In the end, Mi Yang personally sent the two envoys out of the camp to show his sincerity.
Mi Yang's actions happened to be seen by Huang Quan, who came to him to report military information.
After seeing the scene in front of him, Huang Quan did not stop Mi Yang immediately, but quietly watched the two envoys leave.
When the messenger's figure was completely invisible, Huang Quan came behind Mi Yang and called him:
"General."
Hearing Huang Quan's voice, Mi Yang withdrew his gaze from Chang'an City. He turned to look at Huang Quan behind him and asked:
"What's the matter?"
Faced with Mi Yang's inquiry, Huang Quan replied:
"The Hussars General sent someone to report that traces of the enemy's forward line have been discovered."
Huang Quan's report made Mi Yang's thoughts wander to a place a hundred miles away.
That place is called Tongguan.
Tongguan is actually a new name for the pass in this world.
Because this pass was built by Cao Cao decades ago.
Compared with Hangu Pass, which has been famous in the world for hundreds of years, Tongguan is not well-known.
So far, it has only shown its majesty once during the Battle of Guanzhong.
But Mi Yang, who came from a later generation, knew that Tongguan Pass was definitely higher than Hangu Pass in terms of degree of danger.
Because looking at the history books of previous generations, there are examples of Hangu Pass being lost despite strict defense, but there are almost no cases of Tongguan Pass.
Since the Three Kingdoms, Tongguan has been the most important pass in Guanzhong.
Mi Yang sent Ma Chao to stop Xu Chu not only to encircle the area and bring reinforcements, but also to capture Tongguan.
Once Tongguan falls into the hands of the Han army, Luoyang will only have Hangu Pass, which has been in disrepair, to protect Luoyang.
Capturing Tongguan will play an important role in assisting the Han army in moving eastward in the future.
Can Ma Chao complete the tasks assigned to him?
Mi Yang doesn't have a definite answer to this point.
"Does Gong Heng think General Hussars can successfully defeat the enemy's reinforcements?"
Mi Yang's sudden question stunned Huang Quan.
But it was obvious that Huang Quan had already thought about this issue in his mind.
So after being stunned for a moment, Huang Quan quickly replied:
"The hussar generals are mostly led by our elite cavalry, who can move quickly and are not easily noticed by the enemy.
With calculated calculations and unintentional calculations, and the terrain of the Guanzhong Plain is conducive to our cavalry, it is not difficult for the Hussars to defeat the enemy's reinforcements."
Huang Quan's answer made Mi Yang nodded.
"Then can the Hussars general take Tongguan again?"
If Mi Yang's first question prevented Huang Quan from showing hesitation, Huang Quan clearly showed hesitation regarding Mi Yang's current question.
This is not to blame Huang Quan Zhichi.
Any resourcefulness requires a certain amount of intelligence as a basis.
Based on the current actual situation, except for Mi Yang, few of the officials of the Han Dynasty had a sufficient understanding of the ruggedness of Tongguan.
Most of the Han officials, including Liu Bei, had their eyes fixed on Chang'an, unaware that now was the best time for the Han army to capture Tongguan.
Huang Quan's hesitation was noticed by Mi Yang.
Realizing that Huang Quan couldn't answer, Mi Yang chuckled and said:
"I ordered Jiang Wei and Zhang Yi to lead an army of 20,000 men to join the Hussars General.
Tell them both that they must assist the Hussars General in taking Tongguan."
Mi Yang's order puzzled Huang Quan.
After considering his words, Huang Quan advised:
"Chang'an is a strong city in the world. Even if the general's plan can cause internal strife among the enemy forces in Chang'an.
However, this internal strife may not necessarily help our army capture Chang'an City in one fell swoop.
I thought it was for the sake of safety, why didn’t the general wait until our army captured Chang’an before dividing his troops to attack Tongguan?”
In Huang Quan's opinion, the current battle situation is obviously in favor of the Han army.
But it is an indisputable fact that Chang'an City has the most fortified ponds in the world.
Maybe there are not many enemy troops in Chang'an City, but there are hundreds of thousands of civilians in Chang'an City.
It is inevitable that Cao Zhang will not mobilize the people in the city to defend the city together in the future.
Considering this situation, nearly 100,000 Han troops attacking Chang'an City are not enough, let alone continuing to divide the troops to weaken our own forces.
Huang Quan was both admonishing and puzzled.
But in the face of Huang Quan's persuasion, Mi Yang's attitude was very firm.
"Just do what you do."
After saying this, Mi Yang spoke again:
"Let Wei Yan lead his army and get ready.
Civil strife in Chang'an may happen today or in the next two days.
The enemy is in civil strife. How can our army not take advantage of the situation to seize some fruits?"
