Chapter 479 The Oath of Hanshui Take the initiative
Author: Soy Sauce Mixed History
Chapter 479 The Oath of Hanshui Take the initiative
How is Mi Yang doing now?
What a hammer.
Although he had just won a big victory not long ago, that big victory did not miss the main force of the Wei army and dealt a devastating blow.
The victory at Yangpingguan severely dampened the vigor of the Wei army, but at the same time, because Cao Zhen suffered unspeakable injuries, that victory was regarded by Cao Zhen as a great shame and humiliation in his life.
After Cao Zhen returned to the east under the escort of the army, Cao Zhen on the one hand recuperated from his injuries in the camp, but on the other hand he strictly ordered the Wei army to continue attacking various cities in Hanzhong.
Since Cao Zhen does not plan to withdraw his troops, then he should focus on public affairs and private affairs, and Cao Zhen's strategy for welcoming the enemy from the east is this.
It is true that the morale of the Wei army was greatly affected, but the strength gap between the Han and Wei armies did not change.
Due to the huge disparity in strength, coupled with Cao Zhen's almost inhumane urging to attack the city, more and more cities have fallen in the past two months.
But what made Mi Yang feel most resentful was that after Cao Zhen attacked Dongchenggu, he intimidated the people outside Hanzhong County and carried out a three-day massacre in Chenggu!
When Mi Yang learned the news, he was so angry that he overturned the desk in front of him.
Slaughtering the city was a common practice of the Wei army, and Mi Yang's hometown of Xuzhou had already suffered greatly from it.
"After killing hundreds of thousands of men and women, leaving no chickens or dogs left, the Si River will not flow. He will not be able to protect the city of the five counties, and will never leave his trace again."
Does that mean that the history books clearly record that the Wei army massacred the city?
From that record we can see how outrageous Wei Jun's legs were.
Otherwise, when Cao Cao was marching south, why would hundreds of thousands of people be so frightened that they begged to go south to Jiangling with Liu Bei?
According to the intelligence obtained by Mi Yang, Chenggu County also faced the tragedy of "no trace of chickens and dogs left" not long ago.
The army massacred the city, which was not done by the Wei army in the current world, or in the history of China.
Historically, armies massacred cities. On the one hand, they could frighten the enemy's people so that they would not dare to resist again. On the other hand, they could boost the morale of one's own side.
After all, during the massacre of the city, all military discipline was ineffective. The army could burn, kill and loot at will in the city, which would greatly satisfy the army's bestiality.
Since more than one army has done that kind of thing in history, the Wei army's legs to massacre the city were not without supporters in the world.
Regardless of future generations, there are still some evil-minded scholars who believe that the Wei army's massacre of the city was a helpless act.
But whether Mi Yang is a time traveler, regardless of the education he received in later generations, or the ethics of being a Jihan person in this life, he was wrong about the Wei army's massacre of the city, and he was extremely indignant!
It is not wrong for the three families to fight for their respective ideals. Compassion does not control troops. It is understandable that there will be many casualties in the war, but how can the defenseless people be blamed?
Moreover, the Wei army also disliked the Chinese people, and they actually swung the butcher knife at their own people. This is even more heartbreaking!
When she learned that the Wei army was massacring the city in Chenggu, Mi Yang gritted her teeth and uttered an oath in front of Fa Miao and others because of the indignation in her heart:
"Gu Ming swore by the Han River that if Gu Ming was born without blood and ordered the Cao family to cut off their incense, then Gu Ming would not enter the Mi family's ancestral temple after his death."
After hearing Mi Yang's oath, Fa Miao and other ministers showed surprise on their faces.
Is there any sacredness in swearing by a famous river in this world?
Once someone does that, he cannot break that oath for the rest of his life, otherwise he will be condemned by people for generations to come.
Even the emperor would not be immune to this.
Especially if Mi Yang swore on the condition that "if you die, you will not enter the ancestral temple." In today's world where family values are strong, such an oath would leave Mi Yang with no room for change.
No one can accept the serious consequences of not having the memorial tablet entered into the ancestral temple after death.
And the most important thing is whether we should pursue it. There is a concept of pursuing it in this world, which means whether we can live or die.
In other words, even if the Han Dynasty could defeat Cao Wei and regain Tiandong in the end, according to the concept of life and death, the emperor of the Han family also wanted to leave a trace of blood for the Cao family to inherit the incense.
However, Mi Yang's oath obviously violated the unspoken rules that the world's people tacitly accepted. It was undoubtedly a challenge that mismatched the world's values. In the future, Mi Yang would be criticized by many scholars.
Even in later generations, there will definitely be some scholars who have a saintly mentality and criticize Mi Yang's wrong behavior.
But Mi Yang doesn't care.
