When Liu Bei worshiped Mi Yang as the pastor of Liangzhou, he divided the territory under the jurisdiction of Liangzhou very clearly.

In Liu Bei's division, Liangzhou has a total of six counties, namely: Hanzhong, Hanxing, Yinping, Wudu, Tianshui, and Longxi.

However, after Mi Yang became the pastor of Liangzhou, his decrees could only be implemented in the two counties of Hanzhong and Hanxing, because the other four counties were not actually under the control of the Han Dynasty.

Compared with the two counties of Tianshui and Longxi, the two counties of Wudu and Yinping are closer to Hanzhong County, the base camp of Miyang, and in the current situation, these two counties are most likely to be recovered.

Ma Chao, who is like a frightened bird, even if he was in Hanzhong County in the past, he didn't dare to have the slightest intention of inquiring about the news.

Therefore, Ma Chao did not know the news that the Wei army was about to attack Hanzhong on a large scale.

But Ma Chao is a veteran after all, and it is not difficult for him to guess his intentions from Mi Yang's request.

In Ma Chao's view, since Wudu County was originally the territory of Liangzhou, it was reasonable for Mi Yang to want to recover Wudu County.

However, although Ma Chao's guess is not wrong, it is not all the thoughts in Mi Yang's heart.

He didn't just want Wudu County.

It's just that for Ma Chao, Mi Yang also has scruples in his heart, so he didn't open his mouth to say all the thoughts in his heart.

And after Ma Chao heard Mi Yang's answer, he thought that he had guessed Mi Yang's true intentions, so he began to ponder.

Wudu County is barren, and the population belonging to China is not large.

However, in Wudu County, the population belonging to the Qiang and Di ethnic groups is very large.

As far as Ma Chao's understanding of Wudu County is concerned, the Qiang population in Wudu County is more than twice as large as the population of Huaxia.

In this case, whether Mi Yang wants to capture Wudu County or govern Wudu County well, the people of Qiang in the county are a political alliance object that he must strive for.

Since Ma Chao had promised Mi Yang that he would assist him, Ma Chao did not hide his inner thoughts, and he told Mi Yang everything he knew about the people of Qiang.

After talking about his understanding of the Qiang people in Wudu County, Ma Chao volunteered that he was willing to send his brother Ma Dai to Wudu County to recruit some Qiang people for Mi Yang.

As Mi Yang said, this matter is not difficult for him.

During the Battle of Wudu that year, he used his prestige to recruit more than 10,000 Di tribe troops for Zhang Fei.

It's just that in the face of Ma Chao's volunteering, Mi Yang said to Ma Chao with a smile: "This matter is not urgent for the time being." ”

Hearing Mi Yang say this, Ma Chao was a little puzzled.

Ma Chao arched his hand and said to Mi Yang: "The soldiers are expensive and fast, if the state pastor wants to take Wudu County, he should send troops early."

Otherwise, once the time drags on for too long, Wei Wei will inevitably learn the news, and at that time, it will not be so easy for the governor to take Wudu County. ”

In fact, Wudu County belonged to the Han Dynasty for a short time.

On the eve of the Battle of Hanzhong, Liu Bei sent Zhang Fei and Ma Chao to seize most of Wudu County.

But unfortunately, Wudu County was later recaptured by the Wei army.

It is precisely because of this lesson that Ma Chao suggested that Mi Yang should strike first.

Otherwise, if the Wei army had a defense in Wudu County, then Wudu County would not be so easy to capture.

In the face of Ma Chao's admonition, although Mi Yang had other plans in his heart, he still said:

"Although the hussar general has prestige among the Qiang soldiers in Wudu County, but the Qiang people are full of people, not all of them worship the prestige of the hussar general, has the hussar general forgotten the strong end?"

"Wudu County must be captured, but you can't act rashly, if you don't get rid of people like the strong end, Wudu County won't be able to hold even if you take our army."

Seeing Mi Yang mention the strong end, Ma Chao fell silent for a while.

Although Ma Chao has the reputation of General Shenwei Tian among the alien races in Yongliang, it does not mean that his name can make all the aliens in Yongliang worship.

Otherwise, the Han army would have gone on a northern expedition long ago.

Not to mention other places in Yongliang, take Wudu County as an example, there are many Qiang people in Wudu County who worship Ma Chao.

But there are not a few Qiang people who don't care about Ma Chao, and this is the case with the leader of the Di tribe at Qiangduan.

An important reason why the Han army lost the battle was that the Di army led by Qiangduan suddenly turned back, putting the Han army in a difficult situation both internally and externally, so that it had to be defeated and withdraw from Wudu County.

The past does not forget the teacher of the future, from this point of view, Mi Yang's worries are very reasonable.

