At the end of May of the fifth year of Han Zhangwu, a team of troops who had suffered a lot of hardships came to Jiuquan County.

Liangzhou has a vast area, but it is roughly composed of two parts.

Part of it is the main area where the Han army is currently fighting with the Wei army - the five counties of Longxi.

There is also a part of the four counties of Hexi, which are famous in the world.

If the four counties of Hexi may not have been heard of by many later generations, but the four counties of Hexi still have a unified name, that is, the Hexi Corridor.

Whether it is the present or the future generations, as long as people who have some knowledge of history, I am afraid that they will have a preliminary understanding of the Hexi Corridor.

Compared with the distant later generations, the people of the world have a special emotion for the Hexi Corridor.

More than 300 years ago, a young general who was born out of thin air, under the attention of the ambitious emperor and countless ministers and generals, led the Han iron cavalry into this land occupied by the Huns.

Under the wise command of the young general, nearly 100,000 elite Hun cavalry died or surrendered, and the Hexi Army, which was one of the arms of the Xiongnu royal court, was completely destroyed in the hands of the young general.

Since then, the Hexi Corridor has completely belonged to the Han Dynasty, and the national fortunes of the Xiongnu have almost been cut off by that one.

There is no hot-blooded Han who will not yearn for the golden iron horse years of Emperor Xiaowu.

There is no hot-blooded Han who will not have a feeling of worship for the Battle of Hexi, which is known as one of the three major battles of the Xiaowu Emperor period.

Not to mention the inclusion of the Hexi Corridor into the territory, which has a profound impact on the subsequent national fortunes of the Han Dynasty.

So far, the Han has a large area of pasture, and so far the Han has established the right to speak in the Western Regions.

Under this influence, the people of the world have a special affection for the four counties of Hexi, even if the four counties of Hexi have always been barren.

For example, Jiang Wei at the moment.

Since joining Mi Yang, because of his gratitude for Mi Yang's kindness, Jiang Wei has taken Mi Yang's ambition to revive the Han dynasty as his own ambition.

Jiang Wei, who had such a will, suddenly became solemn after leading his troops into Jiuquan County and coming to a dangerous pass.

The dangerous pass in front of Jiang Wei is called Yumen Pass.

Probably due to the civil strife in China, there were no longer male soldiers stationed inside and outside Yumen Pass.

Probably due to disrepair, the wall of Yumen Pass has collapsed.

But the majestic gate that still stands is a symbol of the Han Dynasty's sovereignty in the Western Regions.

The many scar marks and sword wounds on the closed door are also a manifestation of glory.

This glory will not change with the change of dynasties.

Because this glory belongs to all the Chinese people.

Thinking of this, Jiang Wei took a deep breath, led hundreds of Han troops behind him, and bowed deeply to the closed door in front of him.

Decades ago, because of the war, the Han had to give up control of Yumen Pass.

This is undoubtedly a betrayal of the countless ancestors who shed their blood here.

Now Jiang Wei, under Mi Yang's order, once again led the Han army to stand outside the Yumen Pass.

The scene in front of him and the guilt in his heart made Jiang Wei involuntarily make this kind of move.

After worshipping, Jiang Wei raised his head and looked at the Yumen Pass in front of him again.

He had an impulse in his heart to follow in the footsteps of his ancestors and let the Han regain his sovereignty in the land west of the river and in the land of the Western Regions.

But soon, Jiang Weisheng suppressed this impulse in his heart.

He knew the time had come.

Jiang Wei turned around and said a few words to a general behind him.

After listening to Jiang Wei's instructions, the general hurriedly ordered the soldiers to disperse, as if looking for something around.

What they are looking for is oil.

When Lu Yi returned from Ma Chao's side, he brought Mi Yang unexpected news.

That's the appearance of oil in the world.

At that time, from Lu Yi's report, Mi Yang also knew where the oil in Ma Chao's army came from.

That place is Yumen County in Jiuquan County.

Soon after Emperor Xiaowu set up the Yumen Pass, in order to make the local defenders self-sufficient, he ordered the immigration to Tuntian outside the Yumen Pass.

Later, Yumen Pass slowly became a county.

It's just that the terrain near Yumen Pass is not suitable for the development of agriculture after all, so the scale of Yumen County has not been large, and in the final analysis, it is at most like a large village.

Since Huan Ling, the alien races living in Liangzhou have made rebellion from time to time, and Yumen County, an area of extraordinary strategic significance, is a place where many aliens often attack.

Several attacks by foreign races, coupled with the inability of the central court to send troops to quell the rebellion, over time, Yumen County has existed in name only.

The people of Yumen County, in order to survive, had to flee to the land of Longxi.

The oil in Ma Chao's army was obtained from the people of Yumen County who had fled.

After learning that Yumen County had oil exposed to the surface, Mi Yang kept this matter in his heart.

And after knowing that the Wei army had a catapult with huge lethality, he came up with a way to use the oil of Yumen County to break the enemy.