After giving the order, Mi Yang left Huang Quan's body with his hands behind his back.
After Mi Yang left, Huang Quan couldn't help but sigh.
Huang Quan's sigh was noticed by the young Huang Chong beside him.
Huang Chong is Huang Quan's eldest son. When Huang Quan left Chengdu with Liu Bei for the expedition at the beginning of this year, in order to properly train his eldest son, he specially took Huang Chong with him.
In this world, it was very common to bring close relatives with you to train them personally.
Therefore, when Mi Yang saw Huang Chong behind Huang Quan just now, he did not order Huang Chong to retreat.
On the contrary, he had a good impression of Huang Quan's son.
When Huang Chong saw Huang Quan sighing, he couldn't help but asked with concern:
"Father is worried because the general doesn't listen to his advice?"
Because Huang Chong is still young, his tone still has some childishness unique to teenagers.
And Huang Quan did not expect that Huang Chong, who had always followed the rules, would suddenly speak at this time.
Huang Quan looked at Huang Chong in surprise and asked, "Do you think there is anything inappropriate in the general's order?"
Facing his father's inquiry, Huang Chong shook his head decisively.
He is still young and has not been involved in many things, so how can he dare to judge Mi Yang's orders arbitrarily.
But after shaking his head, Huang Chong bowed to Huang Quan and said, "I don't understand the world, so I don't know why the general cares about Tongguan so much.
But I have seen many things in the world, and I know that since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the general's decisions have never been wrong."
When he said these words, Huang Chong's face showed a strong look of admiration for Mi Yang.
Not to mention Huang Chong, everyone of his generation has an almost fanatical admiration for Mi Yang.
After hearing Huang Chong's words, Huang Quan couldn't help laughing.
He was not laughing at Huang Chong, he was laughing at himself.
I laugh at myself that sometimes I can't even understand it as a young man.
"My father sometimes really feels that it was the general who single-handedly pushed the Han Dynasty to its current heights."
"You are not young anymore. Let's go on the expedition with Captain Jiang this time."
After saying this, Huang Quan shook his head and left with Huang Chong.
After taking Tongguan, is Luoyang the next step?
Our general has such a big heart!
...
Due to the shock in their hearts, the two envoys returned to Chang'an City as quickly as possible.
After returning to Chang'an City, the two envoys almost sprinted all the way to Cao Zhang.
When he saw Cao Zhang for the first time, Cao Zhang's confidant exclaimed anxiously:
"Your Highness, Zhang He is really Mi Yang's spy!"
Upon hearing this, Cao Zhang stood up from his seat in shock.
He took three steps at a time and came to his confidant, grabbed his shoulders with both hands and asked eagerly:
"How can you make such a conclusion!"
Cao Zhang's eagerness made his confidants unable to think, and he quickly told the shocking news he had discovered.
"Zhang He tipped off Mi Yang, and Mi Yang already knew that General Tiger Guard was leading his army to come for reinforcements!
He sent Ma Chao to stop General Tiger Guard!"
When he heard the news, Cao Zhang almost fainted with a black eye.
Why did he accept Zhang He's false surrender plan? Wasn't it just to delay the arrival of Xu Chu's army?
It can be said that Xu Chu's reinforcements are a life-saving straw for Chang'an.
but now!
This life-saving straw was about to be broken by Mi Yang before Zhang He's informant.
Although there is no information about Xu Chu's defeat yet, Mi Yang has always been ruthless in his military tactics and is best at setting ambushes.
In Cao Zhang's view, Xu Chu's reinforcements were already in danger.
When he thought of this, Cao Zhang felt a burning feeling in his heart.
The emotional flames of pain and anger are constantly engulfing Cao Zhang's reason.
No wonder, no wonder!
After learning this shocking truth, or rather shocking bad news, some things gradually connected into a thread in Cao Zhang's mind.
No wonder Mi Yang was able to send Jiang Wei to Lueyang County so smoothly during the Battle of Jieting.
No wonder after the Lueyang Incident, Zhang He was the first to catch the deserters.
No wonder Zhang Hehui suddenly came up with a plan to fake surrender. It turned out that the person he wanted to defraud was not Mi Yang, but himself!
Once he really trusts Mi Yang, he will definitely find ways to send someone to send a message to Xu Chu, asking him to seize this rare time and march as soon as possible.
In this way, wouldn't the Han army be able to wait for work?
In fact, it’s no wonder that the above three factors originally existed in the form of doubts in Cao Zhang’s heart.
Under normal circumstances, these three doubts will not turn into hateful emotions if there are no big inducements.
But once that inducement appears, the three doubts that originally existed will become ironclad evidence that the inducement has become a fact.
