Through the soft moonlight, Liu Yin looked at the familiar streets around him, and his heart was quite mixed.

Somehow, he was selected as a messenger back to Chengdu to deliver a message.

This word is very spiritual.

Could it be that his last interrogation was so satisfying to those nobles?

But Liu Yin joined the army back then, in order to make a big name in the world with his own force.

For this reason, he did not hesitate to use many family connections to have the opportunity to become a member of the Liangzhou army.

It's just that who would have expected that in the past two years since he was in the army, he has not fought a few hard battles, and most of his time has been spent between the front line and Chengdu.

Thinking of this, Liu Yin couldn't help but feel a little self-harming to Mochizuki.

Knowing that this was the case, he would not join the army back then, and it might be a better choice to serve in the place under the arrangement of the family.

Injured all the way, Liu Yin unknowingly drove the horse to the outside of Zhuge Liang's mansion.

Along the way, it was not that there were no night patrol soldiers who stopped Liu Yin.

But after the soldiers learned that Liu Yin was carrying the emperor's order, they didn't dare to stop it anymore.

After coming to Zhuge Liang's mansion, Liu Yin temporarily put away the sad thoughts in his heart, jumped off the horse, and then went straight to Zhuge Liang's mansion and stretched out his hand to pat it.

In the silence of the night, the sound of Liu Yin knocking on the door was particularly loud.

This voice also quickly attracted the attention of the gatekeeper in Zhuge Liang's Mansion.

Through the crack in the door, the porter saw that there was a fine armor soldier outside the door of the house at this moment, and he didn't dare to open the door rashly for some reason.

The porter simply went through a doorway and stretched out a basket.

After seeing the basket that suddenly stretched out, Liu Yin instantly understood.

He put the token on his body that could prove his identity into the basket, and then shouted to the porter inside through a large door: "I am Your Majesty's messenger, and I have something important to ask to see the Prime Minister!" ”

Liu Yin's self-reported identity did not let the porter lower his guard.

After retrieving the basket sticking out of the doorway, the porter took the token from the basket and hurried towards the side hall.

Zhuge Liang's mansion was not big, and soon after, the porter came to the side hall and reported to Zhuge Liang the arrival of Liu Yin.

Suddenly learned that Liu Bei had sent a messenger Baili to rush to find him, and a look of surprise appeared on Zhuge Liang's face.

What is it that makes Your Majesty so anxious?

Could it be that there is a drastic change at the front?

Because of this speculation in his heart, Zhuge Liang quickly reviewed Liu Yin's token and confirmed that Liu Yin's identity was true, so he asked the porter to bring Liu Yin to him.

After receiving Zhuge Liang's instructions, the porter left immediately.

Zhuge Liang didn't wait too long, and it didn't take long for Liu Yin to be brought to Zhuge Liang by the porter.

Zhuge Liang may not know Liu Yin, but as a child of a family, Liu Yin was once fortunate to have seen Zhuge Liang from afar.

After seeing Zhuge Liang, Liu Yin immediately knelt down on one knee towards Zhuge Liang, and then took out the edict of Liu Bei from his arms and handed it to Zhuge Liangyan:

"Prime Minister, Your Majesty's edict is here!"

Zhuge Liang already had a guess in his heart, but now he learned that Liu Bei sent him an edict, which made Zhuge Liang even more anxious.

Zhuge Liang hurriedly took the edict in Liu Yin's hand, opened it and looked at it quickly.

At this time, a solemn look also appeared on Jiang Wan's face.

Liu Bei's sudden and abnormal behavior made Jiang Wan also realize that something was wrong.

Jiang Wan had been watching Zhuge Liang's face, hoping to get some useful information from Zhuge Liang's face after reading the contents of the edict.

But looking at it, Jiang Wan was even more puzzled.

Originally, Zhuge Liang's face was worried, but when Zhuge Liang read the content of the edict, Jiang Wan found that Zhuge Liang's face was a little happy?

Zhuge Liang's worries Jiang Wan can be understood, but where does this joy come from?

After reading the content of the edict, Zhuge Liang forcibly suppressed the joy in his heart, and he first quietly let Liu Yin go down to rest.

After Liu Yin left the side hall, Zhuge Liang walked quickly to the front of the Kansai Yutu again, and looked at the seemingly impregnable Chencang City with wise eyes.

Compared with his regrets, Zhuge Liang's eyes were full of joy at this time.

"Feasible! Feasible! ”

Zhuge Liang, who was excited, repeated this sentence continuously.

After Jiang Wan saw Zhuge Liang's reaction, the incomprehension in his heart became even stronger.

In order to solve the confusion, Jiang Wan got up and came to Zhuge Liang to bow and asked, "What makes Ming Gong so happy?" ”

After hearing Jiang Wan's inquiry, Zhuge Liang smiled and said to Jiang Wan: "Your Majesty wants to summon me to the front line to assist the general in breaking the enemy." ”

After saying this, Zhuge Liang was worried that Jiang Wan, who had always been bad at military strategy, could not understand the intention of Liu Bei's arrangement, so he went on to explain:

"The general suggested to His Majesty that our army did not need to attack Chencang, and could directly bypass Chencang and approach Chang'an.

