tens of thousands of troops, and just call him in front of him?
Yang Fu sat at the top of the list, looking at Cao Hong who lost his composure, he knew the answer in his heart.

Ji Han and Cao Wei are mortal enemies. As early as Cao Cao's time, Cao Cao spent a lot of energy to find out the reality of Yizhou.

After finding out the facts, Cao Cao once told Cao Zhen, who was guarding the pass, in a secret letter, what level of Yizhou's national power was probably.

According to the inquired information, if Yizhou raises an all-powerful army, the total strength can reach up to about [-].

During the Battle of Hanzhong that year, the total force Liu Bei mobilized was around this amount.

It's just that this is the largest military force that Yizhou can erupt, not conventional military force, because Yizhou's national strength cannot support the logistical expenses of so many troops.

Don't look at Liu Bei's victory in the Battle of Hanzhong, but that battle almost exhausted the national power reserves accumulated by Liu Yan and Liu Zhang's father and son for more than ten years. Otherwise, when Guan Yu flooded the Seventh Army later, Yizhou would not have remained silent.

In addition to the influence of national power, the reason why Yizhou seldom devotes all its soldiers to the whole country is that Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang's policy of governing Shu is to fight wars without delaying people's livelihood as much as possible.

This is essentially different from Cao Wei's national policy-Ji Han pays attention to sustainable development.

Of course, it is precisely because of this national policy that the hearts of the people in Yizhou belong to Liu Bei.

Last year, Yizhou gave people the feeling that the troops were not going to continue, mainly because of the above two reasons.

But as a year passed, Ji Han's treasury regained savings, and the Han army ended the dangerous two-line combat situation, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang had the confidence to be desperate like they did during the Hanzhong War.

Yang Fu got up and told Cao Hong and all the generals present what he had inferred in detail.

After talking about these inferences, Yang Fu also came to a conclusion:
"The battalion of tens of thousands of thieves is approaching. Although it looks majestic, Yizhou only has the national strength of one state, so how can it provide food, grass and military supplies for tens of thousands of troops for a long time?

This is why the enemy jumped over the wall in a hurry.

There is no need for our army to panic, as long as our army strictly guards the barracks and does not allow the bandits to take advantage of them, even though there are many bandits, they will collapse within a few months. "

Yang Fu's judgment immediately aroused the approval of all the generals present.

Even Cao Hong felt that what Yang Fu said made sense after hearing it.

In fact, long before the official dispatch of troops to the south, Cao Zhen also considered that the Han army might disregard the south and try their best to support the north.

For this approach, Cao Zhen also has a corresponding countermeasure-delay, and compete with the Han army for national strength.

A year ago, if the Han army wanted to pour Yizhou's soldiers to fight against the Wei army, the huge logistical pressure would probably collapse the Han army within three months.

Now even if the Han army has the foresight to choose to pacify Nanzhong first, and then choose this method after accumulating national power for a year, the essential disadvantage of the Han army has not changed.

It's nothing more than changing three months into six or seven months.

That being the case, what is there to panic about?

After appeasing everyone's military spirit, Yang Fu suggested to Cao Hong:
"General Hussars can write a letter to the general, telling the general that tens of thousands of reinforcements from Yizhou have been dragged outside Yangping Pass by our army, and I hope the general will not worry."

Yang Fu's suggestion touched Cao Hong's heart again. Before he was defeated by Liu Feng, he was severely reprimanded by Cao Pi and Cao Zhen in a series of letters. Now is the time for him to pay for his merits.

So not long after, a [-]-mile route was rushed out from Cao Hong's barracks.

Where is the Yizhou reinforcements?
"Confronting" my army outside Yangping Pass.

General, please rest assured.

　Working overtime tonight, let's start with a small chapter.

　　2 chapters will be posted tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)