After listening to Mi Yang's concerns, Ma Chao also knew what was at stake, so he didn't say anything to advise Mi Yang.

The reason why he advised Mi Yang just now to take Wudu County as soon as possible was also with some selfish motives.

As long as he attacks Wudu County, then with his prestige among the Qiang people, Mi Yang will have a time to ask him for help.

For the current Ma Chao, what can make him feel that there is still some hope in life is the fight on the battlefield.

When Ma Chao was silent, the decadent aura on his body became more and more intense.

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, it would have been hard for Mi Yang to imagine that the terrifying Shenweitian General would have become like this today.

But can anyone else be blamed for this?

As far as Ma Chao did in the past, normal people really can't understand it.

However, Mi Yang still needs Ma Chao's assistance in many things next, and he doesn't want to see Ma Chao too decadent.

Ma Chao in history, the cause of his death is inseparable from his heart knot.

Therefore, Mi Yang raised his glass to Ma Chao again and said: "Although Lone does not plan to use troops against Wudu County immediately, the hussar general can send his cronies to contact the Qiang people in Wudu County during this time.

It is best to distinguish the Qiang people in Wudu County, which ones are oriented to the Han Dynasty, and which ones are to be rebellious, and they will be of great use when the time comes. ”

After saying this, Mi Yang seemed to feel that it was not safe, and he promised Ma Chao again:

"Gu Jin promises the wine in his hand, and when the time is ripe, he will let the hussar general and Gu share the glory of all people's attention."

After promising Ma Chao, Mi Yang drank all the wine in his hand.

Sure enough, when Mi Yang said the first thing, Ma Chao's expression was still quite excited.

But after hearing Mi Yang's promise to him, Ma Chao's whole person instantly became energetic.

If others made such a promise to him, Ma Chao would not care too much.

But now it is Mi Yang who has made this promise to him, and with Mi Yang's merits, his promise is undoubtedly very golden.

And what is Ma Chao lacking the most now?

What he lacks is the word glory.

Perhaps only by setting up enough glory can the insults he carries that make him breathless can be alleviated.

Ma Chao, whose spirit became invigorated again, immediately said to Mi Yang:

"Don't worry, within two months, the state pastor will definitely find out the information that the state pastor wants to know."

After finishing speaking, Ma Chao also hurriedly raised his wine glass and drank all the wine in the glass.

This means that the commitment between him and Mi Yang has officially taken effect.

Seeing that Ma Chao had finally regained his spirit, Mi Yang relaxed and continued to feast and drink with Ma Chao.

The time for the feast always passed quickly, and it was not long before it was dark outside.

After perceiving that the sky was dark, Ma Chao proposed to Mi Yang the intention of leaving.

In the face of Ma Chao's retirement, Mi Yang did not stop it.

He just got up and sent Ma Chao away.

And after Ma Chao left the big tent, Fa Miao couldn't wait to get up and ask Mi Yang:

"Does the state pastor think that Ma Mengqi will really help?"

Fa Miao's words revealed a strong distrust of Ma Chao.

Not only Fa Miao, but even Mi Yang's other henchmen present also had such expressions.

From beginning to end, Fa Miao and Mi Yang's other henchmen never believed Ma Chao.

However, it is not they who are targeting Ma Chao, their attitude can be said to represent the attitude of 99% of the ministers of the Han Dynasty towards Ma Chao.

In the face of Fa Miao's inquiry, Mi Yang smiled indifferently, and he said to Fa Miao:

"Just because virtue is bad doesn't mean you can't use it, what matters is how you use it.

He and I just take what we need, and we can't talk about sincerity. ”

The reason why Mi Yang thought about Wudu was that on the one hand, he really wanted to recover the territory of his ancestors, and on the other hand, he was to defend Hanzhong in the future.

Mi Yang didn't admit his other intentions to Ma Chao just now, which means that Mi Yang doesn't trust Ma Chao either.

However, Mi Yang is different from many people in the world, and most of the people in the world pay attention to one principle - first emphasize morality, and then judge talent.

The origin of this principle lies in the 400-year-old system of the Han Dynasty, and because of the 400-year development, this principle is deeply rooted in the hearts of many people in the world.

But Mi Yang came from later generations, and he naturally disagreed with this principle in his heart, and could even be said to disdain it.

Speaking of which, Mi Yang and Cao Cao have similarities.

Therefore, it seems that things that need to be guarded against in Famiao seem to be very logical here in Miyang.

Mi Yang's words were not only said to Fa Miao, but also to the other henchmen present.

After listening to Mi Yang's words, although they still had concerns in their hearts, they still didn't give any more advice in the end

The reason why they would advise Mi Yang was that Mi Yang didn't understand the sinister nature of Ma Chao.

Now from Mi Yang's words, they know that Mi Yang doesn't know Ma Chao's personality, so their hearts are more than half relieved.

