Chapter 333: You Come First A Tooth for a Tooth
Before Cao Pi left Wancheng, in order to let Sima Yi have enough troops to defend Wancheng, he left 20,000 troops for Sima Yi.
The 20,000 Wei troops were not the central army of Cao Wei, but most of them were foreign troops in Yanyu and Henan.
Although it was not Cao Wei's Chinese army, Cao Wei's foreign army's combat effectiveness was also very good.
In addition, there are tens of thousands of Guanzhong Iron Cavalry led by Zhang He, and such a troop configuration is not difficult for Nanyang County, which has a large shrinking territory.
And this time the two armies exchanged prisoners, although it was the intention of the two monarchs, but the hostile situation between the two sides will not change because of this exchange.
Because for today's exchange, Sima Yi is wary in his heart.
Just as Mi Yang thought, now Sima Yi is afraid of him.
In order to prevent Mi Yang from having any bad intentions when the two armies exchanged prisoners of war today, Sima Yi not only brought 5,000 infantry troops from Wancheng, but also Zhang He's tens of thousands of Guanzhong Iron Cavalry were also taken by him.
Therefore, at present, outside the city of Jianyang, the Wei army led by Sima Yi has a total of 10,000.
You must know that Jianyang County is still under the control of the Wei army, and within his own territory, Sima Yi has transferred so many troops, which shows how much he is guarded against Mi Yang in his heart.
In the Wanwu Wei army, the cavalry army was in front, and the infantry army was behind, forming a long formation outside Jianyang City, watching the Han warships gradually appear in front of them.
When he saw the battle flag with the word "Mi" in the red flag, Sima Yi and Zhang He, the two generals who were riding in front of the army array, cheered up in their hearts.
or jealous, or valued, the current Mi Yang is worthy of their treatment.
And at the front of many Han warships, there is a building ship several feet high that has slowly approached the shore.
Standing on this building ship is none other than Mi Yang, the general of the Han Dynasty.
After the ship gradually stabilized, Mi Yang also took advantage of his condescending advantage to see clearly the appearance of tens of thousands of Wei troops not far away.
The Han army that Mi Yang brought to Jianyang this time was only 7,000, and the number was far less than that of the Wei army.
It's not that Mi Yang is big, it's just that he doesn't have a lot of troops in his hands at the moment, plus Yiyang County has just been annexed, and there are places to use troops everywhere.
And Mi Yang really didn't expect it at first, just to hand over the prisoners, Sima Yi would transfer so many Wei troops.
How jealous does this have to be for him?
However, although the Han army was smaller than the Wei army, Mi Yang's heart was not worried.
As long as the Han army did not go ashore easily, the Han army that controlled the Weishui River would be in an undefeated situation.
Sima Yi, who was riding in front of the army, saw that Mi Yang's boat had stopped, so he immediately sent an envoy to have a final meeting with Mi Yang.
After sending envoys, Sima Yi also ordered people to take the hundreds of Han army prisoners behind the battle to the front of the battle one after another.
Among the hundreds of Han prisoners, at the forefront were two young women.
These two young women are the two daughters of Liu Bei who were captured by the Wei army in the chaos that year.
When Sima Yi's envoy came to the shore and got on the boat under the towing of the hanging basket, the hundreds of Han prisoners were also escorted by the Wei army to the front of the two armies.
Responsible for escorting hundreds of Han army prisoners to the front of the battle, it was the Yecheng County soldiers where Shi Bao was located.
With an excited look in his arms, Shi Bao escorted the Han army prisoners to the front and back of the battle, and with no obstacle in front of him, he immediately set his expectant eyes on the building ship where Mi Yang was.
After Shi Bao came to Wancheng, he knew why the Wei army had to escort a group of captives south.
After knowing this, Shi Bao also knew that the Han army general who was in charge of the handover this time was Mi Xuan.
That's why he's looking forward to today.
It's just that due to the distance and the height of the ship, Shi Bao can't see the young general wearing Mingguang armor.
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But Shi Bao's eyes were still enthusiastic and excited.
He was standing behind the formation, but he clearly saw that after Mi Yang arrived, there was a faint commotion in the formation of the five thousand Wei troops.
This scene made Shi Bao's heart go to Mi Yang more and more strongly.
In the past, Mi Yang only lived in legends, and because Cao Wei officials deliberately suppressed the news, Shi Bao could not deeply feel Mi Yang's prestige in this world.
But the scene he saw today made him really feel for the first time how famous Mi Yang was in Jingzhou.
Such a famous general is worthy of being the master of his stone bag.
