Feng Xi was worried about the safety of Hanzhong, so he asked Mi Yang to withdraw his troops.

When Feng Xi came out to speak, other generals also seconded Feng Xi.

As a strategic place with the same status as Jingzhou, Hanzhong's safety affects the hearts of almost everyone in Liu Bei's forces.

It can even be said that if Liu Bei knew that Cao Zhen had intentions to be unfavorable to Hanzhong, for the sake of Hanzhong's safety, Liu Bei would definitely order Mi Yang to withdraw his troops.

Feng Xi and other generals thought that Mi Yang had a further offensive plan, so they hurriedly came out to speak to Mi Yang.

And Deng Ai, who knew Mi Yang's true purpose, was not worried that Mi Yang would not withdraw his troops.

Even if Cao Zhen hadn't besieged Wei to save Zhao, Mi Yang would have withdrawn his troops soon.

It is already September, and this month is not only the harvest time of crops in Hanzhong and Hanxing counties, but also the time of wheat planting.

At this critical point in time, the army cannot fight outside for a long time.

Most of the troops under Liu Bei's command were not completely off-duty soldiers, and during the busy agricultural period, the Han army also had to go to the fields to do farm work.

Moreover, when the land is busy, it is the time when the local defense is the most lax.

Even if the Han soldiers did not work in the fields, they had to take on the responsibility of guarding the place.

Faced with the generals' request to withdraw the troops, Mi Yang did not hesitate, he said to Feng Xi:

"Please also ask Xiu Yuan to write a report for me, saying that I already know about this matter, and the army will return in less than half a month."

After hearing Mi Yang say this, the faces of the generals showed joy.

What they are most afraid of is that Mi Yang is still thinking about continuing to expand the results of the battle after a series of big victories, and now Mi Yang can take care of the safety of Hanzhong and withdraw the army in time, which is naturally the best thing.

It's just that although Mi Yang has made up his mind to withdraw the army, how to withdraw the army must come up with a charter.

We can't afford not to withdraw, but we can't withdraw completely.

Mi Yang mainly issued two orders.

Mi Yang's first order was to let Feng Xi, Deng Ai, and Zhang Wei speed up the repair of the city defense of Wudang City.

After receiving Mi Yang's order, Feng Xi and other generals immediately came out to receive the order.

They knew that Mi Yang had made this move to prepare for the arrival of Cao Pi's army in the coming day.

Then Mi Yang looked at Zhang Nan, Zhang Bao, and Guan Xing, and said to them, "You lead your troops and horses, and set off on a certain day to return to Hanzhong quickly."

In the current establishment, the army under the command of General Zhang Nanzhu has nearly 10,000 troops.

As long as this 10,000-strong army quickly rushes back to Hanzhong County, then even if Cao Zhen leads the army from Chang'an at this moment, the defense of Hanzhong County can be greatly enhanced.

After all, the terrain in Hanzhong is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

And with the city as the backing, coupled with the water control power that firmly controls the Han River, even if Miyang has less than 20,000 Han troops now, Wudang will not be in danger.

After Mi Yang gave two orders, Feng Xi and Zhang Nanzhu quickly withdrew from the county hall and went to fulfill their respective tasks.

Soon after, all the generals in the county hall had retired.

At this time, Mi Yang looked at Ding Feng and asked him to go and summon Yanping.

After Yanping returned to the mansion, he immediately lay down and fell asleep because of today's events, because today's events caused him a lot of energy.

But before he could sleep for a while, he was awakened from his dream by his wife's push.

After Yanping learned that Mi Yang had been summoned, he got up from the bed, then put on a piece of clothing at random, and followed Ding Feng to the county hall.

After seeing Yanping arrive, Mi Yang said a word to Yanping with a smile.

"Please also ask Yanqing to gather the people in the city and carry 100,000 stone corn to the ship for me."

The reason why Mi Yang summoned Yanping was that the purpose of his arms was similar to that of the full favor.

The withdrawal of the army is the withdrawal of the army, but the grain and grass in the city must be moved back to part of the west city first.

However, if you want to quickly transport 100,000 stone of grain and grass to the ships of Hanshui, it takes a lot of manpower.

And Cao Pi's reinforcements are ready at any time

can appear outside Wudang City, at this time, Mi Yang could not use 20,000 Han troops as carrying grain and grass.

Therefore, Mi Yang wanted Yanping to agitate the major wealthy clans in the city and use their influence to help him gather the people in the city to carry grain and grass for him.

There are tens of thousands of people in Wudang City, and as long as some of them can be mobilized, the progress of transporting grain and grass is bound to increase greatly.

When he heard Mi Yang's words, Yanping's mind suddenly fell into a downtime.

A suspicion arose in Yanping's mind.