And if the general's plan wants to have a cause for success, His Majesty must arrange a person to guard the back road of Chen Cang for the general.

The man chosen by His Majesty and the Great General is me. ”

Speaking of this, the smile in Zhuge Liang's words was a little more.

can be different from Zhuge Liang's joy, Jiang Wan was speechless after listening to Liu Bei and Mi Yang's strategy.

He doesn't know how to use military strategy, but he also knows how risky it is for Mi Yang to do this.

General, you really have the courage of a god and a man!

After a long time, Jiang Wancai asked Zhuge Liang in a vague tone: "Doesn't Duke Ming dissuade His Majesty and the general?" ”

The Northern Expedition was a national war, and it was a national war, and it was mostly about seeking stability.

In Jiang Wan's view, Mi Yang's strategy is still too risky after all.

For the worry in his heart, Jiang Wan couldn't help but say something even though he knew why Zhuge Liang was happy.

Jiang Wan's words did not make Zhuge Liang change his mind.

In fact, in Liu Bei's edict, he did not issue an edict directly to let Zhuge Liang go to the front line.

In the edict, Liu Bei gave Zhuge Liang two choices.

If Mi Yang's strategy is feasible, Zhuge Liang will arrange government affairs to go to the front line as soon as possible.

If Zhuge Liang feels that Mi Yang's prescription is not considered, then hurry up and write a letter to explain the benefits and disadvantages.

This is Liu Bei's last line of insurance.

No one in the world can predict the outcome of a war 100% of the time.

But a strategy that was recognized by Mi Yang and Zhuge Liang was worthy of Liu Bei's pressure.

As for what Zhuge Liang's choice is, it can be seen from the word "feasible" that he just said.

"There are three ways to march the army: one is the sky, the second is the earth, and the third is the people.

The celestial power, the sun and the moon are clear, the five stars are combined, the comet is not harmful, and the wind is harmonious;

The terrain, the city is steep and steep, the flood waves are thousands of miles, the stone gate is secluded, and the sheep intestines are curved;

The powerful people, the main saint and the sage, the three armies are polite, the soldiers use their lives, and the food and armor are strong.

Because of the time of the sky, the situation of the place, according to the interests of people, the one who goes to it is invincible, and the one who strikes is perfect.

I know these three potentials, why can't I go to Chen Cang? ”

When he said this, Zhuge Liang, who was in a magnificent figure, had a powerful bearing circulating.

That kind of bearing is called self-confidence.

Everyone in the world knows that Corporal Zhuge Liang is humble and low-key, but they don't know that Zhuge Liang is also an extremely confident person.

If he didn't have this strong self-confidence, how could Zhuge Liang go out of the mountain to support Liu Bei, who had a small force?

How could he dare to lead the army of a state several times in history to face Cao Wei, the strongest in the world?

In his heyday, Cao Wei and Zhuge Liang were not afraid, not to mention Chen Cangcheng.

If Liu Bei and Mi Yang planned to let others guard the back road, Zhuge Liang would do what Jiang Wan said, and write to persuade Liu Bei to dispel his thoughts.

But now it is himself who wants to defend the back road for Mi Yang, so Zhuge Liang will have no other choice.

Jiang Wan listened to what Zhuge Liang said, and then felt the confidence released by Zhuge Liang, and he immediately dispelled the idea of continuing to advise.

Such a beautiful woman can be called Wolong!

Estimating the time, Mi Yang felt that the edict written by Liu Bei should have been sent to Chengdu.

After having this judgment in his heart, Mi Yang looked forward to Zhuge Liang's arrival soon.

On the other hand, he was also constantly sending scouts to spy on the Wei army's every move.

On the second day after Mi Yang arrived in Shangqi, the Wei army was actually beginning to arrange for the withdrawal of troops.

And when Cao Zhang was defeated in the street pavilion and the news that Mi Yang came to Shangtai was learned by Cao Zhen, Cao Zhen suddenly made a more decisive decision.

Cao Zhen ordered Guo Huai to directly lead his army to withdraw from Shangtai City, and then retreat towards Chencang with his troops.

When Guo Huai led the army to withdraw from Shangqi City, Mi Yang immediately led his army into Shangqi City, and sent Ma Chao as a general to lead the troops to pursue the Wei army that slowly retreated.

It's just that although Ma Chao is extremely brave, Cao Zhen is not incompetent after all.

The Wei army, under the command of Cao Zhen, retreated all the way towards Chen Cangcheng in an orderly and alternating batch.

In addition, on the way to withdraw the Wei army, there were many dangerous mountain and forest terrains, which made Ma Chao afraid of ambushes and did not dare to let go of the speed to pursue, so the pursuers sent by Mi Yang did not achieve any big results.

This was expected by Mi Yang.

Unless it is a pursuit of a router, it is generally difficult to achieve any great results if the enemy army is pursued into a formation.

If you're not careful, your pursuers will be ambushed and severely damaged by the enemy - such as the strange wooden doorway.

