Outside Chencang City, inside the Han army camp.
Holding the battle report delivered yesterday in his hand, Zhuge Liang's face is still full of joy to this day.
Zhuge Liang had confidence in Mi Yang, just as Mi Yang had confidence in him.
But there is confidence. When he learned that the Han army had achieved great results under the leadership of Mi Yang, Zhuge Liang still couldn't control his emotions.
It’s not to blame that Zhuge Liang’s Qi-nurturing skills are not good. It is really impossible for anyone who has a heart for the Han Dynasty to remain calm about the outcome of the battle at Wuzhangyuan.
While Zhuge Liang was repeatedly reading the battle report in his hand, Yang Yi happened to walk into the account holding a volume of documents.
After seeing Zhuge Liang's movements and expressions, Yang Yi also had an uncontrollable smile on her face.
Just don't delay the business.
Yang Yi called softly:
"Prime Minister!"
After hearing Yang Yi's call and seeing the document in his hand, Zhuge Liang's eyes suddenly lit up.
Zhuge Liang certainly knew what the documents in Yang Yi's hands were about.
It is about the food and fodder for Mi Yang's 100,000 troops.
Originally, after Mi Yang took over the military power from Liu Bei in Shanggui, Liu Bei thought that he could still shine, so he personally supervised the transportation of grain and grass for Mi Yang.
But after Zhuge Liang came to Guanzhong and learned about Liu Bei's physical condition, he jointly signed a letter with Mi Yang, asking Liu Bei to put down his government affairs and return to Nanzheng City to take good care of his health.
Faced with the sincere admonitions of two important ministers, one civil and one military, Liu Bei was unwilling to surrender in every possible way, and was coaxed and deceived by Zhuge Liang and Mi Yang and "expelled" to Nanzheng.
The main reason is that after Zhuge Liang arrived, Liu Bei's stay in Guanzhong was really of little use...
After Liu Bei returned to Nanzheng to recuperate, Zhuge Liang took on the important task of ensuring the logistics transportation of 100,000 Han troops.
Just being responsible for the food, ordnance consumption, transportation, hoarding and other matters for a hundred thousand troops is very labor intensive.
But Zhuge Liang not only did not feel tired, but his whole body was full of energy.
What's more important is that even though most of Zhuge Liang's energy was involved in the heavy army logistics office, Hao Zhao in Chencang City still failed to break through the defense line set by Zhuge Liang.
Hao Zhao had a way of defending the city. Historically, Hao Zhao relied on the city defense of Chencang City and indeed repelled Zhuge Liang's fierce attack.
But if Hao Zhao led his army out of the city to fight in the field, it would be a big deal.
Zhuge Liang took the heavy document from Yang Yi with a smile in his eyes, and then he said to Yang Yi with a smile:
"In recent days, Zi Sheng has written to me asking about my food and grass matters.
This child was obviously worried about the lack of food and grass, but he never showed a hurried tone in his letters.
I know he is worried that I am too tired."
In front of his confidant Yang Yi, Zhuge Liang undoubtedly showed his personal feelings towards Mi Yang.
It can be seen from Zhuge Liang's tone that he regards Mi Yang as his own Orchid Pavilion Zhi tree.
After listening to Zhuge Liang's words, Yang Yi could hardly suppress the smile on her face.
But with good qi-nurturing skills, Yang Yi still tried his best to put on a straight face and said:
"The general is extremely sincere and filial to the prime minister."
Yang Yi's words made Zhuge Liang raise his eyebrows, and the smile on his face became a little wider.
"I know Zisheng's filial piety.
But now Zi Sheng is fighting for the Han Dynasty on the front line and will soon besiege Chang'an. How can I slack off at this golden opportunity for the revival of the Han Dynasty?"
After finishing speaking, Zhuge Liang unfolded the documents on the case and began to review them carefully.
When Yang Yi saw Zhuge Liang starting to work, he wanted to get up and go out.
But when Yang Yi got up and almost walked to the door, Zhuge Liang said to Yang Yi:
"Send someone to shoot the news that Cao Zhen is "trapped in Wuzhangyuan" into the city."
Zhuge Liang's words made Yang Yi's expression tense.
He knew that Zhuge Liang was going to officially attack Hao Zhao in Chencang City.
Yang Yi knew about Cao Zhen's death in Wuzhangyuan, but Hao Zhao, who was trapped in the city, did not know.
And once Hao Zhao learned that Cao Zhen was surrounded by Han troops and was in danger, could Hao Zhao still be able to sit in the city?
As long as Hao Zhao can be lured out of Chencang, the ownership of Chencang City is honestly only a matter of Zhuge Liang's thoughts.
But what Zhuge Liang said next made Yang Yi's urge to laugh even stronger.
"When Zisheng led his army to Wuzhangyuan, I had a bet with him.