Mi Yang had just taken Wudang City, and as a result, he was about to move away the grain and grass in the city, although he didn't have to move all of them, but Yanping was very sensitive at this time.

Mi Yang's move made Yanping think that he was going to lead the army out of Wudang City.

But if Mi Yang leaves, what will he do?

Originally, Yanping's face was full of sneer, but now his face was full of surprise.

In order to help Mi Yang take down Wudang, Yanping did such a thing as attacking Manzhong.

Once Miyang's army withdrew from Wudang, and Wudang was recaptured by the Wei army.

So can he Yanping still have a way to live?

Emperor Wei will definitely eat him alive, and he will also destroy his three clans as punishment.

Yanping, who misunderstood Mi Yang's meaning, immediately fell to the ground crying in front of Mi Yang.

Yanping, who was crying bitterly, said to Mi Yang: "The people of Wudang have admired the Han Heavenly Soldiers for a long time, how can the general abandon me and wait."

Yanping's sudden kneeling and crying made Mi Yang a little surprised.

But then he understood that Yanping had misunderstood what he meant.

He couldn't help but feel a little helpless.

He asked Ding Feng to help Yanping up, and then said:

"Hanxing was in dire need of food to calm people's hearts, so it was necessary to transport the corn from Wudang City to Xicheng.

And I will continue to lead the army to sit in Wudang, so why not be afraid."

Seeing that Mi Yang didn't want to abandon him, a big stone in Yanping's heart fell instantly.

The look of surprise on his face slowly faded.

Mi Yang saw that one of his requests actually made Yanping misunderstand, and he realized that the wealthy families in Wudang City now may be like Yanping.

After having this guess in his heart, Mi Yang said to Yan Ping again: "The autumn moon has arrived, and the farming is approaching, I will transfer 10,000 troops to return to Xicheng, so there is a shortage of manpower in our army, and I hope that Qing will help a lot."

Hearing Mi Yang say this, a calm look appeared on Yanping's face.

Yanping didn't dare to guarantee anything else, but with his influence to encourage the people in the city to carry corn for Miyang, it couldn't be simpler for him.

Yanping, who has no way out, is happy to help Mi Yang's request.

As long as Mi Yang can stay in Wudang City, even if Emperor Wei personally leads the army to come, Yanping will feel very at ease.

The reason why Mi Yang wanted to tell Yanping that part of the Han army would withdraw next was because once Zhang Nan's 10,000 troops began to pull out, Yanping, as the head snake of the land, would definitely know the news as soon as possible.

If he didn't inform Yanping of the "truth" in advance, then if Yanping speculated wildly under his sensitive psychology, which caused some rumors in Wudang City and caused instability in people's hearts, it would not be conducive to his next rule over Wudang.

Although Mi Yang plans to withdraw his troops, he will not give up Wudang after finally taking Wudang.

Wudang City is the bridgehead of Nanyang County to resist the Han army, and it can naturally be used as a stronghold for Miyang to march into Nanyang County in the future.

With such a military important place, Mi Yang has no reason to give up.

It is for this reason that it is important to appease the local wealthy families.

After pacifying Yanping, Mi Yang turned to Yanping and asked, "How long will it take for Qing to transport the 100,000 stone corn in the granary to the ship?"

Facing Mi Yang's inquiry, Yan Ping said with a confident smile on his face: "General, please sit down in the county government, within three days, Ping will definitely carry all the 100,000 stone corn to the general's warship."

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After saying this, Yanping bowed respectfully to Mi Yang, and then hurriedly left the hall to gather the other Hao clan patriarchs.

What Mi Yang commanded, he must do beautifully.

Looking at Yanping's departing figure, a smile appeared on Mi Yang's face.

Local tycoons are a double-edged sword, and sometimes as long as they are used well, they can play a very big role.

...

In September of the first year of Han Yankang, in the palace of the king of Hanzhong in Chengdu.

Liu Bei was processing a note.

This letter was played by Liao Li, the Taishou of Qike County, and it was a report to the auspicious table.

After knowing the news of Cao Pi's usurpation of Han self-reliance and the possible murder of Liu Xie, the son of heaven, there have always been ministers in Chengdu who are persuading Liu Bei.

Chengdu as the political center of Liu Bei's forces, when the news of the persuasion of the ministers spread out of Chengdu, there were gradually many in Yizhou, and it was found that the auspicious recital was transmitted to Liu Bei's eucalyptus.

In this letter from Liao Li, he mentioned that a white deer had recently appeared drinking water at the water's edge in Qike County, which attracted the attention of the county's citizens.

There are many kinds of auspicious rui in ancient times, which are roughly divided into five types, that is, five grades.

In ancient times, it was called "Lin Feng Five Spirits, the King's Jia Ruiye." It is the highest level of Ruizhao.