To stand in this world, a eight-foot man must have a sense of right and wrong in his heart. If he neglects his view of right and wrong in his heart because he is afraid of some criticism from public opinion, it is such a cowardly behavior that Mi Yang disdains.
If Cao Wei has the ability, he can kill him, otherwise once Lai Yue lets him do it, the Cao Wei clan will definitely pay the price they deserve for the evil deeds they have done in the past.
Life and death are intermittent, but that should belong to the warmth between humans. Why do those well-dressed beasts enjoy that kind of political privilege?
Fa Miao and others saw from Mi Yang's oath how determined Mi Yang was, so they didn't have any friends with Mi Yang.
The oath has already been given, how can we be so united?
As Mi Yang's confidants, after Mi Yang made such a vow, all they could do was work together with Mi Yang for the goal in his heart.
When they become part of Mi Yang's political disputes, it will be the best portrayal of their relationship with Mi Yang.
Of course, there is a problem with Mi Yang's oath, that is, even if the Han Dynasty can defeat Cao Wei and regain the country in the future, then the issue of how to deal with Cao Wei's clan seems to be something that his minister can decide.
Whether it was possible or not was a question before, but after Liu Bei's edict came not long ago, that question is not enough to bother people.
Does this edict confirm Liu Bei's request to worship Mi Yang as the general?
When the edict was sent to Yangping Pass, Mi Yang's buddies were the most excited.
Even if he becomes a general now, how can Liu Bei's intentions be concealed from the heroes of Fa Miao?
Just ask Mi Yangke to win that battle, and then he will become the second general of the Ming and Han Dynasties.
Can you be a great general?
What is meant by climbing the dragon and attaching the phoenix to the glory of the ancestors? Isn’t that a no?
Fa Miao and Mi Yang were directly related to Bundong and felt that their future was becoming more and more promising.
And it was not just Fa Miao and others who had that idea. After Liu Bei's decree spread throughout Liangzhou, there were definitely not a few people who had the same idea as them.
The rank of a general of the left is not enough to add credibility to Mi Yang's oath, but the rank of a general is not completely sufficient.
After all, everyone knows that Liu Bei is old. How many years can he continue to be in charge of the Han Dynasty?
Once the young ruler comes to court, will the political instability represented by the status of a general be exciting enough?
Even if Liu Bei appoints Zhang Fei as Grand Sima to restrain Mi Yang in the future, Mi Yang will not be able to fully exert his power as a general due to Zhuge Liang's presence.
But Mi Yang has a huge advantage that is unmatched by Zhang Fei and Zhuge Liang - he will only be in his twenties next year.
Is that little advantage not enough?
There are many things that don’t need to be pointed out.
Regarding whether to swear or not to return to the oath, when the war situation in the Eastern Han Dynasty worsened, it was not only reflected in Chenggu Yicheng.
Although the way the Wei army slaughtered the city was deeply disgusting, we have to say whether the method of massacre was effective.
Cao Zhen did not just act to massacre the city because he wanted to vent his inner anger.
When the tragedy that Cheng Gu experienced spread throughout Hanzhong, some people were indignant and others were naturally afraid.
With fear in their hearts, many cities in Hanzhong surrendered directly to the Wei army to avoid repeating the same mistakes.
Even Lecheng, which was highly valued by the Han army, was also among those cities.
The loss of Lecheng directly caused the war situation in Hanzhong to take a sharp turn.
Whether Lecheng was an important town for the defense of Xingshi. Once Lecheng was lost, it would be a matter of time before the Wei army encircled Xingshi.
Once the momentum is lost, Nanzheng will soon face the siege of the Wei army.
Not only was the war situation in Hanzhong becoming more and more dangerous, Mi Yang learned more and more bad news as Wang Hong reported.
As the Wei army's offensive continued to intensify, Ma Chao, who was outside Wudu County, had no choice but to lead the Han army to withdraw from Wudu County and return to Yinping to defend it.
The essence of why Ma Chao led troops into Wudu County to stop the Wei army was to delay the Wei army's entry into Yinping as much as possible.
After all, three thousand soldiers and horses would not be enough to defeat Guo Huai's tens of thousands of troops.
From that tactical goal, Ma Chao has always done very well.
But Guo Huai is no ordinary general.
He had previously seen that it was difficult to defeat Ma Chao's troops with a fierce frontal attack, so he sent Chang Diao to detour outside Wudu to hook up with many Qiang and Di leaders. It must be said that this was a clever move.
Although due to Lu Yi's reminder, Ma Chao did not relax his vigilance in the rear.
But there were too few soldiers in his legs. In that situation, he could not let his own effective forces fall into a situation of being attacked from two sides.
Thanks to Lu Yi's reminder, Ma Chao was able to lead his troops and safely exit Wudu County in time.
In the east of Guo Huai's strategy, it can be said that it is inevitable for Ma Chao to lead his army to withdraw from Wudu County.