Let's see whether he takes Chang'an first or I take Chencang first.
Now that Zisheng is about to surround Chang'an, it's time for me to take action.
It’s the first time in your life that you make a bet, so you can’t lose to your own children.”
Zhuge Liang's tone was calm but somewhat helpless.
Unexpectedly, the reason why the Prime Minister decided to capture Hao Zhao was not because he was worried that Hao Zhao would cause trouble to the Han army.
But I simply don’t want to lose a bet with my child.
After all, Hao Zhao was one of the Wei generals guarding Chencang. If Hao Zhao knew what Zhuge Liang was thinking, he would probably be so angry that he would vomit blood.
But when she thought of Mi Yang, who had just won a big victory, Yang Yi felt relieved.
Compared to the oath Mi Yang made by the Wei River, Zhuge Liang, as a master, had already had a hard time controlling his confidence.
This pair of master and disciple.
After Yang Yi bowed to Zhuge Liang, he followed the order and walked out of the tent.
After Yang Yi walked out of the tent, what caught his eyes were soldiers on duty and patrolling everywhere outside the tent.
No matter which soldier it was, there was a strange look on its face.
This strange look is called forced joy.
Well, the look on Yang Yi and Zhuge Liang's face cannot be said to be similar, it can only be said to be exactly the same.
But why did the Han army have such strange looks?
The great victory of Gojohara is a happy event worthy of grand celebration. You can cheer if you want, so why should you suppress yourself?
Yang Yi, as the person involved, knows the reason best.
After the great victory at Wuzhangyuan, it was a foreseeable fact that Chang'an would be surrounded by the Han army.
Of course, we can cheer now, but why not wait until Chang'an is officially taken back by Mi Yang before having a complete carnival?
Otherwise, what if the general captures Chang'an in a few days and they, who have just finished the carnival, will not be enthusiastic enough?
You have to be more restrained. A "mere" victory in Wuzhangyuan is normal for the general and is not worth it...
Before Yang Yi could mentally prepare himself, he couldn't help but quickly left the tent.
After Yang Yi left, Zhuge Liang in the big tent looked at the documents on the desk and couldn't concentrate for a while.
He couldn't help but glance at the Wuzhangyuan victory report placed aside.
Zhuge Liang subconsciously stretched out his hand and headed towards the good news.
A moment later, the good news fell into Zhuge Liang's hands again.
Rubbing the cover of the battle report carefully with his fingers, Zhuge Liang could no longer hold back the joy in his heart as he thought of the many results recorded in the battle report.
Waves of hearty laughter came from his mouth.
While laughing, Zhuge Liang clapped the good news in his palm with his other hand, as if he was playing drums to celebrate Mi Yang.
In other words, I am celebrating the big man and my own ideals!
Over the past decades, many heroes have shed blood on the battlefield.
Finally, finally!
Their ideals are no longer illusory, but can be clearly felt in their hands.
Just one step away, just one step away!
When he thought of this, Zhuge Liang felt a burning feeling flowing in his heart.
That is the ideal temperature in his heart.
And that blazing heat also made Zhuge Liang completely intoxicated with strong anticipation and joy.
Zisheng, there is only one last step left.
Everyone in the world is watching you.
The generations to come a hundred and a thousand years from now will also look at you in the history books.
We must, must, let the big man successfully take this last step!
...
In early October of the fifth year of Emperor Zhangwu of the Han Dynasty.
After initially raising a batch of grain and grass, Mi Yang led tens of thousands of Han troops towards Chang'an.
Huaili City is located at the junction of Fufeng County and Jingzhao County, so within a few days, tens of thousands of Han troops entered Jingzhao County unimpeded.
Chang'an is the seat of Jingzhao County!
The movements of the Han army were quickly detected by the scouts sent by Cao Zhang.
When they learned that nearly 100,000 Han troops, led by Mi Yang, were pressing towards Chang'an, the panic among the people in Chang'an reached its peak.
Not only the common people were like this, but even the Wei generals in Chang'an City did not perform much better after learning the news.
What does it mean to be a victorious master? He seems to be invincible.
The tens of thousands of Han troops who had just won the great victory of Wuzhangyuan and broke the backbone of the Wei army were undoubtedly the best carrier to interpret these four words.
The commander currently guarding Chang'an City is Cao Zhang, who had a lucky chance to escape from a street pavilion.
His lieutenants were Zhang He and Xia Houmao.
Zhang He was good at military affairs, Xiahou Mao was good at government, and Cao Zhang himself was also quite knowledgeable in military strategy.
Judging from the configuration of generals alone, Chang'an's defense is not bad.
But the important thing is that there are currently not ten thousand defenders in Chang'an City, only a few thousand.
Even with Chang'an City's city defense, thousands of Wei troops may not be able to defend Chang'an City.