In addition, it is also divided into four grades: Darui, Shangrui, Zhongrui, and Xiarui.

And Bailu is in the level of Shangrui.

In addition, the deer is an animal that sometimes represents the supreme power in the world, so whenever there are courtiers to persuade them, they always like to use the appearance of white deer as a means of persuasion.

As for whether the auspicious rui mentioned in these reports is indeed true, Liu Bei knows it.

It's just that the world is like this, even if Liu Bei knows the truth, he will not be disgusted with this matter.

But he doesn't like this kind of thing.

After reading Liao Li's recital, Liu Bei closed the book in his hand with a silent face, and then put it aside.

But not long after, Liu Bei opened Liao Li's recital again.

Liu Bei didn't have this kind of behavior because he wanted to reply to Liao Li, he just remembered someone because of the Bailu Xiangrui mentioned in this recital.

Liu Bei stretched out his hand and touched his waist, where in addition to a blood edict, there was also a letter of the young talent he valued the most.

When he touched the watch, Liu Bei's eyes showed a look of thought.

Nearly half a month has passed, why is there no news from Hanxing County?

According to the distance between Hanxing County and Chengdu, the result of the battle in Zicheng should have been reported in the next few days.

Although Liu Bei knew Mi Yang's plan, and in order to support Mi Yang's actions, he also temporarily gave Mi Yang great power.

But in order to ensure the success of Mi Yang's plan, Liu Bei only informed Zhuge Liang of this matter before.

He didn't say anything about the other ministers, including Mi Zhu and Mi Fang.

If the king is not secret, he will lose his country, and if the minister is not secret, he will lose his body.

Nowadays, there are many Yizhou ministers in Chengdu who are interested in the north, and once Mi Yang's plan leaks out, then Mi Yang's hard work will be wasted.

In order to prevent Mi Yang's plan from being leaked, Liu Bei never sent any envoys to Hanxing County except for a secret royal edict.

Therefore, Liu Bei does not know the situation in Hanxing County now.

Liu Bei looked at the two words Bailu on Liao Li's watch, and he stood up with some concern.

Liu Bei's worry was not because he didn't trust Mi Yang, on the contrary, his previous actions reflected his great trust in Mi Yang.

One of the reasons why Liu Bei is worried is because there has been no news from the front line for a long time, and he doesn't know the situation.

Another reason is that Mi Yang is not only his courtier, but also his son and nephew.

Worry comes from the concern of the elders for the younger generations.

Under normal circumstances, Liu Bei is moody.

So even though he was worried at this time, his face was expressive

It looks like it's normal.

This made Liu Bei's courtiers in the main hall a little confused.

They didn't know why Liu Bei suddenly stood up and paced with his hands in his hands.

Just after Liu Bei thought that today was another day when he couldn't receive news, Liu Bei's waiter Dong Yun was holding a wooden box in his hand and hurriedly walked towards the main hall.

Dong Yun's eager demeanor was not because he received any bad news, but because he couldn't hide the excitement in his heart.

His face was filled with excitement that he couldn't hide.

Dong Yun has always given people the impression of being unsmiling, steady and decent.

So in the past, it was difficult for him to have such emotions on his face.

On Dong Yun's way towards Liu Bei's hall, the ministers on the road looked at him with surprised eyes.

What kind of good news did this Dong Shilang receive today, and he was so happy?

Could it be that outside Chengdu, there is such a rare auspicious appearance of a unicorn?

Dong Yun ignored the strange eyes of others, he just wanted to hurry up and report the wooden box in his hand and a battle report to Liu Bei.

In an anxious mood, Dong Yun soon came to the door of the main hall.

As Liu Bei's close minister, he can enter the main hall without being summoned.

When Dong Yun's figure appeared in the main hall, he quickly walked to the foot of the steps in front of Liu Bei, and then he bowed to Liu Bei and said loudly:

"Your Highness, Mi Hanxing defeated Cao Ren!"

Liu Bei, who was still pacing, heard Dong Yun's excited shout, and he immediately turned his head to look at Dong Yun.

At this time, the worry hidden in Liu Bei's eyes had completely disappeared under Dong Yun's words.

A look called joy began to appear on Liu Bei's face.

Finally waiting for the news that he had been thinking about, Liu Bei, who was full of emotions, could not control the emotions in his heart.

But now after all, he is the one who is the king, Liu Bei suppressed the excitement in his heart, and then sat on the throne.

But his eyes were always fixed on the wooden box in Dong Yun's hand, because on top of the wooden box was a battle report.

Looking at the battle report, Liu Bei's eyes were full of expectation.

Mi Yang's battle report never disappointed him.

And this battle report is the auspicious rui he has been looking forward to!