Shu County is the richest county among the counties of Yizhou.

From the economic aspect alone, the wealth of Shu County is not weaker than that of any large county in the Central Plains.

The kingdom of Tianfu is essentially praised by Shu County.

The economic standout has created a special status of Shu County in the Han Dynasty, and the political significance represented by Shu County has made Shu County have a transcendent status in the counties of Yizhou.

The seat of Shu County is Chengdu, the capital of today's Han Dynasty.

The transcendence of economic and political status is bound to make Shu County a place of yearning in the hearts of countless literati and students in the Han Dynasty today, which also makes Shu County the cultural center of the Han Dynasty today.

As the three major economic, political and cultural centers of the Han Dynasty, Shu County is undoubtedly the lifeblood of the Han Dynasty.

And whenever the Han encountered a danger that endangered the country, Shu County would often burst out with powerful forces to help the Han overcome the immediate difficulties.

The current Taishou of Shu County is Yang Hong.

Yang Hongzi Ji Xiu, Qianwei Wuyang people.

Yang Hong is a famous celebrity in Yizhou, as early as the Liu Zhang period, because of his own fame, Yang Hong has served as a county official in Yizhou.

This experience has allowed Yang Hong to accumulate a wealth of experience in governance.

Later, after Liu Bei seized Yizhou, Qianwei Taishou Li Yan appointed Yang Hong as Gong Cao, but because Li Yan and Yang Hong disagreed, Yang Hong took the initiative to resign from the position of Gong Cao, putting on an attitude of wanting to live in seclusion.

Although Li Yan did not like Yang Hong's decision to disobey him, he was afraid of Yang Hong's prestige, so he later recommended Yang Hong to the state capital and let Yang Hong serve under Zhuge Liang's seat.

If he only had these experiences, Yang Hong could only be regarded as a somewhat stinky Yizhou celebrity at best, but then a major event happened that changed the trajectory of Yang Hong's life.

That year, the Battle of Hanzhong broke out.

In the middle of the battle of Hanzhong, Fa Zheng proposed a surprise attack on Dingjun Mountain to Liu Bei in order to reverse the situation, and Liu Bei finally made up his mind to adopt this strategy after consulting with Zhuge Liang in a letter.

But the surprise attack on Dingjun Mountain is easy to say, but it is extremely difficult to do.

If you want to reach Dingjun Mountain from the Sword Pavilion, you have to climb over more than ten peaks in a row, and those more than ten peaks are all perennial inaccessible places, and there is no formed road for the army to walk.

What's more, Fa Zheng didn't want a few sergeants to cross the mountains, but tens of thousands of troops!

The difficulty contained in this is more difficult than crossing ten meridian valleys, and the logistical pressure on Yizhou is simply unimaginable.

Rao is Zhuge Liang, and he was also worried about this matter at that time, so he specially asked Yang Hong about it.

At that time, Yang Hong's answer was: "Hanzhong is the throat of Yizhou, and there is a chance to survive. Fang Jin's matter, men should fight, women should be lucky, why do you doubt sending troops? ”

This sentence reveals Yang Hong's firm attitude, and he is not a mouthful.

In the days that followed, Yang Hong used his prestige in Yizhou and his extraordinary political talents to help Zhuge Liang accomplish a feat that seemed almost impossible in the world.

The four words of man will win the sky, in the original years, were vividly reflected in Zhuge Liang and Yang Hong.

If you want to rank the ministers who have contributed to the battle of Hanzhong, Yang Hong is definitely among the top five.

It is precisely because of this huge merit that after Liu Bei became emperor, Liu Bei overrode public opinion and put the sensitive Yang Hong in the extremely important position of Shu County Taishou.

It is precisely because of this huge contribution that Yang Hong has always been able to stay alone and not be affected in the purge of Yizhou ministers that was like a storm last year.

Afterwards, Liu Bei also wrote a special letter to appease Yang Hong, among the courtiers of the Yizhou Department, I am afraid that Yang Hong is the only one who can be so loved and reused by Liu Bei.

But Yang Hong was not arrogant.

Yang Hong is well aware of the sensitivity of his own identity, so after becoming the Taishou of Shu County, he continued to maintain a high-profile and low-key style, and conscientiously developed the economy for the Han Dynasty.

For Yang Hong, this kind of life of not participating in any political struggle and only serving the country wholeheartedly makes him very happy.

But a document received from the north recently made Yang Hong's mood not very beautiful.

This document was sent directly to him by Zhuge Liang's shogunate, and the most important thing is the content of the document, which makes Yang Hong feel like he has returned to the past.

"Do whatever it takes to integrate national strength to support the Sword Pavilion."

This sentence is the last sentence written by Zhuge Liang in the document.

When he saw this sentence, Yang Hong realized Zhuge Liang's intentions.