Because the external characteristics of the oil are very obvious, not long after the hundreds of Han troops dispersed, a small group of Han soldiers ran back to report to Jiang Weiyu, saying that they had found the place where the oil had spilled.

After learning the news, Jiang Wei stood up excitedly.

On the one hand, he ordered the scattered Han troops to converge, and on the other hand, he couldn't wait to follow behind the Han army and walk towards the place where the oil was found.

As he got closer to the place, before Jiang Wei could see the oil, he smelled a pungent smell.

Holding back the discomfort in his heart, Jiang Wei continued to move forward.

After crossing a few mountain bags, Jiang Weiyu saw a mountain spring.

Bursts of foul odor emanated from the mountain spring, attracting the Han troops who were constantly surrounding them to cover their noses.

Looking at the sight of many Han soldiers, they found that above the clear water of the mountain spring, pieces of jet-black lacquer were floating.

Strangely, the black lacquer is on the mountain spring, but it does not merge into the spring water.

It was as if there was a magical force that made those jet-black lacquer objects float on the surface of the water.

Jiang Wei couldn't explain what he was seeing.

But he remembered the precautions that Mi Yang had instructed.

Thinking of Jiang Wei, who was instructed by Mi Yang, a satisfied smile appeared on his face, and then he gave an order to the Han army around him:

"Don't miss a drop of paraffin.

Give it to me! ”

If you don't take it, you will suffer it, this is the purpose that Mi Yang set for Jiang Wei's operation.

Under this purpose, it seems that the stone grease floating on the spring water will have to change to a new home collectively.

The local county chronicles of later generations contained: "The water outside the county has fertilizer, such as gravy, and like paste, and the floating water is like lacquer, and the burning is extremely bright. During the Zhangwu period, it was rumored that Hussars were sent to dig it! ”

It has been almost a month since Jiang Wei set off, and Mi Yang knows that even if Jiang Wei is from Liangzhou, it must be a time-consuming task for him to go to Jiuquan County, thousands of miles away, to fetch the stone fat.

Therefore, Mi Yang was not in a hurry.

Of course, Mi Yang also prepared other plans for Wei Jun's catapult in his heart.

Although those plans could not completely destroy the Wei army's catapults, it was not a big problem to block them for some time.

But in the past nearly a month, the Wei army in Jieting has not moved.

I think it was as Mi Yang had speculated before, the manufacture of the catapult was not simple, and Cao Zhang, after knowing that he was coming, had more reasons in his heart to try to be safe.

In the case of the Jieting Wei army not acting, Mi Yang can only set his sights on other battlefields.

There was no mobile phone in the world, and Mi Yang wanted to know the situation on other battlefields by reading information one by one.

And in the past month, the situation on other battlefields has indeed undergone a lot of changes.

Half a month ago, Cao Zhen, the general of Wei, led 30,000 troops to attack outside the city of Xiaqi.

Cao Zhen's movements were not unpleasant, but his surprise attack did not achieve much effect.

Because before Liu Bei led the army to attack Longxi County, he asked Zhao Yun and Ma Chao to lead the army to stay in Tianshui County.

Zhao Yun is calm by nature, he is not the kind of famous general who will create much record, but he is the kind of famous general who can support the bottom.

As early as after Liu Bei led his army to leave Tianshui County, Zhao Yun sent scouts outside Tianshui County every day to investigate the enemy's situation.

In order to be foolproof, the scouts sent by Zhao Yun were all elite cavalry in the army, and the scouts' exploration range could reach as far as outside Chencang City.

Therefore, when a large number of Wei troops appeared outside Chen Cang, Zhao Yun also quickly learned the news.

After learning the news, Zhao Yun and Ma Chao agreed that Cao Zhen's goal was Xia.

So Zhao Yun and Ma Chao, the two tiger generals, led the army to rush to the city of Xiatai and surrounded it.

When Cao Zhen led the army to the outside of Xiatai City, he saw Xiatai City, which was besieged by a large number of Han military camps.

Cao Zhen, who had been seized of the opportunity, did not give up his original plan, and he ordered the Wei army to camp a few miles outside the city of Xiaqi.

For half a month, the Wei army, under the leadership of Cao Zhen, was thinking of launching an attack on the flank and rear of the Han army.

But guarding the rear of the Han army was the Han hussar general Ma Chao

With two tiger generals in charge, even if the Wei army has a numerical advantage, they can only form a confrontation with the Han army for a while.

And after Liu Bei knew about the Wei army's raid on Xiaqi, Liu Bei immediately moved the idea of retreating.

As Cao Zhen predicted, no manager would sit idly by and watch the danger behind him.

But just when Liu Bei wanted to withdraw from the army, Huang Quan came up with a plan.

Huang Quan ordered people to set up a military flag in the barracks, and asked a general who looked like Mi Yang, wearing Mingguang armor, to walk under Di Dao City.