After discussing the question about Ma Chao, Mi Yang asked about the defense of Fa Miao and Hanzhong.

Previously, after learning that the Wei army was about to attack Hanzhong on a large scale, Mi Yang was not too worried in his heart.

This is not because Mi Yang is arrogant, but because he is a traverser and has a natural foresight of the Wei army's offensive strategy in the future.

Historically, the offensive strategy of the Wei army was jointly discussed by the important ministers of the Wei government.

As long as the people are still those people, then the offensive strategy they have discussed will not change much.

Looking at the strategy of the Wei army attacking the Han army several times in history, when the Wei army attacked Hanzhong in the coming days, it was likely to adopt the old routine of dividing troops in several ways.

The dignified Wei is a big family, and he is sorry for the huge family business laid by Cao Cao, regardless of the army.

After deducing that the Wei army was likely to divide troops to attack Hanzhong in the coming days, Mi Yang successively sent troops to several important towns in Hanzhong to defend them.

But Mi Yang's army is only 30,000, and there are many Wei soldiers, so they can divide their troops however they want.

But no matter how Mi Yang divides his troops, he has to keep a part of his troops in his hands as a mobile force.

Therefore, no matter how careful Mi Yang is, he can only ensure that each important town in Hanzhong has enough troops to defend it, and he really doesn't have the energy to take care of the important towns outside Hanzhong.

For example, Wudu County.

In history, the Wei army also had a situation of marching from Wudu County, so Mi Yang would come to seek Ma Chao's assistance before the start of the war.

If there are enough soldiers and horses of the Wei army this time, then Wudu County is also a good strategy for the Wei army.

What Mi Yang asked Ma Chao to do today seems to be just a simple collusion with the heart of Wudu County to the Han people.

But once there is really a Wei army in the coming day that chooses to march from Wudu County, then Mi Yang's arrangement today will turn into a big surprise for the Wei army in the coming day.

As for Mi Yang's conjecture in his heart, the many directions of the Wei army's march in the coming day, he had already discussed it with a group of henchmen before.

After the discussion, Mi Yang handed over the specific transfer of troops to Fa Miao.

Under Mi Yang's inquiry, Fa Miao replied to Mi Yang: "All the soldiers and horses have been in place a few days ago. ”

After hearing Fa Miao's reply, Mi Yang nodded with satisfaction.

It's just that Fa Miao then said with a sad face: "The arrangement of the state pastor may not give the enemy a chance, but Miao is afraid that our army will not have enough food and grass at that time." ”

Fa Miao's worry also made Mi Yang's face sad.

The lack of food and grass is the last thing that any general wants to hear.

There is a joke on the forum of later generations, which is: Wei is not short of people, Wu is not short of food, and Shu is not short of poverty.

Although this sentence was said in the form of a joke, it also vividly reflected the biggest dilemma faced by Ji Han in history.

Today's big men really lack everything.

Although Ji Han has not lost Jingzhou in this world, the successive wars have long consumed a drop of Jingzhou's national strength.

For at least three years, it will be difficult for Jingzhou to provide national strength to the Han Dynasty.

Although Hanzhong is also a rich land, Miyang has just launched a new deal this year, and the loss of grain and grass is very large.

If Mi Yang hadn't just defeated a large number of rich people and used their grain reserves to supplement himself, Liangzhou would have fallen into a situation of running out of food.

Lack of food is what Mi Yang is most worried about at present.

It's just that Mi Yang has a lot of tricks, and he can't conjure things like food out of thin air, so in the face of Fa Miao's worries, he doesn't have a good solution now.

Unless.

Mi Yang first appeased Fa Miao: "You don't need to worry too much about the matter of grain and grass, you have your own way when you are alone." ”

Seeing that Mi Yang looked confident, Fa Miao instantly alleviated a lot of worries in his heart.

Regardless of whether Mi Yang really has a way or not, his calm emotions will always invisibly affect his subordinates.

After appeasing Fa Miao and the others, Mi Yang asked Fa Miao to retreat first.

After Fa Miao and the others retreated, Mi Yang took out a silk book and began to write.

This silk book was written by him to Zhuge Liang.

Mi Yang does not have the ability to conjure grain and grass out of thin air, but the current Zhuge Liang has this ability.

Because not long ago, Mi Yang learned the news that Zhuge Liang had won a great victory in Nanzhong.

And if Zhuge Liang wants to conjure up food to supply Liangzhou out of thin air, it is simple.

As long as he can completely pacify Nanzhong before Liangzhou can't hold on.

The positive significance of the history book to Zhuge Liang after pacifying Nanzhong has an eight-character evaluation: "The country is rich with military funds." ”

These eight words make Mi Yang full of security.