During the Battle of Hanzhong that year, Zhuge Liang did just that.

After realizing this, Yang Hong's heart inevitably had a heavy heart.

When he was able to accomplish that feat, Zhuge Liang was looking at the overall situation, and he was responsible for the specific implementation on the side.

Now that Zhuge Liang is going to the Sword Pavilion, then many things will have to be done by him alone.

But no matter how heavy his mood was, Yang Hong had no intention of retreating in his heart.

No matter how difficult the road ahead is, it is nothing more than going through it all over again.

Yang Hong summoned the subordinates of the county government as quickly as possible.

When Yang Hong, as the prince of the government, said the theme of the council, the subordinates who came to the meeting soon began to be restless.

The Battle of Liangzhou took place last year, and after a year of development, Yizhou's national strength has recovered.

No matter how it recovers, Yizhou's national strength cannot be restored to its heyday within a year.

Not to mention anything else, it is about to be a new round of sowing season in the blink of an eye, if according to Yang Hong's order, a large number of manpower in Shu County will be transferred to the Sword Pavilion, then what will happen to the development of Yizhou in the next year?

The two choices of development and war have always been the most contradictory.

And for these subordinates, who are mostly clerical officials, they undoubtedly prefer to prioritize this in their hearts.

Soon, there were close subordinates who euphemistically put forward their views on Yang Hong.

After one subordinate spoke, other subordinates also expressed their views one after another.

Although many people have expressed their opinions one after another, they all have one thing in common: that is, there is no need to use almost all of the national strength of Shu County to support the front line to fight the battle of Liangzhou.

Your subordinates of Shu County are not stupid, of course they know what Yang Hong is trying to do with all the national strength of Shu County now.

But the current situation has changed differently than before.

Before the big Han suffered from the enemy, not only Liangzhou was in danger, but even the Sword Pavilion of the North Gate of Yizhou was also in danger.

But recently, Liu Feng defeated the Wei army, and then Prime Minister Zhuge Liang successfully quelled the Nanzhong Rebellion and led the army back in time.

At this time, the Sword Pavilion already had Zhuge Liang leading the army, and it could be said that the safety of Yizhou had been guaranteed to a certain extent.

So at this time, do you still need to do everything you can to support Liangzhou?

Or to put it more practically, once Shu County does this, then Shu County's national strength that has been restored with great difficulty will be hit hard again.

Correspondingly, will Mi Yang definitely win this battle of Liangzhou?

No one can assert this answer, but everyone knows how to weigh the benefits and disadvantages, one is 100%, the other is that there is little hope of success, and all normal people know how to choose.

There are even some people who have more damning thoughts in their hearts.

No matter which side the victory in the Battle of Liangzhou belongs to, as long as the national strength of Shu County is slowly recovering, does it matter who the master of Yizhou is in the future?

Most of the subordinates present were from Yizhou scholars, and last year's purge only wiped out Yizhou's upper-class families.

However, due to geographical factors, most of the middle and lower-level officials in Shu County and even the entire Yizhou are still local scholars in Yizhou.

If it is really according to Yang Hong's order, if a large amount of manpower and material resources are to be mobilized, then there is no doubt that the family interests behind these scholars will be seriously infringed.

Soon after Yang Hong gave the order, the hesitation and uneasiness similar to that of the battle of Hanzhong once again haunted the hearts of all the subordinates.

Listening to the gossip of all the subordinates, Yang Hong's face became more and more ugly.

But he didn't rush to get angry.

You can't expect everyone to have enough of the big picture, and many people will only make choices that are in line with their identity in their corresponding position.

But the more this happens, the more important it is to take the lead.

Yang Hong coughed a few times heavily, and under Yang Hong's coughing, the scene instantly quieted down.

Yang Hongneng was appointed by Liu Bei as the Taishou of Shu County, in addition to his previous great achievements, but also because of his own huge reputation among the scholars of Yizhou.

Otherwise, why did Zhuge Liang ask Yang Hong in particular?

After the scene quieted down, Yang Hong said in a reminiscent tone:

"The siege of Jinyang is boiling in a suspended kettle; The battle of Changping, blood flowed.

Can our army do the same? ”

"This is a sentence that the prime minister asked me back then, and today I borrow this sentence to ask all the gentlemen present."

After hearing Yang Hong's words, all the subordinates present showed unnatural looks on their faces.

The Siege of Jinyang and the Battle of Changping are about the two battles that are considered to be the most heart-wrenching during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

The winners of those two battles are known to everyone present.

And the people present knew better that the reason why the winners of those two battles ultimately belonged to Zhao Wuxian and King Qin Zhaoxiang was not just Zhang Meng's credit for talking about Bai Qi.

Take the Battle of Changping as an example, in order to win this battle, King Zhaoxiang of Qin transferred almost all the manpower and material resources that Qin could mobilize to the front line, in order to support Bai Qi to win this decisive battle.