And the same as Shibao, after seeing the battle flag of the word "Mi" fluttering high, the faces of the hundreds of Han army prisoners appeared with excited looks.
With the passage of time, it was no secret that the two armies exchanged prisoners of war.
The hundreds of Han prisoners also knew that they were about to be released back to the south.
But what they didn't expect was that it would be Mi Yang who would greet them today.
You must know that among these hundreds of captives, the proportion of Mi clan people is not low.
Even if he is not a member of the Mi clan, he is also a captive of the Yuancong general's clan, and in the past, he also regarded Mi Yang as a relative.
Years of prison life have long since made them lose hope in their hearts.
In this state of mind, the excitement of seeing their loved ones come to welcome them home in person today is completely irrepressible.
Because of the excitement in his heart, the captives of more than 100 people suddenly began to stir.
After the commotion, since the formal handover of prisoners between the two armies had not yet begun, the Wei army, which was beside hundreds of captives, began to suppress the riot with the scabbard in their hands.
In previous years, these Wei troops had treated them like this.
What they're doing now is just instinct.
It's just that after Sima Yi saw this scene, his face immediately changed greatly, and he immediately ordered someone to stop those Wei troops.
Sima Yi was worried that Mi Yang saw this scene.
Although Sima Yi stopped it very quickly, Mi Yang, who had been watching the scene here, how could he not see this scene?
After seeing this scene, Mi Yang's face was already full of anger.
Even between his eyes, the chill was slowly accumulating.
The situation of hundreds of tribesmen who were unkempt and like beggars originally made Mi Yang feel dissatisfied.
Now that he had seen his people being beaten by the Wei army, how could he not feel angry?
At this time, the messenger sent by Sima Yi happened to come to Mi Yang's body.
Before and after Sima Yi's envoy came to Mi Yang, he immediately asked Mi Yang how to hand over the prisoners between the two armies.
Originally, Mi Yang thought at the beginning that the two armies would release the prisoners at the same time, which was the fairest thing to do.
But now Mi Yang, he has changed his mind.
Mi Yang said coldly to Sima Yi's envoy:
"The sincerity of your army is unknown, and you have sent cavalry to suppress the formation.
If, after our captives have been released, your cavalry attacks and kills my relatives and friends from behind, will I not regret it for the rest of my life? ”
"In order to prove the sincerity of your army, your army should release my relatives and friends first, and after my relatives and friends are accepted by our army, I will release the people you want from your army."
Hearing Mi Yang say this, a look of surprise appeared on Sima Yi's envoy's face.
That's not what people talked about at first.
What if they released the hundreds of captives first, but Mi Yang didn't release Xiahou Shang and the others?
Sima Yi's envoy's first reaction was to open his mouth to refuse.
Just thinking about it for a while, he still couldn't think of a reason to refuse.
Because what Mi Yang said makes sense.
The Han army was on the water, while the Wei army was on land, and there were cavalry troops.
If the Han and Wei released the prisoners at the same time, once the Wei prisoners were out of range of the Han army's bows and arrows.
At that time, if the Wei cavalry launched an attack on the Han prisoners from behind, the Han army on the water was indeed unable to react.
To be honest, Mi Yang is really worried about this.
As for whether Mi Yang is too worried, this is really not.
The Wei army could even kill unarmed civilians, so how could they not do such a thing as killing prisoners?
Seeing a look of embarrassment on Sima Yi's envoy's face, Mi Yang continued to press step by step.
"The exchange of prisoners between the two armies, the first thing is integrity, your army is considered a breach of trust by pressing the formation with cavalry, does Sima Zhongda have other intentions?"
Hearing Mi Yang's questioning, Sima Yi's envoy was so frightened that he defended Sima Yi again and again.
He knew very well the importance of this prisoner exchange to the Wei army, so he was afraid that Mi Yang would misunderstand and delay this prisoner exchange.
And because of the importance of this prisoner exchange, he also knew that Sima Yi would not dare to deceive in this matter.
The reason why Sima Yi transferred the cavalry was only worried about the sudden attack of the Han army.
However, this kind of reason was too demoralizing, so when the envoy defended Sima Yi, he couldn't find any legitimate reason.
This made him even more alarmed.
Seeing the panicked appearance of Sima Yi's envoy, Mi Yang gave him an ultimatum and said:
"The faith of our army is known to the world, you don't have to worry about me being discredited.
On the other hand, the sincerity of your army is unclear, if there are many pushbacks, I should withdraw my troops and return to the Son of Heaven.
When the time comes, Sima Yi should bear all the consequences. ”
When Mi Yang finished saying this, he immediately ordered someone to drive Sima Yi's envoy off the ship.
