Wei Shi remembered clearly that during Liu Bei's Northern Expedition, he burned Bowangpo and almost trapped Cao Jun's general Xiahou Dun in the valley. This was a famous battle example clearly recorded in history books.

Now, Mi Zhu and Wei Yan say that Liu Bei has been defeated and urge the rear to increase troops. What is going on?

Seeing that Wei Shi didn't believe it, Mi Zhu quickly took out the military documents from his arms and handed them over.

After Wei Shi had read it from beginning to end, he realized that Liu Bei was about to attack from Wancheng to Ye County. He was enjoying the victory in conquering the city along the way, but the stalls were too large and the troops were seriously insufficient.

The location of Ye County is almost out of Nanyang County. Going further north is Kunyang, and behind Kunyang is Xuchang.

In other words, Liu Bei kept fighting all the way and was about to reach Han Xian Emperor Liu Xie.

This time, Cao Cao was angered.

The emperor is in my hand, and I own the world.

In the past few years, Cao Cao "held the emperor to command the princes" and rose from a local prince to a great Sikong, a chariot and cavalry general, and the overlord of the Central Plains, all in the name of the imperial court.

But once Liu Xie is snatched away by Liu Bei, all this will be lost.

During this time, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty Liu Xie was resentful because Cao Cao killed his beloved Concubine Dong Guifei. If he was out of control, Cao Cao would be identified as a traitor in troubled times in a minute and be attacked by the crowd.

In order to relieve the danger on the southern front, Cao Cao mobilized Li Dian and Han Hao from the north to strengthen their troops, and appointed General Jin as deputy general Xiahou Dun. The strength of Cao Cao's army in Ye County also increased from more than 10,000 to 50,000.

Externally, it is known as one hundred thousand people.

Xiahou Dun, Yu Jin, Li Dian, Han Hao...

This equipment is already quite good.

In addition, Cao's army has an advantage in strength and is on the defensive side. It will be quite difficult for Liu Bei to further expand his victory.

In Ye County, Liu Bei's army and Cao's army fought for nearly twenty days, and finally ended with Liu Bei's retreat with the loss of 3,000 troops. Liu Bei's defeat also meant that his dream of reaching Xuchang became out of reach.

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After that, Liu Bei retreated all the way from Ye County, with Xiahou Dun and Yu Jin chasing after him.

After discussing with military advisor Xu Shu, Liu Bei decided to conduct an ambush at Bowangpo, but the problem arose at this time. Liu Bei did not have enough troops on hand to complete such a large-scale ambush.

At this time, Liu Bei heard that the danger in Xinye had been resolved, and quickly ordered the troops left behind to move up.

Fu Wei, Xiang Chong, Fu Kuang and other generals who had just defected to Liu Bei would all be sent to the front line of Bowangpo this time.

While Wei Shi was reading the official documents, he asked Mi Zhu questions he didn't understand.

After going back and forth like this for about half an hour, I finally figured out the whole story. However, another problem arose, that is, there was no order to transfer Wei Shi's rural soldiers in the official document.

"Mi Zhonglang, Shi is the captain of Neixiang County. General Zuo's order to mobilize troops seems to have nothing to do with Shi Xiang. Zhonglang's words have the meaning of dispatching troops to the countryside under Shi's command. Is it perhaps not well thought out?"

Mi Zhu had an unnatural expression on his face when he heard this. Finally he pointed at Wei Yan and said, "Wei County Lieutenant is wrong in what he said. Although you don't lead troops, the troops under General Wen's command are General Zuo's. This time

, more than half of Wen Chang’s 500 generals were killed or wounded, and only a few of them were capable of fighting. Therefore, the Prefect’s Office believed that the rural soldiers under Wei County Wei’s command had the responsibility to take over Wen Chang’s command and serve in front of the army..."

When Wei Shi heard this, he couldn't help but feel angry. In terms of thick skin, Liu Bei ranked first, and Mi Zhu was not bad either.

"Mi Zhonglang, I admire you for finding this reason. Then I would like to ask, how should we judge the credit for resolving the siege of Xinye? Moreover, when the Neixiang soldiers were originally recruited, they had already agreed that they would only protect the

The environment is safe and the people are responsible. If we go to Ye County, although it is in Nanyang, it is too far from Xinye after all..."

"Don't worry, Wei County Lieutenant. When the battle at Bowangpo is over, Zhu Dang will personally tell General Zuo the truth about the Battle of Xinye. When the time comes, General Zuo's talent in understanding people will definitely reuse the County Lieutenant."

Mi Zhu was speechless by Wei Shi.

What General Zuo's Mansion did this time was indeed unreasonable.

Originally, according to Wei Shi's achievements, not only in front of Liu Bei, but also in front of Liu Biao, they were worthy of boasting. However, Liu Yan and others from the Prefecture made some excuses and dismissed the achievements of defeating Xiahou Lan and Hou Cheng.

Most of them were blamed on Fu Wei and other Xinye defenders.

The remaining Zhanzhan Hou Cheng and others who really couldn't make a profit were assigned to Wei Yan. When it was Wei Shi's turn, he could only help Xinye flank the Wei army. After such a toss, Wei Shi could be promoted to the post of Neixiang County Magistrate after the war.

, that’s a good appointment.

But unexpectedly, Liu Yan and others were very careful in their calculations, but the situation changed quickly.

"Forget it, you can send troops if you want Shi, but there are three requirements that must be agreed to first."

"First, Wei Yan's subordinates will be separated from their original affiliation after the Battle of Bowangpo and officially placed under the jurisdiction of Neixiang County."

"Secondly, for people in the villages around Xinye who are willing to move to the inner countryside, the prefecture will issue road guides and actively let them go without blocking them."

"Thirdly, from now on, Mi's firm will supply salt, iron and other important commodities sold to Junshan at a 20% discount. It is not allowed to raise prices without authorization or interrupt transactions without reason."

"If General Zuo can agree to these three things, Shi will reluctantly persuade the fellow soldiers to fight. If he cannot agree, then I will have to return to Junshan first."

Liu Yan, Mi Zhu, Mi Fang and others focused on Wei Shi, a rural soldier who could fight hard, and refused to let him leave.

Wei Shi was finally forced to make concessions.

Of course, he won't let himself suffer.

Among the three things, the first is the issue of Wei Yan's affiliation. When Wei Yan came to Neixiang, he was a borrowed person, and he had to pay back what he borrowed. However, Wei Shi took advantage of Wei Yan and really didn't want to return it to Liu Bei, so he took advantage of this.

It is natural to seize the opportunity.

The second thing is to relocate people. Neixiang is remote and has few households. It cannot be compared with Xinye. Wei Shi is planning to take advantage of the wave of turmoil caused by Xia Houlan and Hou Cheng's plunder to instigate Yushu Bay, Hanjiawan and other places.

The people moved to the inner countryside.

There is no need to elaborate on the third thing. The Mi family has a huge business and it is really unjustifiable not to take advantage of it.

Mi Zhu pondered for a while, and finally nodded and agreed to Wei Shi's conditions.

The Mi family and Liu Bei have been tied to the same boat since Xuzhou. Now that Liu Bei is in trouble, of course the Mi family must go all out. For this reason, it is okay to suffer some losses.

"Aqiang, please go back to Junshan first and bury the remains of your father-in-law. Then, manage Junshan well and the inner countryside well, and wait for my triumphant return."

As he was about to send troops to Bowangpo, Wei Shi could only say goodbye to Han Qiang.

Han Qiang, Zhong Lin, Wang En, Han Jin and other villagers are not in the rural soldiers, so there is no need to follow them to fight.
Chapter completed!