first.
This was the first time that Mi Yang unabashedly showed his power in front of ministers.
Obviously, Xu Ci was frightened by this sudden first time.
Big beads of sweat continued to fall down Xu Ci's face. Looking at the face so close to him, Xu Ci felt that Mi Yang at this moment was so strange.
During the four hundred years of the Han Dynasty, the position of general held an unparalleled and lofty status.
Except for the special features of this dynasty, regardless of whether it was the Western Han Dynasty or the Eastern Han Dynasty, the status of the general was higher than that of the prime minister and the three princes.
And once the emperor is young or unable to govern personally for other reasons, the first-ranked auxiliary minister must be the general.
Even if there is no general among the auxiliary ministers, then this auxiliary administrative team will not be recognized by the world at all.
What's more, Mi Yang's generalship was not the result of Liu Bei's nepotism, but the result of his many amazing achievements.
Among the scholars in the field, Xu Ci, as a Taichang, had the confidence to refute the comments and suggestions of courtiers face to face.
But if Mi Yang agrees with this matter, will Xu Ci still have such confidence?
Xu Ci didn't know what Mi Yang would do to him next.
Due to the fear in his heart, Xu Ci's throat kept swallowing saliva subconsciously. After a long time, Xu Ci stuttered in response to Mi Yang:
"My lord, no, I don't dare!"
After hearing Xu Ci's answer, Mi Yang slowly raised her body.
The chill in Mi Yang's eyes was gradually fading away.
"Taichang is in charge of the rituals of the ancestral temple, and it will only take a month at most for His Majesty to pay homage to the ancestral mausoleum.
Xu Qing still needs to focus more on this state matter and worry about other things in his heart."
If what Xu Ci said just now was an opinion to Mi Yang, then what Mi Yang said to Xu Ci now is an order.
Mi Yang, who had the responsibility of supervising the country, issued an order to Xu Ci, which was legal and reasonable.
Seeing that Mi Yang did not continue to unleash his power, but was willing to give him a step down, Xu Ci was granted amnesty.
With Mi Yang's tone and attitude just now, Xu Ci thought he wouldn't be able to leave the chancery today.
But even though Mi Yang did not severely punish herself, Xu Ci felt happy in her heart, but she was also constantly afraid.
Xu Ci swore that he never wanted to repeat what he had just experienced.
Facing the steps handed over by Mi Yang, Xu Ci thanked him repeatedly.
"My lord, I know.
I will retire now."
After saying these words, Xu Ci jumped up from his seat like a rabbit with its butt burned, and then left the lobby as fast as he could in his life.
Looking at Xu Ci's hastily leaving, Mi Yang's eyes wandered, and he turned back to the main seat and sat down.
Mi Yang did not call Ma Liang and others back immediately, he was waiting for someone to appear.
Mi Yang didn't wait too long. After seeing that there was no one else in the hall, a person slowly walked out from the screen at the back of the hall.
This person is clearly Jiang Ji!
Ma Chao not only killed Xu Chu outside Tongguan, but also captured many Wei troops.
And Jiang Ji was one of those prisoners.
After being captured by Ma Chao, Jiang Jideng, who wanted to survive, immediately found an opportunity to have someone report his identity to Ma Chao.
When he learned that Jiang Ji, a famous figure in the world, had been captured by him, Ma Chao quickly summoned him.
But what Jiang Ji really wanted to see was not Ma Chao.
"Ji has something to tell the general, and I hope the general will report it on his behalf."
With this sentence, Ma Chao immediately sent Jiang Ji to Chang'an City.
Even Mi Yang did not expect Jiang Ji's arrival.
However, given Jiang Ji's reputation in the world, it was worthy for Mi Yang to meet him.
Few people know about the meeting between Mi Yang and Jiang Ji and what was said between them.
But after that meeting, Mi Yang let Jiang Ji regain his freedom and kept him by his side for his use.
Jiang Ji, dressed in plain clothes, slowly walked up to Mi Yang. After bowing to Mi Yang, Jiang Ji couldn't help but say:
"Ji thought that the general would use his life to pave the way for his own plans."
There was confusion and surprise in Jiang Ji's tone.
But Jiang Ji's words made Mi Yang chuckle.
"Although I don't want my plan to fail, I don't want to disregard human lives."
After deciding to promote Guan Yu as king, Mi Yang knew that this matter would definitely arouse strong opposition from ministers like Xu Ci.
Mi Yang also knew that for ministers like Xu Ci, it would be useless to use the same soft guidance method as for the Guanxi family.
Politics requires a combination of firmness and softness. For ministers like Xu Ci, sometimes you have to be a little firmer.