Wasn't it difficult for the Qin State back then?

Didn't King Qin Zhaoxiang think about giving up and retreating back then?

But it was the last insistence of King Qin Zhaoxiang that sent 400,000 Zhao troops to death.

Everyone understands the reason why Yang Hong mentioned these two battles - to learn from the past.

When everyone was moved, Yang Hong continued: "You may think that the Battle of Liangzhou is similar to the Battle of Changping that year, and our army can abandon Liangzhou and defend Yizhou even if it is poor.

But Liangzhou is the throat of Yizhou, if Liangzhou is lost, not to mention how the people's hearts are turbulent at that time, and the throat is controlled by the enemy, can Yizhou still survive?

Ladies and gentlemen! Ladies and gentlemen!

The Han Dynasty is now facing the siege of Jinyang where there is no way out, and the siege of Jinyang where the country is ruined if we are not careful, can we still hesitate at this time?

Today, if we don't do everything to help the general win this battle, we will all be the ministers of the fallen country who will be laughed at by future generations in thousands of years of history!

Hanging in the kettle, right now! ”

When he said the last sentence, Yang Hong almost shouted out, which was enough to prove that he was excited at this time.

And Yang Hong's roar, like a morning bell and a dusk drum, dispelled the hesitation and uneasiness in the hearts of everyone present.

Even if everyone present has different thoughts, as long as the leader has enough persistence, they have the confidence to fight in the big man who is known for his blood.

As soon as Yang Hong's words fell, everyone present got up from their seats almost instantly, and they shouted in unison:

"Everything is subject to the decree of the king!"

Seeing that everyone present had the same hatred, Yang Hong's face finally showed a smile.

There is certainly no shortage of sneaky people, but in today's Han political environment, they are a minority after all.

And as long as most people are willing to work with him with one heart and one mind, even if there are some ill-intentioned people, under the coercion of the general trend, how can they be mantis arms as a car?

Of course, Yang Hong could use the power of Taishou to enforce his orders from the beginning.

But Yang Hong knows this kind of thing, if he can give full play to the initiative of his subordinates as much as possible, the effect he can get is completely different.

Well, Zhuge Liang also used a similar way back then to fully stimulate his initiative.

After seeing that everyone no longer hesitated, one after another specific orders began to be issued from Yang Hong's mouth:

"In the counties of Shu County, after leaving enough food rations for half a year according to the head, the rest of the grain stock was shipped to Chengdu.

The counties were more than 15 years old, and they were all assigned to Chengdu to join the army.

Another order was issued that all counties over the age of fifteen and under forty, regardless of the old and weak, whether male or female, were classified as civil husbands!

”

One after another orders without the slightest emotion came from Yang Hong's mouth, startling all the subordinates present to look at each other.

A familiar scene, as if in an instant, appeared in their eyes.

Men should fight, women should be lucky!

With such a big sacrifice, if Mi Yang didn't win this battle, then Yizhou would be wasted!

But isn't it just not asking about the result?

Thinking of this, everyone's hearts became extremely firm.

The ministers are about to fight to the death, and I hope the general will hold on!

In May of the fourth year of Han Zhangwu, on the official roads of Shu County, there was a scene that was enough to move people's hearts and go down in history.

The endless queue is heading towards Chengdu.

In the boundless procession, there were immature or decrepit people with firm eyes, and there were small grain carts of various types but carrying a large amount of grain.

If someone who doesn't know sees this scene, their first reaction may be to think that this long line of people is fleeing.

But in reality they were on the march.

The direction of their expedition was Liangzhou, where hundreds of thousands of enemy troops were gathered.

Will they be afraid?

Of course, it would.

But there are some things that you won't do if you are not afraid.

And when Shu County moved, due to its special status, it immediately drove the surrounding counties and began to act like this.

From point to surface, from near to far, a huge national war is quietly kicking off.

Perhaps when this scene is recorded in the history books, many later generations will question the authenticity of this matter.

But those future generations will not know, if it were not for such a strong mobilization force and strong people's hearts, how did Liu Bei complete the feat of surprise attack on Dingjun Mountain in the Battle of Hanzhong that year?

After Cao Cao led the main Wei army into Hanzhong, how could Liu Bei transport a steady stream of grain and grass and troops to the foot of Dingjun Mountain when he could not transport grain and grass from Yangping Pass, so that he could fight that confrontation with Cao Cao?

If the country is weak, the Han people should be more self-reliant!

Dahan can support Mi Yang, and he is already trying his best to do his best.

Next, it depends on how Mi Yang repays the big man

The Battle of Hanzhong was definitely an underestimated one.

The most underestimated point is that Yangping Pass was in the hands of the Wei army until Cao Cao completely retreated.

The thought of this makes my heart surge.

Liu Bei Group that year was a real cow.