But when a disaster is approaching, who wouldn't want to fight for more opportunities to survive?
In the eyes of Cao Zhang and the others, the chance was exactly the tens of thousands of reinforcements that Xu Chu was arriving from Luoyang.
In the opinion of Cao Zhang and the others, as long as Xu Chu could lead tens of thousands of Wei troops into Chang'an before Mi Yang besieged the city.
So relying on Chang'an's strong city defense, it is not difficult for the three of them to defend Chang'an City.
But judging from the intelligence received, it seems that Mi Yang has led his army to Chang'an City first, which makes Cao Zhang unable to calm down.
time!
What he needs most right now is time.
But how should he fight for this rare time?
This is also the reason why Cao Zhang summoned Zhang He and Xia Houmao today.
"The enemy army is now strong and is about to approach the city.
You and I will both be prosperous and devastated. I hope that if you have any clever ideas, please tell me as soon as possible."
Cao Zhang looked anxiously at Zhang He and Xia Houmao.
In the past few days, he had never slept peacefully because he was worried about the safety of Chang'an City.
The tremendous mental pressure in recent days has almost turned Cao Zhang's yellow beard into white.
After seeing the eager look from Cao Zhang, Xia Houmao quickly turned his face away.
He was not knowledgeable in military strategy and was famous throughout the Cao Wei clan.
In his opinion, the current war situation is simply a mess, so how can he possibly have any good suggestions?
After seeing Xia Houmao's actions, Cao Zhang really wanted to go up and punch Xia Houmao.
But for the sake of the overall situation, Cao Zhang still resisted this impulse.
After giving up hope on Xia Houmao, Cao Zhang could only devote all his hope to Zhang He.
When Emperor Wu was still alive, he once praised you for your "unparalleled intelligence", and even Liu Bei thought highly of you.
You should use your talents quickly and come up with a solution!
Cao Zhang's gaze was so hot that Zhang He couldn't stand it.
But he also knew that the situation was critical, so his brain was spinning rapidly.
There are too many examples throughout the ages of how to fight a defensive battle when the enemy is strong and we are weak.
Even if we don’t look back too far back to excellent battle examples, Zhang He still has a mature strategy in mind.
Under normal circumstances, the defenders of the city can adopt a defensive strategy of dividing their troops outside the city and acting as mutual horns.
This can be well prevented and the Han army can successfully cross the moat.
But now the people in the city are in panic, and probably no Wei general is willing to lead his troops out rashly.
So obviously, this approach doesn't work.
What's more, what Cao Zhang wanted right now was how to delay the Han army, not just a strategy to defend the city.
In this way, the difficulty will undoubtedly be higher.
But Zhang He was indeed Zhang He. Just when Cao Zhang's eyes were about to light up, Zhang He finally came up with a plan.
"Your Highness, our army can resort to a false surrender strategy."
As soon as Zhang He finished speaking, before Cao Zhang could react, Xia Houmao cast a surprised look at Zhang He.
Even after Cao Zhang came to his senses, he looked at Zhang He with doubts in his eyes.
After the First World War in Xicheng, the allusion of Meng Da cutting off his hair to earn money from Cao Ren has been spread all over the world.
While Meng Da became famous, Mi Yang was also praised as a good trickster.
After all, before Meng Da, who could have expected that Mi Yang would come up with the ultimate plan to kill Cao Ren and completely deceive Cao Ren into a fatal situation.
And Zhang He actually wanted to use a false surrender tactic in front of Mi Yang, who was good at false surrender. Isn't this idea too difficult to realize?
Facing the surprised looks of Cao Zhang and Xia Houmao, Zhang He explained:
"The two generals think that my idea will not succeed because of Mi Yang's reputation for being good at deceitful surrender schemes.
And even the two generals thought so, let alone Mi Yang?
As the saying goes, the art of war lies in reality and reality.
Mi Yang has never been defeated since he went into battle, which must make him arrogant, especially in the areas he is good at.
As arrogance accumulates, there are often times when you become careless.
Moreover, it is human common sense to exploit strengths and avoid weaknesses.
Based on this common sense, he probably won't expect that we will go against the odds and deceive him in what he is good at.
Not only would he not think of this, but others would not think of it either."
When Zhang He finished explaining this reason, Cao Zhang and Xia Houmao's eyes lit up together.
Whether what Zhang He said makes sense can be seen from the spontaneous reactions of the two of them just now.
And Zhang He continued: "Recently, there are so many people in Guanzhong who have submitted to Mi Yang, not to mention that now the enemy is strong and we are weak, Chang'an is in danger.
Given the current situation, it is even more reasonable for someone in Chang'an City to want to surrender to him.
I believe Mi Yang will not be suspicious!"
Zhang He's words raised hope in the hearts of Cao Zhang and Xia Houmao.
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