It's just that the reason why Xu Ci had strong opposition was because he was thinking about the big man, so Mi Yang had to pay attention to the degree of "hardness".
It is impossible to kill Xu Ci, he is not Cao Cao.
But as a general, is it illegal to flaunt your authority occasionally?
After fighting so many battles, why can't we just enjoy it?
He is not a saint.
Mi Yang's answer made Jiang Ji feel that he understood Mi Yang a little better.
Jiang Ji then thought for a while and said: "After Xu Taichang leaves the Chancellor's desk, I think today's general's attitude will be revealed unintentionally.
In this way, when the general of chariots and cavalry returns to the court, the matter of granting the title will be a matter of course."
Mi Yang agreed with Jiang Ji's judgment.
"In this way, your and my painstaking planning will not be in vain."
There was a pun in Mi Yang's words, and Jiang Ji naturally understood it.
He had insisted on arguing with Mi Yang before because he wanted to find another wise master.
After meeting Mi Yang, Jiang Ji offered a plan to Mi Yang in order to attract Mi Yang's attention.
It was that strategy that gave him the capital to stay with Mi Yang now.
It was precisely that strategy that finally prompted Mi Yang to advance the issue of proclaiming Guan Yu king.
After a short silence, Mi Yang said to Jiang Ji:
"Tomorrow you will first go to work in Gu's Si Wen Cao Nei.
After the dust settles on the matter of pursuing the title, I hope that today’s matter will be known to Cao Rui and Sun Quan.”
Since Siwencao was established, in addition to collecting intelligence for Mi Yang, he has also undertaken an important task - spreading some things that Mi Yang wants the enemy to know.
Faced with Mi Yang's arrangement, Jiang Ji naturally had no reason to refuse.
Although Siwen Cao is just a subordinate organization in the shogunate, and its status seems low on the surface, it actually has great power.
From this aspect, Mi Yang did not break his promise to him, and he was indeed reusing him.
"Thank you, General.
From now on, I am willing to do my best for the general!"
...
The document sent from Chang'an arrived outside Wancheng at the end of November.
When Zhang Fei, who was stationed outside Wancheng, received the document written by Mi Yang himself, he immediately laughed.
In terms of position, Mi Yang, who is now a general, is qualified to order Zhang Fei.
But in the document, Mi Yang screamed for his uncle one after another.
Not only that, Mi Yang also used a pleading tone.
Mi Yang's behavior greatly benefited Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei sat on the main seat and showed the documents sent by Mi Yang to the generals present one by one.
After seeing the contents of the document, the generals had strange expressions on their faces.
The strange expressions on the generals' faces became even more intense after Zhang Fei's words.
"It's true that Zi Sheng doesn't have the majesty of a general at all.
He has such a soft temper, how can he suppress some old ministers who don't know what is good or bad?
If you want me to withdraw my troops and return to the DPRK, my words should be brief, but I still have to write something specific."
Judging from the content of Zhang Fei's words, it seems that he was dissatisfied with Mi Yang's behavior.
But when Zhang Fei said these words, his mouth almost reached the horizon.
If he didn't want to maintain his uncle's demeanor, Zhang Fei's deafening laughter would have spread throughout the military tent.
If Xu Ci were here, he would probably spit out a mouthful of blood after hearing Zhang Fei's words.
The generals here are not blind.
After they saw Zhang Fei's expression, no one responded to Zhang Fei's words.
They don't know how to respond...
Seeing that no one among the generals responded to him, a trace of dissatisfaction flashed across Zhang Fei's face.
It's my nephew who will cause trouble, like everyone else, they are all stupid.
Zhang Fei quietly stopped showing off.
Showing off is all about showing off, business still needs to be done.
After pondering for a moment, Zhang Fei said to the generals present:
"Since the general has called me to retreat and return to the court, this matter cannot be delayed."
In fact, even without Mi Yang's documents, Zhang Fei already had the intention to withdraw.
Wancheng's city defense is too strong.
In the past few months of besieging Wancheng, Zhang Fei lost many soldiers, but he was still unable to capture Wancheng.
For the siege party, prolonged siege operations will greatly deplete their morale and strength.
In addition to this reason, Deng Ai's reminder also made Zhang Fei worried.
"General, please be careful to the east."
After Deng Ai came to Wancheng, in addition to participating in the siege, he also focused part of his energy on Huainan.
Paying attention to the military affairs in Huainan, it is not difficult to see with Deng Ai's intelligence that since Sun Quan went to Hefei, the Jiangdong army has been in a state of fishing for three days and drying nets for two days.
This situation is quite similar to when Guan Yu flooded the Seventh Army.