With the withdrawal of Ma Chao's army, Wudu County was soon occupied by the Wei army.
After capturing Wudu County, Guo Huai did not waste time. He led tens of thousands of troops to march southeast to Yinping.
From the latest intelligence sent in, it can be seen that Yinping was under siege by the Wei army, which happened in those few months.
In addition to the bad news in the west, Cao Wei's middle route army also made extraordinary moves.
To the east of Shi Bao's defense, Qishan was not captured by Cao Hong's army.
But when Cao Hong saw that Qishan could not be attacked eastward for a long time, he immediately changed his tactics. He left part of the army in the east to continue besieging Qishan, and then he led most of the remaining Wei troops towards Jiange.
Obviously, Cao Hong's sudden change in tactics must have been inspired by Cao Zhen.
Among Cao Wei's three armies, the East Route Army and the West Route Army both suffered a certain number of troop losses in previous battles.
Only the Central Army led by Cao Hong maintained the most complete organization and strength, which gave Cao Hong the confidence to divide his forces.
The biggest reason why Cao Wei's middle route army suddenly divided its forces was to coordinate with Guo Huai's west route army.
It is a matter of time for Guo Huai's army to encircle Yinping. The most important thing for the Wei army to do is to cut off any way for Yinping to get reinforcements.
And this was not the original strategic goal of Cao Hongzhong's Route Army.
Once Cao Hong leads his army to the outside of the Jiange Pavilion, with the superior force in his legs, he can easily block the passage outside the Jiange Pavilion, regardless of whether he can take the East Jiange Pavilion.
At that time, there will be no reinforcements for Yinping. Even if Zhuge Liang suppresses the rebellion in Nanzhong and leads the army to the north to rush for reinforcements, his army will most likely be blocked from the Jiange by the Wei army and will not be able to enter Hanzhong County.
Listening to the secretive news reported by Wang Hong, Mi Yang felt as if the Han army was in a desperate situation all of a sudden.
Mi Yang knew that the actions of the three armies of the Wei army would not cause a fatal blow to the Han army in a short time.
But as time goes by, the Han army, which is at a disadvantage in terms of logistics and military strength, will fall into an irreversible situation.
Because the Han army could not afford to delay it.
At most half a year.
Once Mi Yang failed to defeat Wei's three-pronged army within half a year, he would have really wanted to die for his country at first.
The three-way encirclement was a conspiracy devised by the Wei army relying on their strong national power.
Mi Yang could clearly see all Wei Jun's attempts, but he didn't have the legs to counterattack.
At the beginning of that battle, Mi Yang had too few cards in his leg.
Now Mi Yang seems to feel the mood of history during Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition - he wanted to fight against thieves, but he was unable to do so!
Mi Yang's silence after hearing a series of information made Fa Miao and others outside the tent feel uneasy.
Even Mi Yang felt the situation with Thorny Legs. What could they do?
Even from the beginning, they placed all their hopes on Mi Yang's presence, just like everyone else in the entire Han Dynasty in Dangdong.
That battle was inherently difficult to fight, otherwise Cao Zhen would not have chosen that opportunity to attack Hanzhong, or Liu Bei would not have given a huge reward from the general to encourage people.
But if Mi Yang can't win the battle, if even he can't do anything, who among all the big men can turn the tide?
After a long silence, Mi Yang looked up and saw the uneasiness and panic on the faces of Fa Miao and others.
Seeing that, Mi Yang suddenly laughed.
No, in an obviously dangerous situation, anyone can remain silent and hesitate, but he cannot.
Because Liu Bei has already put the fate of the Han Dynasty on his side, and the people loyal to the Han Dynasty in Tiandong have also put their hopes on his side. In that situation, how can he hesitate?
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Anyway, the worst case scenario is death.
Mi Yang has no regrets in dying for the ideal in his heart.
Just when the hope in Fa Miao and others' hearts gradually disappeared, Mi Yang suddenly stood up.
"Send the order to go east. Mingyue and other troops will set out and head for Nanzheng."
After hearing Mi Yang's order, Fa Miao and others suddenly raised their heads and looked at Mi Yang.
Fa Miao, Lu Yi, Wei Yan, Wu Yi.
They are all powerful people in Liangzhou, but they now undoubtedly regard Mi Yang as the guiding light in their hearts.
Facing everyone's doubtful glances, Mi Yang smiled and said with relief:
"I am now the great general of the Han Dynasty."
Those firm words made Fa Miao and others realize the fighting spirit in Mi Yang's heart again.
Since he is not a general, how can he retreat?
And if Mi Yang didn't back down, then as ministers, they would just fight to the death.
Fa Miao and others also had smiles on their faces, and they paid their respects to their general.
No matter how difficult the battle is to fight, there is no reason not to fight it!
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