People's hearts are treacherous, that's exactly what it is.
Cao Zhang, who felt that he had "figured it all out", could not feel resentful or annoyed in his heart!
Cao Zhang was so angry that he drew out the long sword from his waist and wanted to immediately go to Zhang He and cut off his head himself.
But his movement was stopped by Xia Houmao on the side.
After learning that Zhang He was indeed a spy, Xia Houmao felt the same as Cao Zhang.
But compared to Cao Zhang, his character is more calm.
"Zhang He has been in Guanzhong for many years, and there are many of his confidants in Chang'an City.
Even if Ziwen wanted to kill him to vent his anger, he had to plan carefully.
If you act rashly, once Zhang He's counterattack is triggered, Chang'an City will inevitably fall into civil strife!"
Xia Houmao's calm words poured cold water on the irritable Cao Zhang.
Yes, how could he forget this?
Cao Zhang, who calmed down a little, looked at Xia Houmao and asked, "Do you have any good ideas?"
Under Cao Zhang's questioning, Xia Houmao expressed his opinion:
"Why don't we summon Zhang He in the name of a banquet tonight, and then we will ambush the swordsman and axe-hand at the banquet and kill him.
Once Zhang He dies, those people who are attached to him will naturally not be in trouble."
After listening to Xia Houmao's plan, Cao Zhang nodded slowly: "Okay, then I will do what you said."
After saying this, Cao Zhang on the one hand sent people to arrange for swordsmen and axemen, and on the other hand he sent messengers to Zhang He's house to invite him.
In order to prevent Zhang He from seeing the clues, the messenger sent by Cao Zhang did not know Cao Zhang's true purpose.
After the messenger arrived at Zhang He's house with a normal expression, he quickly saw Zhang He.
Although Zhang He was under surveillance in the palace, as Xiahou Mao said, Zhang He had been commanding troops in Guanzhong for many years, and he had many eyes and ears in Chang'an City.
Even among the sergeants responsible for monitoring Zhang He, there were also some of Zhang He's old subordinates.
With years of influence, Zhang He learned about the return of the two envoys from outside the city without much effort.
After learning about this incident, Zhang He was filled with anxiety.
Although he asked himself about his loyalty to the Wei Dynasty, heaven and earth, the sun and the moon can learn from it.
Just that the heaven, earth, sun and moon know it, does not mean that Cao Zhang knows it.
Feeling anxious in his heart, Zhang He saw the messenger sent by Cao Zhang.
But what Zhang He didn't expect was that when he saw the messenger sent by Cao Zhang, what he got was an invitation to a banquet.
On the surface, Cao Zhang should have known the truth of the matter by hosting this banquet so that he could apologize to him.
But Zhang He is no newbie.
After Zhang He said goodbye to the messenger sent by Cao Zhang, he felt a little doubtful and immediately sent his confidants out to inquire about the situation.
The inquiring information made Zhang He realize the seriousness of the matter!
The people watching him outside the mansion did not retreat.
Even his camp was secretly taken over by Cao Zhang.
Perhaps as a general, Cao Zhang sent someone to take over Zhang He's camp.
If you open and close normally, you won't feel anything wrong, but can the current situation be compared with usual?
Zhang He, who was used to seeing too many bloody killings, quickly came to an inference that made him shudder based on the above two pieces of information.
It's a lie to hold a banquet to apologize to him, but it's probably true that you want to be disadvantageous to him at the banquet!
Zhang He, who realized this, was so anxious that he didn't know what to do for a moment.
He had made some preparations in advance, but it was still difficult for Zhang He to really take that step.
Because once you take that step, there is no room for maneuver in many things.
But just when Zhang He was hesitant, his eldest son Zhang Xiong beside him was already extremely anxious.
Zhang Xiong advised Zhang Hedao: "Today's situation is very dangerous. It's like a man riding a tiger. He can only be safe!"
"Either you are eaten by the tiger, or you stand up and fight, there is still a way to survive!"
Zhang Xiong's words were like a heavy blow, awakening Zhang He from his hesitation.
When he woke up, Zhang He only had a stern look in his eyes.
After making a decision in his mind, Zhang He immediately said to Zhang Xiong:
"There is still some time before dark. Take advantage of this time and take my general order to mobilize hundreds of soldiers from the camp in the east of the city.
You don’t need to be secretive, but you must be quick!”
After receiving Zhang He's instructions, Zhang Xiong clasped his fists and left.
But before Zhang Xiong left, Zhang He gave another important instruction:
"You must also remember to bring Chang'an's city defense map with you.
This is our gift to the general!"
If you want to capture a strong city like Chang'an, if you can get the defense map of Chang'an, you will undoubtedly get twice the result with half the effort.
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