After realizing this, Deng Ai immediately reminded Zhang Fei.
After receiving Deng Ai's reminder, Zhang Fei couldn't help but murmur in his heart.
Due to his scruples, Zhang Fei not only failed to mobilize troops from Jingzhou to Wancheng for several months, but instead sent troops from outside Wancheng back to defend part of Jingzhou.
This is also an important reason why Zhang Fei was unable to capture Wancheng for a long time.
All in all, Zhang Fei felt that it was not wise to continue to besiege Wancheng at the moment.
The document sent by Mi Yang coincided with what Zhang Fei had in mind.
If they don't coincide, then let's just go with the flow.
The generals had no objections to Zhang Fei's execution of Mi Yang's "order".
After Zhang Fei said that, they were all waiting for Zhang Fei to arrange specific withdrawal matters.
Zhang Fei's eyes moved around and finally stopped on Deng Ai.
"When our army retreats, you will be led by soldiers to lead the army to the rear."
As we all know, when an army is retreating, it is most unavoidable to be followed and pursued by the enemy.
Generally, those responsible for covering the retreat of the army are generals with outstanding abilities and the trust of their masters.
Zhang Fei's arrangement undoubtedly clearly revealed his attitude towards Deng Ai.
Faced with Zhang Fei's arrangement, Deng Ai quickly agreed without refusing.
Seeing Deng Ai's confident look, Zhang Fei smiled on his face.
The reason why he arranged for Deng Ai to cover the retreat of the army was mainly because he wanted to test Deng Ai's ability again before leaving Jingzhou.
In the document, Mi Yang made a suggestion - Deng Aike could make great use of it.
Although Mi Yang didn't speak clearly, Zhang Fei understood what Mi Yang meant.
After I leave Jingzhou, Jingzhou must be guarded by a trusted general.
Li Yan was originally the best candidate for this general, but it seems that Mi Yang believed that Deng Ai was worthy of sharing this important task.
On the surface, Zhang Fei seems to have a rough personality, but he is actually rough in nature.
He would not just listen to Mi Yang's words and then vigorously appoint Deng Ai. Investigation is indispensable.
And if Deng Ai can perform well in this mission, then Zhang Fei will actually follow Mi Yang's suggestion.
As for the issue of Deng Ai's low status - do you really think Zhang Fei allowed all the generals to read the documents just to show off?
Zhang Fei also had another purpose, which was to let the generals see what Mi Yang said in praise of Deng Ai.
With Mi Yang's current prestige, his praise was enough to prevent Deng Ai from being despised.
...
The Han army's retreat was not concealed from Sima Yi in Wancheng.
After hearing the report from Wei Jun on the city wall, Sima Yi breathed a deep sigh of relief.
Zhang Fei is finally willing to retreat!
Sima Yi was not surprised by the Han army's retreat. On the contrary, with his wisdom, he had already expected the Han army's move.
Compared to the joy of others when they heard the news, Sima Yi's face looked a little eager to try.
The eldest son Sima Shi on the side saw Sima Yi's abnormality, and he couldn't help but ask Sima Yi:
"What's your father's plan?"
Seeing the eldest son growing up, Sima Yi could see what he was thinking at a glance, and Sima Yi nodded happily.
"I want to send troops to pursue the bandit army."
After hearing Sima Yi's thoughts, Master Sima was surprised.
Sima Shi, who was born in a famous family, had been familiar with military literature since he was a child.
Master Sima could not help but advise Sima Yi:
"There is a saying in the art of war: When you besiege a city, you must open a way out, and when you return, don't pursue them."
How could Sima Yi not know this art of war?
But Sima Yi had his own unique views.
"Recently, bad news came from Guanzhong. The general has died at the hands of Mi Yang.
In addition, the number of generals who died tragically at the hands of Mi Yang or were captured is countless.
This is a major blow to the Wei Dynasty, but why is it not an opportunity for our Sima family?"
In front of Master Sima, Sima Yi no longer hid some words.
"If my father can pursue the rebel army and win a victory when it retreats, then the prince and your majesty will definitely regard my father in a different light.
The generals of the clan are withering away day by day, and the rest are just mediocre people. Don't you understand what it means to be a father?"
don't know?
Sima Yi made his words so clear, how could Master Sima not understand?
After knowing Sima Yi's true thoughts, Master Sima no longer tried to dissuade him.
According to common sense, when the army retreats, the commander will lead the army first, so it will not be Zhang Fei who is left behind.
Li Yan was not outside Wancheng at the moment.
As for the Jingzhou army, apart from Zhang Fei and Li Yan, is there any enemy general worth fearing?
After thinking for a long time, Master Sima realized excitedly:
It seems not!
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