After learning that the pursuers were unable to achieve any great results, Mi Yang ordered Ma Chao to be recalled.

Although Mi Yang wants to conquer Chang'an City as soon as possible, Mi Yang is still waiting for the arrival of a person.

That person was Zhao Yun.

After receiving Zhao Yun's good news a few days ago, Mi Yang ordered Xie Lian, who showed meritorious service, to be the Taishou of Anding, and asked Zhang Wei to lead thousands of troops to stay in Anding County.

Mi Yang's order to Zhang Wei and Xie Lian was to give them priority to stabilizing the situation in Anding County.

On the premise of accomplishing this, they sent people to contact the Taishou of the Hexi Counties, and tried their best to reintegrate the Hexi Counties into the territory of the Han Dynasty in a bloodless manner.

For this requirement, Mi Yang feels that it is not difficult.

As early as the year before last, in the Hexi War held by Allah Cao, the local separatist forces in Hexi suffered a devastating blow, which means that the counties of Hexi do not have strong local armed forces at present.

In this case, Zhang Wei and Xie Lian relied on the aftermath of the great victory of the street pavilion, and it should be a matter of course to recover the counties of Hexi without blood.

Even if there are thieves in the Hexi counties, as long as Anding County is in the hands of the Han army, then the situation in the Hexi counties will not be in danger of erosion.

The reason why Mi Yang wanted to take the method of pacifying to stabilize the situation in the north of Liangzhou was that he wanted to summon Zhao Yun and tens of thousands of Han troops to return.

A tough battle is imminent, and it is completely a waste to leave Zhao Yun and tens of thousands of Han troops in the land west of the river.

A few days after the Wei army withdrew from Shangqi, Zhao Yun, the general of Hanzuo, returned to the military camp outside Shangqi with tens of thousands of Han troops and a large number of Wei prisoners.

Many Wei prisoners entered the camp, causing a lot of commotion in the Han army's camp.

Even if a period of time has passed, the faces of tens of thousands of Wei soldiers still have a heavy look of defeat.

Fighting, the home in the rear was burned, and I am afraid that tens of thousands of Wei army prisoners will never want to experience it a second time.

The look of defeat on the faces of tens of thousands of Wei prisoners invisibly boosted the morale of the Han army.

The frustration in the hearts of many Han soldiers because they could not capture the Wei army camp for a long time was also swept away.

The return of Zhao Yun's troops not only boosted the morale of the Han army, but also allowed Mi Yang to issue a military order for the whole army to pull out the camp and go east.

By the time Mi Yang gave the order to pull out the camp and go to Chencang, the total number of Han troops outside Shangqi had reached 100,000.

Originally, at the beginning of the Northern Expedition, the total strength of the Han Army's Northern Expedition was about 70,000.

Later, in about half a year, Zhuge Liang sent soldiers to the front line one after another.

In addition, after pacifying Liangzhou, there were many local wealthy clans and alien races who were afraid of the military might of the Han army and chose to surrender to the Han army, which made the number of the Han army get a lot of replenishment.

Mi Yang didn't choose to lead the army to Chencang immediately some time ago, mainly waiting for the Han army scattered all over Liangzhou to gather to Shangqi one after another.

After several accumulations, the total strength of the Han army reached 100,000, which is also a matter of course.

But the 100,000 army is also all the troops that the Han can do his best to take out and put on the battlefield in Guanzhong.

As for how many troops the Wei army currently has in Guanzhong?

In addition to the defenders of Chencang, Cao Zhen's current strength is only about 50,000 at most.

So when he learned from the scout's mouth that Mi Yang was killing Chen Cang with an army of 100,000 people, Cao Zhen, who had just retreated to Chen Cang, felt a little dizzy.

Since Zhang Wu, under the continuous blows of Mi Yang, limelight disease has almost become a family genetic disease of the Cao clan.

After finally stopping the feeling of dizziness, Cao Zhen sent someone to Luoyang quickly to ask for help on the one hand - no matter whether Cao Ei can still send reinforcements at the moment, he may send a little bit or a little.

On the other hand, when leaving Chen Cangcheng, Cao Zhen sincerely held the hand of his henchman Hao Zhao and said:

"The safety of Chang'an is also the shoulder of Bodao!"

Cao Zhen didn't plan to defend Chen Cang personally, he had something more important to do—that is, to build a defense line behind Chen Cang City as soon as possible.

And Cao Zhen knows very well how perfect the defense line he has built depends on how much time Hao Zhao can buy for him.

In the face of Cao Zhen's entrustment, Hao Zhao solemnly promised:

"As long as Zhao Zai is in the day, he will not let Mi Yang take a step past Chen Cang."

Listening to the promise made by Hao Zhao with his life, and then looking at the majestic city defense of Chen Cangcheng, Cao Zhen finally led the army out of Chen Cangcheng with peace of mind.

Chen Cangjian City is here, even if Mi Yang has the ability, can he still fly over directly?

Cao Zhen has always believed in such absurd judgments.

Who will believe it?