Huang Quan did this to create the illusion that Mi Yang had arrived outside Di Dao City.

In addition, Huang Quan also let the Han army go out in the middle of the night, and when it was dawn, he swaggered into the Han army camp.

These two things arranged by Huang Quan successfully made You Chu in Di Dao City make a wrong judgment.

You Chu believed that Mi Yang had led a large number of Han troops to Di Dao to support Liu Bei.

This can't be blamed on You Chu not noticing, he has never seen Mi Yang in Longxi, and has only heard Mi Yang's general appearance description.

And wearing Mingguang armor is the most significant understanding of Mi Yang's appearance in the hearts of the world.

In addition, Di Dao City has been besieged by the Han army for two months, and there is no communication between inside and outside, and You Chu doesn't know the news that Mi Yang is now in the street pavilion.

After making the above inferences, the fighting spirit in You Chu's heart was gradually disintegrated.

As he said to Liu Bei before: as long as the reinforcements of the Wei army do not enter Longxi, then he will surrender sooner or later.

Mi Yang led a large number of Han troops to support, and did not wait for reinforcements for nearly two months, these two cruel facts made You Chu fulfill his original promise.

On the third day after Huang Quan's strategy, You Chu wore a single coat in the cold wind, ordered someone to open the city gate, and came to the Han army camp alone with a seal ribbon in his hand to ask for surrender.

You Chu's invitation made Liu Bei overjoyed.

You Chu had a huge reputation in Longxi County, otherwise he would not have been able to hold out for so long.

The surrender of You Chu represents that the entire Longxi County will be sincerely included in the rule of the Han Dynasty, and it also means that the Han army has no worries in Longyou.

Liu Bei, who was overjoyed, greatly rewarded Huang Quan and You Chu.

Huang Quan was directly promoted by Liu Bei to the general of Zhengxi, while You Chu was named Jing Zhaoyin by Liu Bei in advance.

After subduing Longxi County, Liu Bei did not hesitate, and soon he led a large army towards Xiaqi.

As for whether Liu Bei has led the army to Xiaqi at present, Mi Yang has not yet received this information.

After reading the information about the Han army, Mi Yang picked up a piece of information on the case and looked at it.

This piece of information is somewhat unusual, it is not about the Han army, but about the Wu army.

With the passage of time, the results of the Battle of Hefei also reached Miyang's hands.

After reading the content of the information, Mi Yang's face was a little stranger.

Such a look was something he had not had when he had just read the intelligence of the Han army.

Because although there have been some changes in the battle situation in Longyou, those changes are under control.

On the contrary, the battle situation in Huainan was a bit unexpected in Mi Yang's opinion.

Mi Yang hoped that the Wu army would go north to attack Hefei, because it would allow Cao Wei to engage in a three-way battle and be in a dilemma.

This was originally the greatest strategic significance of Liu Bei's alliance with Sun Quan.

After learning that it was Lu Xun who led the army to the Northern Expedition, Mi Yang was also prepared to be captured by the Wu army in Hefei.

After all, most of Cao Wei's elites are either in Guanzhong or Wancheng, and Hefei is empty.

With Lu Xun's ability, it is not a rare thing to take Hefei, which is empty of troops.

But Mi Yang didn't want Wu Jun to take Hefei so quickly.

Even if it's a dilapidated Hefei.

Mi Yang can accept Jiangdong and Dahan sharing Cao Wei's big cake together, but he doesn't want Jiangdong to get more and more beautiful cakes than Dahan's.

Thinking of this, Mi Yang began to write at the desk.

Soon, Mi Yang wrote a letter and handed it to Ding Feng.

Mi Yang instructed Ding Feng: "Send this letter back to Chengdu as soon as possible." ”

Seeing the name of the recipient on the envelope, Ding Feng's eyes couldn't help but stare at it.

In the past, Mi Yang had many behaviors of writing letters to Chengdu, but most of those letterheads were sent to Zhuge Liang.

And the letter in his hand at the moment was given to Mi Fang by Mi Yang.

Ding Feng knew that his lord would not usually write to say hello.

However, Ding Feng didn't think much about it, he took the letter and walked out quickly.

What Ding Feng didn't know was that Mi Yang's letter to Mi Fang was not for greetings.

During the public security war that year, Mi Fang contacted his friends in Jiangdong business, which contributed to some situations in Mi Yang's favor.

Now Mi Yang wants to repeat the old trick.

As for whether this can be done, Mi Yang has confidence in his heart.

Although Mi Fang cut off contact with many Jiangdong friends after the First World War, there are still some people who are unwilling to give up Mi Fang, a cash cow.

Besides, what Mi Yang wants Mi Fang to do is not difficult.

Hefei won a big victory, Sun Quan, who had failed several times in Hefei, wouldn't think about going to Hefei City for a walk?

Mi Yang has always had the heart of adult beauty.

What should I do if the Wu army is not expanding too quickly?

It's very simple, just summon Sun Quan.

(End of chapter)