And after Sima Yi's envoy was driven off the ship, because of Mi Yang's ultimatum, he quickly returned to Sima Yi's side with deep worries in his heart, and told Sima Yi the meaning of Mi Yang.
Zhang He was by Sima Yi's side.
After Zhang He heard Mi Yang's meaning, he immediately said angrily: "Lu'er is arrogant! ”
However, after Sima Yi heard Zhang He's angry words, he advised Zhang He to be calm and not to be impatient.
Mi Yang is arrogant, but what Mi Yang said is not unreasonable.
Put yourself in Mi Yang's shoes, if he is Mi Yang, he may not be like Mi Yang.
Besides, even if Mi Yang is arrogant, what can they do with him now?
Sima Yi remembered that Cao Pi had instructed him in the edict he had given him to do a good job.
Cao Pi valued the tone of this matter, and Sima Yi could deeply feel it from the content of the edict.
And this matter was the first thing he did for Cao Pi after he became the governor of one party.
If this matter is messed up, his impression in Cao Pi's mind will definitely be greatly reduced.
Therefore, for both public and private purposes, Sima Yi must successfully complete the exchange of prisoners between the two armies today.
The most important thing is that there is one thing that Mi Yang said, and Sima Yi deeply agrees.
That is the faith of the Han army, which is known to the whole world.....
Mi Yang's master inherited the famous family in Guanzhong, and he is Liu Bei's son and nephew, under the strong concept of trustworthiness in the world, Mi Yang will not go back on his word.
Under these considerations, Sima Yi decided to agree to Mi Yang's request.
Sima Yi was also a resolute character, and after agreeing to Mi Yang's request, he immediately ordered the Wei army to untie the ropes on the hundreds of Han prisoners.
After the ropes on the hundreds of Han army captives were untied, the hundreds of Han army captives finally began to run in the direction of Weishui under the urging of the Wei army beside them.
Perhaps at the beginning, hundreds of Han army captives were afraid of the Wei army behind them, and they didn't dare to run too fast.
But as they ran some distance, knowing that Wei Jun really intended to release them, the speed of their running suddenly increased.
Mi Yang, who was standing tall on the boat, saw hundreds of Han army captives running towards him, and a smile appeared on his face.
He immediately let the warships below dock, and released planks one after another to lure the hundreds of Han prisoners who were about to arrive ashore onto the ship.
Soon after, hundreds of Han captives finally came to the shore, and when they reached the shore, the Han army did not easily pick them up on the ship at one time.
After finding out that there were no blades hidden on them, the Han army took them one by one to the warship.
And in Mi Yang's previous orders, the hundreds of Han prisoners were also disrupted and scattered to various warships.
In this way, even if there were Wei spies among the hundreds of Han prisoners who returned, at least under this arrangement, they would not be able to make waves.
As for their identities, they will be re-examined one by one in the future.
Although Mi Yang is close to people's hearts, he still understands the truth that he must defend against people.
Among all the returning prisoners of war, Mi Yang only picked up Liu Bei's two daughters into his ship.
When Liu Bei's daughters were captured, they were only about eight or nine years old, but now they are adult women in their twenties when they return.
When Liu Bei's two daughters were picked up on the boat upstairs, they looked at Mi Yang in front of them wearing fine armor, and they cried all of a sudden.
"Cousin."
"Why are you here?"
They are not only Liu Bei's daughters, but also from the Mi family.
More than ten years of displacement, more than ten years of darkness, and more than ten years of fear have long accumulated too many grievances in their hearts.
Because in the past they were in the enemy camp, they didn't even dare to cry.
Now that they have escaped, the moment they see their relatives, they can finally cry without scruples.
Seeing his two cousins crying in front of him in rags, thinking that the two of them should have been noble princesses, but now they have fallen into such a situation, Mi Yang's heart is also very uncomfortable.
Although his identity has not yet been fully confirmed, Mi Yang still has some doubts in his heart.
But this did not prevent Mi Yang from taking a good breath for them first, and for the more than 100 relatives and friends who returned to him.
At this time, Sima Yi on the shore saw that after the Han army had received more than 100 prisoners of war, he had not released Xiahou Shang and others, so he ordered someone to wave the flag to urge Mi Yang.
After learning of Sima Yi's urging, Mi Yang first wiped the tears from his two cousins' faces with his hands, and then he turned around and ordered:
"Escort Xiahou Shang and the others up."
"Strip off your shirt and press it up!"
Compared with the miserable situation of Mi Yang's relatives and friends, Xiahou Shang and the others were too comfortable in the past.
Since Wei Jun made my relatives and friends tattered, then I will leave them with no clothes to wear!